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Been distracted with playing The Sims again. Sometimes silliness is needed in this world lol
Also been diving back into Civ 6. I never played other versions of Civ and am toying with the idea of trying older versions. Any recs?
I like Civ V personally. I like the hexagons and I like the one-unit-per-tile instead of death stacks, even though the AI isn't great at using it without community patches. I also like its visuals the most.
It also has the beloved fan mod Vox Populi, if you want to get into all that.
Ohh this sounds tempting, too. Thanks for the info :)
Civ V is in that sweet spot between not being VI/VII and not quite showing it's age yet. It's got some great mods like the LotR stuff and Faerun. IMO for fantasy 4x, Warlock II with the Renaissance overhaul mod is best though.
Which Sims are you going with, the original or one of the later ones?
Mostly building in Sims 4, I find I enjoy the building parts much more than the older versions. I do boot up Sims 2 from time to time. Such a classic!
Are you playing the base game or with expansions? I never really managed to get into TS4 for some reason and I wonder how much it had to do with having only the vanilla version and how much with simply preferring the older titles. I should really give it another shot someday.
I play with a bunch of expansions and kits.
The biggest disappointment with Sims 4 is that originally it was being designed to be online-only - similar to Sim City which was a huge disaster and the fanbase got PISSED. So they backtracked and released Sims 4 with a bunch of things stripped from it and it felt really empty.
Over the years, the base game has definitely gotten better. There's more unique playstyles that are possible, they added some life states, a bunch more for building, etc. It's worth it to give it another shot since the base game is free now (I think?).
Yeah, I tried it vanilla during the weird middle ground where it got some improvements but was still lacking in many aspects - I'm pretty sure it got more updates since then. Do you think the base game is good enough to try on its own or are there any expansions/kits that you'd say are not necessarily required but at least strongly recommended?
I would def try out the base game first before committing to purchasing any expansions or kits. Even though the game is old, EA keeps those expansions at full cost. There's been enough added that it should scratch the itch and give you an idea if you want to invest in more.
The expansions I would recommend first are Seasons and Get Together - adding weather and holidays helps with immersion and being able to have clubs and control how sims hang out more is a plus. Life & Death and Growing Together are great expansions for fleshing out interpersonal relationships and getting really unique sims.
Thanks for the recommendations! I'll keep them in mind if I end up sticking with the game in the future.
4 is a fan favorite but has a grid instead of hexes, so it plays a bit different. I'm also partial to 3 since that's where I started. Each era has its own lovable jank.
Bear in mind that districts weren't a thing until 6, so that pretty radically changes how you plan and build cities.
Thanks!! I think I'm leaning towards taking a crack at 4 :)