wut EPs are teh bestest?
Chain_Reaction:
Okay here's my opinion, hopefully it pleases the dodo. I've actually never gave my opinion in these billion threads on the BBS or here so here goes.
Uni: College is really redundant and boring IMO. The only thing that makes it entertaining is when nouniprotect is in and the dormies die from not eating and staying out in the winter. The same old dormies get's so boring... you wonder how many times Benjamin longnose can graduate. The cow plant is a must but that just causes your game to clog up with useless dead sims. The greek houses and SS's are fun for the first few times but then it just becomes predictable. It is good for meeting a potential mate and extra time skilling but both of those can be done other ways. Resurrecting sims is also a must but this can be done with other methods in later packs.
NL: While this used to be perceived as the must needed addon by many, it's not anymore. Dates are redundant but it is nice when you get free crap. It's also entertaining to just piss some sim off to get a flaming bag of poo which I believe without the patch got stuck wherever it was placed sometimes. Car's were all the craze but they have since been marked as useless. Vampires are alright but it's annoying that they won't stay in their damn coffin in the day. I also hate that they don't age, the same old Sim everytime I boot the game up is so Sims 1. I do love the poker table though it annoys me when they won't stop being obsessed with it. Miss C is entertaining too, I have no idea why. It's hilarious to me to see some old bat that looks like shes hit the bottle a few too many times get excited about getting a strike bowling.
OFB: This is definitely one of my favorite packs. I love selling pointless crap to townies. The gameplay doesn't bore me because you can sell different crap, not the same old stuff. I also love the crafting items. I think this pack really comes alive when you add other packs to it for more crap to sell. I was surprised that Eaxis actually let us have home businesses... it seems like something they'd just over look. I make a majority of my businesses at home because I hate loading screens but it is annoying when they stop and go all the way up stairs to play with something in their house and it takes ages for them to get back down the stairs to help that customer. This is fixed with BRY as it teaches them how to satisfy motives then get back to work on their own which I couldn't live without. I also love the stages.
Pets: I was really excited for this one. I love animals and wanted my sims to have some too. I was, as with loads of other people, disappointed in it. I can tell they put a lot of work into the pets, they are nearly flawless in terms of AI and the animations are so real it's amazing... but I think they spent so much time getting that right and forgot to add more. I wanted more toys for the dogs. It was so disappointing they got one freaking bone to chew on... wow. And pet's don't need water now? Since when? The furniture that came with it isn't appealing to me either really. Unless you're really into staring at the pets and watching them do the same 1 or 2 things over and over, it's not worth it. Pet's is also where the game started really going down hill IMO. Crashes were around before but they changed something that made the game more taxing in Pets.
Seasons: My favorite EP of them all. I'm a big weather guy and this was the icing on my cake. I think they did the weather effects very very well. The thunder scares the hell out of me everytime! I love the gardening system and the special boosts you get during the different seasons. It seems like they took time to pay attention to detail in this EP and it showed. I love everything about it and the game isn't complete without it. Leftovers are a godsend! My one complaint is I think it was this EP or the patch to it that made townies pretty much immune and the problem got worse in FT. I want them to drop dead damnit!
Bon Voyage: Out of them all, I could definitely live without this one the most. The most boring EP caused the most drama with suckurrom (is that a new variation to it or am I not special?). The 3 destinations were done very very well, don't get me wrong. I think a lot of detail went into this pack too and the vacations are a lot of fun the first few times but after you've discovered everything, you tend to never go back. I also hate that they extend the sims life. I don't mind so much that Uni does that because they are skilling and it's helping but with the vacation it's pretty much pointless. If you take a sim you played through uni on a vacation like I have, you're so damn sick of that sim by the time they turn elder you're looking for ways to kill them. The unique dances, jewelry, souvenirs, food, and the momentos make it entertaining sometimes I suppose but once they learn a few of those thing's they won't stop doing them and you wish you had never bothered. The game engine seemed to take another hit here and this is where the memory leaks started and crashes got a lot worse. The beaches are nice but they cause lag. The walk to lot is awesome though.
FT: This one adds something to the sims that make them unique which I like. Hobbies are something unique to each sim which doesn't quite make them so redundant but the obsessive calling is. I like all the added benefits it adds. It seems like the most pointless pack ever and they really sucked at advertising it but it's pretty good. I don't think it had quite enough features to be an expansion pack which makes it lack but the stuff it did add was needed. I like the sports objects but it sucks more than one sim can't play basketball together. I think if they had focused a bit more on detail like they did with seasons, this one would be perfect.
AL: I haven't touched this one much yet to be honest. The apartments are nice and I like the idea of living with other sims. What I don't like is the neighbors never change so you live with the same people forever. I don't think it would have been hard to make them age and die off but then that would spawn more and more townies and send your game to hell. It would have been nice if they had made the townies already in the hood be the social groups. This pack seemed to do a good job in wrapping up what everyone wanted and they seemed to pay more attention to detail. The magic is like a mini game which is nice but the evil witch spawning a storm and roaches on my business lots all the time is beyond annoying. Thank god for the walk to school interaction. I just wish that damn bus wouldn't even come honking it's horn at me now. Overall I think this one is probably one of those that's needed because it gives your sims different living options that should have been in the base game IMO.
As if I haven't typed enough and you've probably quit reading by now, I'll quickly go through the stuff packs.
FFS: Pointless.
GL: I love this pack and use the stuff in it frequently but there's a few still unfixed bugs with a few of the objects that annoy me. I've been meaning to post about them but I keep forgetting. It's definitely one of my favorites.
