Which expansion pack is the best of these options?

[Darling_Dahlia]

Get Famous, Discover University, Snowy Escape, or Eco Lifestyle?

[Darling_Dahlia]

Początkowo opublikowane przez James3157:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Trailer Bobby:

If you like to build, eco has some uniqueness that other world don't have, you can build container style house

I think that Discover University has the best CaS from this list and I also like build mode from Eco Lifestyle slightly more than CaS from Eco Lifestyle, but I overall spend more time playing with Get Famous than any of these other expansion packs besides Eco Lifestyle. It is however worth mentioning that being forced to make decisions about neighborhood action plans from Eco Lifestyle can be annoying sometimes where I might sometimes forget to vote or I have to remove a neighborhood action plan by using a cheat/MCCC mod because I do not like it. The most annoying neighborhood action plan that I hate the most is the one for neighbor sims wearing bags on their heads.

Thanks for this heads up. That does sound annoying!

[Darling_Dahlia]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Niki Lauda:

it all comes down to the type of simmer you are, for me i would choose snowy escape but thats me it might not be the right pack for you

I am definitely a game play simmer. I don't enjoy building. So I like packs with lots of actual gameplay/living options. I also like beautiful worlds. So it seems like maybe Snowy Escape could be best of these packs. (it's down to these packs due to what packs I already have and what is on sale..lol).

[Jehane]

Snowy Escape is beautiful. However, if you're more into gameplay, I'd rather recommend Get Famous. That one also works well with City Living.

[Coffee Addict]

discover university mainly adds college you can get a degree or you can goof off between classes, i've never really cared for these packs in the sims

get famous just adds the celebrity lifestyle and the actor career its good if you enjoy other sims hound dogging you for your autograph and standing infront of your house

eco is mainly build stuff, use items to make your neighbourhood clean or filthy use the voting system to force people to wear bags on their head stuff like that

snowy escape adds the japanese town which i enjoy the most, it also adds snowboarding, skiing, rock climbing onsens and other stuff

gameplay wise i'd say snowy escape probably adds the most

if you are still undecided then you can always watch LGR if you havent already to see which pack is right for you (there are plenty of other sim reviewers you can watch too but LGR is the only one i trust to give an honest opinion)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0OdEFTe_i4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AIdx4I5-lo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oJKIGx-Sk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyvlM50Q9WE

[Ani Blade]

Oh geeze, those are so different.

Get Famous does have the fame system, and the perks are interesting. I would look up the perk and quirk system and see if those sound interesting to you in gameplay (acting is also an active career. It also comes with two different stations for remixing music and creating your own videos to upload. So if those sorts of side jobs interest you, it might be worth getting).

Snowy Escape introduces the single most annoying mechanic, in my opinion, to the game. Lifestyles. I hate them. I would look them up to see if you'd want to get into all that (it is a lot of info, much like the fame system, so posting it all here is kinda silly).

Discover University is.... fine. I honestly don't really use the whole university function as far as on campus stuff. It does add one of the cutest sims Maxis has made though...
The big thing here, for me, is the degrees themselves, since you end up earning a crap ton more in the careers associated with the degree you get (well, if you get honours... I'm incapable of letting my sims get normal degrees. OCD says no, so I'm not sure what the boost is for a standard degree, but it's still going to be a nice increase in pay).

Eco Lifestyle I do really enjoy, but I also like doing off the grid challenges and this pack introduced solar panels, wind turbines, and water collectors. Vertical planters are cool, we are not going to talk about the meat wall, fabrication is... fine, but dumpster diving can be amazing.
I thiiiink Eco introduces NAP's (Neighbourhood Action Plans), which you can just turn off if they're annoying. Honestly not really sure what the point of them are besides I guess encouraging certain kinds of gameplay for your townies. The only NAP's that matter are the unique ones in the new world that dictate how the neighbourhood looks and how the dump lot gets changed and fixed up.

So overall, Get Famous probably has the most new gameplay for general simming, followed by Eco (if you're into that).

[Garce]

If you want to buy expansion packs - just start at the beginning.