Growing together world and townies first look! San Sequoia overview
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- it's time to grow together and take a look at the brand new world and townies from san sequoia for the sims 4 growing together! 12 lots, 3 neighbourhoods and some new family dynamics to explore...
0:00-2:01 intro
2:01-6:04 anchorpoint wharf (downtown)
6:04-11:11 gilbert gardens (my personal fave)
11:11-14:39 hopewell hills (suburbs)
14:39-22:36 townie lore
22:36-23:50 outro
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My favorite thing about willow creek is that the houses, even though there aren’t many lots, are close to each other making the world feel like a community. When playing with a massive family in a rotational game having the family members be neighbors is nice because they can walk over to each others house . In this world I feel like the homes are too spread out with set dressing in between. I wish they were closer because the world looks bare when they are so far apart
agreeeeeee!!
Never thought I'd say this but I miss rabbitholes so much 🙈 they at least gave your sims something to do and the sounds of them in the sims 3 are also super fun ngl 😄
Thank you for showing the townies! The bay area has a huge amount of Filipinos and I'm so glad they added some canonically Filipino sims! (Tala, Bayani, Ruano are all filipino first and last names)
Which part of Bay Area do you live? I’m from SF and I see a lot of Filipinos mostly in Daly City area🥹😅 I wonder which part of the bay there in as well.
Robles is a flip last name too
The moment they said the world was based on SF, I knew they based it on the Filipino community in SF, especially that this was family focused EP.
@@estelladee okay, which part of SF has Filipinos? Do I live in the wrong area or something?! Lol
@@Kiara.step-daughter LOL yeah a lot of filipinos live in daly city and south sf areas. up by vallejo has more filipinos too because they have a jollibee there and other filipino food places
I wished we would have gotten a few apartments and townhouses in this pack
I love the idea of the rabbit hole gardening in the green house. That would be badass if they could add more of that in, in the future.
I really miss the days when all of those shells would have been lots. It’s so limiting sometimes. 😢
I agree. I would rather jave new lot traits, empty lots where the shells are, and build or download lots from the gallery.
The sims have a movie theatre rabbit hole. I downloaded a movie theatre/cafe from the gallery. It has to have the cafe, or no npc would show up.
I would love newcrest to be all residental, and a duplicate newcrest to create a downtown with no rabbit holes, but all lots sims can enter from a park, community centre that can include a walk in greenhouse, playground, movie theatre, spa, night club, bar or two, lounge, cafe, a couple of restraunts, bakery, shopping, measuem, library, cemetary, photo studio, some club hangout spaces, hotel, indoor skating rink, bowling alley, and etc.
If EA is too lazy to make them not a rabbit. hole, give us the lots and various lot types, and let us do it. They never give us enough lots.
They don't allow us to change a rabbit hole into a walk in building.
@Suzanne A to be fair. If you have every expansion. You have so many fckn lots and worlds...
I wouldn't go so far as to call them lazy. They put alot of work into filling the world and making it aestheticslly pleasing.
They probably just don't want another sims 3 where it couldn't be run by the end if you had everything.
@@lucaleone4331 plz have you seen the tech other games have? They just don’t care (not the sims team but EA) games have been advanced enough according to which engine they build the game on for every lot to be playable hence Sims 3 or a rabbit hole /playable lots mix.
Thanks for going into the milestones for the townies too, mollie!
lol my bad for not going through all of them but a lot are pretty similar and nondescript for townies so i’ll deffo go into more detail in my gameplay overview!
I feel like the Splash Area is very simple. People are very excited about it, however what the sims do around it is that animation of playing with water. Maybe it's because it's the closest thing we're gonna get that's almost an aquatic park in TS4.
yeah they do the like rain and sprinkler animations we’re already used to but there’s soooo many water parks on that gallery that i’m happy about it tbh!! sort of wish they could shower in it (imagine that in rags to riches) but i’m happy that we finally have it
@@EnglishSimmer yes, I'm excited to see what others will build with it for sure!
