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I've bought almost all of my packs at discounts because I feel the 50% off discounts are closer to their justified price points ngl
I got most of my packs when I first started playing the last time there was a sale.
Same!! Actually, I bought every single pack at 20%, 25% or 50% off! (Depending on the pack) but I bought 2 GPS at 50% off Humble rewards and am glad I got so lucky bc I play on Origin and there aren’t very many huge sales! I also got Get to Work for only $16 without a tax! (full price being $59 including tax) so MASSIVE discount! Over 70% lol so yeah that was definitely nice
The only pack I’ve ever bought that was not 50% off was cottage living bc I was so excited
Yeah, pretty much. I've regretted every pack I've bought at full price. Even if I really want it, I'll wait until it goes on sale, none of them are worth their "suggested retail price."
I got The Sims 4 while it was on sale for £8 or something. It goes on sale several times a year on Steam.
i wish island living had a secret mermaid world that you could only discover by swimming really far out into the ocean or something, idk i wish it was more. feels like a game pack and not an expansion tbh
it tried to be what island paradise was but is sooo lackluster and boring. all it did was add a half baked occult and some nice items for a specific build style.
This made me think of fishman island from one piece, and thinking about it now it would've been a really cool addition to have a mermaid city/town.
It’s so surface level
I feel like EA designed Mua Pel'am (the part with the volcano and waterfall) and were like "ok great, this is perfect, we'll even get people to clean this trash up and make it even more beautiful. Oh shit, we put a secret cave, a waterfall, a house built like a ship wreck, AND a volcano all in one neighborhood? We've still got two more neighborhoods to go? And now we're out of ideas for the rest of the islands? And it's too late to move this stuff around? Wonderful". That one neighborhood got all the love and honestly, I don't give a crap about the other two.
If I'm ever in that one near the bottom of the map and see everyone gathering at that communal area for a little party, that's fun but I'm honestly just there for the free food and maybe a baby daddy.
The other neighborhood, I don't know her. It's got a lesbian couple living there and that's all I know or care about.
I genuinely thought it was a GP not an EP ...... there's bugger all in there
“I think I would get island living straight off the bat and then be disappointed with it.” Literally me when it came out
Same
Same
Island Living was my first expansion pack and... yeah it feels incomplete. Like they had an idea for it that they just couldn't finish for whatever reason.
I loved it tbh and I am so glad I got it
@@mazal312 im super glad you get enjoyment out of it! It was just never my cup of tea :) what’s your favorite thing about it?
you were spot on with island living. it’s such a fun idea for a pack but when i started playing through i immediately was disappointed
It’s especially disappointed from people coming from the sims 3 island paradise which was such a big pack and such a fun fact. Becoming a mermaid, diving, owning island resorts, etc. Island living could have been all that and more but it just fell flat.
island living should be game pack, i only use it as a holiday destination :/
I'm a weirdo who loves Island Living, but not the mermaids. I don't get the point of them.
@@fuzzypumpkin7743 they could’ve been so good if they just added a skill thing like vampires have
@Rose :3 i thought the same thing with owning multiple houses. rich sims are so boring because there’s nothing to spend your money on and sulani would’ve been such a fun place to have another house
City Living is the first pack I ever bought, along with Get Together. I never regretted it. After buying Seasons I realized how much fun that was too, but the apartments of City Living are still the basis of most of my gameplay.
Oh, these were my first packs too! Get Together is one of my favourites ever, I always use clubs! And I did enjoy playing with CL for some time, love how the limitations force you to be creative when dealing with odd-shaped and/or small apartments, but thinking from a broader perspective, I feel like it falls short becaaause it's supposed to offer expansion pack-sized content and I don't feel it does that. If we were able to customize and build apartments anywhere, THAT would've made this one of the best packs around, I mean, the first thing I remember when anybody speaks about it is apartments. Not the new careers, not the singing skill, not the new arts center lot type. I really hope that, with EA's recent position about refreshing older packs, apartment customization gets added, but that's very unlikely to happen, sadly~
Same
me too!! i loveee the apartments and the world in get together. I still don't know what get together is about but i love the world an items
that's crazy cause i felt the exact opposite, city living was my first pack and i regretted it bc it barely changed my gameplay at all and apartments made me feel boxed in. then i got seasons which made the game 10x more fun bc i could actually tell that time was passing and things happened in the world so it was much less like a dollhouse
My first two packs were Cats and Dogs and Seasons, together (and both on sale) and right after that, City Living (also on sale. I always wait for sales.) Don't regret it. :)
i’m fucking dying at her friends saying “not at all!” to “is she a virgin?”, those are some good friends.
as a pack collector for sims 4 when i say that i will NEVER buy the star wars pack i fuckin mean it
it has this rlly nice petrified wood picnic table which is the ONLY reason i have it tbh
@@sp0chi106 I loved that item so I found it as cc 😭
@@Annemarie.swiftie SLAY
Yeah, i'm the same with star wars and my first pet stuff.
