To clarify a point I brought up about disliking the idea of packs mixing content that is both *for DLC-owners* and *for everyone...* It's all about context. As an example, in Jungle Adventures I mentioned that having some new outfits for cats and dogs would've been nice. But here I'm saying that including them is off-putting. Here's an expansion (pardon the pun) on my thought process: In my mind, including a few bonus pet outfits in an unrelated and _much larger_ game pack would be nice as a nod to C&D owners, much like how Jungle Adventures and other packs have included new foods to use with Dine Out restaurants if you happen to own that. It'd be a small extra thing for certain players, but not a significant focus of the pack. However, the fact that _SO MUCH_ of My First Pet stuff is only available to Cats & Dogs owners is another story and feels manipulative. It's selling a sizable chunk of its content to certain customers and potentially shafting others, whereas Jungle Adventures has plenty for everyone to dive into regardless of what you own. As I briefly mentioned in the video, I'd be happier if the DLC was _only_ for Cats & Dogs owners, since that way there is no splitting of the player base and making non-owners of the expansion feel pressured to buy another $40 pack to access everything they bought. I'd be down for, say, a pack of large new districts for City Living. _Provided_ that it's clearly and primarily meant for City Living owners and isn't locking away a big chunk of its content while providing something smaller to tease everyone else (ie, hamsters.) I apologize if there was any confusion as I don't want to come off as inconsistent. But well, I have inconsistent ideas about The Sims 4 as you might imagine. Communicating ideas consistently is tough when you're talking about subjective opinions on separate context-sensitive packs, since my point of view changes with each pack. What I thought about something in the past can very easily change in the future!
I completely agree, either make the dlc only for cats and dogs owners or so everyone can use the WHOLE pack. Teasing content forces (kinda) people to buy the pack. Btw did you know that cats and dogs is 50% off since the release of my first pet?
Hey I know this has nothing to do with your comment but does anyone know a good laptop/computer I could buy to play sims on? (Id also like it to be able to download cc) sorry and thank you!
2017 - Why don't we chop some of the content off of our game and sell it as DLC? 2018 - Why don't we chop some of the content off of our DLC and sell it as a... ddllcc ?
I love how some of these reviewers are afraid of giving their honest opinion, because if they do EA will stop giving them review codes like they did to LGR. It’s a completely different experience when you have to pay for this game yourself, and see how ridiculous the cost is.
Moschino stuff is a great example. RUclipsrs made everyone feel like it was worth while then when people actually got the packs it was a whole different story.
Game changers are ridiculous, they get excited over the littlest things (that should be base game to begin with) and make it look like nothing's changed, or it's okay because it's Sims. Sim content is their livelihood. But honesty is crucial when the games and packs have veered off this much from the original concept. To me, Sims isn't Sims anymore. Sims 4 = Nothing but a Cashgrab.
Jackiee Eh, I only got the Moschino stuff pack for the fashion photographer career, since I have a sim where that career would work perfectly for him 🤷♀️
Not really when you consider World of Warcraft. Each one for that expands where the last expansion's level cap left off, which means that they've made expansions of expansions of expansions of expansions (and it could go on further, but I won't).
Not to mention, "My First Pet" sounds like you would have a few choices as to what that pet would be. You know, maybe a rabbit or a snake, or whatever.
LGR I thought you said "rabbit" instead of "rabid" at some point, and got sad because there's no rabbits. This dang game. It's so pretty, runs so smoothly, and is utterly empty.
On the forums they circulated a survey that asked about a game pack with minor pets and a pet shop business too, even if it's less than what prev gen sims have given us it would have been better than this
I have no idea why but the super sonic racing scene made me laugh really hard. I think its the void of joy in this pack being filled by your commentary haha.
Katy Perry Sweet Treats was bad because it was trying to syphon as much money out of a Brand Deal My First Pet Stuff was bad because it was riding the wave of popularity of another DLC, of which was an Expansion Pack Who's the really loser in all of this. If you're asking me, I'd probably say it's pretty tied. Dunno what kind of mods go with MFPS, but I do know a few lots and even a world which does need KPSS, which are mostly Halloween themed. Now if only it was on sale at Steam, cause maybe, just maybe, I might get it.
Yeah Sims 1, 2 and 3 had good packs, this is just a giant crap fest on Simmers who have been around since the beginning (played Sims 1 when I was about 5/6 and even Simcity)
My First Pet stuff? Oh guess what, my first pet was a turtle. Where are the reptiles, the birds? Oh I know. Each will come in individual stuff packs later -_-
THIS! If they wanted to sell this as a pack it should have been solely about the small animals, not extra stuff for C&D. A standalone that had these pets with more features and some birds and lizards and turtles and snakes. Hell, it was either the Basegame or Get To Work that added collecting frogs and those are all I need for small pets at this rate.
That's incredibly depressing because either you're right which is a shame or you're wrong which is a shame. Throw the whole thing away at this point...😒😒😒
Yeah, where are them ferrets at? But still, the normal pets ep could have easilly had loads of smaller animals in it too. I know everyone loves all the pet eps across the series as a whole, and while I do like them and I understand cats and dogs will be main focus because they are common as muck pets.....I feel the other sorts of pets should get more attention then they have been, if only for the sake of variety. I've already pet the dog....I want something else now.
This was the Stuff pack that made me quit Sims 4. I installed Sims 3 and OMG am I blown away by the number of things I can do. Ambitions and Late Night EPs are massive! I also went adventuring in France and I loved it. Wine Making!! I just realized how shallow the Sims 4 is.
I won't quit sims 4 cause frankly it's the only Sims game that's actually stable (Sims 3 is a clusterfuck and kept breaking my computers) but I ain't buying any more packs now. Luckily the last two I bought were 50% off anyway.
I just started playing TS3 again too! In the past 3 days my sim created a dystopian future, met a unicorn, made two 5 star beach resorts, and became a 3 star celebrity. Soon I'm gonna make her an alchemist witch. There's just SO MUCH MORE you can do in TS3 and it was executed waaaaay better, it's actually fun. I've found TS4 expansions to kind of have some fun in it for maybe 2 days, but then there's nothing else that grabs me to KEEP playing it. TS4 has been such a letdown, and that's pretty upsetting.
I have 2,3,4 installed on my laptop.. (hope it wont break) but yeah sometimes i play 3 too incase i missed it! The car and going to workplace are awesome! And not forgetting about the another sim story when they get married and have children by their own. Sim 3 by far has longest of my playtime
NocturnalDream well on my older laptop i couldnt because there was app like photoshop or autocad too. Now i got newer gaming laptop, its just pure for games so never got that case actually.. well its still 2 years old
onlyabidoang Wait till they make a Seasons Expansion with a stuff pack containing the seasonal decor and clothing together with a game pack that will add interactions centered around said expansion. You cant use the said stuff and game pack without that expansion
I feel like you were the only one speaking on this BEFORE things got to THIS point. They had been watering down their game elements & expansion packs since its release date. But there had been SO MANY people hyping Sims 4 that it went under the radar until this stuff pack came out. It sucks that people are NOW just realizing how money-grabby EA has gotten with Sims 4, but I’m glad people are seeing it now. Sims 3 had high prices for their expansion & stuff packs, but at least they were FULL of content with little to none left out all together (instead of being spread of into other stuff packs/game packs for money). I will always prefer Sims 3 anyday. 🤷🏽♀️
The sims 3 pets had more detail to the rodent cages. They were all different in their own ways there were even snakes, lizards, birds, turtles and horses.. This makes me annoyed :/ they better have horses soon
Brittany Main I own a gecko and 2 axolotls irl and I would have loved to see reptiles, amphibians and birds in the sims ;; I’m just stuck without them though but at least I get dogs pfft
I know this comment is five years old but honestly I would have loved to see snakes, lizards, birds, and turtles as part of smaller stuff pack, or even a kit. Unless if they specifically make something for reptiles and birds that goes all the way into herpetology and ornithology-style breeding and showing and stuff like that, or maybe includes a whole new animal shelter or pet shop that also happens to have cross-pack compatibility with CAD and MFPS (as in, like, the ability to see dogs and cats be adoptable, not a whole "you have to own these packs"), then I don't think I could justify it as a game pack. As for horses, I think Cottage Living would have been a great place to add them, and fairies.' In short, you're absolutely right and I am also frustrated with EA.
Hey guys ! 5 years later I still agree and am annoyed with EA for not putting more into the sims 4 pets expansion pack. They should have plenty of money from the previous games to make it Amazing !! Yet they honestly disappointed 😭😭
All of this stuff should have been included in the Cats & Dogs expansion... I know EA just wants our money but a pack that requires an expansion? This is getting even more ridiculous than it already was. I love The Sims series, too, but The Sims 4 has been full of disappointments :\
Honestly, I blame EA for whats been going on, and it's not just the sims they are messing up. They have destroyed most of there currently released games (besides battlefield which I think is the last real current popular game that they didn't fk up) and they do not care about the peoples thoughts. I was so excited to play the sims 4, but what I got was a slower more restrictive game then the sims 3!! How can a developer take a MASSIVE step back from how great the sims 3 was for the pc?? SHAME I SAY!!!
