What pack should I get?
I am thinking of buying a pack after playing with the base game for awhile. My income is limited. I can only buy one pack. What do you recommend? Edit: I prefer games that are non-occult/paranormal...
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"Eleri;c-18264194" wrote:
If you don't mind, I'll answer your question with anther question. You mentioned that you strongly dislike occult game play. Nothing wrong with that, it's your game. But it would help us give you the best advice if you let us know what you do like.
Here is a list of themes/activities that your sim might do. Could you rank these in order of favorite to least favorite?
Raising a family with kids
Raising animals
Exploring a hobby
Succeeding in a career
Succeeding in school
Socializing/partying
Leisure experiences (beach, camping, ski vacation, massage)
Adding to what @Eleri suggested. It’s very helpful to know what you want in your game.
If a pack has something you are looking for, but it introduces an occult or something supernatural, there are ways around the supernatural encounters.
If there is one pack that I think you might want to avoid it’s Vampires. Despite all the options for limiting vampire encounters, they are most definitely going to have a presence in your game no matter what.
A lot of occults have a tendency to blend in with other sims…
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So to an extent they are easy to ignore. Vampires Speed Running and Flying as a Bat or teleporting in dark mist… you will notice them moving around.
If you love beaches, Sulani from Island Living is an amazing island world with lots of beaches and swimming.
About Merfolk…
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Even though merfolk, mermen and mermaids, get introduced with that pack, their presence is extremely limited.
If you want to pursue careers you can be involved with, Get to Work has some excellent options…
The thing about Aliens is…
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they aren’t as invasive as you might think. I’ve had Get to Work for a very long time. Alien Abductions do not seem to happen until my MerSims start interacting with Aliens. So, you can go for years without being bothered by Aliens as long as your sim isn’t doing something to get their attention. I think being friends with an Alien is something that can make it possible to have abductions happen, but just like the MerWoke Mechanics, there are very specific things you need to be doing to start having encounters with Aliens.
I’m not saying you should get a pack with something you don’t want. However, if there is something that is particularly interesting to you in a pack with Occults, I can answer any questions about how to avoid them.
Also, it would be helpful to know if it’s just the Occult Life States that you want to avoid or anything occult.
There are things called “sprites” that appear in various sim worlds… they are like fairies or spirits. Some of the games that don’t introduce a new Occult Life State still have occult elements.
Packs With Sprites…
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Discover University has a Secret Society and Fairies I think.
Outdoor Retreat has a kinda fairy or wisps you can catch.
Snowy Escape has a kind of Forest Spirit you can encounter.
Get Famous has Water Sprites you can keep as pets…
None of these packs introduce a new Occult Life State, but the “Sprites” that can appear in world might still be occult.
Outdoor Retreat has a kinda fairy or wisps you can catch.
Snowy Escape has a kind of Forest Spirit you can encounter.
Get Famous has Water Sprites you can keep as pets…
None of these packs introduce a new Occult Life State, but the “Sprites” that can appear in world might still be occult.
Also, Seasons have Seasonal Mythical Figures themed after the Holidays: Father Winter, Flower Bunny, Gnomes… of course, these are also things you can change in the game too.
Point is, it would be very helpful to know what Occult Elements are really too much.
The Packs with Occult Life States are a given, but the Life States for Sims really aren’t the only Occult Element in the game.
