Spa Day refresh

I think spa day is one of the better game packs that works exactly as it’s supposed to. The only thing I thought was missing was a trait. But now that my sim can like wellness I’m okay with it.

It seems an odd choice.

"Evilyn_1007;c-17950117" wrote:
I think spa day is one of the better game packs that works exactly as it’s supposed to. The only thing I thought was missing was a trait. But now that my sim can like wellness I’m okay with it.

It seems an odd choice.

I think it would have been nice if sims could earn money as massage therapists and yoga teachers, or even own a spa venue. They put a lot of emphasis on the pub owners from cottage living, so maybe they are doing something towards creating more jobs and assigning NPCs in certain jobs. I find it funny that they decided to re-fresh a gamepack, especially when they confirmed that they will not revisit older worlds to add swimmable water to them, which is a much requested feature, so this re-fresh it's probably just groundwork that they need to do in preparation for some future packs or updates.

Spa Day is afaik the only game pack which features neither a special gameplay mechanic nor a destination world.

I am leaning towards it being Outdoor Retreat as well. It is one of the older packs, so if they were going to refresh or reintegrate packs, it would make more sense to start with that one. I wouldn't even be upset if they did.

I was hoping either Outdoor retreat or Dine out - OR is pretty empty for a game pack if you compare it to other packs. I'd want them to update the world so you can live there and maybe add some more gameplay, like being able to hike with sims together for instance.
Dine out could use an update where you can actually cook and do the other roles in the restaurant that you own, similar to how sims 2 had it.
But there's definitely a lot of the game packs that could use an update.

Maxis would have to start with overhauling the base pack first wouldn't they?

I'd say Cool Kitchen Stuff could be the Stuff pack that most needs updating. It isn't one of the best for content is it? They could use it for better choosing/routing between sinks, washing up, dishwashing and washing machines from later packs.

I love Spa Day. Spas are one of the best things to add to any world in my opinion. Especially Sulani as you can even get Sims to spend their holidays in a spa with a few additions like a bed and better kitchen, with the added sea bathing as an extra! Any new additions to that would be fine by me.

In my opinion Spa Day is the least impressive Game Pack, it is basically a pack with a new skill complete with a new lot type and gameplay objects for that skill, that's not me saying that it's bad, but Outdoor Retreat in comparison added a new skill, rental lots (now base game), gameplay objects associated with the theme, as well as a new world, so everything Spa Day has plus a new world essentially. Saying that, Spa Day also feels very much complete in my opinion, the pack serves it's purpose of providing a spa with related activities, what more could they do? Only thing that comes to mind is making it an available ownable business like restaurants and vets.

If the pig has shown up again, are we all checking the Future Cube for hints?

Last night I was thinking about how much I personally disliked the interior decorator career in Sims 3 (not my thing), so I won't buy the Dream Home Decorator pack. S3 Ambitions included that career along with hair stylists, and teachers. Do you think they are going to add salons and a new hair stylist career to Spa Day?

I would love to see a career that made use of the Wellness skill. I have played several Sims who would have enjoyed that career route.

I'm a bit confused why they chose this pack. Maybe I haven't played it enough but to me it seems to be fine as it is. I would of preferred Dine Out to be updated so my sims can go out for a meal and it not take almost the entire day.

The photo from Spa Day is IMO a joke about ironing out the kinks. I think it could be about any pack. I like Spa Day and I like adding new features so hopefully I'll be happy with it. I remember voting for an update for Outdoor Retreat. I would guess that and Del Sol Valley are probably the most requested aside from supernatural updates.

Dine Out needs major bug fixes. If they want to modernize Dine Out though, I'll be happy. I mostly use the pack to add restaurants into worlds but it has been buggy.

Spa Day added features that I use a lot and I like having playable spas. The Maxis lots that came with were good and I still use several.

The pre-made update is more for other people than for me because I don't focus on that but some players do. I'm at a point at which I am almost playing without pre-mades at all. I added some from GT when I started playing but they have mostly died out or are elders at this point. If I play any new games, I'll probably make my own sims.

As long as updates don't "break" the game for me, I'll be fine. Higher bills are more for other players than for me, for example, so I sometimes use cheats now that bills are higher if the billing seems excessive to me. I say that because they increased the cost of bills which was more for other types of players than me. Rags to riches is a very valid playstyle and I've played it at times but not always or even most of the time.