The Sims has a very sizable and loyal audience so they can pretty much charge what they want, and there is no Cities Skylines to save them from EA's claws
@@Gabriel-dt3tt Problem with The Sims is that there's no competitor, as long as there's no alternative then they can charge any price for content that (probably - not sure) is locked inside your game files
Yeah if Sims 5 ever comes out I think a lot of things should be base game by now. Stuff like Seasons, Pets, University, Laundry, Leave expansion packs for stuff you could actually expand on, like Occults, Fame, Vacation, stuff like that
the most fun i've had with any sims pack has been custom content packs literally free content and you can add so much of it to your game, much more worth it than any of the DLC EA puts out
After purchasing every sims DLC, I feel like you should gain access to some kind of secret elite EA society but what sucks is that the weekly meetings would just be opportunities to buy more DLC
I pirated it but got caught. Next time if I decide to pirate the full game with all DLC again I’ll get a good VPN. I’m all for pirating just make sure you do it safely.
I hate the situation Maxis is in. EA forces the devs to work horrible hours to milk us of our money. I want to support the Sim Gurus but I don't want to support EA. And I haven't found any GFMs or Patreons for the devs.
If game starts lagging in game/build mode press esc to bring up the menu then press it back again and it will run again normal. Your sim changes clothes depending on temperature that is why Todd looks like that,you have to set up his clothes for every occasion.
sims 4 is starting to run down after all these years even on good hardware... they really need to clean up the game so it runs better in general. There's even a mod (executable not a mod) that fixes this lag by running it in the background... yet EA can't seem to fix it.
@@HessuTrades Sometimes things are overlooked, but they could pull a (can’t think of the game) from the shelves and digitally and fix the game for months. The only downside is this company did this before digital was really popular and internet was fast. It’s bound to piss some people off and could cost them their money.
This is the video game version of buying 10 rounds of shots for you and your friends at a very expensive bar, blacking out and not remembering anything then looking at your bank account. Was it worth it? No. Was it fun? Idk. Were you likely a source of entertainment for strangers on the internet? Micky D
Sims 4 is like playing with a doll house. Sims 3 let's you actually design stuff instead of just mix and match predefined colors and patterns that were never meant together. Sims 2 was an actual game.
[During the character creation] *"Stop fucking casting magic"* Todd's grinding the Heal Minor Wounds spell, leave him be, how else is he gonna join the Mage's Guild
@@Simkets he may of not re-release the others like Skyrim, but he definitely made us pay for a subscription for Xbox for free games, and that can get very pricey, so is that technically a re-release? With a cost if rebuying it over and over again because free game on game pass
1:59 Unless you admit it openly and show it, TH-cam can't possibly prove that you pirated this. Hell, most of us can't. You can bet that many content creators do this. Besides it is always morally correct to pirate EA Games. Don't feel bad about it.
The Sims 3's life span was just over 4 years, and within those 4 years they managed to come out with some of the best packs ever in the series mostly generations and late night but most of them held a purpose to the gameplay and just made the game better (not including sweet treats, i'd like to forget that exists), yeah sure there's alot of down sides but i'm glad it didn't get the treatment of the Sims 4, and that is pumping out meaningless stuff that could of been combined in expansion packs and still releasing broken DLC 8 goddamn years into it's life cycle. literally they could release a pack on literal toilets and i wouldn't be surprised at all lmao
That’s part of the My First Poop Pack! (Sold separately. Requires Fancy Fecal Game Pack, and Parenthood Pack because of the single training potty that’s added)
Honestly, the Sims 3 for all its greatness already was a monetization scam with the online store, crackdown on user-mods and endless DLC. I much prefer the way Sims 2 was done. Sure Sims 2 had DLC, but it was split in Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs. Expansion packs enriched the game in a meaningful way, whilst the Stuff packs where just for those who wanted to spend extra money on some niche items. Nowadays, Sims is nothing _but_ Stuff packs.
@@CarthagoMike i hate the online store for the sims 3 with a passion, not surprised it's still around and forcing people to pay for 10 year old discontinued stuff but thats EA. the sims 2 was the best game in the series by far, miss when the series cared more about the games than money :/
Little did Micky D know that buying all the sims 4 dlc was the beginning of the end for reality. No one was meant to own every sims 4 dlc. EA was protecting us by making them all so ridiculously expensive...and they made some of the dlc so bad that they knew no one would buy it... ...but the future refused to change. Humanity was forever cursed. All because an irish lad wanted to make a youtube video. May god have mercy on all our souls.
But I'm certain thousands of people have pirated it though - probably by a few orders of magnitude more than the people who had legitimately paid for some of this nonsensical tripe.
With this dlc purchase, the thread of prophecy is severed. Request a refund to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.
@@lordmuhehe4605 did you know EA went to court because of these scams and microtransactions? When a company is so bad the justice system gets involved, I can see why people just want to play without spending £1000
real thieves are the companies who prey on minors to commit fraud. How there hasn’t been any legal action taken against them is beyond me. Until then torrent torrent torrent
@@elzar5987 shut up the best way to counter this practice is to simply not play the game don't waste the limited time of your little life on games with anti consumer practices instead of whining in the internet.
"Remember when this game used to be a life simulator?" Yes. Sims 1 before any expansions were installed. Sims 1 had vampires, zombies, ghosts, alien abductions, and spell casters; so the sims has pretty much always had supernatural stuff in it.
Really only the magic themed expansion added supernatural stuff. The rest were about dating and pets and... house parties? Ghosts were always there of course
As someone who has ALL the Sims 4 DLC, here's my take: If you feel as though you can get your money's worth then it is worth it. However, you have to actively explore the packs and decide if each and every one will have use. There are very few packs I regret buying (My First Pet, Luxury Party, Batuu, a couple others) but overall I enjoy at least a single item in every one. ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR GAMEPLAY. If you don't like gameplay but love building, then sometimes the kits don't seem pricey because you'll be using them so often. Consider how you want to play, how often you play, and whether or not you'd have fun. That being said, the kits are a scam.
This is a very insightful comment. I have only purchased packs that have appealed to me and after a decent amount of research that I would enjoy what they add. I am much more likely to purchase a game pack compared to stuff packs or kits because I tend to prioritize gameplay over building and some CAS items. Totally about how you play.
