"thevogel;c-16450421" wrote:
Recycling of content is one thing... it's lazy. But the recycling of the professions by using the same bugged mechanics from another system... is beyond lazy. If there were problems in the retail system and then they use that same formula for the vet career... why wouldn't they get the bugs and kinks out of it before launch, and why would it be made the same if it clearly wasn't working before.
Also, the doctor and sciententist careers are using some of the same type of work stations, and the mechanics of the grind are the same. The recycling is glaring.... how can anyone not see this?
It's like the OP said. " if a pack manages to deliver quality content, then recycling existing content can be warranted if smaller features are recycled. I have no way of knowing why they chose to recycle it, but I believe in good faith and benefit of the doubt, so if the pack is solid and there's recycled content, I'll assume they needed to recycle content so they could focus on putting more effort elsewhere."
An therein lies the problem... They are not using the time, money, or effort somewhere else in the game. More compromised and buggy mechanics, as well as recolors of things already in the game does not make a Solid DLC pack.
Look, people are going to spend Their money where they want.... and they can defend this version of the franchise because that is where they spent the money, and want to believe it was a good decision. I know I did... in the beginning.... But when I started questioning why.... why are there so many mis-matching things, and why do they keep recoloring the same things already in the game that I've now paid for twice, and why do these jobs seem to do the same thing over and over.... I knew that I had been lied to.
I sit here looking at thread after thread after thread of the disappointments and wonder why are people still buying this? Why are those of us who question these things being punished for asking... what happened? Why is this game just a regurgitated version of what it could be?
If I'm going to invest my time and money into a game / franchise that is supposed to give me enjoyment.... then it better be enjoyable.... not recyclable.
This is what I'm wondering too. I have stopped buying packs for this game since C&D, which was worth it to me for build/buy, and before that I hadn't bought anything for months. I won Laundry Day through a giveaway, while that is the only SP I would spend $10 on. I'm still going to play the game, but I'm done with all the useless objects and recycled gameplay we are getting. If you look at everything that has been added to TS4, DLC-wise, it's just one big pile of dissapointment. Nothing is new. Almost every pack was lacklustre in some kind of way. With Vampires they got it right, a whole new system and packed with content. Every pack should be like that. It should feel totally full and worthy. But it's just all so meh. I had to try my best not to buy Jungle Adventure at first, but then I saw how fast I would probably get tired of playing it. Maybe I'll buy Seasons, because I hate the eternal summer, but other than that I'm doing fine as it is.
