Should Snowy Escape be an expansion pack?

[@gameoftomes14]

I love that it’s not an Americanized world and also isn’t just a vacation world. It feels less exoticized that way. I love the attention to detail in the build/buy and CAS sections. Any faults I’ve been seeing with it seem like overall Sims 4 problems like the lack of interesting, long-term gameplay and style-over-substance. And the general lack of Sims around town.

[@alexdelaloire8739]

Exactly what I feel about Sulani. The fact that it' less exotic makes it so refreshing (cause I grew up on an Island and I really like how it's a residential world). If I have to send my sims on vacation I would have chosen San Myshuno or Brindletown Bay...they feel more exotic to me.

[@meliekanicole8152]

Whew...you touched on some major points. Idk why the team misses the gameplay mark repeatedly. Especially like you said, with re-using animations. If we have the animations - make a new dang activity with an existing animation. And activities for kids, we get another activity table, for what?! I totally agree that they missed an opportunity for kids to have a tea set. They need to hire game changers, or have a game think tank BEFORE they release it and add the things they missed. Smh.

[@melissahunt5074]

I easily could be wrong, so take what I say with a grain of salt and definitely don’t quote me on this but I’m wondering if Ea/Sims Gurus are more focused on builds in the Sims 4 due to all the building influencers on KZbin? Not that it’s a bad thing, I enjoy all kinds of content, but I just notice the gurus tend to play favourites with builders, probably due to who could perhaps introduce more people to the game because of popularity? Again this is all speculation, so no one can actually say for sure if my assumption is absolute. It’s just patterns I noticed. While it’s a smart strategy for a business, and I understand where they are coming from, it’s be nice if the Sims team would invite game play influencers to an expansion so they can add some more depth and flavour to the games core. I don’t know if they will, but I think it would be nice if they did.

[@meliekanicole8152]

@@melissahunt5074 I definitely think there is some truth to that!

[@cheshire261]

I would have loved more pack integration. Like updating the hiking in Outdoor Retreat or sledding with Seasons. I'm excited for this pack, but I'm a sucker for packs that enhance other packs in the game making the world feel for cohesive

[@holy9781]

I actually was curious if we hiking would integrate to outdoor retreat.i hope eventually they update that

[@AussieCassPlays]

I really wanted hiking to be added as an activity in any world (or at least Outdoor Retreat and Jungle Adventure). I'm sure a modder will fix it, but can we have it in the game please? :(

[@graceface276]

I agree but I think there are more important things to do like fix dine out and give us generations and preteens

[@alexdelaloire8739]

They should have updated the skating activity in season to make it a full skill at least.

[@beatlebob101]

I think you nailed it when you said “I think the sims team have had some fun with this” about the salary man career. That’s totally what’s missing from sims 4. Just the fun weird creativity that came from the older games. There’s so many small details missing because it feels like no one is having fun

[@roxydots5153]

With every new pack, they really should include more options for holidays, festivals and events if you have Seasons or City Living. When I create a new save, immediately I pack the calendar with at least one holiday or event each week, so this pack would be really juiced if we could create other Japanese or cultural events all year round.

[@Shinojeru1]

As a passionate tea lover, yes, the lack of new tea things is disappointing. You could argue the ceremonial stuff is more of a Chinese thing and this pack is Japan-focused, but still, tea is a cultural staple of Japan too, with teahouses and all that, and what's a better way to warm up than a cup of hot tea? A little tea set for the kids would have been so perfect! It's a shame the sims team didn't have that idea. But I'm still very excited for the pack!!!

[@wig84]

Id honestly like a Teahouse themed stuff pack if it had enough items, a new lot type, and lots of traditional items but also like teacup puffs and modern/cute/quirky items 😅

[@DoveJS]

Agreed overall, but especially that the tea set for kids was a real missed opportunity. I'm glad they can ski and sled, and that there's a new look for the science set, but the tea set is something completely new and cute that they could also have at home, even if they never visited the mountain. (Also, I could be wrong but I swear Sims 3 had a tea set? Okay, after checking, the store had a working one but kids couldn't use it... it's still better than nothing, I guess!)

[@itscyberqueen13]

Why does EA not have this review like, 6 months before they finish it so that they can take this information and use it before they release packs.

[@sims_berner]

this!!!!

[@kawaiimika7974]

Because that's a lot of time. They need to publish stuff to make money in order to keep updating the game

[@itscyberqueen13]

@@kawaiimika7974 EA says they worked on this pack for a year and you and I didn't know anything about it. They could have very easily had game changers give feedback without you and I ever knowing it was late or early, seeing as we never know how long they are working on things.

