Sims Businesses and Hobbies Expansion Pack Negative thread.
Welcome to the first negative thread of the year.
This is the place to post any criticism and concerns for the new pack. As usual, don't attack the Sims team or each other.
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The name of the pack is “Business and Hobbies,” but I think the hobbies are a bit weak - tattooing doesn't really count as a hobby, and the only real hobby added is pottery. It would have been nice to see more musical instruments, sports, handcrafts, etc. added, but we'll have to wait for a gameplay trailer. The new feature of being able to set lot types by room seems like it has a lot of potential, but it also seems like it could be a source of bugs.
The name of the pack is “Business and Hobbies,” but I think the hobbies are a bit weak - tattooing doesn't really count as a hobby, and the only real hobby added is pottery.
Agreed!
The hobbies part brings to me one specific expansion pack in The Sims series: The Sims 2 FreeTime. It's an expansion pack heavily focused on hobbies. Let's see what FreeTime has...
- Pottery (that's also in B&H pack!)
- Sewing
- Movies (that's in Movie Night stuff)
- Food, Gaming, and Dance competitions
- Soccer Goal
- Basket Ball hoop (that's in City Living)
- Restorable Car
- Violin (base game object)
- Synthesizer (music production station in Get Famous functions similarly)
- Activity table (base game + Parenthood)
- Ballet Barre
- Ant Farm
- Model Train Set
- Don't Wake the Llama game (Also featured in Get Together)
- Hiking and Jogging (Base game)
- Bug hunting (Outdoor Retreat)
- Teaching Nursery Rhymes to toddlers
- Birdwatching
- Tinkering (Get to Work)
- Aspiration Benefits and Secondary Aspiration (Former in Base Game kind of)
- Parenting skill (Parenthood)
- New careers:
- Architecture (Dream Home Decorator and Eco Lifestyle)
- Dance
- Entertainment (Base game)
- Intelligence (Base game)
- Oceanography (Island Living)
- Secret Hobby lots and Hobby Instructors
- Genies
So yeah, some of them already exist in the game, others don't.
On Tattooing, I think sewing would have been awesome where you can design your own outfits, yet tthe tattooing system looks great. Recycling Werewolf painting, eh?
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