Unfortunately Lackluster
Edit to add: On a positive note, I do think that Gamepacks are where Sims 4 really shines and they have all been amazing EXCEPT Strangerville which was not worth the money at all. Gamepacks come with ...
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It was pretty difficult to get a good unbiased preview of this pack.
I looked at the gameplay trailer and felt the same as I did when I compared the strangerville trailer to what we got. It was marketing material that even had custom animations and reactions that was nowhere to be found in the game.
So I had to look at multiple game changer videos showing what you could do, I had no idea the lifeguard career and the deep diving was just rabbit holes until I saw one game changer showing it and you could tell they had a hard time critisizing them because EA had paid for their expenses.
Then I watched the sims team showing off the game pack in their livestream and I had a hard time watching it...they were so excited and was laughing so much and showed off pretty much everyhing you could do in the game in such a short time, they even restored the island which I thought is something that you should get as a reward after you yourself had played the game for many hours. I understand that they are excited to show off everything in their game but it is not easy, at least for me to watch.
I think EA should just hand out preview copies or give closed beta access to the game changers so they can record preview videos in their own time and tone down on the time and money they are spending on their marketing. This just feels dishonest now.
If we keep letting them do this then Witches are gonna have great animations in a marketing trailer, and be a rabbit hole career in the game.
I looked at the gameplay trailer and felt the same as I did when I compared the strangerville trailer to what we got. It was marketing material that even had custom animations and reactions that was nowhere to be found in the game.
So I had to look at multiple game changer videos showing what you could do, I had no idea the lifeguard career and the deep diving was just rabbit holes until I saw one game changer showing it and you could tell they had a hard time critisizing them because EA had paid for their expenses.
Then I watched the sims team showing off the game pack in their livestream and I had a hard time watching it...they were so excited and was laughing so much and showed off pretty much everyhing you could do in the game in such a short time, they even restored the island which I thought is something that you should get as a reward after you yourself had played the game for many hours. I understand that they are excited to show off everything in their game but it is not easy, at least for me to watch.
I think EA should just hand out preview copies or give closed beta access to the game changers so they can record preview videos in their own time and tone down on the time and money they are spending on their marketing. This just feels dishonest now.
If we keep letting them do this then Witches are gonna have great animations in a marketing trailer, and be a rabbit hole career in the game.
