A brutally honest review of The Sims 4 Snowy Escape

The Sims 4 Snowy Escape Gameplay Review! I reviewed The Sims 4 Snowy Escape.
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00:00 Pack overview
00:26 CAS
01:42 Build mode
02:41 World
04:21 Gameplay
11:59 Bugs and Performance
12:36 Skip the entire video

[@yoruyoru720]

I love how they didn't go for anything Tokyo-esque and instead gave us a quieter town. So chill to play in.

[@saged1513]

"But MEN don't care about FASHION or HAIR, why should the sims team waste resources making more options for men?" Smh, it really is probably just sexism and stereotypes, but I really don't understand it. Even if there's theoretically more female Sims players and they're trying to appeal to them... Female players like customizing male Sims as well? There's really no excuse to neglect more masculine styles

[@LilDiabloRob]

I agree but also disagree. I play multiple households, thanks Graystillplays and Callmekevin haha, but most of my characters I have made myself most men look the same. All my female sims are all different and unique

[@Ca11MeMayb3]

You could apply that logic to kids in the Sims as well but simmers would never let that fly because there obsessed with making yassfied kids lmao😂😂

[@aubreyhuff46]

​@@LilDiabloRobyeah, but that also is because of the low amount of male customization

[@elena-ri6pq]

Not only that but, if they took more care of male simmers they would get even more players, just like the sims 3

[@MelissaLawrence2002]

I probably would enjoy customizing men, but they don't give us anything to make it fun.

[@user-hp5px6gy1f]

For Japanese and people who love Japanese style, this pack is must have pack.

[@oliviac3077]

nah tbh, i found it so lackluster

[@oliviac3077]

specifially regarding gameplay, but b&b is gorj

[@Hippityhoppitygetoffmyproperty]

I’m Japanese and it’s definitely not a must have. I forget it’s existence in my game most the time.

[@TrashBinSouvenir]

Yeah only reason I got it is bc of the Japanese aspect. I lived in Japan and would love to move back - I wish it had more objects specific to Japanese culture though.

[@GuilhermeMorel]

Yeah it’s one of my favorite packs

[@oliviah.5846]

Honestly, this pack is a must-have for me; CAS and build+buy are top-notch, and I really liked the mountain sports (and that you could have snow sans Seasons!)

[@Biscuitee]

Tbh, I actually really like this pack. It's a much better vacation pack than Island Living and is a lot more in depth. It's definitely perfect for my playstyle when I want a vacation and I LOVE the festivals and climbing the mountain!

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

I have several sims that live in Mt. Komerabi. If you want to play as a really active extreme sports enthusiast, it's an ideal map. Had to make room for a gym and such in town, but big fan of snowy escape.

[@kelseytheresa]

Snowy Escape and Cottage Living are top tier

[@Rabellaka.]

Those were the first two EPs I got for Sims 4.

[@reeceyb505]

The tombstone selfie interaction was removed btw, guess this review was made before that update awhile ago

[@mermaidreviews4693]

They fixed before it came out

[@ancaryvan4811]

It's bow shrine option be removed. Funny such Paul Logan's option remain untouched.

[@Anonymous-mp5mt]

Nah it’s a current review he just used an old promo video as background

[@saycarolime_now]

The only reason why I bought this pack was take off shoes feature for realistic gameplay just to find out its bugged and doesnt work most of the time and now its in the BASEGAME 😗👌

[@jahanshadi1934]

I have this pack, I have never noticed we could take off shoes xD

[@fridawarnemyr6025]

It's in the basegame now. Just click on the basegame shoe rack and it works. It can be a bit iffy with what it recognises as outdoors vs indoors, especially with patios, but I don't have issues with it.

[@jahanshadi1934]

@@fridawarnemyr6025 ooooh thanks ! I never use the shoe rack !!! Thanks a lot !

