@paulabelle : Yep. I think it would!
Ok, haven't "Played" much. Just kind of wandered around and thought about things. First of all, the buildings are redo's, some of them, of Sims2 and Sims3! I remember that hideous gas station I once rebuilt. Nightmares! I love the landscaping and hope those different cacti show up in build/buy mode for a really cool garden. Not to much to look forward to as far as my standard, search/collect/farm method is concerned so will have to rethink gameplay but it looks interesting. First thought is I better quick like a bunny get more charisma in my "home" lot, not StrangerVille, and some cash because I simply cannot stand those pathetic lots and want to fix my place up for sure. I'm deeply immersed in Lotech to High tech at the moment so Strangerville will have to wait as my builds for that game are taking a lot of space with cc and mods. None of which really would be appropriate, I think, for Strangerville. I'm hoping we can eventually do something, builder speaking, with the whole town. Meanwhile, despite the thoughts I was probably wasting my money, I'm really impressed and am looking forward to a more in depth look at it. Money well spent.