I was watching this out loud and my mum was in the kitchen. After he said that I hear my mum yell out, "what was in there??" she has no interest in the sims lol
the blue door knob is actually a 'crystal' door knob (solid glass). there was a stylistic point in time where those were the 'IN' thing. i know this because one of the first houses i grew up in had those. they were neat, but a real pain in the winter because of how cold they got.
the new tile is just a dirty re-colour of an already existing tile. similar to the dirty walls and carpets from city living were just re colored base game things
If we ever get bunkbeds, I think we would get ladders at the same time? Because they would probably still have to create the movements, etc for the ladder. At least if kids are gonna use it, it would be the most realistic, and everybody wants ladders anyway.
I feel like this build/buy overview is an example of the handholding the sims team has been doing with build mode. They make these great storylines and paths to go down in the game, and include items in build mode that fit those stories, which is fine. But it feels sort of like they just put items in build mode that could very well have been in the debug menu. Like if you're going to create that beautiful new bar and the backing that goes with it, why not make those items available separately as well? And the laboratory decorations are nice, but how often are you building a laboratory? It's almost like they're telling stories FOR us in this sandbox game, where we're supposed to tell our own stories.
@@pebblespenguin no I actually really love the scientist career from get to work. but from what I've seen, the majority of players are family players who build normal houses. it's not as though this content can't be in the game period, but we haven't gotten a new kitchen since the last game pack a year ago, and as someone who builds often, its frustrating to see them add laboratory decorations that are similar to the ones I already have in get to work, but not add new kitchens or beds when I use those items far more often.
100% agree with the separate objects thing. Maybe they’re worried about having a bunch of individual items bogging down the game? I don’t know, but it just seems so odd. Also, where are all the planets in this pack?
It's under the survival gear shelf. It would look good next to the industrial shelf that came with dine out....if it didn't have that silly 2d rope underneath. Maybe I can cover it with something, but it takes away from an otherwise nice looking object.@@rosewoods1901
I do love the idea, some of the furnishings, and the CAS is pretty cool, but I wish the pack was more similar to Jungle Adventure, where there's a load of items that I find myself using in all sorts of builds.. In terms of items, 50% are stylised to the point you can't use them anywhere and are purely decorative (i.e. your sim can only 'view' them). I loved the doors (despite the best ones being mid wall height only) and the bookcase, but that's.. it? Nothing else is versatile enough to use in every-day building and so there's no way near enough content I'd use for me to get it, so I'll keep an eye out for a sale.
I agree with you 100%! I myself am mostly a builder, I don't really do gameplay all that much. Most of the items are obviously put in the game to "set the scene" and make this world come alive - which is absolutely legitimate, of course. But since this is a story-based game pack, even if you really enjoy gameplay, you will probably play though it once or twice and that's gonna be it. It's not like you're going to build or play in super grungy bunkers or run down labs all the time. So most of the new stuff will have little to no use once you've seen everything there is to see in Strangerville - which is a shame considering the incredible amount of effort they put into all those little details! So, on the one hand I'm loving all of the new stuff for what it is, but on the other hand I had hoped for more items that are actually gonna be usable in regular builds... Well, I guess you can't have everything. I'm definetly going to wait for the pack to be on sale before I purchase it. In the meantime I'll try to stay spoiler-free when it comes to the story in order to experience it myself. Otherwise I'm afraid it'll feel like a waste of money for me.
Also with jungle adventures at least you can get a lot of money for your sims. I mean there might be money once you solve the mystery of Strangerville but I KNOW I can send a sim to the jungle and come out with like $30,000 (if they’re skilled)
@@quizboy99 True :D Another reason why I'll be trying to avoid spoilers. It's already going to be a mediocre experience I assume (at least for me as someone who's not into gameplay), so I don't want anything taking away from that even more.
Most packs have at least 3 or 4 items that are reskinned / slightly modified versions of items we already have. My First Pet was the worst, with half the items being reskinned versions from other packs, but all of them have that problem.
+BriBri , +Tori well my point is, in order to get some good stuff like laptops, the town itself, military career, those odd things that you can buy from the tinfoil boy, some of the build and buy items that I refer as good looking and somewhat useful requires me to also pay for LITERALLY reskinned objects, it’s like a percentage of my money is taken for nothing ya know? It shouldn’t be that hard for them to make new meshes, after all it is their job. And I, as a customer have a right to voice my discomfort.
It's nice to hear about content, know its coming soon and not weeks/a month later *and* get to see what's being offered asap. I prefer to be surprised, not have things dragged out.
