My vote goes with not sure Eco Living is the last thing I think the game needs but if chickens and other animals were added I would have to get it because farming I do want. I'd rather get farming in its own pack though so I could get the features I actually want with more detail and I think things like beekeeping and making preserves fits better with a farm pack.
I mean really what is Eco Living going to add solar panels a recycling bin instead of a trash can (yay) our perfectly clean perfect worlds are saved!
Sims 4 went from "You Rule" to "One of the stories we want you to tell"
I would love to see a farm with farm animals, a farmer aspiration, home phone, newspaper, hay, ready made barn, a few mor crops like hay, corn and oats.
I'd buy it, If they completely SCRAP the popular, Boho, Country Bumpkin Vibe, and go for Modern ECO Living Such as
1. more efficient upgrades to everything in the house (from Windows and Doors, to even your Appliences, Electronics, and even Plumbing),
2. Aqua Culture (the art of growing plants and breeding fish for food, with minimal effort, becuase the Fish and Plants take care of eachover by the fish waste fertalizing the plants, and the plants waste feeding the fish),
3. Beekeeping (for your sweet tooth)
4. Renewable energy (such as Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, Geothermal, and Batteries, to store the extra energy)
I think when the average person thinks of being Eco Concious and thinking it means NO/MINIMAL TECH, RUSTIC/COUNTRY BUMPKIN, I think THATS what puts SO MANY people off of it, Its what puts me off of it, Yet I wan't to be Eco Freindly as well, WITHOUT being without modern amenaties.
So when EA/MAXIS decides to make an ECO Pack of any kind (SIMGURUS, I MEAN YOU), Research modern ways to be eco friendly, without sacrificing Modern Technology, believe me, you'd be amazed by actual Eco Technologies that exist right now, and I don't mean just in the Renewable Energies department (plus the magic of Effiency).
I thought this last one was supposed to be an eco pack. With my luck, a different eco pack would start that way, and then the guru organizing it would say, "Okay, if you want CARS in this pack, you need to speak up!" And then one of the choices would be a Prius and people would say, "See, it IS an eco pack!"
Fortunately, for me, Laundry Pack means I save $10.
Actually, laundry was one of the possible options for this pack from the start and the only reason it won the theme vote. In the original theme vote, this was the description of "Eco Living" (which could mean a lot of things to different people): "Adopt new home technologies to help your Sim with domestic responsibilities and live an eco-friendly life. Potential areas of focus include laundry, home technology and solar energy." So, it wasn't added later. Also, the 4 gameplay options were laundry, off the grid, food preserves, and carbon conscious. Laundry won the vote. It was a community stuff pack and more people in the community wanted laundry than any of the 3 other options (which are all gameplay features mentioned by the OP above). It's comical that people keep trying to blame the devs.....this was a community pack and the community picked laundry, not the devs.
I'd buy it, If they completely SCRAP the popular, Boho, Country Bumpkin Vibe, and go for Modern ECO Living Such as
1. more efficient upgrades to everything in the house (from Windows and Doors, to even your Appliences, Electronics, and even Plumbing),
2. Aqua Culture (the art of growing plants and breeding fish for food, with minimal effort, becuase the Fish and Plants take care of eachover by the fish waste fertalizing the plants, and the plants waste feeding the fish),
3. Beekeeping (for your sweet tooth)
4. Renewable energy (such as Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, Geothermal, and Batteries, to store the extra energy)
I think when the average person thinks of being Eco Concious and thinking it means NO/MINIMAL TECH, RUSTIC/COUNTRY BUMPKIN, I think THATS what puts SO MANY people off of it, Its what puts me off of it, Yet I wan't to be Eco Freindly as well, WITHOUT being without modern amenaties.
So when EA/MAXIS decides to make an ECO Pack of any kind (SIMGURUS, I MEAN YOU), Research modern ways to be eco friendly, without sacrificing Modern Technology, believe me, you'd be amazed by actual Eco Technologies that exist right now, and I don't mean just in the Renewable Energies department (plus the magic of Effiency).
Yeah agreed, don't really need too much of the boho style either. Although I don't mind more ways of living without technology in TS4 (I still wish they would give us a way not to have to use that 🐸🐸🐸🐸 phone for example). You're right though that there's plenty of eco friendly tech and some of it would definitely be nice to see included, but in the spirit of options, I'd enjoy it if we also got more ways not to use tech and have some sims be more disconnected and self-sufficient
Very much so! From that description, it could be a good part of a full-on rural/farming EP - a big world and some cows and sheep and horses.
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I always like to see what's in the pack first and how well the game seems on camera (forever watching reviews on YT) but I enjoyed the look of the Laundry Stuff when I saw videos overviewing that so I probably would.
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I mean really what is Eco Living going to add solar panels a recycling bin instead of a trash can (yay) our perfectly clean perfect worlds are saved!
Well, actually I fell down. But I had to use my arms to get back up so...you know, close enough.
I need some chocolate.
1. more efficient upgrades to everything in the house (from Windows and Doors, to even your Appliences, Electronics, and even Plumbing),
2. Aqua Culture (the art of growing plants and breeding fish for food, with minimal effort, becuase the Fish and Plants take care of eachover by the fish waste fertalizing the plants, and the plants waste feeding the fish),
3. Beekeeping (for your sweet tooth)
4. Renewable energy (such as Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, Geothermal, and Batteries, to store the extra energy)
I think when the average person thinks of being Eco Concious and thinking it means NO/MINIMAL TECH, RUSTIC/COUNTRY BUMPKIN, I think THATS what puts SO MANY people off of it, Its what puts me off of it, Yet I wan't to be Eco Freindly as well, WITHOUT being without modern amenaties.
So when EA/MAXIS decides to make an ECO Pack of any kind (SIMGURUS, I MEAN YOU), Research modern ways to be eco friendly, without sacrificing Modern Technology, believe me, you'd be amazed by actual Eco Technologies that exist right now, and I don't mean just in the Renewable Energies department (plus the magic of Effiency).
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Actually, laundry was one of the possible options for this pack from the start and the only reason it won the theme vote. In the original theme vote, this was the description of "Eco Living" (which could mean a lot of things to different people): "Adopt new home technologies to help your Sim with domestic responsibilities and live an eco-friendly life. Potential areas of focus include laundry, home technology and solar energy." So, it wasn't added later. Also, the 4 gameplay options were laundry, off the grid, food preserves, and carbon conscious. Laundry won the vote. It was a community stuff pack and more people in the community wanted laundry than any of the 3 other options (which are all gameplay features mentioned by the OP above). It's comical that people keep trying to blame the devs.....this was a community pack and the community picked laundry, not the devs.
Yeah agreed, don't really need too much of the boho style either. Although I don't mind more ways of living without technology in TS4 (I still wish they would give us a way not to have to use that 🐸🐸🐸🐸 phone for example). You're right though that there's plenty of eco friendly tech and some of it would definitely be nice to see included, but in the spirit of options, I'd enjoy it if we also got more ways not to use tech and have some sims be more disconnected and self-sufficient
Why do so many people think that TS 4 is coming to the end soon?