Realm of Magic trailer drops tomorrow!

"JoAnne65;c-17210407" wrote:

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"BlueR0se;c-17206814" wrote:
I'm kind of concerned cause this is pretty darn soon after IP, so I really hope that's enough development time. orz.

Different packs, different teams. It's not like they start working on a new pack as soon as the latest one is finished.

They plan miles ahead.

It better be good. I liked almost -except strangerville- every gamepack so far, so I think it will be fine for what it is.

GamePacks are the core of The Sims 4, they don't have to rely on EP's to keep this game standing up since they are more lackluster release after release.

Game Packs are the best thing to happen to the franchise let alone the game.

No filler, all killer in most cases. I’ve always found that EPs have a theme, and then they don’t have enough budget to execute that theme, so that add a bunch of random stuff to fill the EP up, but the core of the Expansion is meh.

With Game Packs, the audience doesn’t except anything other than the core theme, and so developers only have to worry about developing the core theme and don’t have to really worry about the “size” of the pack.

Jungle Adventure, for example, is a bigger pack that Parenthood, but Parenthood adds A lot of stuff that enhances the core gameplay anyway, so they both achieved their goal.

I hope that makes sense.

I agree, it indeed has to do with focus I guess. I'd rather have them focus on one specific thing and make it very good, rather than covering a massive theme and kinda don't know really what to focus on.

I mean, if they would have made a Supernatural EP, no way the lifestates would have been this detailed. You might argue that in previous versions they were able to execute them in EP's just fine, but knowing the Sims 4: the more they are trying to shoehorn into EP's, the less focus = more shallow.

I'd love to have maybe at least one or two more gamepacks related to occults down the line. If they really have ''years of content'' planned out, I would love to see a fairies Gamepack too, and maybe werewolves. (Personally I don't really care about werewolves though, I just don't really see how they potentially could dedicate a complete GP to only werewolves.)

Also still hoping for Plumbots to make a return! Maybe they can include it with a potential University EP within a ''Technology'' major or whatever. (Not expecting it though!).

If game packs are the best thing to happen to the franchise, why do I usually get a “you can’t compare EP’s to GP’s” whenever I point out how much bigger and broader and more in depth WA was than JA as an argument? I don’t accept this thesis as truth just because Sims 4 does EP’s poorly. GP’s are smaller and therefore will always offer less than EP’s. GP’s indeed turn out better for Sims 4 than EP’s for whatever reason. The reason can’t be focus though.

No idea. Ask people who are saying that.

I think it has to do with focus. The Sims 4 EP's seem to have less budget compared to previous series.. EA has made statements in the past where they say that EP's are for a broader theme but less in depth. And what's lacking in Sims 4? Depth.

GP's cover a smaller theme and go more in depth, that's why they tend to be better imo.

If we take Realm Of Magic as an example; they choose to only focus on witches with the budget they had, so they are more in depth.

If we got a Supernatural EP, I doubt they would be as detailed, since they had to make other supernatural life states for that as well, also a new world.

In the most ideal situation GP's were not needed and the EP's were detailed and as good as in previous series, but that's not going to happen I'm afraid.