mermaids NEED a refresh in The Sims 4
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meanwhile Aliens crying in a corner totally forgotten. They SO deserve a skill tree like vamp/werewolf/spellcaster.
There's a mod called "Expanded Aliens" that fixes it! Although it's pretty old, so I'm not sure if it still works
LMAO no deadass. But at least with aliens, there is more gameplay because human Sims are always sus about aliens and it's fun to be undercover I guess. But you're so right, there should be more to do ...
@@abigailsnail7 atp ive started considering the scientist career my alien skilltree 😭 nothin else to do but go back home ig
@@scottydog6713 i did that for one of my sims! the point was that they originally wanted to go back home but eventually realised that they were happy with their new surroundings. it was also a fun way to play with the scientist career
@@scottydog6713this is a good idea! i had no clue what to do with my alien sim💀
I wish they had focused more heavily on mermaids for island living 😓
They honestly just needed to focus on something in this pack. Because the pack has no depths.
@@tyisamessyep
@@tyisamessironic because it added the ocean 😭😭
Yea, its more focused on _Island_ _Living_ , not so on the mermaids 😖😭
Should have given the mermaids the ability to become sirens and kill via heartbreak. Especially with the new dlc.
And, this one is very much a wish which will probably never happen, but imagine how cool it would be if you could actually move sims via WASD when on vehicles, on horses, or swimming (as a mermaid). That would immediately make the game more fun and appeal to players who want more than just clicking and watching an animation.
I really think the Kids should also have a Tail in the Water.
As Toddlers they should splash around in shallow Waters and Kiddie Pools.
Also Mermaids should get a Tail in the Hottubs and on Floaties.
We also need more variations on Tails.
i agree but toddler mermaids would be so cute i think 🥺
little guppies would be soooo cute
stop ❤
we were robbed of kids with tails (and many more fun mer things)
Kids would require unique animations for their smaller size. :\
Could you imagine having tails to match every fish in the game? Even the gummy guppy?😂
@@rebeccat.6134which is something they should have done when they made the pack. EA makes literally so much money, they can pay their animators a bit more and have them make animations for the children as well.
I really wish they had more realistic animations like where they could lounge on a rock in their mermaid form or have a reef where all the mermaids hang out.
That’d be to cute!!
That would be so cool. Imagine if regular sims swim close to it and get a Siren interaction like with alien. The'll "hear a pretty song" before being pulled underwater. They'll pop up scared
It's kinda funny saying "more realistic" when you're talking about mermaids 😭😭😭
about the whole being upset at catching fish, that's not because she's a mermaid it's actually because she's a child of the ocean if I remember correctly!
And that's why i hate that trait lol its so annoying
@@Akira_of_the_Fae Theres a mod called "no more fish sadness" by QueenSpud that gets rid of that part of the trait. I always use it.
This is true, which imo is kind of stupid. Fish is a massive part of the diet of islanders, for obvious reasons. And if mermaids were real, they would 100% be hunting and eating lesser fish!
Yeah it's that trait. I hate it and it makes no sense.
Wow. I never noticed that. And that is incredibly dumb. But that just goes to show how little I play with Island Living…
Island Living is perhaps the most empty pack. Diving? You don't actually do anything but wait for your sim to return. Sunbathing? You just lay there and wait to get tanned. The cave? Again, waiting because it's a rabbit hole. Cooking on a fire pit? More waiting. And waiting is NOT gameplay.
I agree, but for tanning.. it is realistic i think.
