The Sims 4 - Dream Home Decorator GP

What a concept! Stuff packs at game pack prices. And charging for what we can already do in build/buy mode on top of it. I may have been born at night, but it wasn't last night.

I'm not sure about this one...did anyone in the community ask for this? This all kind of seems like it could have been included in one of our free updates...I don't know, maybe there's more than meets the eye? I'll probably end up buying it, cause I buy everything - but I'm about as excited for this as I was Batauu. As in not at all. My First Pet had me more excited, mkay?

@NationalPokedex wasn't aware they were selling as a GP. when I read the article on simscommunity I thought it was one of those new packs that is smaller than a SP., forgot what they are called. As a GP, it seems overpriced

"Bluelle;c-17885687" wrote:
It's good... compared to the Sims 4 standard. Like, it feels wrong to be negative about this because I know people will be like 'lighten up' or 'stop trying to find faults in everything'. Like, it's an OK pack..?

My points

A WHOLE game pack for ONE career? You KNOW this is going to get old quickly. Repetetive is the word for every active career so far in this game and I'm basing my expectations off of what we've seen so far in previous packs. It gets repetetive.

I mean everything in a Life Simulator is repetetive what matters most is you enjoy it? Retail is repetetive (even in TS2). Going to a Vacation and Camping is Repetetive. Exploring a Jungle is Repetetive. Creating Generations is a repitition of Adult Sims creating a family over and over.


Even every pack is Repetetive. University? That can get old quickly just doing academics and some creating friends that you can already do in the base game. Seasons? Holidays appear in every other day depending on the schedule you made. Rain Happens almost everyday depending on the season so it might get repetetive.

Every game feature is repetetive. It only changes if the player that plays that cycle enjoys it. So I do not get the complaint of a feature being repetetive when every feature in the game is repetetive. I mean Everyday sims cook for foods yet no one complain that it is so repetetive.

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"GreenTurtle;c-17885434" wrote:
I don't understand... where's the gameplay? It's just building?

That's what I'd like to know. They put too much effort into creating these little stories than properly showing the features of the pack.
Unless that's really all there is to the pack in which case....how is it a gamepack?

That's how they pad out the lack of content. Distract players with the life story of a sim nobody cares about and will probably never actually see in their games. A story that, by the way, had zero to do with any of the pack's new "features" XD

The voice over was SO cringy I can't rewatch the trailer. Seriously.

If I heard a cringey voice in the first 5 sec of a Sims 4 Trailer, I immediatley mute it and turn on the subtitles. Much more Better hahahaha. But yeah, the way they talk to consumers is like Children. Why is there a need for cute type voice that we only use most of the time in real life for Babies and our pets?

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"Louise_G0325;c-17885277" wrote:
Two new kitchen appliances (or maybe they're the same appliance but just different designs). I don't think it's a microwave - at least not the first one, since there's a BG microwave to the right of the picture. They look like toaster ovens?
https://i.imgur.com/jPPSnvU.png https://i.imgur.com/zcKLKRb.png


It seemed to me like they put a lot of emphasis on families in the trailer. It could be a hint that family play will receive more attention, either through an update or a pack, but I'm not getting my hopes up. It's nice that we're getting something (kids tent) for the kids in this pack, at least.

Favourite colours were mentioned, but it's probably just a randomized colour scheme for requests. I'm not getting my hopes up for a favourites patch.
Edit: from blog post

Everyone has Preferences, you know? Likes and Dislikes matter when it comes to decorating. So ask questions! Find out their favorite color and music genre and decor style. Ask about the things that inspire them, if they have any hobbies, what their favorite pieces are.

I am very pleasantly surprised.

I'm liking the sectional sofas. I hope we can do this with most sofas, since we saw a sectional sofa tool screenshot leak a while ago. The bunk bed updates are nice as well.

As for gameplay, unless they're not telling us something, this doesn't look GP-worthy to me. There was a city in the background in a window, but it's probably San Myshuno, and I HIGHLY doubt that a new world wouldn't be advertised in the reveal trailer. https://i.imgur.com/iBVrYpW.png

Update: from blog post

Client referrals make a real difference, but I used to blog and promote myself on social media, too. Now, you can watch me on the home decorator channel!

New TV channel. Creation of blogs, or it's just an interaction on the PC/cellphone as an advertising mechanism. I'm hoping we can make blogs about anything.

@Louise_G0325 they would never use a world from another pack in a new pack. Its a new world, or a lot in Newcrest/Willow Creek/Oasis Springs too close to the fake apartment buildings in the background.

In the beginning of the trailer, they show this background
https://i.imgur.com/ZoA2cIM.png

And after the makeover, the background is this
https://i.imgur.com/38Hehfd.png

The first one looks like Oasis Springs, while the second looks like Forgotten hollow bc of the moon. I haven't really paid attention to how the moon looks in Oasis Springs, but the colouring of the world and the massive moon seems characteristic of FH to me. I could be wrong though.

While trailers mostly only contain content and worlds from the BG and the pack being showcased, there have been exceptions. Vlad was in a Seasons trailer as the "weird cousin" at a feast party - Vlad comes with Vampires.
I wouldn't be surprised if they used a few other worlds in the backgrounds for the trailer to "spice it up" and add more atmosphere. Like I said, I can't imagine that they wouldn't at least mention if a new world came with the pack. If a new world is coming, they need to hire a new PR team bc that is an atrocious thing to leave out. It creates hate towards the pack for being empty as the initial reaction, and first impressions linger, especially in TS4 where we are so used to taking the trailers exactly for face value since the packs are usually empty and speculating that there's more to it is usually just setting ourselves up for disappointment.

The Build and Buy for this pack looks great, I am definitely considering buying it at a 45% or more sale. I will never use the gameplay, so buying it at full price is out of the question.

Pretty, but just a glorified stuff pack. IF i got it, would need to be on a steep sale and loaded to the gills.

Looks like more of their fake background artwork. Appropriate as this 'game' gets more phony with each new pack.

Whoa they ran out of features and calling SPs, GPs now. When you run out of Ideas it is time to move on to something else. I would never pay $19.99 for this SP regardless of the new career. However they can do what they wish but I will hold on to my money.