Honest Review of The Sims 4: Horse Ranch
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
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The lack of a “tumble in the hay” woohoo spot is genuinely disappointing.
truly
Especially in the hay loft. But there might be a way around it. 😉
It wouldn't even be anything new beyond wording!! It would LITERALLY be the same as the fall leaves one, just like how 90% of this overpriced pack is reused content. They hype up the inclusiveness of indigenous content, but there's barely ANYTHING. It's such a blatant corporate "ally" money-grabbing attempt. I'm so disappointed with the sims team for such a bad pack, for not standing up against EA greed, and for how shady and whiny they are about criticism and questions.
@@dulce.sirena
Whenever a big corporation boasts about including marginalised people(s), I’m always wary that it’s going to be cultural appropriation rather than actual representation.
@@rachaeldee85 maybe we can size down a bed and hide it in hay because its such a missed opportunity
kayla painting the side of the horse a hotdog caught me off guard but i loved it 💀
Omg Same
True, but Stanley needs a horse for his likeness
🤣🤣😂
This horse also needs a name like Stanley. Just epic
This is the kind of representation that Stanley deserves.
as an actual equestrian who lost her horse 4 months ago I will be playing with this pack with my sim self and my horse with aging off and we will live forever
This is my plan too ❤ just finished a build for my heart horse, it's been 4 years and I still cry about her loss.
i did that with my cat last year! its nice to keep them alive somehow. sorry for your loss though.
That's such a cute idea! I'm sorry for your loss, I know how tough it is to lose an animal friend. May your sims experience revive your horse in the best way possible.
If only we could do that irl.
Aw I’m sorry for your loss
Rattlesnake death would have been perfect. They actually wouldn't have even had to animate that much - stick your hand in a log to get a frog and surprise- snake bit.
and it could work similarly to poison death from jungle adventures
it could’ve come out of the new grass too!
That is a great idea! Are CC deaths a thing?
@@avazehner3649omg yes!
What's with people in the comments of and also this channel and obsession with sims deaths?
Consumed by the flies on the horse manure after not cleaning it for days would have been a great new death type! And a nod to the sims 2 consumed by flies death !
Isn't death by flies part of eco living? so easy to have brought that in...
@@tierneyk88 yes, i think you can get it from dumpster diving
I said death by nectar poisoning
Fun fact about goats and horses. Some horses that are anxious or lonely actually are given a "companion goat" that functions as an emotional support animal. Horses, being highly intelligent and emotional, can become VERY attached to their goats. Other animals like ponies, sheep, cats, and dogs are also used as emotional support for horses, but goats are the most common to my knowledge.
Donkeys are actually very common. Honestly surprised we didn’t also get those. We could breed them with the horses and create mules. Missed opportunity lol
How about get horses a horse companion.. Horses and goats dont speak eachothers language so its best to keep at least 2 of each species together😊
@@Maxiemarnix we don't speak a horses language but many of us still have horse companions 🤷
@@Maxiemarnix sadly, some horses just don’t get along with other horses 😢 that’s why some give them goats, donkeys, etc instead
@@Maxiemarnix it's not how it works 🤫
I'm disappointed they didn't increase the household number from 8 to at least 10, like they have in previous animal related packs. It's not going to be easy to have a family in addition to a ranch full of horses, cats, and dogs.
I didn't think of that, that's a really good point - the average barn I've seen absolutely had cat(s) as well as horses and maybe a dog.
We'll have to do it in more of a legacy style, kick the kids out at 18 then have another or get another pet lol
get a mod dawg
@@cheeseman.____.1718 A mod can expand your household size but it isn't fully compatible with the game, like if you go into CAS it'll delete your extra sims etc., so it works but it can be quite annoying and glitchy
@@_thea_rose Not to mention console players can't mod at all
I plan on starting a Pancakes lagacy with this pack, because Eliza seems like that one person that sees 5 horse posts of Simterest and uproots everything to move to a horse world 😂😂
no but why is that soooo accurate
Poor bob lmaoooo
Yes omg I love this
Eliza Pancakes is 1000000% a horse girlie, no doubt. She has such horse girl energy hahaha
Oh if they ever have a girl I gotta name her Horselina or something
I think the unicorns should have powers, there should be pegasuses too. They'd be perfect for Realm of Magic!!!
there aren’t any unicorns 🥹
@@lilacheart_ You can make unicorns
@@lilacheart_there is, the horns make it a unicorn but I don’t think they have powers.
Pegassi
i would love unicorns with majic!!!
Really wish we got woohoo spots, a couple of rabbithole careers and the corn, squash and bean plants for the chilli recipe. Maybe also a child horse aspiration of some kind
A teen aspiration would be amazing for this pack. Lots of missed opportunities, but overall they did a great job
you can woo hoo in the necter bush
Use mods, all problems solved. *rolleyes*
@@goldiemum3991 I use mods. Missed the point though. Players shouldn't be forced to fall back on mods because of lack of content in packs.
SO Excited for "Can You Get Rich From Just Horse Poop"!!!!!🤩🤩
Can't wait for this to happen.
Also can you get rich from selling horse's
Right!
