Your Growing Together Rating!
It is time yet again for my favorite question: how would YOU rate Growing Together? Please remember, though, as always: this is supposed to be a helpful thread for those who are still on the fence...
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I ended up buying Growing Together, mainly for its compatibility system and kids related gameplay (I needed more interesting stuff to do for my group of wackadoodle 5th graders).
I haven't had a chance to deep dive into the pack yet, so I will come back and rate it at a later stage, however, I can already say with confidence that it is not a 10 for me, although I wouldn't go as low as a 5 either! My gut says "7" for now, which is pretty positive, right?
Let me share some of the pros and cons:
I haven't had a chance to deep dive into the pack yet, so I will come back and rate it at a later stage, however, I can already say with confidence that it is not a 10 for me, although I wouldn't go as low as a 5 either! My gut says "7" for now, which is pretty positive, right?
Let me share some of the pros and cons:
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PROS:
CONS:
As I said, I've only just scratched the surface. I'll return a month's time. :D
PROS:
- Great CAS for middle aged sims and elders if you like that kind of stuff. Most of the clothing looks sort of normal and dull, but in a perfectly sensible way, which is exactly what some of my older sims need. The headscarf deserves a special mention. It's just great, haha.?
- Love the skin details.
- I'm really enjoying the compatibility system and the milestones, although I'm still exploring so I can't say too much about this yet. It seems to be working for me. So far so good.
- Kids stuff ditto. Right now they're learning to ride their bikes (which is awesome btw). Bikes make different sounds. One of them has playing cards inserted in the spokes, I just love those details!
- I haven't really played with infants yet, although I made a cute one in CAS called Bobby 'The Wiggler' Wobble. Bobby Wobble has the wiggle trait as you may have guessed. He has yet to wiggle his way into one of my saves.
CONS:
- I previously mentioned that I can understand that the new compatibility system is part of an EP and not basegame, but I take it back. Originally I believed such a system could be too overwhelming for folks that do not want it, but it is entirely player controlled and part of the likes/ dislikes mechanics. If you don't want it you don't have to use it. It's a bit of work to set it up however, especially if you have many large households. Compatibility truly should be basegame, this is essential gameplay folks have been asking for since the release of Sims 4 and it's one of the key components that constitute the so called 'smart sim' that EA/Maxis promoted back in 2014. It shouldn't have been behind a paywall, then again, I did buy the pack specifically for this so I can't really give out. I did exactly what EA/Maxis knew folks like me would do. ?
- The world. YAAARGHH....it's just...frustrating. Oh, it looks nice for sure, but for the size that it is there are not enough lots and it has limited walking space. The most interesting parts in the world are non-functional sets. I'm so tired of the argument: "we have to make a compromise, everything needs to work on low spec systems". It's just not good enough anymore, I feel that in general the world quality is beginning to suffer. I thought rabbitholes was something they were done with after Sims 3, but they're sneaking their way back into the game. Give people with high spec systems a world editor so they can at least add lots or create their own worlds to share with the community. Please let me fill these worlds with my own nonsense, because I'm full of it and so should my worlds.
As I said, I've only just scratched the surface. I'll return a month's time. :D