I REFUSE to buy kits, my first pet, and the star wars pack.
I hope Dine Out is the game pack getting refreshed. So much potential, so little gameplay as is
Yes! They coudlve added a storyline for a abandoned restaurant somewhere or something
@@pagdhsnsb yes omg i love this idea
@@pagdhsnsb The raw pufferfish trauma restaurant
For me it just absolutely does not work
you should've added a "straight off the bat" counter
I was gonna say the same damn thing
Take a shot every time
I would genuinely be shocked if someone got a sponsorship from Wikipedia since every time you go on the website they ask you to sponsor them for £2
@Kerra T gave them 20 bucks when i graduated to thank them for all their hard work on my degree
To be fair though, Wikipedia does so much for us. No ads, no popups, no paywall, everything is sourced. If a celebrity dies or changes their gender/pronouns, Wikipedia is on it instantly. They're the real unsung hero of our generation.
@@maroonggirl
"They" are a bajillion volunteers, which is how they update everything so fast. Each individual subject or page has different people dedicated to it. Though for a free product that's still somehow become integral to society the site is really well regulated and moderated. It's literally the collective sum of human wisdom.
@@BonaparteBardithion i don't think caitlin thought wikipedia was one person 🤣
@@syncopatedglory
That's not really what I meant. 😅
I meant that their post was phrased as if Wikipedia was a single organization with staff that stayed on top of updating. There is an organization behind it, but most of the updating is done by volunteers acting individually with minimal direction between them.
i love how you constantly talk to declan in your videos and he edits in words, its superior humour to me
I love them
same its great
I read "Plumbella" and "judging", and I don't even think twice about clicking hen
Yesss
I still can't believe I've actually bought every pack and can't seem to play for more than an hour hen.
This was me until I fell into the world of CC. CC has made me OBSESSED with the Sims for the past year.
@@derangedone13 CC is the only thing that saves the sims 4 for me!! LMAO even tho I have every pack, if I didn't use CC i'd prob only play for 5 mins 🤣 .... all shade all tea EA!
@@derangedone13 seriously, as a witch/ magic enthusiast I was so, SO disappointed by RoM and stopped playing it altogether although I had so many plans for stories etc. Now I discovered Zero's occult mods which add different kinds of magic and magical cultures, deadly untamed spells and duels, playable sages, etc and I'm in the process of setting up different covens and stuff to FIGHT over power in the magical world and its 👌👌👌
@@derangedone13 Well here is the thing... I barely play the sims but just downloads cc and mods.... Like I really need help😅
@@Nirax3 thank you for this! I will be looking for this mod. I was so excited for RoM as well and was so disappointed.
"I have been playing the sims since the year 2000" is a line that will constantly amuse me 🥰
same here
I started humming year 3000 by the jonas brothers
Same. Since that's the year I was born lol
I hear her say that, then recall she’s a young millennial and am like 🤯 her parents let her play that when she was a wee one! I was in college when Sims1 came out lol so my view might be skewed
@@francinesmith1889 I was in my the middle of high school, had just moved halfway across the country with my parents and siblings, and had been playing Sims games (SimCity, SimAnt, SimCopter, Sim . . . well, several more) for at least five years, probably more, and was super excited when I was going to get the chance to play as the little people in my SimCity games. I asked my dad to get it for me and have been playing the Sims (with the occasional SimCity) since then.
I like using Discover University to have degrees and skip the first part of the interactive careers of Get to Work. I've been loving that combo lately, 'cause I'm trying to get all achievements in TS4
wait that’s such a great idea
pls this is a great idea. Sadly I don't have discover university atm, but I'm def doing that as soon as I have it.
My least proud moment was when I was having a mental crisis and literally bought 6 expansion packs and a few game packs when they weren’t on sale and was morbidly disappointed with half of them
If this isn't me
Which packs were they?
@@Jennieistyping eco lifestyle, pets, island living, seasons, get famous, city living. The only ones I ended up genuinely liking out of those were seasons, pets, and city living.
I’m glad to say I’ve never done that… I always did Bundle N Save (except for Island Living) but now I’m waiting for Cottage Living can go for that
@@enexius67 Cottage Living is now available to be added to a bundle! 1 week after I paid full price for it 🤡
I feel like Get Together is a sleeper for everyone! I never really think about how much of my sims management relies on it. That said, I feel like grouping and meeting people of similar age immediately should be possible without Get Together content like clubs. Sims 4 is always a cobbling experience...
I make my sim a “friendship group” where I add all her closest friends too so it’s easier to meet up with all of her friends at once and it doesn’t feel like when you mix different friendship groups irl and then everyone’s really awkward because everyone already knows eachother in the club
Yes, this 100%. It's just frustrating sometimes that group that you invite out would just suddenly leave without doing anything or interacting with one another. Though, I don't mind them just meeting people around their age at school or work, it's just tedious to get sims interacting with the group all the time so they don't just leave the lot.
