The best expansion packs for The Sims 4! These are Sims 4 packs I recommend for all players.
I have ranked every Sims 4 pack many times before. These are the best Sims 4 packs for gameplay based on my rankings.
Which do you think is the best pack for The Sims 4? What packs to get for The Sims 4?
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00:00 Ahoy
01:02 All players NEED
02:06 Family/Legacy Players
03:40 Single-Household Players
05:38 Farming Players
07:01 Build Mode Players
09:48 Occult Players
the intro feels like I'm about to watch a short documentary in a museum.
I think University is also great for single sim players bc it gives some challange for a sims but it's different than going to work
also Highschool Years have many buy mode stuff imo
@@wiktoriajurkiewicz3144 id love high school years but I’ve heard it messes up the gameplay of high school a lot
Until they have all the school years and you can actually have them in every town, I am a bit uninterrsted in H.S. University yeah, cause it can impact careers and it involves leaving home and branching out. But until they have all school years available in all towns, I have no interest in just H.S. As an isolated school on one map as the only active school, not interested. It breaks my immersion more to have it then to not have it.
With University, graduating with an A grade in a prestigious course mean that you'll start the associated career at level 8. No need for the Connected reward trait.
@@katkay9923 For some reason is one of my favorite packs, a little buggy sometimes, but i love it with a nice school from gallery i got. Also the build items.
“maybe you pirate the packs!” me: *visibly sweating* i’m not giving $1000 to EA for 1 game it’s literally insane
i wish i could describe how much i love satch's laugh
As someone who grew up on a farm I have to agree our dog was just there for the aesthetics. He slept most of the time. Well, if he wasn't running around like crazy for no reason. My personal farm kid experience also didn't include horses. That was very sad. I moved to a big city as soon as I became a young adult. Lucky me! All the right expension packs got installed in real life after all. Okay, I think I still need the my last pets stuff crazy cat lady pack but then I can die happily.
same! when me and my dog were both young it was fun and we went on walks but now she’s a senior and i’ve downloaded university life so i don’t see her much anyways
my last pet stuff I'm dead
i adopt abused and special needs cats irl, and i feed a cat colony. now here is the kicker. i run around with my Sim in the game finding sick animals, and giving them a new home. i make sure the seniors get one too. then i got get the other and give them a home too. everyone in Brideport has cats and dogs! the furry kids are just like little toddlers. they need so much love and attention. i wouldnt want to be without mine at all. my cats seem to know im afraid of the night, and they keep my company in the kitchen. so when i am done, i give my girls a treato for guarding me and playing security. during the day they come to me for love, food and anything else they need. if i am sad or upset, they get on my desk and both me so i wil forget my troubles. they are the best friends i ever had.
Even when sometimes you are a litte bit too much critical, I think your Reviews are the Best of the community
Nah you can never be too critical. Everyone collectively agrees the sims 4 is the worst game but nobody else explains what's so awful about the game or what they could do to make stuff more worth the money, satch is the only one who does and because of that gets called too critical or too moody when in reality we are all just brainwashed into thinking EA is releasing amazing quality dlc when in reality 9 times out of 10 they are not.
@@zRedHeadz I agree with you, but "nobody else explains what's awful about the game" is not true at all. There's tons of videos from different creators all pointing out the flaws in this game.
Him, & LGR !
@@equestrianmidnight5619 my point with that was basically a lot of the other creators suck up to EA so much and they're all like "yeah the packs okay but they could add...." And satch is more just "the packs awful. Step up your game EA, don't give them your money" and really not many other creators are like that they try to find a positive to hopefully balance the negatives...
"You're either rich... or a pirate" Ahoj!
I bought all packs for TS3 and never got bored once while I was missing one. Now in TS4, you have to pick out which ones are needed and which ones are completely unnecessary. I feel like that says a lot
Money is an object for me, lol. I will say I hated Laundry in Sims 3 and have no interest in it in Sims 4. It takes a lot of time to parent in big families so I am ok with Laundry staying in the realm of a magical spin into fresh clothes. I like family play for the family not the chores. 😂😂
Certain chores I have zero interest in recreating in my sim world...laundry is one of them.
In ts3 i have to click separately on laundry bins because otherwise my sim will not pick up everything at once. Ofc when I cancel her actions to put all the laundry in one bin, she walks down the stairs so it takes extra long to make a one laundry
Slay that you said Growing Together is one of the most cash grabby packs ever but everyone needs it 😂😂
bc we need changing tablesss
bc we need changing tablesss
i am a single sim player and i really love city living, it was the first pack i got and its probably still one of my favourites
Well money is no object for me and I bought them all…I highly regret it and also would never suggest ANY one else doing this. 😢❤😂
I’m generally a completionist, but I have yet to purchase a single kit, and I flat out refuse to buy Wedding Stories until it’s fixed, no matter how cheap it is. I also won’t buy any new expansions unless they are a minimum of 40% off. Edit to add: I also refuse to buy Batuu.
@@LexTime89 I also made the mistake of getting Wedding Stories, and now have it disabled. In EA app, click on The Sims4, click the «Mannage» button and «See properties». In the «Advanced start options» box, add this line : -disablepacks:GP11 The next time you resume your game, it'll complain, but, just start the game and everything will be OK. It's just that any item from the pack that you may have used will be missing or replaced with a corresponding base game object. CaS items : Removed. So, expect some bald or unclothed Sims. Build item : If possible, replaced with base game objects.
@@LexTime89What about Moschino? Did you buy it? I kinda wanna buy it, but I’m afraid that it will be free…….
@@terranlo5292 I think I bought moschino when it was 50% off
Okay, but Medieval/Historical Style (all of the following for CAS/Build/Buy) : EPs: Get Together, Get Famous (Royalty Mod), Seasons and Cottage Living(Old Ye Cookbook) , Island Living. GP: Outdoor Retreat, Jungle Adventure, SP: Vintage Glamour, Romantic Garden, Laundry Day, Nifty Knitting. Optional: Horseranch, City Living, Eco Lifestyle, Realm of Magic, Vampires, Spooky Stuff. What do you think?
All I want is an 90's grandma house kit so I can put my Hyacinth into her dream bungalow! We are severely lacking in patterned carpets and picture rails!
This is probably your most informative videos. I love them all but this is really good for people who don't know what to buy for their style of gameplay. I wish I wasn't one of those who had to buy everything (eh hmm Get Famous) and saw this video years ago! I could have saved a lot of money. Thank you for your videos. They are all very entertaining and informative. They are the first thing I look for when i get up in the morning.
I get a lot of use out of the vampires pack - I like building, so a lot of build stuff it nice for building beautiful gothic buildings. I also use it to build churches and graveyards so I can plonk all my dead sims on one lot and don't get bothered by ghosts.
Heck yeah. I always build a big old graveyard to stuff our vict... Erm... Dearly departed loved ones.
that’s good to know i’ve been wanting to get it but was worried i would waste my money , i hardly ever get packs but the game gets so boring without them sometimes i’ve been getting two ever couple months
I wish they had an indoor washline to hang clothes as well in laundry day stuff. No one in my country uses dryers and I think thats the norm in many European countries. People always hang up their clothes indoors or outdoors depending on season. My family used to have a dryer but it was ONLY used for towels nothing else weirdly enough.
I have full collection. My top 10: 1. Get to work 2. Cottage Living 3. Seasons 4. Parenthood 5. Eco living 6. Jungle Adventure 7. Outdoor Retreat 8. Cats and Dogs 9. Little Campers Kit 10. Compact Living stuff pack
I'm sorry but I laughed out loud at compact living stuff pack. It's actually called tiny living stuff pack!
@hafnahaleema4765 my bad, it is called compact living in Polish language and I play only this language, thank you for the proper English translation 🥰🙌
@@mooonsi323 As a non-English person, I understand! I say things that sound weird in English at times too :)
Get Together is so necessary for single-sim players too because clubs are a great way to meet other sims and gives you another reason to go places
Farming: don't. Just don't. The dead plant bug makes farming in ts4 basically unplayable. Single: GT is required because it's got nightclubs. Rulebenders: if you don't want to cheat but do want an extremely overpowered sim, you need Tiny Living for overpowered lot traits Get Together because it has not only clubs (discotheques) but also clubs, the tool of choice to exploit your NPCs Either Get To Work or Realm Of Magic because both scientists and Spellcasters are insanely overpowered. They have anti aging potions and potions to fix the sims' needs, and they have a copypasto spell or a cloning machine to multiply small items like said potions and valuable goodies like the moneytree seed. For the Stephen King exploit you need to write only one true masterpiece. You can keep the original, copypasto it and then publish the copies with 60 different titles.
nightclubs are base game (Blue Velvet in Willow Creek)
I personally love creating "challenges" like "The Bachelor" or "Love Island" with my Sims. Sometimes I just throw a couple of random townie Sims into one household, place the VIP bucket everywhere and activate the mood, so that they all get flirty. Then I let them kind of live by themselves and see, who romances who, let them compete to win dates and such - a little like "Love Island", but with my own rules. For this gameplay you definitly need Island Living, Get Famous, Perfect Patio, Luxury Party + maybe Snowy Escapes, Outdoor Retreat or Jungle Adventure, if you want to let your Sims have dream dates in nice locations (like a winter lodge or romantic cabin).
Wow this is pretty good gaming challenge for the sims great idea
I have all the packs (minus ROM, Werewolves, Vampires & JTB because I don't play occult sims) and my absolute "must haves" are Seasons, Growing Together, Get Together, City Living, Cats & Dogs, Horse Ranch and Spa Day. Teir 2 would be Get To Work, Eco Lifestyle, Island Living, Jungle Adventure, Snowey Escape and Parenthood.
Also for kits. The Desert Lux Kit is the best kit they've ever come out with.
Should I get Growing Together or Horse Ranch? I can only buy 1 rn
@@Sam-nm1ix I'd personally get growing together not just because of the amount of bugs that come with horse ranch, but also because it makes genuine changes to the way your sims interact with not just their family but the world/sims around them
@@Sam-nm1ix definitely Growing Together!
@@Sam-nm1ixWait on horse Ranch til a sale...it is NOT worth what they charge. I too had to choose between Growing Together and Horses...I chose poorly.
Awww Satch! This is such a wholesome video - it's so good you see things in both perspectives!👌🏾
love your take on what is the best packs based on types of people :) appreciate it! im more a single-household player type.
I really appreciate how you give thorough feedback on what's good for what type of player. This helps me so much in deciding which packs are worth my money, :D
Can I also add Get Together is great for single sims despite the name. The world is so big so you have more to explore and not get so bored. Also you could be in different clubs so your sim can actually socialize and be apart of something without having a family. I just know when I play with single sims, they automatically live their best h0e life in Windenburg or San Myshuno 😂
I really like your recommendations and agree with them, i have most of the expansions and packs (except for Horse Ranch and Batuu lol) BUT your recommendations for kits were very useful and practical. I got the one for kids(something something campers) and consider the book nook and the plants one. I think that you being so critical of the sims make you more trustworthy with your recs.
I agree with everything here! I only don't have Horse Ranch because I insist on waiting for a sale 😶 I enjoy University also, just study from home or teleport through campus by shift click, other than that I love it, it gives the most amazing work boosts and perks
i absolutely love the Carnival Streetwear kit, with the clothes that are on fire, it has jewelry, and comes with its own make up and radio station. i love it. i also really like the pastel pop kit, i add some of the to every time i build a bedroom! i do absolutely nothing with the desert luxe kit, it seems rather unnecessary. i love my little campers kit. its their version of camping outdoors.
So informative, thanks! 😍
"...and some people like to build average blue suburban homes..." Lilsimsie called OUT! Lol.
I have to agree about City Living. I love the gameplay, it's very colourful and the apartments are great. My only criticism is that after a certain update, doors no longer disappear when playing with walls down. It's totally immersion-breaking for me to have walls half-down and the doors just sticking up like that. Super annoying. Also, I'd love the chance to actually build apartments, like rowhouses.
Also, infuriatingly many gallery builds require it because of the basketball court
Yep.cottage living and horse ranch work well together. I play with both those packs and find some good game play in both when played together. 👍✌
Thanks to your video I now need to figure out how to play a single household sims that has a ranch life but also lives in an appartment, has pets and a cool job but also discovers the jungle and kind of wanna use the cottage extension .. Oh and lets not forget the laundry part
Satch, would you please make a mod management/mod advice (plus baseline must-have mods) video or videos? You’re our only hope. Thank you.😂
Pirate the packs is the best revenge to EA , oops
Great,informative video ❤
I got a lot of the packs I have but I need Horse Ranch. I am mainly a family player but I like mixing that with a farming family.
The true answer to "packs you need as a builder" is ALL OF THEM. 🤣 The more options and choices the better!
Of all the packs we have, Seasons still ends up being my fav
Edit now I've watched the video to end !!! Agree with pretty much everything, also I find this really refreshing, I am so grateful you point out cash-grabby-nonsense-dont-waste-your-money content... I mean really, who can just spend spend spend ? Buuuuut I love that this is a happy-clappy-money-is-no-object video, makes a refreshing change... and we still get "real satch" exprerience (= a guy that genuinly loves the game + a guy that doesn't tolerate EA BS) Anyhoo ! Love that you always put your reviews into the perspective of different types of players !!! I'm a gameplay-gal and I oscillate between familly, single & farming... it's interesting to consider which packs suit which style 7:31 so far I agree with everything you say... but I would have added this pack to single sim players ... the group systeme is so usefull but also great fun when your sims are alone
"someone prefers americans blue suburbans" bombastic side eye 👀👀👀👀
Actually to play with farm I would exclude seasons, it have the bug of plants reseting that is more annoying than a challenge. Or download a mod to make plants grow all year.
The trigger warning for my first pets is taken me out
Btw for kits id say get what you want, its all on taste. I got the ones i like
I don't know about growing together. The milestone system is not like the sims 2 memory system, and i feel like they need to compact things e.g. traits, milestones etc. Cause it takes up so much space, why make us scroll vertically, can't horizontal scrolling exist in the sims 4? Also, i don't want the extra infant gameplay, i really don't! 😂 they should have made the infant interactions base game, because my infants are already high maintenance, and i don't want to deal with interacting with them even more to get top notch infant!
Well for YOU, but a LOT of simmers are family gameplay and they wanted playable babies:) Also I want playable babies :D so they were going to happen 🥰 whether you liked it or not :) cause I been asking for this for 8 years :D/s
@@lxlx7941 didn't say it wasn't, I commented on growing together because satch said its a pack he thinks *everyone* needs, and I disagree. As you said, family simmers want this, it's not a necessity for the game, like seasons. Having weather, and having playable babies are not the same, in my opinion.
@@lxlx7941The infants are playable in basegame. I love interacting with my infants and don’t have the over complex milestones to deal with. And family play is my cup o tea.
enjoying the positive vibes!
I feel like you mentioned every pack 😂😂
This is a really good perspective! Not that you're being more "positive" but it's true, the only thing really wrong with these packs is its cost! (Or being broken) If My First Horse Ranch was free, I'd be delighted by it.
I have all of these packs! I'm not saying I'm a pirate but I am saying that I'm either a pirate or rich. And I'm not rich.
😂
Can't wait~
I HATE seasons. Everyone says you need it so I got it and I don’t like the weather aspect AT ALL. The build buy and cas part of it are pretty good. I also really don’t like the holidays in the game.
You can toggle some of the weather options off in the settings, and delete most holidays in the calendar. But yeah it can be kind of annoying
@@kittyfolk thanks Abbie, I’ll check that out!
No no. Laundry day is so broken. It's a pack about doing laundry, yes. But can you actually do your laundry, or will it get stuck soggy and dirty coming out of the dryer. No matter how many times you delete the soggy clothes, the dryer, and/or the washer. The game play never works. Even though they said they fixed it recently, they did not. I'm glad i like the cas and build buy or it would have been such a waste of my 7.50 (i never buy packs at full price such a scam.)
Kids room stuff for family gameplay. I also think City Living is for families too. You could be living in a crappy apartment struggling to make enough money for your family to afford a house.