This all looks fantastic! Based on your other interviews with Sim Gurus, I think the reason they do clustered items (like the 3 barrels and 3 potted plants) is because they aren't allowed to build with MoveObjects on, so they would just have really clunky looking groups without the cheat.
FINALLY A NICE TALL BOOKCASE!!!!!! I’ve always hated stacking the ones from kids room stuff or parenthood to fit taller wall heights 😩😩😩 I hope there’s more coming because I almost never use the standard wall heights in my builds, it just feels too short to me
this is the kinda stuff the sims 4 has been missing; the darker aspect. I just wish we also had the gold-digger lifegoal and similar stuff from earlier games.
I really like this pack, however I feel it could have been an expansion pack. This isn't strangetown, but it feels and aesthetically looks like a modern version of it. Only with recent popular culture references (stranger things). Strangerville could have reintroduced some of the beloved classic but reinvented habitats of strangetown. Not to mention have a bit of mysteries surrounding a certain Sim to solve or have Sims feel wary about some particular Sims. And remember that dry erase board loaded with ideas by the gurus during the laundry day pack? Would have loved to see living off the grid here. As well as an aspiration for aliens. And regardless of us not having cars, it would be nice if we could create a shady gas station or cemetery. All in all, this pack does seem fun. So I'll buy it.
And if you have both then it's like Oh I need evidence to prove the conspiracy! then you get a text from your friend that's like "Ay its Aliens night at the bar wanna go see what's up?!"
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic: Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....) Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example. Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists. "Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture. Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements. Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....) Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?) I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic: Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....) Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example. Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists. "Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture. Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements. Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....) Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?) I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic: Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....) Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example. Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists. "Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture. Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements. Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....) Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?) I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
It bothers me that they added laptops in such a specific purpose pack. The community has wanted laptops since day one and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe laptops were in The Sims 3 base game. They're just such a basic part of everyday life that I really think they should have come either in a free update or in a pack with wider versatility. This pack doesnt suit my usual playstyle at all and even though I really want laptops, I'm not going to pay $20 just to be able to use them.
Debra Evans I love that they did that bc the “community” are the most whiny and infuriating people I’ve ever met, and I love free updates but I hope we never get any again just so everyone suffers
Loving the grungy looking items. And living the new map, deffinitly getting this. Was hoping for a like "vigilante" kind of gameplay, but still loving this. Thanks for another good Buy/Build overview!
Usually packs I'm not super interested in at least have build buy items I want. This one doesn't even have that. Yikes. **okay lab stuff and the laptop may sway me when it goes on sale
i actually think that the fancier houses are so beautiful, and i love the victorian vibe. The new windows, doors, fences and even that bookshelf really gets me hyped to build. And this is coming from someone who only likes modern builds.
JAMESSS I really like the fact that you lay everything out so nicely before the video starts and you do it in live mode so that you can kind of show off the objects better I think it’s really cool and it turns out more organized
Also I'm SO TIRED of traditional items in packs! The last time we got a pack with a ton of modern stuff (not just a few things scattered around) was city living. The midcentury stuff is nice but I want something truly modern. There's only TWO modern interior doors in the entire game, and one of them is see through.
@@parrot998 It's not about whether or not you like a style personally, I just think there should be an even balance of items in build mode for different types of players. I think traditional stuff is boring and tacky so to each their own
@@parrot998 in sims 3 we had more choice of official content because of create a style and the store. I don't think it's unfair to ask for an equal amount of both. also idk why you watch sim supply if you hate modern style but ok
I like boho style and outside of movie stuff pack the items are scattered in various packs as well. There are a million styles in the world and modern as the main pack style has already been done.
Hold on. No wild west saloon swinging type door? The ones without a knob or anything that you can kick open with your spur boots for dramatic effect?? Oh EA that would have been PERFECT with the saloon style bar which I do think we needed because you just can't have the wild west without your saloon!
Most people are going to buy this pack for the laptop (because gameplay-wise it sucks), so they won't give it for free. Same things they did with hot tubs.
@@NawiTheCore I know. They know that the laptop would be the big ticket item, it's so skeevy. They don't want people to complain about the content they put out but they sure do love to give it ammunition.
I ended up downloading a custom content laptop because I got so tired of waiting. And I refuse to buy a pack just to get something that should have been included in the base game.
mm was pretty hyped but I actually only like the military career and the items that come with it (bed, medal showcase, new fitness) and the rug ( I LOVE THE RUG), lava lamp, and the alien head. Sounds like Jungle adventures will still be one of the best packs for me, so many good items that pack had. Will still get it, most likely, because of the items i do like but i kinda expected more somehow.
i wasn't too sure about this pack when i saw the trailer but after this and the video you did with romeo, i'm actually kind of excited now? the world is so pretty and the stuff looks so cool!
