Trust me, I loathed the store as much as anyone else and never spent any money on it. But it IS different because the EPs from ts3 didn't feel completely empty and lacking. I didn't care about a crystal ball when I had so much to explore in the Expansion itself. THAT is the big difference.
In ts3, the store content wasn't needed for a full and fleshed out game. I also never bought stuff packs bc I never felt like I needed them.
In ts4, we take everything bc we are desperate for new gameplay. The game packs are usually ok, but expansions have all been awful. I love the sims 4 as a sequal, but it's so empty. I feel like there are not enough surprises, not enough options and avenues because the previous iterations of the game became more and more rich and content heavy each time.
It's just not the case anymore. And I'm tired of being called a hater for being disappointed in the progress of my favorite game. I want too love it and I thought with toddlers and vampires that maybe things were getting better, but I was wrong.
EA remains the worst at customer service and the best at being completely money hungry.
