for me that thing is an absolute no go. because it as far as i know only makes normal eww quality food. and most my sims have the fancy food quirk. the Tea and Coffee maker aren't much better they constantly make that stuff and then leave it to rot.
Mickel Ntek My sim with the maxed cooking and gourmet skills makes excellent quality popcorn, but everyone else makes normal quality-the rest of the household and the parade of friends that pop in at all hours. It can definitely become a focus like the tea and coffee makers very quickly! I’m going to swap it out for the ice cream maker though due to this video. I hadn’t added it because I remembered how it was the only thing my sims wanted to eat in Sims 3 lol.
Wait. GHOST HUNTING was one of the options, and KNITTING won? I mean, I'm excited for the knitting pack for the aesthetics and clutter, but CMON. GHOST HUNTING. THAT SOUNDS SO COOL.
@@justcallmeteacup4711 Yeah, I feel like the Paranormal Stuff was better suited to a game pack anyway. I was hoping if it came in second place they'd see people are interested and go that route but a petition might boost that possibility. :)
You're the 2nd person I say seeing it. I almost asked at the end of the video. It's a whopper to cover all the features, but I'd like to do it. Just will take some time :)
I remember when the community made jokes about a "Toddler stuff" pack when toddlers were FINALLY patched in after like 3 years... And then we actually got a toddler stuff pack. I was livid lol. People also made jokes about a "Car stuff" and a "stair stuff" pack so lets see where that goes...
Well, we did get that update to stairs a while back, but I imagine they could come up with something to expand on it (woah! carpeted stairs, lol) Car stuff though...that would be a pack, certainly.
@@zeracious The stair update was great, we can finally make L shaped stairs. But we still can't do spiral or use ladders to go in between floors. We still only have pool ladders, they have the animation already and still won't give us house ladders! I have a feeling they're coming though. Maybe later this year but there hasn't been a Maxis Monthly in like 3 months so something big must be going on.
@@RockZombieIAm Fair point, there could be more stair stuff on the way! Funny you mention the pool stairs, I saw a fan made edit (not mod, unfortunately) of a functionable house ladder a little while back, and man, I wish it existed in game somehow.
They NEED to take people’s advice from that survey they took and improve upon the packs they already have. It’s not only off putting to have as many packs as they do, but they aren’t worth anything when we can sit here and say “Oh that pack comes with (insert pointless object with reused animations) and the CAS/build items are so so” many of the packs there are should have either been combined, or made into a bigger/better pack. But as long as people just keep shoving their money at EA every chance they get, nothing will change.
I want improvements to existing packs so badly. I think improving what is out there makes so much more sense than continuing to tack on. Making it better is only going to drive sales of those existing works.. It's already a massive selection after all.
I don't mind new packs and the stuff packs aren't that expensive.... but I agree that fixing and upgrading them (at no charge of course) (instead of robbing them like the 20th anniversary thing) periodically is not only needed BUT would be a relatively cheap way for the company to show a little player appreciation and build goodwill...which they need BADLY. Whatever exec approved that 20th Anniversary hot tub disaster should be animated and used for stoning in a medieval pack. For those of us that have played since Sims 1 and own every Sims 4 pack that little gift was like giving your spouse something for your 20th anniversary that they fished out the dumpster on the way home. I know they are in it for the profit but as their flagship game that has sustained their business for 20 years they could have done a little better. Will I quit playing Sims over it? Of course not... but... well there's no but... It just pisses me off and I am less likely to try other games from the developer.
It's awesome that you get an extra buff, and that it can do about 5 things without any special ingredients. Some are just extra animations, but it's nice to have some variety if you own it.
I started using it after Carl’s previous video on it. When my lady Sims start putting on weight around the hips and thighs after they’ve had a few kids, I like to use a combination of ‘A Taste of Diet’ and exercise to get them back in shape! If only that worked in real life... 😂
I started using it the moment it came out .. Taste of Diet ice cream was a must... Every sim in my game was freakin beyond fat! Visiting sims are rude!! They jump on your computer, easels, gym equipment and go through your fridge. If you have ice cream in your fridge when they visit they will rush to grab a cone, which in my opinion is fine because i keep diet ice cream in there at all times. I call this "a public service". Its my contribution to beautifying the town.
@@LadyYepperz Hello lady, can you please stop fat shaming? what is wrong if you or your sims are fat? I am 350lb and I am not ashamed, I am proud of my fat and I eat what I want
That's what I always tell people who say "but at least stuff packs have gameplay objects now" Yes, they do, but the objects they have were either part of the base game or of a much larger expansion pack. You're paying MORE for the same or less amount of content we had before.
well stop buying, it can be hard not to at first, but eventually you will just stop caring and not play the game anymore. Ive just moved on to games with developers and produces who are able to produce something entertaining and care about the customers satisfaction, and it feels so amazing to have a real voice in the product you are buying.
im still gob smacked that knitting of all things won over ghost'n'reaper or science focused packs, hopefully its fleshed out far above and beyond expectations because if it flops it will just make me feel worse about the missed chance of a ghost hunter or reaper career or tons of scientific stuff >
I feel like the voters must have been confused.... like maybe the way they had you vote was backwards???? So you thought you were voting something Up but you actually voted it down..... Just a thought....
The only reason ghost hunting was my second choice and not the first (it did sound really cool) is because I don't play with any of the occults. I play realistic gameplay with families and babies which is why I prioritized knitting. Personally I think we should petition for ghost hunting to be a game pack so more than one of the options would be included. It would've been wasted and boring as a stuff pack
Luciana Why can’t elders Ghost Hunt? I’m new to the game, but my elders do a lot of the same things as my adults. I’ve even had an elder who was a career criminal. Do the more extraneous activities shorten their life spans?
Carllllll you just made my day , sitting here pondering this corona virus the news and all thats going on, this is just what i needed thankyou so much Carl , hope you and yours are all keeping safe and well :D ♥
I know this is a bit off subject, but I think a Greek Mythology pack would be a lot of fun. Poseidon could live in the ocean and be the leader of the mermaids, giving them more skill to learn and rewards for doing so. Medusa would be fun to turn any annoying sims into permanent stone statues etc... I'm just kind of sick of the same types of packs we always get in the sims games and think we should help them come up with some new ideas. I also think a back to the future/ into the past game would be a lot of fun, where you could travel and live in a futuristic world or also have the option to live in the past, somewhere around the 1600s-1800s. I really enjoyed the into the future pack for sims 3, but always wished they would have included an option for going back in time also.
I wish the pee outdoors bush had been in the 'Outdoor Retreat ' game pack , it makes much more sense that it would have been as we have NOwere to peee but do have outdoor showers, i dont get why it went into the pack it did, but a patch update putting it ALSO into 'Outdoor Retreat' should surely happen at some point. I wISH :D
I was on the fence with Moschino and very rarely see my Sim friends using it, so seeing someone actually talk about it made me go "whoa, I'm missing out on some good photography stuff" because whenever I do a style influencer, I give them Photography since they need it for leveling. For stuff packs, I mostly look to see what it can offer ultimately for both CAS and gameplay. To date: Laundry still holds up in terms of the latter, though the CAS items leave much to be desired, at least for me.