So what happened was that Sims 4 players really wanted "opt out" options for gameplay, so if you really want to get involved in the dlc, you have to make an effort. They did this because people who like family-style gameplay didn't like having witches and fairies running around and making themselves known.
lmao i loved your reaction to Laundry Day Stuff in the list because that one was actually voted on by the community - it's one of like two stuff packs created through fan feedback
Laundry Day is honestly essential DLC. I am glad I listened to the community on that one, because I never would have thought it was worth the money if not.
22:43 "this is the only DLC that wants to advertise itself to me" I'm glad you said that. Journey to Batuu is an ad for Galaxy's Edge at Disney World. Nobody can convince me otherwise.
People complained about all the in-your-face popups in both the Sims 3 and Sims 4 so they took them away. But if you want to know what your DLC does you can activate tutorials at any time from the game options menu. The natural way in the Sims 4 to find stuff to do is talking to other sims! Just travel to all the different neighborhoods and talk to the sims around there! Soon you will be getting tons of calls and texts messages and invites for stuff to do :D
@@MickyD Sure no prob :D Might as well continue playing since you paid all this money for it XD OH! Your Sim's cell is a gateway to everything pretty much. Next to the cell icon is a calendar that displays all the events going on in the world plus lets you add events of your own! :D
@@MickyD I would also suggest playing with your options under Gameplay and Packs under that same menu. It allows more control of the in-game environment. Additionally, play around more with following the Aspiration milestones as many of the ones added with EP and certain GP DLC are actually integrated tutorials that basically nudge you through nuanced gameplay. JTB has two such aspirations. Or the GTW careers that allow you to follow your sim to work offer more gameplay depth.
Props to you for actually going through with this, huge advocate of your channel and a fan of your morrowind content especially. Glad to see you branching out and making big investments in things like this to promote your channel to grow more. Much love man, best of luck to you and I hope this video continues to do well.
Bro you can enjoy it without funding them… they’re just gonna keep doing it until dumbasses stop buying this dumb shit. I mean dlc’s for dlc’s?!? They’re fast and easy ways to obtain this game 🤷♂️
The Sims 4 may fall short in just about every aspect when it comes to gameplay, but building and character creation have been extremely refined (minus the performance heavy create-a-swatch), and the mod scene is better than ever, with content that far surpasses official expansions. For creative types, it's an even better "doll house simulator" than the Sims 3. Personally, I miss the gameplay of the older games too much to be entirely on the side of Sims 4. It still lacks that rewarding feeling.
It was like if they went back to the sims 2, made a good cas and bb, updated the graphics, then removed all the personality and interesting gameplay When it was released we had to go back to ts2 tricks to make basements!
Only thing I can say in defense of 4 is that removing the open world makes it so way more people can actually play the game (think of how many people couldn't even play 3 cause it was terribly optimized and loaded an entire map at all times, or they couldn't run 3 but still played, experiencing the entirety of the game on like 3 frames per second) and also the way the sims can actually interact with each other/multitask like eating, watching tv and talking to Sims all at the same time. Those systems are improved and nobody ever mentions it and its not very fair for S4, yes the launch was awful and its still not a 10/10 Sims experience but its way better now and there are a few advancements in gameplay systems that everyone over looks because "Boo hoo wah wah no more open world ;(" Only things I do miss really are cars/bikes, and the create a style system should have been brought back. Thanks for listening to my Sims talk.
I've heard the knitting DLC was one of the best ones. I have it, but I've never knitted anything to know for sure, but it's definitely not a "necessary base game" feature, as a niche hobby IRL, but one that has a lot of potential, especially for re-creating the classic image of an old grandma knitting clothes for the family.
Actually not even mad about the knitting one. Pretty normal in a lot of games for a cosmetic to cost around 10 dollars. 5 dollars for a gameplay feature that you'd only buy if you're into knitting seems pretty alright to me.
Mods go a long way. There are a few that are basically necessary imo cuz they expand the emotions, traits, etc. Like the modders go hard lol. For example, there's a pregnancy mod with hospital stuff and everything. So it's a cool mod for players that want a sprinkle of realism when playing. Like ya know making your Sims go to paternity classes and do yoga and all that. Some people like storytelling like that. For traits specifically ya can add new traits and expand the amount of traits ya can equip. Another one would be Vampires. Werewolves just came out and Vampires is showing its age imo. So there's a decent amount of Vampire mods that can alleviate that. Obviously there are sadder occult bits in the game. Aliens and Mermaids basically have no content and are probably assured to get a rework or something eventually. Edit: Like the Highschool stuff coming soon is probably gonna have shallow bits and all that jazz. So personally I just have high expectations for the mods that will add onto it. It's why agree that ya should avoid spending a lot on the game. Buy on a chunky sale, look up which dlc is decent and which you shoild ignore or... ya know 😉 Like I don't support piracy in most cases but I do think sometimes it can be pretty valid tbh. For example, game preservation.
I think I've never seen someone experience the game like this, unfamiliar with ALL the DLC and experiencing it all at once. Pretty unique! Edit: it's the unfamiliarity that's unique, not someone having all DLCs lol
To fix the lag, try pressing ESC after entering live mode (Exiting build mode) and then exiting out of the pause mode and for some reason the game starts running better again, the lag only occurs in build mode for me
A little info about wizard Sims in cas for those who were confused: -There are two randomise sim buttons by the way, the one furthest to the right is randomise from the gallery i.e. Sims other people have made and uploaded, so that's why it randomised a spellcaster :) -The add sim button has an occult button where you can add whichever occult you want (if you have the dlc) i.e. mermaid, alien, vampire, spellcaster, if you don't press this you'll just have a normal sim
As some have already pointed out, when the game gets laggy in build mode/live mode just press esc to bring up the menu and then esc to close it again. That should fix it. Can’t believe how much all the packs cost… I may also have bought all of them… I’m enjoying your Sims videos, thank you Micky.
@@danyah11 digital deluxe edition comes with the base game + extra content. The digital deluxe upgrade is just the extra content (so if you already have the base game)
The open world was great, but i really miss people making worlds as cc. I think you could also make custom ones in 2 pretty easily. 2 and 3 were so good
All I know is it feels better than The Sims 4. The possibilities seemed endless. I loved the expansions...Sims 2 felt exciting for me because it made everything more realistic. I have a fond place in my heart for TS3.
