@Ceres_Meiriona Half the BB stuff in StrangerVille is deco only, and tons of small clutter stuff. The only decent content are the Build items (doors, windows and fences) and some CAS items. The rest are just decorative or very specific in theme. How many times are you going to use all those deco science objects? And then there's all the repeats. All those masks and toys could've been ONE object with different swatches, but just like they did with rodent cages, they separate the items in order to INFLATE the number of content you get. In reality if it's the SAME MESH it shouldn't be separate items. And then all those decals LMAO... I guess some people may find a use for them, but in terms of value, they are FLAT objects (2-polygon mesh) with basic textures. And can we talk about that floor that has no swatches whatsoever? It looks like you're getting a lot, but appearances are deceiving.
TS4 we are not restricted to living or visiting just one world.
You aren't restricted to living or visiting one world in TS3 either. You can travel to China, France, Egypt or Oasis Landing. You can buy homes and live there, and in the case of the future world you don't EVER have to go back home. With NRaas Traveler, you can travel to any world at any time. Though I understand if you don't want to count it, as you need a mod to enable that functionality.
Do you understand that if people don't buy every piece of DLC they have a ridiculously low amount of lots, right? I think WC, OS and Newcrest all three combined have 57 lots. You are "forced" to buy more packs in order not to run out of space. In contrast, you didn't need to buy any world in The Sims 3. You could add your own lots on routable terrain, or use the Create-A-World tool to create your own, or download any of the thousands of FREE worlds made by fans, sometimes doing a better job than in EA. Talk about freedom...
@VentusMatt I agree EA CAS content is much better in The Sims 4. Though the lack of Create-A-Style makes it really hard to combine things and have the exact color I want. CASt was a game changer for many, much better than anything creators could give me in terms of content. I prefer to have three basic pieces and CASt rather than 100 good pieces and no CASt. At the end of the day I can always download more content and use CASt, but with The Sims 4 I'm stuck using the colors and designs EA or any content creator decided, instead of what I want. You're free to disagree, but the freedom of CASt is worth any tradeoff I have to make in terms of amount and quality of content. Besides, University Life, Late Night and Showtime added amazing outfits for male and female Sims, and Generations added really cool clothes for all ages. It wasn't like all Sims 3 CAS content was awful, though I agree the base game has awful clothes (still CASt makes it worth it, in my opinion).
At the end of the day, both of you value more the amount of content that EA gives you, rather than powerful tools to turn ANY content into whatever you want. I rather have Create-A-Style and less content (though in the case of BB, there's actually more and better content for TS3; TS4 is full of clutter, deco and decals, and modern furniture) than more content with the 20 or less swatches EA has decided I should use.
What's revolutionary about TS3 is that for the first time the way everything looks is yours to decide. Do you want to to turn a beautiful couch into a piece of old furnite? Just use one of the many rustic patterns (some of the metal ones are great). Now we're back at settling with swatches and it's even worse than in The Sims 2, since you can't mix and match two swatches and colors aren't standardized like they were in 2 EPs (MALM, LACK, AL Wood, etc).
