Cottage living worth buying?

"Faraway_Son;c-17939617" wrote:
A farming career would have made a lot of sense and would have added depth and replayability.

Not sure how much it would have added in terms of Gameplay what you can't already do if your sim disappears via rabbit hole, plus there's already a Gardening career as well, so not sure what would help set it apart completely from it than a few interactions. (Less it could go into depth like the Conservationist career or stylist one.)

Had sims that made a living off gardening and would sell their goods via selling table on their lot for other sims to buy. This pack definitely added more to expand on that so I didn't find myself needing a dedicated career.

@Bren91 Playing with it for some good hours now I've concluded that I really do enjoy this. I was pretty so-so with a farming related pack at first as I had a few sim families I'd probably use it for, but was pleasantly surprised. With the Simple Living lot trait I find things so much better with sims being locked out unable to make anything unless they had ingredients and you don't have access to quick meals either. My sim bought some basics like flour and sugar. Anything like milk and eggs came from their animals and garden. Didn't have bread to make grilled cheese so had her bake some and then use the bread she made for it. So, extra steps and more planning when your Sim cooks now which I like. :)

Lot of busy work and 'chores' as you can call it having multiple animals on a lot. Bout what you'd expect in running a farm. My sims would even autonomously clean the sheds when they'd get dirty.

If you play in Henford (Despite it not having a whole lot of lots) I can see it's all about community and helping one another. Thought it'd be more like odd jobs but more interactive, which takes me some time with certain things to get some said items to the sim. I like that they gave the whole 'quest' thing another try in comparison to Strangerrville as this definitely works a lot better. Doing that prepping for contests to win be it chicken or otherwise.

Another thing I was surprised was with the lore they gave the NPC's here along with sentiments and more story, which is a first since release. Makes me feel like there's more to them. Hope they do that more (and go back and fix sims at least with base game now.)

Overall, a lot of gameplay with this pack which I am always for.