Not too excited...

Truly i think the issue (Atleast for me!) is that most of us are so used to having packed to the brim game packs of Sims 3 so sims 4 being bare is a bit eh. I'm excited for the looks of the island living EP but i usually get bored quickly but thats just my issue :). Gameplay wise i love sims 3, for looks however i love Sims 4 cc and what not buuuuut do miss the open world

"xxJaixx;c-17113782" wrote:
Truly i think the issue (Atleast for me!) is that most of us are so used to having packed to the brim game packs of Sims 3 so sims 4 being bare is a bit eh. I'm excited for the looks of the island living EP but i usually get bored quickly but thats just my issue :). Gameplay wise i love sims 3, for looks however i love Sims 4 cc and what not buuuuut do miss the open world

Yes, that is the problem with Sims 4 packs for me, because IL like every other pack before it is the new shiny and its fun disspates quickly and that is one reason I do not pay full price as I do not feel so bad in not losing an little bit of money.

I am liking this new direction Sims4 seems to be taking. In StrangerVille we saw the world change as we moved forward while solving the mystery. I was very unhappy about that game pack but ended up purchasing it in a bundle with GF and MFPS ( which I swore I would NEVER purchase), because I wanted some of the B/B assets in all three of those packs. I ended up playing through the mystery with several Sims, and will probably do it in the future depending on the story line I am creating. The one thing that stood out was how StrangerVille was altered by the actions of my Sims. This is what the teams have done with Sulani as well, and I am thrilled because the world is more interactive than the past worlds. While StrangerVille became a regular world as soon as the mystery was solved, Sulani will continue to be impacted by our Sims and how they interact with their island. It's a totally new style of gameplay I never thought possible in a Sims game. I am so looking forward to exploring it.

I have read a lot about the disappointment many people feel because Sims4 lacks depth, or we aren't seeing certain things from Sims2 or3 in Sims4. Well, that's because Sims4 isn't Sims2 or 3. Yes, we all have our favorite packs and content from the past we'd like to see in Sims4. But the teams are doing their best to bring some of that into the game while introducing us to the possibility there is a lot more that can be done with the game itself if we remain open to new ideas. After playing this game for nineteen years, and seeing the same content and gameplay redone in each new iteration, I am open to all the new ideas the teams can imagine and implement. I am very excited about Island Living, and I cannot wait to play it.

"Paigeisin5;c-17114019" wrote:
I am liking this new direction Sims4 seems to be taking. In StrangerVille we saw the world change as we moved forward while solving the mystery. I was very unhappy about that game pack but ended up purchasing it in a bundle with GF and MFPS ( which I swore I would NEVER purchase), because I wanted some of the B/B assets in all three of those packs. I ended up playing through the mystery with several Sims, and will probably do it in the future depending on the story line I am creating. The one thing that stood out was how StrangerVille was altered by the actions of my Sims. This is what the teams have done with Sulani as well, and I am thrilled because the world is more interactive than the past worlds. While StrangerVille became a regular world as soon as the mystery was solved, Sulani will continue to be impacted by our Sims and how they interact with their island. It's a totally new style of gameplay I never thought possible in a Sims game. I am so looking forward to exploring it.

I have read a lot about the disappointment many people feel because Sims4 lacks depth, or we aren't seeing certain things from Sims2 or3 in Sims4. Well, that's because Sims4 isn't Sims2 or 3. Yes, we all have our favorite packs and content from the past we'd like to see in Sims4. But the teams are doing their best to bring some of that into the game while introducing us to the possibility there is a lot more that can be done with the game itself if we remain open to new ideas. After playing this game for nineteen years, and seeing the same content and gameplay redone in each new iteration, I am open to all the new ideas the teams can imagine and implement. I am very excited about Island Living, and I cannot wait to play it.

I agree with everything you had said.

I definitely have not been playing the sims for nineteen years because my parents hated the sims games. So I had to sneak it when I was a kid and the first game I played sims wise was sims 2 pets on gameboy...I didn't get into PC sims playing until Sims 4 was out and from there I went backwards.

I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions and all that good stuff but I never really understood why people compared sims 3 to sims 4. Sims 3 had a ton of gameplay, don't get me wrong...I really need the elders in sims 4 to get a cane...actually I need all the lifespans except adults to be revamped because yikes. Anywho, I got sick of the rabbitholes and I could only have a few eps going at once because, i had a low end laptop, and I just got sick of playing it.

Right now I think Sims 2 is the best one because of the intense gameplay and the fact that you could actually go into places. It was annoying but I liked how the groceries would run out and you had to either go to the store or get groceries delivered to you. And the vacations...yeah sims 2 really did it for me when I played it. I still play it when I'm prepared to stare at a screen all day long.

But the Sims 4 is my favorite and I believe when it's complete it has the potential to be the best one. I do understand a few critiques but honestly the sims 4 is amazing. Sims 4 is lacking in gameplay when it comes to family things. And for me that means canes for elders, being able to place picture frames on tables, being able to go to school with the kids, having bachelorette parties, being able to actually dance together and not next to each other, honestly more romance interactions in general would be great. Someone else said it earlier (sorry I forgot who) but it needs an expansion pack that's focused on just gameplay. No new world, just an expansion pack that adds some good gameplay to make things more realistic. We need a generations pack. I NEED A PROM. A PROM I CAN ACTUALLY SEE.

I don't know what my point was in this post
It's currently 3am so I think I'm just talking to talk but...yeah.

But I think the expansion pack looks amazing and it seems pretty darn full to me. I already have a few things planned for it.