Developers, You really did it this time.

Same here. I would love to see a little more added like this, not the same type of stuff, though.

Yes I would 100% love more content like Strangerville! Content like this would have made Vampires (which I already loved) phenomenal!

"Meresti;c-16974978" wrote:
Yes I would 100% love more content like Strangerville! Content like this would have made Vampires (which I already loved) phenomenal!

Now that's a good idea. I expect they didn't have the time to do a storyline then, or maybe got a newer employee with bright ideas who gave them the impetus to try.

I haven't started the game proper in StrangerVille yet so am thinking of bringing in Vlad and family to see if they can defeat the Mother. Got to find a use for them as I don't allow them in my homes! :)

I hope that they do this sort of thing in the future as well. It doesn't have to be, and probably shouldn't be, the same sort of world-in-crisis scenario. Imagine moving to Oasis Springs and being caught up in Johnny Zest's attempt to reconcile with his family, and through a series of objectives having the opportunity to either help with that reconciliation or aid Malcolm in pushing Johnny out of the will for good. Each result would yield consequences in-game. You can help Malcolm with the result being that Johnny and a good portion of the town hate you. You can help Johnny with the results such that everyone thinks you are great, but you've made a powerful enemy who will eventually come of age and then proceed to make your life miserable.

Your sim is now part of the story, and you can use that story to catapult your sandbox play. In the specific scenario, you can even set up a fantastic second act villain. Or you can be the villain. So, yes, I would like to see worlds in future packs and future sequels come with stories.

"OEII1001;c-16975041" wrote:
I hope that they do this sort of thing in the future as well. It doesn't have to be, and probably shouldn't be, the same sort of world-in-crisis scenario. Imagine moving to Oasis Springs and being caught up in Johnny Zest's attempt to reconcile with his family, and through a series of objectives having the opportunity to either help with that reconciliation or aid Malcolm in pushing Johnny out of the will for good. Each result would yield consequences in-game. You can help Malcolm with the result being that Johnny and a good portion of the town hate you. You can help Johnny with the results such that everyone thinks you are great, but you've made a powerful enemy who will eventually come of age and then proceed to make your life miserable.

Your sim is now part of the story, and you can use that story to catapult your sandbox play. In the specific scenario, you can even set up a fantastic second act villain. Or you can be the villain. So, yes, I would like to see worlds in future packs and future sequels come with stories.

I think this sounds pretty good. It reminds me a little of the stories from Sims 2 when you start the game, but more complex and detailed.

I have not gotten Strangerville yet, but it interests me a lot. I just have to wait a bit.

The program is intriguing but for me it is not worth the price EA/Maxis is selling it at even if I would be paying for an additional neighborhood as this is now the pattern.

Hard to tell your own stories when there’s a literal story mode dictating what you must do. That’s anti-sandbox and against the nature of The Sims. I hope we don’t see anymore packs of this nature, but given how this pack allowed Maxis to sell barely any content for the full price of a game pack I’m sure this will be their new favorite format. Easier for them since they can just script all of the interactions to the story, and then use the story as the main selling feature even though we all knew this was no 3 hour story.

I like the look of the content and the town, the career might be fun.

I unfortunately only got to play for a couple of hours tonight since it was getting late, but there wasn’t 5 minutes where I didn’t find something new and giggle in excitement or joy! I’m absolutely loving this pack so far and it may end up being my new favourite!

I hope someone makes a poll to ask those who like this if they would trade in (discontinue) life simulator/open-ended/sandbox GP packs or EPs for more of scripted story play. And if they want TS5 to work like that, too.