@@glitch84-my issue is that you cant even chat or read or anything while tanning. if my sim could have a conversation or read a book while tanning i’d actually do it once in a while. 😭 but theyre literally just stuck there for in-game hours in Waiting Mode ™
@@dreamy_error ah ok! It makes sense, thank you!
not to pull a snatchonsims but i feel like all packs are empty for the sims 4 its how they say "ambitionless" lol agreed rabbit holes are not gameplay
@@venusc5709the only exception for me is the werewolf tunnels, they aren’t too bad
Now we need to see Stanley as a mermaid 😆
@@SeasideSimmer26 yes! Came here to say this
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Omg yessss! He'll be like a soggy dawg 🤣🌭
Yesssss, a red and yellow mermaid, maybe? 🤣
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I really feel for occult players who wanted more detailed mermaid gameplay 😭 but I love everything else about island living so much it's still one of my fave packs
It’s so pretty. It’s the first pack I bought. (It was a slippery slope from there. 😂) If they’d fix mermaids and give us some more gameplay overall it would be at the top. They really ought to revisit it.
Same! I can usually be found playing with this pack; especially when it’s cold outside and we have a freeze warning!
Spinningplumbobs has a mermaids revamped mod and I've played with it and it's so cool but I feel for the console players who can't mod the game :(
Same and I think people don't really know how much it has like yeah it's not comparable to the sims 3 island paradise or the whole sims 2 bon boyage pack, but still, for example I told a friend the other day i got the notification to go see the baby turtles getting out of their eggs and going to the ocean (its so cute) And my friend was convinced it was a mod, like no, it comes with the pack... There are more tiny things like the volcano erupting that people doesn't know about island living!!
@@suripanta1924 one BIG thing island living has that those other packs don't is the focus on culture! like in the previous games, the pacific was sort of framed as a place Americans vacation, but the sims 4 actually treats it like a place people live! Which it is! And I love that! (I'll also say, one thing it has on the sims 3 is that it actually runs 😭)
I really wanted mermaids to have their own underwater area to explore, maybe even a secret lot only mermaids could access
As a professional mermaid and long time sims player, I really would love to see mermaids get a refresh. This is something I think would really make island living a better pack and overall make mermaids feel like the sims staple they are🧜🏼♀️
What qualifications does one need to become a mermaid? A degree? Prior experience? References?
@@Savanna-e9m As a wannabe mermaid, training, practice, and courses (yes, a sort of degree).
@@Savanna-e9m usually prof mermaids work at things like kids birthday parties or water based events (like at aquariums or sea world)
due to this usually requirements consist of things like knowing CPR and life guard training, being good at holding your breath safely, dance backgrounds are also good because a lot of the work is doing dance like movements for entertainment, and being able to stay in character when kids ask you about being a mermaid lol
@@crownedcreeps oh god i know im in my 20s but I'd love a mermaid at my birthday party LMAO
@@Savanna-e9m swim England have a mermaid instructor course that is an extension of a swim teacher qualification
“Mermaids are objectively the worst occult type in the Sims 4”
Plant Sims: exist
I know you aren't really into mods, but I recommend everyone who has Island Living to install the Expanded Mermaids mod. It has so much fleshed out content and I find myself enjoying hours of play time with it. The usual mermaids have way more content but it also introduces sea witches and kelps
@@zefix3133 it is such a fun mod. I love making my characters like Ursula and making contracts and such
Is it the same creator as the Fairy vs Witches mod? I thought I saw sth like the mermaids in the sidebar, but I didn’t have Island Living so I didn’t look into it. Is getting the pack to play with the mod worth it?? Kinda tempted ngl
@@sunnflareit is the same creator. The mod is so well polished and integrated into the sims style. I find all their mods worth it if you enjoy occult gameplay!
Nalani IS one of the most beautiful sims to ever exist, they did us so right by creating her even if the gameplay could be better
remember island paradise? Houseboats, hotels, sharks, Krakens and full on animated underwater world and activities there that made being a mermaid actually fun? 🥺
island paradise is my favorite sime pack ever ngl. the world is gorgeous and there's just so much to do (i am one of the few fortunate ones where the world runs relatively well on my laptop)
You know how famously bad Sims 3 runs? Yeah Island Living was the only world that didn't lag and try and explode my fan. Somehow. Even living full time on a houseboat was great.
My families always had a high number of mermaids cause of that too.
@@_Fizel_ that's the complete opposite to me, island living runs so badly for me always has. I'm so jealous u get to experience isla paradiso in its peak !!!
