Why does everyone hate city living?
I see so much negativity and hate towards cl but honestly, I love it. (If you don't like city living, I'm not bashing you or saying you are wrong, just expressing my opinion). Personally, i think it a...
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City Living is in my opinion the worst EP Maxis ever dished out.
The EP is built onto remais of things that were meant to be in Get Together but weren't finished in time. Plus it literally doesn't add a single thing to my gameplay. I could disable it on Origin and nothing would change. This pack is nothing but set dressing, scripted actions and a few gameplay objects, there's no new system at play here. Only one new venue which is karaoke and that's it. The lot traits that it adds, some of them shouldn't be lot traits (I wish I could have cockroaches like in other games in any lot by having trash on the floor), and most doesn't add any new animations or actual gameplay. Literally this pack is only useful because it has an NPC produce stand.
Also this pack truly annoys me. Because there's things in it that could have been given a better use if put in proper themes. Like the singing skill in a bands pack, or eating with chopsticks in an Asian vacation pack. And the fact that there was no roomate system to help with the bills; plus apartments that are really floating lots with specific shapes and world building around them, just truly annoys me. I'd rather have the shells like in TS3 Late Night, god do they seem like heaven now.
Funilly enough, everyone was really happy when they gave us the airplane shell in Strangerville. How the standards have shifted.
As someone who loves big cities, this city does not feel like a city to me. It feels like a shiny blue utopian annoyance. There's no griddyness and concrete.
The EP is built onto remais of things that were meant to be in Get Together but weren't finished in time. Plus it literally doesn't add a single thing to my gameplay. I could disable it on Origin and nothing would change. This pack is nothing but set dressing, scripted actions and a few gameplay objects, there's no new system at play here. Only one new venue which is karaoke and that's it. The lot traits that it adds, some of them shouldn't be lot traits (I wish I could have cockroaches like in other games in any lot by having trash on the floor), and most doesn't add any new animations or actual gameplay. Literally this pack is only useful because it has an NPC produce stand.
Also this pack truly annoys me. Because there's things in it that could have been given a better use if put in proper themes. Like the singing skill in a bands pack, or eating with chopsticks in an Asian vacation pack. And the fact that there was no roomate system to help with the bills; plus apartments that are really floating lots with specific shapes and world building around them, just truly annoys me. I'd rather have the shells like in TS3 Late Night, god do they seem like heaven now.
Funilly enough, everyone was really happy when they gave us the airplane shell in Strangerville. How the standards have shifted.
As someone who loves big cities, this city does not feel like a city to me. It feels like a shiny blue utopian annoyance. There's no griddyness and concrete.
