Best expansions, stuff pack, or game pack so far.

EP: Get Together
GP: Dine Out
SP: Vintage Glamour, Kid's Room

EP: Get Together, but City Living isn't too bad either. I couldn't do without the clubs, but not everyone cares about them so consider your own gameplay. Both worlds are lovely, where do you want your sim to live? Windenburg island is quite isolated and rarely has visitors. That can be useful if you want to play castaway or something. San Myshuno comes with apartment traits an noisy neighbours that can spice up things. Both EPs improve the social lives of sims as they'll get invitations to go to parties (GT) or festivals (CL).

GP: Any of them is a good choice, but I am in love with these vampires. They're the best ever.

SP: My favourite is Romantic Garden Stuff because of the plants, wishing well and male CAS. But the gameplay item I use most (from SPs I have) is the hot tub from Perfect Patio.

I enjoy all the EPs, GPs and SPs I've acquired. It's hard to say which ones are the best, they all kind of build on each other. However, here are the ones that I end up using the most:

EP - This is a hard choice - City Living adds great ambiance and I love the apartments and different lot traits.

I enjoy GTW - the careers are pretty cool and I love having retail. Admittedly the retail is not as in-depth as TS2's OFB which is disappointing; I am hopeful that they revisit a few things and flesh out retail even more, though I'm not holding my breath.

However it turns out I use the Club system from Get Together *a lot*. At first, by itself, the club system doesn't seem very exciting... however it's one of those features that once you figure out how you can use it in a wide variety of ways, it greatly expands gameplay. So in a weird way even though GT is less exciting, I end up using its features the most.

GP - A toss-up. Dine Out is great, I use it with all my households, taking them out to eat. I haven't explored owning a restaurant yet.
Vampires is an amazing GP too - great gameplay, the vampires are very fleshed out. But if you're not really into vampires maybe not the best GP choice.

I like Outdoor Retreat and Spa Day too; these are well done packs, I just don't use them as much as Dine Out / Vampires at this time.

SP - I only have a few SPs. I have Movies, Kids Room, and Patio Stuff. I use the hot tubs and the movie interactions a lot.

EP: Get Together -- The club system is great for gathering Sims; I often set up a club just with the young adult and up family members before I move them out so that it's easier to gather them for family events, and to keep them united after the parents have died. And it's expandable as new content is added.

GP: Spa Day -- I would have said Vampires but I know supernaturals aren't everyone's cup of chai. While Spa Day doesn't really offer much for kids (I wish they could do yoga to build Motor skill), it's got a lot to offer everyone else. I especially like to have my elders take up yoga and meditation so it gives them something to do. And there are some beautiful Build Mode textures and objects that are great if you're into building and design.

SP: With the addition of toddlers, I think Kids Room is the best of the stuff packs; much of the content in Kids Room coordinates well with what we got in the toddler patch, so it's a seamless transition from one age to another. I also like Movie Hangout because there's a lot of colorful furniture, and you can watch the movies on any TV (you don't need to use the big screens that came with the pack) and they're fun to just sit and watch along with your Sims. If you tend to play wealthy Sims, I'd go with Vintage Glamour for the butler and the furniture, especially the new double beds and the full length mirror (which has 3 lengths to suit any wall height).

"MrMonty96;15523300" wrote:
I can't say what you should get but you most definitely should not purchase Luxury Party Stuff or Spooky Stuff. Useless packs. Of course though, it's my opinion.

Luxury Party is fairly niche, but I like the buffet tables and drink fountains for my wedding venues. And some of the Build items in Spooky Stuff do mesh well with the vampire pack, such as the floorboards and some of the wall coverings. If you can get either one on a sale (possibility with the anniversary sale for this month) they're a decent buy.

EP: Get Together (I love the world soooo much, the clubs are really fun and the dj booths are something i use in every single nightclub in my game).
GP: Dine Out (Restaurants!).
SP: Perfect Patio (because HOT TUBS and all the content is pretty useful too).

I'd say Get Together is my favorite Expansion Pack. Movie Hangout is probably my favorite Stuff Pack; I use its doors all the time.

I know it's been a long time, but my favorite Game Pack must be Outdoor Retreat, because I just love collecting stuff (and I'm remodelling Granite Falls National Park). Vampires is right behind it though.

Expansion: Surprisingly Get Together, really thought I'd hate it but it did add a lot of fun gameplay.

GP: Vampires for sure

SP: Erm I only own two and they're disappointing, the kids one which I don't have probably has the most items I'd use, plus the card game looks fun. Honestly I think SPs could have disappeared with GPs coming into the mix. GPs cost slightly more but add new deep gameplay and more CAS and build/buy items.

@gazzingirl44 It depends on how you like to play the game; building or gameplay focused, your design style, if you like RL play or fantasy based. I recommend checking out pack overviews on the SimsVIP, Carl's Guide or by Simmers on YouTube - theenglishsimmer, deligracy, thesimsupply, lgr - to name a few, have all done great jobs on giving you a rundown on what's in each pack, then you can make a truly informed decision. However, IMO, I would suggest start with the EPs, as they all have they all add the most as far as content and overall experience to gameplay, then decide on the GPs and SPs. Since there is a 50 percent off sale on EPs right now, the investment will be lighter on the pockets and will be worth it. :)

I'm still deciding. I don't know if I should buy GT or CL. Since I would really like having new worlds, GTW may be the last expansion I buy. I love Windenburg, because it's just so beautiful. Meanwhile, CL offers apartments and it seems so exciting! Help, I can't decide either.