User blog comment:LostInRiverview/The Sims 4 has been announced!/@comment-1586525-20130507051841

(This comment in a nutshell: PLEASE! DO LESS EPs EA!!)

I really, REALLY, hope they stop with this EP madness. I felt okay with that while playing TS2, because I thought that those EPs were good additions and were worth it. However, I don't think packs like Showtime or Supernatural, nor the Island Paradise one that is coming soon, are pretty much of a good addition at all. Personally, I would have fusioned Showtime with Late Night, Supernatural with Seasons, and Island Paradise with World Adventures. Also, I would have expanded it in order to include other businesses, so it becomes more of a combo of OFB and BV.

Don't get me wrong. It's just that I'm much more of a serious player. I tend to spend a lot of time building both stories and houses, so I don't get too much into those kinds of packs' features. You might think "no one is forcing you to buy them"; that's completely true. But then everyone at the mod community begins to upload lots filled with items coming from those packs, some of them very beautiful and useful, however, they ain't so useful when you can't use them properly. I don't want to buy them simply because of the items included. (Also, I don't have a money tree [I don't have enough aspiration points :P], so I can't get them so frequently).

I say that vanilla TS4 should come with the basic features of all, or at least most of the EPs that came for TS3. I'd propose:

From WA: Foreign Sims, tombs, nectar making. From A: Skill careers, consignment store. From LN: At least 'one city', nightclubs, more music instruments, celebrity status (but don't make it easy to get). From G: Memories (that's pretty basic). From P: Pets (duh!... at least a couple of breeds of dog and cat, or just a simple guinea pig!). From ST: I don't really think there's much to add from here. I guess performing could be in, but much more toned down. From SN: Nothing to add, really, maybe zombies :D. From S: Seasons (that's something that should have came with TS3 base game). And from IP: It'd be nice if we get more expanded options for businesses. IP is looking a lot like "BV with hotel management". It'd be very nice if businesses were in TS4 from the beginning.

It might look like a lot, but I (and a lot of other simmers) would think it'd be okay to pay $80 for a new game if it included all of these basic features. I'm not saying that EPs should stop. But instead of doing 10 or more, just do, lets say, 4 or 5 max. and include TRUE new features, instead of remaking past EPs.

Oh, and if you read this all, well, thank you very much!