[@wickywickyjoka]

@@fridawarnemyr6025 I figured out what constitutes outside vs inside, and it's ceilings! If you have a 2 story house, and you have say, an entryway that is 2 stories tall with no floor between, just a roof on it, and no ceiling, it will be considered outside. If your patio has a roof on it, remove the ceiling under it, and it will be considered outside. places like Judith Ward's house, I managed to make all indoors, except her entryway (coincidentally, her entryway totally wasn't my earlier example! haha), and it was because I couldn't figure out how to keep the stairway in the room with no walls around it while still enclosing the entryway under the ceiling. I'm sure it can be done, but not by my dumb@$$! haha

[@fridawarnemyr6025]

@jahanshadi1934 I always used it in the sims 2 so I was very happy when I found it in the sims 4! Even better when I read a comment that the function works without Snowy Escapes.

[@thetanz8111]

Beautiful worlds, absolutely ZERO to do

[@redram6080]

That's the theme for sims 4

[@LeeDee5]

Can you imagine open worlds in these beautiful worlds it would be amazing.

[@codezero7981]

​@@LeeDee5yea that was The Sims 3

[@applecoreeater]

I actually liked this addition. It might not have much game play, but it had more than other packs I think. I like the idea of doing a family walk

[@ooomingmak_]

A random detail that annoys me: those deciduous trees at Yukimatsu that are leafless in all seasons 😵

[@nedrane297]

Oh, but the stories! That's what the sims team always say, the stories you can tell with the pack. I don't know if they can't understand or just can't do it, but they just can't seem to get that we want actual gameplay not for it to just look cool for a "story". Not everyone that plays the game is a youtuber.

[@regishel]

I love Snowy Escape, my biggest problems is the secret activities and places, I still haven't figured them out and I guess since I don't have seasons I feel like sometimes my sims gets too cold or goes home by themselves. Other then that, it's really fun and I also love to play with it more at Christmas time, especially because I don't have seasons which I actually love that I don't, because Sims 4 seasons are annoying.

[@reynavaldez13]

OMG i was preparing to work and only listen to your rant and then i look at screen and saw such a beautiful furry creature on background! Satch please, introduce your cat to us in next video!😍

[@Kualinar]

The CaS offering is nice everywhere. Even if you don't go in that world. I agree with your build mode evaluation. When hiking, go in first person view to get the best experience. In first person, things don't get clipped off unless they are VERY close to your Sim. Close like literally touching. If the various life styles, there is one that I despise : Workaholic. If your Sim ever work hard to get a promotion faster more than two days in a row, he WILL get that life style. Once he get it, he'll always want to go back to work after his work day and during his weekends. That make it very disruptive. You do something, and, suddenly, your Sim is at work. Your Sim is sleeping, his energy bar just turned green, and off to work he goes. His hunger bar is red, you have him eat something, and he'll put the food on the table to go to work, maybe to die from starvation as soon as he get back. It's pretty much impossible to get rid of it. The only way to cure your Sim from that life style is to get him to quit his job and not get another one. Keep him jobless for several days until he's cured from his work addiction. I normally disable life styles entirely.

[@BigFanOfManyThings]

This is definitely one of my favourite worlds. I love to play Asian families and now have the architecture and the settings to engage more. Same with playing in Sulani, I’d cheat it to make worlds residental. Yes it could have been better, as there is always a list of things they “could have added”, but I don’t expect much from sims 4 really to get too disappointed. This pack is a must and I’m glad it exists at least in the form it’s in. At the peak of the mountain I’ve seen really good hints from others as to what to build on top, like springs, cafes or spiritual shrines, etc

[@ChrisLovesThisGame]

I love the Asian representation but strangely a lot of my sims who don't look "Asian" also have names that are more traditionally Asian. Like white skin, red hair and their name is Atsuko Sato, or Dev Advani. It would be jarring in real life too, right? 😂

[@millyvice4423]

I wished there would be more snow details like footprints or different kinds of depths. Also they could have done so much more with the hiking than just following a path in the woods.

[@elena-ri6pq]

This is a must pack for me, and its all because of the hotpot, its the only way I can make my sims eat together 😭

[@LilDiabloRob]

For the mountain top, I put down an old school Japanese temple from the gallery that kinda reminded me of the temples and buildings from the Fatal Frame/Project Zero games. 😅

[@JokersD0ll]

It’s good for putting Elsa castle aswell

[@elizabethgall7530]

Love and appreciate these reviews!

