Generations EP
With the confirmation of Discover University, simmers are already looking forward to future expansions and I've noticed an uptick in interest for an expansion based on generations. So, I'd like to ...
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"TomasGrizzly;c-17351346" wrote:"ChadSims2;c-17347832" wrote:
Which makes no sense at all Generations really had nothing to do with Parenting that expansion defined the life stages making them all a little more unique giving them content one would experience in each step of life while Parenting is about character values and school projects for some reason.
Parenthood pack gave a lot of additional depth to the early stages and direct interaction between parents and their children, which pretty much rules out a Generation pack would be an EP. GP, maybe, if they found enough stuff without cannibalizing on Parenthood.
Personally, I think Parenthood has better impact on everyday gameplay than Generations had. Probably because Generations had a lot of random stuff beyond your control - you either got midlife crisis or you didn't, with no way to affect it (and, I believe, with complete disregard for the sim's traits). Same with the extremely annoying imaginary friend - which you couldn't get rid of without cheats. Prom events did not care at all for what it paired your sim with if you didn't have a partner beforehand and there were many times I rolled back a save because chance paired my sim with a sim of the same gender (a nightmare for family/legacy player). That's not to mention that if your sim got a pathing issue on the way home, they'd get arrested for being out late.
On that matter, the 'grounding' system was also pitiful - if a grounded sim was about to go to school (as they should), they were stopped and blamed for disobeying being grounded - and prevented from leaving the house. But that caused them to get in trouble for not going to school... /facepalm
Sure, there was a lot of small stuff - canes for elders, strollers for kids, and the patch introduced fully customizable life stage settings - but many things were just beyond your control.
The only thing I miss from Generations in Parenthood is school field trips.
I agree that the Parenthood GP did so much for gameplay - IMO, it makes child-parent relationships meaningful and interesting for the first time in the series. However, I also felt that Generations added loads to gameplay for all ages - it was one of my favourite add-on packs. As others have mentioned, one of the reasons people play YAs and adults is that other life stages have so little. Toddlers are my favourite life stage, but they've been so neglected that game play has become repetitive.
