Is IL worth the Full Price Tag

NO


love the town/lots
love the build/buy
I like some of the create a sim content
love the beach and water activity's
love the semi active career
love dolphins



however

Mermaids seem incomplete
diving and career pointless to me this time
same with lifeguard careers


As much as I like elements of this packs its a GP not an EP
This is bad news for future EP packs if EA and turn whats clearly a game pack into a EP

Not really. It's pretty to look at, and I love the odd jobs feature, but it didn't blow me away. I should've waited for a discount.

No, definitely not!

And I say this as someone who does still love the pack.

I got it for a much cheaper price elsewhere, so I would recommend waiting for a sale, for sure.

If you’ve played Island Paradise or Sims 3 in general, you would be disappointed with this pack, because this pack is definitely lacking that magical open feel of Sims 3, especially in the underwater and houseboat department (and resort system department), and this pack does feel it’s lacking some content.

Even the mermaids (which are one of the major selling points for me personally) are not fully done and I felt misled. Mermaids don’t have transformations, don’t have anything for younger life stages, and don’t even have any special bassinet or special deaths, etc. And, here’s the huge one, they don’t directly drown sims technically.

I still love mermaids because I’m a mermaid fan, but man, does it feel like some missed opportunities here.

I also miss seeing the giant kraken and the dangers of the kraken and sharks. *sighs*

So, yeah, even as a Sims 4 fan, I would say definitely get it for a sale price, not full price, lol! :smile:

"CK213;c-17139912" wrote:

"LadyKyn;c-17139066" wrote:
I suggest looking at this. Carl goes into a lot of a deeper detail of this pack than anyone and sum it up very well. He is a gamechanger, but Ive found him to look at every feature in the pack and go into it I favor this moreso than a LGR review.
But as I mentioned before the value of a pack will vary person to person.

Also you should check out the IL did you know thread for what players have discovered.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/960519/a-did-you-know-thread-on-island-living#latest

https://youtu.be/oVDCU82W7U0

That review is so spot on.
It's exactly how I feel about this pack.

Yeah, I too feel this review was right on the money and while I do like the textures, some of the features existence are questionable and the lack of gameplay makes it value not what the going price is today. I do like the pack but I would like it at an much cheaper price than $40.

Honestly no. I was exited about this pack....but it doesn't have enough content, not enough for me to say that it's worth 40.

The world is beyond gorgeous yes, the CAS and Build/Buy are great yes, the swimming/water animations are amazing, but the gameplay itself? It lacks depth yet again and it lacks in quantity.

Depth because for example. every sand sculpture sims build is a great one. They are all idiot savants and unlike in previous games there's no chance at failing to do one or making one of bad quality. Another example is the fact that there's no reward for completing that stupid rabbit whole mural that takes ages to complete. Another, is how snorkelling won't allow sims to find things or how you can only snorkel in certain areas of the world whereas in TS3 you could do it in any body of water you could swim in. The new cultural stuff just isn't there, or it's all recycled from previous packs.

Quantity because there's not enough here, there's some beach activities and that's it. No new skill, no new system, no scuba diving lots/neighborhood, only two boat types you can ride, and a lot of rabbit holes.


I have also expressed my hatred for all things world exclusive before with CL and this pack delivers on that, yet again. Much like City Living it has exclusive lot traits yet again, and exclusive festivals yet again.

I think it is best enjoyed with all packs installed as some make a difference to what you can do there, like Seasons.
I'm finding it running very smoothly so far.

My elderly Sim is very energised there She got invited to Geekcon, (CL) and after a while, took off in the spaceship rescuing a little dog that the spacers had stolen. (They had 69 levels of cages)! She fought and won a battle on her way back home. This is the first time I've managed to complete a space mission without being arrested by the police or crashed.

Negatives seem to win over positives in paying full price. I would recommend buying on a sale, or entering several giveaways for IL.

"Jasper7702;c-17142100" wrote:
Negatives seem to win over positives in paying full price. I would recommend buying on a sale, or entering several giveaways for IL.

That does always seem to be the case, at least with this Sims series.

I'd like to thank everyone for their input. It has been very helpful along with all the other posts, reviews, and gameplay videos going on. I think for this one I will wait on a sale for it. Or at least wait until some of these major bugs are dealt with.

Personally I felt it was worth full price but I can see why others feel it’s only worth getting it on sale. I’m getting a lot of gameplay out of it more so than some other expansion packs I have

I don't think so. But then I am tight haha. I don't think any of them are ever worth the price! I mean £10 for a stuff pack, it's just a few bits of furniture! :D
I buy everything at a discount.