how i really feel about cottage living...

[@lilsimsie]

AHHHHHHH MY NEW MERCH IS OUT RIGHT NOW!!! lilsimsieshop.com/

[@pr9cious]

Nice

[@alexandra723]

Yay

[@Laurenmettke]

So hype!

[@ChelseaKay46]

so proud of you bestie 🥺

[@Jatpworks]

MERCHHH

[@The_age_of_aquarius_]

“That girl is cute, what’s she like?” “Oh, you know, she’s lactose intolerant.”

[@mikaelastefkova]

I can't 😄😄

[@_miguel]

LMAO

[@biancaprimo4168]

me lol I'm the girl

[@willowweedsYT]

She’s called Karen and I know several of her

[@tobiest9622]

This made my day😂

[@kaydeea.7408]

it would’ve been so cool if they added a new dog trait called “herder.” especially for border collies. would love to see working dogs in sims one day.

[@selimasadfi2331]

i mean those are different packs so it won't make sense

[@juliamarian]

@@selimasadfi2331 they interact different packs all the time. Like the llama wool will incorporate new things for people with nifty knitting

[@Caio-sw7hh]

and i hope the fox clothing are wereable foor dogs too

[@DogNamedWatson]

@@juliamarian That's true, but I think a new trait might be more difficult

[@itsmebee8954]

​@@Caio-sw7hh well yeah but we already have clothes made for the dogs, foxes were added in cats and dogs but only have specific use now for cottage living, so i think dressing a fox with cottage living exclusive clothes makes more sense then using it for dogs when you can use cats and dogs for that!

[@noodle3851]

I feel like they could have added so many more traits and likes and dislikes

[@CaitlinSims]

agreed

[@jxstadri]

Yesss

[@jxstadri]

And the likes and dislikes should be like more effective, like your sim listens to a genre they don't like and have a bad mood for a longer while, or fav colors, your sims wears their fav color and they're happy and when the sim is in a room as an example, there's a furniture or so, in a color that's disliked and the mood again changes to a bad one again, yk?

[@yumekoslefttoenail6746]

plus horses,,

[@zippers987]

the lactose intolerance and vegetarian traits should be moved to the likes and dislikes section.... which does mean they should add an additional trait to city living and cottage living

[@ginger_truncale]

“So tell me about yourself” “Well I’m outdoorsy, I’m family oriented, and I’m lactose intolerant.”

[@cheyenne19955]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cristakatsumi8515]

We need more traits just like the sims 3. Sims 4 is so limited

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

u failed at human evolution if u cant drink milk

[@mi1kguts]

@@girlsdrinkfeck humans werent made to drink cows milk lmao this is coming from someone who consumes dairy btw. cows milk is like human milk, it's for the babies.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@mi1kguts humans arent mean to drink or eat a lot of things but evolution is a marvellous thing ,many species in the world also were not meant to eat certain things but over many yeard they adapted

[@thatoneluisa]

You're absolutely right about the diet-related traits. Sims Team should give us more ways to build these characters, I don't see how a diet preference defines 1/3 of one's personality.

[@sonyakoltchev7409]

I feel like they could easily fit it into likes and dislikes! You can keep the same reactions to vegetables, while making them preferences like music and colors.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Its less preference with being lactose intolerent and a necessity. And you need to tell people. Or else you suffer. My poor mother couldnt eat diary or red meat so I speak from experience

[@alanmorgan4826]

@@elvingearmasterirma7241 Even so, with only 3 traits, it feels like a waste to make a sim lactose intolerant. That's less personality. I'd prefer a like/dislike function for diet and good.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@alanmorgan4826 A good point. And ai have no idea if people on consoles have access to the cheat bar? So I don't know if they can use the add trait cheats, which means no extra traits

[@elisabethwolper2969]

@@elvingearmasterirma7241 WAIT THATS A THING??? WHATS THE CHEAT?

[@yeah3442]

"sims that are mean to rabbits can get killed by them" as they should.

[@beekidsart1176]

What rabbit hurt you :(

[@yeah3442]

@@beekidsart1176 ????? the sims can die from rabbits. did you not watch the video?

[@beekidsart1176]

@@yeah3442 OH My brain is a bit muddy atm, just woke up

[@fairiesandlillies3471]

I mean I agree

[@L-sillybrained]

@@yeah3442 OHHH I thought you meant the rabbits can die

[@jamessteed8059]

I’m lactose intolerant and, honestly, it’s like 90% of my personality.

[@essseebee]

Big same.

[@CatsNNavyBlueCaps]

It almost always comes up when I eat anything with anyone

[@2UDesiree]

@@CatsNNavyBlueCaps I get such a bad belly ache that I am about to vomit

[@tanyasmith5828]

Same

[@SuzieAdvi]

To be fair, I have met a lot of people who will tell you all about their dietary woes upon meeting them. But then I got married and no longer have to date weirdos.