[@andrewraxter8324]

I think they probably wouldn’t have had the pack at a playable point six months before release.

[@itscyberqueen13]

@@andrewraxter8324 I think some simmers are getting lost in the simple point I am trying to make. To be simple I simply mean to get game changers involved at a point when their feedback can make a difference. That's what I mean, plan and simple.

[@user-gm4no2vs2g]

No new Japanese snacks or drinks at the bar is really surprising.

[@EnglishSimmer]

yeah it was surprising to me too! I was expecting at least a couple of the snacks from the new food stalls to be there like edamame

[@nicoleoakley8881]

especially as a part of izakaya are the snacks you can get, could've had a cool thing where to sit in the bar your sims had to order otoshi, feels really half baked.

[@natncat]

This would've been a cool world to add a meteorologist career, which could have been a work from home career where you monitor the weather and climate of the mountain. Kinda something we've already got in the game, but as a chemistry major, I really like all of the different science careers, even if they are kinda interrelated, because real science is collaborative and interrelated.

[@missjessilla]

A ski instructor career could have been a part-time job for teens and up to do... And having tea ceremonies could have been an event that they just disappear too, like how they volunteer at nursing homes etc. (Just saying that there were simple solutions to some of the missed out opportunities).

[@rachelsydd]

Yeeaaaah, I had a feeling this would be the consensus. While I love the idea of this pack and would use it time to time if I had it, I absolutely cannot justify the $52 price tag (in CAD). You are completely right in that the idea of a expansion pack is to EXPAND the world, and this just does not do it for me. Glad to hear though honestly that Lifestyles are pretty narrow as that was really the only part I could see myself wanting and didn't want to miss out on that. I'm really glad Sentiments are not exclusive to this pack. The scope of this just seems too small and when comparing it to other expansions that I can utilize many different times for different sims and different stories, this just doesn't hold up considering the huge price tag. I honestly think they may need to adjust their pricing profile or increase the content offered in each pack. I know Hearthstone, as another long running game with 3 expansions a year is seeing, the game is just too prohibitively expensive for anyone new to get into or to justify continually buying new content.

[@holy9781]

Omg it 15 extra dollars in cad wow.i though 40 was alot in the usa smh expansions for sims 4 should be 30$ everywhere

[@Fattouch]

I feel like if this was a sims 3 expansion they would've also put some contraptions in buy mode for our sims to sledge and snowboard on in other worlds. Like ramps or something should have also come with this to decentralise the skills.

[@mygetawayart]

two things i DEFINETLY would've loved to have in this pack were teamaking and martial arts. tea ceremony/chadou is such a relaxing and peaceful activity and macha is so pleasant, it would've been such a small but interesting activity to add in that would've definetly added to the pack. Martial arts may have been a little stereotypical but i just wanted martial arts to return into TS4 and this felt like the most appropriate pack to bring them back and another fitness activity to do indoors rather than outdoors.

[@leannafrederick1624]

I think this has replay ability for the Family. Which is why I can play this continuous for my family sims to enjoy

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

You’ll have to go for holidays but that’s all .. I guess we could had more of the Japanese culture : tea drinking hobby, adding futon so sims can learn sleeping on the floor, having zen garden .. herb garden .. these hobbies would add to the gameplay .. having random activities that are fun for a holiday doesn’t impact my sims much! It is good but then again, we miss a lot in the daily gameplay .. i think that’s what many feel as well about the whole game

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@ABirdOnTheMoon Well technically sending my teenagers for a walk without me controling them is a great feature because people do this

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

Kawaii Mika you only can do that in this world though which is unrealistic and not expanding the world of sims 4. It’s again a world boxed with its features! It’s less expanding any gameplay anywhere outside it and that makes it sad for me. You again will have to travel to another world to do something basic as a hike or a casual walk! I don’t know what’s different between this and game packs? We continue adding more worlds with features limited to them as if that’s how it should be? I thought expansion packs are supposed to add features expanding the game and adding to existing gameply in existing worlds! I feel like we have way many worlds that we have to go to in order for us to enjoy one feature or another!

[@plumfrogvic]

After watching all of these reviews, I was shocked that they didn’t include a sim variation of Saké....Like what

[@MrCynthis]

Rice juice

[@mariethedicedragon5977]

I would say that being able to shovel snow into a pile and kids being able to sled down it would be nice

[@Inuyasha8185]

Or an adult pulling the kids around in the sled would be nice.

[@melissahunt5074]

I think in either Sims 2 or 3, you had igloos you can build and play in after. Pretty sure you could woohoo in it too.

