Carl's review of Dream Home Decorator pack is out

"Dijktafone;c-17900977" wrote:

"Naus;c-17900962" wrote:
@Dijktafone the question is WHY we have to do things properly? The game should already account for Sim players trolling and give you an appropriate (bad) score just like The Sims 3 does. It simply shows a serious lack of depth when a career that makes up a small portion of an EP was able to take this into account and the $20 pack wasn't.

It's also really hard to compare the two because THE PRICING has to be considered as well. You're paying $20 for 1/8 of a $40 EP. So you're literally paying TWICE as much for... what? Two new animations? A before/after slideshow?

The Sims 3 Ambitions had five active careers (Interior Designer, Ghost Hunter, Firefighter, Stylist and Private Eye), a semi-active career (BG Doctor), a rabbit-hole career (Education), twonew skills with tons of new items (Inventing and Sculpting both include a dozen of exclusive items), the tattooing skill and system (the best tattoo system ever seen in a Sims game), a new world with 82 lots, new lifetime wishes and rewards, SIX new traits, the LAUNDRY system, new outdoor entertainment such as the trampoline and Gnubb game, consignment shops, junkyards, detonation, new upgrades for electronics, plumbing and appliances, an overhauled real estate system, earthquakes and meteor strikes, and much more.

It's just INSANE the amount of content a Sims 3 pack would have vs. what The Sims 4 offers. And on top of that, the content is buggy AF.

What Ambitions gave us is all about how much% of it are we using. Personally, to this day, only home design and Stylist. Not to discount this E.P., it's one if not MY favorite of TS3.

Why do we have to do things properly? Because we have to set a standard relating both to give informed intel to the audience onto which, 'hey here's the difference between both'. Also because some players actually take it seriously? Somebody took 45 minutes to redisign the Partihaus Household. Kudos to them. Also, that proves serious players exist, so let's tell them what they get for being serious.

A review should be neutral, exposing pros and cons in the same video. 'Here's what you get, here's what you have to work against'. This gives the veiwer the tools to decide. Nobody's judging them if they want or not this expansion. It is their choice/mistake to make.

I don't agree with you. I think what ambitions gave us is... what ambitiions gave us. It's your choice to not use it all. But with DHD, we don't have those choices...

Also, the motto for the sims games is to play with life however we want. The game must be prepared for all kinds of players and reward and punish the player accordingly. But once again we have to restrain ourselves because it seems that we now have to play with life the way the team decided...