[@arkadiakowalczyk4768]

imagine getting randomised traits - vegetarian lactose intolerant glutton. Their entire personality would be "I like food, but only the special food"

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

Relatable though 😂 *continues eating vegan cheesecake*

[@idontknow6708]

@@Sophie_Cleverly Eating gluten free pizza rn XD

[@patrickramseyart]

A little too relatable tbh xD

[@brittahasnofilter]

I have a foodie vegetarian glutton and he’s my fav sim, he just cooks and eats and thinks about food all day

[@morganablackwater2017]

You know... This is actually great idea for a gameplay xDDD

[@katoxaur]

I feel like it would be cool if the lactose intolerance is something you don't know until you play its kinda randomized. Lets say that your sim eats yogurt and starts to feel.... sick, then there will be a pop up that would say that something like "oh your sim is lactose intolerant, would you like to keep these settings?" idk this is just the first thing that came to mind

[@KingBookWorm]

That's way better. Very random like the sims 2

[@simsanonymous8117]

That would actually be really cool! Kinda like in Slice of Life

[@michelephipps9736]

there are tons of hidden traits like that in the sims! the most famous one is the fruitcake trait, which randomly decides whether your sim loves or hates fruitcake. it would be easy to make a hidden trait like that.

[@kali_tea]

Like right handed and left handed ?

[@madisonk7812]

Yeah like the whole “likes and dislikes” system

[@mrlover2891684]

honestly the "country kitchen" kit should have been apart of this expansion instead of separate!

[@TM-ng2bz]

I think the country kitchen kit was a teaser for this pack. There are new kitchen items in this pack as well

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

it should have been. But it isn't. Just like this should have been an actual farming pack with horses. and it isn't.

[@aurora6920]

I agree, this pack isn't worth the full price.

[@nene3857]

You completely miss the point of the kits.

[@IndependentOreo]

@@nene3857 what is the point other than EA making more money?

[@amkyoc]

“brag about the size of your eggplant or show your pie” ok kayla....

[@Beeryy93]

😂😂😂 are we still talking about the sims 👀

[@aplushieworldoutthere5293]

@@Beeryy93 In some weird mods, probably.

[@martimalbuquerque]

*Wicked Whims has entered the chat*

[@aplushieworldoutthere5293]

@@martimalbuquerque exactly

[@angel-qm1my]

saying eggplant before pie was just an unfortunate choice of words 😂

[@adollymgaming3648]

I really like how they separated the challenges from the other lot traits. I think they should do something similar with the actual sim traits. That way we can have more room for other traits. Maybe something like "quirks." It would just make sense and I know the entire Sims community has been wanting more traits for a long time anyway.

[@bunnyvoid9272]

I remember in Sims Medieval your sims had a fatal flaw which unlocked specific quest lines and stuff, and once you finished the quest line you'd be able to change your fatal flaw into a really positive trait. It'd be really cool to have that in TS4, it seems weird that sims only have one specific life goal.

[@adollymgaming3648]

@@bunnyvoid9272 Yeah! It makes the Sims seem less dimensional than they have been in previous versions of the game. I would love to see the ability for our Sims to have character development and flaws that need work. It would help me at least to get actually invested in my Sims.

[@Eventide215]

@@bunnyvoid9272 Older Sims games had so much more personality to them and so much more to do.. Medieval was great since it had the sandbox bit but also a more story-based bit as well. I loved all the spinoffs.. Urbz, Castaway, Medieval, etc. I think I liked them more because there were a lot more objectives to do while also taking care of your sim. I don't like that Sims 4 is basically entirely a sandbox.. if you aren't causing it to happen, it doesn't really happen. That's why Kayla enjoys the things that add chaos to her series. They help break up the monotony and feel like things are just happening. Like the toilet setting itself on fire? Yeah she could get rid of it, but it's fun when out of nowhere there's a fire in the house. Same with the cow plant and the pirahnas.. it's fun that Sims just do these things and suddenly you're like "WHAT IS GOING ON?!.. WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?!" It's almost like if you don't *try* to make it this way Sims 4 is just a "perfect life simulator" basically. Nothing bad really ever happens unless you like purposefully set it up.. you can't even be robbed anymore or anything..

[@daniela8631]

! so true ! the dietary restrictions (vegetarian and lactose intolerant traits), for example, shouldn't be personality traits in my opinion? they would work so well as quirks !!

[@dani010203stor]

also attraction and chemistry. when are those comming???

[@victoriaguimaraes4605]

Sometimes during the day I find myself saying "This video is brought to you by EA Game Changers. I'm not being paid, they just sent me the pack early."

[@siennag5039]

Omg love the pfp!

[@bluefragmentt]

@EVERY SINGER IS SO GOOD! LOL! kayla is now simply SIM

[@lauraschutt9556]

@EVERY SINGER IS SO GOOD! LOL! you've said that in all of her comment sections, shut up.

[@coffeepowered6033]

@@bluefragmentt At least it's not simp lmao (not that there's anything wrong with healthy levels of simping)

[@kreea]

@ARTIST LABEL kay why ess

[@nomiflower9707]

"you can easily be attacked by chickens" *There's no escape for Link*

[@kkkitty9701]

XDDDDDDDDDDD always!

[@sodafraka]

Lol zelda reference

[@esgib1385]

poor dude will never be safe

[@Ceciliaqq]

poor boy

[@amylouisesimpson4555]

I think the mismatched furniture patterns are intentional. I live in England in the countryside, and if you go into any cottages with old fashioned decor, that's often the style.

