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There's something that bothers me about Tomarang and I don't really know if I'm gonna be able to put it words. But for me, Tomarang really feels like we're seeing the world as a tourist and not really as a real citizen from that world? Like it feel like we're always looking from an outsider perspective.
Definitely, it also just feels so dead. Especially the night markets there’s never anyone there and there’s like three tables, it’s pretty much city living festivals 2.0 I wish they made it like the night markets truly are with a lot of people out and about, the world just feels dead, anything in that world we can already do or it’s a rabbit hole
i also don’t like how we have 800 american worlds with so many variations of specific areas like california (oasis springs, san sequoia, del sol valley, partially san myshuno etc) but then tomarang is supposed to account for all of southeast asia. and when san myshuno came out that was all we got for arab representation (bc townies were spawning in with arabic names despite the only premade arab townie in the sims 4 being salim benali unless you count the caliente sisters) and since they already did that i highly doubt they’ll give us another arabic experience
Thank you for saying this! I felt the same way but I just did not know how to express it as well. I feel like my sim is an outsider in Tomarang as well, the Tomarang townies feel unwelcoming and distant? They just don’t bother to interact with my sim at all and they always seem to be in a hurry to be somewhere else. Maybe this is how EA sees South East Asian, always in a hurry to be someplace else 😂
@@AwfulGlitter the night market is so sad. No one visited the night market and occasionally 1 or 2 townie will pass by. I wish they could have given us 1 event in the night market, like a food festival or cooking competition, like the competitions in Cottage Living where all townies will show off their stuff.
yes!! and in response to the original commenter, it definitely feels like an american point of view like no matter what sim you’re playing as it feels like you’re a tourist. there’s no village-y life like they showed in the trailer, it feels like another american world disguised with gorgeous builds. they always do this to a lot of the worlds but disproportionately to non-american ones, it feels like you’re just visiting and get to leave afterwards, it doesn’t feel homely
It would be so easy for them code-wise to have a festival. Like the lights festival of snowy escape, like the mischief fireworks in the city living. Same thing could have been done.
No new plants? I never knew that! I feel bad for simmers without IL because that would probably have the most similar plants. For Rent is a whole expansion pack, a new world, new careers, new plants, BB, CAS, and everything should be normal. This probably should've been labeled a Game Pack instead
This should be a game pack indeed! And yes, thank you for pointing that out, simmers without IL can’t really decorate much with plants and all other plants from base game, etc do not fit in the world of Tomarang.
Your review was spot-on Matinee! I was the most disappointed by this pack because I was so excited for multihousehold units and more Southeast Asian representation. What we got in the end with the EP was so broken and underwhelming. Without the bugs, this would have been a decent game pack.
Thank you Townie! A broken EP and underwhelming cultural representation indeed. Seeing how they hyped the pack up before releasing it makes me naively believe that it will be a great pack, as great as Snowy Escape.
EA likely forced this out becaus of Horse Ranch failures. That pack didnt bring in enough money. So much that the Team of EP 16 has to lock at that pack to see why it failed to improof in ep 16. Alao the devolepers Om For Rent had no idea This EP would come out this year when they moved to work on it earlier last year.i suspect initily it Was auposed to be a pack in April this year. Propaly more fleshed out then what they then wher able to Do. At this poi t i say only buy it if you want the Multihomelot feature . I alao understand however qhy they might have decidd Not to have nighbers knock on the door like in City livng. That way These arpartments still gwt some use if you wanne use them
I was really curious to see how east asian simmers viewed this pack. Thank you for your honest review!!! Hopefully this reaches the EA team and they take notes😭😭 This pack has made me so sad.
Omg Tay hi!! I love your videos especially the Day in my Life vlog. Sorry I had been a silent viewer on your channel (I won’t be anymore) but please know that I really enjoy your contents! 💗
So, you need a trait to release a sky lantern but there's also no sky lantern festival?? I'm sorry, but why is EA so lazy and dumb, what was happening in the boardroom? 😭 And I miss when caves and secret entrances had secret worlds, it's like they decided it was too much work and gave us rabbit holes. As if the Sims 4 wasn't boring enough
They are getting lazier with the gameplay and animations. 😭 I dare not think of what and how will it be for the next EP. They could have given us the blocked cave (just like the one in Oasis Spring) and our sim needs to have the handiness skill to break the blocked path.
I wish the festivals from City Living, Snowy Escape and Cottage living were also a thing in new packs. I mean why are they not anyway? It would make so much sense to have festivals in this world.
Right!! This pack is half-heartedly done and they don’t even bother to include any festivals. It would be so fun to include at least 1 festival in the night market to spice up the place.
I really like the rental feature and really feel it's different from the roommate feature. I agree with everything else though and I am happy to hear from a southeast Asian about how the pack represents the cultures
Ah, I’m happy to hear that you like the rental feature! At least something positive for me to see this pack. I’m too clouded with negative emotion at this pack 😫
If people are still shocked today that The Sims 4 game is not like the trailers they showcase…they have bigger problems. TS4 stays making the game look more fun and interactive than it actually is. This is the first video game I’ve played where you actually have to use your imagination to play.
Sate is technically Indonesia hahah I seriously thought you did a review a long time ago, but glad to hear what is your opinion. Sims 4 has been known for being "just pretty" with their worlds, CAS and furniture items for a long time already, just this time it is in South East Asian flavor.
This! I’m glad I’m not the only Malaysian who think so. I’ve been going on and on about the Sims 4 For Rent, maybe this is why you thought I did a review 😅
One thing that disappoints me is that Tomarang has cold temperature in winter. It shouldn't, because Tomarang is based on Southeast Asia where the temperature is hot all year round (except in mountains).