I think a lot of people really like mundane things in lifesimulations, like laundry, knitting, farming, gardening, cars, bikes, bunk beds,... I remember back when the Sims 3 seasons launched people were asking for lawnmowers and snow shipping. To this day I believe having huge amounts of snow and a snowplow on the road would have made for great gameplay. A lot of people loved the fireman career too. I would like more mundane realistic jobs for the Sims 4. Open for business was a bestselling Sims 2 Expansion, because many simmers adore recreations of real life as gameplay in the game. After that is achieved we tend to be interested in supernatural elements too. Grim would make for an interesting "gamepack" imo 😉
The community at large seems to want more life simulation in their life sim. I cant really blame them. I'm in the minority in that I enjoy supernatural stuff in my sims. I just want the supernatural stuff to not suck or be overpowered (looking at you Realm of Magic).
@@ArawnNoxagree. We are sorely lacking stuff for all ages other than adults. Also who wants a grim stuffpack with like 1-2 new objects... I want a fleshed out "gamepack" for the most iconic NPC the Sims has to offer 😄
I can understand why people voted for it. If done right, another crafting skill would compliment expansions like Get to Work (retail system). I know that's just another deco item (unless it unlocks clothes), but at best the ghost hunting career would probably be a clone of police anyway. I don't really agree that knitting adds more for elderly Sims just because half the real knitters I know aren't elderly. It wouldn't be any more elderly-centric than woodcarving. But they might have more granny fashion.
@@BonaparteBardithion imo knitting is somewhat associated with elders and the rocking chair we will get too. There isn't alot of elderly gameplay in the game at the moment. I miss the canes and lovely interactions elders had in past Sims games. Used to love playing my elders in the childcare active career, it suited them very much. Or playing with the canning station or as bakers. I agree very much in regard to the ghost hunting being a clone to the police career. The Sims 4 has a bad track record of cloning careers anyway 🙄
Carl, do you think you could do a video on how to most efficiently max all toddler skills? I feel like there are interactions that raise the bar incredibly fast, like Babble with a stuffed animal for Communication, while other are very slow and a waste of time, like Wander for Movement. Also some of those very powerful interactions get unlocked as the skill goes up, I only just found out that Ask Why is one of the fastest way to raise Thinking but I wasn't aware because you only unlock it at a certain level! If you could break down the percentages and efficiency of all the interactions it would be really helpful to serial 100 Baby Challenge players like me :)
I’d agree with the commenter above, except to say that having adults read toddler books to them is MUCH quicker for imagination than playing with toys. Plus you can read to multiple tods/children at once - area of effect! Doing this in combination with always reading them to sleep gets them to imagination level 5 pretty quickly.
I found that watching other sims gets thinking skill up pretty quickly until you unlock the “ask why” interaction at level 4. You can’t queue it up when they’re actively doing it, so pause the game first and then queue it up several times. Also, if another sim in the house is playing an instrument toddlers can “listen” to the sim play, which raises imagination skill. It works the same way as watching a sim, pause the game and then queue it up. I think the skill gain is about the same as watching sims. Reading toddler books on their own raises it pretty quickly too but having an older sim read to them raises it faster; I always have parents read toddlers to sleep. For movement skill, having older sims “play” with them raises it pretty quickly and can sometimes give them an energized moodlet. You have to have a teen or older ask a toddler to play until they reach level two movement skill; at level two they can ask other sims to play. At level 4 movement skill they unlock the ability to “run around” and I think this raises the skill much faster than wandering. With seasons, toddlers can also play in piles of snow during winter which raises movement skill. The commenters above were right about talking to giant stuffed animals. Hope this was helpful. 😁
Side note: pregnant sims can’t “play” with toddlers and toddlers can use the regular tablet as well as the wabbit tablet. (The “Slablet” item from the buy mode catalog.)
More live careers in general would be great. What's it been, what 5(?) years and we've still only got the three from Get to Work and the one (is it one?) from Get Famous. I've only got the base game and the rabbit hole careers are so boring. But seeing gameplay of the Get to Work jobs looks so engaging.
@@ArawnNox It can get a little old after a while, so it's nice they give you the option to treat active careers like rabbitholes while you take a break from them. Most of the newer active careers are work from home. Writing, social media, even military. I would've loved to work on an actual military career lot.
@@ArawnNox Yup. There's a lot of military NPCs and a fair bit of aesthetic, but the actual career is mostly a rabbithole or using the treadmill and punching bag.
I did purchase the Spooky Day stuff not because Halloween is my favorite holiday, but because it was a way to become the Pumpkin Maker I have always aspired to be-how did you know?? Thank you for the feet first, banana hammock wearing Mortimer Goth water slide shot first thing in the morning😆I prefer to practice social distancing from any man wearing a banana hammock, but may very well maybe in the minority. Good review of the stuff packs mixed with your always amusing commentary, thank you! I hope the knitting pack turns out to be well done, and that they seriously consider adding the other options in future. The Grim Reaper side gig sounded like it had a lot of potential for truly a unique game play addition. In the interim I’m looking forward to seeing Grim in the new rocker, knitting little Grim plushies to hand out with each reaping as a limited edition promotion/PR campaign.
My friends and I are all dumb struck how knitting made it into a pack. Crafting is very popular these days so I sort of see that but knitting seems to be the main theme of the pack. Ghost Hunting was on the table???? That would be awesome.
Jean Dunaway My only issue with that idea is that two weeks after it came out people would have probably been bored with it and complained about how repetitive it was, just like they did with the GTW careers and just about every career they’ve added with these packs. I just don’t see how the Grim Reaper/Ghost Hunting pack justice when they didn’t do other things as well as they should have RoM as an example.
I personally don't enjoy the magical vampire, ghost and wizard etc. game play at all and I'd absolutely love a knitting stuff pack ♥ Maybe it's because I enjoy simulations as, you know, simulated living, and that's why normal and realistic things are the best for me. Just to provide some of the opposite perspective as many here seems to prefer the ghost hunting :) And it DOES sound very cool, I'm just myself more into decorating clutter and hobby game play (like knitting would be) etc.
A stuff pack I would like to see is A one for teens and it could be called “Teen stuff” With more interactions for teenagers they can through parties and if they’re parents catch them they get yelled at it could just have stuff that include those type of things just to make it interesting
That needs to be reserve for generations. Parenthood isn't a supplement, generations could include all things from child shenanigans, to teen parties, prom, high school graduation, etc
I love your goofy humor. This video is much appreciated, knowing what actually has game play in the stuff packs helps. There are a couple I would have skipped if this existed earlier!
Do NOT purchase Dine Out unless you want to go to dinner and have your sim almost starve & fall asleep. It takes about 6-8 hours from start to finish in the sims life. Sometimes you even go home hungry. Waste of $$$.
I was just remembering today while selling sims belongings in sims 4, that in sims 1 or 2, I can't remember which one, that art, like paintings and sculptures would increase in value over time. Not sure if sims 3 had that feature as I skipped that one, but makes sense and I'd love if that was a feature in this or the next game so I could have sims who were art collectors to make a buck and celebrate their good taste and snobbiness
If I remember correctly Sims 3 had a similar feature. If your painter sim died any paintings done by them would increase in value. I don't think there was a "over time" mechanic to that though
@@benarim thats neat. I will have to get the sims 3 one day, when it came out I had a computer that couldn't run it. Would give it so much more realism if sims 4 had a similar system, even if only for sims who followed the painter career or had some celebrity status I'd be happy
@@sistercharlatan Sims 3 is a great game, if you can handle how ugly it looks compared to modern games. Thats really my only gripe. I really love how you can make completely custom worlds/maps with the worldbuilder tool. The creative freedom is wonderful in ts3.
They really got me with the recent stuff packs sale. Every day I'd play, a new one was on sale for half off, so I just bought a bunch of these! Thanks for the review!!!
