"TS1299;c-16814418" wrote:
Broad = / = Depth
Does this pack lacks broadness? Yes it was. But for depth I don't think so. I feel that this pack has depth and the teputation system is going to change this. We have not yet to see this in action, and so far it will add to my gameplay just like how the reputation added more upoutunities to play with Sims 2 Apartment Life EP. They could
have made the Acting Career as a rabbit hole then add another big feature, and the rescources went on the acting lot will go to a new livable place. But many people will be dissapointed, that the Acting Career was just a rabbithole.
This feels to me like EP2, EP4, and EP5. Introduce one new system that impactd gameplay and add a new feature based on the theme. Get Together had a club system and the rest revovlve arounds it. Does it feel small? Yes, but when you play it you will be limited by your own imagination. Cats and Dogs added well two pets and a Vet System into the game. A rehash of retail? Yes, similar you run it, earn it, but different to others with potions, pet animations, etc. Seasons? It only introduces the Weather System and the Calendar System. The rest of the content revolves around the two, yet it impact the game. It will be the same here for me. A new system again with extra feature. Two syatems that worked together, Repuataion and Fame, along witg Acting. The rest of the content revolves around them.
This is what I feel on Sims 4 EP. Small yet provide huge impact on my game.
(except perhaps Get To Work has three new active career and a retail system. They tried to do much, that the aliens are left out(no more brain powers and reparing things through minds, plus no more invasions). Retail was good, I still create shopping stores, but it lacks depth. Shopping in a retail store is not exciting, and lack of retail items like clothing racks, etc. That pack is great but atill need depth to flesh out. The retail system still has a huge inpact on me)
(Also City Living. it didn't have any system that would have impact my game outside of San Myshuno. Apartments would be a great new system. I am glad that the new system that are being introduced are not locked in the world. Think of it, City Living would be a huge Game Changer if apartments was buildable just like Seasons. Like GTW, they tried to do so many things at once. Happy they are not doing this anymore and are moree keen on GT type EP's
CL does have the semi-active careers, where you can send your Sim to work or have them "work from home" with a few small tasks. I use a set of mods that adds the WFH options to many of the base game careers, and they've definitely breathed new life into them for me. The new "style influencer" coming with the patch is one of those types of careers. So I'd disagree that CL didn't have a system that impacts the game outside of San Myshuno. I could see down the road patching in WFH options for the base game careers now that we have that type of career in packs other than CL (Seasons and now GF).
