The Great TS4 most favourite/least favourite EP/GP/SP which one should I buy... thread
 

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Have you got money to spare and decided to spend it on more TS4 content but can't make up your mind on what?
Are you torn between whether you'd rather play with aliens or that fancy bookworm club?
Do you wake up at night and wonder whether it was after all such a good idea to allow that bear costume into your game?
Are the glowing floor tiles truly the bee's knees and is the woohoo bush really the biggest letdown in gaming history?

Well, this thread is from now onwards your go-to place for these questions. Here you'll find the opinions of your fellow members on the value and/or usefulness of all Expansion/Game/Stuff Packs that have been released so far for the fourth iteration of The Sims series. Whether it's really helpful when it comes to making a decision I cannot tell - experience suggests that after a while you will find just as many cons as pros with regard to each pack in threads like these. But at least it is worth a try.


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Now on to the original post by SnowCat2000:
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My birthday is coming up and I want to get an expansion pack off origin. I'm leaning towards getting get to work but I'm still kinda undecided. Any suggestions?

It really depends on which mechanics you want. Get to Work has the framework needed for Zerbu's open career, open school, and politics mods and simmythesim's open college mod. Get Together's barista bar has been modded to serve different foods and even though the club system hasn't had any substantial mods created yet, you can do a lot with it.

Is there a price difference? Or does that matter. I really like them both, but I tend to believe that Get Together affects more overall game play for my everyday Sims and not just the ones I put into one of the three careers that came with Get To Work. I haven't checked out the retail system yet.

this is a tough question. I have everything that EA has put out so far for sims 4, so I know all packs pretty well. I do enjoy what GTW has to offer, but in terms of what I use everytime I play, I'd say GTG.
It might just depend on if you like playing families vs. young adult sims, and having a nightlife/club/party experience. Lately ive been playing less with families and more the single, dating sims, or simply drama sims. GTG has been so much fun for me.

Something to keep in mind,

While BOTH large expansions add something new to the game mechanics, the town that comes with get to work pales in comparison to Windenburg.
Taking all the new mechanics out of the question, the number of venue types and real estate locations alone should lean toward get together.

Magnolia promenade borders on an entirely useless neighborhood IMHO

GTW didn't have that much longevity, in terms of game-play, for me. The careers are kind of cool, in the beginning, but once I get the current Sims to the top of their careers, I'm not sure I'd do it again. The careers are very goal oriented, and there isn't enough depth to make up for checklist type nature of it all. Eventually, I just extracted all the objects I wanted and took them over to TS2. I like more of a sanbox experience, and GTG has been great for that. Groups gave me a new way to further customize each Sim, and I really like all the new venues that came with this pack. Windenburg has to be the prettiest neighborhood in the history of this series. I've had a lot of fun just letting my Sims walk around and paint on the street easels, because the scenery is just so beautiful.

Get Together is more for the adults, but also came with things for kids. I love that you'll see groups of kid adventurers meeting in various venues. Kids can also use the Foosball table.

The Great TS4 most favourite/least favourite EP/GP/SP which one should I buy... thread
 

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I think GTG is a better option. It adds a whole new town with really amazing looking hood, much better then the towns we got from base/patch. It also adds a lot more activities for your sims and expands on the already existing clubs and bars. The dancing is also nice and much better than the "dad" dancing from base. It also has nicer CAS and build options than GTW and they are much more flexible for different types of sims and builds. The club mechanic is also very handy, I myself use it often but not for clubs for specific hobbies or groups but for my sims friends in general. I can control the group as a whole by setting rules and I don't have to constantly manage them. And yes GTG is more adult oriented with some of the bigger focuses being bars and nightclubs but they did make sure that kids can use almost all the new objects like the foosball table, the arcade, don't wake the llama, the dart board, and the closets. They aren't the focus but they definitely aren't forgotten and with how little focus (almost nonexistant) they had in ts3 this make me happy.

