Watch Before You Buy: Sims 4 Snowy Escape Gameplay Livestream Summary
A summary of the Sims 4 Snowy Escape Expansion's Gameplay Livestream hosted by EA/Maxis on Oct 30, 2020. Includes all major features, and most minor ones, in order to help you decide if this pack is worth it or not. The patch releasing ahead of this DLC includes platforms for builders, a new sentiments system, and the ability to put rentals into other worlds.
The main features of this Expansion are a new + beautiful world, three new winter sports abilities such as the snowboarding and skiing skills, and the ability to summit Mt. Komorebi with the Rock Climbing skill while on an expedition with other Sims.
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Up on the site I have more detailed info about the new skills and cheats for this pack: Expansion: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/snowyescape/ Cheats: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/snowyescape/cheats.php Lifestyles: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/expansionpacks/snowyescape/lifestyles.php Rock Climbing: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/snowyescape/rockclimbing/ Skiing: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/snowyescape/skiing/ Snowboarding: www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/skills/snowyescape/snowboarding/
"Maybe you'll see the Batuu aliens walking around to make the world seem more... diverse" Carl SNAPPED
or use Vlad to speedrun on climb mountain... you no need to climb mountain if you can fly :geniusragecomic.jpg:
No but really 😂
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In my defense I waited till Sim4: Galaxy's Edge went 50% to get Stormtrooper and Imperial officer suits for my Townies.. Nothing says love like Imperial occupation patrols of my Sim World...lol
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"This seems a little thin on the game play" sums up Sims 4.
Yup, name of the game
The parents didn't even react when the kids came in with shoes on. I hope that is fixed with parenthood.
Or modders will jump on it for sure! Like the grandma crumblebottom yelling at the kids for not taking off their shoes!!
They did. They scold her for it but there was no reaction. In the bluff it shows her being embarrassed.
They did, there just wasn’t an animation which is stupid.
@@janelle_beans Honestly, I dont want modders to jump on it. I want the company who made the game I paid to be on it. I dont want to use mods for anything.
It won’t be
As an Asian person, shoes off is BIIIIIIIG immersion improvement.
It's too bad they were too lazy to animate the sims actually taking their shoes off lol
@Trump Cat I'll probably try to make a shop with a ski-gear vending machine so it looks better I guess
@@Rilude true. I'm gonna hope that mod community will rectify that. Still, not ok for EA to always cut corners.
I'm European, it's huuuuuuge for me to
@Zoe K. that's just wrong. what european has shoes on in their house?? hell, literally who beside americans has shoes on in the house??
A foot tornado comes along and removes their shoes. That seems like a good choice rather than making a small animation. Not distracting at all. That’s how it’s done in Japan.
Lol
I accept this sarcasm and agree 100% lol.
honestly, this doesn't bother me just because it's a form of changing clothes, and that's how they change outfits anyway
This pack looks awesome but having no jobs like winter sports instructor is a missed opportunity. Or something related to the tourism.But i guess this is a common thing to do.The same how in Spa day we didn't get a yoga teacher career. Sometime I want to make my sims getting profit out of they "hobbies" and generally having more job options is mandatory
Yes! Omg
At this point you shouldn't be surprised. Sims 4 is known for dropping the ball and constant missed opportunities.
yeah... leave it to modders i guess :|
I agree sales person career is unrelated
So many missed opportunities in the Sims 4 franchise. Its really sad.
I think the whole vending machine is just a play on Japan's obsession with vending machines - they have vending machines for almost everything. But yeah I havent seen one for skating equipment yet, but I'm pretty sure it is there somewhere in Japan lol.
I've seen a vending machine for renting bikes. I would not be surprised.
When a greedy company who constantly do half assed jobs, attempts on Irony/joke, it doesn't look like a joke :/ Now that you point out, Yes it is a very funny take on the vending machine armageddon, I like it.
Not gonna lie though! They have pizza vending machines in Japan!!! How cool is that? XD
@@RedRoseSeptember22 and they have hot food vending machines too! Super crazy!! And seafood?! 😱
I was hoping the new death would instead be Truck-kun, but alas.....
I'd like to know if the "memory system" means that other sims are gonna have story progression, because think about it... If you check every friend your Sim has, you are going to find out that almost everybody is single
Progression would be nice.
I’m starting to realize how much gatekeeping to information there is with EA and these gameplay live-streams.... it feels like a “this is it, now buy” or “hush and don’t buy” but at the same time, they probably didn’t even think of the story progression so who knows ... there’s are great things in this pack but again, I’m just not buying into giving EA praise and worship.
@@LeticiaSPandaMcfly6 yes right, that's what I was thinking. It would be amazing ☺️
Yes I agree
I think story progression is work in progress (I've seen a EA household getting a baby and another where the couple divorced but it was one time so maybe they're testing I don't know)
Seeing this, I'm - not as disappointed in the new pack as I thought it would be! It's also really encouraging that a good portion - sentiments, platforms - are actually base game quality of life updates. Solid move. I *do* wish there were more than 2 new traits, but I didn't reallt have my hopes up for that anyway.
It’s not like traits really are really that significant in the Sims 4 anyways. They probably introduced Lifestyles and Sentiments to account for the lack of uniqueness between sims that Traits were supposed to address in the first place
@@stairfall12345678900 Yeah, agreed. But I still feel that if there were more options for traits in the first place, we'd have a greater potential for more unique-feeling sims. With so few of them, everyone's personalities really *are* the same. They really should've taken a leaf from their own book and do it the same way as they did it in Sims 3, imo.
@@7913AJunior With anything related with EA, there is always more left to be desired. I fully agree that having more traits is a good thing, and I would even say that giving each sim 5 traits instead of 3 would go miles into making each sim feel more unique. This still pales in comparison to Sims 3 traits, but I think it’d be a great start to a more effective remedy for the lame state of Sims 4 traits.
