Are they worth buying? Expansion pack master post.

I don't think too many people are going to have the time to sit and fill this out. But there are plenty of reviews and opinions on the packs if you just use the search feature on these forums (or on google)

@CyrusTheLoser Yeah I understand it is a big post to fill out. Just for those who might have the time. I will definitely do more research on some of the packs myself if this post doesn't get much feedback.

Get Together:
Pros: cool build/buy and clothes, big beautiful world
Cons: gameplay is relatively weak.
Worth buying? On a sale, yes.

Cats & Dogs:
Pros: Beautiful world, pets
Cons: not a lot of pet toys
Worth buying? Yes.

Outdoor Retreat:
Pros: vacation world, cute new interactions
Cons: after a while going to vacation can get repetitive
Worth buying? On a sale, yes.

Spa Day:
Pros: Sleek, modern style
Cons: weakest gameplay out of all the game packs
Worth buying? Unless you really love the style, then not really.

Vampires:
Pros: the best vampires the Sims has ever had
Cons: I honestly can't think of any cons for this pack to be honest. They removed their ability to break in and bite Sims so they aren't annoying anymore.
Worth buying? Yes!

Parenthood:
Pros: great CAS and objects for teens and kids
Cons: character traits Don't have a lot of replay value. Also, if you Don't play families then it won't be useful.
Worth buying? Yes

Jungle Adventure:
Pros: cool world and temple
Cons: after some time can lose the initial fun value it has
Worth buying? Yes

Luxury Stuff Pack:
Pros: the new items and clothes are fantastic for weddings
Cons: Very few items
Worth buying? Yes

Perfect Patio Stuff:
Pros: hot tubs
Cons: smallest pack overall
Worth buying? Unless you want hot tubs, you can pass on it

Cool Kitchen Stuff:
Pros: cute items, great hairstyles
Cons: It's just not very exciting
Worth buying? Not really

Spooky Stuff:
Pros: tons of storytelling potential with the new CAS
Cons: limited to costumes
Worth buying? Depends on if you want to have stories that includes Sims looking like witches, pirates and zombies

Movie Hangout Stuff:
Pros: cool items
Cons: the new gameplay is very week
Worth buying? Unless you really like the items, you can pass on it

Romantic Garden Stuff:
Pros: cool objects and clothes
Cons: can't think of any
Worth buying? Yes

Kids Room Stuff:
Pros: great stuff for kids
Cons: adults can't play the new games. Everything here is exclusive to kids
Worth buying? Yes

Backyard Stuff:
Pros: manages to pull off the summer theme very well
Cons: can't think of any
Worth buying? Yes! In my opinion it is the best stuff pack.

Vintage Glamour Stuff:
Pros: luxurious style
Cons: you can technically already control a sim to make them be a butler.
Worth buying? Not really

Fitness Stuff:
Pros: cool objects and hairstyles
Cons: a lot of wasted potential
Worth buying? Not really

Toddler Stuff:
Pros: adorable things for toddlers
Cons: everything is limited to toddlers
Worth buying? If you like having toddlers in the game, yes.

Laundry Day Stuff:
Pros: adds realism. Great clothes
Cons: can't think of any
Worth buying? Yes

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Get to Work:
Pros: retail, aliens, cool clothes and objects, new careers
Cons: Very small world, careers can get repetitive at times
Worth buying? Yes

City Living:
Pros: gives a great city vibe, clothes allow creating very distinct sims
Cons: not really any new gameplay here, can't build our own apartments
Worth buying? On a sale, yes if you love urban environments. If not, you can pass on it.

Dine out:
Pros: LOVE being able to make our own menues!
Cons: CAS is very minimal
Worth buying? Yes

Bowling Night Stuff:
Pros: bowling is a nice activity to have
Cons: no spares in the bowling lanes. Only 1 shot per round.
Worth buying? Yes if bowling interests you

Hope this helps :smile:

@Brindleton Yes that's helps so much! Thanks heaps for taking the time to fill it all out. I really appreciate it!

Expansion wise, I'd say wait for a sale on all of them. Get Together, Cats and Dogs, and City Living all come with beautiful worlds. If you like a more Euro sort of vibe, go for Get Together first. If New England/Hamptons is more your style, go for Cats and Dogs. The expansions all go on sale pretty frequently. I wouldn't pay more than half price for any of the ones you don't have. I use Get Together probably the least, but I do find the group mechanic it adds really useful sometimes. If you really like pets, I'd get Cats and Dogs before Get Together. If Pets aren't that important to you, get Get Together. City Living...I love the singing skill and I use the pufferfish death all the time, and the apartments are fun, even if you can't build your own. I've really enjoyed having it, but I don't find it crucial and would probably prioritize it last, unless you really love apartments and karaoke.

Game Packs: If you like family play at all, I'd get Parenthood first. It adds A LOT to family play, and I really wish I'd had it from the very beginning. If you like supernatural life states, Vampires is the best game pack they've ever made, and has the best Sims Vampires and a ton of really cool build/buy stuff. Vampires is just the best. Jungle Adventure and Outdoor Retreat both offer a vacation destination. I think Jungle Adventure is more fun than Outdoor Retreat. Spa Day, I didn't think I'd like as much as I did, but I actually use those objects all the time and I really enjoy the wellness skill and the ability to add additives to your bath is super useful and I really enjoy that.

