Thinking about Getting Famous...
Sul sul, everyone. I own all the expansion packs for TS4 except Get Famous and Eco Lifestyle. After playing the free trial of EL a couple weeks ago, I decided to hold off on buying it for a while....
Forum Discussion
There are definitely some aspects of the fame/celebrity system that can get annoying, and I'll admit I sometimes use mods to mitigate them, so they're a bit less disruptive while not disabling it entirely. Personally, I usually find the paparazzi and celebrity appearance mostly manageable, tho it can still get on my nerves from time to time.
Putting that aside, I DO like the acting career quite a lot, even if I do have come critiques of it. I find it fun to play, and last I checked most of the early bugs it had have been fixed by this point. I also like stuff like the video recording station, drones that can record videos or stream, and the record mixer, which go pretty great character wise with the social media career from City Living. There's also the award show that's held every week, as well as casual talent shows, and I find those fun to attend with sims that seems fitting for. My main complaints with the gameplay is that the acting career "musical theater" jobs and performances aren't integrated at all with the dance skill, or the actual singing skill from CL, and that the celebrities appear in the world too often thus making the "celebrity meet and greets" seem rather silly (I believe it even describes them as 'a celebrity is making a rare appearance" and it like, lol, no the are not I see them at the gym all the time. But I actually use a mod for that, which helps some) but overall those are fairly minor annoyances.
Del Sol Valley...is the weakest part of the pack, imo. Far too few lots, no fishing spots even tho you can see the ocean right there, and just not much character overall, sadly. The "Starwalk Boulevard" is kind of nice, but it's just not enough to really feel vibrant, and with the limited lots most of my celebrities end up living in other worlds like San Myshuno or Sulani.
Overall, I like the pack and I'm glad I have it, but I'm also glad I bought in on sale, so my best advice is maybe wait till the price is reduced to snatch it up. That's just my opinion, definitely see what others have to say, and of course take into account what your own playstyle is and what you think you'll enjoy. Happy Simming!
Putting that aside, I DO like the acting career quite a lot, even if I do have come critiques of it. I find it fun to play, and last I checked most of the early bugs it had have been fixed by this point. I also like stuff like the video recording station, drones that can record videos or stream, and the record mixer, which go pretty great character wise with the social media career from City Living. There's also the award show that's held every week, as well as casual talent shows, and I find those fun to attend with sims that seems fitting for. My main complaints with the gameplay is that the acting career "musical theater" jobs and performances aren't integrated at all with the dance skill, or the actual singing skill from CL, and that the celebrities appear in the world too often thus making the "celebrity meet and greets" seem rather silly (I believe it even describes them as 'a celebrity is making a rare appearance" and it like, lol, no the are not I see them at the gym all the time. But I actually use a mod for that, which helps some) but overall those are fairly minor annoyances.
Del Sol Valley...is the weakest part of the pack, imo. Far too few lots, no fishing spots even tho you can see the ocean right there, and just not much character overall, sadly. The "Starwalk Boulevard" is kind of nice, but it's just not enough to really feel vibrant, and with the limited lots most of my celebrities end up living in other worlds like San Myshuno or Sulani.
Overall, I like the pack and I'm glad I have it, but I'm also glad I bought in on sale, so my best advice is maybe wait till the price is reduced to snatch it up. That's just my opinion, definitely see what others have to say, and of course take into account what your own playstyle is and what you think you'll enjoy. Happy Simming!
