Get Together or Pets?

Get together is a great pack but if you don’t bring your family’s out a lot it’s not as useful.

Get together is definitely not just a party pack. I use it a lot because I am an ambitious player. I create a specific club for maxing out a skill faster. When I look for a spouse for my sim a create a dating club. Sometimes if I want my sims to avoid their duties and do something fun instead, I create a club where members clean and tend the garden,... instead of my sim >:) Also, one simmer here on the forums creates family reunion clubs. For example. The mom is in a club where the members are her branch of family, the dad creates a club with his family members, etc. The club activites would be be friendly, hug, eat. You can have up to 3 club gathering on a lot at the same time. It is really awesome if you play families :)

"Cheekybits;c-16623587" wrote:
Get together is a great pack but if you don’t bring your family’s out a lot it’s not as useful.

You don't even have to leave the home lot to use it and take full advantage of the benefits. ;)

"DoloresGrey;c-16623621" wrote:
Also, one simmer here on the forums creates family reunion clubs. For example. The mom is in a club where the members are her branch of family, the dad creates a club with his family members, etc. The club activites would be be friendly, hug, eat. You can have up to 3 club gathering on a lot at the same time. It is really awesome if you play families :)

This is what I have in my game currently. There's one club with Mom's family, one club for the dad's family and I just had to create a new club for the Next Generation

Hard choice, as I love aspects in both packs. Had to go for cats and dogs though, I just use more of this pack then GT

Get Together is a well rounded expansion pack: great new CAS and build/buy items, thr AMAZING world of Windenburg, new skills that are fun, new lot types (coffee shops are fun), and the Clubs system adds so much depth across the board that I love using it in my game.

Just wanted to chime in as well for Get Together. The club system is so useful. In my main rotational game I have all the rotation wives in one club, husbands in another, and then multiple others for the kids(scouts, study, teens, etc.). Cats and Dogs has it's positives too, the world and build/buy stuff are outstanding. The pets themselves are a little lacking IMO.

Cats and Dogs! I'm not a nightclub kind of girl either. I'm all about a fun family life, the challenges of unexpected bills, and creative ways to make a living and a home. I have enjoyed the vet business side of the expansion pack!
I don't know if the night clubs in Get Together would mirror what I've seen in the standard night clubs in the vanilla game. I visited one while in town and there were about seven ghosts gathered dancing, to about 3-4 live visitors. Creepy.
I just wish Cats and Dogs can be patched so that a vet only grieves for people at +50 friendship or higher. My single-guy vet is grieving six days out of seven and it's really hard to get him to enjoy life right now. ;_;

To be honest, I only bought Cats and Dogs for the build and buy stuff. My sims don't have pets and I hardly ever use Brindleton Bay...I just keep forgetting about it. On the other hand, I dearly love Windenberg and use it quite a bit. Only some of my sims are in clubs, but I really enjoy the clubs and all the activities that GT brought to the game.

You will get more out of Get Together. Windenberg is my favorite neighborhood. It gives you the feel of an open world. Cats and Dogs has some beautiful build/buy items but the pets themselves are really annoying and Brindleton Bay is stunning but is way too small.