[@junerussell6972]

One of the things I like about this is that our Sims who live in Willow Creek can go spend the day (without making a "vacation") in Mt. Komorebi to ski or snowboard, then return home. You can't really do that with the other "destination" worlds. (I suspect you can go to a destination for a wedding event, but not just to spend the day.)

[@andreaparham79]

The update makes this pack worth it because they can vacation here for skiing in winter and fly to Sulani for summer. None of the other vacation packs were good for family vacation either because there was nothing to do or because I don’t need my kid being exposed to poisons in the jungle...

[@fromthursday]

I think I'd be really excited if they didn't include a new world in the next expansion pack at all, just game play. They've all been so gorgeous but so empty of things to do lately-game packs too tbh. When it comes to replay for me, all the activities that rely on you being in a specific place or world always fall by the wayside sooner than later. Thanks for making a review from the point of view of replay value. At this point with so many packs available and pretty expensive, that's the biggest factor for me

[@Carnationmutation]

I was suprised that there was no tea ceremony gameplay as well, and was pretty outraged by the train station situation. If they didn't want to build an interactive lot by the train tracks, they should have just stuck and empty lot there and let us build one. But then I'm odd I'd like more buildable lots than shells, the shells really do my head in.

[@elsagk223]

I love the new pack and will buy it. However, i m wondering how long the excitement will last.. 1-2 weeks (like island living). Expansion packs should have an impact on all the worlds like seasons and pets! Well it is what it is!

[@aronc24]

Do Sims get sentiments for other pack specific memories? Such as gaining celebrity from Get Famous or exploring in Jungle Adventure?

[@EnglishSimmer]

currently sentiments are only available for base game and snowy escape (if you buy the pack). hopefully if people enjoy them and they go down well, they'll be added for future packs and (maybe) past packs

[@aronc24]

​@@EnglishSimmer I sure hope so. It would really calm the community down on a hotly requested complexity so the team can focus on other things.

[@lucaleone4331]

I still feel like this is an expansion pack, and it brought alot. But some simple no brainers I cant get over is: Tea: For sure that should have been a new thing, having a tea party, letting you make tea out of a pot, serving it at the low table, just something like that. It seems so obvious and that they were almost there but just didnt include it. Winter Sports Athlete: I mean...you're already doing it, how hard would it have been to throw up a rabbit hole career where you cycle through rockclimbing and then branches out to skiing or snowboarding. Atleast the career part will undoubtedly come in Mods. As much as I love new packs, I love seeing the CC and Mods that come after packs are released. So its like even more Sims content just a month after a pack!

[@sugarNdice]

after 6 years of being able to do everything in the house, we finally get a pack that forces us outside & it just misses the mark. Hopefully they learn from this & find a way to have a nice mixture of both indoor & outdoor activities. Since you can rent in all the worlds now, I thought they would add something where you can learn about the world or get a souvenir to bring home to commemorate the trip (even if it's a trip to Willow Creek).

[@user-gm4no2vs2g]

I want to know about cross pack compatibility. Hoping for an activity update for Get Together. Can we take a group walk with our dogs?

[@EnglishSimmer]

you can take dogs on hikes! the gurus confirmed it with me

[@user-gm4no2vs2g]

@@EnglishSimmer Nice!

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@EnglishSimmer Hey could you mby check if you can place the hike object thing in any world, that would be awesome if you could

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

Kawaii Mika it is limited to this world. That’s what Molly said earlier to me. You can’t hike in other worlds; which is a huge missed opportunity

[@FriXi07]

Also, not being able to bring toddlers on a hikibg trip is a huge letdown.

[@rhianbeam1766]

That kind of reminds me about how we get all this heavy snow gear for seasons and like....nowhere to wear it to unless you get this pack. Like, they don't really need the heavy stuff for basic snow, only for those winter activities.

[@rhianbeam1766]

ALso is anyone else's freelance career broken? Mine is really broken lol

[@ioannasampani3489]

tea ceremony and cherry blossoms would have been so cute and would add so much depth (also we got no futon bed?) i guess they didn't add cherry blossoms for those who have seasons cause the community would complain and that's sad, idk I don't mind if for example they add apartments to new expansions cause city living was literally a world full of apartments and offers so much more that having a couple of apartments in other words doesn't really decrease its value and yeah they shouldn't be afraid to give us things that connect to other expansion packs as long as the main features are enough... anyway what I wanted to say is that a cherry viewing festival in spring would have been really cool

[@shelley5449]