That's really disappointing the grandad doesn't even exist/ why build their relationship just for the livestream? What i loved about sims 2 pre sims was the way their lore was set up already in their memories ready to go
You know that long strip of grass near the splash park that has the road going all the way around it? I'm totally making that into townhomes! It is PERFECT for that!!!!!
The idea of classes at the recreational center would be so perfect.. they could have existing sims with higher skill levels show up occasionally to teach other sims. Maybe they would have a schedule. I would love to see that.
I feel like there are so many missed opportunities with this world. The rabbit holes could have easily been added as you said, a big park to walk through that looks like Golden Gate Park (similar to what they did in Mt. Komorebi), and at least one houseboat lot could have been added. The greenhouse building, to me, makes me think of the conservatory of flowers and that absolutely could have been a rabbit hole for gardening. And the shells themselves in the background could have been much more San Francisco themed. It absolutely looks like the other worlds we already have, which is a big let down.
Once the pack installs into my game, the first thing I'm gonna do is add the grandad to the family so that he'll be in the family tree, create a pretty difficult relationship between him and Celeste's husband like in the gameplay trailer, create a wife or husband for the grandad and build them a cute little home just for them. 💗🙂
thank you! he deserves it!
Love that!
Its so lovely to see the huge Filipino inspirations in this new world. Robles , Ruano, Bayani ,Aurelio and Ignacio are common Filipino names. Plus Tala means "star" in our language. Its so cool they are using Filipino culture everywhere in this world.
I hate that they told us you can "take art classes" and others at the rec center but there aren't any real classes. It's so disappointing. We need more things for our sims to do.I love that you went over the lots and townies
I'm honestly sad the grandparents are missing. I wish they had included them as not in world townies at least.
This might just be hope but the greenhouse area reminds me a lot of the Arboretum in the sims 3 supernatural.I hope we get fairies soon.
I agree that they should have utilized those shells better! Kinda like the university model. Really gorgeous buildings meant to be seen with zero purpose feels like a mistake
Low key wish they included apartments
excited for the new pack, thanks Mollie for sharing :) So proud of how far you've come! - Sam
Hmm. Not sure on the world, it seems kinda empty.
Yes they focus on gameplay they can’t do everything they also have a budget
I expected a fuller world, with many families, and many homes. 😢
@@LeonorIsabel They absolutely should be able to create a expansion pack with great gameplay AND a great new world. I feel like the bar is set so low for the Sims games these days
@@LeonorIsabel have you heard of Get Together‘s Windenburg? Now *that‘s* a great world and a great pack with lots of cool new gameplay!
@@D0MiN0ChAn but not as deep gameplay as this pack
I am excited for this and I feel that it has great potential! I will be looking forward to seeing more from you, Mollie!
Awe can’t wait to see all the creative things you do with this pack 😊
Although I wish we got some more apartments, im really happy with everything we're getting and I think it's gonna be a great pack. I also love how there's sims from the same family in different houses, it adds realism and is great for a pack all about family.
Thank you for this ❤
I’m so excited because I’m from the SF bay and this is such an awesome interpretation of the area 🥰
I’m very excited for this
Excited to see more
I actually really love the world ! It's really nice and I like the Filipino families too , great to see!
Thanks for your review of this world.
Thanks for the walkthrough.
I don't think this world was necessary, the concept of family life applies absolutely everywhere. We could have had an expansion pack without a world like seasons so they could focus on the other content
yes
I feel like you know there would be so many loud people complaining that the pack doesn't have a world lol
Plus imagine if you didn't have alot of packs and the only ones you bought were this and seasons. Then you'd have no extra world lol
@@lucaleone4331But what’s the point of a new world if there’s really nothing to do in it tho?….
@Liz Marzano you put things in the world using the lots...and do those things.
Like any other world.
🎉❤ thank you!
You know what could be cool is if those players who have more power in their computer that can handle more lots is that those shells could be swapped out for more buildable lots.
Feels like real San Francisco, empty and full of shells. 😂 I see a lot of potential though.
Mole ! Thank you for your honest opinions about the game pack. It is v refreshing to hear real opinions rather than filtered ones. I am still really excited about the pack and thank you for letting us know the features ahead of time so we know what to expect and not be too surprised about anything. Thank you for all of your hard work in early access !!
