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What pack to buy?
SquirrelTail15
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So, friends have given me a bit of money to spend on one (1) sims pack. Which should it be? Here's what I'm dithering over.
What pack to buy? 74 votes
Strangerville
28%
21 votes
Eco Lifestyle
32%
24 votes
Nifty Knitting
16%
12 votes
Dream Home Decorator
18%
14 votes
Industrial Loft Kit
0%
Country Kitchen Kit
1%
1 vote
Bowling Night Stuff
1%
1 vote
Cool Kitchen Stuff
1%
1 vote
0
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I mean ultimately it depends on what you like and see yourself using.... but
Since you listed an Expansion Pack, which costs 40$ (more than the other ones) I'll assume that's how much you have.
Me personally, I'd skip that particular expansion (It doesn't interest me at all) and get Dream Home Decorator and Strangeville for that 40 bucks. They're worth it imo.
Or wait for sale maybe? I don't know, I've always been lucky to have time to play the game just as a sale pops up... I've no clue what's their time rotation for that, if there is one
Strangerville is an interesting pack with a different approach. I like the world, the military career, the build buy(especially the Windows). But eco lifestyle or nifty knitting are also very good packs with gameplay I enjoy. Perhaps the 3 of them could make an interesting bundle?.
Strangerville is really good, too, though. I love that world. That mesa neighborhood is my dedicated posh neighborhood; I drop Chez Llama and a spa in it every game. Plus, it is probably one of the most stand out packs for 4 in terms of uniqueness. The infected impressed me and I appreciate the risk they took with it. Plus the clothes were pretty great for hot weather outfits, too. It doesn't really add much outside of Strangerville, though.
Bowling Night wasn't my favorite. I've placed the bowling alley bar lot a ridiculous number of times now and still haven't bothered to go in game. I have placed the bowling object in residential lots more reliably, but it takes too much space to really depend on this. It is at least a minor skill, though. *shrug* Nifty Knitting isn't bad. Pretty good for a SP, and I do find it funny to force the hats on the knitters' relatives. You know what you are signing up for with it. I'd personally pick Cool Kitchen over them both just because I love the ice cream maker/functionality; plus if you have Dine Out you can serve all that ice cream in restaurants. I love the idea of an ice cream parlor or just having it as a dessert.
DHD... *sigh* I wasn't super excited anyway and then it dropped pretty bugged. (And I don't think a lot was fixed, but who knows. Run through the patch notes to check.) However, it has lots of unique BB and I personally like assigning decor preferences even if it is one step away from cosmetic only. If you want the BB and the career, have at it.
Kits are kits. I think they are cheap enough to grab and I really like Country Kitchen due to my own preferences, but eh.
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My second pick would be Strangerville, because even though it is a gamepack it has as large of a world as most of the newer Expansion packs, it’s a pretty desert world too, and I think it is fun to play through once. It also gives a military career,
Nifty knitting is a great skill for your sims ( especially my older females )., it also comes with plopsy which lets you sell just anything you make ( that fits in personal inventory ) online, including little statues from the wood working bench, candles you make etc. it also comes with a rocking chair that younger sims can use too.
I also like DHD for the new furniture, great for apartments or small homes. I haven’t played the career, but hear there may be some bugs or glitches with it. It adds a counter top stove, and separate oven as well.
Bowling stuff has a lot of new furniture, mostly for a bowling ally, but some could be used for a living room, and is a fun activity to add to bars, etc. my daughter makes bowling clubs ( if you have get together there is that ). I also add arcades, and you could make a bowling center/arcade with a bar.
Cool kitchen adds a few more appliances and an ice cream machine. Some of the ice creams can do different things to your sim such as Lose weight, gain weight, and several other things (read about it by googling if you are interested in that ). If you have dine out, you can add ice cream to the menu.
Country kitchen and Industrial loft kit are my favorite kits too, though if you want to build a Moroccan Oasis home that is right up there with those two.
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Eco Lifestyle has a free trial right now as well so you can try it and see if you like it.
Review your options and what they offer, and don't offer, and choose the one you want. I don't see how you can expect anyone else to know what you will enjoy.
Eco Lifestyle would also be a good choice, but it's twice the cost. I consider Strangerville to be much better bang for buck.
If I were gonna pick one of the others, it'd probably be home decorator. It's really only noticeable if you're actually actively playing the decorator career, but playing that decorator career is pretty darn fun--imo, the most fun "mini game" included so far. But, that's probably cause I rather like decorating in the sims lol.
3rd choice would probably be knitting, as it is awfully cute, but again you're only really gonna get something out of it if you make a sim you're playing an active knitter.
All the other ones are fine, all at least have some good cas and build/buy items that I use regularly (aside from loft and country kitchen--I don't own any kits, so can't speak to that), but other than that, I hardly notice them in my game at all. My sims never go bowling, only occasionally make ice cream, and I only ever go to strangerville if I'm in a mood to let a sim I'm playing have the strangerville aspiration--other wise I avoid it entirely, as I find it quite annoying and tedious, both in terms of the "beat the aliens" storyline, and the world in general I find quite drab.
Again tho, this is just my personal feelings and preferences, you'll know better for yourself what kind of game you like to play!
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