As an actual horse owner this make me laugh because horse poop represents the huge amount of money you put through your horse in feed and hay. Can you sell it for $2/bag to gardeners? Sure. Does that even go close to recovering costs? nope 😂
nice
I think some deaths they could've added was getting bit from a rattlesnake and having to make a type of drink or maybe a secret type of wine to heal poison and i also think they could've added getting killed by bats in the cave with getting a question wrong.
I was thinking of rattle snakes as well, and the necter antidote is a really good idea.
Bad batch of necter death
I thought about falling of horses if an unexperienced rider rides a high skilled horse 😅 Afterwards I was like, that would be kinda macabre until I remembered the getting death by getting stuck in a murphy bed 😂
Absolutely the rattlesnake thing would have fit well. I really wish you could be a big animal vet, and then a horse could also get bit by a rattlesnake.
or falling off stairs that don't have railings.
SWATCH CONSPIRACY: Everyone on the sims team is secretly colorblind in some way AND different people work on different build items, leading to not having matching swatches EVER. LOL
I honestly do believe that part of the reason we don’t have matching swatches is different people work on them and they have no way of saving that color (which would effing suck) or color dropping
My dad works in coding and computer and is colorblind. He couldn’t be in the other parts of the military due to being color blind so they taught him computer stuff SO THIS COULD BE TRUE
or they're just incompetent and haven't bothered to make an internal dev tool to generate common swatches for multiple assets
So is there a creator out there who fixes these swatch issues? I would love to have maxis match swatches for all of sims 4 content - wood especially!!
@@abeytagrl5161 I know some creators have matched swatches in the past, but I honestly can't remember who and IDK if they still mod
One of my favourite things from the sims 3 pets was running out at 1am to find the unicorn and try and tame it, I’m kind of sad they didn’t bring that back
OMG YES! And I'd always be so sad when It'd vanish again 😪
Memory unlock lol
omg yes.
Tbh I am pretty glad that ts4 doesn't have unicorns. Why? Well unicorns are so buggy and I mean it. Of course there aren't so buggy as the Islag Paradise stuff, but still. If the unicorns would be still buggy as hell, I wouldn't try to tame that unicorn again.
You just unlocked a memory 😂
I was hesitant about this one, but now it seems like an excellent combo if you have cottage living, pets, and seasons combined with this pack. The more chores and outdoorsy stuff, the better for me!
From what I’ve seen, the animation is spot on. It’s incredibly impressive to animate horses to look natural. I’m excited to play, but definitely not excited about the price.
Also an idea for a rags to riches (or rags to ranches) challenge. Stanley should sell nectar that he made and see if he can get rich quick. The end goal should be that he gets a horse and build a ranch. Just an idea though.
Omg yesssssssss
You know she’s already done it. Just waiting to post it
@@soimsha.that was my thought LOL 😭
Definitely going to do this myself!
Also, Stanley training horses and selling them! I always try to do that in TS3, but it's hard to sell a horse after having your sim be their best friend forever xD I make up stories about how they are professional horse trainers and the adopted horses are someone else's and when I sell them, it's just their owners paying for the training and getting their horse back.
LilSimsie: Alright I know we're all here for horses so let's move on.
Me: *here for the nectar making so I have more lore activities for my vampire Sims* 😳
Yeah I'm honestly kinda sad that I have to get the whole pack just to make wine. Er, nectar. XD
What other activities do you have for them? :) Thanks.
Hear me out, cowboy vampires
May I ask what other lore activities you use?
Me, pre-ordering the Sims 4 Horse Ranch DLC so that my Victorian-Era vampires can chill with some period-appropriate cowboys: 🧛🏻♀️🤝🤠
Imagine connecting the cave quest thingy to if you get lucky/do everything correct a unicorn will come out of a cave that you can befriend and adopt if you have X amount of horse friends already
That’s actually such a great idea!
Great idea they should hire you as a gameplay scenarist 😍
Simsie, I love you, but the excuse "horses are hard to do" may be adequate when talking about an indie developer, not a company that's worth almost 40 billion dollars.
exactly.
It would be so fun (depending on how easy it is to level up horse skills) to have your sim be like a horse trainer in this pack. You could have them rescue or buy horses with no training and then level up all their skills and sell them, so it’s like the real life profession where horse trainers are paid to train peoples’ horses.
I loved doing that in Sims 3, I would always adopt horses and get their skills up to sell them
I legit just said this! The first thing I’m gonna do when I get it
There should be new traits, aspirations and careers/jobs in EVERY expansion pack. I feel like a big reason why us simmers are disappointed or get bored easy is because while we can explore a new pack with new gameplay features and worlds, we can't explore it with different sims - we have the same traits and aspirations and careers like usual, so once we've seen everything we can gameplay wise, we're left with nothing else to do with our sims.
I'm not sure if there are any new careers or traits in this pack, but I sure hope there is.
I was thinking about making a horse trainer/breeder...and a wine titan. Two ideas I want to play with.
@@liv4050 There are 2 new traits and 3 aspirations. Lilsimsie did not mention any new careers
I've never clicked anything faster. 🐴🐎 this is so cool and I love it already 🐎🐴
Same 🐴 ❤
fR 🐴🐴🐴🐴
Bro same!
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I don't love that there's no cross pack compatibility with Cats and Dogs for the Vet... I think it bothers me more because the horses are members of your household, it makes sense to me that would be part of the gameplay. That's the biggest downside in general to me of the medical features of this game being locked behind packs. I am excited to see actual gameplay in the coming days vs just hearing about it too - so ready for that!
she didn't have the other packs installed when she played the preview, so we don't know what the compatibility is
@@commanderredjonkks5268 I have seen the same thing on Twitter from multiple sources so I think it's confirmed but will be quite happy if we're wrong 😊!!
What bothers me personally it’s that there isn’t new gameplay for horses that we didn’t have in the sims 3…. But the whole expansion is just about the horse but yet the competitions are STILL a rabbit hole??? No carriages, no having 2 sims ride their horses together and no unicorns? Honestly this gamepack is a massive cash grab because its EA and if they can scam their players they will do it… I hate EA, they are the worst gaming company out there.
@@Alonepistachiolol don't ever try out Asian mmo's then.
@@LulaMae21 im more of an rpg or building survivor game type of gal 😂 with some exceptions of course
Sorry but this EP is just lacking. No new career, lot type, woohoo location, death type, no pool tables, mechanical bulls, no other crafts (e.g. pottery seems to fit in this pack), not enough Native American representation. And you can’t have multiple generation families with cats/dogs and horses, because of the 8 sim slot. I hope they fix at least that in the base game!
i didn't get the 'there's so much gameplay so it shouldn't be a gamepack'. u showed BARELY any gameplay. barely any. it isn't expansion pack worthy. point blank.
I remember someone telling me once and it made so much sense that baby horses will always be born very afraid of humans because horses by nature are prey animals. So you have to be very handsy on them to earn their trust! I’m glad they carried this over in the game
They have the ability to kick us to death yet they’re scared of us? 😂😂😂
@@AstarionWifey oh yeah they are scared.. Even though it is ironic lol
I will say not all of them are super afraid of humans because I follow a lot of breeders and all of their babies have walked up to them right away but some foals are definitely wary of people ! I think for some seeing their mothers not be afraid helps
Not exactly. Depends on the foal. Remember: us humans have bred horses for THOUSANDS of years! Think of it like dogs: we made them what they are to be of service to us. I've seen plenty of breeders not have to get all handsy with a foal for them to approach them. In fact, some horse people are completely against getting all handsy with a foal right away and instead wait for the foal to approach them whenever possible. This is to allow mom and baby to bond for the first weeks of life. THEN they proceed to work with the foal gradually, which is important so that the foal has an early foundation. It's important for a horse's survival to have the basics down as soon as possible.
@@AstarionWifeyHorses are unusually timid for their size.
When lilsimsie showed the pack better than that prerecorded gameplay livestream sims did
Yeah seeing all these cool details helps it feel more like an expansion pack, and I think I actually appreciate that they mainly focused on making good horse gameplay rather than trying to fit in a bunch different of shallow activities.
@@ninae2478 I agree. The livestream did this pack dirty. Seeing all these details makes me feel better about getting this pack. I’m actually somewhat excited to play it.
Why were they so bad at showing the gameplay??? I thought the pack was literally empty because of how bad they showed it off
@@shrimp3981 They probably read the public's opinions and got scared LMAO
@@shrimp3981 I know right! I was so disappointed with how they presented the pack. I had doubts about purchasing it but seeing the details they failed to show changes my mind. I’m quite excited to explore the pack myself.
I'm still disappointed that they didn't take the opportunity to call this pack "Horsin' Around". I understand it might not translate well, but still a missed opportunity.
HAHAHAH I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT!!
OH THE BOJACK HORSEMAN REFERENCE I LOVE IT
@@AnaGomes-sr5mchuh 😭 girl horsin’ around has been a phrase since long before that silly show, lets step outside!
@@maryhansen4046 damn why are u so mad for ur reaction was so unprovoked 😭
@@maryhansen4046 I'm not even from any English-speaking countries to know that lol?? BoJack Horseman is one of my favourite shows and it just came to mind. Chill girl.
i feel like all the gals in town having the same hair checks out- it’s giving small town where linda’s the only hairstylist and only knows two cuts
This pack turning people into “horse girls” is so funny to me, as a horse girl, I fully support y’all 😂
As a horse girl with severe fibromyalgia, this is as close as I can get now to riding. so I love it!
Really rough timestamps
1:06 - New CAS items for Sims
2:13 - Horse CAS
3:51 - Build & Buy
6:41 - New World (Chestnut Ridge)
8:38 - Townies
10:30 - Horses!
12:38 - Tournaments, horse manure...
15:11 - Nectar making & Vitality nectar
16:41 - Free roaming Goats & Sheep!
17:18 - Ranchhands
17:54 - New events (Ranch Animal Day & Ranch Gathering)
18:50 - Explorable Cave
19:28 - Prairie Grass
20:00 - Disappointments (No Unicorn abilities, no new Death/Woohoo spots, Bad horse genetics)
23:37 - Is it worth it?
thank you so much
Thanks so much!
Thanks
THANK YOU!
You and Plumbella have me feeling slightly less worried about the pack. The unicorn frustrates me bc they could have so easily gone the “Golden Chicken” route and had some sort of rare craftable treat to turn a horse into a unicorn with some sort of powers plus more gameplay. I do still feel like there was a lot of missed opportunities for this pack especially with the household/lot sizes (having half your household slots be NPCs is not exactly fun to me) and new wahoo/deaths but I am more excited about playing it.
Going the golden chicken route is a good idea! I completely forgot about that and the evil chicken thing
Seriously, why not separate like Sims 2 and 3, 2 even being a closed world had no problem with this
They didn't add unicorns because the pack is supposed to be realistic, meanwhile they also didn't add a death caused by a horse because that would be realistic? Right
Like they really should've added a death that's caused by a horse. Then there would be consequences to treating a horse really badly. Can you even treat horses badly in sims 4? Like are there any mean interactions like with chickens?
Plumbella even said this should be a game pack
I think the "just mom" or "just dad" foals make sense since horse colour actually don't mix that much. For example you will never have a chestnut with distinct dots
Usually the foal will look a lot like its dad and behave a lot like their mom
@@jentryshaw1969it’s not that they look like their dad, it’s based on dominant and recessive genes :). horse genetics are a lot more black and white than other animals like dogs!
Technically Horses genetic are actually very simple and one of the first taught Type of genetics. For example, to get a pure brown horse you need to mix a white one with a black one and never two browns because they carry one 4 types of combinations inside.
Since she had a white horse with a black one... The natural would have been getting a brown horse.
(I know nothing about name of horses but I do about genetics 🤣 cause of my degree)
@lucycarnaghi8534 ummm No. A grey (Not white) horse will always have a chance at throwing another grey because it's a masking gene. Horse genetics are pretty simple colorwise but your specifics are off. Now if we get into actually "white" horses which are cremello and perlino they are actually double dilutes and the number of dilute genes they have kinda muffles the color. A chestnut with one dilute becomes a palomino, with 2 a cremello. So I'm not sure what you are calling brown (I'd assume bay but maybe you mean a buckskin (?) since that's a bay one dilute gene but I'd hardly call buckskin "brown")
@@NoThankUBeQuiet I meant that if we were to follow the easiest of genetics for horses. Then the results wouldn't be the ones from the Sims (that are basically the same horse as one of the progenitors with the mane of the other) and that probably most of them would turn out to be brown (I mean brown because as I said, I don't know specific breeds of horses) I don't expect the sims to do it either but they could have at least try to mix basics like the sims 2 that did follow a sort of Mendelian inheritance. As you said, there are probably way more detailed gens about horses fur as there is with a lot of other animals. For an example, White cants don't truly exists as a coded fur gen per se.
I can’t tell if lilsimsie followers are just naive or delusionally positive over a scam of an expansion pack. There are definitely some neat features, but this should have been a game pack. The world is super empty and there’s not much actual gameplay. Just feels like they spent most of their time on the horses instead of actually fleshing out a new world,, and it shows lol.
I have to completely disagree with you. If they tried to make horses a game pack it’s would have turned out exactly as bad as dine out and my weeding story. Laggy, buggy, rarely works and when it does kinda work it still takes forever to get through the game play.
It seriously takes the sims so long to do any one task in game especially if you don’t play with cheats for money/skill.
Kayla is on EA’s payroll.
Sooo your million dollar company had a tough time getting something coded correctly, and thats why we need to pay them more money.
Lol come off it Simsie
Gameplay = game pack
No new woohoo or deaths? This is a joke
Love you and your content though!
I thought it would have been really cool if they added a new horse related career. The two branches could be equestrian or rodeo riders. You'd have to max the riding skill for the top level of both. The equestrian career might require level 8 in charisma, and the rodeo career branch could be level 8 in either comedy or, maybe, mischief (not entirely sure on that one).
He'll they even could have added a new sort of feature where the horses were also required to level up in 1 or 2 of the new horse skills to progress in the career. Like equestrian career horses might have to focus more on agility, and the rodeo horses might focus on endurance. Both horse might have to level up in jumping, and temperment until the sim has to pick a career path.
I was so excited, and since it was an expansion, I thought it would come with a new career like that. I'm incredibly disappointed it doesn't.
I think rodeo would have to have some kind of athletic ability in addition to the riding ability. Don’t quite remember what the athletic skills were in game. It’s been a while since I opened it. But def athletics would be involved, imo.
True it is disappointing they didn’t add a new career. Wait did they add any careers with growing together ?
@@elizabethwall4456 No, that's why I'm disappointed. It feels like it's been FOREVER since they added a new career
I was a horse girl who stopped riding irl both for financial reasons and out of fear of injury, so this pack definitely feels like it's for me
I can 100% relate to that. Here’s to us enjoying this long awaited pack then!
Aw me too. I miss riding so much honestly. This pack makes me very happy.
Me too! I’ve been dying to ride again but the money just isn’t there, so I’m pretty excited for this
Why do you have fear of injury? Injuries are pretty rare, even more in non-professional levels, and also is not common for horses to cause them on purpose.
@@amelhormatilha7847 horse riding accidents are actually surprisingly common, almost 4 times more common /1000h than motorcycle riding
I'm sorry, but using the "horse developing costs so much" to justify calling this an EP and saying it's worth $40 is an absolutely lame excuse. You can buy the AMAZING...WHOLE GAME....RDR2 for $60 (only $20 more than this DLC) and get the most well designed and graphically beautiful horses in any game hands down.
I agree, especially when EA is a billion dollar company. They have the means to create amazing and in depth content but they refuse because they will make money off this pack either way despite the lack of gameplay.
@@waiffuleIt’s interesting how EA acts like the sims team is small indie game studio, creators are very active on social media and are very vocal about how expensive and hard it is to make the game. These are usually things I see with smaller studios
@@no.reply_ I think it’s great that some of the devs are active on social media and it may be that the sims studio is small in size but the game literally brings in hundreds of millions of dollars each year. I think at this point it’s just EA perpetuating this narrative to get away with less content being in a pack.
This could have been an amazing expansion pack. Adding things like new plants or harvestables such as corn or beans, mechanical bull riding, unicorns, wild horses, etc. Even more inclusion of the Native American culture such as letting us craft pottery or jewelry. I found the representation of Native American culture pretty lackluster considering they mentioned that being a key feature.
How can you say genetics is not a big deal? Can you stop defending EA. This is a big feature that is core gameplay and should be spotless, it is not about not being perfect, but by what you are describing the whole replayability is shit since the genetics is what introduces variance and makes it visually feel like a different game each generation that passes.
They had the opportunity to invest on that core feature and make
It a good foundation meanwhile they destroyed it by not giving it much thought. Please stop trying to protect your EA creator status
The release of this expansion pack immediately shot me back in time to 2011 when I was 17 and obsessed with TS3 Pets. I used to listen to Flo Rida - Good Feeling on repeat while building my dream ranches with as many horses as possible. I’m now 29 and I can’t wait to buy this pack - and you know I’ll be listening to Flo Rida just for the nostalgia 🎶
I heard that song on the radio the other day lol. Talk about throwback!
I can’t wait to live out my posh rich girl horse fantasy in windenburg-
There’s so little English tack/riding represented in this pack that that might be difficult to do 😢
@@nataliewohlfert662thats because this is an American West style pack...
@@jlpkbrb1086 woah I never could have guessed that 🙄. I’m still allowed to be disappointed that my style of horseback riding isn’t represented in the horse pack.
@@nataliewohlfert662thank god for modders 🙏
@@nataliewohlfert662 I totally agree...
As a rare creature who loves Strangerville, my only complaint was the small world size, so I’m thrilled this is an expansion pack with a full sized world.
I love Strangerville! This world looks beautiful, but I'm not sold yet, I'm just not that into horses.
I honestly liked strangerville but the houses on the plots were sad lmao..
I agree - I love the world but it’s small and I also get annoyed with all the possessed sims (I wish there was a way to turn off the story in game options since I’ve already played it multiple times)
Im so excited for this pack, just i wish that you could take care of sick horses with the vet skill from Cats & Dogs. I think it would have blended nicely
I don’t agree with the fact that horses are big and so they can stand as it’s own expansion pack. Please don’t make excuses for bad company management and resource allocation
You're male.
@@beckstyles3467 What does gender type has to do with anything here?
@@beckstyles3467LMAOO
You really lost me when you tried to defend this as an expansion pack. This is not a reasonable opinion whatsoever. Typical EA game changer to the core.
I prefer thesimyin because she's more honest and real about the game packs
the fact that this shows more content than the official 1 hour "deep" dive live
I disliked your comment
I was thinking the same and I'm halfway through!
simsie making a hot dog horse while Stanley chilling in the back is goals.
For real
Can we all just applaud Kayla for the adorableness of this shirt on her? The colour, the collar, the buttons? Come on
It's very Barbie for Barbie week.
@@gr33ngirlsea I didn’t even think of that but you’re so right
@@tungstensmum1491 I wonder if horses hadn't come out now, if Kayla might have done more Barbie stuff. She at least mildly expressed interest in Barbie during the Pink Southern House build.
This particular pink suits her so well 😍
@@gr33ngirlseait’s very yeehaw too!!
something i noticed while playing tonight. Male horses pee differently from female ones, as in real life. It's a tiny thing but it shows how much attention to detail there is in this pack
omg i cant wait to see how awkward the male horses look like they do irl😭
I'm sorry but the end of this review sounds like an EA script! "This had some much content! There were noooo bugs!" She was literally checking off all the problems people have been talking about...don't trust it
Right i watched plumbella an she was very honest
Kayla, why did the sims team have you guys hold off on releasing and videos until 24 hrs prior to release? This is very unlike previous packs and super surprising since you've all had this for an entire week?
this happened with growing together too i think
This looks waaaaaay better than I thought, I just can't wait for tomorrow
It’s so funny seeing the differing comments on other creators videos lol Here people seem really excited, and upbeat. Plumbellas video is full of a lot of people saying they were excited for the pack but now they’re a little disappointed lol
@brayson6889 I know right 😄😄 I'm just not letting other people dictate how I feel
I'm assuming the embargo for the pack only lifted today, which is why everyone is posting their reviews, but I really think EA has shot themselves in the foot leaving it so late. A lot of people have been unimpressed with this pack so far and showed concerns over the level of content for the price of an EP. But I think the marketting has been exceptionally poor. Why am I just learning about all these little details now? This should have been shown off a week ago! That 'live'stream was a complete waste of time and I think actively harmed this pack's reputation even prior to release.
yes and it seems that there isn't anything wrong with the pack like people were speculating! I don't understand the point
@@sophiaeqthere is plenty wrong with this pack. It’s a scam, a horse update should not cost $40.
@@crazyfrog5552 First of all, it's not an update. Second of all, I meant bugs & glitches wise. There are a few minor things but many people (including myself) were worried that it would be a my wedding stories repeat
I was suspicious about the pack from the little amount of information it felt they were showing. They really did not show really any of the horse gameplay outside of surface level "look! a horse!" and if I am blunt, the CAS actually made me hesitant as it feels very similar to CAS items we have already in some other packs to an extent. Before Simsie's video, I was against the idea of buying it but maybe someday down the road I'll get it on sale. The entirety of the Sims 4 is already well over-priced in my eyes, so I really can no longer justify buying all the packs full price. There have been far worse packs and this pack actually made me question Cottage Living more..
@@crazyfrog5552it’s not an update lmfao you guys say this every time there’s a new pack, you just want everything for free i swear
I love that you pointed out how they made things to do near the lots so they feel bigger than they actually are bc that’s one of my biggest issues with the sims 4 - lots always feel very isolated and lonely, especially when you play with only one sim 🙈
I feel like you mostly focused on the positive, which most times is good, but in this case where we are spending a lot of money I think that the review lacked a bit of transparency, maybe I´m worng tho idk haha.
Surprised you’re praising the pack so heavily 😭 I can’t lie this is an objectively bad pack. The whole horse ranch for competition which would’ve been the biggest upsell of game play, doesn’t even exist. It’s a wormhole
and? it's like the sims 3, it was a rabbit hole
@@joonathanmarin the sims 4 stated it would be the “death of rabbit holes” there’s absolutely nothing to do with the horses other than trot around. You can’t make a proper training course, you can’t host competitions, you can’t do outfit competitions for horses, there’s no new careers. It’s a failed pack
YESSSS! I’ve been waiting for Simsie’s review!!!🎉
sameee!
Me 2
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reallll I think I trust her most on these things bc she's more optimistic which leads to a more positive vibe in the comments and in the video itself yk?
@@thezonaiarchitect I'm more of a fan of plumbella. She is very unbiased.
Sorry, but it still sounds like a Game pack
Totally agree
The biggest loss of Sims 4 is that you can't play as your animal, I loved that in the past sims games, ESPECIALLY in the sims 3..this is the only thing sims 4 misses rn tbh.
I agree I still think about it all the time like :( it makes me notice them less because I can’t play them and don’t get me started on when they run away 😭
But besides horses…. What other meaningful gameplay is there. Like cats and dog had the vet career. It just feels like I’m getting scammed if I get it. Also they said they’ll have indigenous representation, but like, it doesn’t feel like they incorporated that at all besides build mode and cas.
i agree
not @ how kayla drew a hot dog on the horse 🤣
a perfect companion for Stanley 💕
Stanley DESERVES it
Do goats/sheeps grow? Not at all, I bet.
CAS is ridiculously BLAND, horrible hats, REUSED HAIRS from bg and other packs (look among Cats&Dogs and Laudry/Eco Lifestyle). Female's rompers/dresses are nice at least. Build items lack, AS USUAL, the complete three heights matching pieces. You said that too, lots are small and, honestly, paying just for horses that can roam in one or two neighborhoods is just an impossible thing to do, it's a scam. Also, what are those floating things at 14:16? 🤦🏻♂
It would be dope if 2 sims could ride on one horse! It would be rlly romantic
I wonder whether Sims are able to ride a horse with one of those Infant carriers (if you also have the Growing Together pack)...
Ooh waiting for the mods
In my opinion, this was a missed opportunity. This pack is just items from cottage living and strangerville. In Canada, this pack with tax would be 60 dollars. If this was a game pack, I could see this being more appealing. EA keeps blowing it over and over again with lacklustre packs with hardly any gameplay and if there is, it’s broken and doesn’t work. I’m putting my support to other life sim games, it’s sad because the sims was my absolute favourite franchise.
If I get this pack freely, I will also think it is fun and worthy LOL
But 40 USD... Holy moly. I rather buy other 3A game not a GP pretended to be an EP
Kayla buys her packs and gives away her free codes. 🙄
they will probably release a kit of riding clothes because the cas is so small😩
Called Western Wares
I could actually see that but with like posh riding uniform and such. Because this pack focuses more on western style horse riding.
I hate to criticize because I do think EA has been making strides in listening to their audience and making positive changes. BUT - this absolutely should've been a game pack. Expansions should transform the game, and this just doesn't. It's too niche and doesn't add enough universal gameplay (that most will enjoy) to be an expansion. Horses are fun but not essential for a lot of players. Too bad because a lot of people won't want to spend the cost of an EP on what should've been a GP - myself included.
i was going to purchase this pack regardless of the review, i want horses THAT bad, but seeing this makes me so much happier. Seems to be a lot of stuff to do, im so excited
So EA gave you early access? Meaning you probably get something out of it if you talk about in a postive way
she wont get anything out of it besides getting the pack free
@@onlysorayawhich I mean is enough reason to not be 100% accurate with your “honest” opinion. Lgr is done with EAs bullshit and they don’t send him early access because they know he’ll be completely unfiltered about what he thinks about it and they don’t want that.
@@meiguess4732i agree but im just saying she isnt gonna get anything out of it
I am calling you out. You said there was native representation and JUST like the Sims group, you skipped right to the next subject. You echo exactly what they say now and you do builds for them? Hm. You had a problem with Batuu because of the rabbit holes and in an EXPANSION pack, you think a rabbit hole is a-ok? You have a hard time recommending any of them for the price but overall the only thing you honestly liked were shutters. You're bought and paid for, not a biased opinion at all anymore.
while i hate this pack ur not being very logical. the rabbit holes here and the ones in the journey to batuu are very different. journey to batuu is 100% rabbitholes and no buildable lots. this pack has 13 buildable lots and the rabbitholes are there to make the world more interactionable, which is something simmers have always asked for.
i get not everyone likes lilsimsies reviews because shes not critical at all, but literally nobody is forcing you to watch them. nor is she forcing you to buy the pack. if you want to watch more critical reviewers, satch on sims, pixelade and lazygamereviews are literally there
btw shes been building in the packs for YEARS, just like other game changers like deligracy and james turner
@@onlysoraya I know she has built, the "gurus" don't even play the game. Another reason I'd be correct in saying she has a stake in making sure the game continues to sell. Thank you VERY much for the update to my independence, I watched her to get her opinion but if the opinion is bought and paid for, then I'm allowed to call her out. She's critical as all hell when she isn't getting paid. Go watch her other reviews. She has NO trouble calling stuff like that out but now she does. Doesn't make sense. Maybe you should watch other videos and see what a real review is like. =]]]]
Wait the horses have baby bumps when pregnant???? that is SO adorable i'm gonna cry
Simsie, ily, but they did horses perfectly fine and functional in sims 3, as a SMALL part of an expansion pack, with more horse related play. It's not that big, or even new. They should have added active careers, more farm animals, and SEVERAL more household slots to ask this price for it, and it makes ZERO sense that the breeding genetics weren't AT LEAST as in depth as cats and dogs since they ALREADY have that functioning. And the fact that the sims team whined and was passive aggressive about complaints and questions just proves that they KNOW they didn't do a good job for the price.
Disagree that Horse Ranch has more content than Cottage Living when the latter has llamas, cows, bunnies, simple living challenge, village fairs, canning, cross-stitching, village quests, oversized produce and more. Horse ranch has horses, goats, sheep and nectar-making but has no new deaths or woohoo spots, nothing for kids other than a reskinned dollhouse, no new careers, no way to create custom obstacle courses, etc. Not saying the horses aren't in-depth but the pack is lacking smaller details that even TS3 Pets managed to include.
Please use critical thinking skills to determine if a product is being pushed by someone with a bias. Sure, one may not be getting paid by EA directly but they are being given packs for free and use EA to make their livelihood. No hate, just reminding people to consider multiple sources before spending money.
This
so no careers, one level of aspiration, no unique woohoo spot, no unique deaths, the riding competition is a notification and not interactive, can’t control the horses but they take up a household slot, no cross pack compatibility with the vet skill or cottage living, no secret world or unicorns, no collectables, no new lot type, no new kids activities… but at least the animations are cute
I'm gonna say it. If Horse Ranch should have been a Game Pack, so should have Snowy Escape.
Snowy escape IS mostly tied to one world, which always annoyed me
Facts
That’s what I’ve been saying so yeah horses should still be a game pack
you’re very much not wrong, same in theory could be said for Ecolifestyle
@calvinking357 game packs are supposed to have more gameplay than expansion packs though. Exapansions is more for systems and world and CAS and items.
I am very VERY excited for horse breeding and you can train horses and sell for profit. That is VERY realistic!!
Edit: future irl riding vlog!?
Honestly that's like the only note worthy thing added to the expansion. And the fact that there are hidden traits unlocked by breeding is really cool. Yet nobody really talks about it, as they're obsessed with the goats and sheep, and the rest of the shallow gameplay lol.
I believe Kayla always has good intentions and just prefers to be positive but I find it hard to understand when she posts a review like this where so much is clearly lacking (which she points out!) but ends with her saying it’s basically good and even arguing quite passionately that it just couldn’t have been a game pack- despite how bare bones it seems in many aspects in a non-expansion pack like way. Saying that an expansion pack means horses can be more fleshed out but then you can’t even do basic Sims 3 Pets things like building a course for the horse to go around?
Speaking of Sims 3 Pets, yes it’s been repeated to death but why at that point were ‘complex horse animations’ able to be included alongside so much else in one expansion but now in 4 animating a horse is just SUCH a big job that it can’t possibly be made as a game pack? I know they’re different games but I find it hard to believe the process of animating/rigging a horse has changed that significantly, and somehow got more labour intensive, since 3… these lines from EA feel like excuses that don’t quite add up.
Anyway. I can’t wait to see the LGR review lol
I love that the horse actually gets a belly when its pregnant and then goes back to no belly once the foal is born
Not rly a honest review. 23:25 "making horses is a nightmare.
WoW made horsers literaly 20 years ago happen at release.
Its a billion dollar company not a school project. They should be able to find some devs that are capable.
Its not worth 40 dollars because "its difficult to make horses".
Thats BS to cope that you are paying 40 Bucks for Horses.
Okay okay okay. IM IMPRESSED! As an equestrian the foal and mother dynamic is cute and really nice, the weaning is a great addition and new. I love this so much. I’m actually pleased rather than disappointed. Thank you for sharing these details! The live stream did not share any of these details. Okay I’m pleased with this pack and can play with it a lot!
Same! Only thing is all the horses look a little wonky😂
I love how Simsie says 'Im becoming a horse girl' with a tinge of a fearful tone. xD
Welcome to Horse Girl Club, you cannot escape ever. c:
I am not interested in horses at all but this is one of the most beautiful worlds in the Sims and I am so excited to play a Native American family! What a gorgeous world!
I'm thrilled to have better braids for my Native American males😀 than the short "female" braids I have on them now. 🤨
James Turner talked about the swatch issues on the kitchen cabinets too. I doubt it will happen, but it would be great if they could push out some updated colors.
I'M SO RELIEVED we can get milk and wool from the goats and the sheep! They didn't mentioned that in the videos, I was thinking they were just adorable pets.
I am done with the Sims. They keep putting up packs with smaller lots and fewer lots. They won’t, and refuse to spend money on correcting the problems that they have introduced in the game with each new pack
There is no way this should have been an expansion pack. There just isn't enough game play. And not really anything is being expanded.
this is still not enough content for the cost though. i don't care about hairstyles or shutters, i can get those better made and for free from mods
"honest reaction", in 2 months she's gonna say it's horrible
40 bucks for expansion packs is wild. Like that's the price of a whole new video game. How can you make an extra to the same game that much?
the breeding is kinda realistic, you do tend to get clones of the parents, or a completely different foal from the parents, don't tend to get a *mix* of them both but I liked that about the sims 3, that they kinda mushed the parents together to get the foal
idk but an exact copy of the parents just with a different mane is not realistic at all. Literally why would i breed horses if i am just going to get copies? Huge let down
honestly i see myself going into cas to make the foals more realistic to what they'd be like irl 😭
@@mollie3013 I guess anything is kinda realistic, my horse is a solid bay but her mum is blanket Appaloosa and dad is leopard Appaloosa
@@dinojk8034 yeah that’s true 😂 in a game like this you don’t really want a copy you want something different
I’m a horse girly so I’m so excited for this pack! I had so many horses growing up, but now I only have one and I’m in college so I don’t get to see him much. I don’t normally buy expansion packs unless they’re on sale but I’m getting this one asap
they didn't add unicorns because the pack is supposed to be realistic, meanwhile they also didn't add a death caused by horses because that's too realistic??? Yeah, right...
i appreciate this in depth review, however i don’t think it matters how hard it was to make horses, that doesn’t justify it being an expansion pack. an expansion packs needs to come with many new gameplay features that focus on multiple aspects to add to your game. they could have given us all of this content in a game pack. it’s just that we’ve conditioned ourself into thinking that game packs can’t have a good amount of content, they can. and this is the perfect pack that would fit the game pack description.
It’s good you don’t have to buy and play it then 😁. Run along and do something you enjoy instead.
@@jaybee4288 relax, EA isn’t paying you to defend them. you can stop the free boot licking
Not every expac does that and never has.
@@LulaMae21 they should though. which one doesn’t do this?
This is cash grabbing at its finest. So disappointing that they made this cheap repoff of the sims 3 horses and made it be an EXPANSION? So sad. They don’t even care
I love Kayla I’ve been watching her since her HS days but she’s such an EA defender it’s frustrating. This absolutely should’ve been cheaper. TS3 was infinitely more fleshed out than this pack and included cats, dogs, horses, unicorns, wild animals and so much more + extensive gameplay for each, a new world, a bunch of new traits and Whoohoo spots. The list goes on. We need to stop accepting this overpriced mediocrity.
"we want horses! we want horses" Sims gives us Horses. "No Unicorns huh?"
There’s a horn lol what more can you want
@@JellybeansatduskMake it harder to obtain. Have some interaction/search thing that makes you find/adopt a unicorn. So it feels a bit more special to have one.
i've found that people are always going to find a reason to complain in this community, not that there aren't very valid criticisms of the game/EA, but the constant negativity is exhausting to see
@@cashewbag For real. The devs can literally give us a bunch of cool free stuff & the Sims 4 community will still find something to complain about haha
@@TM-ng2bzIt's a game, why would you expect them to add gameplay? Isn't the hat sufficient? 🤠/s
i can FINALLY put my Arthur Morgan and Jack Marston sims I downloaded awhile back to good use. i honestly can't wait, i wanna have the whole van der linde gang and their custom horses riding around and causing a ruckus. and i wanna make Valentine. and their Horseshoe Overlook camp. i'm getting ahead of myself here but i am just REEEAAAALLY excited for this pack hahaha.
22:43 translation: I got given it for free so I don’t care if y’all have to pay $40 or $20 dollars , suck it up
I’m not done yet, but I am hyped about the cave thing. I would love if they refreshed Jungle Adventure and Werewolves and similar packs with rabbit hole adventures. The riddles remind me of Demon Doors from Fable.
It was a rabbit hole, alright. The meaning of "rabbit hole" is different when applied to Sims 4 and used by simmers. It is not an adventure or a hidden side quest.
They are places that your sim disappears into and you are unable to follow them or interact with anything pertaining to this "adventure"
Well, you can click on a screen that pops up. The special cave? I'm sure you were very disappointed as you should've been. Oh and the community board that offers you jobs, such as teaching other Sims to ride horses. Or- OMG! Leading a guided tour, like irl horseback riding?? You and your horse will guide townies riding their horses through this beautiful world oh God damn it, you can't do that either!!! You just disappear and reappear seconds later with money! 😡🤬🤬😡