Personal Opinions on Seasons

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Currently my only/biggest complaint is there is no snow depth. I was really looking forward to that. There are a few minor things I don't like, but overall it's an amazing pack that really adds a lot to gameplay with seasons/weather/calendar.
Oh, I hate that thunderstorms make everyone tense, even pets and toddlers who you can't buy the storm chaser trait which makes them love storms and no longer get tense. Also that trait supposedly makes it more likely to get hit by lightning(which can be cool but) so it's almost lose/lose.
I find getting plants like orchids/dragon fruit/bird of paradise are harder when grafting plants, but I think that more the gardening update than Seasons.

Finding the gardening a lot trickier. My main has a near-perfect complete garden and was raking it in. Installed Seasons and suddenly productivity dropped through the floor, as well as the actual seasonal growth periods making stuff just go dormant. I suppose it is more realistic, but like... that garden includes grow fruit and alien plants, I wasn't going for realism in the first place!

The Good:
- the weather: it adds variety to gameplay and makes the worlds more realistic and interesting
- the calendar: so much easier to keep track of things. the ability to schedule a party (when you plan it through the calendar) for a specific time is so much better than having it start immediately if you do it from the phone
- the holidays: creating your own, participating in the already set up ones
- the build/buy: so many fun and pretty things to use in builds
- the CAS: finally a reason for the hot and cold weather outfits and the weather-specific items are awesome!
- Patchy: sure, you can hire a gardener without Seasons but the scarecrow is so much more fun :D

The Bad:
- gardening gets a bit harder as the harvestables aren't as reliable as without it (without Seasons you get 10 per plant every day, with Seasons the number varies). this isn't immediately bad if you're looking for more challenging play but the change is a big jarring. greenhouses are a must, imo.
- thunderstorms putting everyone (pets including) into a tense mood
- the thermostat only having 3 settings (it would be nice to have mild heat and mild cooling as a mid-step
- random holidays: the one thing that is fun but I also wish we had a way to schedule them ourselves (or could turn them off)
- umbrellas: they're awesome but also glitchy

The Ugly:
... yeah no, I got nothing.

One of my favorite packs for sure. I love the way it changes the entire feel of the game. The weather animations are absolutely incredible. I love the gradual changes from each season and it’s even more gradual the longer your seasons are. I love that all the worlds have different weather depending on location. The desert worlds never get much snow or rain and worlds like windenburg become a beautiful winter wonderland.

I love the calendar and don’t think I could live without it. It’s an easy way to keep track of things, make events ahead of time and see the upcoming weather in the world you are in. The holiday system is without a doubt the best we have ever gotten. The ones built in are fun and it’s also enjoyable to create your own holidays for your sims. Winterfest is still one of my favorites to celebrate in game.

Only cons to me are you can sort of customize season length but only in 7, 14, and 28 days. You can’t turn off any season, but there are cheat workarounds I believe if you want to skip or stay in a season. Gardening is harder and pretty much requires a greenhouse for every household with a garden if you want to keep everything growing. But I like the extra challenge with that overall just can at times be frustrating when I forget to move plants before the first day of a new season so they go dormant and have to grow again in the greenhouse.

Overall though seasons is a fantastic pack. It comes with fun new family activities, a great CAS and one of my favorite BB collections we have in game. I highly recommend it.

Seasons is my favourite EP with Get Together. I love seeing the world change and doing the different activities that come with each season. Recently my sims just had their first mud fight. The calendar is pretty neat and I've used it to organize a summer camp for my teens with different goals for each day. It's not a perfect pack though. The surprise holidays, although easy to ignore, can be a little annoying. Also I confess that I have turned off blizzards and thunderstorms. It's unfortunate because I actually like them, but they're way too frequent and also significantly increase the number of rainy days. I want my sims to be able to enjoy nice weather.

Currently, I have each season set to run for two Sim weeks. I'm unhappy because it rains nearly all of the time! I have just decided to start a brand new game save. I may just set each season to four weeks, since three isn't an option, just to see if that ends some of the rain. It's very hard to have a Sim perform in an outdoor stage when it's raining. Never mind tending crops, or living off-the-grid and having the clothes still dripping wet on the clothes line — for days!

Other than that I like having Seasons in my game. It sure beats the heck out of non-stop sunshine. I just wished it behaved more like Seasons from Sims3, where you were kept guessing as to how much snow you might get in the Winter (more like real life).

It's easily the best pack so far. I can't think of too many negatives except that I wish we had more control over the traditions and deciding which sim likes what. Its stupid that toddlers ignore the vast majority of the traditions simply because they are toddlers (which is a stupid idea on its own). We should be able to choose who likes what and not just have it based on traits and age.

My favorite pack!

I love the weather, the holidays, the gardening updates. Pretty much all of it.

The only thing I’m missing is snow depth. But that’s no biggie.

"Chazzzy;c-17250523" wrote:
I have solved all of the negatives of the pack with mods. So the pack is now up there as one of my faves.

Would you mind sharing which mods are must haves for Seasons? I don't have it yet either, but hope to get it soon.