[@mihmo2663]

The very first time I played with a Lifestyle I got one for being a hard worker because she went to work everyday. Eventually she got depressed for working too hard, so I took a day off, then she got a negative moodlet for not going to work. I turned them off forever.

[@CandyKitten4]

Satch there's a cave at the top of Mt Komerobi that you can woohoo in and explore...

[@jeydaness]

Honestly I love this pack

[@Elsa-qf8rc]

For me it’s the best expansion pack seriously the world is wild and I love the climbing stuff

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

In general pack specific festival notifications are dumb and its annoying you can’t filter them. I get notified about High School events even when I don’t have one teen (or child of any sort) at my home. And I do not care about the events in Henford on Bagley when I am not playing a farmer but there is no way to filter them per household. :( San Myshuno events tend to be the only ones I don’t mind as I could have a geek interested in Geek Con in any household. And the Jokesters and romance festival are pretty universal.

[@gwynnethweinrich2612]

I actually really enjoy the Mountain Excursion event. I've played through it multiple times with my Sims. But the only thing I don't like about it is the fact that you can only take 4 Sims with you, and the event is timed (so there isn't much time to rest during he event). But otherwise it's really fun!

[@Jav816]

Thanks for the video posting timing. I was able to grab the pack with the rest of my cart before the Publisher Sale ends today!! (Probably noon EST)

[@cooljenna]

I really love the pack just for the build items. Every game play, I use mostly Snowy Escape stuff.

[@signebach3948]

You forgot to mention the incredibly annoying feature having to lock out all guest if you live there, to avoid Yamachan coming over every single day to bake a fu**ing cake, even if you turn off the visits.

[@nakseli]

GOTHIC SHANICE ROCK CLIMBING--

[@keenanz9882]

If it was sims 3 they probably released it along with 2 other different themed world map with it's own unique cas/build items, skills, trait, adventures 😢

[@PlushChie]

I wish my comments were half as funny as Satch's content but oh well

[@kindacrazy7610]

I've watched this entire playlist in two days, and after seeing Satch draw on cats/werewolves/horses in CAS i was inspired to make a lounge that in a certain light might look like something completely unintended.

[@regeneratedwitch]

i really don't get the "people who like building" or "people who like taking screenshots". This is a life simulation game. Am I weird?

[@Kleines97]

I began playing sims for the simulation... 😊 got to the conclusion that it doesn't make that much fun (had more fun with sims 2) so instead of letting my money rot on my computer... I build 😂

[@regeneratedwitch]

@@Kleines97 yeah yeah I agree with you! That’s a different thing from what I mean! What I meant was that we have to evaluate and critic it as a life simulation game not by what we do with it! If l like watching sims skiing animations that doesn’t mean the game is good! Right?

[@Kleines97]

​@@regeneratedwitch ohhh ok sorry now I get it 👍 That's a good point.

[@lane6216]

I used to play to play. I learned quickly how boring Sims 4 really is. So I became a builder more than a player. I try to play often, but it always ends the same no matter how much I try to switch it up.

[@regeneratedwitch]

@@lane6216 well yeah but 40€ isn’t exactly worth it just to build 🥲

[@alexisapostolof4096]

I got it purely for the cute building items lol mostly that cute puff chair

[@user-we6iv5pn3x]

Great review Satch! By the way, what is your cat's name in the background? So adorable!

[@saramikkelsen8487]

You just made me Realize, that I don't explore the Sims worlds anymore when we get a new one. I only build now 😅😥

[@Waeva777]

The only thing I don't like about snowy escape is the lifestyles, I send my sim out to work a few times and get the workaholic trait and they start getting frustrated not being at work, I can send them to work for overtime but that doesn't help towards a promotion or pay them. Snowy escape is one of my fav packs that I own and I tend to have my sims start out in the Mt komorebi rather than the normal worlds

[@moxxibekk]

Sims working overtime without pay or promotion is possibly the most japanese thing about this pack 😅

[@Waeva777]

@@moxxibekk your absolutely right and that's so sad 😭 they made it unintentionally realistic

[@b1ak3]

both CAS and build/buy is so cute but i genuinely don’t think ive gone to the world more than twice 😭

[@KhadejahCancerBaddie]

Am I the only one who likes that we get notified about all the different events because sometimes I forget and it's fun to go to them when I'm reminded

[@Trikovakru]

My most favourite pack ever in the sims 4! 😍

[@kajszis8908]

New roadmap Satch!!!

