not sure how i feel about this one. hard to judge the very first expansion pack that came out nearly 10 years ago. like, the game is just sooo different now!
the active careers are fun i guess (and sadly we never got any others that were quite like it) but honestly repetitive as shit to me. i only ever really play the doctor one because i like the hospital lot. but it is really annoying having to follow your sim to work every single day to progress their career. forget it if you have other sims you wanna do stuff with!
the retail stuff is a good inclusion but i find it mostly annoying to play with. i think it's because you basically have to put a small living quarters in the back of the store to make it worthwhile. otherwise you're just sitting through too many loading screens going back and forth between home and your store. i actually have a mod that makes any residential lot a retail store and it's SO much better. the mod also makes it so you have to actually restock stuff like perishables and craftables (cakes and paintings for example) instead of clicking the sign that pops up, so it feels more challenging and realistic. i'm basically saying the retail stuff is a good idea but the execution of the gameplay missed so hard i need mods to make it enjoyable.
i often forget aliens come with this pack. they seem so standard to me in a sims game. i love playing with aliens and i love the customisation of them in the sims 4. you can make them blue or green or purple with all kinds of eyes and ears, you can basically make different 'species' of alien which has never been seen before in a sims game.
the active careers are fun i guess (and sadly we never got any others that were quite like it) but honestly repetitive as shit to me. i only ever really play the doctor one because i like the hospital lot. but it is really annoying having to follow your sim to work every single day to progress their career. forget it if you have other sims you wanna do stuff with!
the retail stuff is a good inclusion but i find it mostly annoying to play with. i think it's because you basically have to put a small living quarters in the back of the store to make it worthwhile. otherwise you're just sitting through too many loading screens going back and forth between home and your store. i actually have a mod that makes any residential lot a retail store and it's SO much better. the mod also makes it so you have to actually restock stuff like perishables and craftables (cakes and paintings for example) instead of clicking the sign that pops up, so it feels more challenging and realistic. i'm basically saying the retail stuff is a good idea but the execution of the gameplay missed so hard i need mods to make it enjoyable.
i often forget aliens come with this pack. they seem so standard to me in a sims game. i love playing with aliens and i love the customisation of them in the sims 4. you can make them blue or green or purple with all kinds of eyes and ears, you can basically make different 'species' of alien which has never been seen before in a sims game.