I honestly had no issues with vanilla sims 3 maybe some lag, common for things loading in any game, here and there, things starting going down hill when mods were added lol when I removed mods and not used the store, I had no issues.
About bugging in the end of the video - it really happens sometimes, with no visible reason, ts4 stars running super slow in the build/buy mod, wich affects live mod aswell, but the repair is super easy - just save the game, and everything will run as good as it did before)
What's even nuttier is that some of the dlc in this game isn't even as fully-featured as the equivalent from 3. I can't remember anything specifically off the top of my head, unfortunately.
The new pastime for Sheogorath is to keep getting people to buy all the packs with hope there's something worth it coming eventually. Thank you for your sacrifice and get the coin back
If I got all of the dlcs, I think my computer would need to be put in the freezer so it would run. I don’t have any dlcs for sims right now and my computer whirrs at me when I play for 30 minutes, and I have left Skyrim open for at least an hour with over 100 mods and my computer didn’t made a sound. I would need not only a loan for all of the dlcs, but a loan for a supercomputer to play this.
Yeah, I feel this. I've done the same-ish. Haven't bought all the dlcs, but I did invest a good chunk of change into it... I just...I wanna like the game. I do. But it just feels like it's missing something...
Personally I enjoy playing the Sims 4 every now & then however I agree that the main game without DLC feels very bare bones. With DLC the game is more fun. I especially like the Vampire pack as I love to roleplay as a Vampire in games any chance I get, yes I'm talking about you Skyrim. I totally agree with Micky D's point about EA & their extortionate amount of DLC, as well as how much they charge for it. I remember buying the Cats & Dogs DLC for my sister for her birthday about 4 or 5 years ago & it was like £40 or something! I mean I could've bought a full game for that price. She barely even played it too, to add insult to injury... Anyway I appreciate you trying to educate us on how not to spend our money Mick D my boy but don't feel you need to do something like this again for a while. We'll be more than happy with a few more Morrowind, Harry Potter & James Bond videos, I'm sure. On a side note, what is it with Irish TH-camrs making tits outta mountains?
25:38 The hero we asked for but the hero we dont deserve 🤣 I recently installed The Sims 2, sweet memories of that game. Before EA murdered it like Sim City
You made Tod a spellcaster that’s why there’s magic when you randomized the character using the lightbulb which is sims people made themselves and the one you used was a spellcaster/wizard
Wow, the amount of inherently stripped-out features from the Sims 3 as a result of predatory practices from EA has really put me off this game. Thanks, Micky D! (No but seriously thank you for sacrificing your five hundred euros)
@@hycynth82828 They have like $500 worth of it, most of which is quite tiny, including DLC for DLC. It is absolutely indefensible and designed to prey upon people with impulse control problems. As somebody with impulse control problems, I avoid all EA games as a matter of safety.
@@spaceonisorceress4406 @Zachary Damascus I am so not deffending it tho, I pirated everything, however i don't think any video made by someone who has no knowledge on the game is a good source of information to decide to get it or not, it's good to get a laugh, but to make an actual decision, believe there are TONS of players who can tell you why you should not get the game and why it's so bad, but giving this as an example is just a bad impression because some of the stuff he mentions aren't even a reasons since you can change them IN the game
@@spaceonisorceress4406 you can get actual criticism from people who can actually explain what each DLC has and why it's bad or not. A video of someone actually only used base game and Batuu is not a good reference, I would recommend as told by kenya videos if you wanna hear a player ripping them apart even tho I don't agree with everything she says
@@spaceonisorceress4406 to explain what I mean with an example: batuu is actually one of the worst DLC and because he doesn’t really know much about it he only said nice things about it because it looks nice and has no context that you would never actually play with Batuu
"Can I Woohoo the weird space aliens?", said almost every Mass Effect player ever. Loved the video, Micky. Commenting to help you make all the money back. =)
For the record, a big part of why I started watching you is because your voice and comments often remind me of CallMeKevin... and my favorite series of his is the Sims games. I think you'd gain massively from playing the Sims relatively often- you can be very goofy with it.
I respect modders that manage to fix/optimize/improve games. But it seems like negatively training a dog, companies realize they can release broken unfinished games knowing the unpaid community will fix it
Wait a damn minute.. When showing the list of games on steam, the download date was may 3rd. Today marks 6 days from the upload, so that would mean you downloaded, filmed, edited…all of that in 5/6 days?? I know I know nothing about how TH-cam’s work, but damn man I’m impressed with all the work you put into this! And also pray for your pc after all that downloading omg. Subscribed!
Not the Art Attack on the TV 🤣🤣 ICONIC! And a blast of nostalgia 😂 Also Micky D is a certified Legend for buying all Sims 3 and 4 packs... You should definitely do some playthroughs with the different packs 😁
I would describe buying 3 dlc packs for the game in a time when my wallet was feeling real light as mildy fucked. I couldn't fathom buying all of them, 500 doll hairs even on discount... Buddy, you get a like + sub for your sheer dedication to the grind. Your videos are also the type of shit I love and I'm glad the TH-cam high gods have blessed me with this in my feed. I hope they don't stomp you out for arbitrary bullshit like they do other smaller creators. Keep on keeping on!
I just found it funny when I discovered this channel wth a name that sounds similar to the one of my favourite Heavy Metal drummer Mikkey Dee from the bands King Diamond and Motörhead among others. I really enjoy your videos though, keep up the good work
If you get severe lag in TS4, saving the game fixes it, at least for me. But with seasons, you may need to turn off weather, that will help prevent severe lag.
I feel like the price is actually not bad considering how many huge models are in it but... why did they make so many huge models instead of content then?
i always felt i needed to get them all cause i didnt have them. but i dont play it much so im not gonna do this. thanks for doing this so i can see it all together
I’ve bought the sims 4 and a few dlcs but I kind of prefer buying them gradually, getting the sense for a new pack and getting familiar with it before adding a new one. Otherwise it get too confusing! 😅
I agree. I think getting all of it at once would be a little nuts considering I wouldn't know what's from what pack. I get it gradually too, during sales usually. I know people freak out about the price, but I think I've spent less on the game than most people spend on Starbucks and I make my coffee at home so meh...evens out I guess. Or at least that's my weird brain evens it out.
