So I'm thinking of buying...

I think what you are talking about has to do with parenthood, not eco lifestyle/living or whatever the pack is called XD I think sims with not enough mannersims will do that but i dont know how exccesive it is. Out of the packs you listed i would suggest eco living/lifestyle because it has more activities and i like those.

"CareyWarrior;d-988832" wrote:
Strangerville
Eco lifestyle
Island Living
Realm of Magic
Other packs I'm sort of interested in but not sure if I'll enjoy them are; Parenthood, Outdoor Retreat, Jungle Adventure, Paranormal, Movie Hangout. Also with Eco Lifestyle is the fart thing excessive? Cause I like to play with full autonomy on!

I love Strangerville, it's a small beautiful and different world, good for storytelling even if you don't focus on the scripted mystery.

Eco I sort of regret. It's not bad, but too much content is based on eco living (surprise!). I want to play other parts of the game, so I hardly use those eco features. Still, BB and CAS are good, and it comes with several new ways to work from home.

Island living - I love the world but I will mainly use it for vacations. I hin it's well made, and I never played the mermaids.

I don't own RoM.

Of the packs you listed, Jungle Adventure is my favourite. Lots to do, sometimes challenging, and when you max out the archaeology skill you have a lucrative income source. Some of the relic combinations can spice your game up a good bit.

IMHO, I believe any of the packs you've mentioned would be a good buy, depending on your playstyle. Lately there has been a debate raging Occult vs Realism. All the packs you mentioned are sort of explanatory. It's just depends on how you play your game.

There's something in all the packs that I use almost every time I play. I know OR has a not so well liked pack that I use a lot. My sims, non magical, use the herbal remedies, plus you can sell them for a little extra spending cash.

The way I look at packs, other than the B/B, is it going to be replayable or will it fall by the wayside, used only for the decorations. So far, MFP is that pack, I only use the coffee table and end table, which is a very expensive furniture!

I think which ever one you choose, you will be entertained. Happy Simming! :)

Movie Hangout is awesome. Sims can cuddle, too. EDIT: If you are a story teller, the social is the bomb com. Simder is a silly little movie, advise you to sit down and watch with your sims.

"CareyWarrior;d-988832" wrote:
Strangerville
Eco lifestyle
Island Living
Realm of Magic
Other packs I'm sort of interested in but not sure if I'll enjoy them are; Parenthood, Outdoor Retreat, Jungle Adventure, Paranormal, Movie Hangout. Also with Eco Lifestyle is the fart thing excessive? Cause I like to play with full autonomy on!

What is your gameplay style like?

I'm an occult player. I also play with full autonomy on I just wish we had both smart autonomy and more autonomy in the game.

I don't recall farting being big in Eco Lifestyles and I have all the DLC for the game. If you are talking about making the areas green or industrial being either too simple or some of the community voting being annoying then yes that is true. The Parenting pack if I recall correctly has more added burning and farting added in but I could be recalling things incorrectly.

I personally love Realm of Magic despite it being with zero real consequences for using magic and like every DLC pack, it feels incomplete. They should have consultedEnchantments NYC or Panpipes when making the game I feel. They should have gained inspiration from Supernatural, Charmed and comic books/ graphic novels like (bleep)Blazer with John Constantine, Doctor Strange, Mandrake The Magician, Books of Magic (by Neil Gaiman), Doctor The Midnight Sons. Dr Fate, Zatana... the list goes on. I would have loved to have a saying spells backwards as a curse or a quirk for spellcasters. I love the 3 Sages and don't have a favourite but until I downloaded 2 mods I had the changing of Sages sometimes several times in a life stage for my sims which I found incredibly annoying. I love the custom Sages, familiars and spells for the spellcasters. I love the mod I have from Zulf which allows kids to learn magic. I love the duels my sims get into.

Island Living is fun I just think the mermaids should have been better done. They should have had songs that they could sing to influence different emotions and give other sims buffs. I don't like that they get dehydrated so quickly. In this last update, it seems like I have to keep them either in the bathtub or swimming and really can't take care of other needs efficiently. I love Sultani as a world. I never get bored building in that world.

Strangerville is fun to build in for me but I only did the Strangerville mystery once and didn't feel compelled to solve the mystery again since. I like the Build/buy items in the pack and do use them a lot when building in Oasis Springs and Newcrest. When I do the occasional historic game the Build Buy items are good for doing a wild west style build for both Oasis Springs and Strangerville.

"drakharis;c-17863027" wrote:
Island Living is fun I just think the mermaids should have been better done. They should have had songs that they could sing to influence different emotions and give other sims buffs. I don't like that they get dehydrated so quickly. In this last update, it seems like I have to keep them either in the bathtub or swimming and really can't take care of other needs efficiently. I love Sultani as a world. I never get bored building in that world.

Cheat the Piper reward trait onto mermaids for this ability (it's the reward trait from completing the Musical aspiration.)

Island Living is another I'm curious about, but I have questions. I don't want the mermaids at all. A Hawaiian-inspired world with a beach sounds awesome. But like, if I go in and delete all premade mermaids, are there consequences? Will the game keep adding them? Will my Sims constantly have Moodlets to meet a mermaid or something while they're in Sulani? I just don't want to deal with any of that personally.

Also, I love Eco Lifestyle. Might be my second favorite after City Living. But I think you have to have some RL enthusiasm about the environment to get into the gameplay. Some people don't care for it at all.

I also love Strangerville, but I love the desert, mystery, and weirdos. lol