Though if socializing isn't what you're looking for and you want more careers options then GTW is probably your best bet. It adds 3 new careers and the adility to run your own store. The 3 careers are fun and really make you feel like your sims are actually working since you get to join them. I will say that the the goal oriented game play does take away from some of the fun since you feel like you have to finish as many goal as possible and don't really get to just explore your job and play around. The retail system can also be fun but also stressful. You can sell pretty much anything and their just something fun about owning your own business and being your own boss. The problem however are in the fact that you need really need to watch your employees and make sure they are actually working and actually want to work though having them level up in their skills will make thing easier and if you keep them satisfied they'll be hard workers (kinda). I will also add that even though you can have a store of any type of service it really doesn't do that well for food service which it was advertised for and even had a new skill meant for it. GTW does have something on GTG though and that the inclusion of a returning life state Aliens. I have never been much of an alien user so I can't say much on whether they are better, just as good, or worse then past aliens but if aliens are a must have for you then GTW is your best and only option.

Hope this helps you decide.

If they wanted to make more money, then they can come up with more jobs. Like the SIMS 2, with OUT FOR BUSINESS. THEY CAN TAKE THE TATOO TABLE AND SEAT TO USE OT FOR HAIR STYLIST AND FACIAL DESIGNER.

THE FOOT MASSAGING CHAIR CAN GENERATE BUSINESS AS A MASSUSE AND A MANACURIST AND A PEDICURIST.

CLINICS AND CHYROPRACTORS CAN USE THE BACK MASSAGING TABLES TO GENERATE BUSINESS FOR CHYROPRACTIONERS AND ORTHOPEDICS.

THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENHANCING THE GTW EP OF THE SIMS 4.

Hey, Im wondering, which SP you value most? Were any of them good? I don't have any, and most of the time I saw them in reviews or discussions, it appeared like they were a chaotic mess of themes.

In my opinion, Windenburg in GTG is well worth the investment. Also, I am having more fun with the clubs than the careers in GTW. I did enjoy playing the new careers, but once I reached level 10, it became too much of a grind.
Thanks

Luxury Party Stuff or Romantic Garden Stuff?
 

So I'm planning on getting The Sims 4 Get Together especially since it's $29.99 on amazon, instead of $39.99. Last year, I was planning on getting Get To Work when it was reduced however the price went back up before I had a chance. I'm also planning on getting a stuff pack though. I know that there are two that I want to choose from. Should I go with Luxury Party Stuff? Or Romantic Garden Stuff?

Luxury Party.

Romantic Gardens is probably the smallest stuff pack they've released. It has so little content.

I honestly really like Romantic Garden Stuff. I don't have Luxury Party Stuff however, so I couldn't make a comparison.

The wishing well and fountain are pretty cool and really add to the landscaping of my legacy mansion. I also like how colorful all of the flowers are. The female hair is really nice as well.

I do find the male clothing to be well...eclectic...

Glitter or Paper Flowers.

Merging with existing thread.

I think I'll go with Romantic Garden Stuff. It has more build/buy new stuff, and it seems to have better rating than Luxury Party Stuff.

So, when it comes to every sims game since the first, I've been a buy-everything type of person. But when TS4 came out, I stopped playing after a few days and decided to wait for more content to come out. So I'm posting here to see if anyone can tell me how the game has changed. For reference, I stopped playing before there were polls or anything like that. Here are the things I didn't really like about TS4. Could anyone tell me how they have changed and if they had gotten better, and if the new content to the game makes up for it?

* Limited neighborhoods, not being in control of all sims. I hated sending sims out in public while not being in control of the sims at home. I know with GTW you can follow your sims to work, but is that at the expense of the control of all other sims? How do you manage more than one sim in these careers?

* No building space/not a lot of lots to place buildings/inability to place your own lot/ small lots. How has this improved since release?

