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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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I just pretty much copied my rant from another post. I will clean it up a bit because I was really annoyed when I typed it. Honestly, the more I play it, the angrier I get.
So much gameplay seemed to be taken away this time around.
Examples: You can't take away dive lots and add nothing, you can't take away houseboats and add nothing. No resorts?! At least give us the option to make a rental lot in sulani.
Added features should have been part of Seasons
Examples: swimming in the ocean and suntanning were added in sims 3 seasons so even these features feel like they added nothing. Pool floaties could have been added in seasons as well.
Items added feel undone or underwhelming
Examples: We got lounge chairs they cannot even talk with other sims on. Off the Grid feels like a throw in. I get it was a freebie patch trait but proper off the grid household item should have been added. Too funny that you can flush a toilet but cant clean it.
Learn the Sulani Culture - UMMM Where?
All the Sulani culture speak and I still feel like I learned nothing about the island. Summoning the "ancestors" give you a buff and you STILL LEARN NOTHING. A buff really?!?!?! In Jungle Adventure at least when you spoke with a local, you actually learned something. The cave IS NOTHING. Go in the cave to complete a MURAL and then what??? NOTHING. Where are we learning about the culture?? The kava party is just drink kava. The festivals are fairly boring and no one is telling you anything new about the island.
The Pretty.
All we got was a pretty world some pretty hairs and some nice clothes. This was on the level of a stuff pack not even a gamepack. All we got was stuff no gameplay. I am sorry but aquazips, floaties, tanning and playing in a waterfall are not what I call gameplay and it surely was not worth 40 dollars.
Careers
Not much work was done here but recoding teen jobs for adults. What was that adding an A and YA in the code so it opened up for them. Lifeguard a rabbit hole, Diving another rabbithole. NO underwater....LOL They could have at THE VERY LEAST used the cave. After completing the mural open up to one dive lot or something underwater.
Bugs
As if the disappointment with the pack wasn't enough, the bugs are the worse. I literally cannot play at the sand simoleon beach or the sapphire shores. Toddlers are a mess with getting caught in loops, restaurants are horrible with food being taken by other diners, etc
Reused\Missing stuff
Really you guys added another useless bonfire with nothing new related to the island. The same fire dance from GT...LOL At least you could have added a hula dance. No real matching island overhead counters. No new fridge or stove. No new whims for the island.
My only positive
I personally like the conservation career but I also like the get to work careers even if they are repetitive. The sad part is the GTW careers are deeper than this one but I still like it.
I have to stop here because I could go on and on.
Lastly, I ran across this article and all I could do was laugh...the bad guy perception is not a perception EA, it is a reality. I have been robbed with this pack.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-struggles-with-perception-that-were-just-a-bunc/1100-6468234/?ftag=NLS-04-10aaa1d
So much gameplay seemed to be taken away this time around.
Examples: You can't take away dive lots and add nothing, you can't take away houseboats and add nothing. No resorts?! At least give us the option to make a rental lot in sulani.
Added features should have been part of Seasons
Examples: swimming in the ocean and suntanning were added in sims 3 seasons so even these features feel like they added nothing. Pool floaties could have been added in seasons as well.
Items added feel undone or underwhelming
Examples: We got lounge chairs they cannot even talk with other sims on. Off the Grid feels like a throw in. I get it was a freebie patch trait but proper off the grid household item should have been added. Too funny that you can flush a toilet but cant clean it.
Learn the Sulani Culture - UMMM Where?
All the Sulani culture speak and I still feel like I learned nothing about the island. Summoning the "ancestors" give you a buff and you STILL LEARN NOTHING. A buff really?!?!?! In Jungle Adventure at least when you spoke with a local, you actually learned something. The cave IS NOTHING. Go in the cave to complete a MURAL and then what??? NOTHING. Where are we learning about the culture?? The kava party is just drink kava. The festivals are fairly boring and no one is telling you anything new about the island.
The Pretty.
All we got was a pretty world some pretty hairs and some nice clothes. This was on the level of a stuff pack not even a gamepack. All we got was stuff no gameplay. I am sorry but aquazips, floaties, tanning and playing in a waterfall are not what I call gameplay and it surely was not worth 40 dollars.
Careers
Not much work was done here but recoding teen jobs for adults. What was that adding an A and YA in the code so it opened up for them. Lifeguard a rabbit hole, Diving another rabbithole. NO underwater....LOL They could have at THE VERY LEAST used the cave. After completing the mural open up to one dive lot or something underwater.
Bugs
As if the disappointment with the pack wasn't enough, the bugs are the worse. I literally cannot play at the sand simoleon beach or the sapphire shores. Toddlers are a mess with getting caught in loops, restaurants are horrible with food being taken by other diners, etc
Reused\Missing stuff
Really you guys added another useless bonfire with nothing new related to the island. The same fire dance from GT...LOL At least you could have added a hula dance. No real matching island overhead counters. No new fridge or stove. No new whims for the island.
My only positive
I personally like the conservation career but I also like the get to work careers even if they are repetitive. The sad part is the GTW careers are deeper than this one but I still like it.
I have to stop here because I could go on and on.
Lastly, I ran across this article and all I could do was laugh...the bad guy perception is not a perception EA, it is a reality. I have been robbed with this pack.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-struggles-with-perception-that-were-just-a-bunc/1100-6468234/?ftag=NLS-04-10aaa1d