Micky have you noticed Hogwarts on Harry Potter and the philosopher stone is the same hogwarts as Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets on ps2, never knew until today lol
Still can't believe that DLC for a game 8 years old is still sold for that much, although I should not be suprised given EA's track record.
So 465.99 EURO is $491.47 USD or $633.88 CAD at the moment. Crikey!
The Sims has a very sizable and loyal audience so they can pretty much charge what they want, and there is no Cities Skylines to save them from EA's claws
@@Gabriel-dt3tt Problem with The Sims is that there's no competitor, as long as there's no alternative then they can charge any price for content that (probably - not sure) is locked inside your game files
They have the monopoly so they can basicaly do what they want. Theres sadly no competition....
It's a common case of sell and forget about it.
You put it up for sell and just stop caring about managing the prices.
Imagine how good sims 4 would've been if even half of this stuff came standard
*cough* Pets.. *cough* Vampires.. *cough* Apartments.. *cough* Video creation.. *cough* Farming.. *COUGHCOUGH* SEASONS... *COUGH* DINING....
@@Clefablestarz Woah ez there m8... you will cough blood if you continue...
Exactly it’s a realism game but we can’t get seasons without spending 50 dollars
Yeah if Sims 5 ever comes out I think a lot of things should be base game by now. Stuff like Seasons, Pets, University, Laundry,
Leave expansion packs for stuff you could actually expand on, like Occults, Fame, Vacation, stuff like that
Honestly it would still be pretty boring
the most fun i've had with any sims pack
has been custom content packs
literally free content and you can add so much of it to your game, much more worth it than any of the DLC EA puts out
Yes. I get the most fun out of CC shopping. I absolutely adore the monthly The Sims Resource magazines
Give some packs that you enjoy. I would love adding some
@@annadaiglead slice of life is a must have, it's a gameplay mod though
genuine question why did you cut off your sentence to put it on another line
@@the-postal-dude it's a typing style that makes everything
way easier to read
and it's fun to type like this
After purchasing every sims DLC, I feel like you should gain access to some kind of secret elite EA society
but what sucks is that the weekly meetings would just be opportunities to buy more DLC
"Welcome to the meeting, here's your complimentary bagel, only $5.99".
@@thedustbunny161 plus a membership fee AND a small monthly fee to have access to buy the bagels.
Hes already on that secret society thats why hes buying all the DLC, he got membership discount
I remember when ea catch phase was challenge everything. These days, it's buy everything.
@@tacticianAlexandra I thought it was "You cannot spell STEAL without EA." XD
Don't ever feel bad for pirating any EA game. They're extremely money hungry so this is what they deserve
Pirating from EA and other evil corporations and companies is a virtuous act.
@@Sorakeyblademaster37 Pirating to fight against the overwhelming amount of streaming services is the new trend bud'
I pirated it but got caught. Next time if I decide to pirate the full game with all DLC again I’ll get a good VPN. I’m all for pirating just make sure you do it safely.
@@basedcat2349 yes
I hate the situation Maxis is in. EA forces the devs to work horrible hours to milk us of our money.
I want to support the Sim Gurus but I don't want to support EA. And I haven't found any GFMs or Patreons for the devs.
Better option: Pirate it, get literally everything for free and don't feel even remotely bad because EA deserves it
Literally
Whats the best way to pirate them?
@@kathrynwinburn6891 i also wanna know
@@kathrynwinburn6891 Pirate bay, matey
@@kathrynwinburn6891 1337x. Don't use pirate bay
Fixed site name
If game starts lagging in game/build mode press esc to bring up the menu then press it back again and it will run again normal.
Your sim changes clothes depending on temperature that is why Todd looks like that,you have to set up his clothes for every occasion.
Maybe they could fix that bug instead of releasing 10 more DLC.. 🤔
@@JimmiG84 But that won’t make more money!
@@JimmiG84 They probably don't even know why it's happening knowing how EA hires it's coders the whole team that developed the game is likely gone
sims 4 is starting to run down after all these years even on good hardware... they really need to clean up the game so it runs better in general. There's even a mod (executable not a mod) that fixes this lag by running it in the background... yet EA can't seem to fix it.
@@HessuTrades
Sometimes things are overlooked, but they could pull a (can’t think of the game) from the shelves and digitally and fix the game for months. The only downside is this company did this before digital was really popular and internet was fast. It’s bound to piss some people off and could cost them their money.
This is the video game version of buying 10 rounds of shots for you and your friends at a very expensive bar, blacking out and not remembering anything then looking at your bank account.
Was it worth it? No.
Was it fun? Idk.
Were you likely a source of entertainment for strangers on the internet? Micky D
"Can you play Sims 4 without buying any DLC" challenge
Thats quality time with your mates and this is always worth it 😉
Too real. 😂😂😂
Micky D
Are you speaking from experience Joov?
Sims 4 is like playing with a doll house. Sims 3 let's you actually design stuff instead of just mix and match predefined colors and patterns that were never meant together. Sims 2 was an actual game.
Fun fact: Sims was originally conceived as dollhouse simulator and was actually called Dollhouse before rebranding to The Sims.
yessir
The fact that some of the dlc cost more than the base game, both on sale and off sale is horrifying to me
In my country it's literally all. The main game cost like 8$, packs 10$, dlcs 18$
@@Unknown_Genius wow...need to same those are prices of a retail e-shop with low prices overall, on origin they are much higher
soon even the stuff pack will be more expensive than the sims considering the sims is going free
@@eurobeat_enjoyer In my country, all the packs are 40€, the dlcs are 20€ 😭😭
Not really, the base game in 2020 was $40.
[During the character creation] *"Stop fucking casting magic"*
Todd's grinding the Heal Minor Wounds spell, leave him be, how else is he gonna join the Mage's Guild
If anything, Todd is actually very proficient in necromancy - look how many times he brought Skyrim back
He has the hands of a healer.
@@JM-dq7xn but he fails to bring back the other games but he did add them to Xbox game pass soooo he's getting stronger
@@TheVoidedRealm At this rate he will one day be the final boss
@@Simkets he may of not re-release the others like Skyrim, but he definitely made us pay for a subscription for Xbox for free games, and that can get very pricey, so is that technically a re-release? With a cost if rebuying it over and over again because free game on game pass
1:59
Unless you admit it openly and show it, TH-cam can't possibly prove that you pirated this. Hell, most of us can't. You can bet that many content creators do this.
