I've only played for a few hours so I may have more little gripes later as I get deeper into it.
I would have liked...
Tea ceremony of some kind, even just something simple like everybody sitting down to tea together and chatting about their day.
Pretty new Tea Set.
More cabinets and matching uppers.
More kimonos, with fewer geometric patterns.
More empty lots for building. I'm afraid to delete any of the community lots for fear I'll mess something up.
Basically just more, more CAS and more BB. I was remodeling a house and was surprised to see so few new building options (paints, furniture, etc). This is an EP, I expected more of everything.
General gripes:
When I walk around in the city (lower part of the map) everything looks great but there were very few people. The rentals in the North feel very isolated, with no one around.
I looked at one of the rentals up in the north (think it was James') and was surprised to find nothing to entertain anyone other than a bookcase. There was a blizzard outside, my sim got so bored with nothing to do!
I loved the idea of my sims bowing at the shrine and was terribly disappointed when they removed that little touch. I feel they could have still included it as an action that the player could choose.
And finally, I couldn't find a fishing spot - is there one? I looked and looked, but all I found was the swimming area. If there really is no place to fish that is a huge disappointment for me.
I really like the pack but I just expected, well, more. More depth, more gameplay. And finally, I feel it was vastly over priced as an EP. It feels, plays, and looks like two small, incomplete game packs mashed together. I had that impression from the very first, and I feel it even more strongly now. I got it as a gift but I still feel it was too much money. $30 would have been ok, I guess, while for $20 it would have been amazing and totally worth it.