@@VagabondPink Yes! They're constantly running away to use computers or watch tv. It's your friend's house guys, why can't you just talk together?!
“I check that every single morning when I’m taking a wee” oh Jesse how I love how straight up you are.
Here’s a little pack story I have, When I was younger I moved my ea account to other ea account. And when I did that I had to tell them which packs I had so they could move them over. So I did... thinking nothing of it. When I logged into my new account I found that all my packs had been moved over and I had also somehow acquired toddler stuff pack.. so shout out to them for accidentally giving me an extra pack for free
That’s really sweet
That reminds me of one time I bought a bundle, I can’t remember what packs were in it, and somehow got toddler stuff for free 😂 got the 3 packs I paid for plus toddler stuff
@@galaxxys4692 secret conspiracy theory??? 😂
That reminds me of when I randomly won a contest for the bowling pack and I was so happy I cried 💀
i only buy packs when they are on 50% sale
Same! It happens pretty often so I feel like it’s silly to buy them full price although I am considering paying the $40 for Cottage Living before Sept 2nd so I can get the extra stuff
@@funland19 honestly luv.
It’s not worth it and they only do it so they can steal your money before it goes on sale
@@funland19 I mean, if you’re already considering paying full price anyway I can see allowing the extra stuff to tip you into buy now? Or if you don’t have Discover University, then the bike is a bigger thing to get. But otherwise they’re not really worth it. The fairy tree is pretty but how often will I ever use it? I say this, of course, as someone who couldn’t resist and did in fact buy it already so I can hardly judge anyone else who does the same. I now have simple living on for every single one of my saves.
@@funland19 Cottage Living was the only one that I NEEDED the moment it was announced. Everything else has been a "oh that sounds nice."
Same. I don’t make enough to afford 40$ stuff
Me and a friend literally bought university the day it launched and then had a sims 4 university party, which consisted of us sitting on her bed eating snacks and playing the sims in silence. Best day of my life aha
That's super cute! But it also makes me kinda sad that the younger generation never got to experience the joy of playing Sims 1 and 2 with a friend! (I don't know how old you are, just mean this as a general statement!)
@@SpaceDementia_ I’m 16 and I have never played the other games.
my friends and i did this when sims 3 came out and we played all night together :')
same. don't talk to that friend anymore but the memories are great!
When you play with friend it doesn’t really matter what is the ‘better’ game. Sims 4 perfectly fine to play with friend and have good time laughing at the sims.
Stuff packs are literally custom content with a price tag
At least it’s available on console
@@Prix-cp5qc that's why I inly play PC
i think a cool edition to the sims would be like a “chaos mode” of sorts where basically random events are more likely to occur so it’ll satisfy both the people that like fast-paced gameplay vs those that like a more laid back style
oooo or like the rate of random occurrences with correlate with the life span length you choose
Yes! That’s why I play the sims 2. Nothing ever goes wrong in the Sims 4, there are no consequences and I have to work really hard to make drama.
That reminds me of sims 3 for the ps3, if im not mistaken, it had natural disasters? Meteors and maybe tornados? I think im mistaken for other game haha
Sounds like a couple of the Sacrificial mods. Life's Tragedies and Life Drama, I think? I keep seeing runaway bride scenarios in the background.
Ever watched James Turner's "every lot challenge" let's play? That's basically chaos mode.
In terms of expansion packs, seasons and city living is all you really need imo if you're buying on a budget. Seasons is almost essential and city living is literally packed with content- surprisingly
It may just be because it was the first pack I bought but city living kept me busy for so long lmao
City Living really is that bitch. Man, I literally couldn't play this game without it. San Myshuno is my go-to world for all of my Sims, really.
Interestingly... those are the two I had no plans of buying. But I am very much in the minority on that and know it, and honestly since the free demo play of City Living I've realized there's some odd bits I'd actually really like... still can't bring myself to spend money on it yet though.
@@bookcat123 if you don’t mind me asking, why not seasons? I’m curious just because it adds so much to the game and affects each world differently
@@galaxxys4692 What if I’m not ready for a holiday in a particular storyline when it pops up, and then all my Sims are upset because it didn’t go well? What if I have a single Sim who I want to hate Love Day, or a timid Sim to hate Halloween, or a grump to hate Winterfest? Why does not participating in a holiday always have to make them sad?
And whether or not crops are in season might be more fun now with Cottage Living it’s just so easy to get around with building a greenhouse quick... and I can play in the snow with Snowy Escape.
Chele it doesn’t fix the problem about sims’ reactions to holidays, but you can change when holidays happen or delete them altogether
I've come to regret having Get Famous, ever since I started a legacy and my founder (an international superstar) got all Judith Ward and couldn't be arsed to acknowledge her daughter-in-law or grandkids. Fame is disabled now and I don't miss it.
It’s one of my favorite packs for the costumes and build mode items (mostly debug items). I also love the actor career. That being said, the relationships are terribly annoying. As you said, just because someone is famous doesn’t mean they would ignore their family. It’s so frustrating.