Lifestyle and Sentiment is just Perk like in Get Famous
But the fact that lifestyles are only going to be in the pack means they are shallow and are not going to really affect your game play in any meaningful way. Sentiments are basically expanded emotions and we all know how those work out. So really they are not adding anything into the game that isn't already there. To be able to give you a deep and meaningful game play they would have had to change the base game coding, which after 6 years they are not going to do this at this point which is why we will never have fixed babies or cars. The three festivals, one of them you can't even do anything at, which is INSANE, why make a festival that you can't even do anything at? Also we kind of already get festivals so another re-used unoriginal idea from EA. The new job isn't even really new, it's a rabbit hole version of the business career. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with rabbit holes so long as they help make the game play better. They had the opportunity to add in a few more part time jobs like working as a ski instructor and we could of had the opportunity for HOTELS in this pack, but no instead of that, they gave us rentals... which we ALREADY HAVE...again. The vending machines, we have those too, kiosks were introduced with University, the collectibles, also not a new thing because Void Critters. The hiking we have already because you can go hiking in Outdoor Retreat. I guess what I am trying to say is that the only thing NEW you are getting in this pack are a really bad skiing animation, snow boarding and sledding. You guys are about to shell out 40.00 for some new food, nice build and buy stuff and three new animations. The Sims 4 has been nothing but a giant rabbit hole of a shell with pretty window dressing. Journey to Batu is already 50% off... and it just came out not too long ago. If you wait a bit then this will go on sale. Bottom line there isn't a lot to do here, it's kind of like Sulani. Emotions are pointless because just put your sim in a room that is well decorated and the points of the happy will outweigh the emotion of anything else. Kind of like it is now...
We need more animations.
It’s so frustrating. I watched an official live where simgurus talked about avoiding making new animations. It’s their job to create new gameplay but they think it’s completely justified to not make them or recycle old ones. You would think these games were free or something.
That’s what WW is for lol
@@selwatchesyt why do they want to avoid making new animations? What is their reason??
@Allison Biles Not defending EA, but animation is expensive. Even big name companies like Disney will reuse animations But it's clear that EA is not giving The Sims Team the resources to give them more animations. I can forgive the sims team knowing this, but this really should have been a game pack.
@Allison Biles The Sims games have to compete with stuff like Fifa loot boxes. EA execs officially stated that they're not interested in developing games which the consumers only pay for once. Instead, they're going with some sort of ongoing monetization, whether as loot boxes or as base game components being sold as DLC. Because of that statement I'm expecting TS5 to be some sort of online game with all sorts of stuff being sold separately. (Prove me wrong, EA!) As for the amount of animations, TS2 was the best game imo, even though I liked TS3's gameplay better.
EA doing bare minimum with the animations. :( is it seriously so hard to make an animation for them to remove shoes?
I agree, but I'm also afraid that if they did give it an animation, it'd be horribly long-winded and clunky like the bicycles, driving me nuts as a sim somehow takes 10-15 sim minutes to play it out! I refuse to buy any Sim a bicycle since it ruins most short-medium distance travel...
@@Saihyou true. It's always a toss-up between not great or annoying.
Or the sims coming out if the gondola building. Small things make a huge difference for the game immersion. I really don't like it how they immediately teleport everywhere.
@@MischievousMischief Half of the gameplay requires the player to squint while trying to ignore the immersion-breaking, half-assed stuff. I'm seriously done with that...
Paralives did an animation for this!
why not make more animations.. i loved watching my sims just do anything when i played ts2 :(
I’ve been playing Sims 2 a lot just because of how many animations there are to watch. Plus, there’s “danger”. Like, my sim’s house was broken into. I miss little stuff like that, but it’s too “adult” for Sims 4, I guess
You don't get free stuff because you're actually honest about the packs and how little content they have
@Tori R The same with Plumbella. She openly criticizes the game from what I’ve seen and is still in the program.
It's also about getting the best roi. who has the right engagement and what not.
I think most of the people who are positive about the game are also honest. they just have a different opinion, right!
I don't really thing they care about it when people critisize their game. I mean, when do people not critisize in Sims 4?
I notice all the simmers who are critical too often seem to get pushed to the back of the line. People who praise them blindly like James Turner, Deligracy, and lilsimsie tend to get first dibs because they RARELY say anything even a bit “mean” about anything. It’s also funny those were the main simmers they asked to help with the pack; why not ask some less “butt kissing” simmers for help?
You don't know how bad I was hoping the Yeti would be part of the wildlife! Yeti encounters would of been so fun!
Yetis are from China, not Japan, so that's probably why, or it's plainly just because the sims gurus are too lazy to think of a new occult for the pack
@@bandana.7077 " Snow beast" would work for a Yeti like creature in any snowy location.
@@bandana.7077 i did not know yeti was chinese folklore ty
It feels like, I think a large bulk of Sims players maybe don't play other games. Because it's like "Oh they're listening to their players, oh these are good". It's been SIX years, half a decade, when this game launched I was in university, like there's enough time in there to get married, buy a house and have a kid in kindergarten. Then to buy this entire game and have fun is like I believe over $300. I can't think of another game that does this, even ones owned by EA. You buy Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed or Cities Skylines, some of those games are pricey, but you get the full game and maybe the expansions have some new missions or a new world and game play but the packs are cheap and there aren't 85 of them. This whole thing is full out exploitation, and people keep giving them money. Everything released after 2019 should be $15 to add on or a free update.
The price is almost 800$ not 300. And yeah Sims fans are weird. See how they make excuses for everything Maxis does: What?!, they are selling us a pack with half reused animations, remeshed obejects, like the hot tubs/ natural pools and even reuse features from other pack, like the festivals, spa day, seasons, the sports pack, with little repleability - seems just fine to most simmers. There is not even an animation for taking of shoes and even Paralives with their small team managed to implement that.
Everyone seems to have forgotten about journey to batuu already.. This game is such a scam
@@glistery8019 always have been
@@12wer3wer9 I am worried Paralives isn't real because of some you tube video I saw where they were talking about the signs that it was not actually as far in development as it claims it is.
@@Denbrr Could you by any chance give us a link for that video, please?
I laughed out loud when you mentioned seeing Nancy Landgraab randomly showing up because she always shows up EVERYWHERE in my game and it drives me nuts. I don't know why I haven't accidentally set her house on fire after accidentally removing the doors yet. This pack looks like it has extremely low replayability. Once again content is self-contained to the new world. I don't see anything that's worth doing more than once. I would have liked to have seen resorts added.
Resorts will come in another pack. As always EA is in the business of reusing animations and seperating content into as many packs as possible 😒
@@12wer3wer9 They need to make money. It's a common
@@himikoyumenotheultimatedet3411 but they didn't need to separate every little thing in TS1, 2 and 3. Why do you defend the scammy tactics of EA? The game costs almost 800$ with all packs.
@@12wer3wer9 Yes there are some packs that are half baked and are not worth the R600 but it's a company not some guy in a basement making the game. Plus it's a new game why does need to be the same as the sims 3, 2 or 1. I love the older games. But it's a new game it can't be the exact same as the older ones.
@@himikoyumenotheultimatedet3411 the game doesn't have to be the same at all, it just has to have at least the same quality doesn't it? And it's doesn't. This is the fourth entry into the Sims, it should be better not worse than past games. They have literally done the same packs and ideas 4 times now, but the forth time it's worse than when they did it 15 years ago, for some packs. You don't have to take my word for it, there is a massive dissatisfaction in the community concerning TS4. In the past, we didn't have massively disliked trailers and everybody saying to not but the packs at full price. And yes, it's not some guy in a basement making the game. Again, why are you defending them? EA is a billion dollar company that is cutting corners and doing the least they can get away with for TS4, while earning so much through the game. At least there are guys and girls sitting in their "basements" making mods, fixes and content for the game, so that people get more enjoyment out of it and don't drop this mess of a game. And EA finely doing slightly more than they have in 6 years doesn't automatically make the game worthy of praise now of a sudden.
I know it's a dumb pet peeve but am I the only one annoyed they keep reusing woo hoo animation? Like in the grand scheme it doesn't matter but there's the closet animation. Ig it's better than reusing the woo hoo bush animation again
You're not alone, it really annoys me too! I remember when I first saw the closet woohoo animation I was really excited because it seemed quite complex and I was looking forward to many more animations in the future and now, five reused animations later I'm just really annoyed and unimpressed.
If you have vampires the coffin woohoo is actually pretty cute. I like when one if them falls out on top of the other one its charming.
@@lovelybones8071 but it's also the same as the dumpster woohoo animation (at the end)
@@lovelybones8071 then they reuse that one in Get Famous with the woohoo in the sleeping pot animation
Right, it’s so annoying.
The Simstagram thing is straight up misleading information from them: they show it in a GAMEPLAY trailer and those bits don't have any disclaimer like "doesn't represent actual gameplay". This is just unacceptable
why so surprise? They did the Simstagram thing since Strangerville
It's a sims trailer - just mentally paste that over the whole thing! They ALWAYS make it look better than it actually is!
i was so disappointed that we weren’t getting a social media overhaul :( (though not entirely surprised). i think it really would’ve made this pack worth it for me
I wonder if I can use the EU´s Laws to prove thats "misleading Advertising"🤔
@@adijaya4517 just because they've done it before doesn't mean it's not right. They just know they can get away with it.
With the amound of reused assets, mechanics and that shoes off animation... I don't see why they had to cut hotels out of this -40€- expansion. They are so used to pretend that their DLC are worth that kind of money that we just don't question it anymore.
Funny thing is, half the time everything is on sale 50% off, so when I want a pack, I just gotta wait a week or two until it's on sale, then get it for 20$, which is much closer to what my choice burning pile of code is worth.
@@tornadochaser2169 Make it $10 & the price would be worth the "content" in the packs. Reused garbage with minimal effort.
@@Hords Think of it as a stuff pack. Bantuu was a great $10 stuff pack, it had a LOT of stuff to build with. Since stuff packs cast $10, Bantuu was a good stuff pack. This pack will be a stuff pack with a world. $10 for more building stuff and $10 for the new world and more lots to build in. Win-win for me really.
It sorta feels like withheld content merged under an expansion pack. The winter sports aspect of gameplay easily fits with seasons and was likely cut out from it because it would be giving players "too much" content for the price. Similarly, I could see how the whole Japanese themed hot springs village aspect would mesh perfectly with Spa Day considering how Spa day didn't make much sense on its own and had plenty of japanese undertones to it (zen rocks etc.)
@@anomalytenacious Nah, This entire pack could be cut up & divided into content that should have been in other packs. 1. The whole Asian theme we get with this "expansion" could have easily been included with Spa day. In which we could have gotten an Asian focused world to explore with hot springs. 2. the Snow stuff should have come with Seasons so that winter had more content & we could have gotten ANOTHER vacation place fully centred around a ski resort. In general the whole pack just feels like its put together with content that was cut out of previous packs just to stop us from getting to much content from 1 pack JUST so they could sell it later on as a new pack. I'm glad i have a cracked version of this game. No way in hell i'd spend anymore cash on this game lol.
EA: *hmm yknow lets have some of the community’s best builders build our lots* EA is starting to go a very good path i see.. let’s hope they keep going up this path
Knowing Ea, they will find a way to abuse the community too
I would've rather them hire actual japanese builders tbh. It is basically a missed opportunity and seems more like appropriating japanese culture rather than japanese people building a japanese experience for us. They should've hired a bunch of people who know more about japanese architecture than fucking LilSimsie lol
@@wynngwynn Even just hiring xxFreezerbunnyxx would've been better. He has some beautiful Japanese themed builds. And he's Philippino!
Hopefully they paid them properly.
@@possummagic3571 that was the first thing that caught my attention! I was like...where is freezerbunny XD
I was wondering why they didn't make japanese beds? The one you fold out when you want to sleep...
Lol if they did, can you imagine the stream of people blazing them because "it should have been a part of Tiny Living"?
@@mmmtacobaguett so not doing them at all is better or what 😂
@@12wer3wer9 No, I personally don't like that argument at all, I'm just saying they would have gotten a shitstorm for it
Ahhh, did you mean futon?
@@12wer3wer9 😂
Correction: all children in all worlds will be able to wear uniforms to school after the update, not just children in the Snowy Escape world. It’s a new base-game feature given to everyone
Now, important follow up, will we be able to set the uniforms?
Thanks!
what's the point of wearing uniforms to go to a rabbit hole school? I really don't get the hype of it. Yeah, it adds like a tiny bit to storytelling but that's just a tiny bit. At least, add an extra class outside of school that u can attend with ur children sims (Extra classes after school are very popular in Asian countries).
In TS2 uniforms meant that student went to a private school, versus regular clothed children went to public school. I wish that was an option.
if the highest mountain climbing doesnt have a moodlet that says "Gotten over it" im going to be pretty surprised. pack overall looks OK but im abit on edge of the "memory" feature, i have an earie feeling it wont co-interact with magic, vampires, pets or get to work meaning no randomly casting magic due to lifestyle or going around picking up collectables on their own due to a collectable habbit etc.
yeah, i was excited for lifestyles until i saw the list. all of the “lifestyles” are super underwhelming, i don’t see how health vs. junk food affects the game or character building whatsoever compared to a more personality-driven lifestyle like studious/bookworm that would still be developed through habits. i don’t see them doing lifestyles for all of the other skills and habits from other packs so it seems way too limited and honestly kind of boring.
I agree but at the same time I think it's opening a great potential for modders to use this tool and push it further so I'm hopeful
I actually watched it, and like usual, I'll probably use the build buy more than anything else.
I arrived at the stream and watched it until I finished typing ‘6 years too late’ then left...
I wish I was more into building. All the packs seem to focus so much energy on this, but lack severely in other game play. I think I would enjoy the game so much more if I was a builder.
@@JD-lw3uk You know I was never much of a builder until sims 4. It just wasn't something I was really into. I think with Sims 4 I just got bored and decided to try building. I'm not the best builder in the world, but I think I do ok.
The only good thing the Sims 4 will do for the future of Games is provide all of these nice models that will get ripped from it and put into other better game (like Paralives👀)
Please get rid of this mindset
10:21 as someone who goes skiing most winters and has been on **many** a gondola and chair lift, trust me, you’re not missing out on anything
Yep, had that conversation with my friend. There'd be standing spots or chairs and like nothing else. Not worth too much effort to make them "real", rather see that work put in elsewhere.
Gondala woohoo lol. I could see one swinging back and forth for the ride and then both people come out with hats on sideways of coats backwards would be funny, but thats too much to ask from TS4 team...
I guess it’s more a question of accessibility and immersion. Back in the day before open world games most of the in-game environments were like old movie sets. Pretty dull. It wasn’t until Rockstar and Bethesda pushed the boundaries, which was incredible - and now it is expected. Gamers want to go everywhere and interact with everything/everyone (especially in a Sims game). If they can’t then it’s considered to be lazy game design, something Sims 4 is already heavily criticized for. I was playing Watchdogs Legion a while back and one of the first things I did was travel to the London Eye. At first it didn’t seem to be possible to get on, but then it worked! And yeah, you’re just standing there as it goes around, but the view is cool and so is the option and freedom to get on and experience it.
It looks great but I still cannot feel happy about it because I’m constantly thinking about all those recycled features from other packs and how both vacation game packs, island living and this one should have been one single expansion. Literally every single sims game before added multiple worlds in one EP. Hell, even spa day is in this new ep
Elements from Spa Day, Fitness Stuff (for the rock climbing animation), Seasons, City Living, and Jungle Adventure were used for sure. It's very frustrating when you already paid for those features!
@@Gingeries17 yes, I forgot fitness stuff! They couldve easily added it here saying its for practicing climbing before you get serious on the mountain
@@Gingeries17 Perfect Patio too
Honestly this pack looks like they're listening to the playerbase more since the last few, but I still don't know if there's enough content to justify it being a full expansion pack. It feels like the new location is what you're mostly paying for. Thanks for the condensing the livestream into the key features. Also those toy capsules are Gachapons, not Pokeballs.
See how much content do you want? In my opinion, apart from seasons, this is my favourite pac. It would be hard to put more content in. Maybe it’s not their fault but yours for having such high expectations.
@@fluffycat8026 Sims 3 had good expansion packs. For 40 bucks you get whole games like Rdr2 oder wichter3 etc
@@vika5655 Yeah but sims 4 isn’t sims 3, probably even has a different team on it. I do understand you, but they’re different games made by different people, therefore you should have different expectations. No matter how disappointing etc. It is.
This pack might have the best build/buy from the game-changers early access videos that showcased it !
Hopefully the gameplay has the longevity to last and make it worth it. The lifestyles seem nice though
So basically it's Japan. Everything from those gatcha vending machines everywhere and working 20 hours at work.
They turned the life of an average salary man into a gameplay feature lol
Yea, but having ugly Minecraft collectables instead of something Anime (>Japan) design was a big miss.
Pro Employer moment huh?
Yeah not sure why we're celebrating that... I feel like there's so much more to Japanese culture that is much healthier that's just gotten missed for it's most sensational and unhealthy aspects. To the devs I guess all attention is good attention when you're striving for "diversity".
So they’re putting features and animations/actions in this “expansion” from from Seasons, Jungle Adventure, City Living, Spa Day, Outdoor Retreat, Get Famous, Get Together, Cool Kitchen Stuff (ice cream)... did I miss anything?
Pretty much
Fitness Stuff
Perfect Patio
The Fitness Stuff Pack with the wall climbing animation
But it is newww, believe them it's a newww experience completely
"To the rest of us they're steps." LOL
Lol i am noticing a pattern with thesims4: there is way too many food varieties, too many bars for a teen game, vending machines replace the need to ever have shops, no real reason to ever leave house because phone does everything
No one is talking about it but at 18:56 an adult just took a selfie with a toddler?? This is impossible in game now, as only children can take selfies with each other and teenagers and above with each other aswell. Ig no one cares but if you can take selfies across all life stages this would be cute for legacy players ;-;
This expansion does seem pretty good, but I'm still gonna wait 6 months or so to get half price.
not half price but 25% discount
@@adijaya4517 is EP they usually do 50% off.
@@sandroribeiro7644 this one is new EP, so you wont get half price sale soon (in 6 months)
Well let's be hopeful. It's December so maybe there will be some big Christmas sales???
@@adijaya4517 My local game store usually makes them 50% off when a sale comes up. The only one that won't be on sale is the newest one. So I'm waiting about 6 months for the next expansion to release so I can get the sale. In Australia, expasions sell for $50 at full price. Idk about prices in other countries, 50% might be too big there, dunno?
The game changers are now making the lots for EA? EA just gave up trying.
Nah, they were getting roasted before for having doors that led to nowhere/unlevelled windows/stairways to nowhere. So instead they used their free advertisers aka gamechangers (whose legit jobs are to build sims houses/families) to do it for them so regular simmers wouldn't complain anymore. Sure we can roast a house EA built but not many people would roast Deligracy or James Turner made houses...
so my 40$ couldn't even get you to animate them taking off their shoes? i hate it here
Dont forget the people that have all the packs like 400 dollars each & yall couldn’t afford 1 fucken shoe animation🤦🏻♀️they do the absolute bare minimum and still get paid millions🙄🙄
I’m in refusal mode for even purchasing this one because my $40 was so throughly wasted on that stupid Star Wars pack
After the disaster called 'Journey to Batuu', this family-oriented/life-drama pack is really a god-send. Also, the memory system, the chance to create rental lots in any world, etc. will be good additions to the game.
That was my feeling.. give us anything normal please.
Can I just say that your honesty and...genuity is absolutely refreshing to see. In a sea of simmers blinded by "ooo-shiny" culture and ignorant of why they find themselves ever-hungry for more expansions, you are the sassy and sarcastic one who's not afraid to blatantly say what's wrong with the game and how you feel about it. You echo pretty much everything I've ever thought about the Sims 4 plus some. And the important thing is, you still find enjoyment in the game, and are able to see its strengths too, so no one can say you're just looking for negatives. Thanks for being a beacon of realism and depth in an ever more whimsical and shallow world. I mean it!
Salery Person career just sounds like a more tongue & cheek version of the business career. This was their chance to add Idol career (introducing modeling & performer type branches into the game), an extreme sports career ( letting you be a coach or an olympic level competitor), what about a freelance manga artist career (or sims equivalent) that introduces a new book type to the game and why not an interior designer/architecture career since the pack was talking about creating and designing unique buildings and gardens.
Again so many missed opportunities with the pack. They could've added way more useful rabbit holes to add to immersion. You think they would put a set townie group just for that world. If other townies from other worlds venture forth, then they need to acclimate by at LEAST wearing the clothing like in ts2. What a great pack to introduce seasonal jobs! Like your sim coming from Willows Creek to work as a tour guide or instructor. The more i see this pack the more it feels like a plug for the Tokyo Olympics that got moved to next year.
Oh my god I hadn’t thought about the olympics thing, but OF COURSE! I know some people are into skiing and snowboarding but it doesn’t feel like enough people for an entire expansion pack. But the commercial appeal of linking it to the olympics is probably something that EA would not pass up on. Well, at least I’m excited about the base game update 🤷🏻♀️
@@zomerkoninkjes yeah me too, happy to see the updates for base game. It kept sticking out to me, why Japan? And then i remembered hearing that they started this pack from last year, so it makes sense for a plug for the Olympics.
Thank you for this! I love your vids because you get straight to the point without the extra stuff. No disrespect to the stream, but I have very little to no patience.🤣
Thanks a lot. It's funny people say that to me because I used to be very longwinded, but learned a bit over the past couple years.
Honestly, so excited for this!! Almost makes me forget about Journey to Batuu. Almost.
Not enough brainbleach in the world to forget about Batuu. But hopefully this is a start.
When you first say sentiments I heard cinnamons XD thank you for the overview!!!
Same :D
I have a lot more hope for this pack than I have for the past few, but I won't be paying full price for this, I'll wait until it's on a good enough discount, I haven't even been able to play Sims since June because Eco Lifestyle completely broke my game :/
Yeah better to wait until the sale and for most of the bugs to be patched out.
Unpopular opinion: This pack actually looks shallow and boring as hell. Just a couple of recycled animations, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, and climbing. I'm actually more excited for the base game update than the actual pack. But all these lifestyles and sentiments look tied to the already broken emotion system, so they seem basically useless anyway. I'm more excited for the mods that come out of it.
I think you have some valid points, unfortunately. I hate being so pessimistic, but I love this game. I want it to be better.
I agree. I’m not buying this pack 🤷♀️
Same
I'm happy someone said it. I would probably get bored after a day of playing..
@@minimallie6507 you do that👌🏼
6:26 湯畑だ！やっぱり草津の影響を受けました。 This scene is based off the Yubatake in Kusatsu in the Gunma prefecture of Japan. Totally recommend this beautiful onsen town to visit.
I still feel like a lot of this features could be used with other packs (maybe this world could have been seasons world?) But i know that we are so Deep in this DLC nightmare that everything they do is going to feel repited. At least they tried to do impactfull gameplay!
They want us to pay $40 for trying? I just hope that they stop trying to learn to walk and actually put on some adult pants and actually produce quality content that matches the beautiful worlds. At this rate I'll literally only be buying another pack just for the build items.
disappointing. i don’t see innovation from the sims team anymore, at least when it comes to game play features. it’s all just a loop around of the same concept repackaged five different ways. Why can’t we ride the gondolas or something? Buy gear at an actual store, maybe have a rabbit hole like in the batu world? The base game sentiment system is interesting, but the pack itself is bland set dressing. We could’ve gotten a ski instructor career. I’m okay with hotels being a separate game pack, but expansion packs nowadays just don’t seem to expand much of anything.
I know how you are feeling, I've been feeling this way myself as of late ever since seeing the Knitting pack and Star Wars Pack.
i agree. i do really like this pack and will definitely buy it (probably when it goes on sale though haha), but it’s missing a lot of features i would have really loved to see..
@@stuartvandermerwe8548 what's your beef with Knitting? It's pretty dope for a stuff pack.
@@leaselmary_sims2189 Relax I don't hate the pack, it's just not my cup of tea is all, there are a few features in the game I do like such as Plopsy, the knitting skill as well as the rocking chair, but there are a few features folks voted for that were not put in like sewing, it doesn't mean I hate the pack, it could be better. The Star Wars pack on the other hand I do not like and it feels kinda rushed. @Rachael S I will probably buy Snowy Escape either on it's release day or when it goes on sail, I do like what they are doing here and I hope they have more features in the pack in it's final release, so far we've only seen what is the early stuff at the moment.
I know what you mean, but on the other hand waiting like 1 minute for the sim to travel up again after snowboarding becomes stale after a few times. On the other hand, with the unusable cars and now the unusable trains and gondolas, EA seams to hate any form of motorized transport
Thank you. I was considering to watch the live but thought if anything important happens I'll probably find out somehow. I have no patience for people fumbling around. Thankee Carl
"Oh, this looks great!" *It releases and it's hot garbage* "HEY WHAT GIVES EA?!" *Return to front of line, repeat* Come on people: dont forget every single thing EA has done to you for the past several years . . . remember Journey To Batuu? Remember when everyone said that was the last straw and then immediately forgot all about it when the Snowy Escape Trailer released? _Do Not Repeat The Past._ Or do. I mean, it's not like I play the game, I dont care. I just watched everything transpire on the Reddit and KZhead over the past several years.
Sims 4 had the best community because if you dangle any shiny new thing in front of them, EA is instantly forgiven and all is forgotten. It’s weird. EA hadn’t changed, they just see they made a mistake and are throwing out a few bones to make people shut up and keep buying games.
@@BooDotBoo the sims is a lifestyle. Unless you’ve been playing since 2000 like the rest of us, then u just wouldn’t understand.
@@samanthafisher3308 - I am someone who has played since 2002, and as a long time player I find EA's tactics with TS4 to be manipulative and disgusting. So your statement is, to be frank, a pile of steaming-hot dogshit on the porch. Don't speak for the rest of us who see through the veil of capitalism.
@@BooDotBoo I'd say that the community is maybe also not as important as they like to think they are when it comes to sales. I know so many people that play the Sims who have no clue about any of the online community, it's just a game they enjoy playing. This is anecdotal and not any statistical proof, but if I know quite a few sims player and I'm just one person, there are probably a lot more out there.
@@samanthafisher3308 You sound like an abused lover making excuses for your abusive relationship. lol
TS4: Carl: HARSHER PUNISHMENTS
Thank you for narrowing down a two hour long stream to the basics 💖
I’ve been living in Japan for the last 5 years and I’d say they did a pretty good job with this pack. Your video was great! Love how you summarized everything important!
Since they asked simmers to build lots for them, I'm just waiting for them to ask arnie to work with them on the next pack. Like that guy has some crazy coding skills for being able to do all those things.
I think they only invited the gamechangers to build because in every other pack people always said the prebuilt buildings sucked (doors going nowhere, or windows not all being levelled) so people told them all over twitter to just have gamechangers make the lots (since thats a big part of what they did on youtube anyway AND they are already being used for post game advertisements), but why they won't ask the coding guy is because thats their "behind the scenes" work - they wouldn't be able to say every little thing he did so they would have to hire him as part of the team and as part of the team he wouldn't be allowed recognition for specifically what he did. Also that would make them look like they can't handle their own "creation" and asking outsiders for help (with programming) would make them look less competent.
I camp EVERYWHERE is sims 4. Always have a tent, candles, grill, chairs, table, fireplace in my inventory. I will just imagine these tents are of "other" climbers.
It was sad to know that the Simstagram update isn't a thing. I love the other features though. Thank you Carl!
Yeah, that was actually kind of interesting because social media in Sims 4 is boring. Being able to save and see your pictures would have been great.
