Play to change in The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack!

I am glad other people are excited for this pack. For the first time, I'm going to hold off on purchasing it until it's on sale. TBH I haven't opened the game in a month (playing ESO instead). I was looking forward to something new for the game but I'll wait. Who knows, maybe something will spark my interest when it's gameplay is previews but for now...meh.

I found this interesting but i would need to see a deep dive to see everything and a bit of gameplay, candle making, the flies attacking the sim, this might be a death if your sims home gets too dirty, the concept it different and that's what we need in the sims 4, something different, something new, I'm excited too see more

"Nikkih;c-17484352" wrote:
I found this interesting but i would need to see a deep dive to see everything and a bit of gameplay, candle making, the flies attacking the sim, this might be a death if your sims home gets too dirty, the concept it different and that's what we need in the sims 4, something different, something new, I'm excited too see more

Something new? The flies death is literally from TS2. It’s like they’re running out of ideas now and they’re just borrowing stuff from old Sims games.

Can the Caterpillars be transformed into butterflies? The grubs as they look like have to be caterpillars. That would be cool in other worlds. Not this one, but the others.

I honestly loved the container builds. I will get it even if for just the build objects, some of the other game play items look interesting. I will be waiting for game play videos for sure

Honestly, after watching the trailer and reading the blog, I can say that I am interested. The ability to influence the neighborhood is something that I like, and in this pack, because the focus are the changing world itself, I expect the dev to explore more possibilities about what outcome we can produce. They also have some items that looks hi-tech which I like. And I am curious about what kind of object that we can craft as Maker and Crafter (i thin it is the new careers).

But, still, it is better for us to wait for full walk-through to judge the EP.

I hate this already + tiny living should be part of this EP.

"hyrulerose;c-17484331" wrote:

"KaeChan2089;c-17484273" wrote:

"Jnyx;c-17484259" wrote:
this forum: complains we never get any new ideas in the sims franchise

also this forum: complains whenever we are given new ideas in the sims franchise

But...it's not really a new idea.....It kinda borrows the same elements in TS3 back to the future etc.

Plus, elements of 'eco-living' have been scattered throughout multiple packs already (conservation/off-the-grid in Island Living, Tiny Living's eco-friendly homes, Laundry Day has some eco-lifestyle themed gameplay), so it's not even a new idea for TS4...

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Objectively, though, I get that not every pack is for everyone. However, what I don't understand is an entire expansion pack being devoted to a theme that has already been partially explored in previous packs. It feels very redundant.

This!

I'm not a fan of the whole go around and meet these goals to change the environment. I breezed through Strangerville in my main save just to keep the "normal" town. I hope this is the last pack that relies on this concept.

Not great, but Im intrigued. I'll take it over farming. I'd particularly like to see if this would be a good opportunity to just have a grimy terrible world for my sims to live in. Lousy environment, lousy houses, so Im going to pay attention to the build/buy this time around.

"Jnyx;c-17484259" wrote:
this forum: complains we never get any new ideas in the sims franchise

also this forum: complains whenever we are given new ideas in the sims franchise

:lol: The accuracy though.

"Sigzy05;c-17484269" wrote:

"MaggieMarley;c-17484170" wrote:
Yay the conservationist career from Island Living all over again wrapped up as a new pack...

Oh well I hope this means you will also be making Happy Haunts an EP.

This is what we all wanted....

No... no it's not.
Not even a little bit.

I'm glad they're trying new things, but I'm just not sure about this one. Sounds like a fun play through but what about after the world is cleaned up or left to rot? Then what? I really enjoy the replayability of new packs. To me that's where the value comes in. Packs like Get Famous are great because the system allows many play throughs with new animations that I still haven't even seen yet since I haven't reached all the perks/quirks. So I'm not sure because as of now it seems like a one and done, but I want to see gameplay first before I make any judgments.