2016
One of the best games for local multiplayer eva! There's no I in teamwork! Don't even try it in single player, it's fucking awful.
2016
This was a google thing, you had to spell stuff or something. Cute drawings.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
Yes, they charged us for Halloween separately, before seasons or calendars were even a thing. This brings to the table some costumes, a spooky candy bowl, and the ability to carve pumpkins. I love Halloween, so yeah, this is a mandatory add-on.
Yes, they charged us for Halloween separately, before seasons or calendars were even a thing. This brings to the table some costumes, a spooky candy bowl, and the ability to carve pumpkins. I love Halloween, so yeah, this is a mandatory add-on.
2015
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
You can take your sims to a spa, and do spa things, like yoga classes, and massages, and do the sauna thing, but not the thing that they do at gay saunas. Nevermind, the sauna is a new woohoo location.
The pack delivers on the premise, even if the premise is not overly exciting. I like taking my sims to the spa from time to time, and make them fall in love with the masseurs. The main thing missing is that you can't work at the spa yourself, it's NPC job positions only (this shit always happens in The Sims 4).
I forgot to mention that this is the only pack in the history of The Sims 4 to get a refresh: they added objects and gameplay features years after the fact to round up the flavour. I really wish they had done that with all the packs, but apparently it didn't increase sales at all, because they haven't done it again. I haven't played around much with the new stuff yet, but the best things they added is the high maintenance trait, the ability to do manicures and pedicures (nail polish was added to the base game around that time) and the ability to work as an independent masseur / wellness expert / whatever (they added portable versions of all the wellness objects so that you can carry them around and take them to your clients' houses). You still can't work in a spa lot, but otherwise this is a fantastic addition.
You can take your sims to a spa, and do spa things, like yoga classes, and massages, and do the sauna thing, but not the thing that they do at gay saunas. Nevermind, the sauna is a new woohoo location.
The pack delivers on the premise, even if the premise is not overly exciting. I like taking my sims to the spa from time to time, and make them fall in love with the masseurs. The main thing missing is that you can't work at the spa yourself, it's NPC job positions only (this shit always happens in The Sims 4).
I forgot to mention that this is the only pack in the history of The Sims 4 to get a refresh: they added objects and gameplay features years after the fact to round up the flavour. I really wish they had done that with all the packs, but apparently it didn't increase sales at all, because they haven't done it again. I haven't played around much with the new stuff yet, but the best things they added is the high maintenance trait, the ability to do manicures and pedicures (nail polish was added to the base game around that time) and the ability to work as an independent masseur / wellness expert / whatever (they added portable versions of all the wellness objects so that you can carry them around and take them to your clients' houses). You still can't work in a spa lot, but otherwise this is a fantastic addition.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
There are like 4 stuff packs named something like "stuff for your yard" and I respect anyone who can tell them apart by memory. This is the one that comes with hot tubs.
You have to pay for hot tubs. The usual DLC arguements:
- Why do we have to pay for something that should come for free?
- This is content I want, so technically is very good content.
But this pack was made retroactively useless by the fact that the devs later added a free hot tub to the base game to celebrate the 20th anniversary or something, so a bunch of people wasted their money on this shit. The base game hot tub has a weird gazebo on top of it, so I guess if you want a normal hot tub you still have to get this.
There are like 4 stuff packs named something like "stuff for your yard" and I respect anyone who can tell them apart by memory. This is the one that comes with hot tubs.
You have to pay for hot tubs. The usual DLC arguements:
- Why do we have to pay for something that should come for free?
- This is content I want, so technically is very good content.
But this pack was made retroactively useless by the fact that the devs later added a free hot tub to the base game to celebrate the 20th anniversary or something, so a bunch of people wasted their money on this shit. The base game hot tub has a weird gazebo on top of it, so I guess if you want a normal hot tub you still have to get this.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
Game Packs were introduced as a product in between an Expansion and a Stuff Pack, and they are worth $20, the previous price of Stuff Packs, so yeah this is one of the least predatory things that EA has come up with.
Anyway, this one in particular is good! It provides players with a cute forest area and camping equipment. Compared to the game packs that came after, the forest is a bit too empty, there's basically nothing to do, and many of the best things about it were recycled (they introduced several other campfires, and there's tents in Snowy Escape).
However, I still feel that this is the quintessential summer holiday experience for families, there's something so cozy about sleeping in the forest. It also introduced the cloudgaze/stargaze interaction, which is both the cutest and most OP way to make sims bond. The squeamish trait is a nice touch too. I've never used the herbalism skill in my life.
If they ever do a pack refresh, they could add deer, wolves, racoons and bears, that would make it top tier. Please get on it, Sims Team.