Yes!
One thing that The Sims 4 definitely needs to add to the game is.... extreme weather events like tornadoes, torrential-downpours/ floods, blizzards and so on!!
I love that The Sims team are incorporating Filipino words such as "Bayani" (hero) and "Tala" (star) as premade Sim names ❤️
May I add, even the name of the world San Sequoia sounds like "Saan si Kuya" in Tagalog which means "Where's my brother?"... Growing together is very familial indeed! Thanks Mollie for this awesome video!
I clicked on this sooo fast😮❤
I hear there was a fish run at the Bank of San Sequoia, so lots of properties available
17:51 Sweet home San Sequoia
Thank you for doing this ❤❤❤
What type of weather does the world have, does it snow ?
are there any mods that add in rabbit holes to empty shells?
Gentrification is very true to form if they are basing the world on San Francisco. It’s funny because I feel like this is very accurate for what they were aiming for, but I think people just don’t like San Francisco it seems. Which I can understand
i think most are just bored of samey looking worlds that we’ve had a lot of up to this point
Whyyyy is the power walking tied to this world? Sims can jog anywhere, why can’t they power walk anywhere siiiigh
You can hike in snowy escape . Also granite Falls
It's too bad they didn't add something more with the boats at the wharfs. Something like a Rabbithole activity "take a boat tour" where you could see your sims sailing around in a boat for an hour and they'd come back "saw a fish, etc". That little building on the dock would have been another great food stall - ice cream and sandwiches, purchase a picnic basket, etc.
Can you make lots of money running a day care with the growing together expansion?
Omg you call it a green to we have a small hill across from our house and we call it the green I thought it was just us that called it that 😂
Thanks for the review. Unfortunately the world looks pretty boring.
Rental lots would make sense if you couldn't just easily travel between worlds...but you can 🤷🏼♀️
Sorry to the Robles-Ruano family. I need that lot
The world is kinda underwhelming. Hope the gameplay will be good 😌
I expected a fuller world, with many families, and many homes. 😢😢
There's 6 homes and you can add more to the empty lots...
I had a feeling u were only gonna be able to power walk in the one specific place which sucks.
Have the creators actually been to San Francisco? Where are the hills?! As usual, lots of potential to build a really cool world with mixed urban/suburban areas but its just ended up seeming very shallow. And flat.
👀 so excite
some of the areas in san sequoia look like the modern district in windenburg
Yayyyy!!!!🎉🎉
I wonder how many people that say they feel like the world is empty, or doesnt have enough lots actually has all the expansions...BC I do and Ive never had this complaint.
1. Bc I have SO many lots and towns now. I havent even touched places like Windenburg, Del Sol Valley, Realm of Magic in years...
So im not exactly crying for every world to be full of lots when I dont even use all the ones I currently have.
2. My personal playstyle is geared toward the LOT Im playing on. Im usually staying at my house, or if I go out, I got to a public lot, where the sims are actually programmed to visit and hang around. So I dont see why I need so many areas in the world for sims to get lost in. Would a bench or chess table on the outskirts near the river be cool? I guess...but its not like im gonna use it often or think about it. (plus getting a sim to join you in those areas can be really annoying / take a while so its not worth it)
I feel like Sims team is thinking about how broken Sims 3 was after all the expansions, and how big it was. So if you have a couple of expansions, I suppose you could be valid to complain with the lack of lots. But they also have to consider those who make use of all the extra content they've created.
I know they're not perfect, but they can never win with this community >_
I'm really happy there's multiple family dynamic types, I thought there would be just the ones shown in the livestream
the worlds are looking way too similar now, I want something new
How does the family tree for Cience Baby shows up? I'm curious specially if one of their biological parents was married to another sim when the baby was born
DEFORESTATION & GENTRIFICATION IM DEAD
I'm glad to see Filipino families. Very cool!