Yeah fr this makes me wanna play it again
would LOVE a rags to riches of mermaid stanley humphrey! soggy hot dog time!
Yes!
one time my mermaid was taking a bath and the tail didnt load so it was just her feet merged together as a stiff mass :(
Sounds like me when i played mermaids as a kid in a pool
Nightmare fuel?
Have you seen Danny Gonzalezs video about "Scales"? Because the exact same thing happens in one of the scenes and he also referes to it as a "stiff mass"
@@lunkfromscandinavia YESS, it's what I was referencing that video is so funny😭😭🙏
What doesn’t need a refresh in the sims tbh…
Yet the only pack that got this treatment was fitness stuff 🤡
@@BeatrizRodrigues-bj1de also, spa day, but your point still stands. EA started pack refreshes and just didn't follow through.
@@zephyrsketches2398 basically the ones no one gives a shit about
Werewolves, but almost everything else does 😂
Get together and Cats&Dogs seem to be holding up pretty well for now...
I love how Kayla’s taste in women (in the sims because idk her orientation) it’s just girls who look like they will ruin someone’s life for you. Like the meaner looking they are, the more she needs them in her sims life. And honestly, same.
It’s so funny lol I’m like you know what, Kayla, I get it 😂
0:17 yeah they could have made them so much more fun and detailed 😢 like maybe they unlock more powers and maybe they tails become more and more shiny than before ✨ ❤
you should make a video playing with the mod that ”fixes” mermaids, like adds a skill tree and more stuff to the mermaids, it would be fun to see what it adds and how different it is from this 😊
What’s the mod called? This sounds like something I need.
Replying to know mod name
@@grandmarie Me too!!
Replying to give mod name: Expanded Mermaids (v2) by SpinningPlumbob! It has child mermaids, and even more than mermaids. Kelpies, sea sorcerer... A very fun one. There are also CC tails for children created by the creators on their Patreon page!
@@CharlieMcLaughlin-di7cvexpanded mermaids by spinning plumbobs!
i get what you’re saying about half finished features, but i would like to point out that island living does have a full career! i actually really like the conservation career.
And the island does get way more beautiful after you play it!!!!
My mermaids work really well off the grid with eco lifestyle. And i used the gender settings to make the males carry the babies like seahorses😊. Using the siren's call ability refills all their needs while draining the needs of the victim. It works from a distance too and on sims you haven't met. Great for punishing poachers and litterbugs
The spellcasters are definitely my favorite bc of how useful the Practical spells are. Plus they require a lot less maintenance vs like a vampire, who needs plasma and no sunlight, or a werewolf who is always on the verge of wolfing out. If you cast no spells, you dont risk overcharging.
I’m always a spellcaster! The spells are so useful. Copypasto? Perfect for money trees or death flowers or expensive items to make heck of a lot of money! Want revenge on a cheating spouse? What’s better than zipzap or infernate or maybe deleriate? Call back the dead or live forever! Stay young forever! Spellcasters are just… ahhh. 💖
10:31 tiny little detail, but it’s a little disappointing that they didn’t change the “… wrapped around her leg” when talking about the mermaid swimming through the tunnels.
Stanley as a hotdog-mermaid with a dolphin buddy who brings him treasure?? YES PLEASE
The mermaids need more. More chaos, more variety of mermaids, just more in general for mermaids
You can make a video using a fantastic mod - Expanded Mermaids mod. It gives so much depth to them. I thought it would be a fun idea since you said you want to play with mermaids a bit.
Also a big promo for the amazing creator - SpinningPlumbobs 💗
I’ve never seen the evil mermaid in her mermaid form. She’s so terrifyingly beautiful.
in my main save i use island living as a vacation destination for my mainland sims and then i have a section of it where the locals live and i have a whole (pretty realistic unfortunately) section of lore about the monopolization of the islands for vacation rentals and tourist-attracting restaurants and then in my storylines the island locals are always slightly annoyed with the tourists except for when i run little romeo-juliet type teen romances between a visiting teen sim and a local teen. fun times haha. i think it’s such fun summer gameplay
Try Expanded Mermaids mod, it improves a lot of things and I reaaaaally hope EA will one day remember that "refreshing old packs" thing they did with spa day and hire SpinningPlumbob to improve mermaids officially
yay stanley in a new adventure with dolphins! Can u imagine how unsettling would be Stanley Hunphrey in mermaid form?!!!
