Build Buy Overview - The Sims 4 Cottage Living 

It's a shame they didn't add anything for kids :( that would be zo cute

I would of been happy if they even added more swatches to the now base game wrought iron single bed.

Or horses 🥲

Don’t worry, it’ll probably come out in a new dlc, “Country Kids Stuff”

it's a shame that we'll have to rely on modders to fill in these gaps

Yeah, I was really hoping to see one in this Expansion pack, ok actually I was hoping to see two different versions: a large hinged version, and a hanging sliding version.

Ooo good point

agnes crumplebottom walking to her stand in the wee hours of the morning catching two sims woohooing in the phone booth with windows 👀🤬

isnt missed opportunities what they do best?

My exact thoughts 😭

I they should be able too woohoo everywhere!!!! Couch's, pools, phone booth etc etc lmfao.

yeah, they do already have the shower woohoo animation, i bet it would fit well with little editing. since you can order groceries from the fridge, they could have added that interaction to the phone booth and made it functional too

My first chicken coop, my first cow, my first llama!

@@RedBraceletDoll I wouldn’t mind a “my first domestic bunny” pack 😂 🐰 I really wish you could add them to your household like cats and dogs

"My first horse"

Fist farm sounds like something not kid friendly

@@pandabear181 lmao 😂 omg I didn’t even notice until now 😅

As an Aussie, the lack of functional tea pots makes me feel like they don't have a lot of Brits/Aussies on the team lol

THAT‘S IT I knew there was something weird about the stairs it was annoying me- carpets!!!

@@magneticsouth oh mood that tea matic brewer thing is just a coffee machine in all but name really, they already have kettles as static objects! Just make it interactive! Very sad the adorable tea set that came with the Courtyard Oasis isn‘t functional

As an American, no carpet on stairs freaks me out in real life because I’m afraid I’ll slip. I agree the carpets in the game are ugly

I would have also liked terraced houses and a council estate part of town

Ha they were probably feeling it out to see if we would buy a whole cottage expansion pack

@@Hivdghn Yeah, I hadn’t gotten to the part of the video where they actually included a kitchen set, so that’s good at least.

I think the kitchen kit is more of a rejected concept for the EP kitchen but they decided to put it out instead of just throwing the concept away

@@Hivdghn since when have they given a shit if people wanted things before putting it out?? lmao dont tell me they LEARNED anything from the batuu debacle

literally

yes! it could be like a "phone", so if you live in a off the grid lot, you can use to do the phone interactions (hire a service, invite somoene, etc). and should be a woohoo place

In my off the grid save, my sims phones didn’t work on their home lot. However if you took two steps off the lot, it’d magically turn back on again 🤦‍♀️

@@annf1801 in defense of sims, I literally live in a house like that. Our cellphones get zero signal but if we step outside, full bars! I think we're one of the few families that are still dependant on landline 😁Our building was built 4 years ago (in the middle of the city) but the concrete walls don't let signals through. We have 3 extra modems that act as repeaters so we can get wifi in all the rooms 😛

it'd be cooler if there were landlines imo

@@h.f6364 yes! They should had come in this pack, a landline for your house that works of the grid, so you can call sims and hire services, like in real life

im starting to suspect that the entire ts4 team are aggressively childfree with the way they treat babies/toddlers/kids

@@marycanary86 i wouldnt be surprised if that were the case

THIS

The kids and toddlers should have had a barn play set it would have been perfect

I suppose making cooking an activity and letting the kids and toddlers interact with the animals was huge. But one object specifically for them would have been great

Burn 🔥

I’m just glad something finally does 😅😅

They're usually good at matching within a pack, no? Just don't expect the same shade of blue to match anything from any other pack or, even worse, same wood tone

@@GotWrackspurts yup this kills me ngllll

@@GotWrackspurts pain X'D

A child or toddler bed in those swatches would've been so cute! They also could've added a few animal toys. Perhaps a barn playhouses.

there are way too many bars.. and they keep on adding more!

While I'm sure the expansion pack was probably well underway when they made that kit, it makes me wonder if those were the "rejects" for this pack. 🤔

It really makes the kit seem dodgy, like they knew they needed to ship it before this because I dont see the point in buying both🤔

i could have sworn we had like an iron fence, like in subdivions, but we must not

Yes, exactly. I'll have to see what fence option I have amongst all my packs and see if any would realistically work for a chicken fence.

There is the jail fence from Get To Work. It resembles the tall chicken wire fence that encapsulates a separate chicken coop building. I think my relatives used to have the chickens free range during the day, round them up at night, and then lock them in until morning.