I would argue that Battlefield went downhill after battlefield 2, but since they want to compete with Call of Duty the pre-Battlefield 3 formula doesn't work I guess. Miss the old days of FPS.
I can't believe like half the stuff in this pack is legit just recolors. I could honestly probably make most of the content in this pack with s4s and gimp in like 2 hours
I HATE when they do that . they recolored like three items from the base game when city living came out. it's so annoying I'm paying my money and I expect new content not old things with new swatches
It's true. They did. They also ate the pet food. I had the toddlers sleep in pet beds and eat pet food so their parents didn't have to put them in and out of the crib and waste time feeding them. Total parental neglect but the kids were fine!
forgettabletreetriangledreams it was amazing. Sometimes id give them the big red fancy bed with gold trimming and sometimes i gave them that literal mattress on the floor. After all, we all know kids are just bigger, messier, more expensive pets. I bet they were hungry for apples 🐶🍎🍏🍎🐶
Remember how The Sims 2's Pets had cats, dogs, parrots and hamsters? - Yes? Well, do you remember how The Sims 3's Pets expansion topped it by adding horses, different small birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, hamsters and mice you could find around the world, befriend and collect? I do not hate this game, nor its developers. I hate EA for being greedy bastards.
Don't forget the two snakes in World Adventures (cobra and king cobra) and the one viper that you could tell it to go crawl up someone's trousers and bite them.
This reminds me why I play sims 3 still. But I look forward to every stuff pack and expansion to see what lgr says. Too bad for Ralph. Nice to donate to the no kill shelter
zakiah tukes that's because their saving it for "Sims 4 rodents pack +"! with 5 outfits and more wall decorations and even more reskined furniture! Seems lacking? Well wait for "Sims 4 you're our money spitting lab rat pack", now with blue hedgehogs and a giant dunce hat to remind you how much of a sucker you are!
Might I ask, since I assume that you downloaded The Sims 4 stuff for free, where are you getting it from? What website/place are you downloading it from, I mean?
It is mainly EA being greedy but partly to do with impatient simmers. People were demanding pets, causing EA to put pressure on the development team, resulting in a rushed product with left out items. I’m worried that this will happen to seasons because players won’t shut up about it. EA is money hungry and they have no problem rushing a product that could have been a lot better. If we would just wait and not make a fuss we might get better, more fleshed out expansions and packs.
"They won't be living large with this diseases. " I see your reference to the guinea pig that came with the first expansion to the first game in the series and highly approve.
I think we can all agree that this pack would’ve been okay if it was “First *Pets* Stuff” with multiple small animals like turtles, birds, reptiles whatever and included less C&D exclusive content.
tbh if you comprare business practices each world offered at least 2 new game mechanics a bundle of clothes and a bunch of Build Mode and CaW objects besides an entirely new massive worldspace with some which was massive themed around something but the biggest plus is that you totally could modify the entirety of it, you could create the burbs, the shady part of town, the high-rise the downtown etc, it was fucking epic tbh, because you had the ability to make apartments in every world once you had the appropriate expansion.
Sweet Treats was actually useable. Some of the content was great for kids rooms or making a kid-themed park. The pack even came with lots. This S4 pack is by far the worst, and I have a feeling that LGR hates this pack more than Sweet Treats based on his reactions in this video.
AnnaJ19 in a sense, I think this is worse than Katie Perry's sweet treats because you have to pay 40 Dollars to get the full thing. At least KP ST didn't do that!
Clint you were already one of the "youtubers" I most admired for your humour, candour and honest reviews BUT you shot to No.1 when you made that generous donation!! Sir I salute and applaud you :-)
the premise of this pack is NOT okay, the content should definitely have been in the expansion pack. the "rodents" are basically the same with different skin textures. :// i'm glad most of the simmer community is in agreement on this one tbh, considering most of the time everyone kisses eas' ass
Thank youuuu~ We really appreciate your reviews despite you not liking these stuff packs. I hope EA appreciates your feedback just as much because your opinions sum up what most of us are feeling.
£a doesn't give a shit about any feedback, and pretty sure they don't appreciate his own, no wonder why they stop give him free codes access for his reviews, he just buying by his own
Mr Popo I think they better start listening to LGR. Like wouldn't they start feeling more fulfilled if they actually made good content? Isn't that incentive enough on to make better expansions etc
This should've definitely been a free update to the Cats & Dogs expansion. $10 for just this is ridiculous. $50 (nearly the price of most full AAA games on release day) to get all of what this offers is insane. If not making it a free update for Cats & Dogs, even this is a better idea: Cats & Dogs + this stuff should've been bundled into a single "Pets" expansion & only cost ~$15 (with EA ~$30 would be a more generous "low" estimate, though). Small stuff like the hampster tubes for the wall being 2D decals instead of useful / interactive objects is just insult to injury as some of these ideas have potential but are just shoved in as static, non-interactive eye candy :/
they keep releasing things in a pattern. They'll release an expansion pack followed by 2 stuff packs, then a game pack, followed by another 2 stuff packs, and then another expansion pack. they just released this stuff pack so another 1 should be coming soon and then an expansion pack.
"Yo dawg I heard you like expansion packs. So I got you an expansion pack for your expansion pack so you can expansion pack while you expansion pack" - EA
Im gonna be honest i never liked dressing my pets in the first place AND i dont want animal decoration and the hamster is basically useless so this pack is as useless as a sims 4 hamster
even though I get sims is stylized and not reality, to me it sends a message that's way worse than any dumb burglar (regarding the dumb 'burglar is bad for PTSD' argument...and that's why they can't add burglars (poopie)) could. It tells you throwing dresses on your animal is cute. My cat becomes suicidal if I do that. In a way, to most animals less tolerant, it's animal abuse. On another note; even if I don't care, I'd rather have something adding to GAMEPLAY, this dumb animal dressing is useless and is just a slapped on top wardrobe thing.
I'm more offended by that one female hairstyle than by the pack concept itself... THEY GAVE US A FUCKING 3 LAYER MULLET MUTANT ATROCITY DISASTER IN 2018!
I wouldn't mind bad hairdo's, (like)...if it was some McHammers retro rewind pack thing, or part of a bigger pack of hairs and clothes. And even with lots of effort of making it bad. But even that is half-assed.
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP Shiny Blue Ball haha I’ve been working at a few photo shoots for a magazine and I’ve seen two girls with two mullet looks similar to that and they actually looked really cute....you might hate them now but mullets are making a comeback. 😂
This is some serious fucking nickel and diming by EA. If I remember correctly, "minor" pets like hamsters were included in all of the previous Pets expansions. Now you have to buy them separately? Wtf?
Wolfgalaxy That's the point. You used to only have to buy one expansion for all the pets. Now EA is splitting up content that used to be bundled together so they can make more money.
Hahaha same. I have bought 0 expansion whatsoever for both sims 4 and sims 3 (yeah I know some from sims 3 are worth it but I was late to the party) BUT I've watched every single episode of LGR reviewing them xD
As soon as this was announced the only thing I was excited for was your review of this travesty! Thank for this review and it's awesome of you to donate to an animal shelter!
GO AWFF CLINT! This is hands down the worst thing they ever did and they should take serious actions. And of course the lifetime achievement award goes to LGR for another Sims masterpiece review.
You do remember EA destroyed star wars battlefront 2 with an awful amount of microtransactions and made politicians involved as that was considering gambling, right?
It's like they couldn't figure out how to incorporate loot boxes in to the Sims 4. But if you think about it, these stuff packs are pretty much loot boxes, without the randomness. Just the feeling of emptiness from lack of content and feeling that EA is just a bunch of greedy assholes that think we are all Sim zombies that will constantly buy their crap because they have recognized IP's.
gagasluxury just wait for the Sims 5 first "stuff pack": The Sims 5 installation "Stuff" pack. Included in the pack will be helpful menus, gui interface and executable files for easy installation of game files to your hardrive not included with The Sims 5. Requirements; the base game "The Sims 5" Also keep an eye out for "The Sims 5 Sim Character Creator Pack" and "The Sims 5 neighborhood Pack" as well as "The Sims 5 Core Game Engine Pack" coming to origin and your local Target winter 2019!
Nothing in that stuff pack I'd want. Human-furniture with pet-theme? Nah. Cat-Dog clothes? Not without winter (and even that would be iffy) and not some silly costumes. Dog-bed that looks like someone flayed a dog to make it? Cat-litter box looking like a big cat eating your kitty going in? Uhh... *what* were they thinking? Pet-Halloween?
..i literally thought this was fake. i thought it was a troll video as a joke because of all of the crappy stuff packs. honestly, i don't know if EA has any ideas anymore
Me too. Or an update? I just saw the picture and thought it was another shot/picture for the cats and dogs expansion. It wasn't until I saw this review that I realized it was an expansion of an expansion.
