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 give it a 5. The theme is right up my alley. But the pack doesn't offer much of an expansion. The world is full of pretty unlivable shells and plain lots. I don't get the point of the Rec Center when sims just treat it as a library, a park and a gym put together. Why is the water park placed in the middle of nowhere? That could have been the new lot. Also why is there no play together option in the water fountains?
I guess the dynamic and milestone system could be considered an expansion. But these are reduced to random pop-ups after random interactions. Don't really care for the family dynamics because most of my families get along. All I can really enjoy are the new events. So far I've only had stay overs and a family reunion. Stay overs fulfilled my wish of having family/friends babysit while the parents are out.
New features don't work properly. Still haven't tried the bicycle for children but I've seen the screenshots. The loose a tooth feature for children was removed until further notice. Infants' milestones disappear for rotational players. So the only expansion I see are the texting adventures of proposed family dynamics. Which just reminds me of why I turned off Neighborhood Stories and Lifestyles.
I guess the dynamic and milestone system could be considered an expansion. But these are reduced to random pop-ups after random interactions. Don't really care for the family dynamics because most of my families get along. All I can really enjoy are the new events. So far I've only had stay overs and a family reunion. Stay overs fulfilled my wish of having family/friends babysit while the parents are out.
New features don't work properly. Still haven't tried the bicycle for children but I've seen the screenshots. The loose a tooth feature for children was removed until further notice. Infants' milestones disappear for rotational players. So the only expansion I see are the texting adventures of proposed family dynamics. Which just reminds me of why I turned off Neighborhood Stories and Lifestyles.
