Well, that was quick...

"Pamtastic72;c-16974574" wrote:
I played through it and thoroughly enjoyed myself, and I'm getting ready to play it again only much slower this time.

I like the story I just thought it would be a little creepier and longer.

I finished the whole thing in a little over 2 hours. Story-driven gameplay is simply not fun in The Sims 4. Playing the "story" of StrangerVille feels the same as the bland Detective career. They tell you to click this and talk to this Sim and click this again and buy this and click that and go there...etc. It's just not fun. And once you're finished, you realize the pack comes with like two interactive objects :/

I'm having trouble finding spore clusters. I've scanned everywhere.

You can find spore clusters at the lab. Usually you should get 5 every time you scan. Be sure not to scan too close to a wall. I did and it got stuck on the other side of the wall and I couldn’t get to it.

"mattandphilsims2;c-16974579" wrote:
I finished the whole thing in a little over 2 hours. Story-driven gameplay is simply not fun in The Sims 4. Playing the "story" of StrangerVille feels the same as the bland Detective career. They tell you to click this and talk to this Sim and click this again and buy this and click that and go there...etc. It's just not fun. And once you're finished, you realize the pack comes with like two interactive objects :/

Yes, this exactly. I felt like I was just doing the same thing over and over again. I was just thinking back to The Sims 2 life stories or The Sims Castaway and how fun that was. This story was no where near as fun. I understand it’s just a gamepack but I hoped for more depth.

"jacknchloe;c-16974591" wrote:
You can find spore clusters at the lab. Usually you should get 5 every time you scan. Be sure not to scan too close to a wall. I did and it got stuck on the other side of the wall and I couldn’t get to it.

thanks!

"mattandphilsims2;c-16974579" wrote:
I finished the whole thing in a little over 2 hours. Story-driven gameplay is simply not fun in The Sims 4. Playing the "story" of StrangerVille feels the same as the bland Detective career. They tell you to click this and talk to this Sim and click this again and buy this and click that and go there...etc. It's just not fun. And once you're finished, you realize the pack comes with like two interactive objects :/

What are the objects?

"mattandphilsims2;c-16974579" wrote:
I finished the whole thing in a little over 2 hours. Story-driven gameplay is simply not fun in The Sims 4. Playing the "story" of StrangerVille feels the same as the bland Detective career. They tell you to click this and talk to this Sim and click this again and buy this and click that and go there...etc. It's just not fun. And once you're finished, you realize the pack comes with like two interactive objects :/

Some of you simmers remind me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9TKVHRHr74

I started it and love all the details. Maybe my expectations were a bit more... uh... realistic? As people seemed to be thinking it was gonna be this epic thing and my thoughts were it was gonna be a fun mini career style sim-style mystery that allowed your sim to explore the area and have cool dialogue. Which, on the second stage of the aspiration with me digging even deeper than the aspiration asks, is exactly what it is and I am LOVING it.

It's funny, it's punchy, and it does a great job of allowing my journalist conspiracy radio sim to bug people and waltz around town having fun and getting the biggest scoop of the century.

I really had a blast with it. You can rush through it just to complete it. (Maybe that way, those that are not into that sort of thing can rush it to play in the world.)

You can very much take your time with it. You could play sims months with the story and do it slowly. It did not feel like there was a sense of urgency until the end.

I think the story is flexible enough that you can play it the way you wish to.