I don’t really follow gaming anymore, only keep up with The Sims and a Fire Emblem gacha, so I don’t have any insights on the topic. Just popping in to say that today our local newspaper ran a short article on Cottage Living, “The Sims go Country” it was captioned. Interestingly the author assumed that everyone was already familiar with The Sims, no need to explain what kind of game it is. She explained what dlc stands for, though.
So what else did she find important to share with non-gamers? The fact that the expansion makes the sims’ life harder due to needy animals and that cooking now requires ingredients (yes, it is an optional lot challenge, but that would have went too much into detail for a feel good article).
She said that the pack is on par with the ones before, because the number of objects is about the same and even wrote down the exact numbers. Basing a pack’s worth on the number of included CAS and Build/Buy items is something I’ve seen in the community, too.
Then there was the obligatory minor criticism that such five minute “game tests” tend to include. The author choose to use the fact that swatches (she didn’t use that term) once again don’t match the base game ones.
Finally the author mentioned that the pack was in line with the current Cottagecore trend on Instagram, again assuming that her audience was familiar with the platform (I’m not, but I’m probably in the minority in this regard).
…did I just write a review of a review? In any case, I found it interesting to see how a journalist (and probably also a gamer) chose to approach the topic for a very broad audience.
Meanwhile here I sit, afraid to update my game and to purchase Cottage Living, because of the thousands of households bloat bug and the Finchwick fair problems.
