I'm thinking of buying Cottage Living to take advantage of the discount. I didn't buy it at launch because it had some bugs that I didn't want in my game. As I did not buy nor will I buy High School EP or Wedding GP, I'm lacking of a new world. New EP's will come until 2023. I play occults, but also human sims. Do you guys still enjoy this expansion, are there any gamebreaking bugs, etc... BTW I play vanilla, so I will not use any mods to enjoy it or not ;) Thanks everyone!

Cottage Living is actually one of the least broken expansion packs released in recent years, honestly. I've personally never experienced any major issues. It's also a great expansion pack altogether! Not my #1, but definitely #3 (after Seasons and Get Together).

i bought cottage living at a discount and it was 100% worth it. one of the best expansions imo.

Having seen and used your excellent builds, I recently added your Port Promise Marketplace to my game, I highly recommend Cottage Living. There are a lot of items that lend themselves to fantasy/fairytale builds and maybe even a few you could use for Steampunk. Gameplay wise, the world is a great addition as it is very different from previous ones. Your Sims can live self-sufficiently on a farm, build a witchy cottage in the woods, use it as a weekend escape to the country or start a generation spanning feud with the Crumplebottoms if the above sounds too peaceful ;)

I have cottage living and haven't found any severe bugs in the pack. I think the cottage build items are very useful for spellcaster homes. The rural world is also excellent for witches, werewolves or fairies (if we ever get them) and mermaids can even swim in the local river. It is fun to use the lot challenge to be self sufficient and produce your own food. I think it is one of the better packs, definitely a must have if you enjoy gardening or taking care of animals.

I never saw any bugs other Cottahe Living so if that's what's holding you back, go for it. If, on the other hand, you aren't interested in cottagecore apparel and music, the strange mix of Beatrix Potter-esque fantasy of woodland creatures running around in sweaters, with a halcyon depiction of bucolic English village life..then give it a pass.I bought it on sale just because, and have it a whirl, thought it was meh, especially compared to the Country Living pack in Sims3, and now just ignore the announcements of country fairs. It did add some fun options for building, like thatched roofs.

Is it a good idea to buy Cottage Living now?

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SheriSim
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"logion;c-18199976" wrote:
Mostly because of two bugs:

Plants reverting to dirt piles.
Distorted Foxes showing up in the household manager.

The plants reverting to dirt piles happens in all towns for me, so that’s not really a cottage living problem.
SheriSim
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Besides animals, eggs, meat, yarn, embroidery, new types of plants, canning, a nice country world and nice country furniture and CAS, it also has the s simple living lot trait, which gives you a challenge and it’s a better place than Glimmerbrook for witches too, because it is so country and some of the houses are more out of sight.
Thehiddenreturn
3 years ago
It's a descent pack, the world looks nice but has little number of things to do/interact with. If you like gardening, then this will add to your gameplay possibilities. New lot challenge, new lot traits, chickens, cows, lamas, lots of little festivals to attend each week, a rental house if you want to take a vacation there. I noticed a bug right after I bought the expansion where in my greenhouse which is on the top floor of my home, I lost the ability to super sell my garden plants, or sell them at all, or harvest them...eventually I moved the greenhouse off of my home and put it on the ground outside my home as I have a huge lot size. This fixed the problem. Also, I've heard of people's plants reverting back to just planted status and I personally experienced this a few times. The chickens live a very, very short life, which is a bummer. Not much else to say I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10 maybe 7.
osiazul
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

First the bad news: I ran into a horrible bug caused by this expansion: CL fireworks are broken!! They've been broken for over a year :( Sadly this bug is not listed as a CoL issue but as a CL issue so I did not read about it...

BUT even if I can not play with my fireworks anymore, for now, I do not regret buying CoL: can't stop playing and building. It is a proper EP, I'm having fun. To my surprise I'm obsessed with the rabbits and the foxes <3

I hope my vampires and werewolves super speed will be fixed soon.

Meanwhile Henford has new neighbors:

My Dark Fairy (vampire):
https://i.imgur.com/n0sioJ9.png

A mixed couple (vampire and spellcaster):
https://i.imgur.com/mtlCXiD.png

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