* Absolutely no storymode, other sims in the neighborhood are stagnant when you are not playing them. I detest this. Have they fixed it or is there a mod that will do this now? I've been checking periodically but found nothing.

Those are the big three for me. The things I loved about TS3 but aren't in TS4. If those can be fixed, I will buy every damn expension pack and stuff pack and overpriced junk they shove onto origin.

I have no idea what I should buy. I'm torn between everything! Any advice to give?

I try to make my lots as extension-free as possible, but I always find I can't do without Get Together and Romantic Garden Stuff. These two packs have so many fun and atmosphere inducing items.

The three different vague garden backyard stuff packs are all amazing great. Just the tops. Really taking the series to new heights we had once thought were impossible. Everything else in this bullshit reality we endure is trash compared to those. I rate them three Gwyneth-Paltrow-from-Carpenter's-The-Thing-Where-She-Played-The-Thing out of 10.

Like @Velouriah said Romantic Garden Stuff Pack and Get Together are hard to build without once installed. The clubs from Get Together have also become a big feature since it enables a kind of clique(if not class) system. I've found I enjoy playing artistic hippies who just chill out most of the time, so I waited for Origin's -50% promo and got the patio sp (hot tubs) and day spa gp (yoga and overall chill).

My favorite EP is Get To Work at the moment, but City Living may pass it! I think my favorite GP is Spa day, but Dine Out is a very close second. Kids room SP is hands down my favorite SP. As for worth buying, I'd say both EPs are worth it, and I'll be getting City Living. GPs, Spa day and Dine out are worth it, and Outdoor retreat is worth it if you want to do a challenge where you start with nothing,or want to go camping. Most stuff packs aren't worth the 9.99 in my opinion. I feel like you're spending 10 dollars to have an ice cream machine and a new counter. I just seems like some SP could be accomplished by downloading some CC for free instead of paying 10 dollars for a stuff pack.

I participated in a prize draw on gamesdeal and got free new EP The Sims 4))i'm very happy) it's good prize on Christmas for me)))

I've really gotten into TS4 after the new toddler update, and I'm ready to start buying add-ons. I figured the best way to start would be to buy one of the "Bundles" which is $49.99 and comes with 1 EP, 1 GP, and 1 SP. So basically, I would be spending the money on getting 1 EP, then paying half-price for a GP and getting a free SP thrown in.

There's only 2 bundles available right now.

One includes: Get To Work, Outdoor Retreat and Luxury Party Stuff.
The second one includes: Get Together, Spa Day, and Movie Hangout Stuff.

I was leaning towards the first bundle, mainly because I wanted to start getting the earliest add-ons and work my way up. I've also been interested in getting Outdoor Retreat for a long while simply because I love the camping aspect. However, I wanted others' opinions. Which one should I get first?

Aside from the kind of cool pumpkin carving, is there anything cool in Spooky Stuff? Is the spooky music any good? How does the trick or treat thing work?

Right now, I can't see anything I'd want from it. It's not really spooky stuff; it looks like elementary school haunted fun house stuff. As far as items go, they look only slightly better than TS3 Sweet Treats. But only slightly better.

I may end up getting it some day in the future, but I'd like to know if the added features and objects made up for the hokey clothes and furniture?

It's more like Spooky Party Stuff. I like the haunted paintings though.

So, I'm considering buying the Vampires game pack. I have not yet purchased any other game/expansion/stuff packs for TS4. Would Vampires end up in a bundle soon (or ever), or should I just go ahead and buy it now? I was thinking they might make a bundle with that and City Living and a stuff pack, but idk the bundle trends.

I got City Living the other day, so for your convenience I've posted a heartfelt review on my Tumblr.
https://thepisstuff.tumblr.com/post...-of-city-living

Yeah, I can't believe I spent €3 on that. Never mind the poor sods who got scammed out of €40.

Overall, Get Together seems like it has really neat things in it. Worth buying? I really like the club thing going on, especially for stuff like homework for kids and such.