I’ve been playing a Japanese family in sims 4 for about a year now, this is on console so no access to custom content, and it’s been hard! Like for new years japanese families normally go to the shrine and pray, so currently I just have them go off to a ceremony, but now I can actually have them go visit and pray at actual shrines 🙌🏻. I do wish there was an at home alter (for inside the home), or if someone passes away on this game, of instead of getting a grave you get an alter, that would be cool. The family I made was actually based off of this japanese mum who has a cooking youtube and she’s always dressed formally in kimono’s, and again, I’ve had so few choices in kimonos. I honestly can not wait for this pack. I’m finally going to be playing this family properly. The kotatsu as well, and finally having things that let your sims sit on the floor, I bought spa day just for the little bits of potentially japanese fitting stuff and so they could sit on meditation stools just to be that little bit closer. The only thing I wish is that the bar came with food as well, because Izakaya’s normally serve foods as well as drinks and I think that would have made the bar a bit different, and yeah, there should 100% have been sake.

[@MLadyAzzera]

I completely understand how you feel; Sims 4 has a lack of detail with gameplay. I really think this pack is a stepping stone in the right direction though, they got simmers involved with the lot builds, added sentiments (now let's get a memory overhaul already!), gave more detail and unique gameplay (I can't wait for hikes!), and surveyed the community in the beginning to make sure it was something we wanted in the first place . I am super impressed by the Sims team...you can tell they really tried with this one.

[@ABirdOnTheMoon]

Sadly .. this is a huge Sims 4 issue : most packs especially expansion packs would generally don’t expand the game when I feel that should be the focus! The pack shouldn’t be about the new world where you can have features specific to it because that’s also a game pack thing and we end up having all these worlds with features limited to them! It’s always this way! It’s many packs with same issues : IL, DU, .. etc these only two but I can go in a list mentioning a lot

[@estralla_star]

Can you have a club from Get Together based on snowboarding/skiing/hiking?

[@Fattouch]

Your constructive criticism is extremely helpful! Thanks for this

[@justfinn91]

Thank you so much for this video! Your constructive criticism and in-depth reviews are always very helpful and much appreciated. It seems like all of the budget went to the three new skills and other outdoor activities , which do look very cool, but I don‘t think it‘s enough for an expansion pack and they definitely should have included some of the things you mentioned. I really don’t think any of the packs are worth the full price, so I always wait for a sale and will do the same here.

[@boybriar]

I love your hair right now! You really suit dark brown!

[@booem2549]

Thank you for your lovely review Mollie. As I’m British I must say I do love my cups of tea lol. Its a shame that haven’t included the tea features in. But how great would it have been if they included it and went further and had sims read each other’s tea leaves I would of love to see that 😀 great review I’m gonna definitely buy the pack when it comes out x

[@modernmissyt]

Love hearing your thoughts in these kinds of videos. Would have liked more tea related items as well but am looking forward to this pack!

[@natncat]

I'm really glad someone *finally* touched on the negative of lifestyles being an exclusive feature!! 16 lifestyles is not a lot, especially when you're talking about playing the game for a couple more years. It's a shame they took all the feedback they received from that survey and said, "hmmm, how can we lock this behind a paywall?" definitely disappointed, but maybe the team will surprise me and update the lifestyles feature when new content is added, who knows? (probably a stretch, but they've tried to be better about pack integration recently, so not impossible)

[@boho_sol]

Rhett and Link have also got me through 2020 lol They have really been a bright spot on KZbin!

[@mistalina13]

They could also use the halfpipe for skateboarding if that came down the line.

[@kawaiimika7974]

I love this XD Simmers: there is nothing to do outside, give us more outside activities Sims team: Snowy escape Simmers: where are the in doors things to do

[@EnglishSimmer]

personally it's just a step back from eco lifestyle for me as an expansion. I couldn't praise this pack for the exact same thing I ripped journey to batuu apart for

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@EnglishSimmer I understand yeah. I wish they incorporated those Jorney to Batuu shops into this world. It's so saaaaad

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@Follow_a_bee Oh I want this cuz it's Japan inspired. But it's sad when I look at the world and that the train is only tied to a career, like you can't even get near it. I like the Sims 4, it's my favorite to play but like why don't you give me a reason to cherish you more and prove you can do better then the previos games. Well there is a slot of things in this pack, but that neighborhood makes me sad 🙁

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@Follow_a_bee No I like that it's empty cuz it's great for hikes I only wish that buildings were interactible. I'm currently working on a mod for that just so I could use those shops

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@Follow_a_bee But I do agree with empty worlds. My favorite one is San Myshuno cuz it has the most lots and it feels alive because of city setting and second one would be Newcrest cuz it just feels like such a nice world to live in. This could be my third favorite