The word Robles means literally oak trees in Spanish 🌳🌿
The rec center having classes would be just like sit in on class in the uni pack already. Sure it would be nice but def would still be a repeat
but that’s the thing, i feel like they already have the main system in place with yoga, it’d be active not a rabbit hole. just make an instructor (like gyms have) to walk around and talk to people whilst they’re painting or playing music. i know it’s not as simple in game dev as come on just carry it over bc it’s deffo more work than that. i think i’m just frustrated bc i was expecting something to feel different about the rec centre but it feels like so many lots i’ve played since base game
WOOOOOOO
No apartments? Pity :(
If they were going to do San Francisco they should've gone for a super urban area then
sorry for misgendering Jay!! i thought i had seen he/him pronouns in reference to them whilst playing but their pronouns are they/them. also i didn’t wanna assume just based on the masc frame that celeste has but she’s a black trans woman ☺️ christopher has a san sequoia secret about her coming out to him and they’re so CUTE!!!!
When they said Gilbert I though gerber, baby food!
Is there a new career with the new pack? Also thank you so much for this townie and world overview
no new career for this one
Thank you so much for letting me know! Wish there was A new Career 😭 and I'm disappointed that there aren't classes at the rec center since I thought they would build up on the class system that they made with the Spas but I'm still excited for the pack though!
@@EnglishSimmer do you know if there is a new death? i’ve been asking around but no one seems to know
i honestly didn't ask nor have i seen one and i have a feeling it'd be the first thing people posted about so i'm gonna guess no
@@EnglishSimmer dang! i feel like every expansion pack has a new death i remember them talking about that in high school years with the death by locker stink bomb
Ackkk- these relationship systems are going to mess with the established relationships I have among scores and scores of sims. We should be able to tune these individually- I just have a fear that the tuning on these will be really difficult, like the tuning on wants and fears. Which I had to get a mod to turn waaaaay down. Once again, this may be really difficult till modders save the day.
compatibility is only a thing if you use the new likes a dislikes i think. family dynamics are all opt in (either through cas or an in-game pop up during gameplay)
@@EnglishSimmer Thanks - would like to see these game mechanics explored in more detail. For obvious reasons most Game Changers are focusing on the infant stuff, but that's actually less interesting/concerning to me, because it won't affect other aspects of existing games.
im going to wait for LGR's review on this expansion pack 🙂🙂
I actually dont mind the rental inclusions at all, it feels very realistic. At least in Sweden, like every community, town or even smaller community has both houses, and then a ”poorer” part with rentals where less economically fortunate live 😊 i like that element being included! A bit of social realism. Also like How the story of the town remind me of stardew valley 😮😄
Except in Sims 4 rentals act more like vacation homes for up to 1 week and do not reflect any economically poorer parts of a town (more like the exact opposite, you have to have another home in order to even stay at a rental) 😅😢
@@D0MiN0ChAnyes it‘s not like renting a house it‘s s vacation😂 I don‘t think people who usually rent a house in real life own another house as well
Hi, love your videos and appreciated the overview!
I was wondering if you could confirm if there are no LGBTQ+ families in the new world? For a world based on San Francisco, I would have hoped for more representation on that front.
Apologies in advance if I've missed something that was previously covered!
jay is either non-binary or a trans man and uses they/them pronouns. and i’ve seen people asking if celeste is a trans woman so she may be. really depends on how you headcanon these sims. i didn’t really check out anyone’s sexuality as it’s not a new feature to this pack
@@EnglishSimmer Thank you so much!
Anyone else think the worlds giving Hull?
My save has a 2 sims . 1child 1 toddler 2 infants . So I kicked out the townies that have the biggest lot .. sorrynotsorry
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I've procrastinated about expansion packs before, trying to justify getting ones I'm not that impressed by, then time has passed and I've got every single one. Well, that's until now. I really don't have any interest in the "Growing Together" theme, but I'd usually have got the pack anyway if the world was interesting enough. Unfortunately, as someone who enjoys worlds with character I don't think this one is worth my time and money. All the effort seems to have gone into new traits and items and the world itself appears to have been quickly thrown together. It doesn't look like it has any personality at all, which is a real shame. Even Moonwood Mill in the Werewolves game pack has a great, unique atmosphere and that only has a handful of lots. Another sunshine paradise, modern city of apartments, snowy mountainous region, or wooded backwater would have been much more appealing despite them repeating previously used themes. San Sequoia looks like a launch world.
not the gentrification and deforestation simulator 💀 the world is pretty, i'll give them that, but also more of the same
The world looks absolutely gorgeous! I am so excited to get an 64x64 lot. Fingers crossed it is freely editable.
