Thank you! I'm a little (a lot) slow, but I noticed the other day how embarrassingly American coded the "Grand Meal" is. It would be really cool if we could select from a menu, like in Dine Out (where you choose a restaurant's menu), what one can choose for Grand Meals. There are so many more special meals in the game now, from many different cultures, it would be lovely to be able to select from those and have it count. My Sim fixed himself a wrapped fish dish, and the moodlet he got mentioned it was a meal fit for a king. If that's not a meal appropriate for a holiday, I don't know what is! It looked really extravagant too. My father was an immigrant. We don't even eat typical American holiday faire at Christmas, so this idea really speaks to me. Thinking about it now, I'm amazed they were so narrow in their thinking. Come on Maxis, this is an INTERNATIONAL game!
Shoutout to KiaraSims' custom Holiday Traditions spicing up my gameplay for years now! 🎉 Highly recommend them to anyone who is able to play with mods!
Yes, thank you, streamline CORE systems so they balance better. One of Sims 4’s biggest problems is all its unbalanced core systems. This might mean more things that are pack locked have to become base game, but right now we have systems on top of systems that SHOULD work together but DON’T work together. And for a LIFE sim pack locked experiences just don’t work. Like lifestyles is forever frozen in how it was designed for Snowy Escape and we have gotten many more packs since then. Many of the mods I have are JUST for cross pack integration. Including the ones that add more holiday traditions.
@@EnglishSimmer I'm always on the lookout for holiday traditions and club activities ( mods keep this game alive for me). Even things like, having a class reunion day or alumni day or family reunion day don't have specific in game traditions!!
2:58 i love to add “Tell stories” to my holidays activities, i just wish there were more specific interactions that unlocks tied to the actual holidays that you are celebrating instead of saying “tell a funny story” over and over
7:06 i think there should be an option in game to click on the food you cooked and set it as “grand meal” this way every dish could be a grand meal for the holidays, and they should add all the grand meal dishes into the normal cooking panel imo. Or maybe adding the option “grand meal” into the size of the food you wanna cook (im talking like 4 portions, 8 portions and grand meal idk its maybe 10?12?, bc i think the grand meal itself is more tied to the “portions” of food than the actual dish itself) this way i could have like a big plate of pancakes for 10 sims while still counting as a grand meal dish, that would be fun
Haven't they added some of the options to the club system? So why can't they add the options to the holidays system? Cause I agree, we need more options!
Totally agree refreshes would be so welcome and needed. Spa day was good and I did buy it after refresh but an odd choice for refresh 😅 and Boxing Day is peak
and i always put summer and winters off for children (using mods because they don't have the ability to choose only children to have the days off from school)
The problem is the PC Police. There is a group walking around the woods trying to suck the fun out of everything. Proper pronouns, Proper skin and hair color. It's a video game not real life. Seek professional help.
Thank you! I'm a little (a lot) slow, but I noticed the other day how embarrassingly American coded the "Grand Meal" is. It would be really cool if we could select from a menu, like in Dine Out (where you choose a restaurant's menu), what one can choose for Grand Meals. There are so many more special meals in the game now, from many different cultures, it would be lovely to be able to select from those and have it count. My Sim fixed himself a wrapped fish dish, and the moodlet he got mentioned it was a meal fit for a king. If that's not a meal appropriate for a holiday, I don't know what is! It looked really extravagant too. My father was an immigrant. We don't even eat typical American holiday faire at Christmas, so this idea really speaks to me. Thinking about it now, I'm amazed they were so narrow in their thinking. Come on Maxis, this is an INTERNATIONAL game!
Shoutout to KiaraSims' custom Holiday Traditions spicing up my gameplay for years now! 🎉 Highly recommend them to anyone who is able to play with mods!
My favorite holiday to create is Mardi Gras. I have my Sims wear costumes, drink, party and fight. The next day is Lent where they fast and clean up.
Yes, thank you, streamline CORE systems so they balance better. One of Sims 4’s biggest problems is all its unbalanced core systems. This might mean more things that are pack locked have to become base game, but right now we have systems on top of systems that SHOULD work together but DON’T work together. And for a LIFE sim pack locked experiences just don’t work. Like lifestyles is forever frozen in how it was designed for Snowy Escape and we have gotten many more packs since then. Many of the mods I have are JUST for cross pack integration. Including the ones that add more holiday traditions.
You make so many great points. I'd love for them to overhaul holidays and include hobbies/collections. Fun idea.
Like, why can we choose more things to do at a funeral or a date than we can for a holiday?
literallyyyyyyy it’s so outdated in comparison to the newer systems
@@EnglishSimmer I'm always on the lookout for holiday traditions and club activities ( mods keep this game alive for me). Even things like, having a class reunion day or alumni day or family reunion day don't have specific in game traditions!!
2:58 i love to add “Tell stories” to my holidays activities, i just wish there were more specific interactions that unlocks tied to the actual holidays that you are celebrating instead of saying “tell a funny story” over and over
7:06 i think there should be an option in game to click on the food you cooked and set it as “grand meal” this way every dish could be a grand meal for the holidays, and they should add all the grand meal dishes into the normal cooking panel imo. Or maybe adding the option “grand meal” into the size of the food you wanna cook (im talking like 4 portions, 8 portions and grand meal idk its maybe 10?12?, bc i think the grand meal itself is more tied to the “portions” of food than the actual dish itself) this way i could have like a big plate of pancakes for 10 sims while still counting as a grand meal dish, that would be fun
Haven't they added some of the options to the club system? So why can't they add the options to the holidays system? Cause I agree, we need more options!
I would love for them to allow calendar exchanges on the gallery
I have a starter save mostly because I have a lot of custom holidays. There’s no way to import holidays into a new save.
I really wished they done more pack refreshes 😢
Totally agree refreshes would be so welcome and needed. Spa day was good and I did buy it after refresh but an odd choice for refresh 😅 and Boxing Day is peak
Sims 2 you could roast marshmallows in the house you had to help fix up.
I always put solstices and spring cleaning and back to school in my calendars too
and i always put summer and winters off for children (using mods because they don't have the ability to choose only children to have the days off from school)
Yes they do!
I always delete the holidays
The problem is the PC Police. There is a group walking around the woods trying to suck the fun out of everything. Proper pronouns, Proper skin and hair color. It's a video game not real life. Seek professional help.