"Louise_G0325;c-17727016" wrote:
Build/buy:
- No round windows/doors.
https://i.imgur.com/7UywAeI.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/PIqOrMY.jpg
- Not enough zen and bamboo furniture. The pack advertises building a sanctuary but offers very few options. I was heartily looking forward to building my dream house, which has a modern zen theme with lots of curves, nature-inspired decor, warm bamboo tones and natural rock. We didn't get a whole lot of that. Also, no wooden bath...
https://i.imgur.com/dbdOKp6.jpg- Not enough patterned wallpapers. Japanese and Chinese architecture are well-known for them, but we only got a small handful.
https://i.imgur.com/lwlHQvj.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/kaPFhaL.jpg
- I know this is technically more Chinese than Japanese, but I highly doubt we'd get a Chinese pack as well. So why couldn't they add some ornate, traditional build/buy?
https://i.imgur.com/jTMOmQm.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/voJVG1z.jpg- Or some cool modern zen wallpapers.
https://i.imgur.com/iWLIwl1.jpg- Where are the futons? And if it is really THAT much effort to animate sims climbing into the bed lower to the ground, why couldn't they add some beds with traditional headboards and frames?
Gameplay
- Literally just adding tea gameplay would have made me happy, but the only thing they added was a non-functional tea display cabinet. I do not want to be forced to use that ugly base game tea machine here. https://i.imgur.com/VjxJiHT.jpg
- I'm happy that we can add koi to fountains, but I'm unhappy with the implementation. It's just a spawner. I wanted to be able to add fish I caught to ponds and fountains, and have control over which fish I put in, breed etc. I'm not even aware of any new types of koi fish in this pack. This is a huge disappointment.
- Even though we got "martial arts" in SV, it isn't traditional. There are so many forms of traditional martial arts, so "we don't want it to be the same" isn't an excuse.
- No calligraphy? No wood carving? Literally no skills pertaining to Japanese culture? There are so many amazing crafts and skills they could have added, but we got none.
- Japanese culture historically encouraged people to focus on one craft and master it - to be the person others go to if they need that product/service. That could have been an aspiration. Mastering only one skill and crafting all possible items would be too easy for an aspiration, but it could have tied into the fact that this mastering is a lifestyle rather than simply a hobby. Mentoring, writing skill books, making a perfect quality version of each craftable item, dedicating a certain number of hours to it etc could all have been part of it. This aspiration would also have been flexible, since numerous existing and new skills and crafts would make sense for it.
- Why is the zen garden purely decorative? They could have reused the raking leaves animation from Seasons. The zen gardens are boring and devoid of meaning, unless you buy Spa Day to at the very least be able to meditate there.