Thank you so much for your honesty, Carl. I too don't fall for hyped up things just because others say I should. This pack looks... okay... and seems to be adding a couple of things to the base game, but I'm not sure they're things I will want to use. As for the new area, it's basically Japan. If that's somewhere that intrigues you, then I guess it's okay. It doesn't intrigue or even interest me. EA brought in a few people to build some of the lots. They're excited because they were included... and it means that those lots might be better looking than the normal lots... might. I actually enjoy building my own lots and tend to delete what's in the game. So far I haven't seen any lot that makes me go all 'weak in the knees' to have it. Also, being a wheelchair user irl, platforms aren't something I'm excited about. Ramps yes, more stairs, no. I keep waiting for elevators or chair lifts that can be put into normal houses... and ramps, which haven't appeared in any Sims game yet.
Thank you for taking the time to edit this, I don't have the patience to watch a 2h stream. I'm actually surprised sentiments are a BG update, after that strange "ask-the-player" kind of story progression included in EL. But I didn't understand whether lifestyles are BG as well or a pack exclusive.
Lifestyles are pack exclusive.
@@Planetflawless thank you!
who remembers when carl was at 40k subs
Me, most definitely.
@@CarlsSimGuides Woah Hes Here
At least it finally makes sense to put socks on under their shoes.
I don't really play sims 4 anymore, and I'm definitely not buying new packs anytime soon, but I love your videos about everything going on with sims 4. They're such nicely done pockets of information; I'd miss them a lot if I cut out all sims 4 stuff completely!
I'm glad that at least EA tried for this pack. I still feel a bit of pandering though. And they're basically announcing free update features during the expansion pack's live stream to make it feel like the pack comes with more new stuff than is actually present. But that's just my opinion, as I haven't gotten anything else that came after City Living. Edit: I'm curious to know whether there are new, realistic animations for this pack. IMO, it's probably the primary element that makes sim games immersive.
There are new animations. All of the snow activities, naturally, and the respectful greeting (bowing), and probably a good bunch more that I'm not thinking of
The skiing/sledding/snowboarding animations are looking pretty real. Plumbella showed her sim skiing with first-person camera, and when her sim wiped out, I thought "Yeah, that tracks" 😂 The rock-climbing looks great too. There was a clear difference between inexperienced and experienced climbing, and given there's a chance of death if you fall, I felt that "Are you gonna make it??" feeling, even just watching the livestream, lol. So I'd say that part is pretty immersive so far. Some of the little ones aren't, like you teleport when you use the gondola instead of entering/exiting. Even just having it wait a couple of seconds would be more realistic, but alas, nope. Otherwise, it looks they got the sporting stuff right.
@@mmmtacobaguett Thanks for the reply. Good to know that they covered the basics. 😃
@@lunacouer Neat! I've never gone skiing or rock-climbing before, so experiencing it through a Sim's POV might be fun. Thanks for replying.
I’m failing to see what makes this a $40 expansion pack other than the world. Thanks for the overview video, Carl!
I love how in-depth your videos are !
I've been waiting for this before I watched anything and again - you've done it so fast!!! Thank you so much Carl, my reliable source of information :)
Wait are split levels / platforms part of the free update ??
Platforms are coming with BG patch right before the pack, yep.
@@CarlsSimGuides good to know
@@CarlsSimGuides Very nice! But that moves my plan of buying the pack from instantly to whenever it goes on sale
@@eier5472 Same LOL
Thanks Carl for another well researched and in depth sim review
I love these videos. I never watch the livestreams but I make sure to watch carl's summary of them 😁
Thank you so much for the info and hard work editing this so well! I always go to you for these things! Don't know why you weren't given an early copy, thanks to you, I'm very interested in this pack!
Soooo... festivals like City Living, snowstorms like Seasons, expeditions with random animal/bug attacks like Jungle Adventure, hot springs bathhouse not unlike Spa Day, aaaaand a really pretty world that's incredibly short on gameplay like Island Living. How nice for us. Can I just return all those other packs and buy this one instead?
Bless you, Carl! You are the most reliable content creator for information on The Sims. Thank you so much! You've been saving my game for about a decade now. You are the best. ♥ ♥ ♥
I always enjoy your videos. Was waiting for this one since I couldn't watch the live stream. Keep on the good work ❤️
Thank you for this Livestream summary, Carl! I'm so excited to hear that we can add koi into any fountains!! There was a time when a Sim Guru asked on twitter what kind of build mode feature we would like to add, I actually replied that I would like to add fishes into fountains. I thought my opinion was unpopular so I'm really really really excited and happy to hear this news!! 😆😆😆 (Although I can't be sure if they added this feature just because it fits the theme of this pack, or they also really did saw my tweet and considered it 🤣🤣). I do agree with your idea of penalties for neglecting lifestyles. I think that would've added even more depth to the system. I'm actually more excited about the additional little features here and there than the actual main gameplay. Finally being able to choose whether my Sims prefer to use chopsticks or spoons and gacha machines are nice additions! I'm looking forward to your review video once the game is out! ❤
I have quit buying S4 games. I loved the Sims 2 & Sims 3. But I feel this game is like a bad relationship that I keep accepting bad behavior and sub-par performance in the hopes that I can that maybe I can get back that good vibe I once had!! At this point I need to face the fact that after 6 years if I keep buying I am part of the problem! I think using the Game Changers to build the locations in the pack to gain following was brilliant for EA to do!!! But let’s be honest, expecting this to much more then we have seen in other packs just sets us up for more disappointment! Do I think they did a decent job on Seasons... yes! And I think this will be like that. But I think 2 eps in 6 years to stand-out is still below standards if we are honest!
YAS! I've been waiting for your review of this!