Just throwing this out here but does anyone still play the sims medieval? It’s probably my favorite out of the entire sims franchise and I really wish they did more with it...
What EA desperately needs, is some strong competition in the life simulator market. City Skylines effectively showed that beating EA at their own game is not only possible, but very profitable. I’m just hoping we see another game developer take the risk. EDIT: also WHY THE FUCK are there so many clothing items for your pets? Who the heck is putting a sushi costume on their cat? Does EA seriously think a few animal costumes makes up for uninspired pet gameplay?
Your wish has been granted. Recently, so many life simulator games popping up, that even sims 4 expansion packs go on sale for 60%, instead of the usual max 50%. And My First Pet Stuff is 100% sale (free) now until Jan 9th 2024 (depends on your time zone).
Make DLC Remove 20% of the content Put $40 price tag on the remaining 80% A few weeks later, put $10+ price tag on remaining 20% and say its 'new' content
Massive respect for your integrity of continuing to cover this crap to get the word out and supporting the donation campaign, it's somewhat sad some people try and excuse the stuff being put out but as a community I'm glad to see people take a stand. Hopefully a competitor arises or another company gets their hands on the sims to make a game with sensible expansions and base game to revitalise everything and make a game worth it.
1) I love your Sims 1 reference when talking about the rodent disease! 2) You pretty much stole the words out of my mouth with this. It's the worst knowing that there's people (like myself and many others) that will definitely buy it to have it and how EA exploits that fact. Over the years I've watched MANY game companies slither DLC into their games, EA being a big one, and it's just really sad (but unfortunately not surprising) that they've gotten the Sims team as well. This most definitely should have been included in Cats and Dogs and makes it quite transparent that EA is definitely in it for the money tenfolds.
Next up: my second Pet stuff! Now with 69 cats and dogs costumes! So what if u dont have the pack? U get 1 leaflet for your sims advertising cats and dogs! Sweet!
How does EA get away with this? They've been blatantly shortchanging customers with the Sims for YEARS. What is it about the Sims fanbase specifically that makes them so willing to accept such scummy business practices again and again and again? Considering the amount of flak Battlefront 2 got, why is nobody up in arms about this? EA are due another rude awakening, either from backlash after overstepping the line like they did with Battlefront or from a competitor stealing their thunder like Cities: Skylines did to SimCity.
You're bang on about the lack of choice, it's a genre of one. But that monopoly means they'll never abandon the franchise, it will always have die-hard fans who will keep buying. Walking away from the Sims would open the door for somebody else to swoop in and steal the audience. All a competitor would have to do is be slightly less shitty than EA, which must be the lowest a bar has ever been set in the history of bar-setting.
They get away with it because people pay for it. We, as customers, have the power to vote with our wallets. If WE don't buy it, they stop because they realize it's not profitable. But as long as there's demand, there's supply. People who buy this kind of shit (or pre-order a game, or buy a Game of the Year edition) keep perpetuating this culture. Remember when a game was tested before release? When there were no day one patches because the developers fucked up and released trash? When we didn't get content that was supposed to be in the game in the first place because the company wanted to get more money for the same amount of effort? Yeah, I miss those days too.
I loved simcity in various forms for years, but then it all went a bit different and I stopped having fun :( Now I love cities skylines :) I still like the sims, TS4 does have some genuinely good stuff going on, but I can see someone else trying out making a similar themed game sooner or later.
EA. With channels like Deligracy, Sim Supply, and Dutch constantly shilling out to everything they do (I still love and watch these youtubers) and not enough channels like yours calling out EA for their gouging of costumers, nothing will ever change. Fortunately, the best Sims games are not only already made, but also had very little influence from EA.
to my opinion Deligracy and LGR were the only ppl who really talked about how bad this pack was, the others only said a few bad things, but didn't really expressed how horrible this is. I was mostly dissapointed with Sim Supply.
But, both Deligracy and Sim Supply complained as well (I don't watch them but I did watch their review for this pack), the thing is, none of them have the balls to actually call EA out like Clint does.
I'm a long time watcher and I just wanted to say how much I love your reviews and you being an amazing person by donating the 50. I oftend find myself watching your reviews and collections of things that normaly wouldn't catch my interest but they are fun to look at because you make them. Keep up the great content♥️
Seriously, what the hell happened to The Sims?? From Sims 1 up till 2 was absolutely jam packed and evrything in the pack was worth it. The sims 3 was when they started to mess things up like the katy perry stuff pack which was terrible , and now we get even worse?? Its almost like they coudlnt be bothered making quality content anymore. Thank you EA!
And the KP + Showtime Special edition is actually cheaper than Showtime itself shortly after release. Or at least it was. Which is the only reason I technically own but have no installed KPST. It was 12 bucks cheaper than buying just Show-time.
Yes. They patch and update the game all the time. They should've updated it for free to include this like they did toddlers, instead of selling it. Seems like leftovers from the pets expansion. Also, if EA made this a free update, many players would be glad and see it as EA trying to be good to it's fanbase again.
Bruh, your paying 5 bucks for cats & dogs stuff and 5 bucks for a rat. Even if you dont have the expansion! I want to know the person that's responsible for these financial decisions. They need to be fired ASAP
I know this video is 5 years old but I want to leave a comment thanking you for the excellent subtitles!! It makes a huge positive difference getting to read along
At the end of the day people will respect an honest review. An honest review can help EA grow and dishonest review does not. EA can not take the fact that they need to improve on many things within their company desperately.
Macho Fantastico Battlefront 2 was a new game with a huge issue. The Sims 4 is an old game not many people care about anymore, that has an issue with expansions.
*How EA comes up with this pack* Head of Design Team : "According to the latest financial report our "Cats and Dogs" expansion pack has sold for millions." EA Executive : "Impressive. But we need to come up with another big thing." Head of Design Team : "Understood Sir. My team has come up with some proposals like adding a Seasons pack" A Member of Design Team : *raises hand* Head of Design Team : "Yes you. Do you have any suggestion ?" A Member of Design Team : "What if we make a stuff pack for another expansion pack, so people will have to pay for the expansion pack first before they can play the stuff pack ?" EA Executive and Head of Design Team : ...... EA Executive : *clutches his chest* "Hnnnnnngggggghhh" Head of Design Team : "S-sir are you okay ?" EA Executive : "Oh God. The profit margin... a-all the profits... I-I can't" *faints from imagining EA money* Head of Design Team : "Goddammit Jerry. What did I tell you about mentioning that 'Inception' idea to him ?"
Finally, I did it! It took 2+ years but I finished watching all your videos other than the LGR plays series. Now it's time to go and watch the lgr plays.
WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER PET FOOD BOWL WHEN WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A WATER BOWL?! Cats and dogs can lick a puddle but can’t have a water bowl? 🤔 don’t understand how hard it is to add it in
carolina yeah I get ya but I just want the game to be as “realistic” as possible plus we at least get the opinion to give our sims water would be nice to do the same with our pets.
* ArcadeMach1ne * I know but I want my pets to have normal functions like drinking water too I mean c’mon they can poop gold and rainbow poop but can’t drink water in a bowl they even have a drink for them at the bar but nope can’t have a simple bowl for water
1. No matter how much we complain about the fact that it was *laundry*, it was the Sims community that chose it. 2. Laundry Day actually had a lot of nice, as well as new items.
Can they though? Maybe more sales on an individual pack, but making something good takes more work, whereas they can pump out an endless stream of this shit with barely any resources taken up. A literal couple of 3d artists and someone familiar enough with the engine to put the models and animations together. No design documents or intensive engine work required. And if there's one thing capitalism encourages it's being a cheap piece of shit.
I agree with Graknorke. Money-wise EA is doing perfect. The only idiots here are the people that keep buying these overprized cut down slap in the face insulting DLC-DLCs.
Thumbed up, it hit 10,000 likes. Felt amazing. Also - I love how you are one of the few popular youtube "celebrities" that actually replies to me when I say stuff I wish to donate. You and @Bigclivedotcom are the only ones that seem to actually reply to the regular/non popular person in that sense.
LGR Have you ever considered just totally destroying Ralph altogether? We all know Esurient Arts isn't gonna stop this crap anytime soon. Maybe find a place that has some liquid nitrogen you can use, and smash him into little Ralphie Bits. Barring that, soaking him in super glue (cyanoacrylate) should achieve roundabout the same effect.
You should only be able to use cat clothes if you have Sims 4: Hospital Stuff installed, because there’s no way you’re getting a T-shirt on a cat without losing a lot of blood.
Considering a bunch of modders and cc creators have already made a bunch of pets related CC out of pure spite (I've seen 3 round aquarium coffee tables so far) I really don't think this pack is worth it.