Hillary L'arc en Ceil I hate how clean everything has been in everyone’s sim stories so I’m hype for dumb stuff like the wall and floor stains. Give me more gross old houses
While this pack does look interesting and cool, I don't think I'd buy it. There's just not really anything in it that made me go ooooh I want it!! Idk I guess it's a personal taste.
yes i totally get that. i haven’t gotten the vampire pack and i’m probably not getting this one. just not my taste. i wish they added the pack from sims 3 where you run your island resort lol. that was so much fun to me
The blue handle on the door definitely goes with the theme though. I remember growing up in my rural Texas town, fake glass knobs were the move at all my friends’ homes. 👌
All those painting variations with big red ish orange mounds are paintings of Sedona Arizona! Those are super famous red rocks that photographers come from all over to take pictures of- I live in Sedona, too!
Also I love that bar and back area piece. They are so different and cluttered and I can see me using it a lot. So many of the bars we have never work anywhere. Too clean.
That's the idea. Same thing they did with game consoles (City Living) and many other objects, they are exclusive to one particular pack. In previous games they were included with the base game, but if you want them now you have to pay extra for it.
With the new wallpaper and items, you could make a shipping container tiny house that's been refurnished to be a bunker/safe house. Thanks for the new item overview!
the staircases with the platform attached to it makes me wish for loft building again. cause in normal building i would not use these just to put them in the middle of a room or against a wall. i would looooveee it, if we could have different ground levels without adding a secound floor.... (i hope some of you understand me at least a little bit what i'm trying to say, english is not my mother tongue ^^")
Thanks. Great video showing all the new stuff. I agree about separating things out to be used as small decor items. Love the doors and windows. Already planning to redo some builds.
the windows, doors, and roof items look like they would fit perfectly for a Hitchcock Psycho build of a motel and then the house in the background - would even work with terrain editing now!
I wanna get the pack, but I’m not sure if it is worth it when I can just watch people play the story. But I also wanna do it myself! Lol idk what to doooo
buy it when its on sale! summer is around the corner. You can watch people play it and you can give yourself a chance to see if you like it! If you do, grab it, if not at least you didn’t waste your money
This bar backing would work sooo well as some kinda bed installation in a trailer or a camper, or even a TV backing. I hope some modders get their hands on it.
"omg, look what they put in there!"
*aggressively zooms on gnome*
@angry dog 29:31
I was watching this out loud and my mum was in the kitchen. After he said that I hear my mum yell out, "what was in there??" she has no interest in the sims lol
You should build a military base or bunker for your next vid
that's a really good idea!
YES
I was just about to comment this! That would be suuuuuper cool!!
Maybe even an abandoned lab
Yas
the blue door knob is actually a 'crystal' door knob (solid glass). there was a stylistic point in time where those were the 'IN' thing. i know this because one of the first houses i grew up in had those. they were neat, but a real pain in the winter because of how cold they got.
My grandmother had them in her house on the double doors for the livingroom and on the door to the sunroom
I had them on french doors in a house I rented that was over 100 years old and those knobs were freezing!
I bought a house from the 50's and they had all of the original crystal knobs on the doors. LOVE them
the new tile is just a dirty re-colour of an already existing tile. similar to the dirty walls and carpets from city living were just re colored base game things
Was about to point that out myself! We could have had more dirty recolours of the various existing variants though. Would've been nice.
I think recolors should come with the updates, not with the packs
I do use the city living dirty stuff a lot
love the bathtub planter 😍
Me too.
Half of this video is James loving the dirty style of the items, and honestly who doesn’t love the GRUNGEE
Meggie M I know where I’d use like every single one of these items
I think all items should come with a "dirty look" as a colour choice in the future! How amazing would that be :D
I feel trolled by the fact that they added another bar instead of kitchen counters
I was thinking the same thing when he pointed out how there are 3 rows of bars. XD
Honestly! What does TS4 have against counters?! Although, I agree... it is a cool bar.
i agree, but a big part of solving the mystery is the loacal bar so they probably wanted it to look cool.
Kitchen counters is where I suck it up and download cc kitchen counters so I have way more options.
@@KeyToSaraBe I should start doing that...
could’ve we at least gotten bunkbeds
Would have been the perfect pack to add them too
If we ever get bunkbeds, I think we would get ladders at the same time? Because they would probably still have to create the movements, etc for the ladder. At least if kids are gonna use it, it would be the most realistic, and everybody wants ladders anyway.
Just Max we should’ve gotten them with Kids Room Stuff or Parenthood at least. i hope we get them along with Murphy beds in University.
homosapien named sebastian yeah but it’ll probably be more difficult or complicated to make a sim climb a ladder from one floor to another.