As for the townies, I'm pretty disappointed. For new kids we have one teen, two children, one toddler and one infant. I was expecting larger and younger families for a generations type pack. The two Robles households could have been combined into one. We don't have many big households like that in the game. It'd make the family dynamics a little more interesting if they were all under one roof imo. I'm also surprised that Atlas and Orion were adopted. The gameplay trailer made it seem like Celeste gave birth to both, and the kids look like they're bio.
I really, really hope the team is good about uploading families to the Gallery this time around. There are several from the reveal trailer I was hoping we'd get in the world. In particular the Asian family and the red-haired siblings.
God I’m so disappointed with the art classes 🥺!! I’d have loved that to be more functional
Early
Why can't they give us large lots that are empty and/or unoccupied.
Are there any new unhoused NPCs?
oh shoot i was meant to include a shot of that but just kyle! (who asks for a stay over once you’re settled in)
@@EnglishSimmer oh no, only kyle? 🥲 they made it sound like there were different townies with different personalities that could alsk to stay over, as if kyle was just one of them
@@EnglishSimmer does that mean the grandfather from the gameplay trailer is not shipped with the game? Thanks ahead of the time if you get to this question.
not the negative romance bar between siblings ummm...
They could have added walking canes as well as the daycare career with this pack #MissedOpportunities
I'm kinda let down that the "classes" they were highlighting in twitter isn't really in-depth, barely there from what yours and Plumbella's review says. My biggest issue with community lots in the Sims 4 is how non-controlled sims while in the community work, they tend to break immersion with how they are programmed to interact with the objects and each other. The constant dancing to stereos, the sudden push-ups, the dancing chairs, the going to the far end because you clicked your sims to interact with NPCs and townies, and those said NPC/townie's had something in their action queue while you were choosing an interaction with them, so instead of them just dropping what they are doing, you have to wait for them to complete their "walk here" action queue, and that's why you end up running up to them.
Really wish there was a mentor for the art classes, or maybe a host for game day or something. :/
Karmine is super cute, easily my favourite townie and one of the best in sims 4 let alone the pack. And the Michaelsons are mostly well designed. But overall I have to say I will be editing/deleting most of these sadly. I think they focus so much on diversity now that they forget to make them funny and cool etc like they always used to. The Robles and Robles-Ruano families look like they just pressed the randomise sim button.
Exactly, so boring...
Wow this world is realy small, more fake lost than real working lots.
No gay sims in the San Fran inspired world?! HAX I SAY!
ngl i did not have time to hop into CAS before recording this, but did it afterwards bc I was curious and Aurelio is interested in mess around with both men and women and Jay uses they/them pronouns which I am so sorry for misgendering them in this video. I thought I had seen he/him for them somewhere but apparently not! they also have a fem frame so I'm assuming they were created before top surgery scars shipped in base game which is why they don't have them
I don't like the new world. At all. It feels so drab and lifeless. It looks like if Copperdale and Newcrest had a baby with less lots. I'm sorry to be so negative, I just want a difference in scenery
Sims 4.... ugh.... they are really milking this game.
I didnt Like Everyone Doesnt like this pack that EA make Always for years Someone judge EA pack For some reason that not make sense and doesnt feel alive and something wrong with this pack Person who hate Sims 4 pack Dont play Sims 4 anymore Uninstall it From your Computer Ok??!! or play Game that you like
Glad they didnt put the pronouns on the premades. After all i find id asinine. It does allow the gamers to go in and make what ever story they want with them and to adjust the asinine pronouns
I’ve never been happier getting out of school at 12:30 and getting home at 1 🥹