Partial DLC Simmers

Hi there. :p

Never really tried gameplay wise with one pack (well other then when I bought the first EP. :smile: I've tried my luck at building surrounding a specific pack to see what I can come up with. I get a lot of modern looking homes and surroundings with that pack. Very sleek and it goes very well with fitness stuff.

Not with TS4, no, but I only played TS2 with expansion packs for a long time. Same with TS3 (minus some things I bought from the store). I never saw stuff packs for those games as a priority because they didn't offer new gameplay, which was what I was mainly interested in. TS4 has been more of a mix and match situation for me.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16374598" wrote:
I played the original The Sims without mods, cc, or expansions from its launch to 2015. Never saw the need to get more or to ever upgrade to Sims 2 or Sims 3. Only have Sims 4 because the original no longer would work on Windows 10. So it is possible someone could be content with just base game. I know I only purchased a majority of my owned packs on sale.

Well say what you want about this game, sure, but I dunno how you managed to play Sims 1 without some of the expansions. Wasn't it Hot Date that gave us the community lots back then? Man, when we got those and I could build them? That's about all I ever did from then on out with that! :D I'd build a community lot, then go in live mode just to see if it worked with pathing and all that.

Hats off to you though! I never had Makin' Magic or Superstar, but I had the others. Dunno what I'd have done without them.

When the sims 3 was still going I used to only buy the expansion packs and a few things from the store. It wasn't until after the sims 3 ended that I went back and bought the stuff packs. I've tried both cc and mods for the sims 3 but was never happy with the way the cc made my sims look so I stopped using it. I only started using mods after the sims 3 ended and I enjoy them but don't generally use them that often.

I currently don't have a lot in ways of the EP/SP and GP for TS4, but I am slowly building my collection up so I'm able to do more things like take part in the community challenges that require more than just merely making sims and uploading them to the gallery.

I've played like that for a short time with Sims 2 & 4. I started with Sims 2 (around the time seasons came out) right after buying my first house, I was on a budget and said I wouldn't buy more than the base game. I played it for a few months that way and then started buying the stuff packs, later I was slowly gifted the EP's from my husband. I bought Sims 3 at launch and bought all packs at launch or close to it, I bought up most of the store over time as well. With Sims 4 I didn't have any interest at all when it came out. I decided to try the base game last summer when my gaming computer fried on me, and Sims 3 was no longer working. Now thanks to a new PC I have really gotten into the game, and own everything except vampires and the Halloween stuff pack. I have very little will power with the Sims, and thankfully a very understanding spouse ;)

I never had stuff packs for Sims 2 or 3. Only expansions.

For Sims 4 I am behind on most of the packs. I have all the EPs, but all have been brought at a discount. I have parenting which I did buy full price on release. And vampires and spa day which I recently brought in the bundle with the stuff packs. (Basically I paid GP price for it and effectively got the two SPs free!) I really think stuff packs are overpriced for what you get so I pick them up on sale, if at all. I think I got spooky stuff last Halloween when it was literally like £3! And I brought romantic garden at valentines for about £5.

Basically I'm not fussed about having them all, all of the time. Just recently though, now I've seen how much good value those bundles are in certain places I am becoming more of a 'collector'. Part of me wants them all so I have the collection, not even so much because I will play them all... Which is bad!

Edit to add: I do have a house to run and a toddler in real life that eat into my funds something crazy so I have to spend my money wisely too.. bundles work out way cheaper. So if I ever changed my mind on wanting something else then I have already saved my money in my eyes! Also my hubby is a gamer too so he can't complain at me buying games when it's what he does too!

I would be if stuff packs did not have game play objects.

TS4's art style is very simple and blocky and I can't get excited about the objects in this game.
Also, there is no create-a-style, so I can't get creative with objects by adding my own colors and textures to them.
I would rather hunt for custom content that has the detail level I need. The clay hair is the best hair EA has made, as they were awful at alpha hair, but I still prefer alpha hair.

I do like Stuff packs for clothing though.
Game play and clothing are the only reasons I am buying stuff packs.

I didn't have any stuff packs for TS4 until this year. Now that I'm in the US, I do buy a bit more stuff - but I still wait for sales. I grabbed Romantic Garden for $5 dollars, which is about €4 euros. Grabbed Dine Out for about €12 with the conversion, and the Spa Day Game Pack Bundle for €23,- converted... totally intend to continue to profit off the dollar while I'm here and grab some more stuff when there's more sales. :blush: Thank you, euro, for being stronger than the dollar. :scream:

But yeah, I did play this game without SPs for about a year, and I played The Sims 2 with only a few EPs and none of the SPs until I got the ultimate collection years later... and I never really missed them. I had loads and loads of cc back in TS2 days so SPs didn't really bring anything I needed. Now, with TS4, I don't really use cc so there are things I miss about SPs. I LOVE that one hairstyle in Backyard Stuff, but can't justify buying a whole pack just because I want this one hairstyle. I really like the clothing/furniture in Move Hangout but the concept of movie hangout doesn't appeal much to me so my Dutch frugality again stops the avid Simmer in me from buying. I did just buy a whole GP bundle not because I was all that interested in Spa Day, but really only because I wanted this one hairstyle that came with Luxury Party and hot tubs. So I actually bought that bundle not for the GP, but rather for the SPs. :sweat_smile:
It can be so hard being Dutch. I want all them packs but my Dutchness is like nah bro, be practical. Why spend €10 to buy virtual clothes when you can buy real clothes with that money? Why spend €20 to have your virtual pixels go out to eat when you can use that to actually go out to eat? Why spend €20 watching them pixels go to the Spa when you can go to an actual Spa? As much as I love this game, that's how my brain tends to think lol.

I'm super curious what it would be like to play this game with only the base and SPs. :D I guess you'd end up with some pretty expansive outdoor gardens at the very least. Eating some ice cream while your kids have fun on the big ol' water slide and your spouse checks on the real life voidcritter (anyone want a real life Pikachu?) :)