Best EP so far, if you ask me. Nice theme, new crap to do, don't recall there being a whole lot of bugs or anything. Definitely a good change of pace if you're tired of generic American-esque suburbia.

All EPs have been incredibly lacking so far, but GT impacts more the way you play. I would go for that one. Not to mention the world that's included is great and nightclud stuff adds a bunch into the basegame ones.

Shoot. Really wish I had picked Get Together when that half-price sale was going on and not Get to Work (for aliens). Oh, well. I'll definitely get that EP next, whether on sale or regular price.

Aww (Get To Work is not all bad, at least the active carrers function properly. Retail, however...

So with the black friday sale I was thinking to get City Living. It's the only one I don't have (except cats & dogs but it's not in the sale). Is it worth the 60% off?

So is Get to Work still bugged when it comes to retail? I might buy it on the Black Friday Sale, but if retail still doesn't work/if there aren't any mods to make it better, I'll just go back to my Sims 3 bubble.

My favourites - in no particular order are Parenthood, Vampires and City Living. I don't think I'd even be playing TS4 at all if it wasn't for toddlers being added around the same time as those three packs.

Get to work and Get together are okay, but I'm honestly not enamored of really any of them the way I love those three. I suppose cats and dogs is okay, but honestly, I find it odd that pets show up at night clubs. It's weird. Like, the human sim brought her cat with her... to a European themed discotheque... ummmm

Get to work's careers are fun, but there are times when I just want the sim to go to work so I can do something else. It can be legitimately as boring as when <I> go to work to hang around with them trying to get them to 'socialize with colleagues' or 'collect samples' of whatever. That said, I know I don't play TS4 right at all. I mostly have my sims *cough* procreate at will, move house constantly, and engage in drama. I don't build anything, I hate decorating (I don't like the way the catalogue is organized) and I don't even try to bother with creating the complex cities that I built in TS2. Nah. TS4 is all about procreation, fights in nightclubs, and interacting with pre-fabricated lots. Apparently, I'm supposed to be 'engaging with their emotions' or something?

I'm new to sims 4, I only have the Get To Work EP and I've never played much before now. Is the parenthood expansion any good? What about the vampires or the Get Together? I've really only ever played sims 2, and I usually play large families with lots of drama.

I generally think Cats & Dogs is so awesome. I'm always finding myself creating cute cats or dogs. It's definitely my favorite pack thus far, but I still dare to dream of a pack with pet llamas...

I liked GTW and vampires, but I am now considering city living or maybe cats n dogs

My favorite EP has to be Get to Work, but City Living is a close second. My favorite GP is probably Parenthood, with Vampires coming in second. Although I only have a few stuff packs, Toddler Stuff and Kids Room Stuff are really fantastic, as there is not much content for younger sims. All of the EPs are worth buying, although I was a bit disappointed with Cats and Dogs. If you only want one, I recommend buying City Living or Get to Work, as both are absolutely amazing. Parenthood is great if you tend to play with families or legacies. Vampires is really fun to mess around with, and Outdoor Retreat is great for challenges. Most of the SPs are not worth the $10, so I recommend getting them on sale.

I have Get Together, Get to Work, Nightlife, Parenthood, Seasons...I think that's it. The only one I question why I even purchased so far is Get Together. This is partially because I bought them mostly at the same time and can't remember what else is attributed to Get Together besides the clubs ('book worm club', 'fishing club', etc). The clubs to me are a complete waste of time. The only benefit to them is that I made my own club and made fixing things and cooking part of the hobbies, and then gather them at my house all the time so they fix my plumbing and cook dinner. As far as Stuff Packs go, I've never trusted them. I don't download CC anymore (in TS4, because I bought a new laptop and am terrified of it becoming like the laptop I used for TS3) so I do miss having new objects, but still not enough to pay EA essentially for recolors of chairs. I was initially tempted by the kids room stuff pack until I realized they created a whole entire pack just for kids bedrooms and still didn't give us bunk beds??? or...literally anything different from what we have??

