What could be the next expansion pack?

"flaminganakin;c-17914054" wrote:
> @JemmaTheSimmer said:
> but can someone explain to me why generations is an expansion and not a game pack? From what I've heard (elders get cains etc., more stuff for teens and kids around school and such, better weddings and funerals, etc.) I think it would be good as a game pack where you focus on game play with no new world needed like Parenthood does. Parenthood does gameplay really well, better than a lot of EPs.

I think the amount of new animations, CAS items, & interactable B/B items would necessitate a gamepack.

Parenthood GP was only about that: parenthood gameplay, between parents and kids. A Generations EP would have gameplay content for EVERY life stage that didn't relate to parenting.

Ex.:
Kids: playing tag/hopscotch/hide and seek, boarding schools, first crush, more playground equipment, kids' bikes/scooters/skateboards, more after-school activities (TS3 had ballet, karate, a more detailed scouting system, etc.), sleepovers, imaginary friends

Teens: prom, first date, graduation, boarding schools, pranks, more after-school activities (TS3 had art club, science club, dance club, drama club, debate club, school newspaper, shop class, sports club, study hall), learning to drive, throwing a party while parents are on vacation

Elders: arguably the sims w/ the least development across all iterations of The Sims franchise. But, in addition to the canes from TS3, some features that could come to a hypothetical Generations EP for TS4 include: retirement home/senior center lot type, bingo table, wheelchairs, casinos, "Reminisce About the Old Days" interaction, and Elders coming to school for "Career Day"


Also, a Day Care lot type and active career (again, like in TS3).

I guess I don't see why all of that can't be in a game pack. It sounds more like a game pack, with a focused theme that it expands gameplay for. It seems more similar in scope to Vampires or Parenthood than say Seasons or City Living. Especially as it wouldn't need a world necessarily.

More kids games and equipment would really be the only stuff for new animations. The clubs are rabbit hole, I expect prom and graduation would be too. Boarding school wouldn't need anything new either. Bingo would reuse existing animations too I bet. A few new lot types and new events would be nice too for elder home, day care & funeral. Some of those things like teaching to drive or wheelchairs won't come with it as we don't have cars and if they do disabilities it will be free.

Unless they did something like including active schools (so a bunch of those wouldn't be rabbit hole too), had a really big world with it (which they've said they won't do) or something extra, it just doesn't seem to have enough as an EP. Honestly it seems like this is the ideal game pack, very specific gameplay, no world or much bb is needed, can focus mostly on gameplay and animations. Prior to the past year, game packs have actually been better for gameplay than expansions. Maybe I just expect too much lol.