This pack looks cool but I'm running out of computer space. I'm hoping for University next with bunk beds & getting roommates again
I'm bummed we didn't get any new trees, plants, cacti etc....other than that and the flooring colors I'm pretty happy with this pack
There's the old bathtub filled with plants. I thought that was really cool.
You can always do debug stuff
You should make a bunker room build!!!!
It kinda reminds me of the cars movie world/style
Did someone say... cars!
Immediately thought of Radiator Springs lol
its 1990's route 66, when it was getting old and run down its based around Roswell new mexico site if area 51.
@@azadalamiq lol I didn't know that. I live near route 66. ❤
With all the bars i think EA has a drinking problem lol
Solokv Por 🤣🤣
I feel like this build/buy overview is an example of the handholding the sims team has been doing with build mode. They make these great storylines and paths to go down in the game, and include items in build mode that fit those stories, which is fine. But it feels sort of like they just put items in build mode that could very well have been in the debug menu. Like if you're going to create that beautiful new bar and the backing that goes with it, why not make those items available separately as well? And the laboratory decorations are nice, but how often are you building a laboratory? It's almost like they're telling stories FOR us in this sandbox game, where we're supposed to tell our own stories.
I’ve seen laboratories in a lot of people’s stories
you mean to tell me you never had a mad scientist sim? it's my cup of tea
@@pebblespenguin no I actually really love the scientist career from get to work. but from what I've seen, the majority of players are family players who build normal houses. it's not as though this content can't be in the game period, but we haven't gotten a new kitchen since the last game pack a year ago, and as someone who builds often, its frustrating to see them add laboratory decorations that are similar to the ones I already have in get to work, but not add new kitchens or beds when I use those items far more often.
100% agree with the separate objects thing. Maybe they’re worried about having a bunch of individual items bogging down the game? I don’t know, but it just seems so odd. Also, where are all the planets in this pack?
@@ayoCC that's a huge lie because there are plenty of pre-built lots that clearly have moveobjects used
That rope is giving me ball pit vibes.
Yes! It's so 2D! :'( Which is sad because the gas mask hanging off the shelf has more personality! WTF???
Same!!! Made my eye twitch. Waiting for Semaj to notice. Lol
Which rope?
@@rosewoods1901 the one under the storage shelf next to the tub.
It's under the survival gear shelf. It would look good next to the industrial shelf that came with dine out....if it didn't have that silly 2d rope underneath. Maybe I can cover it with something, but it takes away from an otherwise nice looking object.@@rosewoods1901
I do love the idea, some of the furnishings, and the CAS is pretty cool, but I wish the pack was more similar to Jungle Adventure, where there's a load of items that I find myself using in all sorts of builds..
In terms of items, 50% are stylised to the point you can't use them anywhere and are purely decorative (i.e. your sim can only 'view' them). I loved the doors (despite the best ones being mid wall height only) and the bookcase, but that's.. it? Nothing else is versatile enough to use in every-day building and so there's no way near enough content I'd use for me to get it, so I'll keep an eye out for a sale.
I agree with you 100%! I myself am mostly a builder, I don't really do gameplay all that much. Most of the items are obviously put in the game to "set the scene" and make this world come alive - which is absolutely legitimate, of course. But since this is a story-based game pack, even if you really enjoy gameplay, you will probably play though it once or twice and that's gonna be it. It's not like you're going to build or play in super grungy bunkers or run down labs all the time. So most of the new stuff will have little to no use once you've seen everything there is to see in Strangerville - which is a shame considering the incredible amount of effort they put into all those little details! So, on the one hand I'm loving all of the new stuff for what it is, but on the other hand I had hoped for more items that are actually gonna be usable in regular builds... Well, I guess you can't have everything.
I'm definetly going to wait for the pack to be on sale before I purchase it. In the meantime I'll try to stay spoiler-free when it comes to the story in order to experience it myself. Otherwise I'm afraid it'll feel like a waste of money for me.
@@bunapapaya402 then again, it's the Sims 4 so don't expect anything grand in terms of a "story"
Also with jungle adventures at least you can get a lot of money for your sims. I mean there might be money once you solve the mystery of Strangerville but I KNOW I can send a sim to the jungle and come out with like $30,000 (if they’re skilled)
@@quizboy99 True :D Another reason why I'll be trying to avoid spoilers. It's already going to be a mediocre experience I assume (at least for me as someone who's not into gameplay), so I don't want anything taking away from that even more.
