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Now that time has passed, for those of you who got the pack, how are you liking it?
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It wasn't a waste of my money as I am enjoying what it adds to my game, but it feels like the bare minimum from what we could get from a tropical themed pack and doesn't feel like an expansion pack to me. And it feels like a step backwards from all the features we got in Island Paradise.
If mermaids were as deep as vampires, if there were watercraft that could carry more than one person, if the Sulani had their own dance, if we could buy a lot as a vacation home, or set up a rental lot, with vacation scheduled game play, if the cave led to a secret area and had more interesting off screen stories, if scuba diving let us go with our sims ( a loading screen would be fine), if living off the grid was thought out a little more, and life guards didn't go to rabbit holes, if there were more lots because I am using them up for venues (spa, vacation homes, a restaurant, and camping/beach lot), if sims could swim in all beaches in the other worlds, this would be a great EP for me.
It's mainly supplemental to my game play. I am only using it as a vacation destination alternative to Granite Falls and Selvadorada.
It pretty and relaxing and a change of pace for the lives of my sims living in other words. That's all I am using it for.
I had to make the house a retail store in order to do this, but it works. A side benefit is I can have garage sales to sell furniture and collectables I want to get rid of for more than what I can get from buy mode. I doubt I will use the conservation career much. I will just have my sims join in with the local island clean up group.
So yeah, it's pretty, the ocean sounds are wonderful, I like the townies and their native dress, the buy/build objects are realy nice, but I feel like this is a game pack, not an expansion pack.
If mermaids were as deep as vampires, if there were watercraft that could carry more than one person, if the Sulani had their own dance, if we could buy a lot as a vacation home, or set up a rental lot, with vacation scheduled game play, if the cave led to a secret area and had more interesting off screen stories, if scuba diving let us go with our sims ( a loading screen would be fine), if living off the grid was thought out a little more, and life guards didn't go to rabbit holes, if there were more lots because I am using them up for venues (spa, vacation homes, a restaurant, and camping/beach lot), if sims could swim in all beaches in the other worlds, this would be a great EP for me.
It's mainly supplemental to my game play. I am only using it as a vacation destination alternative to Granite Falls and Selvadorada.
It pretty and relaxing and a change of pace for the lives of my sims living in other words. That's all I am using it for.
I had to make the house a retail store in order to do this, but it works. A side benefit is I can have garage sales to sell furniture and collectables I want to get rid of for more than what I can get from buy mode. I doubt I will use the conservation career much. I will just have my sims join in with the local island clean up group.
So yeah, it's pretty, the ocean sounds are wonderful, I like the townies and their native dress, the buy/build objects are realy nice, but I feel like this is a game pack, not an expansion pack.
