Decisions...help, please?

"Cement;c-17288277" wrote:
Yeah, Cats & Dogs gives you Brindleton Bay and the Veterinarian career. Works somewhat like Dine Out's system for Restaurants where you can pretty much be your own boss. Brindleton Bay is quite nice for extra space if you play multiple households, and yeah, comes with NPCs too. Much better usage for this place than GTW's Magnolia Promenade.

And yeah, the mystery resets for every sim and progress is saved by the sim going in it. All EPs ship with a world except for Seasons, some GPs have worlds as well. The only ones that don't ship with a world are Stuff Packs, since they are, of course, stuff packs. Unless there's a World stuff pack somewhere in the future, then this statement is null and void LOL

Yes, Jungle Adventure resets. :) I wanna say World Adventures had more interesting puzzles from what I can remember, but I did really enjoy authenticating more than robbing tombs--A rather unusual like in my case since I tend to go for the former LOL

GF can stand alone, but supporting expansions work pretty well with it as all Sims expansions tend to be.
Del Sol Valley, the world shipped with GF, is basically like LA with sims trying to make it big on the silver screen or otherwise. The Fame system isn't locked to acting, but to rather anything a sim can do, so sims can get famous for literally anything (or they can opt out of it altogether). You can't necessarily become a singer or model unfortunately, but it's definitely achievable becoming famous from high singing skills and whatnot. There's self-employment that you can basically play out for the title if you'd like too. It's fairly versatile for fame, and also offers a separated reputation meter that modifies how other sims approach yours. If you've got a terrible reputation, everyone tends to hate you from the start and vice versa.

I might have to get C&D too then ? I like the sound of the Veterinarian Career. Is it run like a business?

What was lacking for you on Magnolia Promenade?

GF sounds like a mix of Superstar and TS3 version. I like the sound of it!

You've mentioned Strangerville & Jungle Adventure resetting for each Sim and progress is saved by a Sim going in...I would plan on running all playable Sims & Worlds through one save (!!!), would that still allow quests, adventures and mysteries to reset each Sim visit?

Also, I take it that Strangerville is not a playable town?

@Cement

@Ashuray - what makes you say that? TS3 was disappointing for me due to forced neighbourhood-wide Story Progression and Aging, plus a few of the gameplay elements like Rabbit Holes. I understand that SP and Aging are now in-game options that can be turned off and Rabbit Holes no longer exist?

@QueenofMyshuno - thank you for your reply. That's interesting to know. Other than high-rises and a new neighbourhood, does CL add any new gameplay features that made you not require other expansions?