[@AussieCassPlays]

I am cautiously optimistic about most of this pack. I was super excited for Island Living and then played it hard and got bored with it - but I've found now I play with it sometimes rather than all the time (ie in rotational gameplay), I get more enjoyment out of it. I suspect I'll be the same with this pack - visit it with some families, maybe have one family live in the neighbourhood. That'll stop me from getting burned out on the new content. What I am disappointed about is the point you hit on, about how the activities seem locked to that world. No hiking outside the new world (when Granite Falls in particular is the most boring world ever and begging for some new activities) is a real shame! I'd also have loved to see tobogganing/sledging/sledding in other snowy worlds, but I can see the issue from the team's point of view.

[@laruth318]

Ok let’s be honest after I played world adventures in sims 3 I no longer wanted to do it. It’s unfair for us to hammer at sims 4 for replay ability. I’ve never seen a simmer constantly replay world adventures in sims 3. Once I played through owning a escort in sims 3 that was the last time I did it. Where sims 4 has failed is the blending of all the other packs into the base game like catching some bugs in other worlds, adopting stray pets in other worlds, if they can incorporate the other games into the game it would be ten times better.

[@EnglishSimmer]

the thing is with world adventures though is there's 3 different locations to visit and stories to tell. I don't think this pack has that variety. I definitely think replayability is a personal opinion but imo I much preferred eco lifestyle as an expansion over this because it added to the game as a whole rather than just one world

[@silje.on.youtube]

I think it’s perfect for family activities. Every family I have will probably use this multiple times ☺️

[@EdinMesic11]

I feel like ea shouldve expanded the existing skills and jobs with each expansion. Like we dont want 20 half assed skills, jobs, emotions... Etc Ex: How about base game cooking... has 20 recipes, a chef career up to lv 10, 3 cooking animations. Dlc adds 20 more recipes, 2 extra branches of being a sushi head chef, and exotic cusine chef, and 5 new cooking animations. Like why keep adding more new useless repetitive actions and not just improve what we already have???

[@IronSeagull]

Definitely worried that everyone will get tired of this pack in a week or two. It falls into the same trap as Island Living though I think overall Snowy Escape has more effort put into it

[@EnglishSimmer]

yes this is it! i think it's v well done with everything that IS included but the fact it doesn't add to any other world outside of Mt komorebi means it falls flat for me

[@karatekidjy]

There’s a mod that allows you to use the rock climbing wall anywhere you want and functions brilliantly.

[@ourevilone]

i think there could have been numerous ways for a pack like this to integrate more with day to day life but fails.

[@RS-qi4ev]

Yes. It has a lot of stuff to offer even without the snow sports. A bit for everyone.

[@Karin141622]

No climbing walls in debug or bb.showliveeditobjects? That's quite disappointing TBH :/ I get the reasoning for slopes, but I really expected that the rock walls would be available, like how we can find some waterfalls and huge building shells and stuff in liveedit. Sledding should have been made differently so it would work on terrain tool-made inclines. I used to go sledding in snow-covered alleyways and on the playground right next to my house when I was a kid, not travel to a ski resort.... And why can't toddlers sit at the kotatsu?? I really like the idea and most features of this pack, but "details" like this still make me salty.

[@relinaskye9620]

I would like to do cross country skiing in outdoor retreat in the winter.

[@lauryngore21]

I think this would be a good pack for me because I normally never leave my sims house. This pack would get me to actually leave the house. Though I do agree they could have done more to integrate with other packs and worlds. I probably won't buy it as soon as it comes out, I'm going to watch lets plays before I do, to get various opinions. Sims 4 overall just seems lacking, especially with how long the game has been out.

[@ambarlara9258]

Im actually more excited about the patch than the pack im looking forward to the platforms and the ability to vacation anywhere👌🏼 I just cant play the sims 4 i really tried but with the lack of gameplay replayablility i cant so i just build/decorate🖤

[@isawhat8712]

Do you think with all the other packs added into the game (adding more inside activities), this could become a fun world for a generational family game play to be based in with the added outdoor elements that seem to be missing in other packs?

[@markabele8794]

Great video. You've made many good points that I hope the gurus watch your video. I've seen other GC talk about pretty much the same thing that you did too.

[@ElizabethJones-pv3sj]

I see your point that making snowy stuff available for other worlds gets into the my first pet stuff requires cats & dogs to function fully territory but rock climbing isn't season dependent so it should be possible to build an artificial rock climbing wall in your home world to practice the skill at home before going on holiday to this new world.