I know Simsie doesn't use CC, but hear me out: hot dog and bun colored tail with a big mustard squiggle pattern!! 🤣
@@rebeccat.6134 OMG IM ALREADY OBSESSED! LOLL
When I first started playing the sims 4, Island Living was like one of the first packs I bought because I was obsessed with mermaids as a kid/teen. My first few sims were pretty much all mermaids and I always lived in Sulani. But now that I've seen how much more thought out the other occult types are, I agree that mermaids are in desperate need for a refresh.
I play with vampires more than any occult mostly bc i grew up in a household who loved vampires and werewolf movies. My dad and i specifically would spend all day speculating what we would do if one of us turned. We also wondered if there r some weaknesses that actually rn't true like being weak to garlic. My favorite style of vampire comes from the movies Van Helsing and Underworld the kinda medieval weapons mixed with modern day was such an interesting idea to me
If you're into reading, i reccomend The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, apocolypse brought on my a vampire virus ❤
@@KatelynxXxAngel sounds interesting I'll definitely look it up thanx! My dad was a fan of Anne Rice books I haven't read them yet
Island living has a ton of potential and hopefully the Sims 4 team will realise that and give it an update 🤞🤞🤞🤞
I rarely use this pack, or occults overall, but I created a goth mermaid recently and moved her in with a werewolf boyfriend. No ocean, just a dirty pool in their backyard. I felt kinda bad. 😅
listening to lilsimsie’s videos in general without watching it and without any context is an experience
22:06 "I have to keep watering the fish" hahahaha
Island Living has one of the most beautiful worlds in the game! I would have loved to see more interaction between mermaids and the environment and how that might influence their skills and such!
Its also the child of the ocean trait that makes most of the issues, a mermaid without it doesnt mind the fish i dont think.
You should def do rags to riches with dolphins, also btw if your mermaid sim dies of like hunger whilst in the water they can drown
I wonder how the Weenmaid Stanley will look like...
I tend to use island living for the teen/young adult phase for my sims before they do college so it's like a gap time frame and the reward from the pack does help not get burnt out or midlife crisis
The Kava Party thing where all of the guests immediately socialize is a glitch, I've had it happen every time I do a Kava Party for at least a year now.
Mermaids got a CaS refresh in the form of CCs and mods. A mod allow mermaid to snorkel.
They need a perk and ability progression like other occult. They need to have to work to unlock their powers, and have more of them.
The reason that she's upset with those stuffed fishes and when catching fishes is because of that «Child of the ocean» trait. She'll also get upset from eating ANY meal containing fish.
I was thinking the same thing about mermaids; gonna download the mermaid mod to get some expanded gameplay
And i really miss the underwater Lots from Sims3.
And some Base Game and earlier Pack Worlds need Waters where your Sim can swim. In the Cats and Dogs World theee you can live on a Island but can not swim in the Ocean?
island living came with the conservation job (full time)! I honestly think that's a pretty good one as you progress and sulani turns more beautiful!
Spell casters are my favourite!! My legacy family have ancient spell caster bloodlines and if they’re born as a normal sim they usually become another occult sim later for fun lol
Omg, yes. Stanley as a mermaid doing dolphin rags to ritches! Like a hotdog themed mermaid would be beautiful
Mermaids being low-maintenance is actually the reason i love them the most of all occults. Their occult type not being the center of their whole personality gives us more room to create a cool story for them. And their magic doesn't feel like a malediction or a mission, they are just a little different and that's it. I love that, and also they have fun special gameplay (like with the dolphins and the weather).