Besides it is always morally correct to pirate EA Games. Don't feel bad about it.
Yeah, I hope he lied. Idk his financial situation but I doubt he would spend that much money just for video
He connected to the gallery .. so pretty sure he bought everything.
@@joartuk thanks to some wonderful people, you CAN play online now. I updated my copy and was greeted with that nice surprise.
amen to that👏🏿👏🏿
The Sims 3's life span was just over 4 years, and within those 4 years they managed to come out with some of the best packs ever in the series mostly generations and late night but most of them held a purpose to the gameplay and just made the game better (not including sweet treats, i'd like to forget that exists), yeah sure there's alot of down sides but i'm glad it didn't get the treatment of the Sims 4, and that is pumping out meaningless stuff that could of been combined in expansion packs and still releasing broken DLC 8 goddamn years into it's life cycle. literally they could release a pack on literal toilets and i wouldn't be surprised at all lmao
The Sims 4 Fancy Fecal Game Pack™️©!!!! Now your sims can have bowel problems, including: Diarrhea, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, and much more! Now toddlers have a Potty Training Meter, and must be painstakingly trained in order to not grow to be incontinent! (sold separately)
@@financialzero5684 *toilets not included
That’s part of the My First Poop Pack! (Sold separately. Requires Fancy Fecal Game Pack, and Parenthood Pack because of the single training potty that’s added)
Honestly, the Sims 3 for all its greatness already was a monetization scam with the online store, crackdown on user-mods and endless DLC.
I much prefer the way Sims 2 was done. Sure Sims 2 had DLC, but it was split in Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs. Expansion packs enriched the game in a meaningful way, whilst the Stuff packs where just for those who wanted to spend extra money on some niche items. Nowadays, Sims is nothing _but_ Stuff packs.
@@CarthagoMike i hate the online store for the sims 3 with a passion, not surprised it's still around and forcing people to pay for 10 year old discontinued stuff but thats EA. the sims 2 was the best game in the series by far, miss when the series cared more about the games than money :/
Little did Micky D know that buying all the sims 4 dlc was the beginning of the end for reality. No one was meant to own every sims 4 dlc. EA was protecting us by making them all so ridiculously expensive...and they made some of the dlc so bad that they knew no one would buy it...
...but the future refused to change. Humanity was forever cursed. All because an irish lad wanted to make a youtube video. May god have mercy on all our souls.
10/10 comment
But I'm certain thousands of people have pirated it though - probably by a few orders of magnitude more than the people who had legitimately paid for some of this nonsensical tripe.
@@DodgyDaveGTX pirated copies don't count they didn't BUY it
the first little step into the depth of h.e double hockey sticks
With this dlc purchase, the thread of prophecy is severed. Request a refund to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.
A thousand dollars?!?!?!?!?! This is why pirating EA is always morally correct
Not playing the game is morally correct. But I guess you thieves need a justification to feel good.
@@lordmuhehe4605 did you know EA went to court because of these scams and microtransactions?
When a company is so bad the justice system gets involved, I can see why people just want to play without spending £1000
real thieves are the companies who prey on minors to commit fraud. How there hasn’t been any legal action taken against them is beyond me. Until then torrent torrent torrent
@@elzar5987 shut up the best way to counter this practice is to simply not play the game don't waste the limited time of your little life on games with anti consumer practices instead of whining in the internet.
@@Gigi-zr6hp ur not normal.
"Remember when this game used to be a life simulator?" Yes. Sims 1 before any expansions were installed. Sims 1 had vampires, zombies, ghosts, alien abductions, and spell casters; so the sims has pretty much always had supernatural stuff in it.
Really only the magic themed expansion added supernatural stuff. The rest were about dating and pets and... house parties?
Ghosts were always there of course
@@WlatPziupp
Still in a way a life simulation.
Build and create your life.
Create you. Rather that’s a wizard or human. Or dog.
@@alexwilliams2276 Now I'm a little annoyed we never got to play with wizard dogs
@@WlatPziupp
Damn, that does sound fun
Vampires, ghosts, alien abductions, and spell casters could still fall under life simulator if you ask the right people
As someone who has ALL the Sims 4 DLC, here's my take:
If you feel as though you can get your money's worth then it is worth it. However, you have to actively explore the packs and decide if each and every one will have use. There are very few packs I regret buying (My First Pet, Luxury Party, Batuu, a couple others) but overall I enjoy at least a single item in every one. ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR GAMEPLAY. If you don't like gameplay but love building, then sometimes the kits don't seem pricey because you'll be using them so often. Consider how you want to play, how often you play, and whether or not you'd have fun.
That being said, the kits are a scam.
This is a very insightful comment. I have only purchased packs that have appealed to me and after a decent amount of research that I would enjoy what they add. I am much more likely to purchase a game pack compared to stuff packs or kits because I tend to prioritize gameplay over building and some CAS items. Totally about how you play.
i would just say to pirate it
@@meowwwwwwwwmoooowwwwwwmeoo1162 based
Hi what laptop do you have ? I’m new to this and IDK how much space I need for like 5 packs
since ea is money hungry and shit i would just say to pirate it
So what happened was that Sims 4 players really wanted "opt out" options for gameplay, so if you really want to get involved in the dlc, you have to make an effort. They did this because people who like family-style gameplay didn't like having witches and fairies running around and making themselves known.
AsK iF mErMaId
TELL THAT TO VLAD !! And it’s surprising IMO that he hasn’t been asked to visit henford on bagley 600 times lmao
lmao i loved your reaction to Laundry Day Stuff in the list because that one was actually voted on by the community - it's one of like two stuff packs created through fan feedback
Laundry Day is honestly essential DLC. I am glad I listened to the community on that one, because I never would have thought it was worth the money if not.
@@peaceandloveusa6656 not essential at all. It’s nice, but not top tier dlc.
Sims 4 is the only game I've ever advocated piracy for.
Sims 4 is most terrible one and like Sims 1 PS2 was horrible but least didn't try to be.
sims 3 is great, but sims 4, yeah go pirate it.
Just don't play it lol.
@@flamepelt3092 If you think a game should be pirated, just don't play it
@@cringedude7345 cry about it
"STOP CASTING MAGIC, I'll make you go poof"
Bout pissed myself laughing.