[@luluzly]

I feel like the recent home decorator game pack was really targeting builders, and as someone who doesn’t build I’m so glad we finally have some new exciting gameplay ! As much as building is a part of the game it’s still most of all a life simulator and the gameplay is really lacking so I’m excited :D

[@catherinesmith5421]

this !!!!

[@lilyg9983]

same!!

[@princezzl5697]

🗣🗣🗣!! don’t get me wrong i love the popularity simtubers have brought to the community through building, but i also feel it has gotten the devs attention as well and they definitely focus more on building in recent packs!

[@luluzly]

@@princezzl5697 yeah exactly !!

[@katiemh1202]

I’m the opposite. I get so bored with gameplay but I love building. I think with this pack I’m the most excited about the gameplay, though the debug for this one is amazing!! So I’m super excited for my cottage core dream but I’m really excited for chickens and the grocery aspect! I can’t wait!

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

I like the idea of having diet preferences instead of traits, but I'm happy they added lactose intolerance because you can kind of make a vegan sim now if you combine vegetarian and lactose intolerant! Also, I wish they had let you have at least like 3 cows or maybe 2 cows and a Llama.

[@xxcamelia]

Yeah but if you wanna make a vegan sim then he will really have only one personality trait at the end :/

[@firedragonbri547]

@@xxcamelia XD omg

[@brennawiley9298]

You can have multiple animals, you just need multiple barns to do it.

[@we-qs2vd]

@@xxcamelia stfu brony

[@microwaav]

@@we-qs2vd go cry abt it

[@MattHermenau]

"He wants to leave the village, but he feels bad about leaving his mom." Kayla, if you don't marry Rahul into one of your legacy challenges I swear…!

[@Eventide215]

I relate too much to that quote...

[@mads1864]

thats what i was thinking LOL

[@Eventide215]

@Zoë van Hekken What funny part..? There is no funny part.

[@_JustJoe]

@Zoë van Hekken there is none

[@jasc3803]

I love cottage living because there’s so much more to do. Canning, gardening, you have to cook everything yourself, it’s so nice. I spent 7 hours playing it yesterday, before that I rarely spent most of the day playing.

[@ainoua6091]

I NEED TO PLAY WITH A VAMPIRE FAMILY AND GET THEM EVIL CHICKENS

[@milkandhoney1787]

LOVE THAT

[@steviecampbell-mcgruthers6441]

f7

[@breadcrust4006]

I made a lesbian farm family with a vampire child, it’s the best and also the worst

[@teal3392]

I love your brains thinking

[@brookeanne13]

honestly the only thing I’m disappointed about is the traits and aspirations. I feel like there could have been more specific things. like best pie maker aspiration and expert gardener or something

[@charliev4156]

Maybe it could have been a self sufficient aspiration about growing your own produce and cooking/canning using it and a farmer/rancher aspiration about raising animals

[@lunaalvera4430]

True! When I saw we only has 2 new trait and one is lactose intolerance I was like "...huh?" and one inspiration 😭 Also I totally agree with the other that we should have diet or preference for that stuff instead of the trait ;-;

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

Or a village life aspiration where you befriend everyone in the village and win all the competitions

[@elauer42]

I think the sims team could of added some likes/dislikes, traits/aspirations. But I really love this pack.

[@kingutopian1378]

Also when was the last time they added loads of traits in a new pack

[@smilealwaysnatasha3423]

Oh you already played it? How can you love something that you haven’t even played for yourself? Lmao

[@matespam108]

they literally added 2 traits and an aspiration

[@carolinejackson4607]

they added 2 traits and a new aspiration

[@mentalcraezy4676]

@EVERY SINGER IS SO GOOD! LOL! liked it, good song 👍

[@LeCobra992]

The "lot challenges" idea really could and should have been integrated into Cas with diet restrictions/ preferences... especially with the vegetarian and lactose intolerance, maybe a gluten free idk

[@Caio-sw7hh]

yeah, they have jew and muslim items all throughout the game they could make an "avoid pork" and "kosher" diets too

[@LeCobra992]

@@Caio-sw7hh 1000% agreed

[@kellysueballard7654]

Carbs. I am diabetic and have to avoid carbs along with sugars. The sim could get hangry from low blood sugar or pass out.

[@SaintShion]

Seriously! Dietary isssues are a serious part of some of our lives, but I wldnt say its our entire personalities so its this weird gray area.

[@Caio-sw7hh]

@@kellysueballard7654 i think they wouldnt potrait illness in that way, its a sensitive topic, it could be explored by modder tho!!

[@anthny2463]

I'm dying at my sim being known as the neat bookworm who shits himself when he drinks milk

[@ziannarazon3222]

i love how this pack actually enhances general gameplay like seasons does!!! well, i guess just for my preferences since I’m obsessed with realistic food and cooking gameplay plus SO MANY NEW RECIPESSSS! and the way it expanded gameplay for kids too is beautiful. i cant wait to go virtual grocery shopping.

