The two underrated packs that I can't go without
Get Together
People like saying that GT only brings clubs and Windenburg, and beyond that it's relatively useless. I don't use clubs much either, but it's absolutely great when you want to make a more lively world, add drama etc. It's also nice to set sims up romantically (ex. meeting sims and having a natural way to hang out with them), and you can make pseudo bands with it. It really becomes fun when playing challenges: factions, tribes, cliques etc. Clubs also integrate FANTASTICALLY with other packs: sororities with uni, covens and packs with Vamps/ROM etc. Whenever a group feature isn't included in a pack, it's often possible to mimick/create it with GT.
I use the Windenburg private island more than almost any other neighborhood in any world, and that's not even touching how beautiful and versatile the rest of the world is. Since there are so many areas, it's lovely for me to pretend it's 1820 and my vampire is prowling the streets of London near the ruins, or my sim is someone in a Jane Austen novel living in the rural countryside.
The clubs and world isn't what qualifies GT as one of my most-used packs, though. It's:
Dine Out
Restaurants are the non-residential lot type I use the most, hands down. The types of restaurants I can make are endless (various levels of fancy, seafood or vegetarian, sandwhich shacks, pie holes, pizzerias, old-fashioned breakfast bistros etc), and every single building lends a completely different feeling to a restaurant with the same menu. Chatting over a meal is a great way to get to know sims, go on dates, hang out on your own etc. AND, the most important of all: restaurants are probably the most versatile lot type.
Bowling & Ice cream; Skating & Alien fruit tarts; Arcade & Grilled cheese; Tea and Scones in a Botanical Garden; Experimental/Asian food and Spa etc. I've been working on a fancy hotel that functions as a restaurant, spa and place to vacation at. Restaurants are the kings of community lots, imo, and it's sad that it's so overlooked.
What is your opinion? Do you adore any overlooked packs?
People like saying that GT only brings clubs and Windenburg, and beyond that it's relatively useless. I don't use clubs much either, but it's absolutely great when you want to make a more lively world, add drama etc. It's also nice to set sims up romantically (ex. meeting sims and having a natural way to hang out with them), and you can make pseudo bands with it. It really becomes fun when playing challenges: factions, tribes, cliques etc. Clubs also integrate FANTASTICALLY with other packs: sororities with uni, covens and packs with Vamps/ROM etc. Whenever a group feature isn't included in a pack, it's often possible to mimick/create it with GT.
I use the Windenburg private island more than almost any other neighborhood in any world, and that's not even touching how beautiful and versatile the rest of the world is. Since there are so many areas, it's lovely for me to pretend it's 1820 and my vampire is prowling the streets of London near the ruins, or my sim is someone in a Jane Austen novel living in the rural countryside.
The clubs and world isn't what qualifies GT as one of my most-used packs, though. It's:
- Nightclubs. My sims love dancing in the nightclubs I build for them. Going out and doing something on a community lot makes the game feel more alive and hustling to me, otherwise I get bored. Nightclubs also offer a destination for sims to get romantic ;)
- Cafés. Even though I don't visit café lots much, I basically put the barista station in my every library and some other lots as well. All the nice coffees and pastries make me feel cozy when my sim is enjoying it amongst books, as an energy booster before work, while looking out over the garden etc.
- Bar activities. Bars are super boring without things like darts, foosball etc bc there just isn't much to do otherwise. I use GT activities in every single hangout I build.
- The build/buy. It's so versatile and an absolute necessity when building in an older style in any world. There are some great modern stuff too, though! Far from a one-trick pony.
Dine Out
Restaurants are the non-residential lot type I use the most, hands down. The types of restaurants I can make are endless (various levels of fancy, seafood or vegetarian, sandwhich shacks, pie holes, pizzerias, old-fashioned breakfast bistros etc), and every single building lends a completely different feeling to a restaurant with the same menu. Chatting over a meal is a great way to get to know sims, go on dates, hang out on your own etc. AND, the most important of all: restaurants are probably the most versatile lot type.
Bowling & Ice cream; Skating & Alien fruit tarts; Arcade & Grilled cheese; Tea and Scones in a Botanical Garden; Experimental/Asian food and Spa etc. I've been working on a fancy hotel that functions as a restaurant, spa and place to vacation at. Restaurants are the kings of community lots, imo, and it's sad that it's so overlooked.
What is your opinion? Do you adore any overlooked packs?
