Sims 4 seasons vs. Sims 3 seasons

"LadyKyn;c-16571019" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16570966" wrote:


Autumn and spring have their share of gameplay and fun in Sims 3 as well? Splashing in puddles, water balloon fights, horror house, harvesting and carving pumpkins, playing with leaves, trick or treat, roller skating, football/soccer etc. (summer too but I’m not sure what came with Seasons and what was added in IP)

Trick or treating unfortunately wasn't terribly fun for me in S3 and it was one of my more anticipated features considering Sims were never at home the majority of the time (Mines seem to enjoy the front of the theater or just hang out at the park) or just didn't want to come to the door. Bout like the crotchety people that don't like halloween and don't want to buy overpriced candy for my sim kid's enjoyment. :( When you think someone is coming to your house to trick or treat but they really just came to kick your pumpkin in.
Since the festivals came and went never felt like I could have fun with them for too long. Since I found the majority of interesting things to be with the festival's than anything. Outside of that not terribly much less I was gardening. Felt there was a lot more things in S3 Winter to do that didn't have to be connected with festivals is what I liked a lot about it.

I only remember swimming in the ocean (though patched in) and some new pool floats thus far for summer activities along with water balloons.

Of course what’s fun for one isn’t fun for the other, so for some ocean swimming (and surfing and scuba diving and going out in a boat or a jetski or snorkling or just lying on the beach and bake or saving people who are in trouble) is fun and for the other it’s planning events and watch them happen at the exact time you set it (I’m having a bit of a hard time understanding why that’s fun myself but that’s in fact why I just might buy the pack after all because I’m curious, I want to experience it, there’s no way of predicting how you’ll experience something before you have). But that’s what this topic is about, what do you prefer (or maybe not even prefer, what different things from both packs do you like or not like). I realize a lot of what I describe here was IP but those are the things I like doing in summer in the game myself, I do like being able to go into open water. I took my sim adventuring in Egypt once and then one day I decided (no, actually she decided herself) to go swim in the river. I liked that and gave her the day ‘off’. Also sent her to the beach with her friend and they played in the water and swam. I like that, for a change (not every sim day of course). I also love to make my sim harvesting pumpkins in autumn, go home and start carving them with his son. The kid’s turning out a bit clumsy but dad says he did a great job, at his age he really couldn’t make pumpkins like that and they lay it on the porch so anyone passing by can see it. I like the trick or treating too. Sure, I won’t be home for it all the time but when it happens that will only make it more special. I like sending my own kids to go trick or treating as well. Giving them a costume and off they go.

I must add by the way for me it’s not really a dry “what do you like from this pack”. I have to love the game first and then everything added to it will find its place and purpose. Even features I never thought I’d like or that didn’t appeal to me (that happened with ITF for me; I was very disappointed when that turned out to be the last theme for a pack, but in the end I had a lot of fun with it anyway because it was my own family that experienced it all).