May 25 - #DreamHomeDecorator Livestream

I'm a bit conflicted. It doesn't really feel like it has enough gamelay for a gamepack. Sadly, the kid's tent is just recycled animations and it really bothers me that they didn't put a toddler bed that matches the furniture of the pack in it. More importantly, one that matches the bunk beds of the pack. I'm also bothered by the fact that the walkin closets aren't animated. I was hoping sims quickly browsed through their clothes before changing. The NPC client fading out of existence also really bothered me, why didn't they code him to go to the edge of the lot? The mini reveal trailer is phenomenal though, I loved that.

Favorites looks amazing though it's not really part of the pack. It really reminds me of the "Interests" of TS2 and I'm all for it. I'm not sure I like how easily it is to change them though, because it makes them not feel as impactful and meaningful which is a problem TS4 has as a whole, with things not mattering. But they are well done overall and I'm really exited for them.

EDIT: The CAS for males was really disappointing, maybe a side from one top asset and the slightly baggy cargo pants. The short hairstyle is almost exactly the same as a City Living hair.

It looks a bit better than I expected, but I still don't foresee ever using the career. But, there were just a few things from BB and CAS that I liked, so it moved from a "hell no" to a "maybe someday on sale" for me.

On the other hand, the likes/dislikes system is amazing, and the new hair is great, so I can't complain too much when I will have such good free updates to entertain me a bit until the EP.

Well, after seeing more, I don't hate it, but I don't like it enough to buy it either. The most important thing to me is that the likes and dislikes are Base Game.

If I ever do buy this, it will have to be during a sale and part of a bundle while getting another EP and SP. I'm running low on optional GPs anyway, because a lot of them don't appeal to me. Of the ten GPs (including this one), there are four I own and four I would not consider buying. This and one other I would consider adding to a bundle. So that's not too bad.

I'm glad others are enthusiastic about this pack though.

I honestly don't know why some people on the stream were saying the pack has "a lot of content". It's literally one career, one favorites tab that you'll often only use for the career since it relates to decor styles, and modular furniture that it'll likely get patched or put into a kit but with a different style.

After watching the livestream, the pack does seem better than I intially expected. Like it's not a hard "absolutely not, why does this exist" anymore, like it was when it was first announced.

The sectional sofas look great, as do the closests and clutter, but for me at least, there's still not enough for me to go out and buy it. I might consider getting it on a 50% off sale or entering some giveaways for it, but it's defintely not worth more than $10 to me. And that's a consideration I might make only after I wait it out until enough people have bought, played and reviewed it.

Overall, it's still on my "not likely to buy" scale.

The likes and dislikes system however seems amazing and I can't wait for the patch. I'm very much looking forward to that.

As I expected, the BB is beautiful. The idea behind the career is amazing, but it doesn't really made me want to get it at a full price.

I look forward to the patch!

For me, it is probably a pack to buy on sale. I wouldn't use the career in my rotation save, so I would have to start an entirely new one.

I think lots of players will have fun with this though.

And I will eventually want the stuff.

"HopeyStarr;c-17891016" wrote:
Okay, but why do males always get the short end of the stick in cas? Has this been explained?

According to the sims team everyone who plays the game is a 12 year old girl

This is the first time I have watched the live stream, and I was still in conflict with myself "do I really want to reveal everything..." Usually, browsing through CAS and buy and figuring out everything new is usually one of my favorite parts of a new pack. But I was way too curious for this one, and also I figured it saved me some time used exploring, and I can move directly into the game.

I am going to overplay this career, I love decorating and redecorating. Even better with a challenge. And the modular EVERYTHING. The designs of objects is also right up my alley, mostly building modern houses with a Scandinavian vibe to it.

I have one big hope though, that the "like" system will add gaining fun to activities they like. For example with painting. I hate my creative Sims not gaining fun from painting.

It'll be interesting to see the additions to likes and dislikes when you have all the past packs as well. Remember this is just the pack and new game pack they showed.

I kept thinking "where are all the objects?" when SimGuruJill made a choice but these days one picture of an object like a kitchen overhead cabinet or a painting has several choices to pick from and all the objects from other packs were missing.