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7 years ago

Buyer's Remorse?

So I had been playing the base game for quite a while, because, well, I was cheap. Haha. Well, I finally decided to buy an EP a couple weeks ago and figured since I was doing a legacy, what better EP than Generations? Well, I am honestly less than impressed by it. More-so annoyed by many of the new features, than anything. Don't get me wrong, I do love new items like the treehouse and other things. I also love the school stuff (prom, awards, field trips, graduation, etc.). That's where it ends, though. I think the 2 worst features for me are: the "reside over royal court" thing that the children do. They are hard to cancel out without them already changing into their new outfit and I hate that outfit. The way they change every child's hair with that crown. I thought it was cute when my first child did it, but after that... Nope. The other thing I can't deal with is the imaginary friend thing. I don't like it AT ALL. I play the game as reality-based as possible (I know I am lame and boring). I don't do supernatural things or anything, ever. I never buy those EPs that are exclusively like that for a reason. I figured Generations being family based, would be more realistic. This imaginary friend thing is a built in feature that I hadn't been able to go away! (I did recently read up on how to change the likelihood of getting them with mods, btw so no need for more advice on how to do it.) I just think it was a stupid idea to begin with and to force it into the game was dumb.

Sorry for the rant. I just wish I had chosen a different EP. I am going to get a new one very soon. I am trying to decide between 3 of them: Ambitions, Seasons, and Uni. Any thoughts on that?

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  • @Amphora lol That picture of Dionysius getting beat up by his mother-in-law. :D I did not mean to insult your merman. I'll be giving them another try too after all these years.
    @Deshong04 Awesome collection of pictures. :)
  • "MKSizzle;c-16581861" wrote:
    @Avatarit I know, right? Not only within the confines of Sims 3 and expansions, either. lol I want to pick and choose things I want from every installment!! I want to make my own game!! lol


    As with TS2, it seems there is always something really cool in an EP I want. And for $7.99, it’s worth it to me and therefore I got them all. I appreciate everyone talking about the bad things to watch out for like the free vacations. I would have said “YES!” since my family is just starting out and pretty broke. Regardless I currently have no buyer’s remorse.

  • @Rhiannon58 Yeah I got the Free Vacation pop up and before I clicked Yes, I Googled it and slowly stepped away from it and ran. Haha. I guess the entire thing isn't bad, just those few things. Everything else is great, it is just underwhelming, I suppose. It did add a lot of great features. (I had to pay $20 for mine!!)

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