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sailorleontine

Seasoned Ace

11 months ago

what are your rankings on Businesses & Hobbies features?

1: new lot type

2: running a business

3: build/buy

4: personality traits

5: aspirations

6: tattoo's options

7: the world

8: CAS

9: hobbies/skills

my top list is the new lot type because i've wanted this for a little while, i even made a post about this last year and created an another one last week and made an updated version of it and for me it's a dream coming true

and here's the following one why the second one is also the best because i've always wanted to run a business in the sims 4 and earn money without looking for a job, another dream that's coming true to me, you won't have to go to work to earn money, instead you can do this in your own lot it's only beneath your home and what makes it even better is that you can own a business in its other packs, NOT just "Businesses & Hobbies" pack (like running a disco, do bowling, coffee shop, owning a pet shop, a bar and maybe i'll use skills from other packs from then own or even more so than i used to, the options are endless, maybe i can sell food even more so that comes with "Home Chef Hustle" pack, the options are endless)

next up is build/buy mode because they looks quite different from the other packs in my opinion and it's literally my style too, i'm probably gonna use them once it's out

the fourth place is the personalities, i don't know much what it will do yet but Shady Sims and idealist Sims are like the complete opposite from each other and i live for opposite personalities, i'm probably gonna use them once it's out

the fifth rank are the aspirations, i like how it comes with aspirations since we really need it and based on the description on social media it looks promising to me but for now i rank it on the fifth place

next up is lots of tattoo's options, i don't use tatto's at all but maybe with a new skill i'll change my mind about this, especially since we can create our own

my seventh place is the new world...now don't get me wrong i love how it comes with a new world which isn't based on the USA instead it's based on Sweden and i live for non USA worlds but the world map looks so boring it's quite empty but when in live mode by so far it's not bad because i love the buildings and it's unique from other worlds (it does looks quite like Windenburg with a mix of San Sequoia when in map mode because in my opinion it looks quite alike, maybe it's differently when in live mode when the pack is out) for now i rank it quite low but europe is the reason it's not that extremely low so i can live with it

my second last is the CAS one and it's simply because it's just not my style, i do love some items that comes with it though and some hairs looks like from the basegame or other packs

but the worse one out of them all in my opinion is of course...hobbies/skills because i'd remove the tittle "hobbies" in the expansion pack alone, they could've gone with a better title like "Working Together" "Get To Business" "Get Busy" or "Work And Home" or something like that because there are really no hobbies in my opinion, the only skills we have is the candy, tattoo and pottery skills but i don't count these as skills but maybe it's just me

these are all my opinions, maybe your features ranks we've seen so far that comes with the pack is different from mine (which i respect it)

i've saw a topic with the positive side of the pack and the other with the negative side of the pack we've seen so far but i decided to do my rankings on how good or bad they are to me (i'm neutral with a world but the last 2 is just NOT my vibe, i like the rest of the rankings though)

maybe my ranks will be different just like i did with the previous Expansion Pack called "Life And Death" i wasn't so sure about Ravenwood untill i tried it out myself and now i can't live without it so maybe it will be different with Nordhaven once i play them myself

expansion packs

15 Replies

evilyn_37
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
Running a buisness
new lot type
pottery
CAS
teaching classes
Candy making
tattooing
World
BB
Hoping this enhances existing hobbies/skills
Jehane40
Rising Ace
10 months ago
I find it a bit difficult to rank a pack I don't own/haven't played yet, but these are the things I'm most interested in (no particular order):
New lot type
Teaching existing skills and turning them into a business. I already have a few ideas on how to work that into my existing save without messing up my Sims' personalities and stories.
New skills. It's about time we get to make some candy and tattoo our fellow Sims 😁
New world
New aspirations and personality traits
CAS and Build/buy. The items I saw so far looked really nice.
davina1221
Seasoned Ace
10 months ago
1: new lot type
2: running a business
3: the world
4: hobbies/skills
5: personality traits
6: aspirations
7: tattoo's options
8: CAS
9: build/buy
I usually like gameplay, build buy, and CAS, but wasn't happy with CAS/build/buy. They just didn't have enough different stuff. Too mucyh of what we already have. I do love the main concept, how you can set the rooms, and the world. I'm not into the tattoos, so with half of the pack going to that, it would've been nice if they had put a bunch of items in just in case you didn't like the hobbies, Had they put in some gym equipment, some arcade machines, ect. so we could really make some good businesses. I see there are some hidden stuff, such as what you make. I do like the candy maker. Needs to be more items that you can use for game play. Would've been nice to had some kid stuff. Since it is businesses maybe the babysitting job as real and more playground equipment and baby stuff.
Miataplay
Legend
10 months ago
New Lot Type.
Running a business. ( I have already been doing this with GTW but B&H gives me more options.)
Buy and Build.
New European world. ( I would have preferred France or Italy.)
CAS.
Aspirations.
Tattoos.( I like artwork on skin.)
Hobbies and Skills.( I have so many hobbies in my game with all the DLC that I own and I am looking forward to new hobbies in the future.)
Personality traits
SheriSim
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago
1. NEW LOT TYPE - after having played the pack for a little bit, I really like the lot type. It is nice to be able to run a business from the lot you live on. I do wish you could sell furniture you made from the wood skill table and the other thing from Eco living that makes furniture, things that don’t into your personal inventory ( I’m assuming you can’t sell those pieces that don’t fit into personal inventory, like a bed, or bathtub you make ) in a small business store.. i haven’t checked out if you can sell collection from a small business either, I hope you can.
2. RUNNING A BUSSINESS - kind of goes along with number 1. I am glad you can run different venues, like a Bar, etc. and also live on the same lot. I am also glad you can use a bar, coffee shop etc. on a lot where you sell other things you make ( like paintings as well ). I have a painter that owns a gallery. Where some of his paintings are for sell, or you can view paintings on a 3/4 wall, and he has an area where he sells things from his coffee shop as well. I like the multi function
3. WORLD - I always enjoy getting a new world with an expansion or game pack. The larger the world the better. Over all I prefer Expansions to Game Packs because the world is usually larger. I also like new collections as well, and though I haven’t tried the new collection, I’m glad it is there for when I do.
4. PERSONALITIES - I think I’m going to really enjoy the personality traits when I use one of my criminal sims to run a business ( though I do wish they could use anything they streal to sell in a home business ).

5. ASPIRATIONS - I haven’t checked them out yet but new aspirations are always useful. I need to look into the ones this pack comes with
6. TATTOO’S - I didn’t think I would care for tatoo’s much, but when I make one of my sims a tatoo artist, I think I will enjoy it. I like the color wheel. I wish there were more stamps. We should have had stamps for things like letters, we could have used to make names, and numbers. It would have been nice to have more common tatoo’s like people, jobs, hobbies, holidays etc,, that tend to personalize a person more. I’m not good at drawing. Maybe a drawing tool. I do like that you can download from the gallery.
7. HOBBIES and SKILLS - for pack to be named with hobbies in the name, we should have definitely had more than 3 hobbies/skills in the pack. A hobby they could have added that would have made sense could have been something like a pool table will trick skills. It would have been nice for a criminal sims be good at shooting pool. That would still be a nice addition to a pack. Things like glass blowing, basket weaving, etc. would have been nice to add as well. They certainly should have added a lot more hobbies to the pack. A casino would have been nice to add, along with a gambling skill. I still would love to see casino stuff in the game, and being able to own one.
8. BUILD/BUY - I actually liked the build/buy pretty well, there could have been a bit more though.
9. CAS - was okay, I like the pottery apron. They could have added more clothes for the different skills in the game.
ove all I love the variety of businesses you can run!