It's hard to say if you will like it, but a 50% sale sounds good to me. I was hoping there would be a surprise new expansion for the anniversary, but it doesn't look like it though, so I would say Yes if you like the build objects and want to make celebrities. Personally, I really enjoy it and don't regret buying it at all. I love the acting career and some of the build objects I use all the time, like the dressers and sofas. The acting career is one of my favorite careers in the game. I love all the active lots. I never get bored of it because I play on rotation. I've never had a quirk stick with my Sim, so I'm not sure about that. My families had no problems that I noticed. If you have relationship points with them, I think you should always be able to talk to them. For the build objects, some of them I use a lot, but worth the money on that alone is hard to say. For me, the acting career makes it worth it, I really like it. I don't really build elaborate homes, but the decorations are really nice I have to say. The squaky bubbles though, now that sits on top of all of my washing machines in the whole game. ;)
Howeverrr, it was true that for a long time it was really almost impossible to go to a restaurant. A celebrity would show up and everyone would stand up and stop eating. It drove me up the wall, but I don't notice as much now. Maybe a patch improved it. Actually I can't remember the last time it happened. Most of my celebrities stick to the celebrity world now. Also, you can turn the fame off for the whole game in the settings menu if you don't like it. And then if you just want your Sim to gain fame you can click on "Step in the spotlight" and that Sim will be able to start gaining fame. I turned it off in my current game, but I still love doing the acting career and choosing the options that used to gain fame, but I'm not really interested in making my Sims famous anyway. It won't turn off fame for the existing celebrities though, so if those still bother you, you can just stick them in a lot, turn their fame off from their personality screen, and then evict them back to the bin. That's what I did when I accidentally moved two Sims into another world without realizing they were famous and they created mobs at my gym.
I would say overall the celebrity / fans / paparazzi thing I don't really like, but I figured out how to turn it off / manage it, so it doesn't bother me at all now.
And Happy Birthday!! :smiley:
