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Magicalbubbles6's avatar
3 years ago

What is your favorite expansion pack/mod

Hello I'm still trying to save for a laptop to play sims, so when I do get it I want to know the cutest mods, packs, etc.  I also want to know if it makes you go through a huge long tutorial like in sims free play/mobile like the 7 hour birthday party, because i don't want to do a wait forever to do a birthday party, like i find that boring please help, thank you 🙂

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  • Are you looking for official EA packs, or mods?

    Packs: I feel like Seasons and Cats and Dogs are essential expansion packs. I also love Parenthood and Tiny Living. Other recs would depend on your personal playstyle. Are you obsessed with making money? Do you love or hate occult weirdness? I'm an occult player, myself.

    Mods: again, this depends on your playstyle, but some of my favorites are MC Command Center, UI Cheats, Kawaii Stacie's Education Bundle, and half of LittleMsSam's and Bienchen's offerings.  😉  I also love Wonderful Whims by Turbodriver and the Pregnancy and Relationship Overhaul by Lumpinou.

    Er. It's probably becoming obvious that I play a lot of families. 😉  Occult families.

  • Magicalbubbles6's avatar
    Magicalbubbles6
    3 years ago
    @xochiquetzl_xkvn I'm just looking for cute family mods, cute expansion packs, romance, etc. I love occult, but not like vampires or anything like that, I like elves, mermaids, and like where I can change into an animal or be a hybrid, hope this makes sense!
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    xochiquetzl_xkvn
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @Magicalbubbles65 

    Well, an expansion pack/game pack is an official EA product (DLC) for the Sims. They have official packs (for pay) that allow you to be a spellcaster (Realm of Magic) or a mermaid (Island Living). Those are two of my favorite packs. <3

    A mod is a fan-created addition to the Sims that should be free (although some creators do "early access"). Kawaii Stacie's Education Bundle is great, in that it includes things like preschool for toddlers and allows your kids and teens to learn skills at school. Wonderful Whims gives Sims an attraction system, so you get cute popups when your Sim is really into another Sim. ("What a Sim! [Name] just forgot what they were thinking about for a moment and found themselves staring at [other Sim]...") I can't directly link you to them because directly linking to mods is against forum rules (because they're unofficial), but google is your friend.

  • My favorite packs for cute/nature rather than weird/adventure would be Cottage Living and Cats & Dogs. Though I do also enjoy Island Living - just not for the mermaids. And with the current not-running-long-distances bug, Island Living's difficult to play.

    Favorite mods are Littlbowbub's cookbooks and LittleMsSam's maintenance of Scarlet's Subject Homework. Also any toddler stuff from PandaSama.

    And no, you're not going to get stuck in an extended tutorial. There is a new tutorial system but it's more just startup suggestions & you can turn it off. I briefly tried the two app versions and... do those tutorials ever even end? I deleted them because I thought the tutorial style was just the whole game since it seemed never ending.