Favorite expansion pack
If I were to get a new expansion pack, which one would you advise me to get? Edited to add: I only have the base game.
Forum Discussion
So many people coming back. So many new faces to learn. :mrgreen:
Well, where to start, I’ve always found that environment makes up ninety-five percent of immersion. And thus I recommend Seasons. The addition of weather into the Sims 3 will add to the ambiance of the game. Not only that you can drop lightning on them with the Disasters and Blessings mod or NRAAS Debug Enabler. Or even more fun drop giant burning rocks from space on top of your sims just for fun. Pancakes anyone?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fg05MbcUaas/W9mJFttweJI/AAAAAAAAaFg/DULc1MbnvCQqz6tY-1PmfyB6Eu2WND-0wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-137.jpg
If you like to play legacies Generations is a must to ensure that you have smooth continuing family lines.
And eventually you can end up with this.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wdbseek1C58/XWYaN--8MuI/AAAAAAAAfLo/Z-eBAO2Q11sfVgwaBY1yjx0kIk21cD6cACLcBGAs/s1600/FamilyTree_All_Branches_08-03-2019.png
...a confusing mess not even Ancestry.com can sort out. The last genealogist ran out screaming.
Then the other recommended packs are based on how you play the game
Ambitions: if you like the flexibility of self employment being your established career instead of the soul-demeaning label of being “unemployed” then this EP is for you. Lots of cool new jobs to choose from; firefighter, ghost hunter. You can even turn piddling around in the garden or fishing into a job.
You can also turn taking care of drooling nose-picking toddlers into a career. Yay. I’m a parent in RL I got to do that for free. My RL wife @Featherbelle and I are waiting patiently til they turn 18! ...and graduate. “Here’s your money for college (university), my dear darling child GET OUT!” ~evil grin~
And if you’re so inclined, you can blow up things after levelling up in many new interesting skills. (Pssst. It’s inventing) also inventing and sculpture also give you. new ways of lighting yourself on fire. Which depending on your outlook may or may not be a good thing. I always like to look on the “bright-side” *groan* yeah I know that was a bad one. :mrgreen:
World Adventures: for the addition of new worlds to explore new recipes and new skill-building interactive objects. Get your self hit in the head by the Sim Fu dummy -risk a concussion
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zt-bjOQmmFg/WekjyZ4SCuI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/3Y9LI3nJc_QIiKO_lT4exJg6AftVBnfRACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-6.jpg
That’ll leave a mark. Also the tents are greatwoohoo locations
Oh wait. This is a T-site. You didn’t see that.
Supernatural: addition of new gemstones, a metric carp-ton of new harvestable plants and bees. Every one loves bees :mrgreen:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--XSDTR5-vL8/WfGUbooT2TI/AAAAAAAAEpY/BYnrM9vkh94IcWxgb8m0CFegX6TVtgVcACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-103.jpg
Sim-Tosh: oh do shut up!
Bees and werewolves, bees and vampires, fairies and witches. Unplayable zombies.
Gemcutter so you don’t have to give all your hard earned simoleons to some schmoe off the street to cut your gem-stones for you.
University Life: The pack where you can send your sim to post-secondary education where just like in real life you can blow a lot of money in order to get a nice wall certificate that says you know all this stuff to which your prospective employer turns around and says “that’s great. What’s your real world experience?” You can take various degrees. And study at a wonderful old campus where your mascot is a Peruvian ungulate with a bad temper. Yes like camels they spit. Enjoy the wonderful atmosphere of college life And even better if you send your sims to uni after having them gain some life experience you can actually teach a class while your absentee prof is probably sitting in the staff-room wondering if she will qualify for tenure this semester. Not to mention that if your sims go to uni while married evidently your wife will get hit on.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vuxvcynr-6g/Wl50K9RC6rI/AAAAAAAAJVQ/x4PWt6jEW4M1DBd2-6A7xzE5ahBVRmyXQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-27.jpg
River: “I’m sorry, boys, but I’m married; have four children and a husband who I’m not inclined to cheat on...ever. Better luck next time..”.