It's funny, but I hardly use the club feature of Get Together, yet use other aspects of the pack all the time. I couldn't imagine my game without it, but now I don't even remember why. I think it affects gameplay in a way that works for me.

I started using the clubs in get to work a lot more once I stopped thinking about them as clubs in the traditional sense. I just use them as an easy way to get sims to do stuff. I got the idea from LGR review. He made a club of sims to clean his house, cook him food and garden. He called it a cult.

If I move in a sim who came from a family before they moved in, I make a club of their old roomies or family members. I change activities to match whatever I want the “in-laws” to do with my family on any given outing or visit. It makes holidays fun.

I always put all the townie kids and teens in a group. I’d get frustrated trying to make friends with kid sims. Now my kids can go to the park, start a club meeting and all the kids in town show up, staying as long as my kid is there.

This might border on cheating to some, but it mimics RL, so I do it. If my sims have tons of toddlers and babies, I start a club to help out. The clean, cook, and repair stuff while my sims focus on taking care of their kids. I could use a butler, I guess, but I like the friends helping friends aspect. These sims also become family friends.

How good a gameplay experience would I have with just the base game, Get Together, and City Living? I'm thinking of upgrading from TS2 UC when my current computer dies, but don't want to slow down my new computer with a ton of EPs. I tend to play single Sims and couples in apartments (Apartment Life is my can't live without EP), they often have kids so I have a new generation to play, but I'm not massively into the baby-child life stages. I don't really play businesses, other life states, or pets either, so I doubt I'll really miss out by not having the relevant EPs/GPs/SPs. How much is there to do with just those two EPs?

@Enoby Not sure how helpful this is now, but GT is a good EP if you really enjoy the party life and social aspects of the game. The club feature is kinda expansive; you can make a club for almost anything. Even for stuff like just cleaning everything wherever you go or about being mean to each other. Can't say much about City Living because I don't have it, though.

Gotta say that for anyone who enjoys the children aspect of the game, Parenthood is a pretty fun gamepack. Aside from Toddlers themselves being a lot more expanded on than in Sims 2 and 3, to the point that I can almost call it a 'challenge' to get their skills leveled up well, Parenthood added the values part to it. In fact, I would almost say it's 'difficult' to raise a toddler (or even two) with all skills at max level, and doing a good job at the values, too. I barely scratched the surface with children in Parenthood, but I already enjoy them a lot more. Definitely looking forward to what gets added when I get to teens.
And even some of the clothes added from the pack is neat.

With the Infinite Gaming sale right now, EPs are at 50% discount. I'm considering buying one of them before the sale ends. What do you recommend? I only own BG + City Living, if you had to choose one of the others to complement this setup, what would it be?

Get Together might pair nicely with City Living because of the opportunity to do things as groups. It's a tough call.

These are the only ones I've bought: Get to Work, Vampires, Laundry Stuff.

Stuff I will buy on sale: Get Together, Seasons, Realm of Magic (yes), Strangerville, maybe Perfect Patio and Bowling Night

No interest in Sulani or San Myshuno if they destroy all NPC names. Also anything that spawns more useless NPCs. No interest in Get Famous or Eco Living.

Current Packs: Seasons, City Living, Parenthood, Dine Out, Get to Work, Get Together, Backyard Stuff, Glamorous Life, Tiny Living, and Knitting

Hard pass on Magicians and Vampires for me. I have played them maybe twice in TS3 and TS2 and I've come to the conclusion that they're not my thing. No thanks for Laundry. I think the items in this pack are super cute, but the gameplay would endlessly annoy me.

I am waffling hard on University and Cats and Dogs. I've enjoyed university gameplay in the past, but with the reviews so mixed about gameplay I don't know. The attraciton for Cats and Dogs for me is Brindleton Bay. Since we can't make our own worlds in this game, I feel like I need to get the expansions to have new places to play. I'm not the biggest fan of the look of these animals, but I like the fake New England feel to it. Maybe I could even do a Gilmore Girls save in Brindleton Bay.