Game Packs were introduced as a product in between an Expansion and a Stuff Pack, and they are worth $20, the previous price of Stuff Packs, so yeah this is one of the least predatory things that EA has come up with.
Anyway, this one in particular is good! It provides players with a cute forest area and camping equipment. Compared to the game packs that came after, the forest is a bit too empty, there's basically nothing to do, and many of the best things about it were recycled (they introduced several other campfires, and there's tents in Snowy Escape).
However, I still feel that this is the quintessential summer holiday experience for families, there's something so cozy about sleeping in the forest. It also introduced the cloudgaze/stargaze interaction, which is both the cutest and most OP way to make sims bond. The squeamish trait is a nice touch too. I've never used the herbalism skill in my life.
If they ever do a pack refresh, they could add deer, wolves, racoons and bears, that would make it top tier. Please get on it, Sims Team.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
This is considered one of the worst stuff packs, which is actually a good sign, because it was the first one, and a major improvement over the stuff packs from The Sims 3, as it actually includes gameplay. It also includes less items, but the price was shockingly lowered from $20 to $10, so, unless you are one of those compulsive builders, The Sims 4 stuff packs are an absolute win.
I've used it a lot and I have nostalgia for it because it was the first, but yeah the CAS and build more are kinda ugly (I do like the hairstyle and the dress of the redhead in the cover). The gameplay included is simply a buffet table and a fountain to place on top of it, something that you can put up for a wedding or a formal party. I really like the fountain, it has many modes, you can make a cheese waterfall, or a chocolate waterfall, and now I'm hungry. However, compared to the new stuff packs that come with brand new careers that you can base an entire sim's life on, it's pretty underwhelming.
Another thing is that the My Wedding Stories Game Pack borrowed the table and fountain, so retroactively this was made useless, but at the time it was revolutionary.
This is considered one of the worst stuff packs, which is actually a good sign, because it was the first one, and a major improvement over the stuff packs from The Sims 3, as it actually includes gameplay. It also includes less items, but the price was shockingly lowered from $20 to $10, so, unless you are one of those compulsive builders, The Sims 4 stuff packs are an absolute win.
I've used it a lot and I have nostalgia for it because it was the first, but yeah the CAS and build more are kinda ugly (I do like the hairstyle and the dress of the redhead in the cover). The gameplay included is simply a buffet table and a fountain to place on top of it, something that you can put up for a wedding or a formal party. I really like the fountain, it has many modes, you can make a cheese waterfall, or a chocolate waterfall, and now I'm hungry. However, compared to the new stuff packs that come with brand new careers that you can base an entire sim's life on, it's pretty underwhelming.
Another thing is that the My Wedding Stories Game Pack borrowed the table and fountain, so retroactively this was made useless, but at the time it was revolutionary.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
This is one of the most innovative add-ons for the Sims 4. The club managing tool has so much storytelling and gameplay potential (it's also completely broken and should be forbidden for challenges). You can make a family hangout club, a bowling club, a slave children club (like LRG suggested), a sex cult, anything you want, and you can also see the other clubs around the map, so they add a lot of character to the locations.
It also comes with a new beautiful giant ass European-inspired world, and a lot of disco related stuff, like the ability to dance in groups and DJs. Your sims get invited to dance parties by their friends that take place on several locations like the disco or some random ruins, where they can dance, meet cute sims, and then have sex (AND pee) on the new bushes, which adds some nice spice to the routine.
This is one of the most innovative add-ons for the Sims 4. The club managing tool has so much storytelling and gameplay potential (it's also completely broken and should be forbidden for challenges). You can make a family hangout club, a bowling club, a slave children club (like LRG suggested), a sex cult, anything you want, and you can also see the other clubs around the map, so they add a lot of character to the locations.
It also comes with a new beautiful giant ass European-inspired world, and a lot of disco related stuff, like the ability to dance in groups and DJs. Your sims get invited to dance parties by their friends that take place on several locations like the disco or some random ruins, where they can dance, meet cute sims, and then have sex (AND pee) on the new bushes, which adds some nice spice to the routine.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
The first ever expansion pack was overall pretty solid. It came with 3 fully developed careers, the ability to open a store, and aliens (including a tiny but cool alien world). There's also a tiny ass neighbourhood but who cares. And due to the game introducing a hospital, you can now see how the babies are born. However, the most dissapointing thing is that you can't go to the hospital when you are sick (like the pets do in Cats and Dogs). When the sims are sick they get some ugly stains in their skin and they feel uncomfortable, nothing more serious than that, and you have the option to order medicine from the computer to make it go away (instead of waiting like 2 days), and that's it. Dissapointing.
I played a bit of all the careers, and they are cool at first, but they get boring after a while because you simply micromanage a single sim doing the same shit over and over again (and sometimes they give you stupid tasks like "eat something!", is that part of the job description?). It would be nice to have the option to get a promotion without forcing the players to go to work with them a bunch of times. The scientist one is surprisingly the best, not only because there's a "twist" at the end, but because all the cool stuff you can create, like the freeze ray. I use the freeze ray all the time, I love it.
The stores are a pretty nice distraction, with some creativity you can have fun with it for a while. I made a cozy plant shop, and plants are cheap and they don't make any money, but that made the game feel more realistic, I enjoyed the struggle.
The first ever expansion pack was overall pretty solid. It came with 3 fully developed careers, the ability to open a store, and aliens (including a tiny but cool alien world). There's also a tiny ass neighbourhood but who cares. And due to the game introducing a hospital, you can now see how the babies are born. However, the most dissapointing thing is that you can't go to the hospital when you are sick (like the pets do in Cats and Dogs). When the sims are sick they get some ugly stains in their skin and they feel uncomfortable, nothing more serious than that, and you have the option to order medicine from the computer to make it go away (instead of waiting like 2 days), and that's it. Dissapointing.
I played a bit of all the careers, and they are cool at first, but they get boring after a while because you simply micromanage a single sim doing the same shit over and over again (and sometimes they give you stupid tasks like "eat something!", is that part of the job description?). It would be nice to have the option to get a promotion without forcing the players to go to work with them a bunch of times. The scientist one is surprisingly the best, not only because there's a "twist" at the end, but because all the cool stuff you can create, like the freeze ray. I use the freeze ray all the time, I love it.
The stores are a pretty nice distraction, with some creativity you can have fun with it for a while. I made a cozy plant shop, and plants are cheap and they don't make any money, but that made the game feel more realistic, I enjoyed the struggle.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/HuFe/list/the-sims-4-add-ons-ranked/
One of the most iconically useless stuff packs. It's called "cool kitchen" but the only thing that adds is an ice cream machine, and the ice cream cones are flat at the bottom 'cause they couldn't be bothered to animate them properly so the sims act as if they were served on a plate, and it gives them annoying brain freezes, and it also changes their emotional state because the devs at the time thought that sort of stupid shit was the selling point of the game, and I hardly ever use the stupid machine because I can't ever picture a family that owns an ice cream machine. Do people like that even exist? It would be more practical if it came with an ice cream stand (and I'm not saying truck because there's no cars in the game).
I also have a devastating secret: I think ice cream is overrated. Ice cream with cookies? Love it. Ice cream cake? Love it. But plain ice cream? No thanks, give me the cookies and the cake instead.
Having said all that, for some reason they put a lot of effort into create-a-sim, and looking at the items, there's a lot of cute stuff for guys that I have used in the past. I love the curly hair, the vest, and a lot of the jackets. A lot hairs for female sims too. They got me, I don't think it's worth buying at full price, but is worth having installed.
One of the most iconically useless stuff packs. It's called "cool kitchen" but the only thing that adds is an ice cream machine, and the ice cream cones are flat at the bottom 'cause they couldn't be bothered to animate them properly so the sims act as if they were served on a plate, and it gives them annoying brain freezes, and it also changes their emotional state because the devs at the time thought that sort of stupid shit was the selling point of the game, and I hardly ever use the stupid machine because I can't ever picture a family that owns an ice cream machine. Do people like that even exist? It would be more practical if it came with an ice cream stand (and I'm not saying truck because there's no cars in the game).
I also have a devastating secret: I think ice cream is overrated. Ice cream with cookies? Love it. Ice cream cake? Love it. But plain ice cream? No thanks, give me the cookies and the cake instead.
Having said all that, for some reason they put a lot of effort into create-a-sim, and looking at the items, there's a lot of cute stuff for guys that I have used in the past. I love the curly hair, the vest, and a lot of the jackets. A lot hairs for female sims too. They got me, I don't think it's worth buying at full price, but is worth having installed.
The original game had a pretty underwhelming ending, but then comes this DLC that acts like an epilogue and... oh, my, what a great conclusion and tease for Dragon Age 4. It's a shame that it's DLC, but who cares at this point.
I love dwarves, and the new black-haired dwarf character is hot, but as an expansion this is simply a bunch of fighting with not much else, it's not what I'm looking for in these games.
This adds the most interesting area to explore of the whole game. You walk over giant tree branches, and meet a cool tribe, and fight a cool dragon, good stuff.
Should everything included here be in the vanilla game in the first place? Yes. Is this content necessary and turns Inquisition into one of the best gaming experiences of all time? Also yes.
2015
Under-tale is over-rated. idk it was OK.