I love your review and I agree with everything. This pack is so disappointing for me as well. I was really looking forward to playing with it since we finally have S.E.A representation. It feels like they did not do enough of research for this pack and just simply rush it out and call it a day. If they do proper research, they won't get so many things left out and wrong. I mean, heat radiators for hot and humid countries in S.E.A??? Come on...... **facepalm** It's ridiculous. We would all die of heatstroke! Also, they didn't even do proper pack integration for this pack with the Seasons EP. How on earth would we still get winter in the Tomarang world and be frozen to death??? That I cannot compute. My Malaysian brain cannot digest... the Sims team really dropped the ball on this one. This pack was lazily done.
😂😂 one of my sim froze to death while partying at the small little beach. I’m not sure if you notice, but a small clip in this video shows the grim reaper coming over because my sim was freezing to death. 😂 They could give us more fans or give us the fancy and useless but pretty bladeless fan 😂 or the wall fan to hang at the corner. Even a typical standing fan would be good.
Thank you for taking the time to review this kit and add examples of how rich and beautiful the culture of Southeast Asia truly is!!! You’ve taught me and many others what EA failed to capture even a glimpse of. You’ve inspired me to get curious and explore Southeast Asian restaurants that might be in my area
This is a really GREAT review! I don't have the pack yet, waiting for more bug fixes, but have watched a ton of coverage on it. When I saw the B/B content, I was heartbroken at the failure to give us new landscape plants. I am a gardener, who loves to do Sim landscaping. I am constantly using debug plants because the buy catalog is incredibly lacking. I was SO hoping they would provide new flora for this amazing new world. What a disappointment. And such a missed opportunity. It does sort of feel like a game pack, and I don't usually feel that way. It was so interesting to hear from a SE Asian Simmer. I'm from the States, but would truly LOVE more worlds from around the globe. My father was an immigrant, so we were always well aware of the world outside our borders. I'm so sorry this pack fell so far short. Thanks for the honest critique. Keep up the great work!
i've been really enjoying For Rent as a supplement to Courtyard Oasis for building a kind of more Muslim-ish world. it's just so sad that we have to use so much imagination to make ourselves in this game when we don't fit in neat little white boxes.
thank you so much for making this video! i’ve really been curious to see the opinion of someone from south east asia on this expac and youtube recommended me this vid! ☺💗 its so sad how they basically couples this kind of world with a big wanted feature(buildable apartments) but then also seem to have used it as a reason to leave the world lacklustre, cause its easy to get away with cause people will still want the rent feature :( thats how it feels to me at least its just so empty and small and disappointing 😭(not even to mention the game breaking bugs once again…) it feels like theyre really prioritizing looks for the trailers and thats it
To make up for that bummer of a marketplace, I turned that vacant lot in the upper left hand corner into a really vibrant bustling marketplace/apartment complex activity center. I never played any other Sims besides Survivor Island, so luckily I wasn't spoiled by all their other amazing content. It was a great holiday distraction while reading audiobooks. After all that work none of my characters can release a sky lantern?? lol wow. I plan on returning to that backdrop in the future for a "Six of Crows" fanfiction series. At least I have all my Sims trained as Star Wars Jedi knights, and Harry Potter wizards which shakes things up a tiny bit.
thank you for your honesty I haven't bought it yet because I'm waiting for it to be sorted out I'm a new subscriber and give you a thumbs up dear lady 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great review, Matinee!! I think you hit it spot on, this pack screams needing *MORE*! It really should have been a game pack. I'm still so mad at the number of lots like there's so many nice places that can be built in that world. Also didn't even notice there's a lack of nature in the pack! What gives?? There's so much greenery in Southeast Asia! It sucks cause even the 'main' feature of the packs aka the rentals are shallow and glitchy. I do still want the pack eventually buuuut maybe I can wait a little longer 🥲
Thank you so much Kawai! But yes, do wait a little longer if you are not in a hurry to use the rental feature because this pack just messes up my sims. I noticed that after I install this pack, my sims are really laggy, not doing anything that I ask them to and I constantly need to reset them. 😩
As buggy as this expansion is I do like the multi unit lot feature we were given with this expansion. As always it is disappointing the lack of cas items they give us for male sims and especially for children, tots, infants.
I hope they give us multi-purpose lot in future, to include retail, bar, park, etc whichever we want to convert it to. They just straight up neglect male sims. I need to use cc to make up for the lack of wardrobe choices for my male sim.
That's because TS4 team tries to train us to pay more for less. People that were in love with TS3, of which I'm one, bought TS4 expecting an even greater improvement but instead we were shafted. New games are being developed now to take their place. Maybe the day will come when they realize they should not have shorted their customer base for money but by then we will no longer care.
@@christinestone391 it is sad the direction gaming in general is going. Sims 5 is going to be worse than Sims 4. Hear that it’s going to be a cloud service game.
I feel like they had the south east Asian aesthetic but when it comes to culture they just decided to not put anything like that in the gameplay. It feels like the same amount of gameplay as horse ranch.
Yeah, this pack is half-heartedly done. Actually the whole sims 4 feels like “I’m going to give you some of this, just a little and call it a day”. There are so much potential that could be done for this pack and also others packs but they are just not bothered.
Agreeed, beautiful bb/buildings but its all off. The key gameplay besides rentals is focused on cliche representation of Thailand, the world is everywhere but nowhere., and the Tiger Sanctuary isn't a great business to endorse😢
Even though the focus is mainly on Thailand but sadly they can’t even do it right 😢 Everything in this pack is half-heartedly done especially the rental feature. The Tiger Sanctuary is so boring though. I think everyone will just go there once and that’s it. There is nothing for us to go back for. I don’t mind if it is a rabbit hole but we should get something from it. Like increasing a skill, etc but all we get is a moodlet. 😢
You're right they should have more food, but you should know that the foods you covered are only the SE Asian dishes you can make with no cooking skill. There are more recipes, but you need to be higher skill to unlock them.
It feels like they let the SE Asia aspect of the pack fall to the wayside because they were so focused on the rental aspect. Which is a real shame considering how disappointing the rent aspect also ended up being.