City Living is completely worth it for me and my gameplay. The careers are really fun and I enjoy the festivals. My favorite neighborhood is the Spice Market because it looks the most like home to me with its lowrises and wharf walk. I also like the Artsy neighborhood because it has this neat modern fountain thing that sims can fish out of and it feels pretty big. I wish that instead of these unchanging kiosks they were bodegas or mom and pop restaurants but it is what it is. The names thing doesn't bug me so much, but because I have Jungle Adventure my main file has a very Asian/Latinx/Filipino feel with names like "Yaretzi Hoang" and "Francisco Nakamura." I can't say how annoyed I would be over having an influx of quasi Hawaiian names but it might be a reasonable trade off for the beach.

So I'm considering putting together another bundle. (I have C&D, GTW, Parenthood and MFP.) I'm waffling between Get Together and Seasons. Jungle Adventure and Outdoor Retreat. And then Moschino or Knitting. Pros? Cons? Pick something entirely different. I'd like to hear opinions.

I no longer have the computer power to play Sims 2 or 3, so I've switched to 4. Basegame is a little boring, and it's a little far over on the cartoony side of the cartoon-realism slider for me (to be clear: I am not demanding realism, I just like a little less cartoony than this esthetic,m and anyway it's not a deal breaker I guess). Anyway. I have money issues, or I'd have a better computer. SO: I'm considering whether dumping money into the game will enhance my pleasure. I've thought that over time I could maybe squeeze out the money for four bundles--are there any other sales that happen? I got most of my expacks used for 2 and 3 but I don't see that that would work for 4--

Obviously I can't just get you to tell me definitely if the game will become a lot more fun for me with packs. Everybody's tastes differ. But your opinions will be something for me to chew on.

I was thinking something like this (not necessarily in this order, and I don't know how long between bundles, depends on $$emergencies):
1. Get to Work: Parenthood: Toddler Stuff/ mostly for aliens and playgrounds in public parks. In Sims 2 I adored the aliens, and in Sims 3 I was building a large family of all Imaginary Friends and Alien Babies when my computer decided it couldn't take any more.

2. Seasons:Outdoor Retreat:Bowling/ for the most fun? I love Seasons in 2 and 3.

3. City Living OR Eco Living :Dine Out: Tiny Living/ I loved Apartment Life in Sims 2, the equivalent in Sims 3 was a little disappointing but I loved Bridgeport. Tiny Living might be redundant but I already try to makje compact spaces?

4. Cats & Dogs: Spa Day(might enhance public spaces? I always place massage tables in gyms in 2 and 3) OR Jungle Adventures (I don't like the colonialism implied in the theme, but it might be nice to have the build items and some of the game play doesn't look so bad)

$200 for enhancements to a game I'm struggling to enjoy seems like a lot, or maybe not a lot, but also it would happen gradually as I felt free to spend.

Can people tell me what they think? Have you gone from meh toi excited with new game material in Sims 4, or does it just reinforce whatever feeling you already had about the game? Does anybody have thoughts about the bundles I'm contemplating? ARE there other occasions to save more money on this stuff?

What I don't need is the answer that takes the form of "Why are you even contemplating this if you're not having loads of fun with Sims 4?" It's because I love the Sims in general & I can't currently play either 2 or 3, so I want to make the most of 4. Also I don't need to spark a "which is better" argument, because that's not what I'm about here. I want to have fun with 4.

EDIT: I went ahead and got Uni... Going to start a new game to try it sometime soon.

So, I have BG only right now, wasn't playing much of the sims anything last few months, and just noticed it's the last couple days of a sale... So, on a budget of definitely just 1 DLC (whatever it is) what should I get?

