Best and worst in Realm of Magic

Ooh this is hard. :smiley:

Best - CAS and Build/Buy items. I'm using a lot of the stuff for my non-magical Sims and builds. I love the gameplay too but I feel I can use the CAS and Build/Buy items for a long time, even if I lose interest in having spellcasters.

Worst - Familiars. I feel like they don't do much. I feel its really lacking interactions. I have no connection with them. I usually use pets as familiars to make it feel like there's a friendship there.

Realm of Magic is one of those packs that I thought I wouldn't enjoy as much as the others, but I am surprised by it and I'm enjoying it a lot.

Best: Morgyn.

Worse:

-Lack of unique and interesting spells
-Lack of unique and interesting potions
-Lack of new potion ingredients
-Poorly implemented familiars
-Small magic world with nothing to do there
-Spells have no real impact on sims


Best:

-The world looks cool I guess

Best: CAS and BB plus I do like the way the spellcasters overall were done I like the spells and potions we have.

Worst: I feel like becoming a high powered spellcasters happens wayyyy to fast and makes it less challenging than it should be.

Pro: FINALLY MAGIC SIMS.


Con: If my spellcaster knows how to use their magic to create dinner, why are they still going to the fridge? If they have magic to clean up messes or themselves, why are they still going to the trash can or going to the shower. And I honestly wish seeing random magic from other spellcasters wasnt solely in the Magic Realm. Why can't I see a random magic battle in Newcrest and have my sim fight the winner to establish dominance? Also, can we please give occult kids more to do? Why cant my kids learn any basic magic?

Best: CAS
https://i.imgur.com/zTwpvZ9.png
Worst: Situational outfits on every spellcaster in the magic realm.
https://i.imgur.com/4FEuxxr.png

Oh gosh that's so true!! Your sims look gorgeous! Those npcs though ... love a spellcaster wearing a ... cowboy hat? XD

Best: CAS and Build items

Worst: situational outfits and sometimes clothes I didn't choose for my played households. (Seriously, you little sims, I didn't choose those mismatched pieces for you!)

Middle: Spells (Had to get Become a Sorcerer mod for the actual curses and not the in-game ones caused by spell failures). They can be funny sometimes, though. Especially if you use the inferniate spell on the ground, and it gets the houses on fire. Oh, and let's not forget the deliriate spell.

It was difficult to name only one in each category, so I guess my first item in each list is the absolute best and worst.

Best:
- the return of magic to the game, finally. I love the fact that magic is possible for the sims. It makes their life so much more fun and interesting
- build and buy: I absolutely love this style of furniture, and there are some neutral swatches for the windows as well
- the magic realm has a unique look and if you edit the headquarters, you can add literally anything for sims to do there
- the fact that you don't need to limit your sim to one school of magic, you can learn whatever spell you like from each category
- magic with and without wands
- the word 'spellcaster' : you can have all kinds of magical sims, they don't have to be the classical witch

worst
- you can easily overpower your spellcaster the game is unbalanced (I try to make it more balanced in my game by not allowing my spellcasters to get all perks, to have only limited use of copypasto, I use a mod to tone down the potion of plentiful needs,...)
- the situational outfits in the realm of magic (mods again)
- it would have been nice if our sims could live in the magic realm.

all in all the pack despite some flaws is one of my favourites.

I have to agree with most of these.

Best:

• CAS and BB. Different, unique, pretty, not too weird that you can't figure out where else to use them.
  

Good:

• Some aspects of the system, like splitting magic up into three branches and having to keep your powers in check
  
• The magic realm is actually really nice looking
  
• The animations are pretty good
  

Bad:

• Lackluster spells and potions (so like the core of the gameplay)
  
• Familiars. They do about as much as the Baby Yoda statue.
  
• There's actually nothing to do in the magic realm
  

Worst:

• Brooms. If bikes annoy you, brooms are worse.
  

I just feel like Patchy is a more helpful sidekick and the curses from Jungle Adventure are more entertaining.