"AlbaWaterhouse;c-17135870" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-17135861" wrote:
"alan650111;c-17135851" wrote:
Island Living is the most barebones expansion pack we've received so far. My favorite thing about it is the beauty of Sulani and the items. I've mainly taken a ton of pictures during my playtime. However, it hasn't gone much deeper than that. I didn't buy the expansion to take a million pictures and then wonder "what next??!" so quickly. It is very shallow gameplay-wise. At the least they could have added a handful more of interactive items such as volleyball, Frisbee, or even hammocks! I agree with everyone that said this was a game pack originally that they decided to label as an expansion pack at last minute. However, gameplay-wise, I think I've gotten more enjoyment out of Jungle Adventure!
Well JA was an adventure for sims already in your game - where as this ep is a new or different culture - nothing to do with Sims already in your game. You apparently were just looking for another gamepack with more adventure for your already played sims instead of a whole new culture and different way of life.
I can agree if you were just looking for more adventure then this pack really wasn't made for you. This is not a new vacation - it's a whole different life style for a different kind of Sim.
But JA costs half the price of this one and it also come with a new culture, in fact, it is even a half skill to learn about the Selvadoradian culture and food. They have a special cultural way of dancing, special foods and drinks that you can learn the recipes only once you become knowledgeable of the culture, the foods and drinks even give you special moodlets, a special way of greeting each other, outfits, etc.
But the fact remains it was an adventure made for your present sims - not just about the new culture. Now if it was not a vacation spot that would have made it like this one perhaps. This one is all about a different way of living for a different culture. You cannot live in JA - you can only visit - your sims cannot be one of the culture of JA - it is atourist town - but your sims will never be one of them. In Lulani you play one of the people who live there and whose ancestor live there with the same values and way of life they have lived there for generation. It is a different lifestyle or was designed to be only it sounds like many simmers are just trying to play their other sims as they always have and wanting it without the history and way of life.
The main focus of JA is your pld sims doing something else but still being who they were. IL is about new sims and ways of life not being anything like your modern - present sims so naturally it does not offer much for sims looking for adventure. It;s about this way of life. Maybe too quiet and different for modern day sims in your game.
I did not bring any of my sims to the islands - I picked a user made native sim to live life as the game designed and not as my sims live in all the other worlds. It's a NEW way of life for my sim - period.