Stuff Packs: I use Movie Hangout Stuff(I held off buying it because it didn't seem to add much, but I found I really love the items and CAS), Luxury Party Stuff, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Backyard Stuff, and Romantic Garden Stuff all the time. Spooky Stuff is a must for me because it fills a void left by the lack of lifestates. I've enjoyed Laundry Day Stuff, but unless you love laundry...it's non-essential. I bought Patio stuff for the hot tubs and do use them a lot, but other than that, the pack is eh. The rest, eh.

@Gonedalf I agree with buying all the expansion packs as well. A big reason would definitely be because of the new worlds. You get tired of playing the same world sometimes! But yes, might wait until the come on sale, although I do have a discount code right now that expires on the 31st so I'll most likely purchase one of them soon!

My sister was telling me about the Parenthood pack and because I do enjoy the whole family play she thinks I would really enjoy that pack, so that seems like it'll be on my purchase list! Vampires is very intriguing for me, my sister again recommended that one to me as well, but I have never really played as a vampire on the sims but I guess it could be something new to try!

A lot of the reason why I want to buy new packs is because of the furniture it comes with. I feel like Spa Day would have some really nice furniture!

Thank you so much for taking the time and replying to this / helping me out! I'll definitely take everything you've said into consideration!

No problem! If you have a discount code and it works on Game Packs or Stuff Packs, I'd recommend using the code on them, because in my experience, they go on sale way less often than the expansions. Parenthood is one I'd get as early as possible if you like families. It adds some depth there that's really enjoyable. Spa Day is used a lot in some really awesome builds. It has some good furniture to it. Vampires has a lot of really Victorian-esque kinda furniture which is fun. As far as stuff packs for furniture, I like Movie Hangout's boho/colorful furniture a lot. I also really like Vintage Glamour Stuff's furniture. I like that it looks really different from any of the other packs. Luxury Party Stuff doesn't come with hardly any furniture, I mostly use that one for the makeup and the dresses. Laundry Day has some nice country furniture.

Always buy EP’s on sale (50+% off of possible), they have each been a major disappointment. GP’s are relatively good, no complaints about them the team behind them seems to do a good job. SP’s are forgettable for me. They are nothing more than glorified side features that are now being promoted as main features even though none of them are getting any sort of improvement.

Get Together:
Pros: Game changing club system and the beautiful world of Winderburg
Cons: Empty in many aspects, I don't know it doesn't feel full. But it's still the best EP in my opinion
Worth buying? Yes

Cats & Dogs:
Pros: Nice BB items
Cons: Pets are shallow and it doesn't come with a lot of objects for them
Worth buying? Not really, I mean, it's nice to have cats and dogs in the game but...maybe buy it on a 50% sale.

Outdoor Retreat:
Pros: Great pack for collectors and outdoorsy sims
Cons: It can be a little boring if you don't like camping and such
Worth buying? Yes

Spa Day:
Pros: Amazing BB and a nice addition to gameplay, brings variety
Cons: You can't run a spa
Worth buying? Yes

Vampires:
Pros: The best vampires in the history of Sims. Really in depth
Cons: Playability, at least for me since I don't play with supernaturals a lot
Worth buying? If you like supernatural, absolutely

Parenthood:
Pros: Game changing feature with the parenting skills and the way families behave thanks to this pack
Cons: Not much for toddlers
Worth buying? Yes! (If you are a family player)

Jungle Adventure:
Pros: BB is amazing! And it's a fun addition that gives you something cool to do
Cons: Playability in the long run
Worth buying? Yes

Luxury Stuff Pack:
Pros: Nothing
Cons: Everything
Worth buying? NO!

Perfect Patio Stuff:
Pros: Hot tub and modern outdoors furniture
Cons: pretty empty otherwise
Worth buying? Yeah...

Cool Kitchen Stuff:
Pros: Some nice CAS items
Cons: It's not cool, and it doesn't have many kitchen things
Worth buying? On sale maybe

Spooky Stuff:
Pros: If you like Halloween it's great
Cons: Playability
Worth buying? Not for me. All I use from it is one wooden floor and one wooden wall

Movie Hangout Stuff:
Pros: CAS and BB are great and funky
Cons: Gameplay is meh
Worth buying? Yes

Romantic Garden Stuff:
Pros: if you like landscaping is a must!
Cons: If you don't like landscaping is pretty pointless
Worth buying? Depends

Kids Room Stuff:
Pros: It made kids so much more exciting and fun to play
Cons: Can't find any cons
Worth buying? YES

Backyard Stuff:
Pros: Super cool summery chilled vibe nice objects and CAS
Cons: None
Worth buying? Yes!

Vintage Glamour Stuff:
Pros: Beautiful wallpapers and Butler (if you like to use them)
Cons: a lot of bugs
Worth buying? I guess

Fitness Stuff:
Pros: Nice CAS
Cons: Everything else
Worth buying? Half price maybe?