Thank you so much for going over this for us! I didn't watch the livestream and I don't particularly care to, just because I get so distracted and pressing pause isn't really a viable option, so I love it when you go back over them and do bullet points. You are awesome!
You're welcome. I really enjoy doing these as I know it saves some time and keeps you in the loop. Definitely one of my favorite types of videos to make. Thanks for your comment and kindness.
Excited to buy this once it's 50% off! :D
Thanks a lot for the video Carl, I like that you give your honest opinion on these. The pack looks good but I feel that some people are a little too excited when they are talking about it, not thinking how much fun it will be to play this after a couple of days when you have seen everything.
Thanks for taking the time to do this video, Carl 💙
My pleasure!
The effort you put into your videos is stellar. Love your channel!!
IMO, basically, they remake some old pack (and some worthy mods lol) into very gorgeous things, little better than the old one even has the same feature. Sims should learn from this pack, that Simmers (players) can make good development to the game, not only the building but also the gameplay. Nice review Carls. Hope to see more vids from you :D
Great video! Really appreciate these in depth reviews. I'll just add something rather unrelated - the rock climbing is completely unrealistic and technically incorrect. No one climbs like that. It's a common gripe for me in movies but this really takes the cake, I've never seen it done so bad before. Does no one take the time to see how it's really done?
To be fair, what do you expect from a game representing a Disneyland version of human life
I get where you're coming from, but even a Disneyland version of life would have aesthetically pleasing climbing. This is not.
Thanks for breaking it all down for us! I enjoy watching your videos! I’m stoked for the new pack!
You’re the best Carl I always come to this channel when new packs come out
EA is afraid of going bankrupt after all the backlash Batuu received. This is a sign of a better future.
Japanese person here: they really did their research on the culture for this one and I’m smiling from ear to ear. I absolutely can’t wait for this pack. I love that they’ve repurposed elements from other packs - it just makes sense. City Living’s festivals always reminded me of omatsuris and the yatai you see there, the vending machines in University are similar to the ones in Japan as well, you can buy more than just drinks. It makes sense to reuse certain items from the previous packs, I truly don’t understand why some people view this as a negative.
"It makes sense to reuse certain items from the previous packs" If you got all previous pack by pirated them, thats make sense why you don't understand. Why? Those pack cost you over 700USD (convert 700USD to Yen). It's very frustrating when you already paid for those features! If you are a REAL Japanese person, then read this: jin115.com/archives/52303870.html blog.esuteru.com/archives/9598969.html two of Japan’s most popular game blogs THESE ONE ARE REAL JAPANASE PERSON
I’m so sorry if the other commenter came off a rude with “ if you’re a real Japanese person” comment, also I’m in complete agreement with you it does make sense considering it’s a vending machine for example, how much difference can they really get in terms of animation. Also apologize for the “these are real Japanese people” as if you your self wasn’t Japanese. The commenter just came of as real accusatory with that comment.
@@adijaya4517 I understand your and other player's frustration with EA, but telling someone that they're not truly from their respective country because you disagree with them is rude and very disrespectful.
@@warm_lettuce473 thank you for saying that, because that was such a rude comment to make, plus it sounded as if she/he was implying that if your a “real Japanese” you should therefore agree with everything any other Japanese person saids. Just very patronizing.
@hi my names CATRINA • Not quite sure, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, why on earth would EA purposefully include something that resembles the Aokigahara forest? That makes absolutely no sense. I think that person is looking for things to get offended by; there's no logic to people like that. I'm excited for this pack, have already pre-ordered it and am counting down the days to play it. If it looks like something you'd enjoy, please enjoy it.
Missed the stream, thank you for this summary!
I'm happy to lend a hand.
You give the best information, love your work
I thought you were about to say they added over a dozen traits. I was bouta get hype 😂😂
I am excited for the BG updates! There are only a couple of other things from the actual pack I'm interested in, and I don't feel like paying for a whole EP just to get a couple of traits. Especially since we know how impactful traits are(n't) on our Sims
This is the first time I've looked forward to a pack in quite some time. Thanks Carl!
I love your breakdowns. I kept reloading my page waiting for your video.
Am I the only one who sees the use of the game changers on this pack as PR ploy? Like, once the pack was released those people would have built new lots and uploaded them, as usual. OOOOOOOOOOO I get their better builds at the get go OooOoOOOOooooo. I'm not against them bringing them in, but can we please look at this with open eyes? Sentiments and lifestyles feel like a funny attempt to fix some complaints about traits impact and the emotion system, but without really fixing it and being able to say HEY WE SELL YOU NEW FEATURE! Honey.... [shakes head] I'm not a fool. They're also bringing their new hobby of shell builds into this world. So many buildings, but just a shell and there for nothing.... no rabbit hole, just taking up lot space.... you know, where we might be able build. [Side eye]
I'm pretty sure the entire point of the game changers is PR
@@lizzardtown Yeah, but they’ve definitely amped it up. Like, sponsored videos didn’t used to be a thing.
Them using game changers means nothing to me, I'll tear down their house eitherway & build it my own way.
@@Hords I thought I was the only one. Don't get me wrong, I am sure the homes are lovely, but I always remodel the worlds.
@@Hords exactly, I just don't see how this is a '!!!' type of thing.... 🤷♀️
I'm surprised the cable car is not just decorative at this point
I always give you a like Carl! Your videos are the best out there & are non bias :)
Thank you guys. This is the best and I love it!
This pack is worth less than $0... Gosh, EA... am I playing "The Recycled Cont... 4" or something (+ "...ent" DLC if you want to)?
🤣🤣😭😭😭
As I was watching the live stream I kept saying “OMG that’s so cool!! It’s gonna break so many of my mods!!” 😃
Carl, you're amazing! I love all your videos and I really like how you break things down.
a great video, Carl, like always!