What did you think about StrangerVille?

It was terrible. Mediocre writing, repetitive and grindy gameplay, extremely short, no replay value whatsoever. Probably one of the worst story-driven games I've played in a long time. The only good part was the boss battle. Everything else made me facepalm so hard I hurt myself.

I just finished the mystery yesterday, and it was... ok. I doubt I'll ever do it again due to how linear it is. Thinking about it now, I'm surprised by how little it adds to the game.

"Dianesims;c-16983426" wrote:
I like it more than I thought I would. I'm not into that kind of thing, but I find myself craving for more content and things to do, so I got it.
I like a few cas items, the build/buy is nice, especially the victorian items. And I really like the world. It's really beautiful, it makes me travel, since I live in France I don't get to see that type of landscape. And it makes me think of the Grand Canyon which I hope to visit someday.

The mystery was short but fun while it lasted. However

Spoiler

I would like to know where the Mother plant comes from (Alien Plant, experiment gone very wrong ?)

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@Dianesims

I just wish there were more lots in the central downtown area. It had so much potential but it is all set dressing...

This is my favorite game pack so far. The mystery gave me enough freedom to craft a story for my sim, while having some really cool tools and mechanics. It’s something that makes me actively curious about the world on the whole, and daaang I just. Love it all so much.

The world is easily my favorite despite the limited lots (although compared to midnight hollow, the only other liveable world game pack I think? It’s practically sprawling) as well. I’ve always loved sky mechanics and the skies in Strangerville are glorious.

I enjoyed it, but it is mostly just a stuff pack to me now. I liked playing the story, but I honestly think I’d be bored playing it again (at least anytime soon). I’m not disappointed in the purchase because I like the world and objects, but it would have been nice to get a bit more use out of it.

It was great!!!!

I kind of forgot to use the strangerville mystery aspiration before it was too late, but figuring out how to do things on my own was still really fun, so I don't regret it.
And I'm definitely going to replay the story again in another savefile, with different characters. This time I know exactly how it works. This time I'll know what I'm doing.

There are several ways to go about it; my sims are characters, they have different ways to go about solving the mystery, as well as different reasons to solve the mystery in the first place. The game just provided us the basic story. It's up to us to flesh it out. It's up to us to decide how our sims deal with it. Gotta use our imagination! I love that.

"RobinGreenthumb;c-16986595" wrote:
The world is easily my favorite despite the limited lots (although compared to midnight hollow, the only other liveable world game pack I think? It’s practically sprawling) as well. I’ve always loved sky mechanics and the skies in Strangerville are glorious.

WOW. I guess that's the solution. Next EP they should include a world with 12 lots so compared to MP and Del Sol Valley it'll be "sprawling." Imagine if other gaming communities were THIS easy to please. smh :s :s

"Naus;c-16988834" wrote:

"RobinGreenthumb;c-16986595" wrote:
The world is easily my favorite despite the limited lots (although compared to midnight hollow, the only other liveable world game pack I think? It’s practically sprawling) as well. I’ve always loved sky mechanics and the skies in Strangerville are glorious.

WOW. I guess that's the solution. Next EP they should include a world with 12 lots so compared to MP and Del Sol Valley it'll be "sprawling." Imagine if other gaming communities were THIS easy to please. smh :s :s

Ah yes, I, the easy to please person who didn’t even join Sims 4 or buy any of it until toddlers, swimming pools, and new gender options were all patched in. And who was making a dry, sarcastic comment about lot size in in other GPs. And who referred to amount of lots in the new world as ‘limited’ and referred to it in the negative as I liked it ‘despite’ it just before the said joke.

And who has, multiple times on the forums and elsewhere, complained about the amount of lots in Del Sol which as a EP should have higher standards of size.

lol

Advice: read the post before coming for a personal attack.

I had more fun giving my explanation to the mistery than solving it.