I’m so glad that someone besides me is absolutely enraged about the fact that people chose KNITTING over a grim reaper/ghost hunting career pack WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y’ALL THAT IS LITERALLY THE BEST STUFF PACK THEY’VE EVER OR WILL EVER PROPOSE AND YOU CHOSE KNITTING???????? OUTRAGEOUS
Thank God there are some Sane people here. Like I get y'all want family oriented packs but...knitting? Y'all so thirsty for realistic gameplay you'll take knitting?
what team? wildcats People say they want realistic gameplay but forget that they’re playing a video game and not a photorealistic CGI version of their lives. It’s a GAME it’s not supposed to be accurate to reality.
From a builder point of view, the stuff pack I would recommend the most right now is definitely Tiny Living. Trying to come up with ways to fit everything in a tiny building is fun and I love the furniture pieces in this pack. For a modern style, Tiny Living is closely followed by Moschino. I love the Moschino stuff pack. For more vintage or classic looks, I'd definitely recommend Romantic Garden and Vintage Glamour. Butler's are a little bugged but they can't be missing in an old elegant mansion. From a gameplay point of view my top recomendations would be Moschino and Vintage Glamour. I can't understand all the fascination about doing laundry, I often use Laundry day build items in my builds but never the gameplay items.
I have used the Carl's sims guide for almost a decade, was an active member of Carl and Pam's forum in the sims 3 days (never finished that bloody immortal dynasty) so, I must ask HOW HAVE I ONLY JUST FOUND THIS CHANNEL
I have some of the stuff pack because those packs really spoke to me and this made my life a lot easier when it comes to if I'll buy the other stuff pack or not. Thaaaanks.
I want the small things, all I want is for the game play to mean more, sims have better stories and things that the sims 2 had that we loved. Plus I loved the burglars in sims3
I agree. some people don’t life the super natural things in the sims but I Like it. One of my favorite thing in the sims 3 was using a mod that allowed me to make hybrids.
I wish they would've made one Supernatural pack rather than splitting up occults, making us pay more in the long run. $20 for each occult, which if we get fairies and werwolves, that's another $40. $80 for a pack that cost about $50 in the sims 3. They've been doing this with all packs. They've been splitting up features into separate packs that should've been combined into 1 pack
Type Testingcheats true and click on the Wishing well.... you can basically select which outcome you want for all the Sims on your lot. You can also click on the birdfeeder and tell the birds to attack your Sims.
Me 😂! The Sims 4 lacks lifesimulation and laundry and knitting is a fun reanactment of life in the game. I would also appreciate more mundane jobs, farming and more activities for children, teens and elders. A grim reaper "gamepack" would also be nice. But I don't think anybody would be happy with a grim stuffpack with like 1-2 new objects 😇
@@12wer3wer9 I want my games to be fun not boring if I wanted to do laundry I would do it in real life. I would love more wacky stuff like the magic pack and the crazy scientist laundry and knitting is a boring choice
I really thought knitting was a joke. Science and or Ghost Bustin both sounded like fun. Fkn knitting is boring as hell in real life and will be the second pack I refuse to buy (along with first pet) I really am disappointed in the vote.
@@SaneNoMore it's idiotic when the community voted for laundry day they could've chosen more arcade stuff or something else cool according to lgr. I may buy this knitting pack if there's another sale only for the furniture if it looks useful
In Vintage Glamour Stuff there's also the vanity. You can make your sim put on different makeup looks and child sims can mess around with it and put crazy makeup on. It's really cute lol.
I think the wind chimes from backyard stuff are worth mentioning. You can change the pitch and type of sound which is neat. There's something really comfy about hearing them chime along in game. Also I didn't know about the frog fountain, will have to look into that.
Wow! You put 10 times the amount of effort into your videos, and yet you don't even have a hundred thousand subscribers yet. Where the heck are all of our Sims supporters? We need to get out there and get your channel noticed!
Another great video! I got to say that you're quickly becoming my favorite Simmer on RUclips. I find it truly refreshing to see Sim-related videos that are entertaining without being over the top, and really I appreciate how honest you are about your opinions without being overly critical. :) Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to your next video!
The smaller TV in the tiny living stuff pack is a bookshelf, TV and radio all in one so two less items you have to put in your house and a bit of a money saver for starter home builds. Also it's wall mounted so your sim can walk where it is and have a tiny four tile living room with a loveseat and that TV/radio/bookshelf thing.
I'm not that surprised My First Pet Stuff sold -- some people in the community NEED to have every pack, and others genuinely wanted the small pets -- but I think it's telling that stuff packs went away for a little while in the wake of that PR disaster. Probably wanted some more time to reassess how they did them and whatnot! But yeah, this was a useful little guide to stuff packs and their major features -- really highlights which ones are worth getting and which ones you could probably live without. You're good at getting to the bottom of "where the gameplay is."
Am I the only one who thinks the cool kitchen stuff pack is underrated? I use almost every item in that pack repeatedly! Love the light, the clutter items, the barstool, the sink, the fridge AND stove are both my absolute favourites in the entire game, and the ice cream is a great touch. Very happy I bought that pack (just wish they added a bit more items - like 2 or 3 fridges and 2 or 3 stoves, and another dishwasher would’ve been cool)
Omg I didn't know that the luxury party table had like an instant buffet. That will make wedding prep so much easier (seeing as the caterers I hire NEVER MAKE ME FOOD). Just need to bake the cake myself and it should be more successful each time and more time for partying!
Since Happy Haunts and science and technology didn't make it I hope both of them is brought out in an expansion pack. Both would fit together in an expansion pack nicely. I want something more useful than knitting. Pffft... smh.
I too hope the ideas that lost will see light of day, I very much think it could happen for many of the popular ones - from this and the Expansion bracket tournament.
Two things on Vintage Glamour: 1. You forgot about the other gameplay object, the Vanity Table, which is a immersive way of wearing make up for your sims where you can make them temporarily wear makeup for a couple hours. 2. it's 1920's not 1950's :P
Knitting? KNITTING?? How utterly boring! I really want them to release a pack with all the missing personality, negative traits and dislikes as THAT would actually help to make the game interesting for longer than a couple of hours.
You're right, that would be great! More options for using laptops would be great too, like letting my Sim use a laptop in bed like I do, on the couch, watch movies on it... buying more video games or computer programs for my Sims, maybe some that would slowly raise a skill... but I don't feel like that's gonna happen :/
I actually really like the vintage glamour pack but that’s because I really enjoy vintage clothing and hair and I use it with almost all my sims, so for me, it was worth it. There is also a globe that serves “juice” in that pack that I use in many of my builds. I haven’t actually hired a butler that often though (usually I only hire a butler for richer sims. I tend to play more middle or lower class sims because I find that gameplay more interesting but that’s just my preference).
IMO the most useful ones are Laundry for the gameplay, Vintage stuf for the butler and Moschino for the photography job.Tiny Living is cool too I guess if you want to rush leveling up a sim, my fav is Toddlers stuff though that pack made me play with toddlers so many addorable stuff in that pack! At least stuff packs seems to be improving, devs don't not just add new interractable objects they also add jobs, NPC and a new lot type I hope this continues with the knitting pack they're making
Having you come through during the Vegas lockdown is amazing! Thank you for always bringing videos that make us all smile and a little bit smarter in sims!!
I have most of these packs but I like watching your videos to remind myself of some of the cool things in them. So many build mode items, it’s easy to overlook things.