We have that dirty floor in the base game, clean WITH recolours
Most packs have at least 3 or 4 items that are reskinned / slightly modified versions of items we already have. My First Pet was the worst, with half the items being reskinned versions from other packs, but all of them have that problem.
It rubs me the wrong way knowing that I’m paying literal money for that, sad
@@velvet.velourr Then don't?
@@velvet.velourr If only you had the choice to buy the pack or not right? ...
+BriBri , +Tori well my point is, in order to get some good stuff like laptops, the town itself, military career, those odd things that you can buy from the tinfoil boy, some of the build and buy items that I refer as good looking and somewhat useful requires me to also pay for LITERALLY reskinned objects, it’s like a percentage of my money is taken for nothing ya know?
It shouldn’t be that hard for them to make new meshes, after all it is their job. And I, as a customer have a right to voice my discomfort.
youre passion for the items and textures is seriously what keeps me going, like, youre just so happy about the pack and its incredible
It's nice to hear about content, know its coming soon and not weeks/a month later *and* get to see what's being offered asap. I prefer to be surprised, not have things dragged out.
same! hate when we have to wait weeks
This all looks fantastic! Based on your other interviews with Sim Gurus, I think the reason they do clustered items (like the 3 barrels and 3 potted plants) is because they aren't allowed to build with MoveObjects on, so they would just have really clunky looking groups without the cheat.
i'm super excited for this pack, but I was really hoping to get more counters and normal house items. hopefully we'll get more with the next pack!
The plane bunker would be perfect for Rags to riches. Lol, just live on that lot until you get money! 👌🏼
At first I thought it was a random lot, not an actual household.
FINALLY A NICE TALL BOOKCASE!!!!!! I’ve always hated stacking the ones from kids room stuff or parenthood to fit taller wall heights 😩😩😩 I hope there’s more coming because I almost never use the standard wall heights in my builds, it just feels too short to me
Normal height iron fence omg!!!
WITH A MATCHING GATE OMG! 😭 They all have matching gates? I can't even 😭
Something that matches !
Hey James you should use Max for this let's play! that way you don't have to reply the secrets and everything twice when it comes time for supersim!
he said hes gonna use holly alto for the letsplay
ashullu
That’s kinda disappointing.. but it’s his game I guess 🤷♀️
i agree with rebebecca
this is the kinda stuff the sims 4 has been missing; the darker aspect.
I just wish we also had the gold-digger lifegoal and similar stuff from earlier games.
Like, eliza pancakes?
@@joaquinlepiz3858 More like an aspiration we would choose.
You know what I noticed..we have more science unplayable decorative items than kitchen counters. Now that's just rude😩lol
I really like this pack, however I feel it could have been an expansion pack. This isn't strangetown, but it feels and aesthetically looks like a modern version of it. Only with recent popular culture references (stranger things). Strangerville could have reintroduced some of the beloved classic but reinvented habitats of strangetown. Not to mention have a bit of mysteries surrounding a certain Sim to solve or have Sims feel wary about some particular Sims. And remember that dry erase board loaded with ideas by the gurus during the laundry day pack? Would have loved to see living off the grid here. As well as an aspiration for aliens. And regardless of us not having cars, it would be nice if we could create a shady gas station or cemetery. All in all, this pack does seem fun. So I'll buy it.
Meridian Hearts strange town was my favorate town.
@@pnastysavage5510 mine too ☺
I could see the purple vines on the side of a fairy tale cottage or something like that
i don't know.. they are giving us a world that screams aliens in every way, but if you want aliens you have to get another expansion..
Yeah, I totally thought they should have added aliens with this pack instead of Get to Work.
It could also be more aliens or spooky stuff like demons
It seems more Stranger Things than Aliens.
And if you have both then it's like Oh I need evidence to prove the conspiracy! then you get a text from your friend that's like "Ay its Aliens night at the bar wanna go see what's up?!"
@@amberocallahan5481 which basically were aliens just in a different sense
He really has that same vibe as the desert map on Sims2. I love that they added this. This is what was missing from the Get to Work pack.
Maybe......someday.... LGR's wishpack rundown hobo stuff becomes a thing 😻 i love all those filthy things! .... 10/10 would buy a hobo pack too
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic:
Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....)
Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example.
Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists.
"Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture.
Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements.
Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....)
Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?)
I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic:
Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....)
Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example.
Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists.
"Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture.
Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements.
Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....)
Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?)
