Your sims packs years review
Since it's 2024,I thought it would be good to do a year pack review fir last year. Growing Together I love this pack! I don't understand where people get this gamepack with a world.The amount of...
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Growing together: 8/10
Growing together feels like a collection of a lot of small features but somehow together they tell a bigger story. I think this is a good pack that adds enough to the game to be worth while. I especially like the milestones and social compatibility. However the changing tables and backpack carriers should have been basegame. Those two feel like necessities for infants and shouldn't be restricted to a single pack. An option to switch back to more easy infant gameplay would have been welcome too. The world is nice but too empty, especially Anchorpoint Wharf should be busy with loads of sims. The Gilbert Gardens neighborhoods with the spashpark, swimmable pond and walking paths makes somewhat up for it. The world is also too sparse on collectibles.
Horse Ranch: 7/10
The horses are done very well and offer enough to do for my sims. I really like the option to make nectar. The world is great. The big open neighbourhood is awesome and the town with the grocery store feels like a western. The big downside to this pack is that unicorns are reduced to one single CAS item that has ZERO gameplay consequences. Not enough for actual unicorns but just enough for EA to have an excuse to not have to give a unicorn pack. I got this pack on sale because the theme isn't completely my thing, but for horse lovers this is a great pack.
For Rent: 6/10
On paper this should be the EP that interests me most but I am a bit dissapointed by for rent. There is too little outside of the landlord/tennant gameplay. Advertising a text based animal sanctuary as gameplay in the first blog post was misleading. But I can understand it because there is practically nothing else to the pack. This combined with the small world (only 2 neighbourhoods with 9 lots) this really feels like a GP sold with a EP price tag. I gave Horse Ranch the benefit of the doubt and think Growing together has enough impact on the game to say I disagree with the 'this should have been a GP' argument. But for For Rent I can't give any excuses. For Rent doesn't feel like it offers enough for the 40$/€ price tag. This is one that I can't justify getting at full price. And then there is the bugs...
Home chef Hustle 8/10
Nice to see stuff packs return. It doesn't have the same level as paranormal, laundry day or nifty knitting for me personal but is fun to have all the same. I like to finally be able to make pizzas and waffles.
Kits
In general there are way to many kits. I am glad Kits didn't kill stuff packs after all. But most of these items could have been base game updates or included in other DLC. Only two of this years kits really stand out to me. The others I can't be bothered to give ratings because I can do without just as easily.
Book nook kit 10/10
Modern lux kit 9/10
Growing together feels like a collection of a lot of small features but somehow together they tell a bigger story. I think this is a good pack that adds enough to the game to be worth while. I especially like the milestones and social compatibility. However the changing tables and backpack carriers should have been basegame. Those two feel like necessities for infants and shouldn't be restricted to a single pack. An option to switch back to more easy infant gameplay would have been welcome too. The world is nice but too empty, especially Anchorpoint Wharf should be busy with loads of sims. The Gilbert Gardens neighborhoods with the spashpark, swimmable pond and walking paths makes somewhat up for it. The world is also too sparse on collectibles.
Horse Ranch: 7/10
The horses are done very well and offer enough to do for my sims. I really like the option to make nectar. The world is great. The big open neighbourhood is awesome and the town with the grocery store feels like a western. The big downside to this pack is that unicorns are reduced to one single CAS item that has ZERO gameplay consequences. Not enough for actual unicorns but just enough for EA to have an excuse to not have to give a unicorn pack. I got this pack on sale because the theme isn't completely my thing, but for horse lovers this is a great pack.
For Rent: 6/10
On paper this should be the EP that interests me most but I am a bit dissapointed by for rent. There is too little outside of the landlord/tennant gameplay. Advertising a text based animal sanctuary as gameplay in the first blog post was misleading. But I can understand it because there is practically nothing else to the pack. This combined with the small world (only 2 neighbourhoods with 9 lots) this really feels like a GP sold with a EP price tag. I gave Horse Ranch the benefit of the doubt and think Growing together has enough impact on the game to say I disagree with the 'this should have been a GP' argument. But for For Rent I can't give any excuses. For Rent doesn't feel like it offers enough for the 40$/€ price tag. This is one that I can't justify getting at full price. And then there is the bugs...
Home chef Hustle 8/10
Nice to see stuff packs return. It doesn't have the same level as paranormal, laundry day or nifty knitting for me personal but is fun to have all the same. I like to finally be able to make pizzas and waffles.
Kits
In general there are way to many kits. I am glad Kits didn't kill stuff packs after all. But most of these items could have been base game updates or included in other DLC. Only two of this years kits really stand out to me. The others I can't be bothered to give ratings because I can do without just as easily.
Book nook kit 10/10
Modern lux kit 9/10