I am waiting for a grocery store stuff pack. I got get to work thinking I would maybe get shopping carts, grocery bags, produce tables and maybe some cereal boxes. I had so much fun with my sims 2 grocery store. I want it back.
Kids room stuff, cool kitchen stuff and toddler stuff are my favorites, because of the clutter and without them kids/toddlers are kinda boring to have in game. (On Ps4, so we don't have My First Pet Stuff)
Great vid carl! This vid proved to Me that we all can mostly agree on wanting realistic gameplay. Excited for the knitting but I've dreamt about being able to have grims job forever. And BEING A GHOST HUNTER? Damn thatd be cool.
Ok, I have all these packs - bought basically as soon as they came out, bc I'm impatient/can't wait for sales - and I didn't know about half this stuff. The "big" hero items I mostly knew about, but like I didn't realize there was a bird feeder anywhere, even if it doesn't do much. I also didn't realize the ice cream had effects, rather than just buffs/moodlets. (I also kinda cheered when you mentioned Digimon for the voidcritters, lol.)
Wow! You are EA's ideal consumer. I find the whole game sorely lacking and am bored of only getting so little gameplay for the hundreds of bucks I pay them and you haven't even discovered everything the stuffpacks offer. I am happy for you but damn... that is such a stark difference 😅
LOVE your work. You present so well, giving the information in an entertaining and yet very direct way. I bought sims 4 when it first came out having been obsessed with sims 3 but disappointed when it became so bloated it was hardly playable. I found the base game uninspiring and the early expansions were not enough so I stopped playing. I randomly started again recently and have bought a lot of expansions to fill out my game. Escapism is the number one growth industry right now for obvious reasons. Your videos have helped me relearn how to play and to make the most of the newest features. Thanks. I guess this is an old video so you might now see it. I hope you do. Please make lots more videos!!
This is a good guide as always, Carl, but I was drawn in because I thought it was going to be a compilation of "super hero related" stuff found in various packs.
Laundry day - Get to work Movie stuff pack - Get famous Fancy party - Get famous Moschino - Get famous Glamour - Get famous Romantic garden - Get together My first pet - Cats & Dogs Cool kitchen - Seasons Backyard - Seasons Spooky - Seasons Kids room - Generations Toddler - Generations
• Spooky Stuff came with the Spooky Party option • Movie Hangout Stuff came with the ability to watch movies on every TV • Perfect Patio Stuff came with the Backyard radio station • Romantic Garden Stuff comes with the Baroque radio station • Kids Room Stuff comes with the Tween Pop radio station Side note, I love Laundry Day but it’s so glitchy! And I hate how they don’t pick up clothes from multiple hampers at once like they did in The Sims 3
I have almost all sp's but the ones i love are romantic garden for the wishing well(i think it is??) The cool kitchen bcs THE CLOTHES and ALL OF THE OBJECTS GOD, the luxury party is op(?) as well, toddler sp is good too... And that's all i can recall
We need a driving stuff pack. Couple cars, driving skill, teaching teens to drive, driving around town , garages, and the ability to fix a junk car in a working car.
Back in the day I would actually buy all the ep for sims 2 and when sims 3 came around I only bought the big ep without stuff packs, and now I got sims 4 for free and downloaded everything else from the internet lmao ea was asking for it
I'm convinced that they make stuff packs like My First Pet Stuff because they know people will be bundling those items later. Packs like that seem more like an add-on than its own pack.
When I give my Sim’s house a popcorn maker, they decide to go on a straight popcorn diet.
I had to delete the popcorn maker because they wouldn't eat anything else that wasn't popcorn
for me that thing is an absolute no go. because it as far as i know only makes normal eww quality food. and most my sims have the fancy food quirk. the Tea and Coffee maker aren't much better they constantly make that stuff and then leave it to rot.
Mickel Ntek My sim with the maxed cooking and gourmet skills makes excellent quality popcorn, but everyone else makes normal quality-the rest of the household and the parade of friends that pop in at all hours. It can definitely become a focus like the tea and coffee makers very quickly! I’m going to swap it out for the ice cream maker though due to this video. I hadn’t added it because I remembered how it was the only thing my sims wanted to eat in Sims 3 lol.
Same with the ice cream machine , I hate it cause ice cream doesn't fill all the hungry need
same i had to revoke their popcorn rights
Wait. GHOST HUNTING was one of the options, and KNITTING won? I mean, I'm excited for the knitting pack for the aesthetics and clutter, but CMON. GHOST HUNTING. THAT SOUNDS SO COOL.
It also had the possibility of having a career as a grim reaper or psychic
It was!! I was honestly surprised that it didn’t win. Hopefully it’s something they will bring in the future.
Yeah, I was so disappointed, because I voted for Ghost Hunting, but just like in real life, my vote didn't seem to matter.
I'm thinking of starting a petition for it to be be made into a game pack. Is that something you guys would be interested in
@@justcallmeteacup4711 Yeah, I feel like the Paranormal Stuff was better suited to a game pack anyway. I was hoping if it came in second place they'd see people are interested and go that route but a petition might boost that possibility. :)
I would enjoy if you did this for expansion and game packs because I really enjoy watching these kind of videos before I make a purchase.
You're the 2nd person I say seeing it. I almost asked at the end of the video. It's a whopper to cover all the features, but I'd like to do it. Just will take some time :)
Agreed
Carl's Sim Guides take as much time as needed, but would really enjoy watching these kind of videos in the future.:)
That would be so awesome. I'm always conflicted on which pack to get next so the advice would be so helpful
@@CarlsSimGuides thank you so much I can be at peace of mind when I know what I'm buying
I want the knitting pack to be called: Knot Just Another Stuff Pack.
Get Knitting
Discover Knitting
Knitty Living lol
i want it to be called “Just Kidding, No Knitting - Ghost-buster pack”
😂
I remember when the community made jokes about a "Toddler stuff" pack when toddlers were FINALLY patched in after like 3 years... And then we actually got a toddler stuff pack. I was livid lol.
People also made jokes about a "Car stuff" and a "stair stuff" pack so lets see where that goes...
Well, we did get that update to stairs a while back, but I imagine they could come up with something to expand on it (woah! carpeted stairs, lol)
Car stuff though...that would be a pack, certainly.
@@zeracious
The stair update was great, we can finally make L shaped stairs.
But we still can't do spiral or use ladders to go in between floors. We still only have pool ladders, they have the animation already and still won't give us house ladders!
I have a feeling they're coming though. Maybe later this year but there hasn't been a Maxis Monthly in like 3 months so something big must be going on.
@@RockZombieIAm Fair point, there could be more stair stuff on the way! Funny you mention the pool stairs, I saw a fan made edit (not mod, unfortunately) of a functionable house ladder a little while back, and man, I wish it existed in game somehow.
YES CARS PLEASE 😭😭😭
I had to get the toddler pack because I'm going to raising generations of kids
They NEED to take people’s advice from that survey they took and improve upon the packs they already have. It’s not only off putting to have as many packs as they do, but they aren’t worth anything when we can sit here and say “Oh that pack comes with (insert pointless object with reused animations) and the CAS/build items are so so” many of the packs there are should have either been combined, or made into a bigger/better pack. But as long as people just keep shoving their money at EA every chance they get, nothing will change.
Lauren Idenitity Crisis absolutely agree
And to add, GTW, Dine Out (a needed expansion imo), and most of the active careers (Acting and Vet.) are still very buggy...
I want improvements to existing packs so badly. I think improving what is out there makes so much more sense than continuing to tack on. Making it better is only going to drive sales of those existing works.. It's already a massive selection after all.