I will admit, as someone who has only ever gotten pets from shelters, the donation did make me tear up a bit. Glad to see a great review that helps to consider whether or not to actually buy a pack (I use it for a lot of Sims 4 packs, they're really useful and also entertaining!) Best wishes to Ralph, five years late but still best wishes nonetheless
Next up: The loot box stuff pack! Immerse yourself into locking all your gameplay progress and content, and pay to win mechanics in your sims game too! Just like your another favourite Star Wars based game. Don't forget to pre order it to get a chance for a special gold chair lootbox with a chance to get a unique golden toilet! (like one form TS1 Superstar, wow, wow nostalgia factor! Bam bam, we got them).
The bulk of the animations around the hamster-cage are from TS2 (in 2, the hamsters and stuff even came with the Pets-Pack, wow!). How the little animals move, how the sim cuddles it, how they feed it. They tend to reuse animations a lot. DJing is from a former game, too.
In sims 3, you payed $40 for cats, dogs, rodents, turtles, birds, snakes, lizards, horses, and unicorns. In sims 4 you have to pay $40 for cats and dogs, and then another $10 to have rodents and some clothes for your cats and dogs. About the only thing that you didn’t get with sims 3 pets that i would’ve liked that sims 4 gave is quirks. But in sims 4 you can’t even see what quirks they have until it actually happens.
To clarify a point I brought up about disliking the idea of packs mixing content that is both *for DLC-owners* and *for everyone...* It's all about context.
As an example, in Jungle Adventures I mentioned that having some new outfits for cats and dogs would've been nice. But here I'm saying that including them is off-putting. Here's an expansion (pardon the pun) on my thought process:
In my mind, including a few bonus pet outfits in an unrelated and _much larger_ game pack would be nice as a nod to C&D owners, much like how Jungle Adventures and other packs have included new foods to use with Dine Out restaurants if you happen to own that. It'd be a small extra thing for certain players, but not a significant focus of the pack.
However, the fact that _SO MUCH_ of My First Pet stuff is only available to Cats & Dogs owners is another story and feels manipulative. It's selling a sizable chunk of its content to certain customers and potentially shafting others, whereas Jungle Adventures has plenty for everyone to dive into regardless of what you own.
As I briefly mentioned in the video, I'd be happier if the DLC was _only_ for Cats & Dogs owners, since that way there is no splitting of the player base and making non-owners of the expansion feel pressured to buy another $40 pack to access everything they bought. I'd be down for, say, a pack of large new districts for City Living. _Provided_ that it's clearly and primarily meant for City Living owners and isn't locking away a big chunk of its content while providing something smaller to tease everyone else (ie, hamsters.)
I apologize if there was any confusion as I don't want to come off as inconsistent. But well, I have inconsistent ideas about The Sims 4 as you might imagine. Communicating ideas consistently is tough when you're talking about subjective opinions on separate context-sensitive packs, since my point of view changes with each pack. What I thought about something in the past can very easily change in the future!
I love how critical you are of their practises. A critical eye is important in reporting.
I completely agree, either make the dlc only for cats and dogs owners or so everyone can use the WHOLE pack. Teasing content forces (kinda) people to buy the pack.
Btw did you know that cats and dogs is 50% off since the release of my first pet?
LGR Well put 👏
Also how is Ralph doing? Are his wife and kids okay?
LGR likes Katy Perry Sweet treats now.
I've been playing the Sims for 10 years and I honestly feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with EA now
I've been playing for nearly 20 years...
Hey I know this has nothing to do with your comment but does anyone know a good laptop/computer I could buy to play sims on? (Id also like it to be able to download cc) sorry and thank you!
bagel Mac and windows if you could afford it. PCS ARE THE BEST BUT IT IS HIGHLY EXPENSIVE
This comment had me busting at the seams with laughter
Sade Kearney pcs are cheaper than laptops so you can get a good pc that’ll be cheaper than if u got a laptop with the same specs
2017 - Why don't we chop some of the content off of our game and sell it as DLC?
2018 - Why don't we chop some of the content off of our DLC and sell it as a... ddllcc ?
DDLC was terrible so DDLLCC sounds just awful
Doki Doki Literally Literature Cool Club
Isn’t it DLDLCC?
DownLoadable “DownLoadable Content” Content?
I just didn't know what to call the dlc of a dlc.
2019- Let's start charging players for downloading content from the gallery.
The only reason I was excited for this pack was I knew you were going to drag it
TRUE THOUGH SERIOUSLY
Was gonna like but this has 666 likes rn
And now it has 777 likes wha
I love how some of these reviewers are afraid of giving their honest opinion, because if they do EA will stop giving them review codes like they did to LGR. It’s a completely different experience when you have to pay for this game yourself, and see how ridiculous the cost is.
I thought it was weird that they react so strangely like they have never played the previous sims series before...
Moschino stuff is a great example.
RUclipsrs made everyone feel like it was worth while then when people actually got the packs it was a whole different story.
Game changers are ridiculous, they get excited over the littlest things (that should be base game to begin with) and make it look like nothing's changed, or it's okay because it's Sims. Sim content is their livelihood. But honesty is crucial when the games and packs have veered off this much from the original concept. To me, Sims isn't Sims anymore. Sims 4 = Nothing but a Cashgrab.
Jackiee Eh, I only got the Moschino stuff pack for the fashion photographer career, since I have a sim where that career would work perfectly for him 🤷♀️
@@Totally_treacherous ehi I dunno what you are talking about, people got full rage mode about moschino pack but I actually am happy I took it?
You can't spell "Steal" without EA.
Mandy 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Mandy I'm stealing this😏😏😏
Mandy I love you for this
Mandy Omg i love you
Mandy Clever, sadly it's true
An expansion for an expansion....that's....new
It kinda sucks, huh? It makes me sad EA does stuff like this to their supporters...
Not really when you consider World of Warcraft. Each one for that expands where the last expansion's level cap left off, which means that they've made expansions of expansions of expansions of expansions (and it could go on further, but I won't).
Expandception: why milk the cow when you can milk the milk.
+boeingnz and thats how you make butter
This is extraordinary. I have never seen anything like it...
Not to mention, "My First Pet" sounds like you would have a few choices as to what that pet would be. You know, maybe a rabbit or a snake, or whatever.
You get a choice... between four _functionally identical rodents!_
Wheeeeeeee
LGR I thought you said "rabbit" instead of "rabid" at some point, and got sad because there's no rabbits.
This dang game. It's so pretty, runs so smoothly, and is utterly empty.
On the forums they circulated a survey that asked about a game pack with minor pets and a pet shop business too, even if it's less than what prev gen sims have given us it would have been better than this
Ikr? They had those in the previous game!
This is why sims 3 will always hold the highest spot in my heart when it comes to the sims games.
I have no idea why but the super sonic racing scene made me laugh really hard. I think its the void of joy in this pack being filled by your commentary haha.
You can surely thanks Sanic for that... and the scientific breakthrough.
Someone needs to hack the game data to play that Sonic R tune as the wheel sound effect.
+HubBatch I think it would've been funnier if he used Gotta Go Fast. Still find it funny though.
Funny I was listening to the Sonic R Soundtrack before watching this video
my first pet stuff:
katy perry sweet treats: finally, a worthy opponent. our battle will be legendary
Katy Perry sweet treats wins, at least it's a stand alone pack lol (and it's for a better game lol)
Katy Perry Sweet Treats was bad because it was trying to syphon as much money out of a Brand Deal
My First Pet Stuff was bad because it was riding the wave of popularity of another DLC, of which was an Expansion Pack
Who's the really loser in all of this.
If you're asking me, I'd probably say it's pretty tied. Dunno what kind of mods go with MFPS, but I do know a few lots and even a world which does need KPSS, which are mostly Halloween themed. Now if only it was on sale at Steam, cause maybe, just maybe, I might get it.
journey to batuu: *WHATS UP FUCKERS*
@@morigranate All three of the packs should burn.
And now we have journey to batuu and the Knitting pack...
Remember when SIMS was one of the best games out there largely because of the xpacs adding so much for a good price?
Yeah Sims 1, 2 and 3 had good packs, this is just a giant crap fest on Simmers who have been around since the beginning (played Sims 1 when I was about 5/6 and even Simcity)
My First Pet stuff? Oh guess what, my first pet was a turtle. Where are the reptiles, the birds? Oh I know. Each will come in individual stuff packs later -_-
THIS! If they wanted to sell this as a pack it should have been solely about the small animals, not extra stuff for C&D. A standalone that had these pets with more features and some birds and lizards and turtles and snakes. Hell, it was either the Basegame or Get To Work that added collecting frogs and those are all I need for small pets at this rate.
That's incredibly depressing because either you're right which is a shame or you're wrong which is a shame. Throw the whole thing away at this point...😒😒😒
Yeah, where are them ferrets at?
But still, the normal pets ep could have easilly had loads of smaller animals in it too. I know everyone loves all the pet eps across the series as a whole, and while I do like them and I understand cats and dogs will be main focus because they are common as muck pets.....I feel the other sorts of pets should get more attention then they have been, if only for the sake of variety. I've already pet the dog....I want something else now.