[@2laurio410]

Listen. If you've ever met someone who's lactose intolerant, it really is one of their three main personality traits

[@Xenia2812]

As a mum who has a son who is lactose intolerant. Definitely. 🤣🤣🤣

[@preciousdunbar6240]

Lol, Ive literally spent three whole hours in the grocery store every month just so I can contemplate if I want to go through with the pain after I buy some milk and a tub of ice cream. I love anything dairy so being lactose intolerant is a nightmare for me. I like the trait, I just dont like feeling attacked by it whenever I lay eyes on it

[@mammaearp360]

@@preciousdunbar6240 try lactate tablets. They are amazing.

[@calliopegustafson3822]

I'm lactose intolerant and I feel like I don't want it to be one of my main traits but I have to admit that it is probably one. But then I kinda understand why she said it about the Sims because there is so many more traits that you can pick which actually change or help your game.

[@bellsthesultana]

YES. I AM LACTOSE AND GLUCOSE INTOLERANT, IMAGINE THE ABSOLUTE HELL WHEN MY FRIENDS WANT TO EAT OUT SOMEWHERE OR WHEN I HAVE COMPANY WHILE GROCERY SHOPPING. It is most definitely a very defining trait for me, unfortunately

[@claroo04]

I think that traits like vegetarian should be a lifestyle instead of actual traits

[@RoseBaggins]

Agree.

[@Tadpole_Plyrr2]

It takes up space and that annoys me

[@CatitaVi]

vegetarian and lactose intolerance should be included in a new area of dietary preferences or restrictions!

[@honeybunny7239]

They could make a whole lifestyle section that has things that make sims be more representative of real people. Add dietary restrictions but also add in things like allergies and illnesses. That could even link into disabilities which would add some nice representation to the game too. I know some mods have traits that are for ADHD , ptsd and others but it would be nice to have a section devoted to that as well as physical disabilities or restrictions .

[@SylverScourge]

I just use mods to let me use more traits

[@eurydiceapologist]

THE FROG BACKPACK 😭 MY LITTLE COTTAGECORE GREMLIN LESBIAN HEART AHHH

[@mikaelastefkova]

I feel u haha wuvekakwn 😭💗

[@Monie228]

The fact that families can now cook together AND it’ll be on base game is probably the best news ever. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sugarberreh]

I NEED TO KNOW: will dogs and cats also have interactions with the chickens, cows,llamas?? Like imagine dogs rounding up the chickens back to their coop. Or dogs and cats fighting off foxes?

[@justacriminalin70countries49]

I honestly thought of my cat attacking my chickens and killing them 😭

[@maggie6319]

yeah anf like dont they also have a domesticated fox in cats and dogs??

[@kali_tea]

Usually, cats don't attack chicken, maybe only baby chick... I guess, at first, we won't have anything related together, BUT maybe in an update....

[@justacriminalin70countries49]

@@kali_tea imagine if they made us pay for having that update bruh 😭 yes that'll be £99.99

[@kali_tea]

@@justacriminalin70countries49 I hope not either 😂

[@gloriadiaz5752]

When de rabbit thumped when he was angry i loved it. My bunny does that to when i anoy him and i see it like a cute detail

[@VanillaEnigma]

I feel like Death by Rabbit could be a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail? "What? Behind the rabbit?" "It /is/ the rabbit!!"

TOTALLY

[@bakabakugou]

Or Re:Zero reference...

[@fran_chessanelly4463]

YESSS

[@fran_chessanelly4463]

"Tis but a scratch!" "Tis mearly a flesh wound!"

[@kellysueballard7654]

I'm not dead yet..... I'm getting better....

[@aqueronte2]

YES!!! I think a lot about how beeing vegetarian is a TRAIT on the sims 4, I'm vegetarian and I never made me being vegetarian because it's not a personality trait, it's just an option, and I really wish we had a separate option to pick our diet preferences.

[@banh_mi857]

@EVERY SINGER IS SO GOOD! LOL! you always say that whatever you tuber you’re commenting on is your inspiration and you always spam this. Stop, please, stop

[@sim771]

@@banh_mi857 yeah i just report as spam

[@sim771]

Id like to see diet preferences where you could have vegetarian, lactose intolerant, spicy food, salty food, sweet tooth etc. That way if they eat their fave meal they are so happy but if they have to eat their hated food they get mad. Although i do like the interractions with the diets as traits like "evangiloze about vegetarian lifestyle" thats pretty funny to me

[@biblicallyaccuratecockroach]

If you're on PC, I have a mod by Zero that puts Vegetarian and Dog/Cat Lover traits in the Reward traits category (costs 0, automatically given to those who had those traits already). Hopefully they'll also make Lactose Intolerant a reward trait once the pack comes out.

[@Caio-sw7hh]

i mean, i know some ppl whose vegetarianism is a trait hahahaha but indeed, i am and id never put it in my sim self

[@amberholmes0813]

I'm a super CAS person, I love building and playing too, but I REALLY love CAS, and as you went through the CAS options, my mouth literally DROPPED 🤯

[@teal3392]

SAME

[@SeanFoxxx]

I feel like this with the magic pack would actually make for a more interesting spell casting storyline

[@antivaxxnugs7859]

Could literally re-create harry potter

[@ManheiChanRedFlow]

Yeah literally I just grow and clean everything with magic

[@sim771]

The devs said they had more preference updates coming since simmers really liked them.... right? I remember them saying it was just the start. So hopefully they will add more preferences like dietary and fashion/style and attraction. Also i would love having quirks like get famous but for normies. I think the quirks are so fun but i dont want my sims to be celebs in order to have them. Maybe we can get phobias like technophobia, hydrophobia, etc

[@Lynn-vs4uu]

I wish I could like this more times!

