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growing together is just a worst version of generations it adds infants (which imo are even more of a nuisance then toddlers) and it slightly improves each lifestage a tiny bit and adds various things to try and make the sims feel like a family but in the sims 4 tradition it fall short
it does give elder sims a bit more to do other then being a regular sim with wrinkly skin so thats nice if you play elders
but dont take my word for it iam terrible at explaining things so let LGR help you decide if the pack is worth it to you or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ozCul3Qfc
You should watch LGR review as Niki recommend. LGR is rather critical to all EP, so you get a good summary from it.
There's plenty of other packs that are better though, IMO.
I'm assuming you like occults based on the list, so you might want to consider vampires. They're not as good as werewolves as far as how much work was put into the pack, but they were also the first proper occult pack we got. I do think they're interesting to play though. They have a full skill tree, unlike our poor aliens and mermaids (and let's not talk about plantsims...).
If you like farming sims, then Cottage Living and Horse Ranch would be good picks.
Personally, Eco would be a pack I'd rec because it gives solar panels and water collectors, and you can live totally off the grid or get discounts on bills. Also, if you enjoy doing any sort of rags to riches play, the dumpster is the single best thing ever lol
I personally don't base the order I buy things on new gameplay mechanics though, since... there's probably going to be bugs.
I would check out what traits and aspirations a pack gives, maybe you like CAS items. I personally look at buy mode items along with traits and aspirations to help decide things. Looking to see what gives new skills is another thing. Or new death types.
And GT made autonomy even worse than it already was.
Ani is basically telling you things that are not real. This is what the community has become. Don't ask questions here. Don't ask for advice. Do what Niki said - Watch Clint (aka LGR) and others on Youtube.
Be careful of For Rent and Horse Ranch. Those are $20 game packs being sold as $60 expansion packs. Eco Lifestyle - while I do love the build mode items - also destroys this game's tenuous hold on autonomy.
My recommendation? Do your research. I started by buying the base game (which is now free). Then...
Get To To Work
Seasons
Get Together
BTW, Niki. My band opened the premiere for Ron Howard's movie about you. Then we went to the afterparty at TIFF. Mr. Howard is a good man. This was pointless just like everything else on the internet.
I will eventually end up with all the packs. How do you play? How do you want to play? Do you want to raise families? Do you want to have parties? Maybe you just want to go fishing or grow a garden. After ten years this game is overwhelming and the sales page is a clusterf*ck of confusion.
Do your research. Don't listen to me.
I imagine they're pretty boring without the milestones... or maybe people find the milestones tedious. I quite like seeing all their quirks and such, and wondering what foods they're going to like or hate.
No reason to have New Born then Infants then Toddlers then Children. Four life stages. I am 61 years old. The only thing EA thinks I should do is bleeping KNIT. I'm a bloody ROCKSTAR! Let me make a band and put me on a stage.
I was a bit harsh with you. I do ask the OP to NOT fall prey to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). We all play this horribly broken jank of a broken game in our own ways.
I have been playing EA games since the early 1980s. The Sims 4 is a broken pile of garbage. But there is actual love here. I used to shoot demons in the face but now I try to pick out the correct blouse for an outfit.
They could have technically combined infant with toddler, just make you unlock those milestones in order to access the toddler functions (which they do for infant, gotta learn to sit before you can crawl or stand and such).
I think the only time I actually keep a newborn on lot is when I want my sim to level up parenting really fast, so generally their first child. As of the next kid they immediately get aged up to infant so I can start working on those milestones.
I don't know what TS3 had, I kinda skipped that one, but coming from TS2 I do like that there is much more to do for little ones, because I was always very bored. All my kids did was skill so that come Uni time they got all the scholarships.
Toddlers and kids having their own skills is something fantastic IMO. On top of there being a million skills to learn in general. And not just creativity that covered every instrument and painting, etc lol
And I want to say growing together actually gave four new aspirations for children? Which are adorable and I love having sleep overs. When the events work at least.
There does not seem to be very many bugs either from Growing Together besides the baby carrier probably still being bugged. Also, Growing Together adds more gameplay for all lifestages (especially for infant, toddler, child, and adult lifestages), but it does seem more limited when it comes to teens in comparison to other lifestages besides it lacking burnout contrary to young adult and older. If you do decide to get Growing Together I would recommend you eventually get Parenthood as well at some point since Growing Together seems like Parenthood 2.0, but adds a lot more gameplay than Parenthood overall. I personally enjoy both packs, but Parenthood came out long before Growing Together. High School Years however you do not necessarily need (although I do like this expansion pack to some extent especially with social bunny for making friends easily despite its mixed reviews on Steam) contrary to Parenthood if owning Growing Together.
But the new aspirations are great, the new death is interesting, their after school activities and part time jobs are good. I wasn't actually expecting to like it as much as I do.
my number one pet peeve of them all:
your sim wants to put the infant down right there on the floor with another order queued but their playmat is two floors down on the opposite side of the house in the living room, so the sim and their infant travel all that distance to put the infant down when that is not what you wanted. so you have your sim you pick the infant up, go back where they were and you try again with another order queued. then it happens again.
I think growing together also adds the personalities(puzzle thing ;p) that matches them with other sims and stuff so its kinda cool.(not sure if thats all it does, its all I can think of ;p)
Most of them is fun if they interest you, just keep in mind if you buy too many the game will get glitchy also some of them are a big no no ;p
For Rent and Weddings are bugged, and say starwars is very underwhelming.
I think it would be a lot better if your Sims didn't die so soon after becoming elderly. I have one family there was six kids one was set of twins and two were teens and one became grade school right before the mother died. the father died first. So the youngest boy took his HS testing online to get his diploma and graduate HS so he could go to work and take care of hit little brother. His little brother just became a teen yesterday and the one raising him became a young adult not long before. The others had left home to either go to college or work. He sold the home in Windenburg (Also horrible with seasons) and moved to Bridleton Bay to be closer to the family owned vet clinic that at (13 or 14} after his dad died. He took to working and became a level 5 vet at 16 while going to HS(just before the mother died) . Genius kid so is the youngest but still no way to the grandparents ETC when they die before grand-kids can even be thought of. Really is sad I was looking forward to that aspect as I did not grow up with siblings at home or grandparents. I know there is a way to keep them alive longer but that takes a way from the whole theme to me.
Parenthood definitely has better reviews on Steam than High School Years and it is cheaper. While I do not know what it is like to own Growing Together without Parenthood I still think it would seem less complete owning Growing Together and not Parenthood since Growing Together seems like Parenthood 2.0 but adds a lot more gameplay than Parenthood overall. Also, I do not have any issues with getting gold during the High School prom and I think that most of the negative reviews for High School Years are old and from 2022 (July to December) despite its rating not improving that much over the past few years, but while High School Years seems to noticeably have less bugs than when it first came out its gameplay is also more limited than Growing Together and Parenthood overall besides the ability to grow hair and shave, social bunny, a new world, a few new traits, a few new careers that are only part time, and gameplay that is mainly focused on teens (including teen aspirations). I would recommend reende gets Growing Together/Parenthood before High School Years or at the very least get them all at the same time especially if a discount sale is taking place. I overall like High School Years, but I do not think it is as good as Growing Together and Parenthood even with it seeming to have less bugs than when it first came out; although, I am willing to admit that I never seen teen sims t-posing at Copperdale High School meaning that I always have to cheat for completing that part of aspiration unfortunately.
I don't actually know what exactly Parenthood came with, since I got it at the same time as Growing Together. So for me they go hand in hand.