As a Simmer that loves playing with occult sims, I've been disappointed in the past with occults that have come in Expansion packs. They lack the quality and focus that occults included in Game packs have. I feel that pushing them into a Expansion pack is what hurt them, and would recommend dedicating a Game pack to individual occults going forward so that other features do not steal their spotlight. Including an entirely new life-state to the game should actually have gravity, and Aliens and Mermaids are very shallow. They could really benefit from having their own perk tree (like Vampire and Spellcaster sims), as well as more social and world interactions that give them more meaningful gameplay. This shallowness also extends to Ghosts and PlantSims. I expected the Paranormal stuff pack to add on to our ghastly friends and perhaps give players more reason to play with them. These two base game occults would also benefit from a perk tree.
EA Staff (Retired)