[@nosferatuwu]

They would have to rehaul the personality system bc so many of them are just likes/dislikes but god i wish

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

Homophobia

[@stephanies9986]

I’m only 3 minutes into the video and already can’t wait to get my hands on this. As someone who LOVES the decades/historical type challenges, this give so much content to work with for CAS and game play. This is the first pack in a long time I’m legit excited about!

[@mikaelastefkova]

Exactly, same for me! Even tho I'll probably wait for a sale, I'd feel bad spending so much money on a game and on myself haha 🌼🌿

[@menta3001]

Not related, but you're really pretty

[@atomicturtle2184]

“you can brag about your giant eggplant, or show them your pie” -lilsimsie, family friendly sims youtuber

[@sannebov7935]

What time?

[@frankie9298]

@@sannebov7935 8:19

[@leeann4380]

😂

[@atomicturtle2184]

@@leeann4380 eyy same name gang

[@leeann4380]

@@atomicturtle2184 I had to leave a comment just for that reason

[@kiamaria331]

The way the bunnies stomp their little feet before they attack is the most adorable thing ever.

[@meesh8023]

I DEFINITELY agree about the food preferences being a separate thing!!! 3 traits isn't enough to add in food preferences/allergies! Sims already lack personality, so taking one of those spots to fart more when you drink milk isn't really enough for me. (Also, I'm lactose intolerant - I definitely know there's more to it than farting but still)

[@roselovescheese]

Nobody is talking about how the kids got out little stepstools so they could help cook and I’m honestly HERE for it ❤️

[@syd671]

I hope they add knitted animal clothes for nifty knitting for this pack, and you can use the Llama wool to make them for free/cheaper

[@Squiddy21]

They can't add stuff to Nifty knitting, if that's what you mean. It's an already released pack, it ain't gonna get updated.

[@TM-ng2bz]

@@Squiddy21 there is cross pack integration between other packs as well. Why not those?

[@Squiddy21]

@@TM-ng2bz I can't think of any example 🤔 I knew they said they won't add to packs already released.

[@TM-ng2bz]

@@Squiddy21 There are plenty of examples of there being extra features if you own two certain packs. For example being able to use cats and dogs as familiars when playing with spellcasters. It's not the same as adding whole new things to the old pack, it's adding pack integration.

[@powerpuff4ever]

@@Squiddy21 they’ve added content to released packs before. Updates are added online, there’s nothing stopping them

[@EpicAlytra33]

Just imagine having Seasons and this pack (I do and I am pretty exited) and having the different seasonal crops, and BEEHIVES, so you can be a bee keeper on a farm!

[@seedyourmind9690]

You’re telling me chickens and bunnies can kill but the alligators can’t?! 😂

[@svellah4388]

@Rytis Cyber because that's disgusting

[@whatdoyouevencallchannelna6264]

@Rytis Cyber I don’t think ea would put it in the game tho

[@aeroga2383]

@Rytis Cyber you can trade the chickens for "meat" which is basically the same thing

[@Duacarl]

Welcome to ts4

[@nyxicide]

I wish they'd redo traits similar to how they're redoing lot traits, so that way you could have a slot for good ones and "negative" or challenge ones, bc it's just so hard to want to pick the ones that don't do much like vegetarian

[@cashewbag]

having a diet preference rather than a whole trait for your sims makes SO much sense and that's absolutely something they should consider: you could have no diet, be vegan/vegetarian, lactose intolerant, gluten free, sugar free, etc

[@grenesims]

this is gonna be the best pack ever I can feel it

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

This would have been such an ideal pack to add homeschooling into the game! I hope they do it someday.

[@teal3392]

THEY SHOULD, THANK YOU

[@neilbiggs1353]

It isn't, just from a culture standpoint - they've set this pack in a Simified version of England, and homeschooling isn't much of a thing in the UK at all. What might have been nice though is if they included a second world so you could get a version of country living with a Simified Iowa for example. Then I feel like the homeschool thing would make a bit more sense

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

@@neilbiggs1353 that’s fair but I also don’t think people dress their chickens in hats or magically dye their cows and llamas rainbow colors to customize their milk and wool 😉 For real though, I am likening it more to an era where folks sustained their own land and food rather than had jobs outside of the home. In that sense having homeschooling would be ideal because the kids would be helping around the homestead and learning those hands on skills rather than leaving everyday.

[@neilbiggs1353]

@@Chet_Thornbushel To be fair to the sims team, they try to get cultural details right, while having fun with things they can make absurd. I would love it if they did a better sense of ethnicity for characters though, like if you made an NPC family of Korean or Nigerian heritage, the next generation would use names of that culture. This pack is really about that romanticised view of small towns that people move to to escape the rat race, though it would be interesting if at some point they did some packs about historical settings. Could you imagine playing a generation in the wild west, then descendents of theirs in prohibition, then a group ion the 60s...