22:43 "this is the only DLC that wants to advertise itself to me"
I'm glad you said that. Journey to Batuu is an ad for Galaxy's Edge at Disney World. Nobody can convince me otherwise.
People complained about all the in-your-face popups in both the Sims 3 and Sims 4 so they took them away. But if you want to know what your DLC does you can activate tutorials at any time from the game options menu. The natural way in the Sims 4 to find stuff to do is talking to other sims! Just travel to all the different neighborhoods and talk to the sims around there! Soon you will be getting tons of calls and texts messages and invites for stuff to do :D
Oh, good to know thank you!
@@MickyD Sure no prob :D Might as well continue playing since you paid all this money for it XD OH! Your Sim's cell is a gateway to everything pretty much. Next to the cell icon is a calendar that displays all the events going on in the world plus lets you add events of your own! :D
@@MickyD usually the aspirations are good to get an idea of what to do to get get to more out of each dlc pack
@@MickyD I would also suggest playing with your options under Gameplay and Packs under that same menu. It allows more control of the in-game environment.
Additionally, play around more with following the Aspiration milestones as many of the ones added with EP and certain GP DLC are actually integrated tutorials that basically nudge you through nuanced gameplay. JTB has two such aspirations. Or the GTW careers that allow you to follow your sim to work offer more gameplay depth.
Props to you for actually going through with this, huge advocate of your channel and a fan of your morrowind content especially. Glad to see you branching out and making big investments in things like this to promote your channel to grow more. Much love man, best of luck to you and I hope this video continues to do well.
*Micky D:* Spends 500€ on DLC
*Also Micky D:* Plays only the base game and Star Wars pack 🤣
Well why should EXPANSIONS for the Sims force you to go out of your way to benefit from them
@@nonymouswisp8176 Eeeeeeek! *runs away from the comment section*
Micky D's Wallet: "I'm never going to financially recover from this."
Also: "Confused screaming"
Respect to him for following the law and paying for the extremely overpriced DLCs, admire that strength
My reaction to seeing this was just
"Oh my god no Mickey!"
"its pretty f*cking well done!"
Me while playing with all the DLCs: "WHY THE F*CK IS MY SIM DOING THE T-POSE!?!?!?"
I’m embarrassed to say but the sims 4 is my guilty pleasure and I will continue to fund this soulless company😭
Bro you can enjoy it without funding them… they’re just gonna keep doing it until dumbasses stop buying this dumb shit. I mean dlc’s for dlc’s?!? They’re fast and easy ways to obtain this game 🤷♂️
🏴☠️
same, so much money gone...
Stop it, get some help
only stupid ppl would spend money on this game. i got every dlc for FREE... ;)
The Sims 4 may fall short in just about every aspect when it comes to gameplay, but building and character creation have been extremely refined (minus the performance heavy create-a-swatch), and the mod scene is better than ever, with content that far surpasses official expansions. For creative types, it's an even better "doll house simulator" than the Sims 3. Personally, I miss the gameplay of the older games too much to be entirely on the side of Sims 4. It still lacks that rewarding feeling.
It was like if they went back to the sims 2, made a good cas and bb, updated the graphics, then removed all the personality and interesting gameplay
When it was released we had to go back to ts2 tricks to make basements!
It has open world tho.
I think the best doll house simulator was the one with the sus guy
Only thing I can say in defense of 4 is that removing the open world makes it so way more people can actually play the game (think of how many people couldn't even play 3 cause it was terribly optimized and loaded an entire map at all times, or they couldn't run 3 but still played, experiencing the entirety of the game on like 3 frames per second) and also the way the sims can actually interact with each other/multitask like eating, watching tv and talking to Sims all at the same time. Those systems are improved and nobody ever mentions it and its not very fair for S4, yes the launch was awful and its still not a 10/10 Sims experience but its way better now and there are a few advancements in gameplay systems that everyone over looks because "Boo hoo wah wah no more open world ;(" Only things I do miss really are cars/bikes, and the create a style system should have been brought back. Thanks for listening to my Sims talk.
none of that matters. Sims is for broken people
Absolute madman. Really didn’t learn from the sims 3 did ya lol
Also: imagine paying like $5 so your sim can knit. My lord EA
I've heard the knitting DLC was one of the best ones. I have it, but I've never knitted anything to know for sure, but it's definitely not a "necessary base game" feature, as a niche hobby IRL, but one that has a lot of potential, especially for re-creating the classic image of an old grandma knitting clothes for the family.
Yeah it was literally included in the Sims 2 free time and it wasn't even close to being the only thing to do in that expansion pack either....
5? Try 10…
Op
Actually not even mad about the knitting one. Pretty normal in a lot of games for a cosmetic to cost around 10 dollars. 5 dollars for a gameplay feature that you'd only buy if you're into knitting seems pretty alright to me.
Mods go a long way. There are a few that are basically necessary imo cuz they expand the emotions, traits, etc. Like the modders go hard lol. For example, there's a pregnancy mod with hospital stuff and everything. So it's a cool mod for players that want a sprinkle of realism when playing. Like ya know making your Sims go to paternity classes and do yoga and all that. Some people like storytelling like that.
For traits specifically ya can add new traits and expand the amount of traits ya can equip. Another one would be Vampires. Werewolves just came out and Vampires is showing its age imo. So there's a decent amount of Vampire mods that can alleviate that. Obviously there are sadder occult bits in the game. Aliens and Mermaids basically have no content and are probably assured to get a rework or something eventually.
Edit:
Like the Highschool stuff coming soon is probably gonna have shallow bits and all that jazz. So personally I just have high expectations for the mods that will add onto it. It's why agree that ya should avoid spending a lot on the game. Buy on a chunky sale, look up which dlc is decent and which you shoild ignore or... ya know 😉
Like I don't support piracy in most cases but I do think sometimes it can be pretty valid tbh. For example, game preservation.
Ah yes, The Sims 4, with DLC for its DLC. Can’t believe you went ahead a bought everything, absolute madlad!
I think I've never seen someone experience the game like this, unfamiliar with ALL the DLC and experiencing it all at once. Pretty unique!
Edit: it's the unfamiliarity that's unique, not someone having all DLCs lol
It happened to me it was overwhelming
youve never seen anyone pirate the game?
Never? what about me playing sims 2 ultimate collection for the first time
@@mem5091 yeah they’ve never seen you play that lmao
thats the intended way the game is to be played tho cause u are suposed to have everything to have the complete game.
