Whats sims pack do you regret buying
Whats ur least fav sims pack
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I'll say something truly saddening, and hope this might help someone else who still considers buying:
My biggest Sims 4 regret ever is Dream Home Decorator.
I was hyped for this pack.
I preordered this pack.
I have waited for fixes and re-tried the pack many times to give it a chance.
Dream Home Decorator is my biggest Sims letdown that has permanently repelled me from preordering anything, buying packs for a full price or following Sims news excitedly.
For all other players out there, I have to sadly recommend the same.
This pack still does not work as intended. It has been years, from the hurried launch and haphazard repairs, and Dream Home Decorator still does not work in any way that could be expected. Sims is a franchise worth millions upon millions. A franchise which has a massive fanbase for building as a gameplay feature.
To many, myself included, Sims is primarily a building simulator.
Dream Home Decorator in itself is the price of a full videogame, and it's gameplay consists almost entirely of the creation of a fun and rewarding building experience...
Except it still is not fun and still does not reward. Nothing in DHD adds to the building gameplay in an entertaining, challenging or new way.
To make this criticism a little more constructive, here are some ideas how such a pack in the future could be more rewarding:
- The game should judge the project solely based on the parameters shown or the parameters stated by the sim making an order, as things are, it is pretty much impossible to receive a positive review from a large household
- Instead of randomized likes, the game should come with pre-determined likes and dislikes for Maxis-made townies
- Instead of randomized generic projects like adding a basement or decorating a nursery, the game could have a large number, hopefully hundreds, of text prompts, perhaps with an element of random generation. "I want... a water garden... a dark mermaid basement... a mysterious nursery... a veranda for bachelor parties... a clown living room."
- The game could come with a list of required items based on room type/theme, like in Sims 3's home decorator pack.
- the pack should be playtested sufficiently to rid it of gameplay-disruptive bugs well before launch
If you enjoy the furniture, perhaps consider buying this pack if it is on a good discount. Otherwise, do not bother.
So I originally said MWS but I'm here to say that that pack is mostly functional and I want to amend my answer.
Dream Home Decorator (DHD) is by far the most disappointing pack I've bought because the only gameplay element is fully broken. The CAS and BB are great but the whole career that made this a GP is broken: no pay, no promotions, and you have to leave the lot by travelling to finish the job. It's a disaster and it's a shame because it was such a fun way to redesign the worlds bit by bit. It's been over a year since it broke (with the HSY patch) so if you were thinking of buying it, please reconsider until you see it fixed in a patch note because right now, it is not worth it.
City Living
The apartments are practically unplayable between the camera bouncing around and the bugged neighbors that are always “too loud” for your sims to sleep all night every night even in fancy penthouses.
The careers are extremely bugged as well and hard to play working from home.
I really wanted that keyboard as an alternative to the grand piano but now there’s upright pianos in Growing Together and Horse Ranch.
I wanted the karaoke bar as an activity for my sims to do as a group, but they’re completely bugged if you actually try to visit as a group.
I don’t use the lot traits & challenges as much as I thought I would.
Cats don’t chase mice.
Keyholders always come over and drink dozens of glasses of water.
The flea market and festivals are kind of cool though. When they work. And if your Sim doesn’t have pets or kids. It can be infuriating though trying to learn all the recipes while townies keep stealing every meal you buy before you can! 🤦🏼♀️
@PipMenace , the first thing I do with the Spice Festival from City Living is to go to the table that lets you sample them for free, but instead of just taking a taste, I grab a whole plate for free! There are 5 to choose from and it changes every time! But this is only for the Spice Festival. But even so, it is a great way to learn recipes without spending money or worrying about an NPC stealing your food! 😅
- @PugLove888 Don't worry about NPCs stealing, just steal it from a random table :P
DHD has been fine for a while now, when was the last time you tried the interior decorator career? I mean, I bought Snowy Escape after HSY (yeah I know out of sequence), but I used a DHD Career in Snowy Escape, granted the DHD was pretty broken for a while what with the likes being unknown causing complaints, now it's easier, they just randomly choose a bunch of likes (from the upto 50!) and go with those 3 - 4, instead of trying to tell you the person hates every color except blue lol, now you know Paint in Yellow. Also I remember when DHD caused profiles to bug so badly that people were getting "unlisted" from the profiles (had to recreate my world because of that :/)