@@JanJan4Infinity Couldn't agree more.
I don't mind new packs and the stuff packs aren't that expensive.... but I agree that fixing and upgrading them (at no charge of course) (instead of robbing them like the 20th anniversary thing) periodically is not only needed BUT would be a relatively cheap way for the company to show a little player appreciation and build goodwill...which they need BADLY. Whatever exec approved that 20th Anniversary hot tub disaster should be animated and used for stoning in a medieval pack. For those of us that have played since Sims 1 and own every Sims 4 pack that little gift was like giving your spouse something for your 20th anniversary that they fished out the dumpster on the way home. I know they are in it for the profit but as their flagship game that has sustained their business for 20 years they could have done a little better. Will I quit playing Sims over it? Of course not... but... well there's no but... It just pisses me off and I am less likely to try other games from the developer.
I don't think I've ever used the ice cream maker and didn't realise it was so detailed. I will definitely give it a try next time I play.
It's awesome that you get an extra buff, and that it can do about 5 things without any special ingredients. Some are just extra animations, but it's nice to have some variety if you own it.
Same
I started using it after Carl’s previous video on it. When my lady Sims start putting on weight around the hips and thighs after they’ve had a few kids, I like to use a combination of ‘A Taste of Diet’ and exercise to get them back in shape! If only that worked in real life... 😂
I started using it the moment it came out .. Taste of Diet ice cream was a must... Every sim in my game was freakin beyond fat! Visiting sims are rude!! They jump on your computer, easels, gym equipment and go through your fridge. If you have ice cream in your fridge when they visit they will rush to grab a cone, which in my opinion is fine because i keep diet ice cream in there at all times. I call this "a public service". Its my contribution to beautifying the town.
@@LadyYepperz Hello lady, can you please stop fat shaming? what is wrong if you or your sims are fat? I am 350lb and I am not ashamed, I am proud of my fat and I eat what I want
It’s just frustrating that you had to pay extra for things that where included in dlcs in the previous games
I agree. Bikes being paywalled behind university I think was the biggest kick in the face for me lol. That was in sims 3 day one.
That's what I always tell people who say "but at least stuff packs have gameplay objects now"
Yes, they do, but the objects they have were either part of the base game or of a much larger expansion pack. You're paying MORE for the same or less amount of content we had before.
well stop buying, it can be hard not to at first, but eventually you will just stop caring and not play the game anymore. Ive just moved on to games with developers and produces who are able to produce something entertaining and care about the customers satisfaction, and it feels so amazing to have a real voice in the product you are buying.
@@CHLOCHLOLP Or you could always hit the high seas! Argh Matey!
@@immortalscourge Im scared of viruses lol and not just the corona kind
im still gob smacked that knitting of all things won over ghost'n'reaper or science focused packs, hopefully its fleshed out far above and beyond expectations because if it flops it will just make me feel worse about the missed chance of a ghost hunter or reaper career or tons of scientific stuff >
I feel like the voters must have been confused.... like maybe the way they had you vote was backwards???? So you thought you were voting something Up but you actually voted it down..... Just a thought....
@@vannared1198 no, a lot of people wanted more things elders could do so a lot of people voted for this.
The only reason ghost hunting was my second choice and not the first (it did sound really cool) is because I don't play with any of the occults. I play realistic gameplay with families and babies which is why I prioritized knitting. Personally I think we should petition for ghost hunting to be a game pack so more than one of the options would be included. It would've been wasted and boring as a stuff pack
Luciana Why can’t elders Ghost Hunt? I’m new to
the game, but my elders do a lot of the same things as my adults. I’ve even had an elder who was a career criminal. Do the more extraneous activities shorten their life spans?
A lot of simmers are family-focused. So anything that adds to that they want it.
I wish we could have gotten that grim reaper/ghost hunting pack for the next one. Oh well! Great video!
But as a gamepack not a stuffpack please!
omg ts3 ambitions tease
your wish has been granted
Carllllll you just made my day , sitting here pondering this corona virus the news and all thats going on, this is just what i needed thankyou so much Carl , hope you and yours are all keeping safe and well :D ♥
I know this is a bit off subject, but I think a Greek Mythology pack would be a lot of fun. Poseidon could live in the ocean and be the leader of the mermaids, giving them more skill to learn and rewards for doing so. Medusa would be fun to turn any annoying sims into permanent stone statues etc... I'm just kind of sick of the same types of packs we always get in the sims games and think we should help them come up with some new ideas. I also think a back to the future/ into the past game would be a lot of fun, where you could travel and live in a futuristic world or also have the option to live in the past, somewhere around the 1600s-1800s. I really enjoyed the into the future pack for sims 3, but always wished they would have included an option for going back in time also.
Taliaghoul Interesting ideas, I love it!
Those sound so fun! I would buy them pretty much instantly
I wish the pee outdoors bush had been in the 'Outdoor Retreat ' game pack , it makes much more sense that it would have been as we have NOwere to peee but do have outdoor showers, i dont get why it went into the pack it did, but a patch update putting it ALSO into 'Outdoor Retreat' should surely happen at some point. I wISH :D
I forgot it wasn't. They did do a pallet swap of it in Jungle Adventure, so maybe some other people complained.
With the gameplay of "Jungle Adventure", it was more necessary for that pack.🍌🐆🌴
I bought outdoor retreat thinking that it did have those bushes
@@kaciwade3961 same :(
"You're halfway through, does that mean you like it? If so, like the damn thing!" 😂😂😂
I was on the fence with Moschino and very rarely see my Sim friends using it, so seeing someone actually talk about it made me go "whoa, I'm missing out on some good photography stuff" because whenever I do a style influencer, I give them Photography since they need it for leveling.
For stuff packs, I mostly look to see what it can offer ultimately for both CAS and gameplay. To date: Laundry still holds up in terms of the latter, though the CAS items leave much to be desired, at least for me.
I feel like most of the votes for knitting were from people being told to vote for it by popular sims youtubers.
I think a lot of people really like mundane things in lifesimulations, like laundry, knitting, farming, gardening, cars, bikes, bunk beds,... I remember back when the Sims 3 seasons launched people were asking for lawnmowers and snow shipping. To this day I believe having huge amounts of snow and a snowplow on the road would have made for great gameplay. A lot of people loved the fireman career too. I would like more mundane realistic jobs for the Sims 4. Open for business was a bestselling Sims 2 Expansion, because many simmers adore recreations of real life as gameplay in the game. After that is achieved we tend to be interested in supernatural elements too. Grim would make for an interesting "gamepack" imo 😉
When I watch these I can’t believe people thought, yeah knitting will be great.
The community at large seems to want more life simulation in their life sim. I cant really blame them. I'm in the minority in that I enjoy supernatural stuff in my sims. I just want the supernatural stuff to not suck or be overpowered (looking at you Realm of Magic).
@@ArawnNoxagree. We are sorely lacking stuff for all ages other than adults. Also who wants a grim stuffpack with like 1-2 new objects... I want a fleshed out "gamepack" for the most iconic NPC the Sims has to offer 😄
lol.....
I can understand why people voted for it. If done right, another crafting skill would compliment expansions like Get to Work (retail system). I know that's just another deco item (unless it unlocks clothes), but at best the ghost hunting career would probably be a clone of police anyway.
I don't really agree that knitting adds more for elderly Sims just because half the real knitters I know aren't elderly. It wouldn't be any more elderly-centric than woodcarving. But they might have more granny fashion.
