"Evilyn_1007;c-18232597" wrote:
I think if you are not going to follow your teen at all, it's not worth full price. Maybe on sale.
I love CAS and B/B. It really helps with making my teens look the part and also giving their rooms personality.
I enjoy the teen aspirations and the new traits.
I like my teens to use social bunny. They are the only life stage I use it with in my game because it can be annoying.
Having more afterschool activities is nice. But they are mostly just a rabbit hole.
I don't follow all my teens to school. When I do it's only for a week, before they are due to age up. That's also the only time they attend prom. So it doesn't get repetitive. The new lot type is pretty cool.
The world is just okay to me. I feel like there was a lot of missed opportunities with it. The pier is fun though.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the photo booth
But in general it feels like a game pack instead of an expansion. I would miss CAS and BB more than the Gameplay if I didn't have it.
I would second all of this.
I don't regret buying mostly because I'm a realistic legacy player and the teen specific aspirations, BB and CAS help create a more rounded out teen experience.
But I only send my teen to school a few times a week, sometimes only once a week. The reason for this is manifold:
1) I miss out on the school projects if I send them in every day, or can't focus on other sims/active careers/etc
2)The gameplay at the school is laggy, especially if you have a robust lot and
3) You build skills by going to class, similar to working on a project. So going every day can create an OP sim, especially if you then go to University and then pile more skill points on top of that. I usually go just enough days to get 1 to 2 skill points for my Sims "lesser" skills, and I have a storyline in mind for them (maybe they are an aspiring writer) they'll go more days on the day that class is scheduled.
Without active school, Social Bunny, and the styling app/rack this is really just a great teen stuff pack. And of the three main features I just mentioned, I only use active school and even then it's only a few times a week. So even though I don't regret buying it full price, I don't know that I'd recommend that for anyone else.