I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
Hobos, hillbillies, and a post-apocalyptic theme, and I'd be on board with that, especially as another fan of the filthy/grungy aesthetic:
Toss in a selection of hobo, cannibal hillbilly, zombie-apocalypse, and Mad-Max style clothing and haircuts, a lot of make-shift furniture, the wall and floor textures and architectural features for building factories and prisons and warehouses and run-down shops and abandoned shopping malls and whatever (it surely wouldn't take much for that sort of run-down industrial/institutional thing), and you're pretty much set, except for the how-cool-would-that-be customizable cars (because Sims 4 seems to have a "thing" against cars....)
Add in just a bit of "My War" style make-shift survivalism in the interactive objects: grow your own garden of food and medicine in things like that bathtub full of plants from the video, for example.
Toss in a bit of the Slab City aesthetic of extreme decay decorated by mad artists.
"Scavenger" as a profession: rather than bringing home an income, the Sim brings home things like random food and furniture.
Make it just a bit tougher to sell stuff off or dispose of it, so that Sims are more likely to leave what they don't need sitting around in the yard, or hoarded up in attics and basements.
Maybe adjustments for Sim personalities that don't really care for getting all the finer things in Sim life, and are just fine with being covered with dirt, living with rats and bugs, and eating out of garbage cans (most of the world's population since the dawn of pre-history has been like that). Also, Sims that can bicker and fight and hold grudges, but still live together without every interaction descending into hysterical fist-fighting on-sight when they're together, and a lot of hysterical raging and crying when they aren't. (It would be too much to hope for for a very much more interesting version of Sim psychology, but real people seem to find ways to live with each other in spite of their differences, and they seem to find ways to live with hardship, compared to the rather shallow Sims....)
Optional gameplay extensions for conflicts between your "family" of apocalypse survivors and roving bands of apocalypse gangs (and how difficult would it be to ramp that up from existing gameplay mechanics, such as the one for clubs/groups?)
I mean, that stuff is where my Simming interests are at... That dysfunctional group of angry people stuck together in the boarded-up farmhouse in "Night of the Living Dead" was the sort of Sims family I've always wanted to follow around, or the weird family of mutants from "The Hills Have Eyes". The Sims 4 was depressingly sterile, urban, and restrained for my tastes.
jake english same!!
Bunkers! Secret Lab! Mad Scientist?
It bothers me that they added laptops in such a specific purpose pack. The community has wanted laptops since day one and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe laptops were in The Sims 3 base game. They're just such a basic part of everyday life that I really think they should have come either in a free update or in a pack with wider versatility. This pack doesnt suit my usual playstyle at all and even though I really want laptops, I'm not going to pay $20 just to be able to use them.
Debra Evans sadly same. and yes the sims 3 base game had laptops
Debra Evans I love that they did that bc the “community” are the most whiny and infuriating people I’ve ever met, and I love free updates but I hope we never get any again just so everyone suffers
K. Charrette so you’d rather spend $20 for something useless? Your own money that you worked hard for? Lol
ehhidontknow “WE WANT LAPTOPS” “They’re useless”
You’re dumb.
Also I want the rest of the pack and I wanna watch you whiny idiots suffer
Loving the grungy looking items. And living the new map, deffinitly getting this.
Was hoping for a like "vigilante" kind of gameplay, but still loving this. Thanks for another good Buy/Build overview!
2 videos today!? you're spoiling us
Someone has so got to make the classic looking military barracks, like the metal tube shaped buildings, think that'll look quite cool in the world.
Finally a new window set with fences and columns in a style I love to build with! I'd get this pack just for those items :)
Usually packs I'm not super interested in at least have build buy items I want. This one doesn't even have that. Yikes.
**okay lab stuff and the laptop may sway me when it goes on sale
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i actually think that the fancier houses are so beautiful, and i love the victorian vibe. The new windows, doors, fences and even that bookshelf really gets me hyped to build. And this is coming from someone who only likes modern builds.
The laptops should have been a free update
I was just telling my friend yesterday how I probably want going to buy this pack unless the content was good but yeah...yikes.
Heather B So you’re that type who loves those annoyingly pristine houses
JAMESSS I really like the fact that you lay everything out so nicely before the video starts and you do it in live mode so that you can kind of show off the objects better I think it’s really cool and it turns out more organized
I'm pretty sure the blue handle is supposed to be a glass doorknob. I think its supposed to be a Victorian theme.
WaterfallWaltz in the middle of a desert
Mmm gothic revival hints too
navajo rugs actually go well with the pack.
Please do a period-style build with these new windows!!! They're so pretty
Also I'm SO TIRED of traditional items in packs! The last time we got a pack with a ton of modern stuff (not just a few things scattered around) was city living. The midcentury stuff is nice but I want something truly modern. There's only TWO modern interior doors in the entire game, and one of them is see through.
Modern styles suck! No personality...