[@sketchur]

Are you able to control your Sim's direction and tricks while he/she skis? Because that would be epic!

[@ggsworld3882]

this is the first pack I have been excited to play in a really long time! ❤️❤️❤️

[@theglamourisgone5669]

As a player who enjoys taking my sims on Vacation - I am excited about this pack

[@claire4597]

Quick question, Dom's hair when you created him is a broken link. I tried to to find it everywhere but I couldn't find it so it would be helpful if you could help with that

[@EnglishSimmer]

if it's a broken link then unfortunately it means the creator has likely deleted it

[@DoveJS]

goldrumz.tumblr.com/post/159470847224/peasims-movie-hangout-stuff-hair-recolors-there Luckily, someone saved it on their blog but no telling if it'll vanish forever in the future. :)

[@Zastier]

The thing that worries me about lifestyles is just how few of them there are. 16 lifestyles? Really? You can have 3 of them which could give you some amount of combinations but it's still disappointing. I really hope you get lifestyles for each expansio. Otherwise this whole system will be very hollow for me.

[@Jacyl]

I think this pack looks really good and I want to play it (wich it hasn't happened in a whe), but from what I'm seeing... it doesn't feel like an expansion pack. It feels like a game pack honestly. This might change once I play it, but it doesn't really seem to expans the game beyond the new world

[@sandy80334]

I’m happy the sims team has decided to make content that is more playable with their fan base. Lol I don’t know if I’m more happy because of the pack or because it’s not another horrible Star Wars pack.

[@sandy80334]

@@Follow_a_bee lol relax, I’m happy you’re happy. I didn’t and I’m not going to buy it. I can speak on whatever I want. My feedback and even yours makes for a better game.

[@sandy80334]

@@Follow_a_bee and I wonder how old you are based on Your maturity when dealing with an opposing opinion. “Shut up” ?! You’re seeming very childish but that might be giving you too much because even children know what manners are. You liked the pack , I didn’t. It disappointed me. I’d go into details but that’s probably a mute point when it comes to you. I have a job that allows me to be able to buy this game. When I pay for something with my money best believe I’m gonna have some feedback.

[@sandy80334]

@@Follow_a_bee I’ll break it down for you. I said I was relieved that it wasn’t the same corporate contract content that they had given with Star Wars. I’m not gonna argue or discuss anything further with you. You’ve proven yourself to be a disrespectful individual. You’re telling me I’m negative yet you’re over here acting like The Sims PR pitbull. You’re rude and you’re disrespectful. You’re the problem with the sims community. I’m not going into details about why I was disappointed with someone who lacks common decency. Don’t come for me unless I send for you ❤️

[@sandy80334]

@@Follow_a_bee Im never passive aggressive I’m aggressive aggressive. I was very clear with what I was saying and how I replied. Please take the time to read everything I wrote this time.

[@kawaiimika7974]

@@sandy80334 Ma dudes, don't be snowflakes. Please. Let's just chill. Honey be can say whatever they want cuz they don't like that pack they liked is being trashed on. Let's just relax and go to that damn onsen, ok 😚

[@Inuyasha8185]

I am little disappointed they don't have cross country skiing

[@senselessplace]

... I learned so much. As I am deciding if I want to buy this. I was expecting it to be a game pack. I was also expecting a playable zen garden ! What a missed opportunity ! Tea too! I only have base game so I have to ask. Do Sims get whims where they want to go to to these other worlds if you have them installed? I was really excited about this pack at first. Until I found it was not just a game pack. I think they should have split them into 2 game worlds. Mt. Komorebi for Japanese inspired and the snowboarding and skiing could have been a diffrent non USA world. I would have liked to see more Asain cultures included here too. But that may have been too much.

[@Anna-B]

Question for all LP lovers, which of these legacy challenges sound more entertaining to watch? 1. The "I'm a Lover Challenge"-Every Generation has a different type of romance. ex. The main sim gets married, cheats, and gets caught by the sim for the next generation's sim. That Sim wants the "perfect" family 2. The "Parentcy Challenge"-Every Generation has a different parenting style. ex. This Generation has the "perfect" family, but the next generation thinks that's boring. They have multiple children, all with different parents. They don't stay in relationships very long

[@CharaDreemurX]

Parentcy

[@ambarlara9258]

Haha same about Rhett and Link I started watching them a couple months ago and I love the content🖤

[@valerielee8450]

I think it would be a GOOD thing for the sims to HAVE SENTIMENTS rather than just TRATES. Over all I CAN NOT wait to TRY out this new pack. Looking forward to sledding and the hot springs and skiing,as well as the hot pot.This pack looks FUN. ^_^

[@glassblower0009]

I was just watching GMM too. I totally agree with you!

