Honestly....(Strangerville Review)
(I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible) So, honestly....I finished it in maybe 3 hours maybe less? And it was my first ever gameplay of it, I didn't see spoilers at all and I did not kn...
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When I buy anything sims I compare it to the cost of anything else entertainment related in relation to time spent and level of enjoyment. I feel I got my money's worth for how I enjoy playing the sims. But do I feel like I got the deal of a century and blown away by the pack... no. Like anything else sims since EA took over Maxis (not just TS4) it has it's disappointments. I haven't played too much (haven't even finished the story or tried the military career yet) but I'm not sucked in to the story. That's not necessarily a bad thing but I was hoping for a bit more of a spark of interest.
So far my biggest disappointment is how little there is to do. I understand not having fishing spots but I was hoping for more collectibles at least. Click, click, click and for the most part I can make my sim walk somewhere. Of course there are the townies, and I do love them but I usually prefer interacting with my own played sims (I play rotationally) so I'm not sure how much I'll get out of them outside of the story.
Is strangerville beautiful? Yes!
But too much window dressing for me. Take the trailer park. Freaking Adorable! Absolutely wasted space outside of the story. They couldn't have at least throw some collectibles around?!
I wouldn't mind the option to expand the infection/story to other worlds.
I'm also in the camp that's not thrilled with the ratio of what I would consider too specific build/buy objects (ex: lab deco) vs new basics (cough, cough... counters).
I'm looking forward to finishing the story, trying out the military career and I do like the buy/build catalog...it'll be a good town for bowling alley, but I'm not overwhelmed with excitement.
So far my biggest disappointment is how little there is to do. I understand not having fishing spots but I was hoping for more collectibles at least. Click, click, click and for the most part I can make my sim walk somewhere. Of course there are the townies, and I do love them but I usually prefer interacting with my own played sims (I play rotationally) so I'm not sure how much I'll get out of them outside of the story.
Is strangerville beautiful? Yes!
But too much window dressing for me. Take the trailer park. Freaking Adorable! Absolutely wasted space outside of the story. They couldn't have at least throw some collectibles around?!
I wouldn't mind the option to expand the infection/story to other worlds.
Spoiler
Speaking of the infection. I was disappointed about how short lived it was. I got one of my sims infected and it went away before I could even do any of the interactions.
I'm also in the camp that's not thrilled with the ratio of what I would consider too specific build/buy objects (ex: lab deco) vs new basics (cough, cough... counters).
I'm looking forward to finishing the story, trying out the military career and I do like the buy/build catalog...it'll be a good town for bowling alley, but I'm not overwhelmed with excitement.