@@parrot998 It's not about whether or not you like a style personally, I just think there should be an even balance of items in build mode for different types of players. I think traditional stuff is boring and tacky so to each their own
@@princessjellyfish98 Well I'm willing to bet you never complained about how much dull modern styles dominated the Sims 3...
@@parrot998 in sims 3 we had more choice of official content because of create a style and the store. I don't think it's unfair to ask for an equal amount of both. also idk why you watch sim supply if you hate modern style but ok
I like boho style and outside of movie stuff pack the items are scattered in various packs as well. There are a million styles in the world and modern as the main pack style has already been done.
Hold on. No wild west saloon swinging type door? The ones without a knob or anything that you can kick open with your spur boots for dramatic effect?? Oh EA that would have been PERFECT with the saloon style bar which I do think we needed because you just can't have the wild west without your saloon!
Welcome to Night Vale vibes for sure!
THE MEALS JUST KEEP ON COMING FROM THE TURNER HOUSEHOLD
FULL COURSE BABYY🤤🍽
Think the laptop should be free update
Yes!
Most people are going to buy this pack for the laptop (because gameplay-wise it sucks), so they won't give it for free. Same things they did with hot tubs.
@@NawiTheCore I know. They know that the laptop would be the big ticket item, it's so skeevy. They don't want people to complain about the content they put out but they sure do love to give it ammunition.
I ended up downloading a custom content laptop because I got so tired of waiting. And I refuse to buy a pack just to get something that should have been included in the base game.
Y’all really ONLY want the laptop?
Anyone else getting Fallout vibes, at all?
Edit: The more I watch, the more Fallout vibes I'm getting. Awesome pack.
Right? For me, I can say that the lab equipment and desert landscape are giving me serious Half-Life / Portal game vibes, too.
I’m excited to see if you or someone else builds a “LOST” show vault! Yassss.
Sims fans: please give us more kitchen stuff!
The Sims 4: how about uhh another bar ???
mm was pretty hyped but I actually only like the military career and the items that come with it (bed, medal showcase, new fitness) and the rug ( I LOVE THE RUG), lava lamp, and the alien head. Sounds like Jungle adventures will still be one of the best packs for me, so many good items that pack had. Will still get it, most likely, because of the items i do like but i kinda expected more somehow.
i wasn't too sure about this pack when i saw the trailer but after this and the video you did with romeo, i'm actually kind of excited now? the world is so pretty and the stuff looks so cool!
Finally! Someone who isn’t whining incessantly
with that kind of windows you could build a church renovated into something modern! that would be super cool
Carolina Pulpanova someone please build super old churches turned into wedding venues
I see a lot of alien things. It'd be nice if they had updated the aliens so they're as thought-out as the vampires.
Oooooh, I'm going to build a whole post-apocalyptic world filled with underground fallout shelters, I am beyond excited.
Hillary L'arc en Ceil I hate how clean everything has been in everyone’s sim stories so I’m hype for dumb stuff like the wall and floor stains. Give me more gross old houses
This pack is perfect for the mad scientist series!
While this pack does look interesting and cool, I don't think I'd buy it. There's just not really anything in it that made me go ooooh I want it!! Idk I guess it's a personal taste.
The Autistic Artistic it looks cool but I know its not for me. I would only use the military career and the laptops🤷🏽♀️
Pink Joy I definitely agree.
Yes like the vampire pack everybody says is cool but its not my thing hahaha I think I will never buy vampires.
@@mayrarangel3577 it really just depends on your tastes. Vampires, in my opinion is the pack that's most worth the price.
yes i totally get that. i haven’t gotten the vampire pack and i’m probably not getting this one. just not my taste. i wish they added the pack from sims 3 where you run your island resort lol. that was so much fun to me
im so glad that the sims team made a game pack that’s not just generic family play in suburban neighborhoods lol
IKR? And a lot of people are complaining because it’s not that, annoying af
I love the sound of your voice, it is so relaxing to watch your videos or even just to have it playing in the back ground
My first thought when I saw the trailer was; Roswell.
Darla Cooper S A M E
The blue handle on the door definitely goes with the theme though. I remember growing up in my rural Texas town, fake glass knobs were the move at all my friends’ homes. 👌
I'll buy for the lava lamp alone
I love this build/buy so much! Those doors and windows are soooo my vibe! And they’re all matching!
ooo maybe zeuz cityrk deserves an upgrade... surely, he'd prefer a bunker to a dumpster?
All those painting variations with big red ish orange mounds are paintings of Sedona Arizona! Those are super famous red rocks that photographers come from all over to take pictures of- I live in Sedona, too!
PICKET FENCE FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! How was that missed in the base game and every pack since....
