Things noticed in StrangeVille (sort of a rant)

Something that has been bothering me is the photo frame with the 3 sims from the trailer. Of course we don’t get it and then the devs/gurus are surprised we want it? I feel like they really don’t get what we want in the game.

Something else I noticed is that you probably can’t play as Erwin (red haired boy that owns the curio shop) because he is kind of a part of the story, which I feel like takes aways from my gameplay and the sims is supposed to be our story.

*Also I think the entrance to the labs is supposed to be the back door because someone crashed into the fence in the back so people could get in?

"DatLlama;d-956083" wrote:
Here is a list of things I've noticed whilst watching play-throughs of the new game pack:

• Kitchen on the "Old Penelope" lot is unusable, due to the placement of a decorative fruit bowl.
  
• Some of the kitchens use island counters instead of normal benches
  
• The houses in the "Shady Acre" neighbourhood are very empty in furnishing; one of the houses has a large empty room.
  
• The "Carpophagous Corner" lot is a slightly edited version of the "Streamlet Single" starter house in Willow Creek.
  
• The lights in the "StrangerVille Information Center" library are different colours, some are yellow-y and some are white
  
• The entrance to the "The ****** Lab" is on the opposing side to the front of the lot.
  
• World's un-editable terrain paint does not match up with the front entrance of the "StrangerVille Overlook" house
  
• Traits of the "Eclectic Arts" household do not match the aspirations they come with. However, this could be apart of their own backstory. The house they live in, which in my opinion bears a striking resemblance to the real-life "Carson House", only has two bedrooms, despite none of the members of the household having romantic relationships with one another.
  

However, I have noticed all the homes have toilets, which is an improvement over Del Sol Valley.

What else weird/overlooked have you noticed?

Whew! I thought this was going to be some serious problems. None of this is a huge deal to me as I generally either replace, redecorate, and/or remodel the Maxis lots anyway.

"Pamtastic72;c-16971772" wrote:

"DatLlama;d-956083" wrote:
Here is a list of things I've noticed whilst watching play-throughs of the new game pack:

• Kitchen on the "Old Penelope" lot is unusable, due to the placement of a decorative fruit bowl.
  
• Some of the kitchens use island counters instead of normal benches
  
• The houses in the "Shady Acre" neighbourhood are very empty in furnishing; one of the houses has a large empty room.
  
• The "Carpophagous Corner" lot is a slightly edited version of the "Streamlet Single" starter house in Willow Creek.
  
• The lights in the "StrangerVille Information Center" library are different colours, some are yellow-y and some are white
  
• The entrance to the "The ****** Lab" is on the opposing side to the front of the lot.
  
• World's un-editable terrain paint does not match up with the front entrance of the "StrangerVille Overlook" house
  
• Traits of the "Eclectic Arts" household do not match the aspirations they come with. However, this could be apart of their own backstory. The house they live in, which in my opinion bears a striking resemblance to the real-life "Carson House", only has two bedrooms, despite none of the members of the household having romantic relationships with one another.
  

However, I have noticed all the homes have toilets, which is an improvement over Del Sol Valley.

What else weird/overlooked have you noticed?

Whew! I thought this was going to be some serious problems. None of this is a huge deal to me as I generally either replace, redecorate, and/or remodel the Maxis lots anyway.

Me too!!

I think these are fair criticisms, nothing groundbreaking, but they're still careless mistakes. What worries me is that this seems to be happening more frequently. The mansions in Del Sol Valley were bare, and one of them had no toilets. I don't believe they ever fixed this either. I don't know if they're rushing or what exactly is going on :/

"DatLlama;d-956083" wrote:
Here is a list of things I've noticed whilst watching play-throughs of the new game pack:

• Kitchen on the "Old Penelope" lot is unusable, due to the placement of a decorative fruit bowl.
  
• Some of the kitchens use island counters instead of normal benches
  
• The houses in the "Shady Acre" neighbourhood are very empty in furnishing; one of the houses has a large empty room.
  
• The "Carpophagous Corner" lot is a slightly edited version of the "Streamlet Single" starter house in Willow Creek.
  
• The lights in the "StrangerVille Information Center" library are different colours, some are yellow-y and some are white
  
• The entrance to the "The ****** Lab" is on the opposing side to the front of the lot.
  
• World's un-editable terrain paint does not match up with the front entrance of the "StrangerVille Overlook" house
  
• Traits of the "Eclectic Arts" household do not match the aspirations they come with. However, this could be apart of their own backstory. The house they live in, which in my opinion bears a striking resemblance to the real-life "Carson House", only has two bedrooms, despite none of the members of the household having romantic relationships with one another.
  

However, I have noticed all the homes have toilets, which is an improvement over Del Sol Valley.

What else weird/overlooked have you noticed?

Honestly it just feels like they never fully test anything before releasing.

I don't mind spare furnishing in a home.. That leaves me room to fill it up and makes it closer to my buying allowance. To me that one is a plus. Most of the others wouldn't bug me... except for an unusable kitchen.

In my game, every single lot from every single world has been bulldozed and replaced with something else. And I mean literally every single lot, even the hospital, police station, and science lab + both vacation worlds.

I've never liked the original builds and most of the time I just bulldoze lots without even checking them out. I kind of expected to have to do the same with Strangerville and already have lots lined up to replace the original ones with, lol.

I do that too @gemjas

I have been finding some nice Lots to replace the EA ones :)

Former Arcata resident here. The Carson House in Eureka is huge, so it's kind of funny that the potential EA-inspired version only has 2 bedrooms.

My main gripe is that we don't get the new plants or terrain paint used throughout the world. But that's being addressed by one of the gurus. The builds are a bit of a shame but I guess I can play fixer upper when I get the pack :D