I feel like this is a wider sims issue of families just not knowing each other if they dont live in the same lot, i know it’s possible to not know your family but i wish the game would give all family members like an acquaintance level relationship with every new baby born
I have a completely separate save for my famous sims. I actually love get famous when it doesn’t interfere with normal gameplay and I love being this really rich sim with really rich friends and I’ve redone most of the save to have really exclusive places for my famous sims to go to that isn’t only in del sol valley. No way I’d be able to play it all the time but it’s really fun like once a month lol
Yes, the fame system is so flawed. It also really annoys me how the most minor celebrities still act like they’re Judith freakin Ward and talking to a stranger at a house party is SO beneath them. 😂
I really feel like Jesse is the most honest game changer. A simmer for the people!
Kayla too
Agreed
Me, having bought every single pack and isn’t a game changer: 🤡
You got money 🤣
How do you afford that!? Lucky duck
I am embarrassed to say: same 🙃
Edit: sill need a TON of CC to keep it interesting though
i’m only one game pack and a couple stuff packs away from having them all 🤦🏾♀️
I have every single one but the star wars one … cause well it’s self explanatory how that went
The essential packs for me would be City Living (good amount of gameplay, cool world), Get Together (love the world and the CAS), Seasons (just for the aesthetic really lol), and Parenthood (I'm a family gameplayer). Cottage Living is definitely up there though and Dream Home Decorator for the build/buy. I think I mostly buy packs if they have a good new world and can add gameplay that I can use over and over again without getting bored
If island paradise wasn’t so buggy, it would’ve been an incredible pack. Island living is kind of trash in comparison.
I never even found it buggy. The water simulation just caused absolutely massive lag.
I truly miss houseboats. They were everything I wanted in Tiny Living.
"I thought of a better comparison. It would be a... Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, 700 000+ word Fan Fiction."
Me: pauses video and dies laughing.
Switching from console to pc and having access to cc really changed my priorities for what packs I want. I have significantly less packs and and I would never buy a pack simply for cas/build and buy content now.
There's more than 1 pack I only bought cause you needed it for cc.
Yes!! I was just looking up ranked pack vids so I can decide on what others packs to buy! It’s fate!
Spa Day is definitely underrated. This pack has more content than a lot of other packs, BB/CAS is nice, new venues are awesome, and also new functional objects as yoga mats or saunas. What is interesting, this pack has full kitchen set with cabinets.
My favorite
yesss everyone should get it fr
Last time I was this early, Bella was still on Don's roof.
i refuse to buy anything EA produces for the sims these days, it’s the pirate’s life for me. the only ones i’d be willing to spend some money on (on a sale, because none of them are worth full price) are seasons, city living, pets, vampires and cottage living
I've recently gotten a mac and had to download their 64bit version for Sims 3&4....the way my pirated version never lagged, crashed and stopped working but the official one does every 10 minutes 😭
Also agree, I've refused to buy anything Sims 4 content wise bc of the way it's terribly done
@@WinxClubTeamAvatar does your Mac have an M1 chip? There’s a certain setting that just doesn’t work on M1 chip macs, so causes it to freeze minutes after opening the game. If the pirated version works well I wouldn’t worry about it, but if you want EAs version to work you need to enable vsync in the settings :)
How do you pirate them? I would like to know lol
Same! Only company I'll happy pirate. When the modders fix more bugs than the actual developers, I figure it's not worth my money. And it's audacious that expansion packs cost as much as the base game! They made this all about the money and not the game play
@@bump0005 I have no idea, I'll look into it thanks! Also have haven't played the pirated version for my new laptop bc of the whole 64bit thing and I can't find any 64bit pirated Sims 3/4 atm 😭
I am regretting and enjoying the Bust the Dust Kit so much - I just love the idea and added reality, but it is buggy as hell and why won't the maid or butler vacuum? :(
Do you have a vacuum out that they can use?
@@rachelvmayhill Yes and even gifted them vacuums seperatly...
Also no off the grid option to get rid of dust? They already have a mop animation, they only need to repurpose that with a broom. I like the pack, i think it adds a little extra chaos into my sims lives, but i wish they’d thought it out more
i really like city living because while the apartments are big it's a more compact living space and you can be more creative with it (wish all the apartments had balconys tho) and i like that it feels semi open! because there's always something going on outside your house edit: i also struggle with controlling more than one sim and i still wish we had the option to have families but select who we control!!
You could cheat to remove people from your household and then make them roommates, maybe?
One of my faves is City Living. The haunted apartments? All the festivals and food stands? Snowglobes??? It's amazing.
I enjoy the mundane stuff and the crazy stuff like i want my vampire sim to go bite 3 random people and then come home and vacuum her house and do her laundry
I completely agree with your opinion on the vampire game pack and I really wish all of the occult would get the same level of gameplay as the vampires in this game
I'm an occult simmer too. I rarely play with normal human Sims. If there's a pack that adds to that, I'll probably buy it.