My first pet(s) was a terrarium of frogs/toads. I feel ya.
LunaBelleGaming i dont think horses would suit sims 4 because it has no open world :(
This was the Stuff pack that made me quit Sims 4. I installed Sims 3 and OMG am I blown away by the number of things I can do. Ambitions and Late Night EPs are massive! I also went adventuring in France and I loved it. Wine Making!! I just realized how shallow the Sims 4 is.
I won't quit sims 4 cause frankly it's the only Sims game that's actually stable (Sims 3 is a clusterfuck and kept breaking my computers) but I ain't buying any more packs now. Luckily the last two I bought were 50% off anyway.
I just started playing TS3 again too! In the past 3 days my sim created a dystopian future, met a unicorn, made two 5 star beach resorts, and became a 3 star celebrity. Soon I'm gonna make her an alchemist witch. There's just SO MUCH MORE you can do in TS3 and it was executed waaaaay better, it's actually fun. I've found TS4 expansions to kind of have some fun in it for maybe 2 days, but then there's nothing else that grabs me to KEEP playing it. TS4 has been such a letdown, and that's pretty upsetting.
I have 2,3,4 installed on my laptop.. (hope it wont break) but yeah sometimes i play 3 too incase i missed it! The car and going to workplace are awesome! And not forgetting about the another sim story when they get married and have children by their own. Sim 3 by far has longest of my playtime
natdomo how do you keep your laptop from over heating while running sims 3? Mine always gets dangerously hot even though it's a powerful laptop.
NocturnalDream well on my older laptop i couldnt because there was app like photoshop or autocad too. Now i got newer gaming laptop, its just pure for games so never got that case actually.. well its still 2 years old
Lmao I enjoyed this review thoroughly. Can't wait for you to review "My Second Pet Stuff" or "My 79th Pet Stuff"!
onlyabidoang Wait till they make a Seasons Expansion with a stuff pack containing the seasonal decor and clothing together with a game pack that will add interactions centered around said expansion. You cant use the said stuff and game pack without that expansion
onlyabidoang Woah abi is here 🙌 waiting for your next video
My sexy arse stuff. Plastic Surgery Stuff.
Love your videos, Abi
whoa. its Abi 🙉👋
I feel like you were the only one speaking on this BEFORE things got to THIS point. They had been watering down their game elements & expansion packs since its release date. But there had been SO MANY people hyping Sims 4 that it went under the radar until this stuff pack came out.
It sucks that people are NOW just realizing how money-grabby EA has gotten with Sims 4, but I’m glad people are seeing it now. Sims 3 had high prices for their expansion & stuff packs, but at least they were FULL of content with little to none left out all together (instead of being spread of into other stuff packs/game packs for money).
I will always prefer Sims 3 anyday. 🤷🏽♀️
They are probably either new to sims game or idiots.
The sims 3 pets had more detail to the rodent cages. They were all different in their own ways there were even snakes, lizards, birds, turtles and horses.. This makes me annoyed :/ they better have horses soon
Just wait... They'll release "my first horse" and "reptiles stuff"
Brittany Main
I own a gecko and 2 axolotls irl and I would have loved to see reptiles, amphibians and birds in the sims ;;
I’m just stuck without them though but at least I get dogs pfft
2 years later, no horses.
I know this comment is five years old but honestly I would have loved to see snakes, lizards, birds, and turtles as part of smaller stuff pack, or even a kit. Unless if they specifically make something for reptiles and birds that goes all the way into herpetology and ornithology-style breeding and showing and stuff like that, or maybe includes a whole new animal shelter or pet shop that also happens to have cross-pack compatibility with CAD and MFPS (as in, like, the ability to see dogs and cats be adoptable, not a whole "you have to own these packs"), then I don't think I could justify it as a game pack. As for horses, I think Cottage Living would have been a great place to add them, and fairies.'
In short, you're absolutely right and I am also frustrated with EA.
Hey guys ! 5 years later I still agree and am annoyed with EA for not putting more into the sims 4 pets expansion pack. They should have plenty of money from the previous games to make it Amazing !! Yet they honestly disappointed 😭😭
All of this stuff should have been included in the Cats & Dogs expansion... I know EA just wants our money but a pack that requires an expansion? This is getting even more ridiculous than it already was. I love The Sims series, too, but The Sims 4 has been full of disappointments :\
Honestly, I blame EA for whats been going on, and it's not just the sims they are messing up. They have destroyed most of there currently released games (besides battlefield which I think is the last real current popular game that they didn't fk up) and they do not care about the peoples thoughts. I was so excited to play the sims 4, but what I got was a slower more restrictive game then the sims 3!! How can a developer take a MASSIVE step back from how great the sims 3 was for the pc?? SHAME I SAY!!!
JChemnix with battlefield it shows that they arent really shoving their nose in it too much.
Ubisoft sold $4 biilion worth of dlc - thats JUST DLC! - last year.
The Biggest Disappointment Was The Way This Lackluster,Unfinished & Stripped Content Game Was Released ....
I would argue that Battlefield went downhill after battlefield 2, but since they want to compete with Call of Duty the pre-Battlefield 3 formula doesn't work I guess. Miss the old days of FPS.
I can't believe like half the stuff in this pack is legit just recolors. I could honestly probably make most of the content in this pack with s4s and gimp in like 2 hours
Hell my boredom Paint.NET recolors are a better pack than this
I HATE when they do that . they recolored like three items from the base game when city living came out. it's so annoying I'm paying my money and I expect new content not old things with new swatches
DesNez
IKR!! if you wanna make new swatches for something you half-did in the first place it should at least be free 😤
Some cc creators on tumblr made their own fanmade version of this for free and some of the items are pretty much the same.
"Katy Perry's My Rabid Pets" - Coming soon (keep up the good fight Clint) ;)
Jimboola Or My First Rabid Rabbit.
I agree. Give that $10 to a animal rescue.
Does anyone else remember toddlers in Sims 2 sleeping in dog beds when there are not cribs available or was that just another lucid dream I had?
It's true. They did. They also ate the pet food. I had the toddlers sleep in pet beds and eat pet food so their parents didn't have to put them in and out of the crib and waste time feeding them. Total parental neglect but the kids were fine!
forgettabletreetriangledreams it was amazing. Sometimes id give them the big red fancy bed with gold trimming and sometimes i gave them that literal mattress on the floor. After all, we all know kids are just bigger, messier, more expensive pets. I bet they were hungry for apples 🐶🍎🍏🍎🐶
That was funny
Mine ate out of the dog bowl too.
They also could eat pet food
Remember how The Sims 2's Pets had cats, dogs, parrots and hamsters? - Yes? Well, do you remember how The Sims 3's Pets expansion topped it by adding horses, different small birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, hamsters and mice you could find around the world, befriend and collect?
I do not hate this game, nor its developers. I hate EA for being greedy bastards.
Also the squirrels I think. But yeah, they keep releasing less and less it's not worth it.
The Sims 3: Cats, Dogs, Horses, 7 Rodents, 9 Snakes, 8 Lizards, 8 Turtles, 16 Birds, Ants, hell even pet rocks.
The Sims 4: Cats, Dogs, and a frog.
Wolfgalaxy yeah, cats & dogs because they didn't bother to offer an expansion with different types of animals like they did before.
Sims 3 even had deers and raccoons!
Don't forget the two snakes in World Adventures (cobra and king cobra) and the one viper that you could tell it to go crawl up someone's trousers and bite them.
This reminds me why I play sims 3 still. But I look forward to every stuff pack and expansion to see what lgr says. Too bad for Ralph. Nice to donate to the no kill shelter
Elaine Lloyd _ikyg I only follow the Sims 4 cos I love LGRs review
Rip Ralph, never forget
He'll be fine.
yeah, he can take quite the punch
F
Ralph's a true soldier👊
Eh, he'll be fine.
So it's a rodent pack but none of the items are catered to the rodents? Hmmm..
zakiah tukes that's because their saving it for "Sims 4 rodents pack +"! with 5 outfits and more wall decorations and even more reskined furniture! Seems lacking? Well wait for "Sims 4 you're our money spitting lab rat pack", now with blue hedgehogs and a giant dunce hat to remind you how much of a sucker you are!
TheBlue StarGal lmao oh goodie. Can't wait 😂
And this is why I don't feel bad about pirating EA, lol.
#TRIGGERED Same, just waiting for the torrents to come out :)
Might I ask, since I assume that you downloaded The Sims 4 stuff for free, where are you getting it from? What website/place are you downloading it from, I mean?
James Toham Games4theworld
You need winrar and utorrent first tho
+Bubblegum Princess Thanks! Does it take up a fuckton of space?
