First, i'll say this. Based on my current understanding of what the pack is like (from much reading and youtube videos) I don't think I can justify paying $29.99 (CAD) for the new GP when it seems to be ..... more so than not... just a large stuff pack of build/buy items that pretty much only makes sense in the only world you can't build in.Plus the spellcasters, aliens, and vampires can't use their occult powers in the new world of Batuu. And though you can use all the build items in all the other worlds.... apparently the new CAS items are limited to Batuu.This has me a bit confused about the new GP. The sims team designed the new GP so that the CAS only works in one area of the game... and the build/buy items only work in a completely different area of the game. I mean.... seriously?Speaking of build/buy items.... that's where it's the most confusing. Why create a world about something as popular as Star Wars.... add a great list of Star Wars build/buy items..... then decide to not offer the opportunity to use those Star Wars items in the Star Wars world?I don't know about anyone else.... but i'm not interested in building a Star Wars house in New Crest, or Brindleton Bay. Talk about out of place. It just won't fit in.Why didn't the sim's team offer a lot for us to build on? It could of been maybe 2 lots over in the corner somewhere away from their Star Wars design.When the sims team said the worlds would be getting smaller, I didn't think they meant worlds with no lots. One.... even just one would have made a huge difference when trying to justify the price tag.

Plus the spellcasters, aliens, and vampires can't use their occult powers in the new world of Batuu. And though you can use all the build items in all the other worlds.... apparently the new CAS items are limited to Batuu.No, they are not. Some outfits must be unlocked through progression on Batuu.

From what I understand it is more expensive everywhere except in the US, where it is a few dollars cheaper. That being said, I haven't extensively checked this out.Anyway, I understand the disappointment. I did not expect much because I knew this pack was not for me, but it is still a shame to see the community looking forward to it be underserved.I am assuming a lot of the limitations placed on the content are either do to the vacation world system in general or ways to keep SW out of the rest of the worlds. I suspect the latter more so in the sense that the devs probably expected this to be a contentious issue. It is one thing to produce a pack with an flamboyant theme, but it is a whole other for this pack to have the power to disrupt other worlds. Some people may buy it no matter what, but they still need to keep as few negatives as possible. I would consider it a negative if I had to see SW everywhere I went for the rest of 4's lifespan.

Yeah a pack where almost nothing is customizable and you have so many restriction on how you can play your own story... in a SIMS game!

"SimmerGeorge;c-17652252" wrote:Yeah a pack where almost nothing is customizable and you have so many restriction on how you can play your own story... in a SIMS game!We need a money cheat for galactic credits. I don't want to have to play through the same quests every time I take a sim there, but would be nice to have a way to buy souvenirs, pay for food, etc. And we should be able to take better cameras with us than just the phone.

Would become interesting if they decide to release a new (small) world being another planet. Using SW BB & CAS there could be fun, and we could also drag in whatever elements we would like to see from the more normal worlds. A small planet world for space colonization, with only empty lots (like Newcrest) would give simmers 500 additional reasons to grab the SW pack.

Star Wars - I simply don't understand......

Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
Plus the spellcasters, aliens, and vampires can't use their occult powers in the new world of Batuu. And though you can use all the build items in all the other worlds.... apparently the new CAS items are limited to Batuu.

No, they are not. Some outfits must be unlocked through progression on Batuu.
Bluebell23456
5 years ago
From what I understand it is more expensive everywhere except in the US, where it is a few dollars cheaper. That being said, I haven't extensively checked this out.

Anyway, I understand the disappointment. I did not expect much because I knew this pack was not for me, but it is still a shame to see the community looking forward to it be underserved.

I am assuming a lot of the limitations placed on the content are either do to the vacation world system in general or ways to keep SW out of the rest of the worlds. I suspect the latter more so in the sense that the devs probably expected this to be a contentious issue. It is one thing to produce a pack with an flamboyant theme, but it is a whole other for this pack to have the power to disrupt other worlds. Some people may buy it no matter what, but they still need to keep as few negatives as possible. I would consider it a negative if I had to see SW everywhere I went for the rest of 4's lifespan.
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
Yeah a pack where almost nothing is customizable and you have so many restriction on how you can play your own story... in a SIMS game!
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"SimmerGeorge;c-17652252" wrote:
Yeah a pack where almost nothing is customizable and you have so many restriction on how you can play your own story... in a SIMS game!

We need a money cheat for galactic credits. I don't want to have to play through the same quests every time I take a sim there, but would be nice to have a way to buy souvenirs, pay for food, etc. And we should be able to take better cameras with us than just the phone.
Simmerville
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Would become interesting if they decide to release a new (small) world being another planet. Using SW BB & CAS there could be fun, and we could also drag in whatever elements we would like to see from the more normal worlds. A small planet world for space colonization, with only empty lots (like Newcrest) would give simmers 500 additional reasons to grab the SW pack.
logionX
Seasoned Hotshot
5 years ago
Me neither, I am surprised how much effort that have went into this pack to reduce and restrict features from the sims4 base game and other packs. I think it's a strange way to expand the game, I understand that they might not have wanted too many crazy things happening on Batuu but I think that they went a bit too far. Reducing the worlds to simple neighborhoods with just one lot and making the rest of the houses into rabbit holes is reducing the game too much for my liking.

We might have reached a point where they no longer can make packs that can work with all the other packs in the game. At least if they want to make something that follows a very specific theme and they don't want to do any major changes to the game's coding.
The-Muzickmage
5 years ago
"Simmerville;c-17652267" wrote:
Would become interesting if they decide to release a new (small) world being another planet. Using SW BB & CAS there could be fun, and we could also drag in whatever elements we would like to see from the more normal worlds. A small planet world for space colonization, with only empty lots (like Newcrest) would give simmers 500 additional reasons to grab the SW pack.

They could have done it the same way as Glimmerbrook and the Magic Realm. The sims team could have given us a small gelatic world for us to build in..... with the Star Wars world a ship ride away.

.... then limited both the CAS and build/buy items to those worlds. A perfect little standalone Star Wars area.

But instead, we get a bunch of limitations that (IMO) don't make sense logically.
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
Imagine being able to live in Batuu and have a family with an alien from there and have the kids be aliens too. Raising an alien family in the middle of Batuu. And have Batuu residents visit you from the different fractions and bring food from their culture with them etc. etc.

Now that sounds more like a star wars themed sims game to me.
simgirl1010
Hero
5 years ago
"logion;c-17652291" wrote:
Me neither, I am surprised how much effort that have went into this pack to reduce and restrict features from the sims4 base game and other packs. I think it's a strange way to expand the game, I understand that they might not have wanted too many crazy things happening on Batuu but I think that they went a bit too far. Reducing the worlds to simple neighborhoods with just one lot and making the rest of the houses into rabbit holes is reducing the game too much for my liking.

We might have reached a point where they no longer can make packs that can work with all the other packs in the game. At least if they want to make something that follows a very specific theme and they don't want to do any major changes to the game's coding.

I think this pack is just an anomaly. A marketing tool to reach more potential players. EP 10 will get us back on track.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
5 years ago
This pack is an advert for Galaxy’s Edge. With some checklists thrown in.

I find it bizarre that supernaturals don’t have access to their powers whilst there.