Yess! If only the gameplay for the residential rental is good and less bugs/glitches, I wouldn’t mind at all that they did not give their full attention to the SEA culture, etc since the gameplay is the most important feature. But sadly they can’t even do the rental aspect right.
I was really excited for the South East Asian feature and the multi home lots but sadly yeah, it’s so buggy. I can only hope that they fix it by the next sale.
I really appreciate and agree with your review of this pack. I think it’s important to hear the point of view of someone who shares the culture that is supposed to be represented in the for rent pack. To me, this looks like a rough draft of a pack that was released way too soon. The world seems empty to me, I also felt like there would be more events taking place, but not so. I don’t think that the rabbit holes for activities are fun or interesting. This just feels like new crest with different scenery. Add to that that the rental portion of the gameplay is pretty much broken, and this was a no for me. Wish I hadn’t purchased it! 💛💛💛
Thank you! 💗 i love your comment that it is a rough draft pack that was released way too soon. It really seems like a draft indeed! Everything looks unfinished and done half heartedly. I love that you compare it with New Crest!
Great review! I'm so glad that i didn't buy the pack. If it gets fixed, maybe I'll get it when it goes on sale. Until then, I'll just have to pretend to have multiple families on one lot ( I was really hoping to test out my GTA III Portland Safehouse build with For Rent... but it shall have to go without it. Maybe I'll just upload it as is... ).
Thank you!! Ah, I can imagine the fun you will have with the rental feature/multiple families on one lot in your Portland Safehouse! I hope they get it fixed by the next sale but we can only hope 😢
BTW, you make excellent points about how TS4Rent is a disappointment. We can't be excited about going there or excited about exploring the culture. Just have to avoid mold and rent apartments.
You ate the north korea comparison. This is how i felt when i went to this world. EA give everyone who are not north American so little representation, and even that representation is poor.
Thank you!! But Snowy Escape seems alright to me though (although I can’t say much because I’m not Japanese to know whether what they did is right or wrong) but I really enjoyed Snowy Escape. It is really frustrating that we simmers know the potential that they could have done for For Rent but they just refused to do so.
Build mode property type residential but in the world it is saying 'Residential Rental', this happened after I changed property type. 🤷♀️🤷♂️ Able I super agree about the radiator in South East Asia. The Sims team did not do due diligence research!
This happened to me too even after I changed it. They just remain as residential rental and I have to move my build someplace else for it to be not residential rental 😰 The whole pack is half-heartedly done, they are not bothered with the culture and I agree with you that clearly they did not do their due diligence research 😫
I would have loved if the Sim-Team would have a "Culture-System" ... It doesn't need to be too involved at all... The team could add stuff to it, expanding it on the go... Just like in the real world, sims would be able to learn new cultures, a smart World-System in the game would make certain places vacation spots for certain sims, but not for others... Plus if someone feels not represented they can always create their own culture ... Just sad to see that the Sim Team lost their creativity...
This!! Clearly they don’t bother to put much effort for this EP. Comparing the details, gameplay, cas, etc for Snowy Escape/ City Living, the other packs have set the bar too high and For Rent is not even close.
Yeah, it is frustrating that all simmers can see that this pack is half-heartedly done and they know that this pack is filled with bugs and glitches by issuing a statement that they will fix it. But until now we haven’t heard anything from them so I believe that it is just an empty statement.
It's hard for them to do any representation with food when it's so low poly it looks like trash... Sorry to be negative it's just that I get them wanting to keep things low poly since they game is basically broken as it is but if you can't give us a decent model then at least sort out a decent texture. For all of the dishes this needs to be done because right now it looks like sims threw up pixels onto their plates and serve/eat it. Basically it's just another example of how they give us the bare minimum. This game has so much potential that it pains me that it feels like it's no longer about exploring that potential but more exploring their patron's pockets for as little effort as possible. As far as worlds go... It's the same. A lack luster half a*sed attempt at giving content that's riddled with rabbit holes and non-explorable spaces. The amount of set dressing is so annoying. Taking it back to base game which was the first time this got on my nerves was when I noticed in Newcrest that there was a golf course! I was like wow I didn't see this advertised... Went to go try and explore it and nothing was clickable. So disappointed. Little did I know that that would be a precursor for every other world. My point is don't feel bad. They screw us all over.
Love your comment! They don’t care that we are frustrated and I’m sure they know we are very well aware of the potential that can be done in the Sims 4 but sadly like what you said all they care about is exploring their patron’s pockets with half-hearted work. They know that most Sims 4 simmers will continuously buy the packs even though it is broken. Look at how unbothered they are to fix Dine Out and My Wedding Stories. They release a statement that they are going to fix For Rent though but I believe it is going to be a baseless, empty statement until I’m proven wrong.
@@MatineeSims I couldn't agree more about Dine out and My Wedding Stories. Two packs that are fantastic in theory but one has stayed broken for years and it looks as if My Wedding stories will suffer the same fate. I think it speaks volumes that Grant Rodiek left to '' Find a new place that challenges me, allows me to dabble in some of these exciting areas. '' Meaning he can't do those things with this franchise because of what I assume is restrictions. Which is exactly what were saying. There's so much that could be done but won't be because someone over at EA is far more interested in money. Go figure... It's a company. But they leave us all then with these frustrations and gaslight or ignore us when they know we as a community love this game. And you're right the consumer is also a part of the problem because with every pack brought we teach them it's fine to deliver us the bare minimum. So frustrating!! Anyways thanks for reading my response. I appreciate ya 😊Let's hope things with the franchise gets better soon!
