Least favourite occult

"SERVERFRA;c-18300096" wrote:
Ghost sims, they have no proper ghost abilities plus they always love to break things.
Also what’s up with them needing to eat, sleep, use the toilet & bathe. Seriously, they’re Ghosts for goodness sake, oi!

YES! It makes no sense whatsoever. Also family members get scared by a household member ghost when they aren't even trying to be scary. So annoying.

Of the occult life forms listed, spellcasters are the occult with the least depth, yet are the ones I play the most. Mermaids were seriously disappointing with even shallower gameplay and depth than the spellcasters. Plant sims are not even an occult life form in sims 4. Mermaids and plant sims are equal second in the frequency of use in my games. Werewolves would be next and the ghosts and Vampires are the ones I play the least. Aliens used to be present in most of my games, but have become very frustrating since abduction pregnancy just doesn’t happen anymore, and it is rare to even find any aliens when Sims visit Sixam now.

"crocobaura;c-18299201" wrote:
Spellcasters are the worst. They are not occult, but rather secret society with access to secret knowledge, all their powers come from studying the spell books.

That is the real-world definition of "occult," though...

Spellcasters are my least favorite. I had expected the Realm of Magic pack to be a great as Sims 1 Making Magic,but sadly Realm of Magic failed miserably. Magic spells are no fun,and the magic realm is just a bunch of boring floating islands with practically nothing to do.

What disappoints me the most in spellcasters is that all their spells has the same color and gestures even if the game confirms they have come from different natures, having no festivals and rituals, like for turning into a spellcaster, and i really miss their ability to change appearence (like aliens) and turn into animals (like bats, birds, rodents).

The fact that they went to an artsy aesthetic and didn't added an altar for crafting really saddens me, because it would match so much and give us gameplay.

Werewolves - mainly because they are broken & absurd as NPCs.

Of the three you listed, I also have to vote spellcasters. It takes so long for them to learn the spells I actually want. At least Vampires and Werewolves have some control over how their powers develop. Vampires don't need to visit the vamp library every day for weeks hoping this time they find the Tome of Alluring Visage and the five mythical Heart Fish they'll need every time they want to use it. >.<

Of all the ones available, plant Sims and aliens are the most disappointing. Especially when they could have easily upgraded plant Sims with Strangerville.

"katrinasforest;c-18305221" wrote:
Of the three you listed, I also have to vote spellcasters. It takes so long for them to learn the spells I actually want. At least Vampires and Werewolves have some control over how their powers develop. Vampires don't need to visit the vamp library every day for weeks hoping this time they find the Tome of Alluring Visage and the five mythical Heart Fish they'll need every time they want to use it. >.<
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This is why I created a magical shop that sells all the tomes for spells. If I want my sim to learn a specific spell, I have them buy the tome they need.

I love a good werewolf movie, for sure, and we use a giant werewolf as our Christmas tree, so I'm pro-werewolf. But I haven't found myself inclined to buy the werewolf pack in the sims. Maybe I would be surprised and love it, but, I would probably buy other things first.

I think Spellcasters are the weakest. It's basically the ability to use cheat codes, but without using cheat mods or the console. Thematically, I don't really care for them either. I don't outright dislike them, but when I played with vampires and werewolves, they both led to the creation of some extremely fun Sims and play-styles for me. Spellcasters failed in this regard for me as well, but hey, they're definitely not as bad as Mermaids or Aliens.