@@BonaparteBardithion imo knitting is somewhat associated with elders and the rocking chair we will get too. There isn't alot of elderly gameplay in the game at the moment. I miss the canes and lovely interactions elders had in past Sims games. Used to love playing my elders in the childcare active career, it suited them very much. Or playing with the canning station or as bakers.
I agree very much in regard to the ghost hunting being a clone to the police career. The Sims 4 has a bad track record of cloning careers anyway 🙄
Carl, do you think you could do a video on how to most efficiently max all toddler skills? I feel like there are interactions that raise the bar incredibly fast, like Babble with a stuffed animal for Communication, while other are very slow and a waste of time, like Wander for Movement. Also some of those very powerful interactions get unlocked as the skill goes up, I only just found out that Ask Why is one of the fastest way to raise Thinking but I wasn't aware because you only unlock it at a certain level! If you could break down the percentages and efficiency of all the interactions it would be really helpful to serial 100 Baby Challenge players like me :)
I'd be extremely interested in a guide like that. For children skills, too.
I need that video....yes!
I’d agree with the commenter above, except to say that having adults read toddler books to them is MUCH quicker for imagination than playing with toys. Plus you can read to multiple tods/children at once - area of effect! Doing this in combination with always reading them to sleep gets them to imagination level 5 pretty quickly.
I found that watching other sims gets thinking skill up pretty quickly until you unlock the “ask why” interaction at level 4. You can’t queue it up when they’re actively doing it, so pause the game first and then queue it up several times. Also, if another sim in the house is playing an instrument toddlers can “listen” to the sim play, which raises imagination skill. It works the same way as watching a sim, pause the game and then queue it up. I think the skill gain is about the same as watching sims. Reading toddler books on their own raises it pretty quickly too but having an older sim read to them raises it faster; I always have parents read toddlers to sleep. For movement skill, having older sims “play” with them raises it pretty quickly and can sometimes give them an energized moodlet. You have to have a teen or older ask a toddler to play until they reach level two movement skill; at level two they can ask other sims to play. At level 4 movement skill they unlock the ability to “run around” and I think this raises the skill much faster than wandering. With seasons, toddlers can also play in piles of snow during winter which raises movement skill. The commenters above were right about talking to giant stuffed animals. Hope this was helpful. 😁
Side note: pregnant sims can’t “play” with toddlers and toddlers can use the regular tablet as well as the wabbit tablet. (The “Slablet” item from the buy mode catalog.)
"I was expecting to binge 4K College Cram", I absolutely love your narration lol
i am not buying the knitting pack i wanted more science stuff. Get to work the most fun career is the scientist .
More live careers in general would be great. What's it been, what 5(?) years and we've still only got the three from Get to Work and the one (is it one?) from Get Famous. I've only got the base game and the rabbit hole careers are so boring. But seeing gameplay of the Get to Work jobs looks so engaging.
@@ArawnNox
It can get a little old after a while, so it's nice they give you the option to treat active careers like rabbitholes while you take a break from them.
Most of the newer active careers are work from home. Writing, social media, even military. I would've loved to work on an actual military career lot.
@@BonaparteBardithion Wait, how is military work from home? Oh, right, its the Strangerville storyline, isnt it?
@@ArawnNox
Yup. There's a lot of military NPCs and a fair bit of aesthetic, but the actual career is mostly a rabbithole or using the treadmill and punching bag.
Do you want a cookie or something?
I did purchase the Spooky Day stuff not because Halloween is my favorite holiday, but because it was a way to become the Pumpkin Maker I have always aspired to be-how did you know?? Thank you for the feet first, banana hammock wearing Mortimer Goth water slide shot first thing in the morning😆I prefer to practice social distancing from any man wearing a banana hammock, but may very well maybe in the minority. Good review of the stuff packs mixed with your always amusing commentary, thank you! I hope the knitting pack turns out to be well done, and that they seriously consider adding the other options in future. The Grim Reaper side gig sounded like it had a lot of potential for truly a unique game play addition. In the interim I’m looking forward to seeing Grim in the new rocker, knitting little Grim plushies to hand out with each reaping as a limited edition promotion/PR campaign.
They had an option for ghost hunting and knitting took the win? Now I'm shattered as well....
Compromise: Make an Old Town pack with a haunted mansion inhabited by an old lady who knits.
I was SHOOK that knitting won. I voted for ghost hunting and was sure that would win. I’m not sure how it could have lost
My friends and I are all dumb struck how knitting made it into a pack. Crafting is very popular these days so I sort of see that but knitting seems to be the main theme of the pack.
Ghost Hunting was on the table???? That would be awesome.
Jean Dunaway My only issue with that idea is that two weeks after it came out people would have probably been bored with it and complained about how repetitive it was, just like they did with the GTW careers and just about every career they’ve added with these packs. I just don’t see how the Grim Reaper/Ghost Hunting pack justice when they didn’t do other things as well as they should have RoM as an example.
I personally don't enjoy the magical vampire, ghost and wizard etc. game play at all and I'd absolutely love a knitting stuff pack ♥ Maybe it's because I enjoy simulations as, you know, simulated living, and that's why normal and realistic things are the best for me. Just to provide some of the opposite perspective as many here seems to prefer the ghost hunting :) And it DOES sound very cool, I'm just myself more into decorating clutter and hobby game play (like knitting would be) etc.
A stuff pack I would like to see is A one for teens and it could be called “Teen stuff” With more interactions for teenagers they can through parties and if they’re parents catch them they get yelled at it could just have stuff that include those type of things just to make it interesting
That needs to be reserve for generations. Parenthood isn't a supplement, generations could include all things from child shenanigans, to teen parties, prom, high school graduation, etc
i think this needs 2 be added to base game. base game is just there for advertising at this point it costs $900 to buy all the dlc.
I love your goofy humor. This video is much appreciated, knowing what actually has game play in the stuff packs helps. There are a couple I would have skipped if this existed earlier!
With things being on sale right now it’s perfect ! Thanks! I’m slowly buying them as I feel I want them thanks for the info!
I thought it might help a few people :)
Do NOT purchase Dine Out unless you want to go to dinner and have your sim almost starve & fall asleep. It takes about 6-8 hours from start to finish in the sims life. Sometimes you even go home hungry. Waste of $$$.
this was a really great video, i learned a lot, thanks! can't believe knitting won over ghost hunting tho...
Well ghost hunting would be better suited as a gamepack than a Stuffpack which has like one focus object generally for some odd reason 😒
I was just remembering today while selling sims belongings in sims 4, that in sims 1 or 2, I can't remember which one, that art, like paintings and sculptures would increase in value over time. Not sure if sims 3 had that feature as I skipped that one, but makes sense and I'd love if that was a feature in this or the next game so I could have sims who were art collectors to make a buck and celebrate their good taste and snobbiness
If I remember correctly Sims 3 had a similar feature. If your painter sim died any paintings done by them would increase in value. I don't think there was a "over time" mechanic to that though
@@benarim thats neat. I will have to get the sims 3 one day, when it came out I had a computer that couldn't run it. Would give it so much more realism if sims 4 had a similar system, even if only for sims who followed the painter career or had some celebrity status I'd be happy
@@sistercharlatan Sims 3 is a great game, if you can handle how ugly it looks compared to modern games. Thats really my only gripe. I really love how you can make completely custom worlds/maps with the worldbuilder tool. The creative freedom is wonderful in ts3.
@@CHLOCHLOLP from videos I've seen I can tell what you mean, the sims look kind of like potatoes 😂
@@CHLOCHLOLP CC can greatly help with that. I'd just advise against going too overboard as it will effect the performance.