Vampires
Paranormal
Jungle Adventure
StrangerVille
Spooky Stuff
and I'd have to put Realm of Magic last.
As much as I love Spellcasters, the spells and potions were lackluster. They're essentially cheats you need ingredients or magic for.
TS3:S had elixirs that could transform sims into different occults. TS2 has spells that could change the weather and stop time.
They could've done something different with TS4, but it doesn't feel like the team put much thought into the main feature of the pack.
Somehow I find Island Living both disappointing and essential at the same time lol. I love the world so much simply because it's pretty, the odd jobs are a lot of fun if you want a more active career, the build items are nice, the CAS items are nice. Mermaids are totally disappointing though, I wish they were more like vampires with leveling your powers and picking traits and stuff(I mean... The pack is twice as expensive but the occult might as well just be a funky hat because that's about how in depth it is which just feels like a ripoff lol). I don't think it's worth the full price but to be fair I have yet to find an expansion pack that I would buy outside of a sale (because they're just really freaking expensive imo).
Unrelated: I think it's dumb that there are exactly 0 basegame facial piercings and you can not change my mind. Literally give me the most basic stuff and I'm good but it's really hard to find cc piercings (or maybe I just have not had any luck) that actually sit in the right places (especially nose piercings on wide-nosed sims) and I am *not* going to buy discover university just for the piercings.
So last night I opened a bunch of stuff my parents had sent me and they sent me the CDs for both The Sims (og!!) AND The Sims Makin Magic and I just feel like this is the place to share my excitement!!!! Can’t wait to install those and try playing them again
nice!
city living, seasons and cats and dogs are my favourite packs! i love the build and buy items from cats and dogs (and seasons), and i think that the festivals/conventions were a great add-on to the game.
What I always say about Island Living is that it either needed to be a lot more or a lot less. Aka, it should have included hotels/resorts, or it needed to be a game pack that was more of a vacation world. (To even out the price).
I consider The Sims 4 to be a remake rather than an actual Sims game, like when a book series starts being made again but it isn't by the original writer
About Cats and Dogs:
God I hate that purchase, honestly
seeing my 2 dogs stand absolutely still the entire night right next to the dog bed in a huge house, collapse twice total over that night and still not use the dog bed
it brings me out of the immersion so hard that it absolutely makes me never want to play with pets again
and I loved them in ts3
I think the HUGE difference is in the sims 3 you could control pets. Which helps with immersion because you can make them do pet stuff- like hunting, learning tricks, and using pet furniture. Plus the autonomy in the sims 3 was just overall better.
The pets in Sims 3 practically break the game and i STILL refuse to play with out it because I love having horses/raccoons/deer
Yeah, just
The Sims 4 really sucks with immersion sometimes. Those issues just keep piling up and the team refuse to fix any of it, seems.
And of course, ts3's little critters you could find, I'd run around collection as many as I could, but it's just all so bland in ts4.
What about brindelton Bay?do you like it
@@victoriasenn3818 You have more patience than me. If it didn't have horses, I'd play with it, but since horses are literally the thing that crash the game thanks to them getting stuck literally EVERYWHERE, I've never been able to play with pets. Had to uninstall only a week after buying when Sims 3 was the current game, and have never touched it since. Wish I could delete horses from existence, because the cats and dogs themselves are actually alright for the game. Same for birds, snakes, ect. Just... horses are so stupid on the game
Take a shot for how many times Jesse says “straight of the bat” 💗😂
I play on console so I usually just wait for a sale. That's the main reason I have got most of the packs, I still haven't gotten the star wars pack. I've got a better computer but won't make the switch because it's too expensive lol
plumbella: "i want more things for my sims to do"
me: proud that my sims have all eaten and showered this week, even though i haven't
I can’t believe Ive spent over 700$ on the sims and Im not even a game changer 💀
i really love that you made this video bc i think a lot of people in the sims community (especially those with large followings and influence) forget that not everyone has the ability to buy every pack and it can be a bit isolating in a way that i don’t know how to explain. it’s nice to hear your honest opinions about these things. tbh, whenever there’s a new pack that i’m interested in or absolutely hate, i always go to you to hear your thoughts on it because you never gloss over anything. it’s nice to have a game changer who isn’t afraid say what they really think. (and this isn’t to hate on other game changers, i just feel like a lot of them tend to hold back and only talk about the positive aspects of the game which is really frustrating as someone who can’t afford to spend money on a mediocre pack)
This is what I love about the sims, game-play is so different for each individual. I like family play but am not a fan of occult sims. I do own all the packs bar Batuu which I am looking to pick up in a sale some time in the future, just for the build buy elements. There are packs which I thought I would hate but have one or two interesting items, or like vampires (which I hate) I adore the build buy and use it in mostly every house I build. A surprise for me is jungle adventure which is my go to holiday destination and I love mixing the BB with mission style and building in Oasis springs. Cats and dogs I would have bought, and been a bit let down by, I do think we should have controllable pets or pets what do not take up a family spot if uncontrollable. I was sold on the bust the dust, as I love laundry day but this is one of the worst gameplay additions imo. To this day after trying it out I have yet to get out the vacuum. I love all hand craft packs, as I knit and crochet in rl. Spa day funnily enough I enjoy. Most hated is broken dine out... because it is so broken, I love get together, strangerville I love for the BB - the funny walks cracks me up but I only played the story once. Henford is my Jam. Thanks for sharing and If you read this far, well done. Cheerio Plummy.