[@jillianbruley4150]

I can’t wait to run a bakery! I haven’t done that since get to work came out, and I got bored of so few baking options

[@windenbird]

I’m so glad Agnes can still abuse me with her handbag, it’s so nice to see the elderly keeping active

[@breannafofana8]

HAHAHA

[@junerussell6972]

I know your home life is going to be very busy around the time that this pack comes out, but I hope that you'll do another "look see" of all the various things that this pack will do with the *other* packs (especially the "lot challenges.") That's one of the frustrations with the "early access" is that you don't get to see how it works with the other packs.

[@xuxionhao3418]

Kayla continuously using terms like " masculine and feminine sims". it means so much to me that she continuously makes the effort in these little everyday ways. it's not a one-off and it's normalized for her to phrase it in such a way. this may seem like I'm blowing up something small that isn't that deep. but constantly hearing others saying things like "womens clothing, girls wear this. for boys, women go through this" etc, its so nice to hear someone consistently caring and making the effort to have it phrased differently be so casual.

[@cecilygreen5295]

i know! it makes my feminine non binary heart so happy, especially since we don’t see non binary people represented in the sims at all.

[@kc-tq3nt]

the8 loves u!!!

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

I agree. I always like that she also doesn’t only stick to one genders’ stuff

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

When designing a sim*( sorry for my english)

[@kyky8110]

i noticed the same thing! really made me day :)

[@aster_3188]

i like how they seperated lot challenges and lot traits. i think they should do something similar with aspirations, cause some of them feel like challenges/pack tutorials and some are more of long term lifetime wishes. also, would be cool if they added more reward traits, likes, club activities, whims, holiday traditions coresponding with the new pack. i hope they didn't forget about those.

[@madelynbadger9617]

I see an “errands” rags to riches in our future

[@kaysimmons3788]

When she said “all the lots were built by simmers so they’re actually good” I busted out laughing; that’s hilarious

[@jessiebird26]

As a rabbit owning, jam making, llama mamma (we have 5) I feel seen.

[@butterbun7033]

As a chicken owner...I ALSO feel seen 😂😂😂 I've been waiting for this forever to have my little dinosaur in game 😭😭

[@dev_check]

Not even a fan of farming but I would spend $40 for the frog backpack

[@pclvhpns]

And people like you are the reason it's all overpriced 🤦‍♀️

[@haru-__-]

@@pclvhpns I agree

[@whatdoyouevencallchannelna6264]

@@pclvhpns calm down it was a joke

[@fabxo4551]

You can get it for cheaper

[@approachableplantsbyjessie495]

I’m the most excited about this pack that I’ve ever been. It’s soooo cool that all ages are incorporated, I feel like I’ve been wanting that forever

[@alexagray4942]

It looks like a lot of the swatches and colors are going to coordinate with a bunch of the other packs! I’m so excited. I think it’s going to be amazing

[@willgpb_]

Do we have a "It's fine, everything is fine" and a "I came into this so confident" merch???

[@daffy_an]

And “the light on this lot is terrible”

[@finjoschka2954]

don't forget "don't touch my walls!!"

[@sopapiglobo]

"Do you think i made of moneyy" i love that one

[@willgpb_]

@@daffy_an This would be actually fun to wear anywhere hahaha

[@willgpb_]

Guys, another idea: Various T-Shirts in different shades of blue with the drawing of a house on it with the words "blue suburban" written on top of it

[@cashewbag]

i really like that the sims has included lgbt townie couples in recent packs, it's something small but it makes me happy

[@fakename3208]

I don’t

[@fakename3208]

@tai the tea guy I know I’m just telling you I don’t

[@pinkcupcake4717]

I love how there's they sweet elderly gay couple then the one mom is bi and causing DRAMA in town.

[@salliewhite3531]

I can't wait for the get rich quick schemes

[@TheMonicaAlison]

Stanley will be making jams

[@bluealbatrosscurrypigeon128]

And pies

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

This reminded me of tumblr posts lol

[@vickybrown3463]

According to how James' LP is going, there may not be any😂😂😂😂

[@ALilSquish]

Kayla: sees the word 'aubergine'. Also Kayla: says 'eggplant'.

[@amyh9645]

German!

[@smwatertasteslikewater]

@@amyh9645 ???

[@amyh9645]

@@smwatertasteslikewater eggplant is aubergine in German

[@winnielewis1749]

@@amyh9645 same in the UK

[@tornadodee148]

@@amyh9645 in french too

[@lillykixup5974]

can someone explain to me, why ea adds like a hundred new items, but most of them hidden behind a cheat?

[@patrickramseyart]

A lot of the items are designed for the new world, not necessarily optimized for building (I guess.) Sometimes that feels warranted imo, but other times it's definitely odd.

[@stitchkyle]

A lot of times these items are not properly programmed, most of the time with debug items your sims will just ignore them and walk through them.

[@kylaping4429]

Can children have the lactose intolerance trait? If so, that's their whole personality since they only have one trait

[@demon-dj7yj]

WAIT, children only have one trait? I never played TS4, only TS3. WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THAT?!

[@caliecat8275]

@@demon-dj7yj yea kids have one trait(really limited traits to choose from), teens have two traits, and when they turn into young adults they finally get a third trait.

