Forum Announcement, Click Here to Read More From EA_Cade.
Hi Everyone! Started playing sims4 again & deciding what ep, sp to get next & meet people
scrapper42
Posts: 1,881 Member
Hi Everyone,
I have been away from sims4 for awhile now but wanted to get back to it now that I have more time. I maining wanted to stop by the forum and say hi, read about all the stuff I don't have yet, meet people and get back to enjoying the sims 4. I realized that there are many packs I don't have since I last played. I wanted to see what others really like and hopefully make some new friends. In the past I have enjoyed Island things so I was thinking about Island Living over Get Famous. Also deciding on Jungle Adventure, Stranerville, and Realm of Magic.
When I played sims3 I enjoyed all the challenges & socializing in the forum with others that also enjoyed playing. Hopefully getting back to sims4 will be just as fun.
I am hoping to get time to play this afternoon for awhile.
Have fun today & nice to meet you!
Dragonfly4242
I have been away from sims4 for awhile now but wanted to get back to it now that I have more time. I maining wanted to stop by the forum and say hi, read about all the stuff I don't have yet, meet people and get back to enjoying the sims 4. I realized that there are many packs I don't have since I last played. I wanted to see what others really like and hopefully make some new friends. In the past I have enjoyed Island things so I was thinking about Island Living over Get Famous. Also deciding on Jungle Adventure, Stranerville, and Realm of Magic.
When I played sims3 I enjoyed all the challenges & socializing in the forum with others that also enjoyed playing. Hopefully getting back to sims4 will be just as fun.
I am hoping to get time to play this afternoon for awhile.
Have fun today & nice to meet you!
Dragonfly4242
4
Comments
I don't have RoM but it seems like the best if you are comparing it to Strangerville which I only played once xD The story is lame and it lacks....story. Jungle Adventures isn't bad but the world is small and I found it repetitive because of that, especially since only one part of the jungle is really useful. The other jungle places don't have anything of importance. But I did found it fun to put artefacts together and such.
I don't own Strangerville nor Realm of Magic since I am more of a realistic player. I must say I love the city of Strangerville but the gameplay is nothing for me even though I love Sranger Things.
As for Island Living and Get Famous. I don't own neither of them. Again, Get Famous isn't really my thing so I can't tell and Island Living would be great for my gameplay but it seems kind of shallow. IMO it doesn't worth its price and should be gamepack.
Anyway, welcome back! I am glad you play TS4 again and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do
Strangerville has been fun (I haven't finished the story yet because I rotate and there's just the one household there right now). But after the story is done, it's just a world and the CAS and build/buy items, unless you start the whole story again. Most of the new gameplay is related to the plot. So it feels like it will get less use from me over time than the jungle.
Between Get Famous or Island Living, I think it may depend on whether you prefer to keep your sims busy accomplishing things or enjoying themselves. There are a lot of new things to do in Get Famous. You can gain fame with base game actions like writing or painting, and you also have the video editing station, the music mixing station, and the acting career to explore. There are downsides, such as fans and paparazzi and even family members being too in awe to have normal interactions... So it offers a lot of challenges. Island Living has some new careers, and your sims can work together or individually toward cleaning up the island, but there's also a lot of ways for the sims to unwind and have a good time. I feel like I will use Island Living with more of my families over time, as they can all visit without committing while I will probably reserve the pursuit of fame to specific families that it feels right for. I will likely make a generic lot with beds for my sims to use as an unofficial vacation dwelling so my families can hang out there for a few days even though they can't officially vacation.
And I don't have any of the Game Packs you mentioned, but Realm of Magic seems the most fun to me, personally.
About the packs you're choosing from: if you like world exploring then IL is probably better since the world itself in GF is small and honestly not super exciting. As for the GPs, I only have RoM and it's been super fun gameplay-wise, but then I do love magic so it does affect my judgment there. They all have fun worlds that are different from anything else in the game though so really, any of them would probably be good.
(I'd also say if you're not in a rush, there's a chance there'll be a Halloween sale later this month)
RoM is fun and looks beautiful. You cant have child magic users which is frustrating. I am finding a lot to add to my story telling from it.
Game packs Jungle Adventure is a lot of fun.
If you are buying an expansion and game pack, you may as well do the build a bundle deal and get a stuff pack too. It's cheaper than buying them seperate and you get the extra pack. (I think it's a similar price to getting the game pack free).
Moschino or Laundry Day are fantastic stuff packs, but there's lots of other good ones too.
Game packs - looks like you still need Jungle Adventures, Strangerville, and Realm of Magic? Those are all fantastic packs! Glimmerbrook is pretty small but the Realm itself is gorgeous, and Strangerville has a really fun story in it. Jungle Adventures, though, is super fun, and in terms of pure exploration, it's the best. It has a unique mechanism in it in exploring temples and some pop-up events, and the BB assets are amongst my favourite in the entire game. (Also, high-level archaeology is pretty lucrative as a skill!) No new residential worlds, but Selvadorada is a very nice vacation world. Honestly, I love and recommend all three!
SP-wise, you look pretty set! Looks like you're just missing My First Pet and Moschino, which... well, MFP is just an add-on to C&D, so depending on how you feel about that, you may or may not want it. Despite the name, Moschino is actually pretty decent - it does have some deeply regretful CAS, but some of the BB items are pretty cool, and what it does do extremely well is add a whole lot to photography. So, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I do recommend the Moschino pack!
For now, don't get Island Living & Realm of Magic, it still has alot of glitches that need to be fixed.
IL also has great cas b/b but also suffers slight lack of gameplay
most of all am just happy to have my sims swim around it makes world feel bigger than it is
if you have spa day and outdoor retreat though i feel those would go with these 2 packs and make them more fun to play with
RoM,SV and GF i don't have yet actually
not sure how they compare
🏡 Gallery 📖 Stories 🌍 World Project 🥔 MOD/CC Free
Strangerville appeals to my Star Trek mentality. I have the original cast bridge crew in my game. This was a great 'mission' for them and reminiscent of missions from the Original series (1966-1969). I've played it twice. Not that it's boring, but it was really hard the first time through and since my crew barely made it out alive, I decided, that was enough. Then my game save got corrupted. I started it over. Enough time had passed so I played the 'mission' again, not quite remembering all the ins and outs of it, so it was fun again.
Haven't been able to make Jungle Adventure work for me, as a 'mission'. There's no real way I can perceive of having each member of the Landing Party take part in it. I may have to try to tackle that one with just a Sim or two that I control.
My best recommendation is Get Famous.
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/