"Simburian;c-17632206" wrote:
"Simmerville;c-17631990" wrote:
"Chicklet453681;c-17631251" wrote:
I definitely feel like this was nothing more than a marketing thing and only about money. I'm not sure why they would think that die-hard SW fans would magically be drawn to TS4 and all of a sudden become a fan of it simply because they added a SW pack. I'm sure the replayability will be lacking and won't be like a real SW game. They would have to buy not only the basegame but also the GP to play it, don't see that happening. ...
Well, it's safe to say that ALL packs are there for a reason - money. I'm fine with that, it's business after all. We are customers who are free to buy or not to buy each pack. I really doubt that EA expects that 100% of us are getting all packs.
My worry is that they seem to focus more on adventure packs, with content that will not gain a bit to most of our existing households. Those playing just one household might take on the adventure, being StrangerVille or Space, but most households will NOT play through such adventures. Most likely the excitement will be gone after the first play through. We know very little of Batuu yet, so maybe there will be features that can have some relevance to many households, or with certain fun if repeated. But I'm sure most of my realistic households will not be happy to scroll past numerous of outfits, masks and space furniture, every time browsing the catalogs. Hopefully the niche content can be hidden?
I hope the next pack will add to the *general* game, instead of adding niche adventures that are fun for 3-4 weeks.
It's a risk for EA/Maxis but the game was descending into the dolls house mode too much and getting a bit dull, from my point of view.
Looking at it in a positive way for those who like Sims 4, if it is a success the budget might be expanded and we all get what we want in the end! You can hope!
Yay, I'm all for some packs taking a step away from the general dolls house. I still love most of the content from StrangerVille, just don't see the storyline itself as interesting to my general game. I'll welcome many on-the-side packs, but in the hope of them being not totally niche, because I want a minimum of the content to be somehow relevant for at certain number of households. But it can be anything weird and not so dolls-house-ish, that's just fine as long as it can be partly integrated with a "normal" game. Maybe Star Wars comes with more general stuff than I expect, we'll see :)
PS: As much as EA probably does not expect us all to get all the packs, I do not expect all packs to be my cup of tea. And that's totally fine. This far I got all EPs bar one, but only 2 SPs. And I've still not checked out all the content of my game.
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