Which iteration did magic/witches best?

"SimTrippy;d-962144" wrote:
Okay, I just finished watching the video below (which I loved, nice trip down memory lane!), and now I'm really, really curious: out of the three versions of magic we've had so far, which do you like best?

If there's already a thread like this, please merge mods. I just couldn't find it right away. Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOuhAsj4ANY

Witches were best in Sims 3 - but one of my fav packs will always be Makin Magic in my heart. LOL. That had to be the most fun ever in a game pack as it had so many side games besides just the Magic and tons of characters and things to do. I used to love getting free stuff in game by helping out the shop keepers when they would send my sim on missions to help other sims. I earned a lot of ingredients I did not need magic coins for doing those side games. Lots of fun - that pack.

The only thing I had wished was that sims should have been born a witch - instead of any sim being able to be one. I really think at least the more powerful witches need to have that in their genes and not just a learned thing.

The witches in TS3 were good as well, but I had more fun with the duels in Makin' Magic.

Also I think the Sorcerer in TSM deserves a vote. The tower, the spells, the cauldron -- all were great!

If I absolutely have to choose one, then 3.

1 allowed anyone to just pick a wand and wave it. That didn't really make "Witches" anything special.
2 implemented an alignment system. Spells should not change the spellcaster and limit the spells they can use.
3 allowed for all spells, but the spells themselves were limited. At least the Witch had variances within their own personalities because of traits.

I'm hoping I can say 4 did it best!

"Writin_Reg;c-17142493" wrote:

"SimTrippy;d-962144" wrote:
Okay, I just finished watching the video below (which I loved, nice trip down memory lane!), and now I'm really, really curious: out of the three versions of magic we've had so far, which do you like best?

If there's already a thread like this, please merge mods. I just couldn't find it right away. Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOuhAsj4ANY

Witches were best in Sims 3 - but one of my fav packs will always be Makin Magic in my heart. LOL. That had to be the most fun ever in a game pack as it had so many side games besides just the Magic and tons of characters and things to do. I used to love getting free stuff in game by helping out the shop keepers when they would send my sim on missions to help other sims. I earned a lot of ingredients I did not need magic coins for doing those side games. Lots of fun - that pack.

The only thing I had wished was that sims should have been born a witch - instead of any sim being able to be one. I really think at least the more powerful witches need to have that in their genes and not just a learned thing.

Totally agree!

"MVWdeZT;c-17142498" wrote:
The witches in TS3 were good as well, but I had more fun with the duels in Makin' Magic.

Also I think the Sorcerer in TSM deserves a vote. The tower, the spells, the cauldron -- all were great!

Yeah watching this so made me want to play TS again :D

Makin' Magic is still my gold standard for magic. A new town with a whimsical and spooky feel, new characters, new items and ingredients to make spells, and tons of fun Easter eggs like crystals and the beanstalk? Yes please.

Apartment Life witches are nice, and it comes with a wide array of spells and items, but it's more of a side dish that's not as fleshed out as it could be. You only get two new locations related to magic, and they're only for buying reagents.

I don't care much for the witches in Supernatural. Granted, I got the EP late in TS3's life when it was on sale, but I dislike how the magic skill is hidden, and how you don't have a spellbook to review which spells you can cast. Learning new spells is kind of grindy too, since you have to either play with magic a lot, or cast spells repeatedly to learn. At least with Makin' Magic you had a spell ingredient hunt. At least it comes with some nice things like that broom arena.

There is some things i could put into makin' magic from other games like witch life state and such that was not introduced in it
but I still like the overall of makin' magic loads more than the other packs because idk magic just meant so much more for me in that pack

personally wasn't really fan of supernatural as pack at all like idk lots of things got half baked
because they tried to do so much at once and the overall mood just was not all that magical for me

not sure about ts2 because it been long since I played it
I do remember liking it back when I played ts2 tho so that says something maybe?

Sims 1 magic was huge and so much fun!

I had the most fun with MM, but some of that was because it was so unexpected! An updated version of that might not be as exciting the second time around.

I remember enjoying magic in TS2; and while I did enjoy it in TS3 (so many more life-states!), somehow I didn't find it as delightful. Been there done that? Bit hard to compete with MMORPG-magic?

But the vampire pack in TS4, while it worked, was again an unexpected pleasure. I'd never enjoyed playing vampires before. It did dull on me over time, but...it also stopped working correctly. I don't even bother playing my vampires, just as I don't play my 'player' sims, because they're not functioning properly. Would be nice if EA got those fixed, but I'm not holding my breath. Crinrict told those of us with broken 'player' traits that it was unlikely to get fixed because only 7 people (now 15?) reported the trait broken. (If your player sim loses friendship for romancing others, please hit the 'me too' button here! Thanks!)

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My only problem with Making Magic is that witchcraft is something every Sim could learn, and not a separate life state (obviously, because we didn't have any at that point in time). Compared to TS3 where my witches could run around causing chaos for normal human sims it made it feel a lot less special.

I never played witches in TS2 so I can't compare it to 3 or 1.