Personal Opinions on Seasons
So stead of reading the wiki which is unbiased in general. Tell me what are the good and bad of Seasons (besides death by heatstroke and freezing?)
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I love almost everything about Seasons. The weather and the changing of the plants are amazingly well done. (I used to hate the way the flowers and shrubs remained in bloom and green under the layer of snow in TS3). I don’t mind the limitations on the growing season of plants and use a combination of green houses (for my richer sims), and seasonal plants to have them steadily producing year round.
I do wish they would fix the Science Garden; I had to get a mod to send my scientist to work in the very early morning so the plants would grow properly and produce fruits and veggies again. I also agree they should fix the grafting since the benefits of trying to create rare plants that way are no longer there. I usually have a community garden in at least one world and had to resort to early morning trips there, in season, so that my sims could get some of the rare collectibles.
The calendar and the holiday system are both amazing as is the customization which is available there and to the seasons’ lengths. I don’t mind the sims getting tense during storms because in my view they are generally too happy and it is therefore interesting to try to distract them with games, fun, yoga, incense, massages, reading, hugs, etc. The only ones it is hard to soothe are the pets, poor things (except the cats sometimes, with catnip).
In the game, I don’t mind the rain. Windenburg is the rainiest for me with San Myshuno a close second (this is annoying during festivals to be sure). Even those neighbourhoods have sunny days too, though, while I find Willow Creek, Newcrest, Granite Falls and Glimmerbrook to be quite reasonable. I also love the blizzards in winter and the snow generally — my Sims always seem to want to make snow angels and snow people at the drop of a hat.
I forgot to mention that I also really like the bees — what an excellent addition with real tangible benefits to the growing and evolving of plants.
I do wish they would fix the Science Garden; I had to get a mod to send my scientist to work in the very early morning so the plants would grow properly and produce fruits and veggies again. I also agree they should fix the grafting since the benefits of trying to create rare plants that way are no longer there. I usually have a community garden in at least one world and had to resort to early morning trips there, in season, so that my sims could get some of the rare collectibles.
The calendar and the holiday system are both amazing as is the customization which is available there and to the seasons’ lengths. I don’t mind the sims getting tense during storms because in my view they are generally too happy and it is therefore interesting to try to distract them with games, fun, yoga, incense, massages, reading, hugs, etc. The only ones it is hard to soothe are the pets, poor things (except the cats sometimes, with catnip).
In the game, I don’t mind the rain. Windenburg is the rainiest for me with San Myshuno a close second (this is annoying during festivals to be sure). Even those neighbourhoods have sunny days too, though, while I find Willow Creek, Newcrest, Granite Falls and Glimmerbrook to be quite reasonable. I also love the blizzards in winter and the snow generally — my Sims always seem to want to make snow angels and snow people at the drop of a hat.
I forgot to mention that I also really like the bees — what an excellent addition with real tangible benefits to the growing and evolving of plants.