0:10 The shade, I love it👏🏽 It’s so refreshing when a youtuber gives their honest opinion, and doesn’t ignore the things that are wrong with it and give EA excuses. People say that people complaining about the sims 4 are just complaining to complain, but that’s not true at all, we do because we know the potential this game could have, because the past games were amazing. It felt like love, time, and dedication was actually put into animations and the sims in the older games, and now it feels like everything’s rushed and pumped out for the money, and they don’t care how broken it is on release day cause they know simmers will buy it anyways, it’s sad. The sims was my childhood, and seeing it just going down the drain hurts. Sims 4 has become just a pretty lackluster game, it’s a cas simulator, build simulator, with little to no gameplay, that’s usually broken. And in this pack there’s soooo many loading screens, it’s sad that the sims 2 had closed worlds but yet they made apartments open, you just knock on the door and it appears, but for rent we gotta go through so many loading screens to get there and then back home even tho you live downstairs 🤦🏻♀️🙄You should definitely make more reviews, even for the older packs lol
Yess, we came from past sims series and we know there are so much potential that sims 4 can do. We are not asking for more though, just incorporate past sims gameplay, features, etc in the Sims 4. Sims 3 can be buggy and glitchy too but we somehow can see past it because the gameplay is so fun and exciting. Today Sims 4 is just good for building and cas. Full stop!
I subscribed to your channel so fast from this video I was cracking up! At this point the EA given trailers for Sims 4 are identical to those mobile game commercials and ads, think Gardenscapes or Forge of Empires completely falsified and misleading. They are gaslighting us into the model of micro transactions with kits and it the base game being free. “Freemium” is the nickname for those type of games, if they charged us real money for Simoleons and cheats then it would be no different than playing Candy Crush. Sad really, at least we have some superficial SEA representation, myself being an African American it disappoints me that we will never see an expansion centered around an African nation and culture that isn’t Arabic.
I'm shocked that people still have any expectations from the EA. they tirelessly demonstrate their unwillingness to make a quality product. and they don't have to, because there are still people who will support EA under any circumstances and buy their overpriced shit.
I wasn't buying because I didn't want to break my gameplay just for a new ui that doesn't even work, but hearing how poorly they represented the culture, I don't want it. If I'm going to play a game that costs over $1000 for simulation, I want it an accurate as I can, involving CC.
Although there are some packs that I really enjoy though like Cottage Living, City Living, Snowy Escape and Get To Work but generally the rest feel pretty empty 😢
When i first saw the trailer... Well. I cand some conflicting feeling about. A little bit of excitement... But largely... Baffled? Well, just a few weeks ago yt algorithm pulled up a video abour an apartment complex in China, where the streets that surrounds the apartment buildings are owned by some provate owner. So you are technically trespassing, if you want to enter the building (yes, even if you live there( Then .. just few weeks later this pack trailer cane out. I bursted out loud laughing. Then as I views the video. . A new feeling had emerged. Is this... Isn't this a bit... Negatively stereotypical borderline racist? I mean the gameplay will be universal okay and finally some good stuff ..but did we need to put it into the south east asia paxk? Did we HAD To mix these two?
Hahaha I didn’t feel that way though on the negative stereotypical, I think it’s just coincidence that they want to release a pack for rental feature and they just happened to want a new world/culture to include in, so they got South East Asian as the world, etc
Isn't the sims game from the US? They are try their best to be inclusive of other cultures. It's not going to be perfect. I bet it'd be better for you if the game was based out of your country. And if you're thinking it's not good enough then you're ungrateful!
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There's something that bothers me about Tomarang and I don't really know if I'm gonna be able to put it words. But for me, Tomarang really feels like we're seeing the world as a tourist and not really as a real citizen from that world? Like it feel like we're always looking from an outsider perspective.
Definitely, it also just feels so dead. Especially the night markets there’s never anyone there and there’s like three tables, it’s pretty much city living festivals 2.0 I wish they made it like the night markets truly are with a lot of people out and about, the world just feels dead, anything in that world we can already do or it’s a rabbit hole
i also don’t like how we have 800 american worlds with so many variations of specific areas like california (oasis springs, san sequoia, del sol valley, partially san myshuno etc) but then tomarang is supposed to account for all of southeast asia. and when san myshuno came out that was all we got for arab representation (bc townies were spawning in with arabic names despite the only premade arab townie in the sims 4 being salim benali unless you count the caliente sisters) and since they already did that i highly doubt they’ll give us another arabic experience
Thank you for saying this! I felt the same way but I just did not know how to express it as well. I feel like my sim is an outsider in Tomarang as well, the Tomarang townies feel unwelcoming and distant? They just don’t bother to interact with my sim at all and they always seem to be in a hurry to be somewhere else. Maybe this is how EA sees South East Asian, always in a hurry to be someplace else 😂
@@AwfulGlitter the night market is so sad. No one visited the night market and occasionally 1 or 2 townie will pass by. I wish they could have given us 1 event in the night market, like a food festival or cooking competition, like the competitions in Cottage Living where all townies will show off their stuff.
yes!! and in response to the original commenter, it definitely feels like an american point of view like no matter what sim you’re playing as it feels like you’re a tourist. there’s no village-y life like they showed in the trailer, it feels like another american world disguised with gorgeous builds. they always do this to a lot of the worlds but disproportionately to non-american ones, it feels like you’re just visiting and get to leave afterwards, it doesn’t feel homely
It would be so easy for them code-wise to have a festival. Like the lights festival of snowy escape, like the mischief fireworks in the city living. Same thing could have been done.
Yesss! We are not asking much but simple things that have been done previously in other packs. But they decided to take that out.
No new plants? I never knew that! I feel bad for simmers without IL because that would probably have the most similar plants. For Rent is a whole expansion pack, a new world, new careers, new plants, BB, CAS, and everything should be normal. This probably should've been labeled a Game Pack instead
This should be a game pack indeed! And yes, thank you for pointing that out, simmers without IL can’t really decorate much with plants and all other plants from base game, etc do not fit in the world of Tomarang.