[@kali_tea]

Tho, you could still cheat for more personnality, but... Not like it will change something

[@vundabar4467]

@@demon-dj7yj In sims 3 Im sure kids didn’t have 1 trait…

[@winnielewis1749]

yes they also have the lactose intolerance trait

[@ChoralAlchemist]

“Nugget?! Oh. That’s dark” I burst out laughing 😂😂😂

[@SJskibidirizz]

You should totally do a new let’s play with cottage living and have it be off the grid and the simple living challenge! I would love it so much!

[@katelynvazquez9491]

Yes it would be so much fun!

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

I’d love to see a glasshouse, modern extension, chicken, a cow - old kitchen and some modern stuff from eco lifestyle to support !

[@katiecawood2399]

This pack got me excited to play the Sims again! Living my cottagecore dreams.

[@christinaceder]

I love all the added gameplay features! The errands are so cool! I can’t wait to run errands for the Creature Keeper!!

[@Aerodil]

I'm excited for it! Also, MERCH! Finally the merch is out.

[@confusedtea7]

Some of the plainer strawberry/cherry dress swatches are giving me big "mother-of-the-bride" vibes

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

TRUE

[@hannsummers5752]

wait...is "the amazing technicolor neckwarmer" a reference to "joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat"? someone on the sims team is a theater kid👀

[@lizziebakeoven3225]

It's gotta be lol

[@coffeepowered6033]

I knew that was ringing a distant bell lmao I was *obsessed* with that production as a kid.

[@hannsummers5752]

@@coffeepowered6033 the only reason i know of it is bc my friend played the pharaoh (? the one who's wife joseph has sex with lmao) in a production of it recently. it was an awesome show !

[@DaughterOfYahweh-]

@@hannsummers5752 :) Joseph didn't have sex with pharaohs wife. Pharaohs wife advanced on him and he said how could I commit this great sin against God? And ran! He is awesome

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

or a christian lol

[@aranelangel]

This is everything I've always wanted and more! I am SO EXCITED!! I've never gotten a pack as it came out; I usually wait and buy them when they're on sale. But this pack is out in time for me to receive it as a birthday present and hoooo boy. I am going to disappear into a sims black hole for who only knows how long with all this new amazing game play! I can't wait!!

[@Pinkhearts0]

i wish they would refresh it with infant cas items

[@Leo-mj5dg]

What if Terri, from the legacy challenge, had a farm with a bunch of evil chickens?

[@amayamarie3334]

I feel like I want that merch badddd ... Proceeds to go to website: $40 but that's my cottage living money Looks at Kayak's modeling: awwww she's so cute look at her baby face ahhhh 🥰

[@lemonhead5]

@EVERY SINGER IS SO GOOD! LOL! hush :)

[@serenitybarry4679]

I'm not really a merch person but it's really fucking cute!! I'll definitely be buying some after cottage loving and a couple of expensive real life situations 😂😂

[@Antonio-nl4ip]

What

[@rummagingchaos]

first thing i’m doing when i get this pack is getting a pet llama for my family and naming him Kuzco. if you get it you get it ☺️ edit: y’all are my kinda people 👌🏾

[@DragonriderEpona]

Had the exact same thought :DD

[@allalll1915]

Can't think of a better name 😉

[@Emma-qu4oh]

You could also do a cat and name it Yzma btw cause in the end of the movie she’s a cat

[@rummagingchaos]

@@Emma-qu4oh you’re a genius!!

[@Emma-qu4oh]

@@rummagingchaos I’m not street smart I’m not too book smart but I’m great at naming sims 4 cats

[@taral1671]

I can't wait to get this expansion! It's making me want to get Kayak's farm build and add in all the cottage living stuff now.

[@athena8212]

i love that they added the lactose thing because i am lactose so i just love that

[@obsoletepixels]

The sensitive hoodie is adorable. I love that the "i"s have hearts as the dot. I hope I get it one day.

[@ththarma]

If the shipping of these STUNNING pieces of clothing (a.k.a. Simsie's merch) don't make me broke, I will buy them right away! (You know. Europe)

[@lianna9492]

I feel your pain 😔 - someone in Asia

[@a_s2557]

It definitely will lmao

[@christinaflach55]

Crying in european 🥲

[@-abi-]

Us Europeans can cry together

[@CaitlinSims]

i personally love cottage living and the amazing cottagecore vibes it gives, like OMG we have FARM ANIMALS?! this pack is literally my favorite already 🥺

[@caitlinthiessen]

we have the same name omg 😁

[@CaitlinSims]

@@caitlinthiessen omg hi 😂

[@Sparkling34]

I'm watching this again two years later too see if I want to buy it and Kayla feels so young! its weird to think of how long I've been watching lilsimsie.

