Developers, You really did it this time.

To me, it's not an 'either-or'. I was terribly disappointed that you couldn't play sandbox with Sims Medieval - I just wanted to build a medieval house and play a medieval life with my Sims, but you had to engage with the scripted elements. I can play this as a normal add-on for my game - I don't have to play the story. (I was tempted to try the new 'paranoid' trait, but it didn't really fit my concept of the Sim I was creating. It's still my game, my imagination.)

"playermarko456;c-16977034" wrote:
I love the StrangerVille Pack despite failing to complete the story; Sim got eaten alive by The Mother. Ouch!

Hey you did sort of complete it... in one way :D Now you have sim memories..

"playermarko456;c-16977034" wrote:
I love the StrangerVille Pack despite failing to complete the story; Sim got eaten alive by The Mother. Ouch! Yup, you heard right. New death. It occurs when you attempt multiple times to solo fight The Mother and fail.

And now you've got a great backstory for your next Sim who goes after The Mother -- he/she is the child, sweetheart, best friend of the one who died.

To me the story doesn't feel too scripted. It's a little like playing a sims challenge: you have your goals and a set of guidelines, but nothing too constricting. Different branches would have been neat, maybe in future pack of the same scope we could get to choose between three factions to assist (for example police, old established mafia, newly emerging crime syndicate) each with their own aspiration.

On the other hand I feel that the aspiration was probably not a good idea. It spoilers some story elements and goads the player into clicking to achieve the goals just to grind the satisfaction points.

My only other gripe is I would have liked a fully fleshed out sparring system with a clear winner and dog tags as accessoires seperated from the shirts.

I'm not playing it in a scripted manner either... I mean in Sims 2 you have Nervous Subject stuffing their face constantly. You have those weird events that happen if your sim bottoms out in their aspiration. You have cut scenes that you as the player might not agree should happen. It's a game. I'm enjoying it... and these scripted elements I'm using for my gameplay/stories or not depending. Besides I love these themes... grew up with them. It's easy to carve my sandbox stories around them also.
I actually haven't done the very last part yet although I'm pretty sure of a few ways I can approach it right now. I might be surprised or might fail at it.
It's also weird that seeing peoples pictures and actually being in game is miles apart to me.

"Cinebar;c-16975434" wrote:

"AriaMad2;c-16975422" wrote:
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!

Was it the quirkiness you liked or the scripted play, you know there is a huge difference and wondering what people are really enjoying. Did you like following tasks? or was it they put some humor back into the game?

I liked the quirkiness, and loved that they added some humor and unpredictability. It's not a task list though like the GTW careers or the social events. It's absolutely designed to be woven into what ever story(ies) you decide to tell. You can complete it in 2 hours yes, but you can also take your time and stretch it out for days or weeks if you wish. If you decide not to interact with the story of truly isn't going to push its way into your game. They really did do a good job of making it versatile and moldable for the player to integrate it or not into their own stories and I personally can see how it can be replayed a multitude of ways. I think the only real limit that people put in this game is the limits they put on the scope of their own imaginations.

Edit: multiple spelling errors.

I was genuinely surprised at the effort put into this pack and hope they continue to match that in future content. However, they do seriously need to bust out some bugs that are plaguing people's games.

Think it'll take me forever to get to "Mother". Enjoying the world, the people, the career.....etc. It ties in nicely with my current alien sims that collects ancient artifacts from Selvaradora..

I thought the finale to the story was fantastic. Very much enjoyed the strategy elements it incorporated, and thought it was really fun. Major props to the sims team, I thoroughly enjoyed this pack. c:

I wouldn't say I exactly hate this pack because I love the town and the content of the pack I am just not that keen on the story driven part to make the town normal. It doesn't seem like an actual sandbox game if you have to follow a story to make the town normal. Even though I haven't completed the story it takes to much time out of my sims days to go to work see friends work on skills and then on the side solve a mystery.