I actually can't imagine spending this much money when Sims 5 eventually comes out. I don't think I can do it
Will it though? They'll keep pumping out DLC for the sims 4 forever
To fix the lag, try pressing ESC after entering live mode (Exiting build mode) and then exiting out of the pause mode and for some reason the game starts running better again, the lag only occurs in build mode for me
same
The lag happens because it wants to unload all objects in buy mode
Typically this will resolve, but sometimes you have to restart the game
As someone who does have most of the DLC (I know, I know) I still absolutely want to see you review each pack
the monsters inc scare island saxophone playing in the back is amazing thank you sir
A little info about wizard Sims in cas for those who were confused:
-There are two randomise sim buttons by the way, the one furthest to the right is randomise from the gallery i.e. Sims other people have made and uploaded, so that's why it randomised a spellcaster :)
-The add sim button has an occult button where you can add whichever occult you want (if you have the dlc) i.e. mermaid, alien, vampire, spellcaster, if you don't press this you'll just have a normal sim
You really, really, REALLY did NOT have to do this.
”I wouldn’t say it’s a bad game, it’s just kinda disappointing” is such an acurate description of this game
As some have already pointed out, when the game gets laggy in build mode/live mode just press esc to bring up the menu and then esc to close it again. That should fix it.
Can’t believe how much all the packs cost… I may also have bought all of them…
I’m enjoying your Sims videos, thank you Micky.
@@Unknown_Genius Does that make it better in any way whatsoever?
@@Unknown_Genius Oh wait, I'm stupid, I thought you were defending the dlc cost at first lol
They say buying Sims 4 and all its DLC is typically a cry for help...we're here for ya Mick, whenever you're ready.
ngl, the accent is so satisfying, I was more than happy to sit through 2:49 - 4:20
fun fact: all dlc and expansions cost, with the discount, about 2k in brazilian money! at full price it's 4k!
I swear it's been less than a week Micky, fucking hell, absolute lad
That zoey 101 reference was out of nowhere 😂
The fact he bought the digital deluxe edition and the digital deluxe upgrade pained me 😭
whats the difference if u dont mind me asking ?
@@danyah11 digital deluxe edition comes with the base game + extra content. The digital deluxe upgrade is just the extra content (so if you already have the base game)
Even if Sims 3 is poorly optimized it's still the best in the series due to open world
For me Sims 2
Sims 3 always felt like a worse version of Sims 2
The open world was great, but i really miss people making worlds as cc. I think you could also make custom ones in 2 pretty easily. 2 and 3 were so good
All I know is it feels better than The Sims 4. The possibilities seemed endless. I loved the expansions...Sims 2 felt exciting for me because it made everything more realistic. I have a fond place in my heart for TS3.
I honestly had no issues with vanilla sims 3 maybe some lag, common for things loading in any game, here and there, things starting going down hill when mods were added lol when I removed mods and not used the store, I had no issues.
About bugging in the end of the video - it really happens sometimes, with no visible reason, ts4 stars running super slow in the build/buy mod, wich affects live mod aswell, but the repair is super easy - just save the game, and everything will run as good as it did before)
I'm very glad you like my Todd Howard sim. 😂 Love your videos, you're a superstar x
Did you make it?! Great minds and all that
@@MickyD Yup! That's me, same name and all 😁 I made Dragonsreach at the peak of my sims career and he lives there. God bless the Todd
What's even nuttier is that some of the dlc in this game isn't even as fully-featured as the equivalent from 3. I can't remember anything specifically off the top of my head, unfortunately.
Almost none of them are so just spin a wheel
Tip: when your game is suddenly laggy, like at 25:28, press esc. This helps most of the time
The new pastime for Sheogorath is to keep getting people to buy all the packs with hope there's something worth it coming eventually. Thank you for your sacrifice and get the coin back
The madman did it again for the Sims 4 man EA is literally like thanking him so much!
5:20
Oh that background music, it's from FF8, Deling City. I see you are a cultured man Micky, impressive.
Fun fact, knifty knitting and laundry day I believe were both voted on to be the next dlc at the time by the sims community.
I sincerely hope this video makes it's money back and if it doesn't you can always make more Sims 4 videos.
If I got all of the dlcs, I think my computer would need to be put in the freezer so it would run. I don’t have any dlcs for sims right now and my computer whirrs at me when I play for 30 minutes, and I have left Skyrim open for at least an hour with over 100 mods and my computer didn’t made a sound. I would need not only a loan for all of the dlcs, but a loan for a supercomputer to play this.
You are a hero, Micky! We will never depriciate your brave sacrifice!
"We'll take the lot!"
-Micky D when the EA cart comes to his train car
You are awesome!
Thank you Angel!
Yeah, I feel this. I've done the same-ish. Haven't bought all the dlcs, but I did invest a good chunk of change into it...
I just...I wanna like the game. I do. But it just feels like it's missing something...
You’d make your money’s worth if you made a series. I’ve always been interested in what the game would really look like with every dlc.
The sims 4 is legit pretty fun, as long as you dont pay for it
Personally I enjoy playing the Sims 4 every now & then however I agree that the main game without DLC feels very bare bones. With DLC the game is more fun. I especially like the Vampire pack as I love to roleplay as a Vampire in games any chance I get, yes I'm talking about you Skyrim.
I totally agree with Micky D's point about EA & their extortionate amount of DLC, as well as how much they charge for it. I remember buying the Cats & Dogs DLC for my sister for her birthday about 4 or 5 years ago & it was like £40 or something! I mean I could've bought a full game for that price. She barely even played it too, to add insult to injury...
Anyway I appreciate you trying to educate us on how not to spend our money Mick D my boy but don't feel you need to do something like this again for a while. We'll be more than happy with a few more Morrowind, Harry Potter & James Bond videos, I'm sure.
On a side note, what is it with Irish TH-camrs making tits outta mountains?
i would honestly watch a playthrough of this from you. like, cheats or no cheats. building or lifestyle. don't care it'd be fun!