@@klenodium I don't have Get to Work, but I know there is a similar fence in Debug, but I don't know if that actually will function like a fence.

Same 🖤

and turn the phone booth into a woohoo spot cos thats literally all those things are in this day and age

I thought that too!

I think I saw some youtuber show that the mirror with that dresser wasn't functional... maybe it will be by the time the pack comes out? 🤞 I really like it when they add multi use items.

Personally since this pack has so few individual items (not complaining exactly, kitchen sets and gameplay objects like coop and cow shed are obviously the reason) I would have been so upset to see yet another toilet. We have SO MANY toilets and so few sinks/tubs in comparison, that it makes total sense to me. There are several base game and pack toilets that can be used with the sink and tub and fit in. I wouldn’t have been opposed to an additional pack exclusive swatch added to an existing toilet but they tried that with Island Living and it didn’t go over great with most people.

Tbh I would’ve also expected some curtains to go with it, I’m still disappointed with the choice we have regarding curtains, rugs and clutter items

+ all the game play they add im ok that thires not that much build and buy stuff I would rather have a cow then like another rug

I hope that they put some of the debug stuff into the regular catalog so i don't have to go hunt them from the debug menu all the time. The plants especially are so nice looking from what i've seen

I don’t think the debug should really factor in to anyone’s judgement, since theyre not properly included in the gameplay. theyre cool though

Yeah debug is loaded with goodies in this game! Wish they would just put more of it into normal build buy. I agree that this pack has a pretty good amount of build/buy stuff considering that the pack is balanced out with gameplay and a nice CAS. I think some ppl will feel like it has less build/buy just because builders have been spoiled in the last few packs so we got used to expecting build/buy to carry the packs on its shoulders.

i absolutely LOATHE that they finally make a typewriter.... but they made it that bullshit instead of just an actual fukkin typewriter..... its just so typical the ts4 team??

As a ps4 player with no cc I will take the wierd "typewriter" it would be 10000x better if it was off the grid... but I think james would have said something if it was...

Does it work off-grid as an actual typewriter though??? I would love that without needing to get mods!

Hopefully it functions off the grid. Lot of players in need of a typewriter for decades challenges.

@@marycanary86 Yes absolutely. Like why does the Sims team think that books can't be written without a computer. You should be able to write books with either a typewriter, a bunch of paper, or a blank book. Even if they just gave us book writing functionality with the Parenthood Journal.

I was thinking that myself!!

also vampires, with the older style of plumbing stuff and the more victorian style wallpapers

I was thinking it would go amazingly with Realm of Magic!

As well as Cats and Dogs...and the Country Kitchen Kit. Possibly Jungle Adventure too.

That is exactly how I feel. Kind of feel scammed honestly, might be careful what kits I buy in the future

I plan to mix and match. I’m definitely still going to use the appliances, walls, floor, and decor

I hope they fix the fridge from Country Kitchen Kit. It claims to function "Off the Grid" but there is no option to "add ice"

Nifty Knitting!

Absolutely about worn down items. And moss between those stones would have been nice.

I think Island Living which came out before that was really good too! I agree about things suddenly being so much nicer looking.

Totally agree!

@@mcjouble8883 I think just the backlash made them wake up !!

We already have it, more than one type actually. The flowers are a very welcomed change!

Saaaame! And only in the pink? WTH.

@@foranzo1582 No we dont. All the stone paths have some form of background on them.

Why put the effort in themselves when Simmers can access them anyway. It pretty much sums TS4 up, lots of potential that's left unfulfilled.

@@lwaves I honestly don't see the problem with it. It's an amazing pack and you get so so much with it and plants being in debug doesn't really sound like something worth complaining about. besides them being in debug makes them free or cost way less than what they would if they were acc in the build mod dialog

​@@beachlover1013 I'm not saying it is a problem, I'm just using it to show how they like to leave potential unfulfilled. Not just in build/buy but across the whole game. They won't put the effort in because they knows simmers and especially modders will. I mean, debug isn't even organised in any way without going to mods. :-)

I still suspect it's just not been retagged. Like the game changers usually only get the packs a week early but they're getting it 3 weeks early and I think more of the pack is unfinished than what we're used to seeing. I might be wrong but I really hope they do change some of the debug tags to not be hidden because there's a lot of really nice items

tbh I think they would have to make the packs even more expensive if all the debug items were included as real items. :D now they're just extra

yes this is what im here for lol

This pack + ROM = Aesthetic witch village

I was about to say that!😂😂😂

Have you watched his 100 chicken challenge that dropped today, it is so great, so happy for the recognition doc is getting in this pack via the fez!

@@kater9982 YES! The whole time he was building chicken city I was absolutely dying lol The originality of his videos gets me every time.

@@alexispregeant7811 can't wait to see how it looks when he gets TOOL MOD and all the packs!

Dr. Gluon is amazing, not only his creativity of builds and Let's Plays, but his delivery as well.

Yes! We’ve been spoiled! I’ve been really enjoying all his uploads the past two months!

Off the grid became the 90s really quickly there... lol pay phones

Definitely going in the comic con center I am building currently, happy to have it

I was thinking that if this was a live edit object it would have been really cool to have a secret interaction only available for the blue door that was something like "Investigate interior dimensions" that would get your fun up and leave your Sim dazed. Still fun to have it!

When i first saw the telephone box the only thing i was waiting for is the color swatches. I was so happy to see a blue one!

Something I’ve been doing is buying the kits and even game packs after expansion packs because I notice a weird pattern where the expansion pack makes them useless 😂

I agree, I haven't bought the kits because they seemed like a bit of a rip off to me. But I suppose if someone was after a country style kitchen but didn't have the money to buy this pack just for the sake of getting the kitchen set, then the kit might be good for them?

What's wrong with the clothes?

@@ByrdCamp It would be better for you to watch Grim Cookies’ video on it than for me to explain it since he goes into better detail, but the gist is the conversions from male to female pants have a lot of glitches, some of the items are low res, there’s some glitching in a couple hairs, there’s less items for men as per usual… There’s more but I can’t remember it all. Hopefully some of the fixable things are going to be fixed before the pick is released.

I agree but I think it's because pub culture is massive in the UK so they wanted to get that right

To be fair, pubs and bars are a big deal in the settings for GT, SE, and Cottage Living. They have an excuse for those bars

A couple versions of large barn doors would have been nice too.

Moroccan themed Game Pack in the future? 😆😆 I do actually love the Country Kitchen Kit though.

yes! its like theyvre finally realising what normal sofas look like in recent years?? the old ones all had these weird concrete frames and shit...

@@marycanary86 Took long enough, though I do use the one with the pillows from C&D a lot

Ha, imagine them actually putting effort in for a cash grab LOL

Isn't that cottagecore in general, though? Which is why I am super amused about James wanting things more dilapidated, more wear-and-tear; how will the cottagecore players live out their purely cosmetic, purely performative projections? The horror

Idk fam, I've been looking at these and trying to think of what packs to pair it with. I guess it could work with Get Together, which was European in style, both old world and modern. Country Kitchen is a given but I feel like this pack already has all the kitchen stuff you'd need. Other than that...maybe Cats & Dogs? That's New England in style but I feel like it has some nice "quaint" items that you could pair with the others to make a nice aesthetic.

@@AlinaMauMau I’ll be mixing it with GT, C&D, Seasons, Parenthood, RoM, Laundry Day, Paranormal, and Country Kitchen (bits and pieces of others will be mixed in too)

@@scofieldvictoria agreed!! I'd like to add romantic garden stuff as well, that stuff pack fits perfectly with this

They say chicken can breed. I doubt though there will be a mating animation for chicken. Lol

@@cindycristobal8738 I doubt it as well

Not advocating anyone buy a pack they aren’t interested in for a single item but if you don’t use CC and really want a pull chain toilet with a hanging tank - there is one in the Vampires game pack. Along with a decorative radiator and a worn antique rug. If you don’t mind having vampires exist in your game there are quite a few things in that pack that would fit well with this one. I understand why people want a pull chain toilet but given the number of toilets we have in the game compared to other items, I would have been so annoyed if they had included yet another a toilet in a pack where the item count was already lower (IMO it’s fair that it’s little lower given the full kitchen counter/island/cabinet set, chicken coop, cow shed, and all the new gameplay and animations). I am begrudgingly accepting that they felt the need for yet another commercial style bar (another item we have an excessive number of) given the importance of pub culture in the UK and the inclusion of a pub as the gameplay hub for the Finchwick fair. I really would love an item balancing kit - where it’s just a collection of random things that we have far less of in comparison to others. Like I was so excited when Snowy Escape had a new kids chemistry table (that we had one of) even if they still did include yet another kids drawing table that we get in every other pack.

Yeah! I just saw a Tom Scott video about that, very cool

omg me lol

What a fantastic idea!

Hell. Yes.

Yessss

The taste 😘🤌🏻

There's a cute Dutch door like that in the laundry day pack, that might be why they didn't include something similar in this e.p.

I'm so sorry you are going through a rough time. I hope things get better for you

@@k9jocks thank you

They heavily associated cottage with cutesy

Don't want him to burn out!