Your review was spot-on Matinee! I was the most disappointed by this pack because I was so excited for multihousehold units and more Southeast Asian representation. What we got in the end with the EP was so broken and underwhelming. Without the bugs, this would have been a decent game pack.
Exactly it’s gamepack size and pretty and pretty buggy that’s about it
Thank you Townie! A broken EP and underwhelming cultural representation indeed. Seeing how they hyped the pack up before releasing it makes me naively believe that it will be a great pack, as great as Snowy Escape.
That’s it!
EA likely forced this out becaus of Horse Ranch failures. That pack didnt bring in enough money. So much that the Team of EP 16 has to lock at that pack to see why it failed to improof in ep 16.
Alao the devolepers Om For Rent had no idea This EP would come out this year when they moved to work on it earlier last year.i suspect initily it Was auposed to be a pack in April this year. Propaly more fleshed out then what they then wher able to Do. At this poi t i say only buy it if you want the Multihomelot feature .
I alao understand however qhy they might have decidd Not to have nighbers knock on the door like in City livng. That way These arpartments still gwt some use if you wanne use them
@@indedgames4359 oh! I didn’t know about that, thank you for the information!
I was really curious to see how east asian simmers viewed this pack. Thank you for your honest review!!! Hopefully this reaches the EA team and they take notes😭😭 This pack has made me so sad.
Omg Tay hi!! I love your videos especially the Day in my Life vlog. Sorry I had been a silent viewer on your channel (I won’t be anymore) but please know that I really enjoy your contents! 💗
So, you need a trait to release a sky lantern but there's also no sky lantern festival?? I'm sorry, but why is EA so lazy and dumb, what was happening in the boardroom? 😭
And I miss when caves and secret entrances had secret worlds, it's like they decided it was too much work and gave us rabbit holes. As if the Sims 4 wasn't boring enough
They are getting lazier with the gameplay and animations. 😭 I dare not think of what and how will it be for the next EP.
They could have given us the blocked cave (just like the one in Oasis Spring) and our sim needs to have the handiness skill to break the blocked path.
I wish the festivals from City Living, Snowy Escape and Cottage living were also a thing in new packs. I mean why are they not anyway? It would make so much sense to have festivals in this world.
Right!! This pack is half-heartedly done and they don’t even bother to include any festivals. It would be so fun to include at least 1 festival in the night market to spice up the place.
This is my first time having TH-cam recommendation you to me. I appreciate your review. I can't wait to watch more of your content!
Thank you so much!! 💗
I really like the rental feature and really feel it's different from the roommate feature. I agree with everything else though and I am happy to hear from a southeast Asian about how the pack represents the cultures
Ah, I’m happy to hear that you like the rental feature! At least something positive for me to see this pack. I’m too clouded with negative emotion at this pack 😫
the rent feature is broken and doesn't work at all
If people are still shocked today that The Sims 4 game is not like the trailers they showcase…they have bigger problems. TS4 stays making the game look more fun and interactive than it actually is. This is the first video game I’ve played where you actually have to use your imagination to play.
Yeah sadly we have to imagine and play pretend a lot during the gameplay. 😢
Ι'm really happy about your review. I can't stand people who are so willing to sweep all this mess under the rug.
Thank you!
@@MatineeSimsoh my goodness. Where were you when they were designing expansion pack? They needed you, badly.😮😊
Sate is technically Indonesia hahah
I seriously thought you did a review a long time ago, but glad to hear what is your opinion. Sims 4 has been known for being "just pretty" with their worlds, CAS and furniture items for a long time already, just this time it is in South East Asian flavor.
This! I’m glad I’m not the only Malaysian who think so.
I’ve been going on and on about the Sims 4 For Rent, maybe this is why you thought I did a review 😅
One thing that disappoints me is that Tomarang has cold temperature in winter. It shouldn't, because Tomarang is based on Southeast Asia where the temperature is hot all year round (except in mountains).
And they give us new heaters in this pack 😂 they should have given us table fan/stand fan or wall fan instead!
I love your review and I agree with everything. This pack is so disappointing for me as well. I was really looking forward to playing with it since we finally have S.E.A representation. It feels like they did not do enough of research for this pack and just simply rush it out and call it a day. If they do proper research, they won't get so many things left out and wrong. I mean, heat radiators for hot and humid countries in S.E.A??? Come on...... **facepalm** It's ridiculous. We would all die of heatstroke! Also, they didn't even do proper pack integration for this pack with the Seasons EP. How on earth would we still get winter in the Tomarang world and be frozen to death??? That I cannot compute. My Malaysian brain cannot digest... the Sims team really dropped the ball on this one. This pack was lazily done.
The way my Sims have to wear their winter clothes while in Tomarang... is sooooo... wtf... hahahaaha!
😂😂 one of my sim froze to death while partying at the small little beach. I’m not sure if you notice, but a small clip in this video shows the grim reaper coming over because my sim was freezing to death. 😂
They could give us more fans or give us the fancy and useless but pretty bladeless fan 😂 or the wall fan to hang at the corner. Even a typical standing fan would be good.
Thank you for taking the time to review this kit and add examples of how rich and beautiful the culture of Southeast Asia truly is!!! You’ve taught me and many others what EA failed to capture even a glimpse of. You’ve inspired me to get curious and explore Southeast Asian restaurants that might be in my area
This is a really GREAT review! I don't have the pack yet, waiting for more bug fixes, but have watched a ton of coverage on it. When I saw the B/B content, I was heartbroken at the failure to give us new landscape plants. I am a gardener, who loves to do Sim landscaping. I am constantly using debug plants because the buy catalog is incredibly lacking. I was SO hoping they would provide new flora for this amazing new world. What a disappointment. And such a missed opportunity. It does sort of feel like a game pack, and I don't usually feel that way. It was so interesting to hear from a SE Asian Simmer. I'm from the States, but would truly LOVE more worlds from around the globe. My father was an immigrant, so we were always well aware of the world outside our borders. I'm so sorry this pack fell so far short. Thanks for the honest critique. Keep up the great work!
i've been really enjoying For Rent as a supplement to Courtyard Oasis for building a kind of more Muslim-ish world. it's just so sad that we have to use so much imagination to make ourselves in this game when we don't fit in neat little white boxes.