I was just thinking of playing Strangetown in The Sims 2! Now I will have to try this out
Does this pack remind anyone else of Stranger Things? I'm surprised they don't have flashing Christmas lights to hang on the wall 🤣
RedYankeeRose exactly
Which we need. Seriously. Recolor the ones we got in the free holiday pack. I need it.
Looks cool with the plane on top of the bunker thingy. I would actually live there in the early game, even though it's not my style
Those signs, jukebox, linoleum flooring, and the corrugated metal material would be amazing for a diner setting in gameplay
The name if the satellite dish is "not a satellite dish"😂 at 19:15
Also I love that bar and back area piece. They are so different and cluttered and I can see me using it a lot.
So many of the bars we have never work anywhere. Too clean.
WHY DOESNT THE LAPTOP COME IN AN UPDATEEE?! i want it so bad but dont want this pack
That's the idea. Same thing they did with game consoles (City Living) and many other objects, they are exclusive to one particular pack. In previous games they were included with the base game, but if you want them now you have to pay extra for it.
ea is dirty
I’m bored of y’all who only want perfect samey shit. The laptop isn’t a free pack because y’all are annoying
This neighborhood is really beautiful! It looks so much like Sedona, Arizona!
I can't wait to use those new doors and windows!!!
I wonder if some of those items on the bar shelves show up in the debug items with the show hidden objects cheat...?
With the new wallpaper and items, you could make a shipping container tiny house that's been refurnished to be a bunker/safe house. Thanks for the new item overview!
Can we talk about the flat hose or rope under the metal shelving unit...I'm getting ball-pit flashbacks
the white and yellow swatches are gonna be the only reason i buy this, i love white and pastel yellow schemes
Watched the first upload and now this one I honestly love this pack more then the others
You’re the only person to show the underneath of the ufo light and I appreciate that 🤘🏻
those windows will be perfect for old buildings like churches!
your reaction to the postbox suddenly standing there, cracks me up
I has just here chiling out when the video poted up
Maria Carrilho - What?
@@CRWC "I was just here chilling out when the video popped up."
椅子殿 - Can’t really tell by the spelling XD
@@CRWC Ahaha I'm used to deciphering messages like these
椅子殿 - You really have to get used to it XD, so many messages like this
i'd love to see another quirky house build from you, i loved your last one and immediately thought of that when i saw the bathtub garden.
the staircases with the platform attached to it makes me wish for loft building again. cause in normal building i would not use these just to put them in the middle of a room or against a wall. i would looooveee it, if we could have different ground levels without adding a secound floor.... (i hope some of you understand me at least a little bit what i'm trying to say, english is not my mother tongue ^^")
Your English is excellent, and I agree completely!
@@pietrayday9915 thanks 😊
Are you russian?
@@b.l7491 i'm german :)
@@shan5499 oof that was my second guess
Nobody's videos make me want to buy the pack more than James'. I cant wait to see what people build with those plane pieces!!
this reminds me of an old 50s movie where a sort of pod plant would replace people, don't remember the name though
Omg I've seen that movie it was creepy. At the end the hero escapes the town
James Patrick I’m telling you guys it’s early stages of plant sims .
“Invasion of the Body Snatchers”? I remember that movie gave me nightmares as a kid! 🤣
Thanks. Great video showing all the new stuff. I agree about separating things out to be used as small decor items. Love the doors and windows. Already planning to redo some builds.
I’m only really excited for the windows and doors🤷🏻♀️
the windows, doors, and roof items look like they would fit perfectly for a Hitchcock Psycho build of a motel and then the house in the background - would even work with terrain editing now!
Slooowly I feel like I can do fallout-esque builds
I'm in love. I need this two years ago.
I live in a military town in the desert, and this is damn near perfect.
Take a shot evert time he says dirty/grunge
Oooh, that corrugated iron makes me want a shipping container build!!
That's actually a pretty cool idea but I don't know how he'd do all the details of a shipping container, I mean..he could sure try
I watched your videos all of them time when I was pregnant, and now that my son is born every time I watch your videos he starts to smile
Legit excited for this pack... but also, we have so many more bars than options for carpeting. 😑
The doors and spandrils are sooo good!!
I wanna get the pack, but I’m not sure if it is worth it when I can just watch people play the story. But I also wanna do it myself! Lol idk what to doooo
buy it when its on sale! summer is around the corner. You can watch people play it and you can give yourself a chance to see if you like it! If you do, grab it, if not at least you didn’t waste your money
This bar backing would work sooo well as some kinda bed installation in a trailer or a camper, or even a TV backing. I hope some modders get their hands on it.