Yes, Stanley as a mermaid with a dolphin sugar daddy is the storyline…wanna see this for sure 👍🏻
I had no idea you could get money from dolphins either so I would love to see a dolphin rags to riches! Also, I really wish the Sims team had given mermaids an occult tree too, they definitely feel half finished.
Bring back dive sites! Building and exploring dive sites was the #1 thing that kept me playing TS3 way after TS4 came out. Underwater building in TS4 would be beyond incredible
Why is the Kava Party always so much harder for me? Haha
Yeah, like what??? Usually I'm drowning in tasks like "have three guests dance" or "make a kava toast." Kinda jealous tbh
Our car caught on fire last night & im having the worst day imaginable. I needed this video.
@@courtney6883 sending you good vibes! You got this.
There is a mermaid (husband) in my current legacy household and mostly I forget he’s a mermaid lol. He hangs out in our pool when he needs hydration and I placed your sulani house as a rental and we sometimes go for beach vacations.
Simsie fell in love with a siren 😂😂
Married a mermaid in my current legacy gen, both of the kids were mermaids and I was like “I gotta figure out a way to turn them human”
I think plant sims could have been less difficult. But honestly my favorite occult are the vampires. Mostly because of the natural length of lifespan.
i love the idea of mermaids in the sims 4, but they were executed so poorly.
I come back to island living every summer, it’s a vibe 🐬🌺
Vamps will ALWAYS be my favorite but I’d love to see her do something with aliens because they don’t even have a specific aspiration like??? I guess you COULD use the strangerville one but idk
I've got a nostalgic connection to the vampire occult type since I grew up playing the Sims 2, 3, and 4 (and Medieval,, probably my favorite sims game still to this day) with two of my older cousins, and I just made vampire sims every time I was given the choice of sim type :)
seeing stanleys mer form is an essential. rags to riches is an absolutely from me
Thank you for talking about this! I wish they added an underwater world within Sulani where you can meet other mermaids
Mermaid Stanley is something I NEED.
I'll forever hope they redo the mermaids one day. I was SO excited about having mermaids for them to come with absolutely nothing
Its sounds and looks just like a vacation. Both in the activities and in how its just for a short play, just like vacations.
I played with the expanded mermaids mod and it’s exactly what they should have added to the base game, I love how talented modders are ❤
I need Stanley in mermaid form so much and this is definitely the way.
I like spellcasters best, because you can have them and never play as witch… it just doesn’t interfere with everyday gameplay, while still offers so many useful features and spells and I could go deep into being a spellcaster at anytime
The mermaid pack also gave us the Conservationist Career so it wasn't all part time. Also, the mermaid kiss makes it so non-mermaids can temporarily breathe underwater so that's why the first sim didn't die. I'm not sure if it does anything different to other mermaids. Island Living is one of my favorite packs so I know a bunch about it lol I somehow always have a sim in a family break off eventually move over there and make it there mission to clean the island.
It makes me sad bc mermaids are my favorite occult bc they are easy to play with, without it distributing your normal gameplay. The eco stuff is cool I feel like we already have an its own pack for that. I wonder if anyone made a mod
Coral: *_walks through refrigerator_*
Kayla: *_doesn't notice_*
this reminds me of the island living wheel of doom challenge you did a couple years ago - would love to see another let's play like this with randomised events!! it was so fun
honestly this is such a throwback!! i remember i first starting watching your videos around the time you posted the island living 'spin the wheel' letsplay. it had me cooked 💚
I would love a rags to riches dolphin video! Stanley as a mermaid would be an interesting sight 😭
I love playing with mermaids but I never play a save that’s exclusively island living because it doesn’t feel like there’s enough to do. Personally my favorite occult type changes depending on the movie/show/book I’m into at the time. Like right now it would be vampires but later it might be spell casters or werewolves.
spinning plumbobs mod makes mermaid more fun. you can even be a seawitch
I didn’t even know dolphins existed in Island Living! I would absolutely love to see a dolphin rags to riches.
