Which EP next?
Paperbladder:
University is probably the most boring expansion, but it does add those want slots for the "Upgrade Pre-Uni Sim" options. Unless you're sending a CAS retard there, there's not really that much to do. It also seems like a cheat since an unpatched game gets you to L9 of a standard career track.
Nightlife added Cars, and this gives your sims a level of "freedom" that they didn't have before. Instead of waiting an hour for the Taxi, your sim could just jump into the car and drive anywhere they wanted. I scoffed at the feature at first but EA actually implemented it well. Oh, and Vampires.
I actually liked OFB more than other people did. It allowed you to make a scenario where a slacker could quit his job, whore out his house, and still make some money. That, and you could hire personal servants. As for the actual "Sell stuff" part, I found it too be too easy much like the following expansions.
I would actually recommend that you just play TS1's Unleashed if you want pets. The pets are much too easy to train compared to the predessor and there are no incentives to do so. A gold ribbon'd pet offspring fetches $3000, I don't know if Pets does that. I pretty much got through 85% of the features in a day, the only things that I didn't do were Werewolves and Breeding. Heck, the dogs in Pets don't even fetch you the paper like in Unleashed.
I didn't try Seasons all that much, but it adds the most to the game engine. To me, it seems like they broke up TS1's Unleashed into two expansions since first we got the mediocre Pets expansion and then Seasons which actually affects standard play. I didn't play through it all that much so I haven't seen a Sim overheat but I wouldn't want to go without it if I decided to play again. Of course, parts of this expansion were supposed to come with the sequel...
Zazazu:
Quote from: Emma on 2007 May 17, 22:59:01
I love (some) of the new build mode features, and I still want my build mode stuffit pack!
Please please please! Curved walls, more versatile roofing, pillars that actually meet up properly with the floor above....a non-cheaty way to make nice modular stairs.
akatonbo:
Which EP to get really depends on what you enjoy most about the game, but I'll second the statement that, unless you REALLY REALLY want your Sims to have Pets, your next EP should be Uni or Seasons. Pets is very focused on Pet things, with little else included; Uni is FULL of goodies, and Seasons comes with even more new jobs than Uni (I love new jobs), although Uni wins bigtime in the career reward department (at least, if you like the idea of the cow plant and the resurrection device).
Tigerlilley:
I like Uni as well :)
But i vote for Seasons
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: akatonbo on 2007 May 18, 02:00:22
Which EP to get really depends on what you enjoy most about the game, but I'll second the statement that, unless you REALLY REALLY want your Sims to have Pets, your next EP should be Uni or Seasons. Pets is very focused on Pet things, with little else included; Uni is FULL of goodies, and Seasons comes with even more new jobs than Uni (I love new jobs), although Uni wins bigtime in the career reward department (at least, if you like the idea of the cow plant and the resurrection device).
Items alone cannot really be a major consideration, since it's trivial to reenable the item in a newer expansion. The real selling point of Uni is how it gives you 6 want slots, which is basically a Must Have with all the want spam plaguing sims with each added expansion. Not sure if Upgrade Pre-Uni works correctly without actual Uni. Otherwise, it's not-so-great, as the Uni experience itself is bland at best and its installation permanently costs teens a want slot. But nothing stops you from acquiring them all...
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