Carl's review of Dream Home Decorator pack is out

Oh dear. That doesn't sound good. I still plan to get it though.

There's a thread for reviews.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/990304/early-access-of-home-decorator-game-changer-thread/p2

"simgirl1010;c-17897960" wrote:
There's a thread for reviews.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/990304/early-access-of-home-decorator-game-changer-thread/p2

I know, thank you for the information. But i want to make a thread for this one in specific.

Yeah, I figured it would end up this way. No matter what questions I asked or what way I looked, it did not seem like a lot gameplay wise. *sigh* I'll only pick this up if I need it to share builds, and on sale at that. It's a shame, but I love the update at least. (Those kind of preferences have always felt more superficial to me anyway, even in past games.)

I knew from watching the 1st trailer that this was not going to be a gameplay heavy pack.

So you can make an absolute mess of the house and clients will love it so long as the right color is there? I know simmers love asking for more realism, so you'd think that the client seeing an absolute wrecked room would send their designer packing instead of praising them to high heaven. But then I remembered that is the Sims 4 and challenge is bad and getting rewards for not even doing the barest minimum is good.

I still like the B/B and some of the hairs look pretty sweet, but I definitely am not going to be spending much time in the career unless they fix it up a bit. Still though, Im not using my wallet. Free giftcards are taking care of this.

Honestly, this should've been a stuff pack, I think the blow back would not have been as much.
The positives - the new slots under bunkbeds, the new likes dislike system, the modular shelves and sofas. Cook tops that can be placed on any counter.
The negative - not really enough game play for a game pack and the one career they created really cobbled pieces from existing careers and then built something on top of it that Carl shows is not really working. They should've built a brand new career system from the ground floor that truly worked. Where people would freak out that you removed all their windows and left a pile of ? in the middle of the floor. Instead they are cheering, even though the room is worse because he used the color red and added the musical instrument they like.

Builders - those who just build aren't going to care about the career because they never planned to play it. They will care about the additional ease of building sectionals, modular furniture and bunkbeds/lofts.

Not sure why EA/Maxis decided this should be a game back instead of the obvious stuff pack it is. And it can't be because it took so much time to create because we had two community stuff packs that took time to create. Also it can't be because there are so many animations. EA is an animation company that is what they do, create games with animations. They can pull talent from all across that vast company or hire contractors who can quickly animate things. So it must be that there are just some simmers who will shell out money and purchase packs just because the pack exists. Because this feels like a milk them for all their worth pack, and that's a shame.

I thoroughly enjoy building and can spend hours building, though I am not near as good as some of the builders who find novel ways to use things in the game to create just amazing builds. So this pack appeals to me from a building perspective. But not enough to pay for it. Like Eco Lifestyle, another pack I was excited to purchase, but did not. The negatives and bugs far outweigh the positives.

@InuMiroLover yeah, if someone gifted me the pack I would play with the build items. But I won't shell out my money for it. Enjoy the pack.

Wow...I mean the 'gameplay' seemed poor in the other reviews but..eesh, this just shows how poor it is. The sims were happy with poop...says it all.
Really should've been a stuff pack, the build items and such look great no complaints to be had there but this is not a gamepack.
Didn't even get a new world, at least with a new world it would offset the lacking gameplay a bit.
Shame :/

"Loves2draw1812;c-17898112" wrote:
Wow...I mean the 'gameplay' seemed poor in the other reviews but..eesh, this just shows how poor it is. The sims were happy with poop...says it all.
Really should've been a stuff pack, the build items and such look great no complaints to be had there but this is not a gamepack.
Didn't even get a new world, at least with a new world it would offset the lacking gameplay a bit.
Shame :/

To be honest, I wouldn't expect the game to be looking for all the tons of objects in Buydebug and blacklist objects, especially poop.
Who goes around looking for poop to place? A bathroom without a toilet, a kitchen without a refrigerator, stove, or sink, yeah that makes sense.

"CK213;c-17898116" wrote:

"Loves2draw1812;c-17898112" wrote:
Wow...I mean the 'gameplay' seemed poor in the other reviews but..eesh, this just shows how poor it is. The sims were happy with poop...says it all.
Really should've been a stuff pack, the build items and such look great no complaints to be had there but this is not a gamepack.
Didn't even get a new world, at least with a new world it would offset the lacking gameplay a bit.
Shame :/

To be honest, I wouldn't expect the game to be looking for all the tons of objects in Buydebug and blacklist objects, especially poop.
Who goes around looking for poop to place? A bathroom without a toilet, a kitchen without a refrigerator, stove, or sink, yeah that makes sense.

Yeah, the game doesn't even look for that. There are no required objects for the gigs.

"logion;c-17898121" wrote:

"CK213;c-17898116" wrote:

"Loves2draw1812;c-17898112" wrote:
Wow...I mean the 'gameplay' seemed poor in the other reviews but..eesh, this just shows how poor it is. The sims were happy with poop...says it all.
Really should've been a stuff pack, the build items and such look great no complaints to be had there but this is not a gamepack.
Didn't even get a new world, at least with a new world it would offset the lacking gameplay a bit.
Shame :/

To be honest, I wouldn't expect the game to be looking for all the tons of objects in Buydebug and blacklist objects, especially poop.
Who goes around looking for poop to place? A bathroom without a toilet, a kitchen without a refrigerator, stove, or sink, yeah that makes sense.

Yeah, the game doesn't even look for that. There are no required objects for the gigs.

The architect career in sims 3 had that. And you would get bonus if to those required objects you would add something related to the client's traits. The upcoming decorator career has some improvements over 3's, like being asked to add rooms and floors or decorate a whole floor, but is a major downgrade in this particular aspect...