Now this is a review worth watching
Thank you so much! 💗
thank you so much for making this video! i’ve really been curious to see the opinion of someone from south east asia on this expac
and youtube recommended me this vid! ☺💗
its so sad how they basically couples this kind of world with a big wanted feature(buildable apartments) but then also seem to have used it as a reason to leave the world lacklustre, cause its easy to get away with cause people will still want the rent feature :( thats how it feels to me at least
its just so empty and small and disappointing 😭(not even to mention the game breaking bugs once again…)
it feels like theyre really prioritizing looks for the trailers and thats it
To make up for that bummer of a marketplace, I turned that vacant lot in the upper left hand corner into a really vibrant bustling marketplace/apartment complex activity center. I never played any other Sims besides Survivor Island, so luckily I wasn't spoiled by all their other amazing content. It was a great holiday distraction while reading audiobooks. After all that work none of my characters can release a sky lantern?? lol wow. I plan on returning to that backdrop in the future for a "Six of Crows" fanfiction series. At least I have all my Sims trained as Star Wars Jedi knights, and Harry Potter wizards which shakes things up a tiny bit.
The into is how we simmers feel about EVERY sims 4 DLC.
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I’m excited to see your review! I found you through your Nasi Lemak video and I’m excited to see your full thoughts
Thank you so much! 💗 And they haven’t change the Nasi Lemak yet as what they promise us 😅
Just found your channel today and have subscribed. I really appreciate your prospective on this pack!
I also love Tom yum!!! So delicious.
Thank you so much!! 💗 Ah, I’m glad to found another Tom Yum fan! 😋 It’s so good!
I’m in the Caribbean and we also have aircon + fan 🎉🎉🎉 i have that exact same aircon
Hahah high-5 to us tropical girls!! We need our aircond and fan all day long 🥵
thank you for your honesty I haven't bought it yet because I'm waiting for it to be sorted out I'm a new subscriber and give you a thumbs up dear lady 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much!! 💗 I hope they fix the the pack soon or at least by the next sale so everyone can enjoy the pack 😢
Great review, Matinee!! I think you hit it spot on, this pack screams needing *MORE*! It really should have been a game pack. I'm still so mad at the number of lots like there's so many nice places that can be built in that world. Also didn't even notice there's a lack of nature in the pack! What gives?? There's so much greenery in Southeast Asia! It sucks cause even the 'main' feature of the packs aka the rentals are shallow and glitchy. I do still want the pack eventually buuuut maybe I can wait a little longer 🥲
Thank you so much Kawai!
But yes, do wait a little longer if you are not in a hurry to use the rental feature because this pack just messes up my sims. I noticed that after I install this pack, my sims are really laggy, not doing anything that I ask them to and I constantly need to reset them. 😩
As buggy as this expansion is I do like the multi unit lot feature we were given with this expansion. As always it is disappointing the lack of cas items they give us for male sims and especially for children, tots, infants.
I hope they give us multi-purpose lot in future, to include retail, bar, park, etc whichever we want to convert it to.
They just straight up neglect male sims. I need to use cc to make up for the lack of wardrobe choices for my male sim.
@@MatineeSims I play on console so I ended up buying most of the packs and for additional male cas. Don’t have Realm of Magic or Batuu.
I don’t know why it isn’t a mandatory part of any pack to include all life stages
That's because TS4 team tries to train us to pay more for less. People that were in love with TS3, of which I'm one, bought TS4 expecting an even greater improvement but instead we were shafted. New games are being developed now to take their place. Maybe the day will come when they realize they should not have shorted their customer base for money but by then we will no longer care.
@@christinestone391 it is sad the direction gaming in general is going. Sims 5 is going to be worse than Sims 4. Hear that it’s going to be a cloud service game.
I feel like they had the south east Asian aesthetic but when it comes to culture they just decided to not put anything like that in the gameplay. It feels like the same amount of gameplay as horse ranch.
Yeah, this pack is half-heartedly done. Actually the whole sims 4 feels like “I’m going to give you some of this, just a little and call it a day”. There are so much potential that could be done for this pack and also others packs but they are just not bothered.
@@MatineeSims Yeah it feels like they only did the world just because loads of people were asking for it.
Agreeed, beautiful bb/buildings but its all off. The key gameplay besides rentals is focused on cliche representation of Thailand, the world is everywhere but nowhere., and the Tiger Sanctuary isn't a great business to endorse😢
Even though the focus is mainly on Thailand but sadly they can’t even do it right 😢 Everything in this pack is half-heartedly done especially the rental feature.
The Tiger Sanctuary is so boring though. I think everyone will just go there once and that’s it. There is nothing for us to go back for. I don’t mind if it is a rabbit hole but we should get something from it. Like increasing a skill, etc but all we get is a moodlet. 😢
You're right they should have more food, but you should know that the foods you covered are only the SE Asian dishes you can make with no cooking skill. There are more recipes, but you need to be higher skill to unlock them.
Oh! Is it? Do you know what dishes am I missing out? I tried to look for it with my sims’ level 10 cooking skill but I can’t seem to find them 😰
lol I love the review, so honest!
Thank you!! ♥️
They pretty much gave us a new Asian world but the focus was truly the rent portion of the pack and sadly that is extremely glitchy.
Indeed! The main focus of the entire pack is the residential rental and they can’t even do it properly. Like hey, you only have “one job”!
It feels like they let the SE Asia aspect of the pack fall to the wayside because they were so focused on the rental aspect. Which is a real shame considering how disappointing the rent aspect also ended up being.
