First of all, this review and all this gameplay story/legacy thing wouldn’t have been possible without @greenfooddog ‘s awesome gift :) Again, thanks a lot for this!
I’m not used to write sims reviews so I’ll try to give the up and down for every category. Feel free to contact me if you want to know something specific I don’t mention.
CAS : To be honest, I don’t expect anything from the CAS team anymore especially when I see how they look like irl. Not to be mean but once again, the CAS is mostly WTF outfits you would never probably see or wear irl ... This time I was surprised to find some cute items though especially the transparent top, the black hair we see on the cover (the one Samyah had when the story started). The men and child clothes are empty as usual but I guess it’s the way things are now ...
Buy/Build : This is the main quality of this pack for me ^^ I really love a lot of things that come from this pack and I will use these items in the future for sure! The colours are nice even though they should add more slots to the shelves >< The only thing I didn’t like was the things our sims can create ... Most of them aren’t that great and I would have loved to have more swatches available ! Again, thank god there’s talented cc creator to change that :)
Gameplay : What I like : The new traits (always nice to have some more), the kind of realistic side about being a creator : the 3D print, the candle making, recycling making, giving presents we made, I also was suprised to enjoy making Fuzzy Juices. I kind of liked the neighbour plan and the fact that we can actually see the city changing every week. I wonder i this also works on another world and I will surely try one day to see if we can modernise Forgotten Hollow or Sulani, that would be a huge add to the game but I guess I’m actually dreaming ... Other thing I like is to compare the game with real life, I realised I’m living an ecofirendly life for most part XD The off the grid part is very functionnal now! You can basically create your own energy now! Oh and Evergreen Harbor is just beautifull ! I didn’t think I would love this world so much ^^
What I dislike about the gameplay : The carreers are very disapointing (always the same missions during all the career), most of the non eco friendly neighboor behaviour who keeps coming back over and over (loving is sharing huh?), I was also so disapointed to see that you basically have to have an active lot in each neighbour in order to keep it clean and green. And this is just to make it a little green, not fully >< I guess this is the most difficult challenge of the game now, especially when you only play with one family ! I also dislike th fact that in order to succeed at being eco friendly, your sims can’t rest ! Seriously, I rarely let he girls ate or slept during this legacy, I had to cheat everytime so the girl could do everything properly. It basically takes hours to make a candle or something with the 3D print, adding the fact that you have to go to work, to convince the neighbour to change and also to adapt your house to the new convention of the city! It’s a looot to deal with especially if you have bugs and if you want to live off the grid! Some unrealistic ideas are just hypocritical to me : the smoking vacuum, the fake meat .... Do you really imagine that in real life ?! WTF ?! The meat is really a ridiculous point but the vaccum smash it all ! When I first saw the trailer I was like : As if ? In game, it’s way worst because all the polution your vacuum gets, you have to put it in the trash later .... See the never ending circle? Ridiculous ... Also, does anyone of you have sold something? Jade and Samyiah created more than 50 things and it’s always a nightmare to sell these ....
At the end, I can say that I’m disapointed again with this pack :( It didn’t look like a good idea and apparently it wasn’t after all ! I’m so happy I won it otherwise I would have never bought it. Some things are nice but again, incomplete, especially when you think about kniffty knitting and laundry day that should have come with this pack (that is totally relevant now). The main idea would have been nice if it wasn’t that superficial as usual with this gen. I will probably try to change another world in order to try if we can but I’m really not sure about that and that would reall annoy me if I try hard for nothing ^^ If you consider buying this pack, please, really look for gameplay video or reviews before you do otherwise expect to be disapointed. Also, remember that this is just my personnal review of this pack and that I totally understand and not blame anyone who enjoy it. We all have different taste after all and it’s important to remember that. But it’s also important to remember that EA did better before ;)
BIG news everyone !!! I actually have some luck for the first time !!
Thanks a lot to @greenfooddog for the contest and prices *0* This was totally unexpected and it brings so much light to my previous days ! So because this is totally surprising, I thought I should share this Ecolifestyle experience with you all :)
This is so first time I’m going to create a small story about discovering a pack so I decided to use Samyah and Jade (and Kat the Cat) for this ^^ After all, they’re not going to be in Destiny Harbour (at least not as regular) and I love them so much so this is the best excuse I’ve found to share some screens about them ! (I’m not going to add subtitles every time though, I guess I will mainly share screenshots with reshade on it)
I’ll try to post as many new things I can and I hope you’re all going to enjoy it as much as I will :) In order to show you what this pack brings, I’ll try to use as many things as I can coming from this pack so you could all see parts of the new Cas/buy/builds items as well as the gameplay.
Feel free to contact me whenever you want if you want to know or see something specific from the pack, also feel free to block #EcoDiscovery if you don’t want to see it ^^
Again, a HUUUUUUUGE thanks to you @greenfooddog for this amazing gift ! It really means a lot to me and I will always be grateful to you for that <3
