okay this is probably literally so random and something probably nobody has spoken about - there is something i recognized about the expansion pack others may have missed; so lets start
lets start with the question; WHY is get famous an expansion pack?
this pack adds gameplay to celebrities and adds a whole new active career which is the acting career - the expansion pack comes with a new world named Del Sol Valley so this is an expansion pack? right...
this pack adds gameplay to celebrities and adds a whole new active career which is the acting career - the expansion pack comes with a new world named Del Sol Valley so this is an expansion pack? right...
but the nasty truth is when you actually play the pack and compare it with vampires you will see that theres a lot of things copied from the pack; lets start with the most important future: the points system
as you may have noticed this is literally the EXACT same ui that was build earlier in 2016 when developing the vampires game pack - for this expansion pack they used the whole ui and re-designed it to give you a feeling like the most important thing in this pack is totally new
so you are paying $40 for the most important future in this pack when the same ui has been sold for $20 in a gamepack... why make it an expansion pack? because the world is LACKING. lets move to Del Sol Valley
DEL SOL VALLEY. The world that we have gotten is such a big downhill compared to other worlds like windenburg and san myshuno, this world has been released as an expansion pack world but WHY is there a whole huge ass map when literally half of the world is not playable?
so you are paying for a $40 pack with a re-used UI but programmed with different animations and texts - with a world thats 40% liveable - but what else does this pack offer you? THE ACTING CAREER.
GOD HELP ME PLEASE and explain to me why this career has been made in so much detail when the pack is called GET FAMOUS not BECOME AN ACTOR/ACTRESS. it’s like you make an expansion pack about generations but the whole gameplay is about an active teacher career for your adult sims
that being said - you see something familiar? yep, like the vampires pack everything is re-used, changed by text and animations and sold as a whole new expansion pack, but why is this a problem you ask? like they re-use everything for active careers? let me tell you this:
you wanted careers? the sims 3 showtime would literally let you CLAW your sims way to the top by starting on the streets and making their way slowly to their own podium and give the whole world the best they can do! in get famous when its all about getting famous -
you literally have to complete tasks... theres nothing that changes in gameplay wise when you get higher and higher... so my guess? EA knew that they couldn’t sell this expansion pack without something to spice get famous up a little bit so they re-used the base of the -
get to work active careers and sold kt for a whole $40 expansion pack.. get to work had 3 ACTIVE careers and get famous gets 1...????? i mean... laziness to make an active singer career or making your own band wouldn’t let EA to re-use the base active careers from get to work
since they wouldn’t work as tasks - so we got acting... the celebrities are great and everything but they can’t get scandals??? nothing!!! its like they get only shot by the paparazzi and thats it.. remember these sims 3 times? your celebrity life had a MEANING
but in the sims 4? you get just taken photos of and unrealistic events happening when you earn points with the celebrity system - so if you ask me, the world is a no, the gameplay is a no, the career is a no, the way to become famous is a NO.
if this would be a gamepack it would be fantastic and i would not mind sacrificing the acting career for it and getting an expansion pack like showtime where your sims have to climb their way to the top!!! no more recycled content but actual gameplay. end of the thread bye
btw new sims players this is the late night expansion pack trailer which included celebrities and a huge ass world and a new occult - underneath this tweet i linked down showtime which includes a whole new LA inspired world with active careers and more
showtime: