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Friday, November 18, 2022 10:31:11 AM

The Sims 4: StrangerVille Review (Lillium)

As the lowest priority among Sims Game Packs, if you are filling out a large collection this is a surprisingly pleasant pack. The replayability is very low, and it does not add much to the rest of the game experience, hence the low priority compared to other Game Packs. But it is worth the price when on sale.
The "Strangerville Mystery" story, delivered through an aspiration, is really fun the first time you do it - And a rather unique entry for Sims, since they have only done a few stories sorta like this through the series. You can "reset" the story so that another Sim in the same save can complete it if you want, though there are no alternate paths or other reason to do this. I have never encountered bugs doing this story, which I have done a few times.
The world is one of the only desert worlds, and like Oasis Springs half of it is disappointingly perfect green lawn. The desert half of this world is the tiniest of run down towns, which makes it a really great gritty location to live, though the desert itself is stunningly beautiful.
The military career is a standard rabbit hole career, however it is the highest earning career per week (by a lot) when at the max rank. This is partially because it keeps an 8hr work day for 5 days a week, while most careers drastically reduce work hours and/or days at the high end of the career. While the Officer branch of this career feels like a natural military career progression, the Covert Operator branch feels like a weird transition from the military base. Covert Operator is basically Men in Black, so it's more like the Secret Agent or TS3 police/detective careers than military. Both branches completely break from the early fitness requirements, and will require you to max skills not used before the branch promotion.
The Death by (spoiler) creates my favorite ghost type in the game. Possessed sims in general are absolutely hilarious, and interact very well with a number of other packs. Paranoid is a cute trait, that makes a lot of use of the Scared emotion.