Four kits? Boooooo!

"Babykittyjade;c-18255788" wrote:
I have no objection to kits because they regularly provide us with bigger packs and good gameplay and free updates. Look at all we just got. A kit is not hurting anything and I have quite a few of them myself. My favorite is that kids kit! I use that stuff in every kids build I have.

I don't agree with kits not hurting anything. We haven't had a single stuff pack since the introduction of kits. So kits definitely impacted the release of stuff packs.
Kits are OK, some of them have pretty items and I eventually ended up buying a few. But if giving up stuff packs is the price to pay for kits, I would have preferred to keep getting stuff packs. Most stuff packs add gameplay or an object with unique interactions. Kits (with the exception of bust the dust) only add pretty looks for things we already have.

Kits are truly the worst thing to happen to Sims 4 excluding the base game being rushed out without life stages cars and service npcs.

I simply don't see what the community has gained with them we forever lost stuff packs in favor of packs with no game play a few objects or clothing outfits.

In my opinion Nifty Knitting alone content destroys all kits combined new ability to knit huge selection of things you can make gets updates such as infant clothing metal music rocking chair elders being able to reminiscence and Plopsy. I just don't understand how we gained anything at all losing stuff packs for kits the expansions have not improved we still see the same shortcuts with very little new animations being added.

I guess we're stuck with them clearly enough are buying kits.

Actually I kind of like how I can just skip a kit if it does not interest me

saves me money

+ I have hard time doing that with packs cause I love having new gameplay items :sweat_smile:

that said 4 kits for 3 months is bit much
thats gp price to buy them all

hopefully I won't want to :lol:

Would I rather have 2 stuffpacks that are on par with Paranormal, or a fantasy/ sci-fi adventure/ Grim’s underworld themed Gamepack and a spooky kit? Yeh I totally would rather have those instead of…I don’t actually know what the 4 kits are yet. ??‍♂️

I have no problems with kits, I can take ‘em or leave ‘em. I enjoy all gameplay elements in The Sims equally, that is, building, dressing up me sims and have them interact with each other in a simulated little world. If the kit’s got what I need for a story, it will be bought sooner rather than later. If it doesn’t, so be it. There are a good few kits that I don’t own because I simply don’t care about those kits.
Now…I haven’t had a huge amount of time to play lately so I’m not literally dying from lack of content…

HOWEVER…

In my opinion there should be some kind of consistency in whatever content is released each season. It’s been absolutely all over the shop.

CAS-mode, BB-mode, and Live-mode aka ‘gameplay’ are the 3 elements that are needed to get the FULL experience of the sims. If kits are there to fill the gaps, that means those 3 elements should still be covered, not just 2 of them. The release of at least 1 CAS kit, 1 BB kit and 1 Gameplay kit (new interaction and animation) should be the seasonal default. On top of that you’ll have all the other DLC and basegame updates. If a SP, GP or EP can’t be released in a particular season for whatever reason, just throw in an extra kit, that’s grand, but those 3 main elements should be covered, darnnni’t!

It’s odd that there’s now an absence of both stuff packs and gameplay kits. I find it rather absurd that team M seems to have given up on the gameplay kit dream after the release of Bust The Dust. Sure, it had some problems, perhaps it could have been executed differently, -could’ve thrown in an auld broom for the off-gridders ‘n all that- but it’s not a bad kit at all (in my dusty opinion). Why not try again? Aah sure give it a shot.

But hey, perhaps the team will surprise us this time around! ?

Yeah I find it strange how they seem to have scrapped gameplay kits
I figured those would be perfect for random gameplay items that don't really need world b/b or cas in specific

also its little sad how there isn't even one occultish kit with all these kits out there
the description of these 4 as forgotten old stuff gives me false hope but I so wish it wasn't false hope

Indeed, I remember after the first gameplay kit a lot of people had great ideas for other gameplay items that would probably never be chosen to be included into a pack but could be made into a kit. Like different types of kitchen items, or stuff for the garden like lawnmowers...

Now to be fair (I often try these days to not just be mr negative) I have been impressed by the quality of several kits that they have released. Even if there are less items in a kit than in a stuff pack that doesn't mean that they put less effort into them, a lot of kits are actually really nicely designed.

But I don't think kits are a good replacement for gameplay... so I agree that they should try and deliver an equal amount of gameplay, cas and b/b if they are going to focus on delivering monthly content in the form of updates, SDX and kits as they seem to do more of now.

"Simmingal;c-18257932" wrote:
Yeah I find it strange how they seem to have scrapped gameplay kits
I figured those would be perfect for random gameplay items that don't really need world b/b or cas in specific

also its little sad how there isn't even one occultish kit with all these kits out there
the description of these 4 as forgotten old stuff gives me false hope but I so wish it wasn't false hope

Shame on them. :)

"Simmingal;c-18257932" wrote:
Yeah I find it strange how they seem to have scrapped gameplay kits
I figured those would be perfect for random gameplay items that don't really need world b/b or cas in specific

also its little sad how there isn't even one occultish kit with all these kits out there
the description of these 4 as forgotten old stuff gives me false hope but I so wish it wasn't false hope

I know, right?! I thought for sure by now they'd have offered at least one or two Occult, fantasy, or sci-fi based ones. So disappointing. Seems like they are bent more than ever towards "real life" and "domestic" gameplay or builders. I feel like we're never going to have the alternative gameplay gaps filled before the game ends. :(

I would have LOVED Bust the Dust if it came with a simple non technological mean of cleaning. We already have the moping animation in game, just add mopping as a floor interaction ! It would be so fast, easy and free of cost. But no.

(I am aware there is a mod that does exactly this but I'm not buying a kit that needs a mod to feel complete)

"happyopi;c-18258278" wrote:
I would have LOVED Bust the Dust if it came with a simple non technological mean of cleaning. We already have the moping animation in game, just add mopping as a floor interaction ! It would be so fast, easy and free of cost. But no.

(I am aware there is a mod that does exactly this but I'm not buying a kit that needs a mod to feel complete)

You can keep the house clean without the hoover by stepping on the dust bunnies, and throwing away the big dust piles. Using the mop to clean poodles has the same effect on it as the hoover on dirty floor. But yes, it would have been nice to have an easier option to clean the floors without the hoover, or at least allow us to mop the floors just for that sparkly nice smelling feeling if nothing else.