James Toham I didn't look at the storage and shit, but it didn't take up a lot on mine
wHY WAS THIS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CATS AND DOGS PACK?
edit: This wasn't meant to be all caps, but I think it works in this case
Amber Beam because EA and EA is the worst
$$$
It is mainly EA being greedy but partly to do with impatient simmers. People were demanding pets, causing EA to put pressure on the development team, resulting in a rushed product with left out items. I’m worried that this will happen to seasons because players won’t shut up about it. EA is money hungry and they have no problem rushing a product that could have been a lot better. If we would just wait and not make a fuss we might get better, more fleshed out expansions and packs.
In this CASE! ba dum tsh
They gotta keep their shareholders happy!
And we thought EA couldn't push The Sims series any lower...
EA: hold my beer
more like hold my lootbox
This is truly sad! I want Simmers to come together for a picket sign protest saying "Hey! Hey! That's our cash! If this continues we will backlash!"
basicly Sims4 will be the Next Battlefront2 ?
They should, but there are those who blindly buy anything Sims-related that comes out
"They won't be living large with this diseases. " I see your reference to the guinea pig that came with the first expansion to the first game in the series and highly approve.
I think we can all agree that this pack would’ve been okay if it was “First *Pets* Stuff” with multiple small animals like turtles, birds, reptiles whatever and included less C&D exclusive content.
Max Rodriguez true
S C yeah. We paid $40 dollars for both
Yeah, but the Sims 3 Pets included all that in the one expansion with cats, dogs, and horses, so it still would've been horsecrap.
Oh great 10.00 for rabies😐
LOL
😱😂😂😂😂😂😂
This crap is making me miss the "Katy Perry's Sweet Treats" days. And I am not okay with that.
Those $25 towns from the Sims 3 suddenly don't seem so bad now.
Depends on what town, some town feels like a major rip-off. But I like the one with dragons stuff and Monte Vista
Old comment I know, but I feel kind of bad that I never got that goth town.
tbh if you comprare business practices each world offered at least 2 new game mechanics a bundle of clothes and a bunch of Build Mode and CaW objects besides an entirely new massive worldspace with some which was massive themed around something but the biggest plus is that you totally could modify the entirety of it, you could create the burbs, the shady part of town, the high-rise the downtown etc, it was fucking epic tbh, because you had the ability to make apartments in every world once you had the appropriate expansion.
This pack is the Sims 4 equivalent of Katy Perry Sweet Treats
Except worse. At least Katy Perry Sweet Treats was a standalone pack.
Sweet Treats was actually useable. Some of the content was great for kids rooms or making a kid-themed park. The pack even came with lots. This S4 pack is by far the worst, and I have a feeling that LGR hates this pack more than Sweet Treats based on his reactions in this video.
AnnaJ19 in a sense, I think this is worse than Katie Perry's sweet treats because you have to pay 40 Dollars to get the full thing. At least KP ST didn't do that!
Epic Earthy, not unless you got it for half the price when they were doing one of their sales. :-)
EA: Hold my beer...
Good on you LGR for donating $50! I am certain that Ralph appreciates you despite being on fire.
Clint you were already one of the "youtubers" I most admired for your humour, candour and honest reviews BUT you shot to No.1 when you made that generous donation!! Sir I salute and applaud you :-)
the premise of this pack is NOT okay, the content should definitely have been in the expansion pack. the "rodents" are basically the same with different skin textures. :// i'm glad most of the simmer community is in agreement on this one tbh, considering most of the time everyone kisses eas' ass
This all should have been included in the Pets expansion. The cash grabbing isn't even being subtle at this point.
I appreciate that you donated to an animal shelter. That is a great way to use your voice for good!
The mouth foaming death is kind of hilarious. The idea of an expansion for an expansion is scarier than getting bit by a rat.
It is ripped off of sims1 lol
Completely unrealistic. It pisses me off.
Thank youuuu~ We really appreciate your reviews despite you not liking these stuff packs. I hope EA appreciates your feedback just as much because your opinions sum up what most of us are feeling.
Karla WithaK or what the people with brains and taste are thinking
Nah, criticism isn't profitable.
£a doesn't give a shit about any feedback, and pretty sure they don't appreciate his own, no wonder why they stop give him free codes access for his reviews, he just buying by his own
Mr Popo I think they better start listening to LGR. Like wouldn't they start feeling more fulfilled if they actually made good content? Isn't that incentive enough on to make better expansions etc
This should've definitely been a free update to the Cats & Dogs expansion. $10 for just this is ridiculous. $50 (nearly the price of most full AAA games on release day) to get all of what this offers is insane. If not making it a free update for Cats & Dogs, even this is a better idea: Cats & Dogs + this stuff should've been bundled into a single "Pets" expansion & only cost ~$15 (with EA ~$30 would be a more generous "low" estimate, though). Small stuff like the hampster tubes for the wall being 2D decals instead of useful / interactive objects is just insult to injury as some of these ideas have potential but are just shoved in as static, non-interactive eye candy :/
Jaykstah yup
they keep releasing things in a pattern. They'll release an expansion pack followed by 2 stuff packs, then a game pack, followed by another 2 stuff packs, and then another expansion pack. they just released this stuff pack so another 1 should be coming soon and then an expansion pack.
musicalchris think of how much stuff is in sims 3 university compared to my first pet stuff pack.
musicalchris Well the price for expansion was so much cheaper than in the sims 4.
who the hell is asking for more wall decals anyway ?
"Yo dawg I heard you like expansion packs. So I got you an expansion pack for your expansion pack so you can expansion pack while you expansion pack" - EA
David Herrmann lmao
Im gonna be honest i never liked dressing my pets in the first place AND i dont want animal decoration and the hamster is basically useless so this pack is as useless as a sims 4 hamster
even though I get sims is stylized and not reality, to me it sends a message that's way worse than any dumb burglar (regarding the dumb 'burglar is bad for PTSD' argument...and that's why they can't add burglars (poopie)) could. It tells you throwing dresses on your animal is cute. My cat becomes suicidal if I do that. In a way, to most animals less tolerant, it's animal abuse. On another note; even if I don't care, I'd rather have something adding to GAMEPLAY, this dumb animal dressing is useless and is just a slapped on top wardrobe thing.
omg the flat hamster tubes -______________-
The decal is just that
I'm more offended by that one female hairstyle than by the pack concept itself...
THEY GAVE US A FUCKING 3 LAYER MULLET MUTANT ATROCITY DISASTER IN 2018!
I wouldn't mind bad hairdo's, (like)...if it was some McHammers retro rewind pack thing, or part of a bigger pack of hairs and clothes. And even with lots of effort of making it bad. But even that is half-assed.
That's not a mullet.
mslita09 but it's an atrocity like a mullet so it feels the same to me lol
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP Shiny Blue Ball And u my good sir/ma'm pay for that hair do xD
Lady Gaga's ARTPOP Shiny Blue Ball haha I’ve been working at a few photo shoots for a magazine and I’ve seen two girls with two mullet looks similar to that and they actually looked really cute....you might hate them now but mullets are making a comeback. 😂
This is some serious fucking nickel and diming by EA. If I remember correctly, "minor" pets like hamsters were included in all of the previous Pets expansions. Now you have to buy them separately? Wtf?
Pretty sure the hamster cage was a free download for the original Sims that didn't require buying anything to use!
Yup! In the Sims 3 pets you got All animals even horses
Just like vampires and (maybe in the future) wolfes were not included in regular packs and were seperated 😑
Wolfgalaxy That's the point. You used to only have to buy one expansion for all the pets. Now EA is splitting up content that used to be bundled together so they can make more money.
The only thing I like about Sims 4 is your reviews. When they announce a new pack I always get excited for your review and not the pack. Thanks
Hahaha same. I have bought 0 expansion whatsoever for both sims 4 and sims 3 (yeah I know some from sims 3 are worth it but I was late to the party) BUT I've watched every single episode of LGR reviewing them xD
I cant get over the fact that pet beds are so flat, they almost look like a sticker on the floor.......
As soon as this was announced the only thing I was excited for was your review of this travesty! Thank for this review and it's awesome of you to donate to an animal shelter!
GO AWFF CLINT! This is hands down the worst thing they ever did and they should take serious actions. And of course the lifetime achievement award goes to LGR for another Sims masterpiece review.
You do remember EA destroyed star wars battlefront 2 with an awful amount of microtransactions and made politicians involved as that was considering gambling, right?
It's like they couldn't figure out how to incorporate loot boxes in to the Sims 4. But if you think about it, these stuff packs are pretty much loot boxes, without the randomness. Just the feeling of emptiness from lack of content and feeling that EA is just a bunch of greedy assholes that think we are all Sim zombies that will constantly buy their crap because they have recognized IP's.
gagasluxury just wait for the Sims 5 first "stuff pack": The Sims 5 installation "Stuff" pack. Included in the pack will be helpful menus, gui interface and executable files for easy installation of game files to your hardrive not included with The Sims 5. Requirements; the base game "The Sims 5"
Also keep an eye out for "The Sims 5 Sim Character Creator Pack" and "The Sims 5 neighborhood Pack" as well as "The Sims 5 Core Game Engine Pack" coming to origin and your local Target winter 2019!