[@swelone7959]

I remember Simsie being so anxious about the photo shoot, but it turned out so cute that I can't 🥺🥺🥺

[@CaitlinSims]

i think maybe if they added lactose intolerant and vegetarian and stuff as a like and dislike it would be better! like your sims could like being vegetarian (meaning they’d be vegetarian) or they could hate lactose intolerance (meaning they wouldn’t be lactose intolerant) if that makes sense 😂

[@Elizexpip]

Yess and like gluten free and stuff!! Allergies that they need medicine and stuff would be soo cool

[@danakuizheva624]

I think that could be their next step. But then I remember that infamous frozen yogurt or whatever thing with whoever that was when they got triggered by some dietary label. So. I personally would like allergies/preferences, but it might be triggering for somebody

[@Caio-sw7hh]

kosher and avoiding pprk too since theese are major dietary religion things

[@valkeakirahvi]

They should make a barbarian trait who would get angry if they ate vegetarian food :P

[@paulkofler519]

I think we needed sheep’s, goats and pigs too, being able to have baby animals (I mean our cow can give milk without being pregnant?), also being able to place ONE BIG stall where like maybe 8 animals have space in it, more traits and aspirations (they could’ve added a aspiration to the animal category) and for the new world like 20 lots instead of only 12

[@givhan5]

That’s a lot of stuff to put into the game

[@daffy_an]

In real life they also don’t need to be pregnant to give milk btw

[@paulkofler519]

@@daffy_an they do. Cows need to be or at least need to have been pregnant to produce milk. Of course as long as you continue to get the milk the cow will continue to produce and give milk even long after being pregnant but to even start producing milk they have to be pregnant

[@paulkofler519]

@@givhan5 it’s actually not. And I mean it’s a EXPANSION pack so it should have as much gameplay as possible. Even if we don’t get big stalls and only can have smaller farms (which is also okay and cute) at least having pigs and being able to have baby cows and llamas abs baby pigs would be nice. And a big enough world like Windenburg would be cool too. I mean this isn’t really too mich to ask for

[@daffy_an]

@@paulkofler519 wow okay, sorry, I actually never knew it

[@thelostgirl101]

Lilsimsie: This pack isn't supposed to be mass farming DrGluon: 100 Chicken Challenge! Let's build Chicken City!

[@SuzieAdvi]

OMG! Now I'll HAVE to buy this expansion pack!

[@aelyndorren6770]

If your sim marries the Creature Keeper, the game will automatically select another sim to be the Creature Keeper :)

[@antivaxxnugs7859]

They could of atleast added baby cows and baby llamas, and they have different genetics like size and then you can bring your bull to the animal competitions

[@astrim1262]

Im gonna get babies in sims just so they can wear that adorable frog backpack

[@ghostkids4]

I'm not sure if anyone already mentioned it but I love the fact that the mayor is a woman and there are a lot of people of colour in this pack. I feel like it represents British society pretty well. Edit: oh and the older gay couple, so adorable ❤️❤️❤️

[@Gabsdubs]

The rags to riches with simple living will be a lot more fun or even a legacy challenge

[@Spois]

:D

[@OneSouthernSimmer]

Oh Agnes & her surly self. I haven't see her in game in like 20 yrs. I remember her in first sims. She's always entertaining

[@xavierdoesntmatter]

Three questions 1: Will people from other cities visit a city you're in like the market? Do random sims that don't technically exist show up? How does it make a market feel alive if a town only actually have like 15 sims? 2: What is the real difference between the "starter homes" in town and up on the hill and the really large empty house next to the empty plot? If I get this I probably would want the really large house that is empty 3: Can you turn the empty plot next to the large house into a vet clinic? Wife and I play with the multiplayer mod and if I can set up a vet clinic for her right next to the house that would be cool. Maybe have cows and chickens on both the home plot and a vet clinic.

[@sophiegosling8451]

When all u wanna be is a cottagecore fairy then they bring out this pack...

[@Laxxmitknaxx]

It has so much cottage core vibes while also contributing HARD to eco lifestyle

[@w1u4]

I sense a "top 3 expansion packs ever" expansion pack

[@isaiahbankss8904]

The bunnies should have been able to be pets like cats & dogs.

[@emmiheers8831]

I feel like no because this feels more like real life, because you have to earn the bunnies trust in game and you have to do the same in real life

[@valkeakirahvi]

@@emmiheers8831 Kinda, but you shouldn't earn the trust of wild rabbits in real life...

[@butterbun7033]

I think the idea was that cats and dogs were focusing more on more COMMON pets people have but of course cottage living focuses on bigger and more exotic pets/animals people own like...yeah I have a pet chicken and I WISH it all came in one pack but I know not many people have in real life or want their sims to have pet chickens and might have thought it was irrelevant

[@leo9597]

@@butterbun7033 sure but rabbits are pretty common as pets. like i’d say the most common pets are cats, dogs, fish, rabbits

[@butterbun7033]

@@leo9597 yeah but I like them devoting a pack more geared towards a few animals at a time so we can get actual GOOD game play with them, personally I hated the cats and dogs expansion pack, all they do is get sick with unrealistic illnesses all the time and are generally just a nuisance. I'm SO glad they did a different direction entirely with this one

[@silverliningsstudio]

I have been going trough a rough patch at the homefront.. looking forward to this pack is seriously helping me get going 😅

[@gneissnicebaby]

After a year, and a few other packs being released, I think I can confidently say this is my all time favorite pack. Everything about it is adorable and it adds new game play that just makes sense for the world and story telling. The only thing is I wish the town had more vacant lots for building. Like if they did away with a shop or two that's just there for window shopping, or made that huge family farm 25% smaller, and instead gave us another lot to build on I would be super happy. BUT I'm a simmer that likes to build so I will always want more lots to build on 🤷‍♀️