As of a few days ago, the Sims 3 team decided to start charging people for stairs and chairs. Well, and a few other things. This is a review of the Life, Laugh, Love set that is now available at their official site's store.
This set costs around $15 USD. What do you get for that? Well, let's see.
First of all, obviously there are stairs and chairs. The stairs are the Pyramid stairs from World Adventures with some lines added and all character taken away. There is also a matching fence, two arches, and an end table. Well, everything is more or less matching, but these are all extra-matching. And even though these are all pretty humdrum, I was pretty excited about the new arches. Especially the Doric Column Gate.They had to tell you it's a gate in its name because it isn't a gate, it's an arch, but it works as a gate and you will find it in the Gates section of BuildBuy. Oh, and guess what. They aren't through trolling you yet. The Modern Stone Arch isn't actually an arch. Or rather, it's not in the arches section. It's in Miscellaneous Decor in BuildBuy. It doesn't work as an arch or a gate, but it is taller than either of those at the very least. If anything, I like how chunky and massive these objects are. I want more massive pieces in my game. GO TEAM MASSIVE!
The set offers two chairs. The Reception Chair (dining chair) and the Maid of Honor Chair (living chair). They both have a fresh new design. These chairs aren't bad, but I wouldn't trip over myself to get my panda paws on them. They are fully recolorable at least. Yep, you can recolor the floral design on the back of the Reception Chair.
There is a goddamned decorative cake. I'm not even going to go there. I hate these things. They just clutter up my game with their uselessness. There is also a decorative bust: Cornelia's Bust. IMO, it looks nothing like Cornelia Goth. I have a raving crush on her, so I should know.
There's a wall carving called Ancient Warriors. It's actually huge, as in three slots wide. I expected it to be tiny. I colored it purple because I'm working on my Saints Row crib at the moment, and it looked terrible.
The Head Over Heels Chandelier is pretty nice. Let's not get all worked up like Kristen Stewart over it, though. The downer is that you can't recolor the candles. The chandelier itself, yes. I hate always being stuck with the same colored candles. I want candle color freedom, damn it! But at least the candles are fairly pretty, as small as they are.
I'm a big fan of water fountains, and I especially like having a large variety of them. This set has a new one called The Misty Lion. Now you can have a fountain to match your Ponce De Leon Grotto Hot Tub, if you have such a thing.
There is nothing that is irking me more than the outfits, though. I can't imagine wearing such dull wedding attire, and my Sims can't imagine it either. The Egyptian Bride, Beach Wedding Suit and A Sit Down Affair outfits are the most passable pieces. I'm sick to death of the little girl's dresses with hideous plastic-looking bows and plastic-looking skirts. Just horrible.
Alright, this set isn't all blah and boredom. There are a few really lovely things.
The new hairstyles are lovely. The little girls All Dressed Up headband is actually very pretty, and not tacky and plastic-looking at all. The floral headbands for adult female Sims are just as pretty, and I actually like that they are understated.
The Wedding Reception Table is big and it's fancy. I thought it was a coffee table based on the picture the store provided for the set. I would happily put this in any classic decor mansion. Now just like the candles you can't change the color of the yellowish-orange design on the top. Everything else is recolorable, though.
The new flower arrangements are great. There is a new flower stand like the one in the other wedding set, and it's a lot nicer looking. Also there are finally some fucking flowers that aren't all pink! It's about damned time.
The Ancient Mosaic Rug is huge at 3x5 squares in size, and it's just gorgeous. Stunning! When I see things like these it restores a little of my faith in the S3 team. But then I think about decorative cakes and I feel unsure again.
In conclusion, do I feel that this set is worth 15 hard-earned bucks? Hell no! But if you have money to just throw at things, it isn't a bad set. I can see myself using about half of these things quite often.
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