Get Famous - Official Trailer

I hope being famous is an option and not automatic.

"stilljustme2;c-16768110" wrote:


I've heard of the mod but haven't used it. Being official content it's not going to break in a patch like a mod would. And maybe it's got features not included in the mod. Give it a chance.

Sacrificial's pretty good at updating his mods when new patches come out, so I don't really have to worry about it breaking my game (nor do I most of the dozens of mods I use). I'm not writing this expansion off, just yet. But the more I think about it, the less incentive I already have to buy it when Road to Fame already has:

- Three active careers (acting, modeling, and singing)
- Fans, obsessed fans, paparazzi, bodyguards, personal assistants, and police officers (with custom interactions/animations for all of them).
- Three new skills that also include custom interactions and animations.
- A fame system that's leagues above anything we've seen in both TS1 and TS3
- Being able to receive gifts from fans
- A new social media system that also doubles as a way for your sim to make extra cash via celebrity endorsements.

It's basically a free Game Pack

So far, Get Famous seems to have a new world and acting...just acting. If there are other paths to stardom in this pack, you'd think they'd wanna advertise them as well. But no. Just acting. So I'm gonna need more of a reason than it being an official EA product (which is no indicator of quality considering the number of times modders have made better content than the people actually making the games). Because so far, it feels like I'd be spending 40 bucks on a new world and features that I've already had for over a year now. This isn't me being negative or not willing to "give it a chance". This is me being realistic. It doesn't look like a bad pack. A tad shallow but not bad. But it also looks like something that's already readily available to us.

"ClassicalSim;c-16768161" wrote:
I hope being famous is an option and not automatic.

Me too! It's already hard for me to act like my sims are still normal people with all those astronauts, secret agents and star comedians around, so if everyone is also famous all of a sudden, that would be a little bit too much.

I do want my simself to become a famous writer, though, and my Lara Croft to be a famous archaeologist. B)

I haven't used the Get Famous mod yet but I have used some of his other mods.. Won't mention them here lol. Does Road to Fame give you intricate set dressings? Directors? A new world? I really have to check it out if it does.
Yeah I don't use mods unless I absolutely have too they bunge up my game I'll be getting the official pack I think.

"Aquarius94;c-16768162" wrote:

"stilljustme2;c-16768110" wrote:


I've heard of the mod but haven't used it. Being official content it's not going to break in a patch like a mod would. And maybe it's got features not included in the mod. Give it a chance.

Sacrificial's pretty good at updating his mods when new patches come out, so I don't really have to worry about it breaking my game (nor do I most of the dozens of mods I use). I'm not writing this expansion off, just yet. But the more I think about it, the less incentive I already have to buy it when Road to Fame already has:

- Three active careers (acting, modeling, and singing)
- Fans, obsessed fans, paparazzi, bodyguards, personal assistants, and police officers (with custom interactions/animations for all of them).
- Three new skills that also include custom interactions and animations.
- A fame system that's leagues above anything we've seen in both TS1 and TS3
- Being able to receive gifts from fans
- A new social media system that also doubles as a way for your sim to make extra cash via celebrity endorsements.

So far, Get Famous seems to have a new world and acting...just acting. If there are other paths to stardom in this pack, you'd think they'd wanna advertise them as well. But no. Just acting. So I'm gonna need more of a reason than it being an official EA product (which is no indicator of quality considering the number of times modders have made better content than the people actually making the games). Because so far, it feels like I'd be spending 40 bucks on a new world and features that I've already had for over a year now. This isn't me being negative or not willing to "give it a chance". This is me being realistic.

Maybe but some of us don’t want to use mods, and SimGuruKate said they worked so the fame can work with other career from the other EPS. I’m enjoying the new CAS clothes too. I’m still waiting to see what else this brings though

I'm completely happy with the actor career if it gives us creative freedom. I'm not happy if we have to repeat the same scenes in the same costumes over and over again.

"alanmichael1;c-16768191" wrote:
I'm completely happy with the actor career if it gives us creative freedom. I'm not happy if we have to repeat the same scenes in the same costumes over and over again.

Depends on what you're looking for. I doubt this is going to be like The Movies PC Game and I would imagine there's only a certain amount of content and scenes they can create for this, but from the trailer it looks like there's already 4 or 5 different genres to play with.

"Holiday;c-16768222" wrote:

"alanmichael1;c-16768191" wrote:
I'm completely happy with the actor career if it gives us creative freedom. I'm not happy if we have to repeat the same scenes in the same costumes over and over again.

Depends on what you're looking for. I doubt this is going to be like The Movies PC Game and I would imagine there's only a certain amount of content and scenes they can create for this, but from the trailer it looks like there's already 4 or 5 different genres to play with.

You know The Movies PC game??? I loved that so much! It would be fantastic if GF offered something similar.

"CrystalAbyss1;c-16768179" wrote:


Maybe but some of us don’t want to use mods

Which is totally your prerogative. I'm just saying, most of this stuff...kinda already exists and makes me less enthused about this expansion. Though whether or not the gurus are able to pull it off better is yet to be seen. So there's still hope.

s, and SimGuruKate said they worked so the fame can work with other career from the other EPS.

That reminds me, that's something else you can pretty much do with Road to Fame as well. The fame system isn't tied to any of the specific careers/skills that came with the mod so your sim can pretty much be famous for anything. Whether it's their career, their skills, social media, or just for doing nothing.

In fact...why haven't I used it in conjunction with the Politician Career yet?

.....time to turn my game on.

"alanmichael1;c-16768191" wrote:
I'm completely happy with the actor career if it gives us creative freedom. I'm not happy if we have to repeat the same scenes in the same costumes over and over again.

I don't want to be a debbie downer, but TS4 is about immediate entertainment, that's why a lot of features end up annoying on the long term (monster under the bed, objects breaking, noisy neighbors). I wouldn't expect complete creative freedom in the acting career. Some choices maybe, but doing everything from scratch would not be readily enjoyable and that's what the game is about, in the end.

Besides, the new career is actor, not director.