Holiday: I think the stuff in this pack is nice though you don't ever use it except around the holiday times. They did pretty good with it though.
Celebration: I installed this around the time it came out and to this day have used zero objects from it. Does that tell you how needed it was?
H&M: This pack is great if you want some fashionable clothes. I use them all the time.
TSS: I love the stuff in this pack and use it all the time. It's about time teens got some new crap.
K&B: I'm still pissed that shower only came in light black, black, and darker black. Other than that, it was alright. I use the kitchen stuff a lot.
Ikea: Great pack, I love the modern stuff. I use it all the time.
M&G: Glamour was my favorite till this one came along. I love the extra interactions they added and just general details except it's annoying they broke the stairs and when sims put trash in their face. I think the objects that came with it are worth the annoyances though.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
Uni: College is really redundant and boring IMO.
It is, but alas, the 6-want-slot 2-lock thing is pretty much necessary if you want any chance of combating the want spam that clogs up your puny 4 slots without it. It also tends to build better off of other packs: When you've ONLY got Uni, you're stuck in a boring, repetitive jail with nothing to do. The addition of other packs lets you leave the lot. As always, Awesomeware makes the interminably lengthy and repetitive Uni experience more bearable, with College Rampage until you finish, then the college clock to start the finals when you get tired of it.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
Vampires are alright but it's annoying that they won't stay in their damn coffin in the day.
Sounds like insufficient Awesomeware. With the Sleep Clock installed, this is a nonissue.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
OFB: This is definitely one of my favorite packs. I love selling pointless crap to townies. The gameplay doesn't bore me because you can sell different crap, not the same old stuff. I also love the crafting items. I think this pack really comes alive when you add other packs to it for more crap to sell. I was surprised that Eaxis actually let us have home businesses... it seems like something they'd just over look. I make a majority of my businesses at home because I hate loading screens but it is annoying when they stop and go all the way up stairs to play with something in their house and it takes ages for them to get back down the stairs to help that customer. This is fixed with BRY as it teaches them how to satisfy motives then get back to work on their own which I couldn't live without. I also love the stages.
OFB basically NEEDS BRY to run. Otherwise the entire business thing is pointless drudge work with worthless employees that won't work. The presence of Awesomeware lets you really make your own bizarre and fascinating businesses with varied clientele. Otherwise it's always the same random idiots every time.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
Pets: I was really excited for this one. I love animals and wanted my sims to have some too. I was, as with loads of other people, disappointed in it. I can tell they put a lot of work into the pets, they are nearly flawless in terms of AI and the animations are so real it's amazing... but I think they spent so much time getting that right and forgot to add more.
Yeah, that's pretty much it. Outside of the cute factor, there's not much. But they threw in werewolves as kind of an afterthought, and Pets is the expansion that provides the most in MOAR PEE, making it the most quintessentially simmy.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
Seasons: My favorite EP of them all. I'm a big weather guy and this was the icing on my cake. I think they did the weather effects very very well. The thunder scares the hell out of me everytime! I love the gardening system and the special boosts you get during the different seasons.
The boosts are mostly negligible, except for the skilling one.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
Bon Voyage: Out of them all, I could definitely live without this one the most.
Yeah, BV doesn't tangibly introduce anything new to the gameplay outside of vacations. Without the vacations, you're left with no real change in gameplay.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
FT: This one adds something to the sims that make them unique which I like. Hobbies are something unique to each sim which doesn't quite make them so redundant but the obsessive calling is. I like all the added benefits it adds. It seems like the most pointless pack ever and they really sucked at advertising it but it's pretty good. I don't think it had quite enough features to be an expansion pack which makes it lack but the stuff it did add was needed. I like the sports objects but it sucks more than one sim can't play basketball together. I think if they had focused a bit more on detail like they did with seasons, this one would be perfect.
The individual sim-perks were a nice touch to let you customize a sim further, but the entire concept needed a bit more work, really.
Quote from: Chain_Reaction on 2009 April 15, 04:18:29
AL: I haven't touched this one much yet to be honest. The apartments are nice and I like the idea of living with other sims. What I don't like is the neighbors never change so you live with the same people forever. I don't think it would have been hard to make them age and die off but then that would spawn more and more townies and send your game to hell. It would have been nice if they had made the townies already in the hood be the social groups. This pack seemed to do a good job in wrapping up what everyone wanted and they seemed to pay more attention to detail. The magic is like a mini game which is nice but the evil witch spawning a storm and roaches on my business lots all the time is beyond annoying.
The witch annoyances are all fixed in Awesomeware. ACCEPT NO KEWIAN-BASED SUBSTITUTES!
Cyberdodo:
Quote from: Kyna on 2009 April 13, 23:25:35
Apparently the concept of evolution passed Dodo by.
Ignoring evolution is all part of being an extinct bird :D
cwykes:
I'd like to know what is a good recommendation for someone with a low end PC. I sometimes answer questions from new Simmers wanting to know which EPs they can add without having to upgrade their old PC. I can say from experience that BV and Seasons increased the lagginess of my game at the time, but it doesn't seem as bad now as it did when I first got them. Maybe I culled enough downloads to counteract some of the lag, or maybe a newer EP improved the code. As this is a stickied thread, maybe someone techie could offer a recommendation for a low end PC.
Grugly:
Something seems to have been improved marginally around the AL/M&G mark as far as performance and loading goes, if that helps.
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