Strangerville or Realm of Magic?

Realm of Magic! It was a day one buy for me and I never looked back. Like who can say no to magic? I have Strangerville, but the story doesnt interest me in the least bit and I only got it because it was almost 50% off and I was bored.

Realm of Magic!

I prefer Realm of Magic is general but I do like quite a lot of the build mode objects you get with strangerville

Strangerville basically has a storyline you work through. The first time it is ok, but gets rather tiresome after that. If you enjoy the Science career and want to add to it, I would go with Strangerville. There are no occult creatures added with this pack, just infected sims and only in Strangerville. Strangerville is a desert town with a 1950s American feel to it.

With ROM it does add spell casters, but in the relationship panel, it won't say if they are this occult. The downside several complain about is once you add this pack to your game, it will turn random sims into spell casters. But they won't do any magical things outside of the hidden magical world. Now I'm not saying anything negative about Spellcasters because as a player I love the occult creatures. I just want to make you aware of the downside that several have complained about. The main town that comes with this pack is set in a forest setting, and also has the magical realm included, that has a portal to enter it, unless you are playing a spellcaster.

Strangerville goes really well with Get to Work.
Realm of Magic goes with Vampires & Spooky.

My two favorite game packs oh no! Personally, I'd pair University with Magic personally because to me they compliment each other for stories I can think of. I'm biased right now though because I'm making magical students in my game.
Strangerville ... I can see having Uni students living there but I'd be torn on what to play with and when if I got both packs together. I do agree though if you like scientists and those story lines... Uni/Get to Work and Strangerville could make for some good situations and stories.

Realm of Magic is definitely better than Strangerville in my opinion!

Depends on if you are a big occult fan. If so realm of magic. Strangerville is great for being quirky and if you don’t like the story you only have to play it once in a game save and have the rest of the world post story to live in. Personally I love strangerville it’s one of my favourite game packs and this was a pack I really hesitated at buying. I love the world, cas and bb stuff but it is a marmite pack of you either love it or hate it.

"netney52;c-17330625" wrote:
Depends on if you are a big occult fan. If so realm of magic. Strangerville is great for being quirky and if you don’t like the story you only have to play it once in a game save and have the rest of the world post story to live in. Personally I love strangerville it’s one of my favourite game packs and this was a pack I really hesitated at buying. I love the world, cas and bb stuff but it is a marmite pack of you either love it or hate it.

Love your phrase "a marmite pack"!

I really liked Strangerville. I got it on a whim without reading about it at all at first due to having taken a long break and I unexpectedly enjoyed it.

I still use the world and characters but you must solve the mystery in each save if you want to cure the local sims. There is a very elegant nicer neighborhood with some beautiful settings. I think the strange plants are kind of ugly but I can ignore them having solved the mystery.

The Cas/BB (objects, clothes and aesthetic) are interesting, I think. It's an "old west" town that is past its prime in a desert somewhat like Arizona, New Mexico or even parts of Australia. Someone could use the setting to play with their own "Breaking Bad" or similar TV show setting.

Meh, I just use the setting as a small town that is past its prime with fewer opportunities. My sims there are mostly poorer and simpler than others in my rotation. They are kind of a contrast to others, but they are also happy. They find happiness in the little things. I also use a lot of backyard stuff with them like sprinklers, kiddie pools and lemonade.

Eventually there will be a lot of drama with the Roswells. I kind of started it but haven't played it out. The setting also includes the military career and so I'll generally base any military sims there if possible. It would be nice to have a few more lots, especially in the downtown.

I recently got ROM but I'm more of a realism player, so in my main save, I'll play with it as ... a realistic village. Yes, I think that's possible. I'll be willing to explore the spellcasters at some point in a different save.

If you lean more towards supernatural play, definitely get ROM. If you like sci-fi or quirky realism then Strangerville can be surprisingly interesting.