Nothing in that stuff pack I'd want. Human-furniture with pet-theme? Nah. Cat-Dog clothes? Not without winter (and even that would be iffy) and not some silly costumes. Dog-bed that looks like someone flayed a dog to make it? Cat-litter box looking like a big cat eating your kitty going in? Uhh... *what* were they thinking? Pet-Halloween?
..i literally thought this was fake. i thought it was a troll video as a joke because of all of the crappy stuff packs. honestly, i don't know if EA has any ideas anymore
kyo i thought so too!!
Me too. Or an update? I just saw the picture and thought it was another shot/picture for the cats and dogs expansion. It wasn't until I saw this review that I realized it was an expansion of an expansion.
To be very honest... they should just bring back the awesome packs and extensions from The Sims 2 and 3
I thought it was a mod when I first saw it......
These are the only Sims reviews I trust. Most of the other RUclips simmers just buttkiss for the perks. Thanks LGR!
Just throwing this out here but does anyone still play the sims medieval? It’s probably my favorite out of the entire sims franchise and I really wish they did more with it...
I do when i get bored. But mostly i play sims3. If i get bored that too then sims2. Both are great games
The guy in the rodent suit seems to have a profound reaction to your Sim when he falls over dead. What a sad thing.
What EA desperately needs, is some strong competition in the life simulator market. City Skylines effectively showed that beating EA at their own game is not only possible, but very profitable. I’m just hoping we see another game developer take the risk.
EDIT: also WHY THE FUCK are there so many clothing items for your pets? Who the heck is putting a sushi costume on their cat? Does EA seriously think a few animal costumes makes up for uninspired pet gameplay?
Given how much buz even a prank created that was about making a competitor I really cannot fathom why there is none.
As for the pet clothes thing, I do lol
Paralives is on its way!
Your wish has been granted. Recently, so many life simulator games popping up, that even sims 4 expansion packs go on sale for 60%, instead of the usual max 50%. And My First Pet Stuff is 100% sale (free) now until Jan 9th 2024 (depends on your time zone).
I really don't understand how people can still defend EA and this stuff pack. It boggles my mind..
QueenThoria fanboyism is a serious mental illness. They cant help it😂
AsenaKar we should raise awareness for these poor souls.
Make DLC
Remove 20% of the content
Put $40 price tag on the remaining 80%
A few weeks later, put $10+ price tag on remaining 20% and say its 'new' content
Moby The Duck they removed like 45% of PETS content in The Sims 4. Fantastic...
Moby The Duck they removed like 50% of what they *could’ve* added.
And sold like 10-15% in this stuff pack.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who hates clothes for animals. They don't need clothes. They have FUR. They aren't BABY HUMANS.
Jaded and Empty Yet they are... fur babies...
You're not alone! Be strong
Makes me cringe when I see animals in human clothes for some reason.
This pack might be worth getting RIGHT NOW... as the cost is relatively low at the bargain basement price of $0.00 on steam or through the EA app.
Yo dawg, we heard you liked expansion packs, so we gave you an expansion pack for your expansion pack
Rick K. This made me laugh thank you
I thoroughly enjoy this comment.
It's so sad because it's true lmfao
Rick K. LOL Best comment!
That meme will live forever.
Massive respect for your integrity of continuing to cover this crap to get the word out and supporting the donation campaign, it's somewhat sad some people try and excuse the stuff being put out but as a community I'm glad to see people take a stand. Hopefully a competitor arises or another company gets their hands on the sims to make a game with sensible expansions and base game to revitalise everything and make a game worth it.
Damn you EA! Damn you for making LGR harm Ralph so much!
This comment reminded me of when Spoony said "Fuck you EA you killed Ultima"
They’ve made it free until Jan 6, 2024 and… it’s still not worth it! Thank you for donating to the animal shelter! Rescues are amazing.
1) I love your Sims 1 reference when talking about the rodent disease!
2) You pretty much stole the words out of my mouth with this. It's the worst knowing that there's people (like myself and many others) that will definitely buy it to have it and how EA exploits that fact. Over the years I've watched MANY game companies slither DLC into their games, EA being a big one, and it's just really sad (but unfortunately not surprising) that they've gotten the Sims team as well.
This most definitely should have been included in Cats and Dogs and makes it quite transparent that EA is definitely in it for the money tenfolds.
Are you saying you are "brainless EA zombies" ?
@@gardayustisia4528 I was lol
Love that you donated to the charity, much love dude.
'a flattened rodent rug' doesn't seem like it's for someone who likes animals if you ask me...
and the flattened dog pet bed
Aww man... I wanted a "My Last Pet" Stuff Pack!
Gravestone/Doghouse combo? Urn, that doubles as a litterbox? YES, PLEASE!
Give me tortoise nerds.
your last pets? Those are maggots and worms... if you choose to be buried instead of cremated that is.
They're making one, but you'll need the Cats & Dogs Stuff Pack and the My First Pet Stuff Pack if you want anything more than a few items of clothing.
Next up: my second Pet stuff! Now with 69 cats and dogs costumes! So what if u dont have the pack?
U get 1 leaflet for your sims advertising cats and dogs! Sweet!
I'm sad because there's no birds on this pack
Lucas Silva I miss birds
So savage and so true. I plopped a hamster into one of my households and the child literally stared at it, and then went to play dolls lol
How does EA get away with this? They've been blatantly shortchanging customers with the Sims for YEARS. What is it about the Sims fanbase specifically that makes them so willing to accept such scummy business practices again and again and again? Considering the amount of flak Battlefront 2 got, why is nobody up in arms about this?
EA are due another rude awakening, either from backlash after overstepping the line like they did with Battlefront or from a competitor stealing their thunder like Cities: Skylines did to SimCity.
You're bang on about the lack of choice, it's a genre of one. But that monopoly means they'll never abandon the franchise, it will always have die-hard fans who will keep buying. Walking away from the Sims would open the door for somebody else to swoop in and steal the audience. All a competitor would have to do is be slightly less shitty than EA, which must be the lowest a bar has ever been set in the history of bar-setting.
They get away with it because people pay for it. We, as customers, have the power to vote with our wallets. If WE don't buy it, they stop because they realize it's not profitable. But as long as there's demand, there's supply. People who buy this kind of shit (or pre-order a game, or buy a Game of the Year edition) keep perpetuating this culture. Remember when a game was tested before release? When there were no day one patches because the developers fucked up and released trash? When we didn't get content that was supposed to be in the game in the first place because the company wanted to get more money for the same amount of effort? Yeah, I miss those days too.
I've been hoping for a competitor for the sims to come around for years..... why the hell isn't there one???
I loved simcity in various forms for years, but then it all went a bit different and I stopped having fun :( Now I love cities skylines :) I still like the sims, TS4 does have some genuinely good stuff going on, but I can see someone else trying out making a similar themed game sooner or later.
EA. With channels like Deligracy, Sim Supply, and Dutch constantly shilling out to everything they do (I still love and watch these youtubers) and not enough channels like yours calling out EA for their gouging of costumers, nothing will ever change. Fortunately, the best Sims games are not only already made, but also had very little influence from EA.
Deligracy expressed her dismay on the pack as well. I think for once everyone agrees that this is a shitty pack
14 stuff packs in... My point still stands.
to my opinion Deligracy and LGR were the only ppl who really talked about how bad this pack was, the others only said a few bad things, but didn't really expressed how horrible this is. I was mostly dissapointed with Sim Supply.
But, both Deligracy and Sim Supply complained as well (I don't watch them but I did watch their review for this pack), the thing is, none of them have the balls to actually call EA out like Clint does.
Ann they don't want to lose the perks they get from EA like Clint did.
Thank you Clint for your generous donation to your local shelter! Every little bit helps :)
Loved that little bit of Sanic running on his wheel and the fact that you donated to an animal shelter. Can't wait for more videos!
I'm a long time watcher and I just wanted to say how much I love your reviews and you being an amazing person by donating the 50. I oftend find myself watching your reviews and collections of things that normaly wouldn't catch my interest but they are fun to look at because you make them. Keep up the great content♥️
Seriously, what the hell happened to The Sims?? From Sims 1 up till 2 was absolutely jam packed and evrything in the pack was worth it. The sims 3 was when they started to mess things up like the katy perry stuff pack which was terrible , and now we get even worse?? Its almost like they coudlnt be bothered making quality content anymore. Thank you EA!
Fat Thot This Stuff Pack is Hated more than Katy Perry's Sweat Treats. The Community considers this worse than Katy Perry's Diabetes Pack.
Fat Thot i never played sims 3, 2 or 1 because I just found out about sims a year ago, but.. What? Katy Perry Stuff Pack??? What the hell..?