Yess! If only the gameplay for the residential rental is good and less bugs/glitches, I wouldn’t mind at all that they did not give their full attention to the SEA culture, etc since the gameplay is the most important feature. But sadly they can’t even do the rental aspect right.
When the video started, I was almost sure you were talking about Raya and the Last Dragon XD so tragic
😂😂
This is the first EP I haven’t been longing for at release. Love the idea of multi home lots, but it seems so buggy. I’ll wait for a sale.
I was really excited for the South East Asian feature and the multi home lots but sadly yeah, it’s so buggy. I can only hope that they fix it by the next sale.
I really appreciate and agree with your review of this pack. I think it’s important to hear the point of view of someone who shares the culture that is supposed to be represented in the for rent pack. To me, this looks like a rough draft of a pack that was released way too soon. The world seems empty to me, I also felt like there would be more events taking place, but not so. I don’t think that the rabbit holes for activities are fun or interesting. This just feels like new crest with different scenery. Add to that that the rental portion of the gameplay is pretty much broken, and this was a no for me. Wish I hadn’t purchased it! 💛💛💛
Thank you! 💗 i love your comment that it is a rough draft pack that was released way too soon. It really seems like a draft indeed! Everything looks unfinished and done half heartedly.
I love that you compare it with New Crest!
Great review! I'm so glad that i didn't buy the pack. If it gets fixed, maybe I'll get it when it goes on sale. Until then, I'll just have to pretend to have multiple families on one lot ( I was really hoping to test out my GTA III Portland Safehouse build with For Rent... but it shall have to go without it. Maybe I'll just upload it as is... ).
Thank you!!
Ah, I can imagine the fun you will have with the rental feature/multiple families on one lot in your Portland Safehouse! I hope they get it fixed by the next sale but we can only hope 😢
BTW, you make excellent points about how TS4Rent is a disappointment. We can't be excited about going there or excited about exploring the culture. Just have to avoid mold and rent apartments.
You ate the north korea comparison. This is how i felt when i went to this world. EA give everyone who are not north American so little representation, and even that representation is poor.
Thank you!! But Snowy Escape seems alright to me though (although I can’t say much because I’m not Japanese to know whether what they did is right or wrong) but I really enjoyed Snowy Escape. It is really frustrating that we simmers know the potential that they could have done for For Rent but they just refused to do so.
"its pretty, but empty" 100%
Build mode property type residential but in the world it is saying 'Residential Rental', this happened after I changed property type. 🤷♀️🤷♂️
Able I super agree about the radiator in South East Asia. The Sims team did not do due diligence research!
This happened to me too even after I changed it. They just remain as residential rental and I have to move my build someplace else for it to be not residential rental 😰
The whole pack is half-heartedly done, they are not bothered with the culture and I agree with you that clearly they did not do their due diligence research 😫
I would have loved if the Sim-Team would have a "Culture-System" ... It doesn't need to be too involved at all... The team could add stuff to it, expanding it on the go... Just like in the real world, sims would be able to learn new cultures, a smart World-System in the game would make certain places vacation spots for certain sims, but not for others... Plus if someone feels not represented they can always create their own culture ... Just sad to see that the Sim Team lost their creativity...
Your video needs way more views. Your opinion has so much weight given that you’re more their target demographic
Thank you so much!!💗
The gave us a hat we cannot wear… The Sims 4 everyone 😒
I wished they had gone harder for this EP…such a tragically missed opportunity
This!!
Clearly they don’t bother to put much effort for this EP. Comparing the details, gameplay, cas, etc for Snowy Escape/ City Living, the other packs have set the bar too high and For Rent is not even close.
12:07 hahaha they did what?! 😂
😂😂
Honestly It realy fells like EA dorced them to release the pack erlier and they had to make it work the way it was
Yeah, it is frustrating that all simmers can see that this pack is half-heartedly done and they know that this pack is filled with bugs and glitches by issuing a statement that they will fix it. But until now we haven’t heard anything from them so I believe that it is just an empty statement.
how did they forget to include foods as legendary as tom yam and rendang? thanks for speaking up by the way!
I’m very sure it made my mage like unable to save or load sometimes.. like I lost like 4 hours of progress once after buying it, oof
Oh gosh. I’m so sorry that happened to you. It’s so annoying. Recently my loading screen freezes quite often 😫
It's hard for them to do any representation with food when it's so low poly it looks like trash... Sorry to be negative it's just that I get them wanting to keep things low poly since they game is basically broken as it is but if you can't give us a decent model then at least sort out a decent texture. For all of the dishes this needs to be done because right now it looks like sims threw up pixels onto their plates and serve/eat it. Basically it's just another example of how they give us the bare minimum. This game has so much potential that it pains me that it feels like it's no longer about exploring that potential but more exploring their patron's pockets for as little effort as possible.
As far as worlds go... It's the same. A lack luster half a*sed attempt at giving content that's riddled with rabbit holes and non-explorable spaces. The amount of set dressing is so annoying.
Taking it back to base game which was the first time this got on my nerves was when I noticed in Newcrest that there was a golf course! I was like wow I didn't see this advertised... Went to go try and explore it and nothing was clickable. So disappointed. Little did I know that that would be a precursor for every other world.
My point is don't feel bad. They screw us all over.
Love your comment! They don’t care that we are frustrated and I’m sure they know we are very well aware of the potential that can be done in the Sims 4 but sadly like what you said all they care about is exploring their patron’s pockets with half-hearted work. They know that most Sims 4 simmers will continuously buy the packs even though it is broken. Look at how unbothered they are to fix Dine Out and My Wedding Stories.
They release a statement that they are going to fix For Rent though but I believe it is going to be a baseless, empty statement until I’m proven wrong.