I'm a builder and I NEED University in my game.
thank you for adding a trigger warning for MFPS 🤧
Pastel pop is a great kit for girly/ pink style builders
The TW for My First Pet Stuff 💀
I thought laundry would be terrible but i love it
Furries getting the werewolves pack:
i still think that buying anything from sims4 is just not worth it, but thats my opinion, i used to play sims2, sism3 and it was soooo much better than sims4, my boyfriend got some stuff from sims4 and i got bored soooooooo fast. the graphics are amazing, i have to admit that, but theres just nothing to do, lol. i used to play sims3 for days, i hope that sims5 will be better.. surely..
Meanwhile me who own literally all of the pack using the repack by Fitgirl lol AND STILL FEELING BORED AT TIMES. The only thing that keep me playing is literally building
I have a lot of these , my problem is I am playing on a poor little laptop that is groaning with all of it. I need a proper PC, but have no idea what to get! Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
I thought I’d heard elsewhere that having a dog will help keep foxes away but that’s the only cross compatibility there is. I haven’t tested this myself though so I have no idea if it’s true or not
I think you should have more expression faces. Cause I think It is nice to see more new faces. Lol.
My first pet stuff is currently free so if you have or is going to buy cats and dogs i think you should download it too
I have most of them but not toddler n laundry day SPs. I heard so many youtubers complain about toddler SP and I'm even avoiding doing laundry irl let alone in the game 😂 Edit: I only got Get Together recently and find myself hardly use it except for the world. I know that the clubs and stuff are meant to be lotta fun but I genuinely don't know how to make it that way. I only use it when I try to get rich by enslaving a bunch of sims to paint for me 😅
Peter Plays It (youtube channel) has many videos on club ideas! I love to do scouts, parents' association (just a bunch of adults with kids) and then the pre-made clubs. You could even do a church
@@julieaubry2402 yes I subscribed to his channel! Love his content, very informative, also his videos always give me a jolly mood :D. I'll definitely check out his idea, scout club sounds lotta fun!! gonna do it when my infant grows up. Thank you!!
alternate title: packs you basically need if you’re a Landgraab
Am I the only one that just wanted him to eat that lolly?? 😂
this is why im getting the pirated version also does anyone have any tips about getting the game with all dlc
I looove the build stuff that comes with Eco Lifestyle, but is it worth getting due to how annoying the upkeep with the action plans are? (And given that the CAS clothes are so ugly)
If you like crafty sims, yes. The fabrication skill is really nice
Lol the BAGS on the heads in sulani drives me bonkers..I haven't seen it anywhere else I can't remember which plan it is
@@moonstrukk126 the bags on the heads is my main worry about the pack 😂
There's an option to disable voting for everyone but your sims, so you can vote any that you like in and then just forget about it. (there's a bug where it will tell you ones been passed if you're not at home when the vote closes, but it wont have)
@@Orenjen omg hahaha 🤣
In between Vampires and Realm of Magic which one would you choose?
Rom it has 2 worlds and magic users are OP For cas defo vampires
all of my favorite packs are not there.. guess I prefer the aesthetic and the vibe over the gameplay! (snowy escape, realm magic, university, vampire, high school...)
If you have the most popular personal computer modification called MCCC and you get the dlc Seasons do not use the option to extend length of time of the calendar days. You will be tempted to because soon find the calendar spring, summer, winter, fall is all going way to fast. As in it's spring then suddenly it's summer then suddenly it's fall and your sims is still looking for the ideal date and your kid's haven't even done their homework yet and it's time for mommy and daddy to try woohooing in the leaf piles QUICKLY PLEASE BEFORE THE SEASON CHANGES AGAIN IN THE NEXT FIVE SECONDS!!! Don't use MCCC's lengthen time option. It will work for about three irl days then glitch your game to hell and back. All your sims will just stand there not knowing what to do and everyone will tell you it's lag but it isn't lag at all. It's a mod conflict with MCCC on that one option. Don't lengthen time.
DLC on sale is the only reason I have them
Thumbnail: Watch’s face when he sees a 6 foot tall guy with blonde hair and blue eyes 💀
yar har har, time to sail on the high seas again mateys
I literally refused to start playing Sims 4 until Parenthood came out. I’ve never played the base game because I bought City Living and Parenthood to start. Honestly, if you’re a new player, I think it’s better to start with fewer packs. It’s very overwhelming with everything that’s out now! My essentials are (in this order): Parenthood City Living Growing Together Cats & Dogs Seasons Dream Home Decorator Tiny Living Kids Room/ Toddler Stuff Second Tier: Laundry Day Vintage Glamour Discover University Jungle Adventure Bowling Night Spa Day Dine Out Get Together
I’ve been playing base game only for like months. I also play Sims 2 and 3. I am basically dipping my toes in 4, so I am not pressed. Still having fun with my kids, toddlers, and infants. So when I do finally buy growing together and parenthood. It will be a treat. I am not pressed about Seasons as much as everyone says it’s necessary. I want the holidays, but I live in a place that might as well have two seasons (california) so weather isn’t how I mark my years anyway.
not the trigger warning 😭😭😭💀
What flavor was that lollipop 🍭
im in the pirates team 🏴☠💀🤣
I was gifted the money for most of the kits and will be using mods that gives then gameplay. Not very interested in the cas kits, maybe retro (kinda 70”s & 80’s) leotards and I’d love to see functional roller/ice skates not in a rink.
Yeah we're definitely all rich and not pirates 👀
I just saw The Sims 4 EA's advert on you tube. CAS is presenting sim with a lot of CC like presets, skin, eyes, lashes etc. Like wtf this is not a part of the game. Anyone saw this?
Me, who already has almost all the packs but wants to to know anyways
yess games4theworld ;)
Does anyone know if you 🏴☠️ can you still access the gallery?
Yes, you can with all the glitches and uselessness of the owned game version lol
@@arantxaortiz2757 Ah just the way we love it then lol
Actually the money isn’t a problem because I work a lot but, now I don’t have the time 😢
I'm sorry, I'm not rich, I have them all but I have been getting Sims packs over the last almost 10 years. Well, really 23 years as I have been buying packs since Sims 1. My problem is that I play ALL of those styles, and I build and well I just play every way I can. So, I guess that's why I have all the packs, then I just ignore the things I didn't want or doesn't work. Ok, I do not have Wedding Stories and would not have Dine Out except it was bought for me. Actually, I haven't bought any packs myself for a few years now but my family gives them to me so I still own them. Just not Wedding Stories.
Google anadius updater thank me later
Ok I will say it. If money and unethical bussiness practices are not on the table, My First Pet Stuff is a beautiful pack.
EA:nah,we need your money,so please ,you need to have everything
Cats & Dogs... EVEN if your family don't have a pet, you can add a lot trait that'll attract cats or dogs. That makes the whole game MUCH more lively. Combined with the Traits Turned Challenge mod, you don't need to sacrifice any other trait to have cats and dogs roaming around. Sorry console players. With Parenthood. Those school projects are GREAT. They allow your kids and teens to build several skills, and do so even faster than performing those skills in the normal way. Clutter packs ? WHY ? There is enough clutter in the base game, and there is still more coming with pretty much all the DLCs. Then, for those on PC and Mac, many CC do contain some clutter.
I wish the sims 4 was a fun game.
moschino and vampires are the only valid sims 4 dlcs even if you’re a billionaire the rest is not worth a penny
Youre all rich or youre all pirates 😂
I wish I never bought the following: Seasons, Get Famous and University. Seasons is annoying with a holiday every five minutes. Get Famous: what a pain in the *ss. I'm sick of celebrities and gaining celebrity points. Useless in my opinion. Also, I don't play occult so there's that too. I just want the worlds. Keep the game play for those occult packs. Paranormal has great build/buy though.
Guys I'm sorry but does anyone know how to get the packs for free? Only I cannot be arsed to spend $894,000 on 2 packs just to enjoy the game slightly and not be bored to death after 10 minutes.
if money was no object i'd have them all sdfjlk;sdfsdf
The Question is, if money is no object, why not get all the packs? bet you didn't think about that did you!
Even if money is no object if you don’t like occult play, for instance, getting the occult packs is just throwing away money for something you won’t play with. You really don’t HAVE to be a completionist just because you have money to spend and you play the sims.
Money is no object for me cause I pirated it 🤷🏿♀️ c'est la vie