The Katy Perry Stuff Pack was terrible, but at least it technically wasn't a dlc for a dlc. You didn't need the Showtime EP to play it
And the KP + Showtime Special edition is actually cheaper than Showtime itself shortly after release.
Or at least it was. Which is the only reason I technically own but have no installed KPST.
It was 12 bucks cheaper than buying just Show-time.
The Sims 3 EPs were packed. I was okay to ignore SP and online store content because you had more than enough to playwith in the base game and EPs.
This should've been a free update...
THIS
Yes. They patch and update the game all the time. They should've updated it for free to include this like they did toddlers, instead of selling it. Seems like leftovers from the pets expansion.
Also, if EA made this a free update, many players would be glad and see it as EA trying to be good to it's fanbase again.
Bruh, your paying 5 bucks for cats & dogs stuff and 5 bucks for a rat. Even if you dont have the expansion! I want to know the person that's responsible for these financial decisions. They need to be fired ASAP
I've still not found a compelling reason to buy The Sims 4, guess I'll stick with 3 and 2.
I know this video is 5 years old but I want to leave a comment thanking you for the excellent subtitles!! It makes a huge positive difference getting to read along
EA Should really watch your videos
EA watches his videos. They really should take more advice from honest people who review their work.
EA seem don't want to give him free packs anymore like they did in the past. They seem to be bitter about his honesty and just want praise.
At the end of the day people will respect an honest review. An honest review can help EA grow and dishonest review does not. EA can not take the fact that they need to improve on many things within their company desperately.
They used to give him packs but then got mad at him for making them look bad for their own fault. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Sam Love too bad EA only think about money then actually improve anything. *cough* sims 3 they could improve soo much!
Considering the hate EA got for Battlefront 2, it's amazing that they continue to get away with this crap.
Macho Fantastico Battlefront 2 was a new game with a huge issue. The Sims 4 is an old game not many people care about anymore, that has an issue with expansions.
*How EA comes up with this pack*
Head of Design Team : "According to the latest financial report our "Cats and Dogs" expansion pack has sold for millions."
EA Executive : "Impressive. But we need to come up with another big thing."
Head of Design Team : "Understood Sir. My team has come up with some proposals like adding a Seasons pack"
A Member of Design Team : *raises hand*
Head of Design Team : "Yes you. Do you have any suggestion ?"
A Member of Design Team : "What if we make a stuff pack for another expansion pack, so people will have to pay for the expansion pack first before they can play the stuff pack ?"
EA Executive and Head of Design Team : ......
EA Executive : *clutches his chest* "Hnnnnnngggggghhh"
Head of Design Team : "S-sir are you okay ?"
EA Executive : "Oh God. The profit margin... a-all the profits... I-I can't" *faints from imagining EA money*
Head of Design Team : "Goddammit Jerry. What did I tell you about mentioning that 'Inception' idea to him ?"
and that one member of the design team instantly got promoted
I spy a new head of design team.
lol
Just donated to my local animal shelter :)
Finally, I did it! It took 2+ years but I finished watching all your videos other than the LGR plays series. Now it's time to go and watch the lgr plays.
WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER PET FOOD BOWL WHEN WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A WATER BOWL?! Cats and dogs can lick a puddle but can’t have a water bowl? 🤔 don’t understand how hard it is to add it in
UsulPrincess lmfao true true 🤦🏽♀️😭🙄
Kaela20x15 sims don’t need water, they just need food. pets work the same way. your sim doesn’t have a need called “thirst”.
carolina yeah I get ya but I just want the game to be as “realistic” as possible plus we at least get the opinion to give our sims water would be nice to do the same with our pets.
Kaela20x15 you can give you're sims water
* ArcadeMach1ne * I know but I want my pets to have normal functions like drinking water too I mean c’mon they can poop gold and rainbow poop but can’t drink water in a bowl they even have a drink for them at the bar but nope can’t have a simple bowl for water
This stuff pack is even worse than Laundry Stuff
lol very true, this should've been part of Cats & Dogs Pack
Jeremiah Vink I don’t think there’s a pack out there that is worse than this one.
Lol i didn't think it was possible but EA sure proved me wrong
Queen Katara To Sims 4? Sure. To The Sims as a whole? Noooo, there are far worse.
1. No matter how much we complain about the fact that it was *laundry*, it was the Sims community that chose it.
2. Laundry Day actually had a lot of nice, as well as new items.
When will they learn that they can make more money by actually giving players WHAT THEY WANT. WHAT A CONCEPT.
Semiah McGill they're trying to milk us first with crappy content before they give us what we want
THANK YOU.
Can they though? Maybe more sales on an individual pack, but making something good takes more work, whereas they can pump out an endless stream of this shit with barely any resources taken up. A literal couple of 3d artists and someone familiar enough with the engine to put the models and animations together. No design documents or intensive engine work required.
And if there's one thing capitalism encourages it's being a cheap piece of shit.
I agree with Graknorke. Money-wise EA is doing perfect.
The only idiots here are the people that keep buying these overprized cut down slap in the face insulting DLC-DLCs.
H Kr thing is, there are a lot of them. So EA will keep giving us shit like this.
Thumbed up, it hit 10,000 likes. Felt amazing.
Also - I love how you are one of the few popular youtube "celebrities" that actually replies to me when I say stuff I wish to donate. You and @Bigclivedotcom are the only ones that seem to actually reply to the regular/non popular person in that sense.
EVERYBODY'S SUPER SONIC RACING! Brilliant! Also enjoyed the Livin Large reference
Poor Ralph LOL I fear for his future 😂
And the Sonic R soundtrack 🤣
Your fear is justified.
is there even a future? I think if ralph ever comes back he is a version in an alternate universe where Sims 4 didn't go the route it did.
LGR Have you ever considered just totally destroying Ralph altogether? We all know Esurient Arts isn't gonna stop this crap anytime soon. Maybe find a place that has some liquid nitrogen you can use, and smash him into little Ralphie Bits. Barring that, soaking him in super glue (cyanoacrylate) should achieve roundabout the same effect.
Hey, that was a good sound track
You should only be able to use cat clothes if you have Sims 4: Hospital Stuff installed, because there’s no way you’re getting a T-shirt on a cat without losing a lot of blood.
*^ THIS*
Depends on the cat, honestly. I'd be able to get one on my easy-going salt-monger but I wouldn't, because that's stupid.
shh don't give them ideas
Considering a bunch of modders and cc creators have already made a bunch of pets related CC out of pure spite (I've seen 3 round aquarium coffee tables so far) I really don't think this pack is worth it.
I'm downloading all the spite mods.
Modders do it better!
Hell, LittleMsSam's mods are as valuable as a freaking $50 in my opinion.
Yep! Download CC for free instead
I will admit, as someone who has only ever gotten pets from shelters, the donation did make me tear up a bit. Glad to see a great review that helps to consider whether or not to actually buy a pack (I use it for a lot of Sims 4 packs, they're really useful and also entertaining!)
Best wishes to Ralph, five years late but still best wishes nonetheless
You are the best for donating. Always enjoy your reviews
The second this pack was announced, I couldn't wait for your review. You're the only youtube simmer that I trust with reviews
You should check out "Sim Supply" as well. He's not afraid to be honest
And carman king too. She literally told i wouldn't have played it if tgere werent mods and sims2 and sims3 is a way more than superior
@@lizmowrey9866 the sim supply hated this pack so much, he don't want to add it on his game.
@@JohnJaranJan I know. I didn't want to add it either
Next up: The loot box stuff pack! Immerse yourself into locking all your gameplay progress and content, and pay to win mechanics in your sims game too! Just like your another favourite Star Wars based game. Don't forget to pre order it to get a chance for a special gold chair lootbox with a chance to get a unique golden toilet! (like one form TS1 Superstar, wow, wow nostalgia factor! Bam bam, we got them).
nerd0Chija fuck ea they ruined too many games already
So thats why they took away our colour wheel, just so they can add the same t-shirt in slightly different shades of blue
The pattern addition too! Someone could've easily made themselves a lighter blue paw printed top by themselves. EA sickens me.
The bulk of the animations around the hamster-cage are from TS2 (in 2, the hamsters and stuff even came with the Pets-Pack, wow!). How the little animals move, how the sim cuddles it, how they feed it.
They tend to reuse animations a lot. DJing is from a former game, too.
In sims 3, you payed $40 for cats, dogs, rodents, turtles, birds, snakes, lizards, horses, and unicorns. In sims 4 you have to pay $40 for cats and dogs, and then another $10 to have rodents and some clothes for your cats and dogs. About the only thing that you didn’t get with sims 3 pets that i would’ve liked that sims 4 gave is quirks. But in sims 4 you can’t even see what quirks they have until it actually happens.
Now another $40 for horses in The Sims 4.
So $40 + $10 + $40 = $90 for what was $40 in The Sims 3.
I hate that hamster suit so much, it creeps me out, lol
Bruh it’s scary af lmao
I'd rather dress up as the Bear from the Outdoor Living Game Pack.