@Rose :3 I have thought about using the controlable pet mod, but I am having a phase where I am trying to keep the cc to a minimum. It'll be in the next "CC mega phase" I have. Probably in line with the new CC from Felix and Harrie.
This is the content I needed today! Debating between Island Living and making my own Love Island, Cottage Living and doing all the cozy things, or Snowy Escape for the Japanese builds and hot springs.
@H. J. P Thanks! I stream, so I had different reasons for thinking about each. I wanted to make a Sims Love Island and do episodes with Island Living. Snowy Escape is more my gameplay style I think, I really liked Outdoor Retreat. Cottage Living is the current hotness and while I think it might bring views and I love the look, I don't know that befriending a llama is my type of gameplay? I usually like people stuff more than animal stuff.
@H. J. P I don't know that I'm in a position to give advice, but I will go subscribe to your channel! Good luck, and if you're ever on Twitch you'll find me under skeggjold_pantaloon
I do wish with DU there was an option to shorten the amount of credits to graduate. I find as my game play style changes 12 credits is too long. I can't figure out how to do it with rotational game play.
There is a mod for this. It even has different versions with different credit scores, i have the one with only 6 credits and its so much more fun this way. I think you can find it on mod the sims just google a little
@@ablueluz3954 I found it. Thanks so much.👍
DU just doesn't work well with rotational gameplay in general. I play long lifespans and enjoy having them spend more time in Uni. But I also have a short attention span, so I rotate constantly and I get tired of coming back from another household to find out the college students are all flunking. It needs so much babysitting. Even active careers just stay static when you're not there.
Lmaoooo enemy to lovers 700k slowburn is exactly the type of shit I read. And of course I need there to be intense making out as enemies and they start questioning their feelings for one another. Oh and character development is integral. I hate when characters are so 2D. I get you are fake but don't actually be fake. The raw emotions is what I need. I will be up at 3am crying over a character that doesn't exist and that's what I need.
The island living pack should have had sirens along with mermaids. You could maybe create a siren and like vampires they need plasma and can hunt fish instead of fishing. Maybe they get tense after not eating fish or plasma after quite some time.
I dunno just an idea
i think the only packs that are actually worth it right off the bat are city living, seasons, and cats&dogs. all 3 give a variety of gameplay and decorating options as well as add features that are integral in my opinion (pets, apartments, seasons). all other packs can be interchanged depending on play style and preferences.
These are actually the three I have and I agree! Seasons was really really good and it adds so much! I haven’t explored city living completely yet, but I still got quite a bit of gameplay out of it.
Jesse: island living
The subtitles: Ireland living
Picturing a game pack with an Irish world
(Reminder to content creators that subtitles being checked over is very useful please do it!)
The CC is autogenerated. It's nice when content creators add customized CC, especially since the autogenerated doesn't know what to do with any accent that isn't mid North American.
I always love hearing Jessie’s opinions on the sims packs bc I have similar tastes when it comes to gameplay and occult stuff. Every new pack I come straight to her reviews and gameplay videos to decide on buying them :3
OMG, thank you! I was going to rewatch your 'ranking every pack' video and you've made another one=)
Here because of the message from freaking Thackary Binks AHHHH. That voice is just pure audio nostalgia. Loved it.
I wish I could refund Discover University, one of the most useless and clickbait packs. I thankfully still haven't bought Island Living (will wait until they make it good). And other EPs are mostly ok, especially on 50+% sales, I would probably skip on City Living these days as other packs do much better job with apartments and festivals. And if not for the bundles and the sake of it, I would probably skip on Get Famous, if I actually wanted to cut on packs.
GPs - Dine Out and Spa Day were a mistake on my part, but then again I needed something to make bundles. I could easily live without Realm of Magic and Strangeville as well. Again everything bought in bundles and sales, literally not a single pack in this game is worth the full price.
SP - the only thing is that I had to bundle some of them to get a worth discount, but I don't think I would normally get half of them if not for the bundles. I still hadn't bought most of the worst ones, but some of the ones I unfortunately did include the Luxury Party and the ballpit one. But we will see maybe they will improve them. And oh, I also got the hottub one, unfortunately. At least haven't bought the drink stand, and My First Scam.
And obviously I haven't got Kits - not until they majorly discount them, cause that's shiet not worth the money at all. Even if the items and gameplay is ok in them - but those should have been in update or part of other packs (like the cleaning and country kitchen kit, should have been in Cottage Living or be added to existing SPs to make them more worth to buy).