[@MarnieLuna]

Maybe the Japan focussed things were removed after the controversy from Korean players?

[@doggytheanarchist7876]

Snowy Escape (from the US election). I'm into it tbh. Anything to take my mind of the rise of fascism.

[@andrachirnicinii4846]

I actually disagree. I think it's one of the best sims 4 expansions and they achieved (in my opinion) the low expectations for a sims 4 pack. I don't think it needed to add any indoor activity because base game and a few others have that covered and I prefer them to put effort into something else. I also think it affects other worlds with the rental lots. For me this is HUGE and I love the idea. It would have been nice to have a few other things but I am still happy. (for the sims 4... sims 5 better be better = deliver like sims 3 packs 😂)

[@WinglessFeuer]

I didn't realize you couldn't use the rock walls as a debug item that you could place in different worlds. That is really disappointing and was something I was really looking forward to putting into other worlds :(

[@madbyinstinct]

Great video. I'd love for this pack to have at least 3 new careers, Winter sports instructors, Geisha and Train conductor (guard). I guess we'll need some brilliant content creator to give us what this pack is lacking. Yet I feel like this will be a good addition to the game overall and I will buy it, unlike "J to B", that is totally useless to my style of gaming (never buying that one)

[@Lexi_at_home]

Last time I was this early she was still uploading the Sims 3 generations😂

[@StephTho]

I am def excited for this pack.

[@callisto8413]

It is almost that they wanted a Japanese World but either didn't want TOO Japanese, fearing some people would not want it, or didn't understand Japanese culture enough to really "get it". As you pointed out the lack of any depth when it came to tea culture. And, to my knowledge, no calligraphy, paper folding, or anything related to cherry blossom viewing.

[@EnglishSimmer]

there is a little bit of paper folding, I wish kids could create their own on the crafts table though. they can buy paper kabutos at the festival of youth

[@beardedgeek973]

I... honestly don't know what people want. "There is not enough to do" or "it doesn't expand the game" is said over and over for all my favorite packs. It seems to me that all the things people say are missing are right there. "Replayability"? What? Sims is not about Replayability, it is about every day life. If you don't think this has replayability, then going to the bathroom in base game should only be done once, as well? I mean what is the replayability in cooking meals?

[@DoveJS]

Replayability matters if you play more than one family but even if you're doing a legacy, it can take effect because then you're more likely to cycle through the options. But more importantly, you kind of want a different experience with different Sims and most things will be the same each time. The festivals, going skiing... hiking and mountain climbing might be a bit different but only by so much. Sims 4 just doesn't have enough randomness and when it does add it in, you cycle through it pretty quickly, like random events at work for example. With children, it's even worse because they have limited aspirations, limited after school options, and limited activities overall, which is why it's so good they've been included with some of the most recent skills (knitting, skiing, and sledding.) When I played Sims 3, none of my families felt the same... my Mermaid married the mailman who died and became a ghost, then she had a ghost baby in Island Paradise world. They lived on a house boat. My Japanese Fisherman Sim was obsessed with Chinese culture but he was so poor, living in his big city apartment, that he could only visit once and had to study martial arts at home. My Fairy was actually a townie whom the Sim I made married and I don't remember much about him but I know she went to college after having twin boys. She kept staying out too late so she crashed all over campus in her little fairy house where she had parties and stuff. My Equestrian pseudo-elf chick made friends with a wild unicorn and I planned on having her raise a bunch of foals but never got that far. Obviously, if you don't branch out much then you're going to go through what you like really quickly and there's always going to be some repetition but the problem with this gameplay versus prior Sims games is that there was a lot more to do in Sims 2 and Sims 3 and more chaos meant more unexpected results. Sims 4 is pretty easy to finish everything and explore every corner of every world if you're determined. After 6 years a lot of people who've been playing for a long time have done that. There's a stronger emphasis on doing everything yourself if you want to tell a particular story too... the townies don't really do anything on their own whereas in previous games they were coded to live their own lives to an extent. There just isn't much to discover when the Sims you control are the only ones really actively doing anything so the focus comes down to what your Sims can do and if they've done everything or it doesn't impact much outside of the new world, it can feel kind of empty. So, while going to the bathroom is a necessity if for example your trip to Mt. Komorebi feels the same each time, it's going to get boring fast and you're just going to stop visiting the mountain. I think this new world has a little more staying power than that but not by a lot. Now more than ever, you have to apply your own restrictions to really have fun in Sims 4. I think that's what people are really complaining about. Not everyone, but a lot of people have commented over time on various forums I've been to, that they really only enjoy CAS and/or Build and Buy Mode. As soon as they actually play a Sim, they get bored. I have several families, in different saves, which I rotate but even I've experienced that feeling before which is very telling and not a great sign. I haven't done everything in every expansion that I've got but I have long stretches of time when I don't play because I have to be very focused on my own goals to enjoy the game.

