I've made a little extra money on eBay sales (which I use as my "fun money"), so I'm thinking about buying a Game Pack during the current sale. I've narrowed my choices down to Dine Out and Outdoor Retreat, and thought I'd ask for more opinions before buying one.
My pros & cons, based on what I've seen on Origin and the Sims VIP guides:
CAS stuff: OR has more, for sure, but overall I like DO's offerings better. That said, there are a number of OR things I really like.
Buy/build mode: DO's seem to be much more multipurpose to me. I was especially pleased by how it looks like it adds some great new artwork to the game. That said, OR adds some really cool things--I especially like the look of tents, the fire pit, and the horseshoes game.
Experience features: The dining out experience looks really well done to me--I love the little touches, like drawing on place mats and taking pictures of the food. I did think it looks like OR adds more everyday gameplay stuff--I get envious every time I see sims in other stories stargazing or cloud watching, I love the look of the herbalism skill, and since my current Matriarch is making money by woodworking I love the idea of giving her more things to make.
Food: FOOD. I love packs that add more food to the game, so both work for this!
Cons: I'm not really one for running businesses or for taking my sims on trips, so I worry that I'd be missing out on a big aspect of both packs.
I pretty much only play family-based gameplay: right now I'm working on a 100 baby challenge, and otherwise I default to legacies.
Which would you recommend?
Dine Out vs Outdoor Retreat: which to buy?
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Re: Dine Out vs Outdoor Retreat: which to buy?
I have and enjoy both, but DO would probably be my pick of the two. I'm not really one for lots of 'run a business' or 'take a vacation' gameplay either, so I find that I use restaurants more because I can just send my sims there for date nights/club meetings, etc. Also, if you have City Living, which I believe adds the food critic career track, you can now send your sim to actual restaurants to write their reviews and stuff!
As for the furniture/CAS stuff, I find the DO furniture is slightly more versatile because you could use some of it just in regular kitchens/other types of community lots. The clothes are probably a tie, DO has some nice casual stuff, but OR adds some much needed footwear variety, plus the clothes are very well suited for making outdoors-y looking sims.
As for the furniture/CAS stuff, I find the DO furniture is slightly more versatile because you could use some of it just in regular kitchens/other types of community lots. The clothes are probably a tie, DO has some nice casual stuff, but OR adds some much needed footwear variety, plus the clothes are very well suited for making outdoors-y looking sims.
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Re: Dine Out vs Outdoor Retreat: which to buy?
Ooh thanks for your advice! Yeah, I was thinking the same thing for DO re: sending sims to restaurants. I don't have City Living yet. One day. ;; It's the always the bridesmaid of expansion packs for me, haha!Heather wrote:I have and enjoy both, but DO would probably be my pick of the two. I'm not really one for lots of 'run a business' or 'take a vacation' gameplay either, so I find that I use restaurants more because I can just send my sims there for date nights/club meetings, etc. Also, if you have City Living, which I believe adds the food critic career track, you can now send your sim to actual restaurants to write their reviews and stuff!
As for the furniture/CAS stuff, I find the DO furniture is slightly more versatile because you could use some of it just in regular kitchens/other types of community lots. The clothes are probably a tie, DO has some nice casual stuff, but OR adds some much needed footwear variety, plus the clothes are very well suited for making outdoors-y looking sims.
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Not sure if you made your purchase yet or not but I would vote for OR but that's because I like being able to take vacations and I absolutely love camping in RL so that would be my number one pick from the two.
New plants, new interaction, new world to visit and explore ...
DO ... you get a million annoying phone calls to go out and eat
New plants, new interaction, new world to visit and explore ...
DO ... you get a million annoying phone calls to go out and eat
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Re: Dine Out vs Outdoor Retreat: which to buy?
Cries I actually did go ahead and buy DO! I really want to add OR to my game further down the line, though. I'm really tempted to try my hand at a Drifter challenge one of these days, and I feel like having OR would be really good for that, based on the little I know about it so far.jcampbell wrote:Not sure if you made your purchase yet or not but I would vote for OR but that's because I like being able to take vacations and I absolutely love camping in RL so that would be my number one pick from the two.
New plants, new interaction, new world to visit and explore ...
DO ... you get a million annoying phone calls to go out and eat