The Aging of TS4, Are You Still Playing Older Packs?

I do have all the expansion packs, game packs, and stuff packs, but not all the kits. A year or so ago, I switched from playing on normal age span to playing on long, mainly so that my Sims would have time to enjoy some activities more. My children now have to win 5 times at chess, voidcritters, or don't wake the llama before they can age up; my teens have to win at 5 of the bar games, or basketball, or bowling. Teens also have a 3-day vacation (camping trip, school trip, etc.), and my newlyweds were going on honeymoons as soon as we got the ability to put rental homes in any world. One couple with the geek trait went to Batuu.

I think of the activities provided by EA as either basic or a side game. To give an example from Dine Out, owning a restaurant is a side game for me, but having restaurants that my Sims can go to on a date is basic.

To make this brief, any pack that provides a world or a career is basic. Seasons didn't provide either, but it's basic because of the weather, and also because of the holidays. Parenthood is basic because of parental interactions, phases, and character traits. Dine Out is basic because of the restaurants and Spa Day because of yoga. Jungle Adventure provides the best side game.

I still use the big parks that came with the base game. The Toddler play building goes in Magnolia Blossom Park, and the water slide goes in Oasis Springs. Sometimes I put the Wishing Well in the ruins in Windenburg.

Among stuff packs, Toddler Stuff, Knitting (for Plopsy), Laundry Day, and Movie Hangout are basic.

I do agree, though, that I could do with a rest from Expansion Packs and Game Packs, and new content generally. My game feels complete, with plenty for my Sims to do.

Oh, and I play without mods or CC.

I have not played TS4 since Discover University. The gameplay and replayability are just not there for me like they were in previous games. And I do not feel I should have to use mods just to enjoy the gameplay. I barely touched Sims 3.

I can and do play TS2 for hours (I played for 13 hours on Saturday alone). I only use one item of CC and that's the College Adjuster to adjust final exam times from being in the middle of the night. Other than that, I play vanilla and have since I got the game EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO (Sept 2004...I now have the UC on Origin).

Love this and went with the original questions as a template! some packs I still use all the time, but some? total duds to me now, it really depends!

Are you still making Sims run a business in most saves?
-no, I don't like the business system in TS4 that much personally

Are you still making Sims in every or several households get a pet?
-No, pets are rare in my saves

Are you still taking your Sims to the big park in Willow Creek? (basegame) Or did you bulldoze that years ago?
-not super often, but yes

Are you still making Sims get a fame career? Especially the actor career and not just freelance fame in other careers, etc.?
-every so often I try another run at the acting career and typically enjoy it! though the last time was a let-down since my sim died of old age before reaching her fame aspiration, which was her first and only aspiration (which I have completed before, so not being able to do it was a shock, and it was on normal lifespan and everything)

Are you still sending Sims to Strangerville and playing the scenario? Again?
-only rarely, I recently ran the strangerville mystery for the second time and enjoyed it!

Are you still making Sims get jobs in the Science career? Are you still playing aliens? Meeting, marrying, playing as an alien? Still visiting the world and or using a rocket ship with this pack and or even still using it from the base game aspirations? Or have you decided it's old news?
-I ADORE the science career and play it often, I often have sims needing the rocket ship since I enjoy the Nerd Brain aspiration, I rarely play with aliens but if a sim conceives one I keep it in the family and play with them!

Are you still playing a Doctor or Detective?
-detective yes, doctor no, simply because I didn't find the doctor career very fun even when it was new

Are you still playing Vampires? Meeting, marrying, playing as a vampire or filling towns with townie vamps?
-on occasion I will run a vampire save for fun but not super often

Do you still make a Sim run a vet office?
-I've never done this despite having cats and dogs, I've been thinking about making a save for it though!

Are you still visiting OR as vacation world with many different Sims?
-rarely

Are you still making Sims woohoo in bushes? :p (gameplay feature)
-if I have sims that are woohooing in general, there's a very high likelihood they have or soon will woohoo in a bush

Are you still making Sims play with the Critter thing for kids?
-not recently but I've been wanting to use one again

Do you still play with the backyard splash thingy or do most Sims not like that in the backyard anymore?
-I rarely ever played with them in TS4 tbh

Do you still have those formal parties you paid for in the extra DLC back when the game was new? (Forgot that party pack name, lol)
-I don't think I ever had the special parties I think you're referring to, despite having the pack (I think it's Luxury party? I have almost all packs and the ones I'm missing are all pretty recent)

Do you still play Eco Living and all those NAPS? Or still make Sims forget modern life and live off the grid?
-NAPs yes, Eco Living no, I don't like the world, and my sims rarely live off the grid unless I want a challenge

Are you still making your Sims knit their fingers off?
-extremely rarely, I barely used knitting even when it first came out despite getting the pack

Do your Sims still live in all the apartment types in the CL EP? Or did those bugs and rats and other type lot trait things finally get old?
-they were old for awhile but recently I started a couple saves with sims in CL apartments!

Do you still make your Sims attend most festivals in CL?
-some but definitely not most, I pretty much always do Humor and Hi jinks though!

Do you still make Sims go on dates when another Sim calls your Sim?
-it's 50/50 based on whether or not I'm super invested in their current activity, or if they have an important need to fix (hygiene or sleep being the biggest ones that make me say no to dates)

Are you still making Sims attend the Raves in WB?
-I hardly ever did even though WB is my all-time favorite world, most of my saves start there and I have a legacy challenge save there!

Are you still making Sims be mermaids or mere people?
-rarely, but I want to try it again

Do you still make Sims do all the things in the island pack? Or just visit from time to time and play another way?
-I stopped for awhile but recently have thought about doing another beach aspiration run, possibly with a mermaid conservationist

Are you still making Sims visit the Japan mountains in the snowy pack? Do you still make a Sim climb?
-rarely, though it's another thing I want to try again!

Are you still making Sims learn magic?
-not often but I just ran a magic user save that I've almost "completed" (by my own standards anyway)