They really got me with the recent stuff packs sale. Every day I'd play, a new one was on sale for half off, so I just bought a bunch of these! Thanks for the review!!!
I’m so glad that someone besides me is absolutely enraged about the fact that people chose KNITTING over a grim reaper/ghost hunting career pack WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y’ALL THAT IS LITERALLY THE BEST STUFF PACK THEY’VE EVER OR WILL EVER PROPOSE AND YOU CHOSE KNITTING???????? OUTRAGEOUS
Thank God there are some Sane people here. Like I get y'all want family oriented packs but...knitting? Y'all so thirsty for realistic gameplay you'll take knitting?
what team? wildcats People say they want realistic gameplay but forget that they’re playing a video game and not a photorealistic CGI version of their lives. It’s a GAME it’s not supposed to be accurate to reality.
Agree! And btw how did you put that rainbow flag on your name?
@@Kanal7Indonesia It's just an emoji. When typing in your name just go on the emoji keyboard and it's in the flags section.
As a real-life knitter, I'm actually so excited about the knitting pack!
I recently picked up the Sims and a few packs based on researching vids like this. I'll always appreciate buyers beware vids!
From a builder point of view, the stuff pack I would recommend the most right now is definitely Tiny Living. Trying to come up with ways to fit everything in a tiny building is fun and I love the furniture pieces in this pack.
For a modern style, Tiny Living is closely followed by Moschino. I love the Moschino stuff pack.
For more vintage or classic looks, I'd definitely recommend Romantic Garden and Vintage Glamour. Butler's are a little bugged but they can't be missing in an old elegant mansion.
From a gameplay point of view my top recomendations would be Moschino and Vintage Glamour.
I can't understand all the fascination about doing laundry, I often use Laundry day build items in my builds but never the gameplay items.
I been waiting for an upload, I needed one your videos in my life right now. Thank you! Hope you are good.
I own all the packs but I totally forgot about that fountain table . I love these informative videos I can’t sim without them 😂
I'm slowly trying to get all of them i have 4 at the moment (usually try and get them on sale )
I have used the Carl's sims guide for almost a decade, was an active member of Carl and Pam's forum in the sims 3 days (never finished that bloody immortal dynasty) so, I must ask HOW HAVE I ONLY JUST FOUND THIS CHANNEL
I have some of the stuff pack because those packs really spoke to me and this made my life a lot easier when it comes to if I'll buy the other stuff pack or not. Thaaaanks.
I want the small things, all I want is for the game play to mean more, sims have better stories and things that the sims 2 had that we loved. Plus I loved the burglars in sims3
I do miss the burglary part of the game.
Still waiting for werewolves. 😂
I agree. some people don’t life the super natural things in the sims but I Like it. One of my favorite thing in the sims 3 was using a mod that allowed me to make hybrids.
Werewolves and fairies!!! 🤩
Saaaame
I wish they would've made one Supernatural pack rather than splitting up occults, making us pay more in the long run. $20 for each occult, which if we get fairies and werwolves, that's another $40. $80 for a pack that cost about $50 in the sims 3. They've been doing this with all packs. They've been splitting up features into separate packs that should've been combined into 1 pack
Type Testingcheats true and click on the Wishing well.... you can basically select which outcome you want for all the Sims on your lot. You can also click on the birdfeeder and tell the birds to attack your Sims.
Really makes me wonder who the killjoys are that voted for laundry over more arcade stuff and now knitting over grim reaper job
Me 😂! The Sims 4 lacks lifesimulation and laundry and knitting is a fun reanactment of life in the game. I would also appreciate more mundane jobs, farming and more activities for children, teens and elders. A grim reaper "gamepack" would also be nice. But I don't think anybody would be happy with a grim stuffpack with like 1-2 new objects 😇
@@12wer3wer9 I want my games to be fun not boring if I wanted to do laundry I would do it in real life. I would love more wacky stuff like the magic pack and the crazy scientist laundry and knitting is a boring choice
I really thought knitting was a joke. Science and or Ghost Bustin both sounded like fun. Fkn knitting is boring as hell in real life and will be the second pack I refuse to buy (along with first pet) I really am disappointed in the vote.
@@SaneNoMore it's idiotic when the community voted for laundry day they could've chosen more arcade stuff or something else cool according to lgr. I may buy this knitting pack if there's another sale only for the furniture if it looks useful
@@SaneNoMore what gets me is that for laundry these same people complained about how it was boring like y'all did this to yourselves
I'm shattered as well. Knitting? You could have been ghost hunting!
THIS is the type of video i love. amazing work as always
In Vintage Glamour Stuff there's also the vanity. You can make your sim put on different makeup looks and child sims can mess around with it and put crazy makeup on. It's really cute lol.
I liked halfway through because you told me to 😊
The rock climbing wall was the WHOLE reason I wanted fitness stuff pack, and I built my favorite gym franchise 😂😂😂
I think the wind chimes from backyard stuff are worth mentioning. You can change the pitch and type of sound which is neat. There's something really comfy about hearing them chime along in game.
Also I didn't know about the frog fountain, will have to look into that.
Wow! You put 10 times the amount of effort into your videos, and yet you don't even have a hundred thousand subscribers yet. Where the heck are all of our Sims supporters? We need to get out there and get your channel noticed!
Another great video! I got to say that you're quickly becoming my favorite Simmer on RUclips. I find it truly refreshing to see Sim-related videos that are entertaining without being over the top, and really I appreciate how honest you are about your opinions without being overly critical. :)
Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to your next video!
The smaller TV in the tiny living stuff pack is a bookshelf, TV and radio all in one so two less items you have to put in your house and a bit of a money saver for starter home builds. Also it's wall mounted so your sim can walk where it is and have a tiny four tile living room with a loveseat and that TV/radio/bookshelf thing.
I'm not that surprised My First Pet Stuff sold -- some people in the community NEED to have every pack, and others genuinely wanted the small pets -- but I think it's telling that stuff packs went away for a little while in the wake of that PR disaster. Probably wanted some more time to reassess how they did them and whatnot! But yeah, this was a useful little guide to stuff packs and their major features -- really highlights which ones are worth getting and which ones you could probably live without. You're good at getting to the bottom of "where the gameplay is."
Am I the only one who thinks the cool kitchen stuff pack is underrated? I use almost every item in that pack repeatedly! Love the light, the clutter items, the barstool, the sink, the fridge AND stove are both my absolute favourites in the entire game, and the ice cream is a great touch. Very happy I bought that pack (just wish they added a bit more items - like 2 or 3 fridges and 2 or 3 stoves, and another dishwasher would’ve been cool)
Omg I didn't know that the luxury party table had like an instant buffet. That will make wedding prep so much easier (seeing as the caterers I hire NEVER MAKE ME FOOD). Just need to bake the cake myself and it should be more successful each time and more time for partying!
I love that the scare bowl from spooky stuff scares your sims for 4 hours straight for some reason
Since Happy Haunts and science and technology didn't make it I hope both of them is brought out in an expansion pack. Both would fit together in an expansion pack nicely. I want something more useful than knitting. Pffft... smh.
I too hope the ideas that lost will see light of day, I very much think it could happen for many of the popular ones - from this and the Expansion bracket tournament.
Two things on Vintage Glamour:
1. You forgot about the other gameplay object, the Vanity Table, which is a immersive way of wearing make up for your sims where you can make them temporarily wear makeup for a couple hours.