[@holy9781]

Sims community has become so entitled,thats why she feels that way

[@DoveJS]

@@holy9781 Paralives. *mic drop*

[@TrufanNW]

I think it's just a case of animation and function. Using your example, even though everyone cooks and it's not always a different animation there are always a different out come that you choose. That's probably why a lot of people don't think packs don't have enough gameplay.

[@holy9781]

@@DoveJS nah cause the sim toxic community is going to go there.they already are demanding them to make ot better than the sims 4 one indie developers budget.simmer erin just did a video about putting to much pressure on them.i only started watching sim youtubers with in the last year but I've played sims for 20 years.i learned its a very toxic negative group.especially sims 4.i dont like the community

[@KrystalPancakes]

FELLOW MYTHICAL BEASTS SHOW LOVE!! ♥♥♥

[@dlcalbaugh]

Did you say sledging? I have never heard it pronounced this way. You do it on a sled so it is called sledding, no j or g sound in it in the middle of the word. Is this just a British pronunciation?

[@moonkittey]

It's the first pack wich made me think: YES IT IS WORTH 40$ before watching the video Little tip: buy the game via mmoga or other sites... Just Google for it and I promise, a week after reveal you will find it for 30$ The more time passes the cheaper it gets.. Older packs I buy for only 23€ (live in Germany)

[@mayamakov2925]

Spot on constructive criticizem!

[@Ranger2306]

I’ve never been this early to any video. Did my usual scrolling to read comments and didn’t find any...😳

[@windycitydreaming]

I knew there was a reason I liked her. What up fellow lil beastie, lol.

[@kaylilafon9360]

I love the world and the Japanese influence but I HATE that the winter activities are not available in regular life gameplay. It feels like a game pack instead of an expansion.

[@beatlebob101]

This pack feels way more reminiscent of the travel packs from sims 3 which I was obsessed with. Just enough randomization to make the repetitive activities A challenge each time. I also like that this pack insnt insular to itself like jungle adventure is. Because there’s no lots you can live on in that pack, the developers didn’t put as much time into building the world. So once you go through the jungle a couple of times it’s like...okay well I just spent a shit load of simoleons to...sit in a house? Which I was already doing before I traveled? This feels more like the sims three travel packs because the world is more fully realized and the people their have their own relationships etc. Like when you would go to the French themed world in sims 3 and visit the little cottages and the winery and stuff

[@reidholmes2636]

Ea can make a snowy escape expansion but they can’t make a disabilities base game update

[@Mama-bb5lf]

The sledding should have been included in seasons. So tired of beautiful looking packs that you can't interact with . It's like they dig a deeper hole for themselves even when they try. I for one am tired of playing for set dressing with no depth.

[@Gummy_Pop.]

If drinking is part of the culture and they even have an izekaya then why didnt they include: Shochu, Umeshu, and Sake to the drink menu. Like come on EA do your homework all the way instead of half-guess things.

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

On the careers, I was disappointed there was no Yakuza career. Bold choice for a Sims game I know, but hot springs, especially the really traditional ones, often don't allow people with tattoos, because tattoos in Japan have traditionally been a Yakuza thing. So a "no tattoos" rule (as a lot trait maybe?) would've been interesting, with staff actually shooing your Sim away if you have one, and could've incorporated unlockable tattoos in the Yakuza career. So as you rank up, you get more and more tattoos, instead of the usual unlocked objects. I mean a Salaryman is just a Japanese-themed Business career, so why not a Japanese-themed Crime career? There could've been bars frequented by Yakuza in one area and bars frequented by Salarypeople in another (like how the Strangerville bar is frequented by Military Sims). Maybe instead of the Lounge? It's a good build, but I never use Lounges, and a lot of other Simmers I know don't use them either. Could also be the source of the grudge two of the townies have: the Elder (can't remember his name) could be a Yakuza boss :D

[@holy9781]

You repeat the same stuff over and over...every game in history.just like in real life,if I like snowboarding I would snowboard alot

[@yasmione4727]

Wow. I'm the first comment.

[@violet_cake3183]

im early!

[@LouiseAndria1]

Wow early for once!