Yes, we sentence the TH-camr/Basement Dweller named Micky D to play more of Sims 4!
please make more sims videos! i love watching these :’)
25:38 The hero we asked for but the hero we dont deserve 🤣 I recently installed The Sims 2, sweet memories of that game. Before EA murdered it like Sim City
The dude casting spells every 10 seconds was hilarious lmao
Absolute mad man, you've earned a like and comment mate
You made Tod a spellcaster that’s why there’s magic when you randomized the character using the lightbulb which is sims people made themselves and the one you used was a spellcaster/wizard
Wow, the amount of inherently stripped-out features from the Sims 3 as a result of predatory practices from EA has really put me off this game. Thanks, Micky D!
(No but seriously thank you for sacrificing your five hundred euros)
You get a subscribe just for all the amazing references and for using Wild Woody music. You truly are a man amongst boys.
I don't plan on giving EA a damn cent of my money, and I will be sure to show this video to anyone who is considering it. Thank you.
To be fair he’s playing it without knowing what to do with the DLC.
@@hycynth82828 They have like $500 worth of it, most of which is quite tiny, including DLC for DLC.
It is absolutely indefensible and designed to prey upon people with impulse control problems. As somebody with impulse control problems, I avoid all EA games as a matter of safety.
@@spaceonisorceress4406 @Zachary Damascus I am so not deffending it tho, I pirated everything, however i don't think any video made by someone who has no knowledge on the game is a good source of information to decide to get it or not, it's good to get a laugh, but to make an actual decision, believe there are TONS of players who can tell you why you should not get the game and why it's so bad, but giving this as an example is just a bad impression because some of the stuff he mentions aren't even a reasons since you can change them IN the game
@@spaceonisorceress4406 you can get actual criticism from people who can actually explain what each DLC has and why it's bad or not. A video of someone actually only used base game and Batuu is not a good reference, I would recommend as told by kenya videos if you wanna hear a player ripping them apart even tho I don't agree with everything she says
@@spaceonisorceress4406 to explain what I mean with an example: batuu is actually one of the worst DLC and because he doesn’t really know much about it he only said nice things about it because it looks nice and has no context that you would never actually play with Batuu
Please do a part two, this is gold.
"Can I Woohoo the weird space aliens?", said almost every Mass Effect player ever.
Loved the video, Micky. Commenting to help you make all the money back. =)
For the record, a big part of why I started watching you is because your voice and comments often remind me of CallMeKevin... and my favorite series of his is the Sims games. I think you'd gain massively from playing the Sims relatively often- you can be very goofy with it.
Me too 😅 I stopped watching Kevin we he started using tons of mods buy those early videos are gold
during the glitchy build and buy if you press ESC and bring up the pause menu and then go off it, it will instantly fix your game to be smooth again
You should try legacy challenge or rags to riches in the Sims. So glad I found your channel. Always fun to see a non Sims player try Sims 4 :D
I respect modders that manage to fix/optimize/improve games. But it seems like negatively training a dog, companies realize they can release broken unfinished games knowing the unpaid community will fix it
0:32
Random, but the game advertised on the right: "Trouble Shooter" was actually a great play.
I would honestly love a full series of this game. Might as well get some more videos out of it now that you have all of that DLC lol
Wait a damn minute..
When showing the list of games on steam, the download date was may 3rd. Today marks 6 days from the upload, so that would mean you downloaded, filmed, edited…all of that in 5/6 days?? I know I know nothing about how TH-cam’s work, but damn man I’m impressed with all the work you put into this! And also pray for your pc after all that downloading omg. Subscribed!
Sitting here and just realized EA should recreate the Sims 3 to be OPTIMIZED. That will clearly never happen though. Would be so much Nostalgia ;o;
Not the Art Attack on the TV 🤣🤣 ICONIC! And a blast of nostalgia 😂
Also Micky D is a certified Legend for buying all Sims 3 and 4 packs... You should definitely do some playthroughs with the different packs 😁
He should do that talking statue a character of the sims
I would describe buying 3 dlc packs for the game in a time when my wallet was feeling real light as mildy fucked. I couldn't fathom buying all of them, 500 doll hairs even on discount... Buddy, you get a like + sub for your sheer dedication to the grind. Your videos are also the type of shit I love and I'm glad the TH-cam high gods have blessed me with this in my feed. I hope they don't stomp you out for arbitrary bullshit like they do other smaller creators. Keep on keeping on!
I just found it funny when I discovered this channel wth a name that sounds similar to the one of my favourite Heavy Metal drummer Mikkey Dee from the bands King Diamond and Motörhead among others. I really enjoy your videos though, keep up the good work
If you get severe lag in TS4, saving the game fixes it, at least for me. But with seasons, you may need to turn off weather, that will help prevent severe lag.
They really should have made Journey to Batuu a stuff pack the 10 dollar ones compared to dream home decorator it falls extremely short.
I feel like the price is actually not bad considering how many huge models are in it but... why did they make so many huge models instead of content then?
i always felt i needed to get them all cause i didnt have them. but i dont play it much so im not gonna do this. thanks for doing this so i can see it all together
You mad man I didn't think you would do it, but here we are, me enjoying 29:30 minutes
Leave it to EA to make you pay for the dlc, then buy said dlc items again with the sims currency. Very on point.
I absolutely lost it when ya started reading the list and the first one was ..."awesome animal hats" :-D good stuff micky, love your videos
I’ve bought the sims 4 and a few dlcs but I kind of prefer buying them gradually, getting the sense for a new pack and getting familiar with it before adding a new one. Otherwise it get too confusing! 😅
I agree. I think getting all of it at once would be a little nuts considering I wouldn't know what's from what pack. I get it gradually too, during sales usually. I know people freak out about the price, but I think I've spent less on the game than most people spend on Starbucks and I make my coffee at home so meh...evens out I guess. Or at least that's my weird brain evens it out.
You can organize by collection in build/buy, helpful for looking at what each pack got you if you get even 2 at once :)
i think for the pets thing, adopting a pet would help, you could also start in University by applying on the mailbox
wow this is the content I never knew I needed
Micky have you noticed Hogwarts on Harry Potter and the philosopher stone is the same hogwarts as Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets on ps2, never knew until today lol
there's no lies allowed on my channel
@@MickyD that's a lie...
Not going to lie, took me forever to realize that the movie was named differently in the West. I thought it was a joke at first 🤣
lmao the only comment i've seen him reply to is of harry potter games
@@colonian83 because Harry Potter games are fantastic
Buying it separately and on different days feels like your spending less when it reality I've have spent so much on this game.