Eco Lifestyle Expansion Trial
Hi, has anyone tried the trial for the Eco Lifestyle Expansion? if so what did you think of it? I have only one day left on my trial, I still find it confusing what I'm suppose to do with this exp...
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Hey everyone, thank you for your insides and tips for playing this expansion pack! I spent a lot of hours, research and even used cheats when I needed to so I could explore every detail of this game, here are my thoughts on the trial:
- My favourite feature of this pack is changing the carbon footprint as it gives you the ability to change the setting of a neighbour which is clever. However this rapidly changes to 'neutral' setting extremely quickly making it very hard to have a neighbourhood stay 'green' or 'industrial'. Also rubbish only appears in 'Evergreen Harbour' and not the other neighbourhoods.
- I also really liked that you can change the behaviour of the neighbourhood, it again adds atmosphere and makes a location different to another. However I found issues with this, for example I like the 'rough housing' trait and added this to San Myshuno spice market area, which is great but found that there were way too many 'fights' so the DJ and bartender would have stop what they were doing every 2 minutes to 'witness a fight' which makes me not want to use this trait. It's a shame as it's cool to have a rough area of town with pollution.
- I felt like the pollution could be a bit more detailed e.g. I didn't even notice the acid rain until it was pointed out to me. I was excited to witness it but then notice its just slightly green. It would have been better to have the sim react to it e.g. acid rain buff, umbrella getting destroyed from it, risk of burns from the rain etc Because of this it again doesn't really alter the game that much as it's very similar to rain.
- Bugs, candle making, fizz drink machine - they don't add much to the game still as the interactions are very limited, the results don't change the game much after, you get very similar results so it feels repetitive. They just could have expanded a bit more with animations and outcomes that affect the story. I even find that the Beehive which came with Seasons expansion, does a lot more e.g. you can send bee's to other sims, collect honey, take care of them in a lot more detail, build a relationship with them, wear a bee suit etc
Thanks EA for giving me a chance to try the game :)
- My favourite feature of this pack is changing the carbon footprint as it gives you the ability to change the setting of a neighbour which is clever. However this rapidly changes to 'neutral' setting extremely quickly making it very hard to have a neighbourhood stay 'green' or 'industrial'. Also rubbish only appears in 'Evergreen Harbour' and not the other neighbourhoods.
- I also really liked that you can change the behaviour of the neighbourhood, it again adds atmosphere and makes a location different to another. However I found issues with this, for example I like the 'rough housing' trait and added this to San Myshuno spice market area, which is great but found that there were way too many 'fights' so the DJ and bartender would have stop what they were doing every 2 minutes to 'witness a fight' which makes me not want to use this trait. It's a shame as it's cool to have a rough area of town with pollution.
- I felt like the pollution could be a bit more detailed e.g. I didn't even notice the acid rain until it was pointed out to me. I was excited to witness it but then notice its just slightly green. It would have been better to have the sim react to it e.g. acid rain buff, umbrella getting destroyed from it, risk of burns from the rain etc Because of this it again doesn't really alter the game that much as it's very similar to rain.
- Bugs, candle making, fizz drink machine - they don't add much to the game still as the interactions are very limited, the results don't change the game much after, you get very similar results so it feels repetitive. They just could have expanded a bit more with animations and outcomes that affect the story. I even find that the Beehive which came with Seasons expansion, does a lot more e.g. you can send bee's to other sims, collect honey, take care of them in a lot more detail, build a relationship with them, wear a bee suit etc
Thanks EA for giving me a chance to try the game :)
