"SimmerGeorge;d-975867" wrote:
Hey guys,
Huge fan of the Sims series here, playing since 2008. I wanted to start this discussion so I can get a few things off my chest. I am not trying to badmouth or sabotage the game in anyway. I simply want to discuss this issue with the community.
My experience with The Sims 4 has not been the best and I've always wanted to voice my opinion in the past, so with the announcement of this pack, I am finally here. After watching the trailer for this pack I was dissapointed. Unlike previous packs that were lacking, the trailers were still great. This trailer though throws a bad light on the pack because of the similarities in features from previous packs (ex. Get to Work, University, Tiny Living, Laundry Day you name it), but also because of the weak new features coming with this.
I have to agree here the trailer definitely didn't wow me when I first saw it. It just came off as really boring. I'm thinking the marketing team just didn't do it justice.
Aside from the trailer Eco Lifestyle seems to be following the same pattern previous packs have:
- First, it features the same Sims 4 utopian concept we've been getting over and over. It focuses around putting effort into creating a perfect world, cleaning up, using renewable energy sources, recycling and everything else sugar and rainbows. And to everyone out there saying it includes the polluted air, I'll say one thing. The point of the pack is to get rid of pollution so there won't be a lot of focus on the smoke.
- Second, the main features have again no depth. Candlemaking, renewable energies, recycling are all skills or things to do once or twice. In the past we got stuff like these as minor features, now they are marketed as the main features. How many candles are you gonna make, how much trash are you gonna pick up? We need more tools that give us freedom to create our own unique stories (ex. Create a holiday, Create a Club, Run a business). All of these give us a freedom to tell our own stories rather than play in predetermined paths.
I have thought about this also. I can't form a true opinion though until we see the official live stream and gameplay trailer. Everything in this game is pretty repetitive. I personally don't like the theme or direction of this pack. What about for people who like to play the bad guy? Evil sims who want to sabatouge the world? Wild stuff for supernaturals?
When I saw o trailer I was just thinking whaaaaaaaaat? They want my evil crimal mastermind vampire to..... pick up trash? Saving the one one trash pile at a time? And comie together with his fellow community of vampires to..... clean up? ?
But I really love the world and the other features coming like making clothes and furniture from trash, stuff for living off the grid, flies, dumpsters. Pollution etc. And I plan on doing an apocalyptic story, maybe even rags to riches challenge, and just do my own thing with it.
- Also focusing more on visuals than gameplay. Needless to say the clothes and worlds always look great in packs but what's the point when you can't interact with your suroundings? As for the clothes, Sims need clothes that match their personalities not the other way around...
Sims can't even drive cars, yet there's pollution?
- Finally, a very high price tag. There are whole games out there that cost 40 dollars, complete games! How do you justify paying 40 dollars just for an expansion pack? The amount of features is nowhere near the amount we used to get in previous installments and even if we get less content, its quality and depth is also lacking.
This is why I think we as consumers should take a moment and rethink buying some of these packs. Like everyone out there I always want to have the latest pack for The Sims 4 but at the same time I realize that by paying more and more money I am hurting the franchise and the game I love. There is no point in complaining about a pack and a game after you have already bought it 'cause at the end of the day if it brings the company money they are not going to change it.
It's okay to be dissatisfied, it's okay to demand more, it's your hard earned money.
True they the packs are not jam packed how they use to be. They are selling less for more BUT, that was 6 years ago and this is the reality of the times we live in. Have to looked at a bag of chips lately? The outside of them are getting smaller and the insides are getting less, but the price is going up. I can sit here and name hundreds of things that are like that. And there is nothing we can do to change it. Some things I choose to no longer buy and some things I do.
I believe the teams gives us as much as they can according to their current budget set by the company. It's out of their hands. A lot of people call EA greedy and money hungry but what company is not these days? The job my sister works for budget cut everyone, yet the workload has increased. She and her coworkers have to do the job of multiple people now but the company has plenty of money.
It's definitely up to the individual of rather they want to spend their hard earned cash on it or not. But from my POV it's worth the money and I never think they are over priced because I have spent literally almost 100 dollars for a night out. The movies, the mall, restaurants etc. Less than 24hr.
Heck I have even spent 50 dollars for pizza?? and how long did that last?
On the other hand, even the packs I didn't like that much has added something to my game, which has given me probably thousands of hours of fun. I never regretted a purchase.
All in all I totally get where you are coming from ?
Ugh this post did not format the way I intended. I was trying to put my individual answer under each individual paragraph of yours but I'm using my phone. Oh well I think you get the idea ?
