Playing Without DLCs Fun?

[Captain Kirk]

Is the base game fun, or am I going to need DLCs to really enjoy it?

[marstinson]

The base game is quite fun all by itself. The EPs just add extra bells and whistles to it. Some are aguably bells and whistles that should have been included in the base game (I'd put Generations, Ambitions, and Seasons on that list), but most are things that go to different play styles rather than the game itself.

[VoidByte]

First: Noone needs the DLC's but i assume you meant the AddOns.
Its hard to say.. If you play it like a dollhouse with lots of roleplay, you need a few of the AddOns the most important ones are Seasons, Ambitions and Generations in this order.

If you play it like a game, wich means: Doing nothing without sense, you can do it with the base game without problems. In this case, all those AddOn's will just add extra furniture and surrealistic goofy stuff (like Vampires, Fairys and so forth). Ambitions will give you the most benefit for none-roleplay playstyle.

But if you think on buying one of the AddOns, choose Seasons first. Its definitly the most important one (in my opinion).

[cruinne]

The base game is a lot of fun by itself, and I'd recommend playing it - and getting used to it - before adding any EPs (expansion packs).

EPs add to the game play, so when some people buy the whole thing at once, they get really lost because so much as been added, and they didn't know the base game to start with.

Then, if you're playing one day and think to yourself, "I'd be really awesome to have snow in the game..." then boom, you know you want Seasons. Or "I'd really like it if my Sim had a pet cat..." then, you know you want Pets. Or, "It'd be neat to go to Egypt and look for artifacts," then World Adventures. And so on. You can add them as you like, enjoying each as you go.


SPs (Stuff Packs) can be bought any time (though many, many people never get them) as they're just additional stuff - furniture, wallpaper patterns, clothes, and so on - and can be added to the base game without changing anything.

[peep]

The base game is fun but try grab the DLC's when they're on sale (they go for about $4.99 each which is a steal).

DLC's like Seasons, Ambitions and Generations add so much content to the game I couldn't imagine playing without them.

But the base game itself is still fun and there is still alot to do.

[Rydeout]

Great base game!
Add any DLC you want to your wishlist to be notified during a steam sale - grabbed a couple for like $4.99 CAD over winter sale... always a steam sale every quarter.

[The Courier]

you can enjoy it without dlc but if you get bored you can use cheats get dlc but only get dlc you want because i dont think you can get refunds on them

[☀Sunshine☀]

it still fun game and you can enjoy it without any expansion pack.
but some of the big packs add alot of contents to the game that can add hours and hours of gameplay, that is even better for you to add them sepertly over time so you can enjoy each of them.

[AggressiveBunny]

The base game is great, escpecially with mods (they in my opinion are a must and add more to my game than most expanision packs). However, there are a few expanision packs that are great. Generations, Season and Late Night are my personal favorites. But, don't buy any of the packs at full price, generations is the only one that might be worth $20, otherwise wait for steam sales. If you need mod sites: nraas and sims 3 resource are good.

[Dingbat]

I played Sims3 vanilla for several months before getting an ep and I had a blast with it. As mentioned above there are a few that add a lot to the base game (Ambitions, Seasons, etc.) but they are not needed to enjoy the base game!

[KO]

If you ask me I think the game still would be fun without Expansion pack (Dlc) I have season and pets and im getting University but the game still great sometime i get bored and dont even use any of the expansion pack. For expamle i barely adopt/create a pet :)

[sagagt505]

No dlc: fun
Some dlc: really fun
More dlc : very fun
All dlc : forget your day and night.

[sagagt505]

I suggest you to buy it at g...2...a... becuz it's very cheap... But you must play on origin platform.

[Captain Kirk]

Will I have to have Origin if I buy the Steam edition?
I know Sims 3 goes pretty low priced during sale times.

[cruinne]

If you only have Steam base game and EPs/SPs, then no, you do not need Origin.