@@MatineeSims I couldn't agree more about Dine out and My Wedding Stories. Two packs that are fantastic in theory but one has stayed broken for years and it looks as if My Wedding stories will suffer the same fate. I think it speaks volumes that Grant Rodiek left to '' Find a new place that challenges me, allows me to dabble in some of these exciting areas. '' Meaning he can't do those things with this franchise because of what I assume is restrictions. Which is exactly what were saying. There's so much that could be done but won't be because someone over at EA is far more interested in money. Go figure... It's a company. But they leave us all then with these frustrations and gaslight or ignore us when they know we as a community love this game. And you're right the consumer is also a part of the problem because with every pack brought we teach them it's fine to deliver us the bare minimum. So frustrating!!
Anyways thanks for reading my response. I appreciate ya 😊Let's hope things with the franchise gets better soon!
tbh I'm tired of ea games and their greed. Every dlc they want you to pay for while the base game is so empty
Sadly yes and they will just keep on producing half-hearted and poorly done packs because they know simmers will buy them 😢
0:10 The shade, I love it👏🏽 It’s so refreshing when a youtuber gives their honest opinion, and doesn’t ignore the things that are wrong with it and give EA excuses. People say that people complaining about the sims 4 are just complaining to complain, but that’s not true at all, we do because we know the potential this game could have, because the past games were amazing. It felt like love, time, and dedication was actually put into animations and the sims in the older games, and now it feels like everything’s rushed and pumped out for the money, and they don’t care how broken it is on release day cause they know simmers will buy it anyways, it’s sad. The sims was my childhood, and seeing it just going down the drain hurts. Sims 4 has become just a pretty lackluster game, it’s a cas simulator, build simulator, with little to no gameplay, that’s usually broken. And in this pack there’s soooo many loading screens, it’s sad that the sims 2 had closed worlds but yet they made apartments open, you just knock on the door and it appears, but for rent we gotta go through so many loading screens to get there and then back home even tho you live downstairs 🤦🏻♀️🙄You should definitely make more reviews, even for the older packs lol
Yess, we came from past sims series and we know there are so much potential that sims 4 can do. We are not asking for more though, just incorporate past sims gameplay, features, etc in the Sims 4.
Sims 3 can be buggy and glitchy too but we somehow can see past it because the gameplay is so fun and exciting. Today Sims 4 is just good for building and cas. Full stop!
Thank you so much for the encouragement to do more reviews 🥲 I will! 💗
I subscribed to your channel so fast from this video I was cracking up! At this point the EA given trailers for Sims 4 are identical to those mobile game commercials and ads, think Gardenscapes or Forge of Empires completely falsified and misleading. They are gaslighting us into the model of micro transactions with kits and it the base game being free. “Freemium” is the nickname for those type of games, if they charged us real money for Simoleons and cheats then it would be no different than playing Candy Crush. Sad really, at least we have some superficial SEA representation, myself being an African American it disappoints me that we will never see an expansion centered around an African nation and culture that isn’t Arabic.
I'm shocked that people still have any expectations from the EA. they tirelessly demonstrate their unwillingness to make a quality product. and they don't have to, because there are still people who will support EA under any circumstances and buy their overpriced shit.
Yess and sadly I’m one of them 😩
You are too funny 😂 but I totally agree.
😂 thank you!! Did you get the For Rent pack?
@@MatineeSims I did. And even though building apartments is oddly satisfying the gameplay was such a ripoff. I’m never paying full price again. 🤨
@@crystal_2020 right!! The gameplay is so bad! 😭 this pack is only good for building and that’s it. 😢
“Southeast Asia represent” or “Influence on Southeast Asia” but they only made Thailand. Where is SEA???
They can't even get farken Mac and Cheese right, it was foolish to hope that they would be able to get Nasi Lemak right. 😂
I wasn't buying because I didn't want to break my gameplay just for a new ui that doesn't even work, but hearing how poorly they represented the culture, I don't want it. If I'm going to play a game that costs over $1000 for simulation, I want it an accurate as I can, involving CC.
I enjoy your commentary, very good points, but I honestly can't stand the circus music in the background, it's so hyper.
I’m so sorry on the circus music. I thought it would be fun, lol!
Will not use these music next time!
For 10 years now The Sims 4 team just want us to pretend it's ok or fun. So tired of pretending everything.
Pretty but empty describes basically the entirety of The Sims 4. 💔
Although there are some packs that I really enjoy though like Cottage Living, City Living, Snowy Escape and Get To Work but generally the rest feel pretty empty 😢
When i first saw the trailer... Well. I cand some conflicting feeling about. A little bit of excitement... But largely... Baffled?
Well, just a few weeks ago yt algorithm pulled up a video abour an apartment complex in China, where the streets that surrounds the apartment buildings are owned by some provate owner. So you are technically trespassing, if you want to enter the building (yes, even if you live there(
Then .. just few weeks later this pack trailer cane out. I bursted out loud laughing. Then as I views the video. . A new feeling had emerged.
Is this... Isn't this a bit... Negatively stereotypical borderline racist?
I mean the gameplay will be universal okay and finally some good stuff ..but did we need to put it into the south east asia paxk? Did we HAD To mix these two?
Efffin night mode makes my typing unreadable, will edit and correct it in the morning....
Hahaha I didn’t feel that way though on the negative stereotypical, I think it’s just coincidence that they want to release a pack for rental feature and they just happened to want a new world/culture to include in, so they got South East Asian as the world, etc
No reason to disrespect DPRK
Isn't the sims game from the US? They are try their best to be inclusive of other cultures. It's not going to be perfect. I bet it'd be better for you if the game was based out of your country. And if you're thinking it's not good enough then you're ungrateful!
Ungrateful 😂
you’re more than welcome to keep licking boots and wasting your money on subpart products, Julianna!
Reminder that sims 3 gave us a beautiful fleshed out rendition of China, France, and Egypt in one expansion. This is absolutely lazy lol
Yea 0:42
@@pri2916 I see thanks for the reminder