This 2019 summer release did bring a nice change of scenery to a game that tends to be dominated by different styles of residential neighborhoods. That sunburn looks like it's going to hurt tomorrow! Cleaning up furballs from a pet you have no emotional connection with is, shockingly, a lackluster activity. Their actions are repetitive, the "training" skill is tedious, they get sick constantly, and you have no control over the pet itself. But once you have the pet in your household they're just.boring. You can mix and match a handful of traits, and the appearance is quite customizable.
Level up in the new singing skill! Try out the new bubble blower! Explore the new festivals! Light some of the new fireworks! Order from the new food stalls! That, plus the massive discount on market stalls (just like in real life, my sim hasn't cooked once since she moved to the City why should she, when there's a perfectly good food stall just outside her apartment building serving perfectly good Gỏi cuốn?) make this an aspiration I wasn't at all disappointed in.Įdit: A tip for those using this aspiration: a lot of these things are actions that don't take long at all (visit three neighborhoods, try the bubble blower, get to level 3 in the singing skill, etc.).
This should really have been called the "Explore the New EP" aspiration because that's pretty much what it was. One thing that I really liked about this aspiration is that I feel like I was being rewarded for the stuff I would have done normally. And it is a pretty significant discount! Everything drops to 1/5 of the price it would be normally - a food dish that normally cost §10 would cost §2, for example, or a §70 festival spark fountain (one of the new fireworks) becomes §14.
Notes and My Thoughts: The "In The Know" trait gives your sim a new interaction on food stalls and swag stalls at the festivals, "In the Know Discount", where they convince the vendor to give them a discount.
and Pam, feel free to post this on the site if you wish.
I'm not seeing anything about the new "City Native" aspiration, either on the Guide or here on the forum, so I thought I'd share my notes.