2. it's 1920's not 1950's :P
Knitting? KNITTING?? How utterly boring! I really want them to release a pack with all the missing personality, negative traits and dislikes as THAT would actually help to make the game interesting for longer than a couple of hours.
This was one of the most helpful videos, being a brand new Simmer, trying to figure out what to get next. Thank you!!
You know what I want to see them do? Expand on computers in-game, for building gaming computers and expanding the tech guru career.
You're right, that would be great! More options for using laptops would be great too, like letting my Sim use a laptop in bed like I do, on the couch, watch movies on it... buying more video games or computer programs for my Sims, maybe some that would slowly raise a skill... but I don't feel like that's gonna happen :/
you should compare the unique gameplay features in packs across sims 3 and sims 4, like show which version of the pack did it better.
The sarcasm delicately peppered all over this video... *chef's kiss*
Thanks for the video! This really helped me sort out which packs I'm going to get next :D 💜
Thanks Carl. Really enjoying your high grade shade! I always loved your site but your videos take it to the next level.
1 minute in and I’m already thinking “I had no idea about that!” 🙈 Thanks!
I actually really like the vintage glamour pack but that’s because I really enjoy vintage clothing and hair and I use it with almost all my sims, so for me, it was worth it. There is also a globe that serves “juice” in that pack that I use in many of my builds. I haven’t actually hired a butler that often though (usually I only hire a butler for richer sims. I tend to play more middle or lower class sims because I find that gameplay more interesting but that’s just my preference).
Best sims channel ever. Ill like share and comment more often for you Carl !
IMO the most useful ones are Laundry for the gameplay, Vintage stuf for the butler and Moschino for the photography job.Tiny Living is cool too I guess if you want to rush leveling up a sim, my fav is Toddlers stuff though that pack made me play with toddlers so many addorable stuff in that pack! At least stuff packs seems to be improving, devs don't not just add new interractable objects they also add jobs, NPC and a new lot type I hope this continues with the knitting pack they're making
“Don’t mix up your pretentious rich people sh*t” 💀💀💀💀💀💀
That really got me
Came looking for this comment. :)
Having you come through during the Vegas lockdown is amazing! Thank you for always bringing videos that make us all smile and a little bit smarter in sims!!
Aly Rene #VegasStrong Stay safe and healthy!
You are entertaining, Carl. :) Also, I think you actually convinced me to get Moschino. I've thought it was just awful clothing until now.
I have most of these packs but I like watching your videos to remind myself of some of the cool things in them. So many build mode items, it’s easy to overlook things.
I am waiting for a grocery store stuff pack. I got get to work thinking I would maybe get shopping carts, grocery bags, produce tables and maybe some cereal boxes. I had so much fun with my sims 2 grocery store. I want it back.
Kids room stuff, cool kitchen stuff and toddler stuff are my favorites, because of the clutter and without them kids/toddlers are kinda boring to have in game. (On Ps4, so we don't have My First Pet Stuff)
The video I didn’t know I needed!! But loved anyway!! 😎
What good is the packed lunch? The sim does not eat it at work/school to raise their hunger before coming home.
Well, it can be used to get a bonus moodlet regardless of the meal. It's a shame it doesn't impact those things.
I think city living food stalls should use the packed lunch as to-go meal options so you can buy and eat them later.
Thank you so much I appreciate and enjoy your content it helps me with my game
i take the call on ear buds. when i'm low on money, i can sell it.
This video is very well-made and helpful. I love it.
For me the movies in the movie stuff pack is the best feature. Just getting the family to sit together for movie night.
Great vid carl! This vid proved to
Me that we all can mostly agree on wanting realistic gameplay. Excited for the knitting but I've dreamt about being able to have grims job forever. And BEING A GHOST HUNTER? Damn thatd be cool.
I still want dragons as pet
Ok, I have all these packs - bought basically as soon as they came out, bc I'm impatient/can't wait for sales - and I didn't know about half this stuff. The "big" hero items I mostly knew about, but like I didn't realize there was a bird feeder anywhere, even if it doesn't do much. I also didn't realize the ice cream had effects, rather than just buffs/moodlets.
(I also kinda cheered when you mentioned Digimon for the voidcritters, lol.)
Wow! You are EA's ideal consumer. I find the whole game sorely lacking and am bored of only getting so little gameplay for the hundreds of bucks I pay them and you haven't even discovered everything the stuffpacks offer. I am happy for you but damn... that is such a stark difference 😅
Hey! You didn't talk about the horrendous ball pit! Loved the video Carl! I feel like I've played the whole Sims game all over again :')
LOVE your work. You present so well, giving the information in an entertaining and yet very direct way. I bought sims 4 when it first came out having been obsessed with sims 3 but disappointed when it became so bloated it was hardly playable. I found the base game uninspiring and the early expansions were not enough so I stopped playing. I randomly started again recently and have bought a lot of expansions to fill out my game. Escapism is the number one growth industry right now for obvious reasons. Your videos have helped me relearn how to play and to make the most of the newest features. Thanks. I guess this is an old video so you might now see it. I hope you do. Please make lots more videos!!
This is a good guide as always, Carl, but I was drawn in because I thought it was going to be a compilation of "super hero related" stuff found in various packs.
Thank you for this! I have always wondered about the different stuff packs.
Romantic Garden Stuff includes more Romance interactions with it.
Laundry day - Get to work
Movie stuff pack - Get famous
Fancy party - Get famous
Moschino - Get famous
Glamour - Get famous
Romantic garden - Get together
My first pet - Cats & Dogs
Cool kitchen - Seasons
Backyard - Seasons
Spooky - Seasons
Kids room - Generations
Toddler - Generations
Lol at Clara having Mortimer as her side piece *within* her household 😂 And I'm done with the "first dlc for a dlc".
Thanks for this. Was thinking about the fitness pack but you saved me the bother and bucks!
I had no idea about the photography in the Moschino pack. You are the real sim guru!
I followed instructions and liked the video!
I really enjoy these videos.
Hope you and yours are well Carl, can't wait for next video from you.
Grim reapers job that would also fit in with my back story on a certain playthrough I hope they bring it back for Halloween
What you gonna do with all that stump? That stump? DUDE! LMAO that one killed me!
• Spooky Stuff came with the Spooky Party option
• Movie Hangout Stuff came with the ability to watch movies on every TV
• Perfect Patio Stuff came with the Backyard radio station
• Romantic Garden Stuff comes with the Baroque radio station
• Kids Room Stuff comes with the Tween Pop radio station
Side note, I love Laundry Day but it’s so glitchy! And I hate how they don’t pick up clothes from multiple hampers at once like they did in The Sims 3
Keep up the good work, I love your channel! I recommend your videos to newer players
I have almost all sp's but the ones i love are romantic garden for the wishing well(i think it is??) The cool kitchen bcs THE CLOTHES and ALL OF THE OBJECTS GOD, the luxury party is op(?) as well, toddler sp is good too... And that's all i can recall
We need a driving stuff pack. Couple cars, driving skill, teaching teens to drive, driving around town , garages, and the ability to fix a junk car in a working car.
Nope.. knitting. We get knitting...sigh
Knitting isn't bad but cars are needed
Back in the day I would actually buy all the ep for sims 2 and when sims 3 came around I only bought the big ep without stuff packs, and now I got sims 4 for free and downloaded everything else from the internet lmao ea was asking for it
I'm convinced that they make stuff packs like My First Pet Stuff because they know people will be bundling those items later. Packs like that seem more like an add-on than its own pack.