Disappointed with City Living

"agustd;c-16411318" wrote:

"Huiiie_07;c-16411076" wrote:
I'm not a real fan of any TS4 expansions (GPs ftw), but I somehow still use City Living the most. Even though it's lacking in the content department, I still like the city and play there often.

HOWEVER, I'm also disappointed with how the festivals were handled. It's just a big disappointment that no new objects were introduced, except some fireworks and new food, there isn't really anything new. Especially the geek con could have had so much potential. They could have included new arcade machines, things like cosplay competitions or something, just more NEW stuff. I mean, what does the geek con actually bring? You can play on video game consoles (atleast SOMETHING new, but you can still do this on your home lot), motion gaming (is there since the base game), programming and video game competitions (both activities are also there since the base game), and build a rocketship (you can do that - who would have guessed - since the base game).
And the geek con is just one example.

I wasn't disappointed with the apartments though. I never edited them in TS3 (except placing some things like vending machines outside), so I didn't really miss that. But I still know that many players hate the apartments like they are now (it must be a pain for builders!), but I still find them better than their TS3 counterparts. You felt alone even though you lived in an apartment in the downtown area, in TS4 you atleast have actual neighbors whose apartments you can visit. That's something I like about TS4 apartment buildings - you can move in more than one household.

But oh well, I'm only not totally disappointed because the things that were left out weren't on my wish list for them anyway.

ETA: I totally forgot to mention the features of stuff packs that would have easily fitted into CL - like washing machines and bowling. Also room-mates could have been a good addition, just sayin'.

So you couldn't visit your neighbors in TS3 apartments? It's been years since I last played with them.

You made an interesting point - you're disappointed with CL, but find yourself using it a lot anyway. I'm like that too. Apartments are underwhelming but somehow I end up moving my sims into them quite often, I also pretty much always go to the events happening in Spice District and in general use a lot of assets that came with CL. There is some charm about this pack that you only notice later after you've incorporated its features into your gameplay but it still leaves you wanting more and makes you imagine what it could have been. To me thats even worse than just having a plain bad EP (like Cats&Dogs for example)

In TS3, you could only move one household each in an apartment building. Some service nps might move into the other areas, but you couldn't visit them, they would just go outside and you could talk to them.

I think the reason that I still use City Living is just because it's a pack which is more focused on sims' everyday life. You can play its features with almost any sim, it's the same with Get Together. On the other hand is GTW, as well as C&D, these are packs you need to have a sim in the active careers or for C&D, need to have a pet. These packs don't impact gameplay as much if you don't fulfill all these requirements.