Toddler Stuff:
Pros: Really fun objects and CAS plus new stuff to do with toddlers
Cons: it should have been in the base game
Worth buying? If you like playing with toddlers yes

Laundry Day Stuff:
Pros: Gorgeous CAS and BB
Cons: doing laundry in the Sims is as boring as doing laundry yourself irl
Worth buying? Up to you

Before i start, i would like to say, get everything you want on sale, EA prices are ridiculous. Now with that out of the way :

Get Together:
Pros: Good world, Good clothing and objects, clubs can be interesting if you have criativity
Cons: Creepy sims keep calling your sims on the phone.
Worth buying? yes

Cats & Dogs:
Pros: Pets are cute, vet job is ok and the bugs are hilarious
Cons: Can't control pets, cleaning robot is stupid
Worth buying? if you really really like little furballs,otherwise not really

Outdoor Retreat:
Pros: good for taking pictures or making thesims videos, also new skill
Cons: not a lot to do, gets boring fast, bear suit is creepy af
Worth buying? yes, but just to creep people in the bear suit

Spa Day:
Pros: pretty objects, cool skill objects, pretty outfits (specially for female sims)
Cons: cant really make your own spa
Worth buying? yes

Vampires:
Pros: Must have for occult fans,vampires have many usefull skills and complete different gameplay.
Cons: Ugly random npcs, vampires will keep trying to break into your house, but you can't call the non-existent police
Worth buying? YES

Parenthood:
Pros: Make childrem and teenagers less boring, give something more for your sims to do at home
Cons: Kids and teens are stupid and annoying like in real life and your house becomes a war zone
Worth buying? Yes

Jungle Adventure:
Pros: Scaaary spoooky skeeeletooons
Cons: "One-shot" gameplay. meaning that once you played it once you dont have much reason to play it again, much like TS3 WA
Worth buying? Yes, since the one shot is still pretty fun (But i would rather have beach and stuff)

Luxury Stuff Pack:
Pros: nothing really
Cons: everythig in this pack is ugly and the premium is useless
Worth buying? nope

Perfect Patio Stuff:
Pros: Tub, pretty furniture
Cons: meh CAS
Worth buying? yes for sure, it will go great with spa

Cool Kitchen Stuff:
Pros: Ice cream machine
Cons: "cool kitchen stuff" barely has any kitchen stuff. outfits are not bad but very similar to other (better) packs
Worth buying? Not really

Spooky Stuff:
Pros: hits your nostalgia with the thesims2 outfits, helps making your ghost sims cooler, good for specific scenes
Cons: rather shallow stuff pack with not a lot of content, and dont be surprised if NPCs everywhere spawn with the costumes.
Worth buying? If you like crazed towns like me, then maybe, but its not a must-have in my opnion

Movie Hangout Stuff:
Pros: Pretty televisions and interesting hairstyles
Cons: boring outfits and horrid furniture that will make even your grandmother puke
Worth buying? Nah

Romantic Garden Stuff:
Pros: Everything is pretty, wishing well is usefull...at times
Cons: The well is not as funny as thesims2 one but its still cool.
Worth buying? Absolutely, best Stuff pack

Kids Room Stuff:
Pros: Pretty clothing and furniture that your childrem you never care but you will and an ugly discount-pokemon videogame
Cons: Illusive life stage , goes fast and this dlc does not really add much to it.
Worth buying? only if your neighborhood is full of rabbits that have so many childrem that it bothers you to dress two kids the same.

Backyard Stuff:
Pros: nice if you want to make a pool area
Cons: overall bland dlc with several items similar to things in basegame or previous packs
Worth buying? No

Vintage Glamour Stuff:
Pros: Pretty furniture and hairstyles.
Cons: rather useless premium object
Worth buying? yes, but its low priority

Fitness Stuff:
Pros: Amazing furniture and outfits
Cons: Hairstyles are ugly
Worth buying? Only if you have many active sims.

Toddler Stuff:
Pros: Now the little potatoes can cry in new colours
Cons: Very few new options for a rather short lifestage
Worth buying? No

Laundry Day Stuff:
Pros: You can make your sims suffer the pain of washing clothes
Cons: Sims are stupid, so you have to keep telling them to do that
Worth buying? If you like realism and dont mind real life ordeals, then yes

Get to Work:
Pros: Actual simulated jobs that actually play out like jobs , also Aliens.
Cons: Retail is kinda sh*tty, but still better than thesims3....also aliens rape you
Worth buying? Yes

City Living:
Pros: Cool objects, festivals, nice outfits, apartment neighbors can add interesting dinamics to the game
Cons: Can't build your own apartments, there are furries everywhere.
Worth buying? Yes

Dine out:
Pros: Restaurants and Plantsims
Cons: Plantsims are not permanent, random sims ask you for dinner
Worth buying? Yes


Bowling Night Stuff:
Pros: Its self explanatory
Cons: no Fred flintstone costume
Worth buying? Yes

My first pet

Pros : Nothing worth of mention
Cons : DLC of another DLC that it should be part of and add virtually nothing
Worth Buying NO