Your Personal Sims Highlights 2021

Wow! Thanks for that 2021 summary. I forgot that some of those things were this year. :lol:

My highlights are:
-Paranormal pack (I just bought it recently so haven't gotten into the gameplay much yet, but I love the decor and clothes)
-Scared emotion (finally!)
-Bunkbeds (also finally!)
-Preferences (though I blocked all the popups with your mod @83bienchen . Thank you so much for that!)
-Festivals appearing on the calendar now (So helpful! I can actually work festival visits into my stories now, instead of ignoring them because I'm always in the middle of something else when they happen.)
-Kids being able to garden, cook with the group, and do yoga.
-Spa Day upgrade

Thought I'd posted. Went looking for my post and found it in a totally unrelated thread. :D

My favorites would definitely have to be Cottage Living and the Spa Day update. My current game play centers around both.

Free Content:
scared emotion
preferences system
spa Day upgrade
new color swatches for base game objects

A lot of nice content this year, but I am only excited about features that improve base game game play and improving existing packs.
None of what I was hoping for came this year besides these listed here.

Scenarios and story progression are interesting, but I need to see how they evolve before I know how I feel about them.

I enjoyed the Sims Sessions concert too.

It was such a great year for free stuff!

Ponds: huge thanks to whoever worked on these. All the pretty waters and deco items have been so fun to use, and the functionality of the fishing options are excellent, and so versatile. Great for community lots, my sims visit and they can add what they've caught to the one pond, so the variety increases all the time. And my bakers at their home love having a pond that just has salmon, trout and bass, so they can always cook/bake those fish meals. The ducks having babies in spring is such a lovely little detail... of course, now I'm itching for sims to watch, chat and feed them! Wading/playing in the pond is a great bonus, especially for toddlers and kids. I think they're an exceptional addition, and very glad to have them.

Likes/Dislikes: We had a lot of hobby type gameplay, but so much of it didn't increase the sims' fun. So yay! for this inclusion, great way to remedy this. I also like the flipside, a sim who hates cooking but has to do it, and then gets to grumble about it later is just another little way to add a bit more personality and just a bit more unique. I'm excited for them to add more.

Kids updates: I think I literally cheered when I read about kids gardening and cooking. And the spa updates for kids were an unexpected bonus! Even toddlers can play on the spa mat, so cute. It gives me hope that there may be more updates down the track, like bikes. oooooh<3

Spa Update: I'm having fun with the new aspirations and LOVE that now sims can teach classes, something I've wanted since it first came out.

Scared Emotion: I hope this is just the beginning. So much could be done now we have this important emotion. eg, a phobia type system - spiders, clowns, vampires, ghosts etc, could lead to sims having life time irrational fears - which can only be cured it they see a shrink! Heap of gameplay could be added around this emotion, so my fingers are crossed they're going to expand on it.

Cottage Living EP: I think this might be the best produced Sims 4 EP to date. Not only is the world a highlight, but so is CAS, build/buy AND the depth of gameplay it offers. They way they've tied all the game elements together is really commendable - too many to highlight right now, or may post will turn into a thesis! A real highlight for me not just for this year, but of all 20 years I've been playing. Well done team!

Paranormal Stuff: So impressed with what this team was able to cram into a small pack! Take a standing ovation guys, job well done! New lot type, traits, career, 3 new NPCS - completely new way of playing the game! Love the doll and that you can talk with her, love the little candy jars and the effects of the treats, all the other stuff you get through the spectres, a new skill - and all that it adds to the game. Again, I think this is a highlight of the entire Sims 4 stuff packs.

I had a pretty fun year with my game. :)

My best parts of Sims 4 2021 were:
Paranormal
New Hair Colors
Cottage Living
Likes & Dislikes
Courtyard Oasis
Fashion Street
Blooming Rooms
Bunkbeds
Dream Home Decorator

I'm more appreciative of base game improvements ( I just wish some of them came already complete and polished instead of being divided in two like bunkbeds or "story progression") But the content is majorly fine

Cottage Living is an ok pack (not extremelly good but also far from being bad)

Spa Day refresh is welcomed by me although it wouldn't have been my first choice as a pack (OUTDOOR RETREAT DESPERATELY NEED SOME LOVE AND ATTENTION!)

Kits (I'm not fan) Build and Buy are fine I guess, I don't care much about CAS ones and the only gameplay kit is awful but I hope they can come with actually fun gameplay kits in the future

Paranormal is fine I guess (I just like that Bonehilda is back)

Dream Home DEcorator was weird for game pack. I like build and buy a lot but I also expect more in depth gameplay from a game pack and unfortunately this one looks like a glorified stuff pack

I'm not the biggest fan of TS4 but hope is always the last thing to die I guess...

My favorite things added this year were Cottage Living, Spa Day update, and the new hair colors. For the most part, I really like all the kits as well. I haven't gotten the menswear one, but I use the others often. I want to add Dream Home Decorator, but the number of bugs is disheartening. I do enjoy playing it, though.

Cottage Living EP, Industrial Loft, Blooming Rooms, pond tool, Spa Day upgrade, and new color swatches for base game objects.

I don't even have any of those packs and kits released in 2021 yet, aside from the dust kit, which I can say is the worst thing I ever bought in this game.

My favorite free content is the story progression and the zoomers