Is OfB worth it?
Sagana:
OFB is more work than any of the other EPs. I love it, but it seems to depend a lot on your playing style. I enjoy running around and finding things to make some weird business that I've thought up and love that OFB lets me do so much more. I don't care if I lose money, don't get all the perks or whatever like that. It seems like people like it better since Seasons as running a farmer's market type thing is a lot of fun. Those two work well together.
I'd think if you tend to get frustrated with stupid sims actions and non-sensible code and really don't like the micro-managing parts, enjoy the game-aspects more than the story aspects and like it best when sims behave something close to intelligent (oxymoron) or do more on their own, it probably isn't the EP for you. If you like taking it slow and figuring out how to make something work, telling stories, don't care if your sims max things out or how quickly, download a lot of hacks to make some different-type thing work in your game and tend to direct your sims most of the time anyway, you'll probably like it.
Insanity Prelude:
Like the above poster said, it depends on your playstyle. I personally like the business angle (and even better, the business rewards!), the furniture looks good, and some of the craftable items are pretty nifty. Servos, on the other hand, are More Ugly Than You. But hey, they free up your normal Sims' time for non-cleaning-related activities.
As for the game engine, I'll take katenigma's word for it. *shrug* I have the holes fixed with MATY hacks anyway.
cenoura:
Thanks for the input guys. I've also found a couple of useful threads about OFB here, but most of them are of the "Does this hack work with OFB?" kind - not really useful one year later.
Quinctia:
I know OfB came with new build mode options. Now, is that the sort of thing that's grandfathered in, so to speak, in newer EPs? The building stuff and the crafting benches are the only things that interest me, and if I can get the build mode stuff by jumping straight to Seasons, then I probably won't bother with OfB.
Lorelei:
Quote from: Quinctia on 2007 June 25, 07:42:14
I know OfB came with new build mode options. Now, is that the sort of thing that's grandfathered in, so to speak, in newer EPs? The building stuff and the crafting benches are the only things that interest me, and if I can get the build mode stuff by jumping straight to Seasons, then I probably won't bother with OfB.
The crafting benches wouldn't be, as they are intended to create items to sell.
Building items? Not sure. I got all but seasons in one jump.
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