The Star Wars Game Pack should have been an Amusement Park pack instead.

"Dannydanbo;c-17635855" wrote:
In one save, I'm going to treat it like as amusement park where my sim will "live" as a smuggler or rebel or stormtrooper. Then, bring home SW stuff to decorate the basement and turn it into a cantina where my sim and his SW fan friends can get their geek on.

I don't know what, if any, "rides" are in Disney's Batuu, but I don't see any Ferris wheels or roller coasters on the map they recreated as Batuu. Are there any rides there?

There’s Smuggler’s Run and Rise of the Resistance. They’re inside rides. I haven been to Batuu yet to see the rides for myself (cuz pandemic) but Smuggler’s Run looks similar to Star Tours which in Tomorrowland where you sit in a box, and it moves around like a spaceship with a video on screen (I heard it got updated to reflect the new movies, but I’ll never ever forget the original which was an iconic Death Star trench run)

Smugglers Run
https://youtu.be/pn2pkS0DjP4

Rise of the Resistance
https://youtu.be/x0HRyP2UUzY

I am happy it is not a star wars theme park pack. I find the idea of a star wars pack interesting, and I would also enjoy a regular theme park pack. But I don't want the only theme park in the sims to be tied to a brand.

I mean, we still need to know more. But I get the feeling that this pack can be left up to interpretation. They did mention that the droids change when your Sim returns to "reality". They become remote control robots, or something to that effect. But while in Batuu, they follow your Sim independently. At least, that's what I understand from the current information.

So it seems like when your Sim is on Batuu, what's happening is "real", and immersive, but when they go home, they can have toys and memoirs of the visit. It sounds very much like when you visit a Disney theme park.

And your Sim can stay there on a visit, but they can't live there. So, again, it's very similar to visiting the theme park.

It's a clever way to make the pack. To blur the lines between a Sim's reality and fantasy so the player can interpret it themselves. If that's indeed how it plays. We just need to know more.

I had the theme park thought too. I even thought I would deduct money from my household funds as travel, lodging, and food costs for my sims and play it like I am in their imaginations as they’re thoroughly immersed in the experience.

That would have made more sense considering that the aliens that will be walking around will most likely be sims in alien costumes.

I wonder if the world has hot and cold weather. That will make for some interesting outfits...

I'm actually quite happy that they did not go full theme park with this pack. I'd much rather have the Star Wars universe exist in my game as opposed to having Disney exist in my game. Personal preference, as it feels at least slightly less corporate because we won't be sending our sims off just to buy in-game Disney merchandise. This way, it is still technically a new amazing scifi world. and not a Real World Disney Park that would be an even more intense advertisement for the real thing. More intense than it already is.

Also, this actually fits in very nicely with the base-game Space Smuggler/Space Ranger jobs our sims can aspire to. So for me, it makes a lot of sense to do it this way and give us a world, star wars themed or otherwise, that lets us actually have playable equivalents of those career paths.

If we do get theme park content, which would be nice, I'd prefer it to be more generic. If this pack was a theme park, I'd assume the rides would be Star Wars themed, which I don't want. I'd want my theme parks to be either more generic or even more versatile than that. They could have made different skins for rides I suppose, but still, I'm much happier this way.

If it turns out that this pack actually IS a theme park pack, or maybe even a Live Action Role Play pack, (which would be more fascinating than the theme park method, in its own way) that hides itself well as a scifi pack, then so be it. Ultimately it's not going to change my opinion of it too much, because every pack appeals to different people for different reasons.

I think it is better that it is not a theme park, because i would love to buy an amusement park pack but wouldnt want sw anywhere near my game if i could help it so having the two things be completely seperate works great for me.

"sam123;d-980532" wrote:
They missed a complete opportunity by creating an only Star Wars Game Pack which almost NOBODY asked for. The pack actually looks like the amusement park in Galaxy's Edge. Why did they not just create an amusement park game pack and include rollercoasters, ferris wheels and carousels and have a section dedicated for star wars?? Why create a whole pack for just Star Wars. An amusement park pack which includes Star Wars rides would have been something most of the community would not be mad about. Sometimes I wonder how the person incharge of these packs is so out of touch with the Sims community.

Awesome and very fair point. They should hire you tbh.

"Atreya33;c-17636117" wrote:
I am happy it is not a star wars theme park pack. I find the idea of a star wars pack interesting, and I would also enjoy a regular theme park pack. But I don't want the only theme park in the sims to be tied to a brand.

That was a good point!

Also, Batuu looks a bit shady and I feel like my sims can use some of that. A lot of Sims 4 is very....happy :smiley: . I use a ton of mods to dial the happy down so this is something that I really appreciate. Troopers leading sims away at gunpoint does not scream family-vacation to me which is why this is a good addition for me right now but I will definitely be happy for something else that is fun to do with the kiddos. An amusement-park that is made for the entire family would be a lot of fun. Not shady in character and I would prefer to see it placed not out in the desert, rather that it came with lots of greenery and new plants.

I wonder what kind of Amusement-park would be most fun for builders? Think I would prefer rides and stuff that could be placed in different scenarios and maps. Star Wars-rides would be fun but it would be very difficult to not make it...spacey. But I am a crappy builder who looks for greatness in the Gallery so I am not sure.

Sidenote:
I was so so disappointed when spellcaster-kids did not even have a "watch magic"-interaction or that spellcaster-parents couldn't even make a shower of glitter and stars for their kids. For all intents and purposes, magic does not exist for kids. So happy that children has gotten more attention in later packs. They can make candles and knit and the teach to knit-interaction is great <3

I think it’s better that this is not a Amusement Park pack. It would just get as much backlash because it’s tied to a brand. Star Wars of all brands.
Wouldn’t have made any difference.

Apparently Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland is not to be regarded as a Themepark anyway, but as an immersive experience set on a different planet, even if it has one or two rides. It’s supposed to feel completely different to the usual (Disney) themepark, according to folks who’ve been there.
You’re not in Disneyland, you’re on Batuu.

A separate Themepark GP would be great, with merry-go rounds for kids and toddlers and customizable rollercoasters and dark rides for the bigger kids. Would be awesome for those who play in first person. Get the buckets ready! :#