[@gisela_oliveira]

some lifestyles are annoying... like workaholi sims will go to work by themselves but they don't get anything, so is just annoying that they disapear

[@sagefaribole]

The last chapter of your video called "Skip the entire video" lmao

[@teasuki83]

The hotpot is glitchy for me. When I try to do a hotpot party, everyone gathers but it rarely actually cooks a hotpot meal, although they still get the moodlet for it. Snowboarding does have more animations, “tricks”, the higher in the skill you get as with most skills and if you reach level 10 you can make a little money off of POV videos. Rewards for reaching the summit are reminiscent moodlets, an accessory, a build item, and social interactions but I will say it’s not as fun if your sim is already lv 10 when going on an excursion, there wasn’t really any challenge and it was too quickly over. You can WooHoo at the top tho, so worth it for me lol. Btw your cat is so cute!!

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

And is a bummer that as with most (pretty much every) DLC for TS4, there isn't as much male type CAS items, and the copious amounts of female content, though is some good stuff with this pack. Yeah, the "target audience" is what it is, but still not much good us guys & those who play with male sims, are left out a bit like we are. Certainly not a "complaint" to be "driven crazy" over, simply wanting more variety. And as with a lot of the DLC's, there's bugger all gameplay wise to do with this one, but what do you expect from EAxis?

[@RitoReyes2033]

Finally this review 🙌 👏

[@TVZ5Qfighting]

Unpopular opinion but I didn’t like the builds/houses. You can really tell that they were made without consulting Japanese simmers and were weirdly off. The community lots were fine but the homes looked like they only spent two minutes googling what they thought foreigners think Japanese homes look like.

[@Nepuski]

I thought the same! The houses didn't look japanese to me and as usual the houses/lots were just too big which killed the vibe

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

KZbinr lilsimsie, who is very much NOT Japanese did a lot of the builds for this pack.

[@mermaidreviews4693]

I get the out doorsy lifestyle a lot Because I love off the grid game play my sims are outside a lot and my sims have a hard time working at a indoor job and single and lovin

[@EroDhika]

the "bow to the shrine" interaction was removed glad there's a modder who brought this back, like IDGAF about other simmers sentiment, especially south korea about the interaction, it's like some simmers could make a stop to any cultural feature that available in the game. they call it as a life simulation? come on.

[@basakacarlar416]

seeing this video today is so random I love it

[@tokidokisimmer1750]

Oh, you have a cat! :)

[@MrDylpickle27]

I actually really like the mountain climbing feature, but once you’ve done it you’ll rarely go back to doing it as a hobby

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

I do actually. I soace it out og course but all my extreme sports sims basically spend a lot of time in Mt Komerabi or live there as do my adventurers.

[@marta9854]

Satch you should do a video on manor lords!

[@Smileynathi]

I disagree about the hike being useless. The “insignificant” flower on top is the death flower. Very rare and can be used to give to the grim reaper and revive a dying sim or other reviving things in the game.

[@dt2651]

It’s the hardest world to play as a bum 😂 cause the only fishing spot is for higher level and you also need to have a climbing skill in order to reach some plants. Especially if you have seasons and start in winter then it’s super hard to survive as homeless 😅

[@erikkennedy8725]

I love this pack. But I did turn Lifestyles off recently since they can start to get annoying.

[@iamnotjack.whydidichange]

Idk if its EA hating men for the lack of CAS, I think it real life men at fault for this and I mean it. Irl, mean have a similar style. And they usually have short hair. Like how many ways there is to style short hair? Mainly men. And even look at red carpets. The Met gala always has a different theme and still most men appear in black tuxedos

[@Kaipochama]

any mod to disable fade away trees?