Yeah I could go through every pack but I’m sure that from this post you can tell which packs I think give you the biggest punch for your money.
Well, where to start, I’ve always found that environment makes up ninety-five percent of immersion. And thus I recommend Seasons. The addition of weather into the Sims 3 will add to the ambiance of the game. Not only that you can drop lightning on them with the Disasters and Blessings mod or NRAAS Debug Enabler. Or even more fun drop giant burning rocks from space on top of your sims just for fun. Pancakes anyone?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fg05MbcUaas/W9mJFttweJI/AAAAAAAAaFg/DULc1MbnvCQqz6tY-1PmfyB6Eu2WND-0wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-137.jpg
If you like to play legacies Generations is a must to ensure that you have smooth continuing family lines.
And eventually you can end up with this.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wdbseek1C58/XWYaN--8MuI/AAAAAAAAfLo/Z-eBAO2Q11sfVgwaBY1yjx0kIk21cD6cACLcBGAs/s1600/FamilyTree_All_Branches_08-03-2019.png
...a confusing mess not even Ancestry.com can sort out. The last genealogist ran out screaming.
Then the other recommended packs are based on how you play the game
Ambitions: if you like the flexibility of self employment being your established career instead of the soul-demeaning label of being “unemployed” then this EP is for you. Lots of cool new jobs to choose from; firefighter, ghost hunter. You can even turn piddling around in the garden or fishing into a job.
You can also turn taking care of drooling nose-picking toddlers into a career. Yay. I’m a parent in RL I got to do that for free. My RL wife @Featherbelle and I are waiting patiently til they turn 18! ...and graduate. “Here’s your money for college (university), my dear darling child GET OUT!” ~evil grin~
And if you’re so inclined, you can blow up things after levelling up in many new interesting skills. (Pssst. It’s inventing) also inventing and sculpture also give you. new ways of lighting yourself on fire. Which depending on your outlook may or may not be a good thing. I always like to look on the “bright-side” *groan* yeah I know that was a bad one. :mrgreen:
World Adventures: for the addition of new worlds to explore new recipes and new skill-building interactive objects. Get your self hit in the head by the Sim Fu dummy -risk a concussion
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zt-bjOQmmFg/WekjyZ4SCuI/AAAAAAAAEYQ/3Y9LI3nJc_QIiKO_lT4exJg6AftVBnfRACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-6.jpg
That’ll leave a mark. Also the tents are great
Oh wait. This is a T-site. You didn’t see that.
Supernatural: addition of new gemstones, a metric carp-ton of new harvestable plants and bees. Every one loves bees :mrgreen:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--XSDTR5-vL8/WfGUbooT2TI/AAAAAAAAEpY/BYnrM9vkh94IcWxgb8m0CFegX6TVtgVcACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-103.jpg
Sim-Tosh: oh do shut up!
Bees and werewolves, bees and vampires, fairies and witches. Unplayable zombies.
Gemcutter so you don’t have to give all your hard earned simoleons to some schmoe off the street to cut your gem-stones for you.
University Life: The pack where you can send your sim to post-secondary education where just like in real life you can blow a lot of money in order to get a nice wall certificate that says you know all this stuff to which your prospective employer turns around and says “that’s great. What’s your real world experience?” You can take various degrees. And study at a wonderful old campus where your mascot is a Peruvian ungulate with a bad temper. Yes like camels they spit. Enjoy the wonderful atmosphere of college life And even better if you send your sims to uni after having them gain some life experience you can actually teach a class while your absentee prof is probably sitting in the staff-room wondering if she will qualify for tenure this semester. Not to mention that if your sims go to uni while married evidently your wife will get hit on.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vuxvcynr-6g/Wl50K9RC6rI/AAAAAAAAJVQ/x4PWt6jEW4M1DBd2-6A7xzE5ahBVRmyXQCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-27.jpg
River: “I’m sorry, boys, but I’m married; have four children and a husband who I’m not inclined to cheat on...ever. Better luck next time..”.
Yeah I could go through every pack but I’m sure that from this post you can tell which packs I think give you the biggest punch for your money.
