What are some underrated features of your favorite packs?

The buffet table form luxury SP. Use it at all my weddings and some of my parties, so convenient.

"iliekponiez;c-17334836" wrote:
I learned from other simmers on this forum that ear buds from fitness stuff are a GREAT way to keep fun up while your sim is doing other things! Should have been using them all this time! :D

I've been using them a lot more frequently because of this.

The entire parenting system from the Parenthood. Your adult sims gain specific traits and interactions based on how they were raised. For example I had a female sim who earned the good manners trait. She could do a polite introduction to new sims she met during which she could walk up and shake their hand. I loved it, it was especially handy once I put her in the political career. It looked so authentic to see her going up and shaking hands before lobbying people for their vote.

Clones from GTW are awesome! They have special interactions with the sim they're cloned from, and there's even a chance of them turning out evil with amazing red eyes!

The fooseball table from Get Together is a great way to get four sims to know each other quickly while also having their fun and social bars filled. There's even a hidden skill with it so that sims who have played more are more likely to win. Also, kids raise their moter skill when they use it.

"iliekponiez;c-17335830" wrote:
Not sure if this is underrated, but the ice cream from cool kitchen stuff is awesome! I love the weight loss and weight gain ice creams. So handy! :D

Yes!! I downloaded someone’s ice cream lot, and made it a restaurant. Sometimes my townies gain weight and because I don’t play them it is hard to get them to exercise unless I have them in an exercise club. But, with my ice cream shop ( restaurant ) I can invite a townie there and have them eat the weight loss ice cream.

"Evilyn_1007;c-17336068" wrote:
The buffet table form luxury SP. Use it at all my weddings and some of my parties, so convenient.

I use the buffet table a lot too. All my wedding venues have them, and many of my night clubs, lounges, and bars have them too.

I like a lot of stuff in the different packs. The first thought in my head was about bowling. I enjoy sending my sims to it and think that it is underrated. I also like some of the Maxis pre-made lots that came with Dine Out, Bowling and Spa Day, etc. I put quite a few in my game. It is one of the reasons that I'm running out of lot space. I guess I really like when packs add things to do in community venues and at home.

I also have my sims watch a lot of movies and some of them play with the backyard items. With the changing seasons, I think more about when I will use what item. I like that roller rinks and ice rinks pop up with seasonal stalls.

If anything, I should build with my own stuff more because several of the lots that I built are among my favorites as well. I do think the last few packs have had emptier lots but I realized that it is so that the player can add stuff from other packs, customizing the space. Scandalously, I might do that with Glimmerbrook in my main save.

Anyway, there are a lot of underrated aspects, I think, so I like this thread. In the case of knitting, I did not vote that concept to the top other than voting for art, but I think I like the direction that it is going in. I like details that sometimes might get overlooked. Though it wasn't the biggest deal to me to be added to the game, I'm also enjoying DU.

Using the bird feeder for bird watching from backyard stuff (I think it’s backyard) especially for my outdoor/nature sims I send them bird watching quite a lot and it’s very handy for granite falls as it adds to the whole outdoor nature hiking holiday for them. It’s one of my favourite items in the game.

"Pamtastic72;c-17336149" wrote:
The entire parenting system from the Parenthood. Your adult sims gain specific traits and interactions based on how they were raised...

Parenthood was a must buy for me when it was first announced on console and it's by far one of my favorite packs. Game changing for me.