Journy to Batuu or Dream Home Decorater?

I like to build so DHD is better in my opinion because it has a lot of buy items and they are very nice. Journey to Batuu is very specific so about build and buy unfortunately it won't fit to other packs, and in my opinion terrible choice you won't be able to build in Batuu world so build and buy is useless. About Cas items i like them, they kinda fit to Jungle Adventure, Outdoor Retreat and maybe Strangerville. All three I like very much so I was also wondering should I buy Journey to Batuu but i won't have mess in my Buy catalog so I decided not buying it. So to sum up - Dream Home Decorator wins for me:)

Dream Home Decorator for me. I do have both but I feel like, unless you are a big fan of Star Wars or Sci FI in general, the Batuu pack doesn't have as much value. With DHD you get lots of BB items that you can use anytime, anywhere, especially homes with a more modern aesthetic. And the modular shelves that came with that pack are really fun to play around with and come up with all sorts of combinations. You also get an active career with DHD. I haven't play it recently, and only dabbled with it right after getting the pack, but I have been wanting to try it again and stay with it to see if it really is as fun as it looks. You do get some cool BB items with JTB but a lot of those are only useful if your decorating a home or community lot for Sci Fi loving sims. And the story for me, a casual Star Wars fan, doesn't have a lot of replay value. JTB really does feel like it's targeted to the Star Wars fans who are more than casual fans, if that's you then it's worth more to you for fandom. In the end it comes down to which you like more, interior design or intergalactic adventures?

I have both and like both, but for very different reasons because they're very different kinds of packs. I like to build/renovate/decorate (edit: along with using the game in general as a form of story-creation tool), and I use many items from both packs. Then again, my styles are often eclectic or based on my own made-up cultures, so I usually find ways to use things that others might find "out of place" in more reality-based situations.

I like Batuu's world, BB/CAS stuff, and unique interactions, but I don't use any of it as a Star Wars related place in my game. For me Batuu is fictional place in my own fictional universe, and the items that came with the pack are used for both sci-fi style stories and other kinds of content that I come up with myself. As for Dream Home Decorator, I bought it only for the BB stuff, as I have no interest at all in the career gameplay that came with it. I bought both on sale, myself.

Truly, it really only matters what your own play style is about.

I only have DHD. Surprisingly I have liked the CAS a lot. I have also tried the career a few times and it was fun to play. I play rotationally and redecorating the homes of my other sims is a fun way to get their stories interwined. For example my sims had to redecorate an orphanage and he bonded with a child there and is thinking of adopting her. The pack is kind of easy to forget though if you're not playing the career or decorating within its style. I do want to get Batuu one day, but I have decided to wait for that rare -50%. I usually find use for all packs, but DHD is my choice of the two.

I have both. It really depends on what you want.

Journey to batuu offers your Sims places to visit, new aspirations and missions (though they can get repetitive after a while) . It has also a very specific style of CAS and build buy. If you like grungy, industrial build stuff, then this is the pack for you.
The batuu world feels very immersive almost as if you play a different game. For use outside of batuu your options are limited. You can use lightsabers, play sabaac (like poker you can win and loose money) or use a robot as a remote controlled toy/radio. I regularly use some of the bb items like the stone flooring, the picknick table and some decor items. But the majority is very specific for sci-fi and/or industrial buildings.

Dream home decorator offers a lot, a lot of build/buy stuff. At this point in time, it is the only pack that offers built in stove tops, modular sofa and modular shelves. The weak point of this fact is the absence of gameplay. The only gameplay is building in the new career which adds restrictions to what you can do in build mode.

Personally I prefer journey to batuu because it adds things for my sims to do. But if you prefer a pure building pack, then you might be better off with DHD.

Dream Home Decorator works better in my opinion because you can be creative and use everything in the game when you are doing gigs. It works better with all the other packs that you might have and you only have to travel to another lot through a loading screen when you are traveling to a gig, you will spend most of your time building and talking to your clients.

You can't live anywhere in In Journey to Batuu and the world only have three lots which you can't build on without cheats. The missions you are doing often makes you travel back and forth between these three lots so you will watch a lot of loading screens. The gameplay mechanics in the sims4 are working against you here and prevents you from being creative and having fun.

Absolutely Journey to Batuu. It's so much fun to play and Batuu can also be used as a theme park. I always get lost in the gameplay whenever I play my Batuu save and I'm not even a Star Wars fan. :)

DHD however... there's nothing much to say about it. It has some nice furniture and decorations, but the gameplay is basically non existent. It's also very buggy. I'm sure the builders love it, but I'm not a builder and I don't like a game pack that has no gameplay. I only bought it for the CAS & BB items, but it's not worth the game pack price.

For building, both have their strengths. DHD has more general purpose stuff that can be used in any build, and I use some floor tiles from JtB regularly, and I feel that a lot of the clutter items from JtB give a home more personality than the ones in DHD, which - suitable for the theme of the pack - feels a bit... show room-ish to me. (But then, I'm a geek and a long time Star Wars fan.)

In terms of play, it really depends on your style of play. If you like building, then DHD lets you integrate building with gameplay, and gives you something of an incentive to do house makeovers, even if it's one room or one floor at a time. JtB is more plot driven (but not to the same extent as Strangerville) and the missions can be combined in all sorts of ways that I at least find interesting.

As a player who likes fantastical, Occult, and interesting things in my game, definitely Journey to Batuu.

It's different from most packs so it offers a new angle to gameplay, which is refreshing. It does have some restrictions, like not being able to use Occult powers and having to dress your Sims in Batuu CAS, but it's for the purpose of creating an immersive Star wars environment. The missions are pretty good, some of them can be a little challenging, which is nice, and the world is unique and interesting.

The objects are really cool, the droids and lightsabers are fun but function as toys when outside of Batuu. There's a fair share of fun items and decor that work really well for Geek Sims or children to have, and the build/buy really expands the creative options for building and decorating, especially if you like sci-fi, steampunk or apocalypse styles. There's a Sabacc gambling table that I like to use in shady bars and it's fun to play with.

The CAS is one of my favorite collections, it has a lot of masculine styles as well as feminine and some for kids and toddlers and the colors are muted and in various neutrals. Some can pass as "normal" while others are incredibly versatile for creating unusual Sims. I've used pieces for cultures, pirates, nuns, apocalyptic fashions, desert folk, eccentrics, steampunk, middle ages, paupers, fae folk, Aliens, Occults, etc. There's also a variety of face markings, head coverings and actual alien heads (Star Wars themed) that I've used to expand my Alien races and types. I also love the boot styles and use them all the time.

I don't own Dream Home Decorator so I can't say much about it except that it doesn't suit my personal preferences.

I say DHD because though I have both, I rarely use JTB but I use DHD all the time. I absolutely love decorating apartments. I love all the modular shelves.

If JTB had a livable world I might give it more weight.