#gp10

This is not really representative of total work, as modular sofas contain about 8 pieces each, the chaise parts are 4 items (yes, individual so plenty of choice), and then there are all the kitchen parts (full kitchens with counters, cabinets and islands). The modular stuff also can be put together in a myriad of ways which just increases it’s usefulness. 

The colour choice is also lovely. It’s very muted/pastel in nature, not a scheme we often get and it helps integrate it with other styles. I do think it’s a decent number of swatches, but i would also not say not to more, but I do love choice. 

The career is a gig format that you choose what client to work with from a panel in the job section. Be sure to know the names of the sims in your world, because you have no other clues as to who they are or where they live. You start out with “room renovation” which is dealers choice. Is it open plan? Gotta do it all. Anything you delete will get added to the total amount you can spend, so that is not too much of an issue and i didn’t go over budget on any of my gigs (yet). 

You do need to get to know your clients which job-specific interactions. The best likes/dislikes to get are decor and colour preferences, and these you can convince them to give you other options for. Get “dislikes science” then you can’t seem to reroll that for something more helpful at all. Which sucks and i really hate. When you get the max amount of likes/dislikes for a job and they are all dislikes, it makes the project very challenging to complete. They don’t like it? You may get them returning and you can try again and hopefully get a better reroll. 

I had 1 failed project, and went back to fix it when they came back for it. Luckily they liked it more the second time around. My reputation was intact and can keep my “keen eye for design” badge now. 

I have yet to try room addition and level addition jobs as I didn’t want to cheat my progress so I really can’t comment on the higher level jobs. But you get the basic room renovation, a specific room, level reno, room addition, and level addition. A nice variety of job types and challenges associated with getting a good result. You are also not limited to residential lots, and commercial lots do pop up. 

There is also a reveal portion to the gig, where you can show off your renovation to the clients. I did this a few times, and the new animations added for your sims waiting for the outcome of the job are cute. But after a while the extra step was annoying for me as i wanted to try more jobs, so luckily there is an option not to throw a reveal and you can get the results instantly. Just up my alley. 

There is also a new home decorator network and I highly recommend you watching it for the 2 shows. They are hilarious. Apparently my work was going to be featured on one of the shows, but missed the time slot when it was happening. So i am going to have to see if my save point is before so i can catch it. 

There is a new preferences system which is a nice addition and plays into this pack. Choosing your sims likes and dislikes (a total of 20 options right now) in a variety of categories will give sims a bit more personality (hopefully) and this pack plays off that. 

CAS items are included, but definitely a weak point. The guys gets 2 hairs and if you are really into 2000s Justin Beiber then does it have the hair for you. The other will be great for older sims with receding hairlines, and age bracket often neglected so more choices there is always nice, but not used much.