What would be so cool is if Kayla started a legacy challenge with any occult type. Like a vampire legacy would be so fun! ❤
You can kill other sims with siren call it usually takes three tries
Omg Im so excited to see Stanley in his water sausage mermaid form
I think they could still try to make an actual Mermaid gameplay pack and Island Living is just sort of a "sneak peak" of mermaids for people who like them but aren't looking for heavy gameplay of them. The game pack could mainly have a water-based world (not sure if they could do a whole underwater one), a hidden lagoon or a grotto - it would seem sort of like Sixam: completely removed from the everyday, but it has functional lots and residentials. The aspirations probably wouldn't be too different from the Vampires... True mermaid - only the sea for me, coexist mermaid - wants to know other lifeforms, wants to be human mermaid - Hello, my name is Ariel... Then there could be a skill tree that builds upon the semi-lackluster powers we see them use in Island Living, plus other sorts of skills.
there's a mod that makes mermaids more complete but as the regular pack omg they had so much potential
island living is the pack that got me back into the sims 4 and also got me to your channel so it always has a special place for me, but it is disappointing the lack of things to do in general in the pack with the occult and also all the other aspects of it, like the conservation aspiration or whatever it's called
I'm ready to see mermaid Stanley living off the dolphins. LOL
2:06 I didn't know mermaids mourn on fish on the wall debug items.
for an EXPANSION pack it gives more game pack vibes... they need to refresh mermaids asap
Aliens deserve a skill tree 😭💘💖
Mermaids are so cute its really sad how boring of an occult they are😔😔
"BESS PLEASE" caught me so off guard but it was SO funny lolol
I need mermaid Stanley Humphrey to test the Rags to Richs Dolphin edition
TS3 Island Paradise is one of my favourite packs of all time tbh.
The scuba diving wasn’t just a rabbit hole; you would actually control your Sim in a gorgeous underwater location where you’d collect fish, seashells, avoid sharks (or be eaten by them!) and woohoo in an underwater cave! You could also choose the option “Take Underwater Photos” and there was a collection similar to the Observatory one in TS4. And that’s *just* the scuba diving gameplay!
Houseboats were my favourite lot type. You could park them at a dock, or you could sail out further into the ocean and set up next to a scuba zone like I did.
Mermaids were so much more dynamic. They *had* to swim in salt water every few days or they would evolve into full humans, and instead of hygiene they had a hydration bar. You could dry out and die if you didn’t pay attention. (Edit: Totally forgot this was still in game lmao). I think they also didn’t eat human food, but I could be mixing that up with the vampires. But I do remember *constantly* diving for seaweed for my mermaid to eat 😂
I have no idea what happened with TS4 Island Living. I heard the houseboats were super bugged for a lot of people, but I didn’t have a problem. But I really don’t understand why they would do the mermaids so dirty.
Edit: Kayla you forgot the Conservation career! You’ll have to study water samples and clean the ocean. Also just a fun fact but I believe the mermaid you were romancing is a reference to Ryn from the tv show Siren.
My favorite occult of all time is aliens because as a child playing the Sims 2, my masculine framed sim got abducted by aliens and had an alien baby, but I had NO IDEA that could happen so it BLEW MY MIND 🤯 My favorite occult to play in Sims 4 is werewolves because they’re HILARIOUS to play with, even more so than Sims 2 werewolves. When I found out about werewolves in Sims 2, I went around biting everyone, turning the whole world into werewolves and could not stop laughing! 😂
Literally me with my teen vampire!! 😂😂😂
Island living is very much all about esthetics and vibes and very little on gameplay. Also the did conservation themes twice with Evergreen Harbor coming after this pack.
thank you for speaking on this cuz now we might get it!
clicking on this video and immediately seeing the top video in my recommended titled "aliens are objectively the worst occult in The Sims 4" was perfect comedic timing.
expanded mermaids mod is a lifesaver
yes to dolphin riches lol. spellcasters are my fave occult. i thought id like werewolves more than i did.
I combine island living and eco living and together it’s fun.