My friend got scammed out of my first pet stuff so that name goes very well with it 😂
dude YES i wish i could refund discover university soooo badly. the CAS was amazing, and build/buy was pretty good, but GOD i never use bikes, and the dorms were just hell, it was so annoying. classes were ALRIGHT if you did off-campus housing but even then its always hard to tell how youre doing in any of your classes so every term id just be surprised when my sim got a C or F after what felt like they were doing good. it makes me so mad because it was SO CLOSE to being my absolute favorite pack, but just because of the execution it made me hate it
@@elicubed For me the clothes are great, robotics were cool. The selling point for me were actually bikes and open showers, but now we have them in Eco L. and Snowy E. which leaves Discover University an overpriced Robotics pack with awful 2000s American Frat Party simulator. Cause whole University part for me is non-existent and very US-centred. Pretty much no builds, awful rabbit holes, stuff like lack of ability to build a stove, bad University courses that aren't different from base game school gameplay, the nerve that I have to pay for education, which is against the idea of it being a human right. In general really dreadful pack, far from what University actually looks like.
i absolutely HATE discover university and it was one of the first packs i bought. i do not use it Ever
University WAS TERRIBLE. IT WAS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR ME. I UNINSTALLED THE SIMS 4.
Me and my wallet desperately need your opinion, thank you 🙏
You need to make a video showing every time you have ever said "i've been playing the sims since the year 2000!" XD
im honestly interested in how many times you have said it,
Island living really is a siren thooo🧜♀️🧜♀️ She lured me in with her alluring siren song and killed me with disappointment, boredom, and the guilt of not enjoying a gift I had asked for
I'm gonna be honest. The only thing I really enjoyed and liked from Island Living was the wolrd Sulani. That's it. It's not the worst pack but it is dissapointing. Sulani is absolutely beautiful tho
I know I’m so late since it so long since you posted but I recently got back into sims after not playing and was able to get cottage living and I don’t regret buying it. I’m really stuck on snowy escape and growing together now. So I’m stuck between those two now.
There is something so satisfying about the way you say “Yes”. When talking about the stuff packs (15:20ish). It was warm and comforting! Thank you for your honest opinions qween
Sometimes expansion packs give me the vibe that I'm playing a demo. Like, there could be so many things added or tweaked so there isn't so many bugs (take Dine Out, for example) or things to enrich gameplay that make the starting price point more understandable.
"i have a lot of unpopular opinions when it comes to the occult" is a motto for life in general. thank you jesse xx
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I've played discover university a lot recently because I am desperately living vicariously through all my sims lol. I was meant to go to uni this last year but dropped out bc of stinky covid so all my time has literally been doing university in the sims (not to brag but my 3 sim kids all got distinguished degrees with honors I'm so proud :,) )
Plumbella is the moment
Yes! Definitely the vid I needed right now since I've been debating about what pack to get next since they are on sale
Sims 2 occults where my favourite, because you could combine them, had an Alien Vampire Witch married to a Werewolf Witch at one point.
To be fair some of the stuff packs I've only bought because of the Expansion+Game+Stuff combo deal... like I don't think I necessarily would have bought them on their own but they're basically a freebie. Only reason I signed up to have my Sims do laundry in-game.
So, I've recently been buying a bunch of expansion packs, Seasons was the first one I got, I really like Cats and Dogs personally because the pets are so cute and the world is beautiful, I got Eco Lifestyle thinking I would LOVE it but was actually a little disappointed.. The gameplay is a little janky to me. Obviously just as everyone else Cottage Living is my most favorite EP so far.
In terms of Stuff Packs and Game packs I'm hesitant to get any of them because I feel like it's not as much value.. However I did just get Laundry day because I just like the idea of making a laundry room in my builds and it adding some more realistic gameplay elements.
The EP i'm least likely to ever buy is probably Get Famous, and City Living doesn't really appeal to me much either. In terms of GP's I have my eye on Realm of Magic purely because I love anything witchy.
Essential for me:
.Get Together
.Cottage Living
.City Living
.Seasons
.Realm of Magic
.Vampires
.Parenthood
.Paranormal
.Laundry Day
Jason Marsden is one of my favorite voice actors and I was absolutely shocked to see him in this video
The wellness treat in Cats and Dogs somewhat redeems it for me? The pets in my games just have this affinity to get sick all. the. time. And when I’m trying to do literally anything else but take them to the vet, the treats are really handy!
I could not live without City Living, Realm of Magic, Vampires, and Eco Lifestyle (in that order).
edit: I FORGOT ABOUT PARANORMAL STUFF. I NEED IT.
sameee!
holy shit im here so early, there's no views on the video
Ugh yes finally someone else who stans Spooky Stuff as hard as I do!!!!!!