[@Aloysius_OHare]

I adore this pack, so many hidden areas for perfect pictures/build mode is great and cas clothes i used all the tome Kid sims who live there automatically wear uniforms 😊 j became obsessed

[@Maifromnowhere]

Only thing I found disappointing is the snowboarding… that little hill lol

[@kyky8110]

This is my favorite pack

[@miloziim]

I love this pack

[@Pheobebridgerssim]

For what we get now, it has a lot of gameplay 😂😂

[@iamnotjack.whydidichange]

I feel like the build/buy mode is lacking. Its very japandi, which is great for modern japanese builds. But I would also have liked a more traditional line

[@rebeccadodds4716]

It is a shallow pack...like all the other sims 4 packs

[@melprivate5908]

Roadmap posted in general

[@mocord]

This pack literally broke my game. My sim is stuck at the mountain and the game won't load in when I go to click on it. So my save file is just completely destroyed and I can't even play it. 😭

[@AussieCassPlays]

Those are fair ratings, though I probably would’ve given it less for gameplay. I have more interactions with the lifestyles than the skiing etc -technophobe and workaholic sims are particularly annoying. 😂

[@meggymoo5496]

I k know this is off topic but for the love god can thr sums 4 team fix the gardening bug , it never use to be this bad

[@d_4918]

No cross-pack compatibility section this time? Shame

[@paytonsme]

SMH 1:04 “male sims get almost equality with the outfits” PLS lol you could say they almost get an equal amount of outfits

[@user-zr6pw7vh9u]

They dont give us a lot for school when give the teens there uniforms......

[@lilyg.4075]

Why am I so early

[@missdukette2168]

I really enjoyed the pack for about 5 minutes before getting bored ... it's pretty but boring. I HATE the lifestyles ! If you have a workaholic lifestyle, your sims will spend all weekend totaly stressed out about not being at work 🙄 which is really annoying at the top some careers where you only work 2 or 3 days a week. If you have the outdoor lifestyle, your sim will get super stresses whilst during the 5 minutes it takes them to do homework or a work task they need to do indoors ! I like the idea of lifestyles but they seriously keed to be calibrated better... so like many Sims mecanics from various expansions, I turn it off 🤷‍♀️

[@chrisemptage1366]

It’s just a Japanese pack with skiing and boring tacked on

[@annakou1089]

Yaaaas👌

[@phantomrecluse7311]

kitty!!

[@amelieg246]

This is a genuine question because this is only the second video of yours I've watched and in the first two minutes you say something that gives off the impression that you're anti-feminism...are you actually or was the just the phrasing? You're right that CAS is very feminine presenting based, but it's not feminism making it so, it's just the sims team getting stuck in the idea that because more women play the sims that they're predominantly interested in feminine fashion, which isn't the case.

[@g0ingh0st]

The cat in background is so pretty (♥ω♥ ) ~♪

[@Anonymous-mp5mt]

The skiing and snowboarding was broken when I got the pack around when it came out ... I got frustrated never tried again to this day and stop playing with it besides the clothes or build most things which I do really like.

[@oroontheheels]

I like how Satch always complains about lack of “traditionally masculine” fashion for men. And here I am putting “female” clothes on my male sims, because I find male sims outfits to be tooo “traditionally masculine” (aside form 1,5 pride shirts) and boring. EA manages to disappoint people of different political views equally. What an achievement 😂

[@bla.x]

Swag

[@queenbeemoon10]

I'm not buying sims 5.

[@cloverlengocphuong2197]

video importee.

[@ancaryvan4811]

Bow to Shrine option is REMOVED by demand of younger Korean generation simmers due to their personal "trauma" of WWII Japanese Occupation experience. I'll never forgive what Nordoam has done, it's HIS last minute idea trying be the hero. Aside that this game miss the opportunity to put a most entertaining event, The Oiran Dochu. Parade of Floral Courtesan.

[@sabrinastratton1991]

I didnt even know it was once an option

[@NylaTheWolf]

Why is trauma in quotes?

[@paytonsme]

1:26 i cannot stand when u victimize men and talk about the patriarchy like that. It’s so incredibly messed up. It bothers me so much. You need to read up and educate yourself

[@paytonsme]

You’re mad about gender roles. You aren’t a victim of the patriarchy by not getting male sims clothes

[@geoxm6384]

I liked the video up until you blamed feminism for men hating women. Please be more aware of what feminism actually is before spreading misinformation