My shortlist is more or less this:
1) Uni - I always enjoyed sims college, even the original UNI, and I really like sims getting high-level in their careers right away, so I'll probably like it, no downsides I can think of.
2) Realm Of Magic: Pro: Witches are the best, con: there's little else, really.
3) Island Living: Merfolk are the main draw, I like occults, and tropical settings.
4) Parenting: It kinda brings back TS2 personality system on top of traits, which I still think is better than a pure trait-based approach, but I'm not sure how it practically works...
5) Jungle Adventure: I had fun with WA and again, tropical setting, but, again, just a game pack.
6) Eco Lifestyle appeals to me, but I want a better discount, so I'll probably pass this time...

Anyone has any extra insight?

Mu favs:
Vampires: Fleshed out occult gamepack that adds depht into vampires. Allow replayability via skill chain system.
Realm of Magic: Its fun to explore new potions/spells, duelling and stuff.
Get to Work: Active Careers. Should I say more?
Paranormal Stuff: It supposed to be a stuff pack but it comes with an amazing gameplay. Now all my houses are haunted hauses and Im lovin it.
Jungle Adventure: Its worse than Sims 3 WA because you are not the one who solve puzzles but finding out different relics is fun.

My favorite stuffs:
Kits:
-Modern Menswear Kit. I love that they did a thing with central themes of disrespecting the gender binary it rocks.
-Little Campers Kit. It's adorable and pretty versatile.

Stuff:
-My First Pet Stuff. There's a lot of versatile items in it. I especially like the modern dog doors because toddlers can use them and they just look like actual tiny doors.

Game:
-Outdoor Retreat. I love camping and it makes me feel all fuzzy inside when my sims go camping. Also, versatile items.
-Strangerville. The vibes just make me feel good.
-Werewolves. The entire theme of the pack is my utopia I love it so much.

Expansion:
-Get to Work. Very fun gameplay and very useful items, especially for community lots.
-Cats & Dogs, Seasons. Core gameplay IMO.

My unfavorite stuffs:

Kits:
-Desert Luxe. Can't complain bc I got it for free, but I like the other kits I have a lot more.

Stuff:
-Backyard Stuff. Everything seems cheap and low-quality for some reason?
-Luxury Party stuff. Doesn't have much to offer.

Game:
-Spa Day. Kinda boring. Especially the items.

Expansions:
-High School Years. I had to quit by lunch period because too much traumatic memories were rushing back. I'm doing things to make it invoke less traumatic memories, like rebuilding the school and editing the strings and stuff, but without that it's actually unplayable for me.

I have BG-WW
and that is the long and short of it so that is everything sort of
all EP Sp GP and Kits
DU is nice because of the servos and utili-bots party-bot is my favorite, it is amazing
CL-well chickens are cute and so are rabbits
SD- nails and Feet were nice to do in CAS :-O
CaD- come who does not like puppies and kittys
NK- those rockers are way past cute
SE- weather is nice
HSY- This was interning to do orientation :-? i guess

Not My Fav (atm)
EL- yeah there is a power conservation day that turns off of the power and this usually is on another holiday, now granted i did not want to even to this *wath tv perimer* but it was winter and woke everybody up, and my toddler became cold :-( You can *vote* to skip this or something but they require points so :-/ (I did mention that I had Seasons)
WW (VA GTW RoM) These are great individual but they do not like each other HARD. There idle animations are SOMETHING. I mean SOMETHING. On the first intro they frown or *wide birth walk*, and the aliens in Human form, or any occult, I have stop using my occult human form of for this reason *also the freak out reaction*
DU +HSY (i know I said I liked them) but there is a glitch with the servos or something you can not edit any servos, and EA never fixed them :-?

I can say Sims 4 Growing Together came not bad. The world looks neat and decorative. The families are sweet.
I feel like EA team now just start to repair themselves. I'd rather say Growing Together is good and suggest to have it.

I have all the expansion packs so i would just buy whatever you want