I actually love the Moschino stuff because of the photographer career! and those windows are fab
The windows are! Taking a photo in game takes forever and my game started lagging so bad - I really wanted to play through the photographer career but it lags so astronomically on my computer that I couldn't.
I agree with all of Plums options 100% expect for Jungle Adventure. I would have gotten it immediately and then been disappointed 🙃 but definitely agree with the love for spooky vibes, they’re the best vibes
Question:
How would you feel if The Sims 5 had cheap and free DLC packs *instead* of expansion packs and stuff packs?
Essentially: Less content than TS4 packs, much more frequent drops, astronomically lower cost, occasionally free.
I would want both because some things like Seasons I feel like need to be a full expansion pack or it would not be as good as it needs to be
@@funland19 something like season should be in the Basegame in the first place in my opinion...
I got the Sims 4 in 2019 (after taking a break post Sims 2) and I got most of my early packs in bundles. The first three I got were Seasons, Vampires and Spooky Stuff. If I were doing it now I’d sub out Spooky Stuff and get Paranormal or one of the other newest ones.
Unrelated to the Sims, my 7yo said ‘I love her accent!’ (We’re Canadian) and when I showed her the video, she then said you remind her of Anna from Frozen. Which is a big compliment. :)
I'd love to see a video of "Given a budget of £X amount what are the ideal packs for optimal game play" maybe do several versions each tailored to different aspects like family play/building centric/fantasy play
Omg I was the ‘someone’ who left the comment in the discord! So excited to watch this!!!
Omg you included a screenshot hahaha
I bought Jungle Adventure thinking it would be like Sims 3 World Adventures which is 100% my favourite Sims pack of all time of all the Sims games. But it wasn't at all like it and I was so disappointed... I do love Outdoor Retreat, though! I love my family having a cabin they head to for vacations...
I'm totally with you on the occults -- I was in love with Vampires from the moment I saw the trailer, and I have never regretted getting it. Paranormal and Realm of Magic are fun too, and hey -- I like Spooky Stuff as well! It is very situation, but it pairs super-well with Seasons. Carving pumpkins on Sim!Halloween is one of my favorite things to do. :) I don't know if I'd get Get to Work these days, though -- eh, maybe for the experience of owning a store, but I've found that I actually don't like active careers that much. They just get samey after a while! (There's an idea for you -- ranking the active careers in this game. Detective is the worst, in my humble opinion, as it's the most repetitive.)
Scientist career is lit tbh, feels a bit sims 1 makin magic with some of its absurdities. freeze rays and cloning are the two main reasons to try out that career. but still once you play through each career once you kind of forget about it, esp since the build buy is trash
@@thegeorgiemoore Yeah, I would definitely rate Scientist the highest just because of the inventions -- you get the best gameplay out of that one. But even then, the workday tasks can get pretty routine (do I have to make my coworkers change clothes EVERY DAY?).
detective is my fav and owning your own store i made a vampire family and they own their own occult store and it is so cool and i just never get bored of it
Thank you for putting into words exactly how I feel about the spooky witchy Halloween aesthetic 👻
I’ve never been THIS EARLY I LOVE U PLUMBELLA
i don't know what you would call my play style, it's usually starting with one sim with [an oddity] and creates [an organization, never good but also not always bad] and they collect a bunch of sims with them to help. and generations after might change the tenants or whatever- i just like funny gameplay. my most iconic sim Priscilla was a demon horned cult leader. her hobbies included, playing piano (and laughing maniacally just like- right after), trying to communicate with her daughter (failing miserably). i will never create a sim as iconic as her. she was the moment. while writing this i remember she had marcus flex and one of our alien (found out once we added her to family) cultists to experiment on in her basement. i do use aliens A LOT. also i use fame a lot surprisingly on accident.
I haven’t bought a pack in two years, the last one I got was parenthood (I’ve got seasons, city living, cats and dogs, parenthood and cool kitchen stuff) so yeah this video should be helpful to me lmao
My number 1 game is Cats and Dogs, my games always feel so empty without a pet, especially when all your sims are at work. I honestly prefer not having control over the pet in sims 4 because it feels like they have personality (unlike the sims)
this is the best way to start my day:) i literally just woke up and it says “posted 1 minute ago” i’m in heaven😌✨
Lol im gonna go to sleep soon 🤪
it’s 6pm here lol
i need some recommendations for that enemies to lovers 700k+ fanfic cuz i don't read enemies to lovers 👀
I don't have all of the packs, only some I were interested in, and now it'd change a bit. But still, for me the ones I am happy with (in no particular order) and would buy again are: Vampires, Parenthood, StrangerVille, Realm of magic, Tiny Living, Get to work, City living, Seasons. If I were on a budget, I'd get Seasons, Parenthood + RoM or V
What I don't have and would like to buy is probably Paranormal and Cottage Living (and maybe Eco lifestyle)
What I regret buying: Cats and Dogs, Outdoor retreat, Jungle Adventure, Spa Day, Island Living, Laundry Day, Get Famous, Discover University.
This helped me most!