Is outdoor retreat worth it?
I like to have a least one of my sims collect, fish and cook new things. Without telling me specifics please, does outdoor living provide "new" things in these areas. New harestables? Trying to decid...
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Thank you for all the replies everyone. Lots to consider. Now I think I may want Seasons also 😃
@RonneeSimmer I also don't care much for having my plants go dormant if I am playing a household that focuses on them. So... In households where I cook dishes, baked goods and cupcakes to sell in my bakeries or want year-round harvestables &/or flowers, I make indoor/sheltered sunrooms or greenhouses with windows &/or glass roofing for year-around plants that are not effected by weather. (I have also made businesses where I combine a bakery and florist shop.) For normal homes I don't mind the seasonal aspect - I just keep extras in inventory to get through the off season, or keep a few multi-plants (spliced) in the living room in pots for off-season cooking. It's fun to come up with creative solutions. To me that's half the fun of the game!
In seasons you also get holidays, including 'Father Winter' (Santa) and 'Winterfest' (Christmas), beehives (fertilize your garden and make honey) and skating rinks (the game spawns them in worlds (roller skating and ice skating). You can play in leaf piles, make show angles, snow pals, snowball fights: https://youtu.be/pG7mn3tpWAM... water balloon fights and mud fights and all sorts of little and big things throughout the worlds.
I was very surprised to enjoy Laundry Day, as @PugLove888 mentioned. It has some cool decorative items, and the laundry aspect also adds challenge and realism. And Parenthood adds some interesting challenges and interactions if you play families, and I am in love with a bunch of the build items in it (like the kitchen items and cabinets). I also agree very much that it really depends on your play-style and what you most enjoy in the game.
Have fun deciding, and I'm happy to hear you will be able to take advantage of some great deals - and maybe even get more in budget range with the sales! 🙌
- @RonneeSimmer , heck yeah, Seasons is awesome! I love this pack! Even the base game worlds look amazing in the snow. It's like all of my worlds have been multiplied by four as they look and feel so different as the seasons change, or even just by the day-to-day changes in the weather. I never turn off the weather effects as some of the results they have on Sims can be quite hilarious. The game has great sound and lighting effects for the different types of weather. You can even hear geese flying south for the winter! Lots of great details like that. Ice skating and hot cocoa in the winter, or roller skating and lemonade in the summer, both are pretty cool. Plenty of holiday decor items for all seasons too. I'm very pleased with how the seasons seem to change gradually instead of like someone flicking a big switch somewhere with everything changing instantly. For example, early Spring feels much different than late Spring. Some of the worlds have cold, harsh winters and others are kinda mild, but then again the summers in those can get really toasty. Great variety all around there. I like to have really long seasons, while others like to have them short, or somewhere in between. You get to pick & can change it any time you want.
Oh and btw, unlike Sims 3, not all plants go dormant in the winter, so no worries there. In fact that is when some of them are most active. All the seasons have a nice variety of plants that are active. I usually play Sims who are year-round gardeners and I like to have them rotate their crops as the seasons change, just to keep things more interesting. Each season my garden has a completely different look. Even seed packs are available in seasonal varieties. And yeah I also make greenhouses for some plants I want year-round, plus as a place to put a flower arranging table and a woodworking bench... and for some reasons my cats seem to like hanging out in there (even Sims cats are weird). Well I don't want to add too many spoilers here but you'd definitely have LOTS of fun with gardening in Seasons.
