Honest Review of The Sims 4: For Rent 

update: i just got paid rent in my main culprit save, so i think it might have actually been my fault and not a glitch LOL (it took like 2.5 weeks to get it, so i thought it was bugged! 😭)

I'm so ready to make a tiny home community

Nothing scares simmers worldwide more than "all the lots were built by EA" 😂😭

Slumlord should've been an aspiration. And on the flip side, being a nightmare tenant could also be an aspiration.

i do not understand that after 9 years, the sims team still fails to make matching swatches for items 😭 like omg

I can’t help but laugh that Kayla loves killing sims and doesn’t feel bad about that but doesn’t want to evict sims cause it’s to mean 😂😂😂

YOU CAN ALSO USE THIS PACK FOR UNIVERSITY DORMS!!!!!

Simsie: I can’t be a landlord… it feels wrong… Also Simsie: I will be using the break-in feature with the kleptomaniac trait to steal from sims😍

That's disappointing. With all the emphasis on secrets and snooping, I was hoping for a really great world, like Cottage Living, with lots of new odd characters that are telling you about each other, maybe sending you on weird tasks, exposing the history of the town, etc.

Okay I need a 12 unit complex for 100 baby challenge and then move out my grown up children into the rentals.

Can"t wait to see Stanley try get rich as a landlord!!

I don't know, the world and the build/buy items look great, but my main issue is the same issue I have with most Sims 4 packs; they just don't feel like enough. My experience with The Sims 4 usually goes like this; I buy a new pack, a try it out, I have fun for a little while, but then after a few days I realize how little content there actually is, I compare it to how much money I just spent, and I feel just a little bit more resentful towards The Sims and EA.

This looks fun! But still gutted they allow you to “break in” and yet they didn’t add burglars 😭 This would have been a great pack to add a classic sims franchise feature!

Not being able to build apartments on penthouse + beach front lots is super disappointing ☹ hopefully there'll be a workaround with mods.

as someone with a debilitating fear of mold, the death by mold pile is my own personal nightmare

EA is so so shady for creating packs with features everybody wanted for so long, only to make everything else lackluster. All expansion packs this year were dissapointing gameplay and world wise. This is not worth 40$, it should be a game pack. This is a insane cashgrab, but it works for them, because people want this feature so badly.

I definitely want to make a nursing home/retirement community for elders!

this place feels so much safer than the sims livestream chat... i think i'll stay here

FINALLY! I hope this isn't a flop Edit: The boulder makes me laugh because it make me think of Avatar the last airbender

17:58 Windenburg: Guys, I can explain Tomarang: How can you have 27 lots and I have only 9 lots? Magnolia Promenade: 9 lots? I have only 4 lots Seasons Expansion Pack: You guys have lot? 22:12 thats the answer why the world isn't look like South East Asian at all

The rent is paid weekly apparently, even if the lease is less than a week! James Turner (formerly known as The Sim Supply) had to wait the full seven days to get a big rent payment.

I'm usually quite positive about sims packs, but this one does feel quite empty to me... the main selling point is building units which you can do anyway just now they're officially separate buildings, and it doesn't feel like there's much other gameplay with it outside of rabbit holes and loading screens and another empty world. For 40 quid I feel like they could at least add NPC burglars and actual consequences for breaking in

Now we need a base game update called Duo lots where you can build a restaurant/cafe/bar/store type lot with a residential lot over it or attached to it. And clever combine two different types of retail lots to one lot so you can make your own plaza malls and have each unit be privately owned or owned by a retail company/landlord.

You keep mentioning keeping your sims parents as a tenant on your lot, but I think it almost makes more sense (especially in a legacy setting) to start out as a tenant in the previous generation's house. That could be a really neat way to neatly separate household funds while saving up for their own place before they started on making the next generation

i think i’ll definitely enjoy this pack, but im kinda disappointed. given some of the sims 4’s best packs like seasons or cats & dogs, it feels like they’ve really scaled down what they put into newer expansions. it’s a shame with the world too because it’s so beautiful but so limited. i would have been okay with them calling this a game pack and leaving out the world if it meant they would save it for an expansion where it can really be brought to life :(

I LOST IT at the bit about the randomly generated, eyeball ring wearing townies 😭 I’ve never heard a better description for default sims

i am beyond overjoyed for south-east asian simmers for getting their culture represented, and this is also HUGE for me as eastern european bc everyone here lives in blocks!! i hated making my sims live in huge suburban houses since this is very uncommon here, im so so so happy I'll finally be able to make my sims live in a place familiar to me :)

I wonder if the massive open spaces and few lots with multiple rabbit holes is due to them pumping out expansion pack after expansion pack. I'm only 19 so in the younger years of sims time might've felt different but it seemed like we'd have to wait at least a year if not more to get a new expansion pack and now they've released three in one year. I think that reflects on the quality of the packs regarding gameplay and things like that. As the sims has gotten older, the amount of build stuff has improved and general gameplay features but it seems that their world creation has declined a bit. Or something along those lines

I wish they would’ve at LEAST given us rabbithole tigers that we could interact with like the cows in cottage living or something 😭 like why would they specifically mention it all the time if they didn’t even have anything tigery in the game accept for a plushie

They really need to start selling the exact rugs they have in the game. And whatever other small items or furniture. I think that would be hilarious. Inviting people over who you know have played the game before, and they just look really confused because they feel like they've seen that painting before...

Well, it’s happened. Kayla has said ‘bulging crotch’ in one of her videos. My bingo card is done, and I can die peacefully.

The beachfront thing is so frustrating - I was so looking forward to building like a Maldives style resort 😭

Imagine if you can put the pressure cooker in dorms

I have mixed feelings about this one. I like the CAS and the new lot type but that's kind of it, for me at least. I understand the loading screen for larger lots with tons of units but if you're renting out a single room on a tiny lot... yeah, no. I think it should be an option you can toggle on/off based on how your computer handles the game.

You can have university students renting rooms from houses near university! Or have a young adult sim renting a granny flat from there parents while they save up for their own place. Or have a bunch of friends living on a lot with their own tiny houses!

The thing I would love to see from sims is allowing played rooms to have slanted ceilings, so we can have fun with maximizing space and making more realistic builds (I personally would be recreating houses off of zillow)

We're officially in the "I'm not getting payed, they just sent me the pack early" season

im so happy you got early access😭 especially since you've wanted this update for a long time and can show us if its worth it. love you kayla!

Something I'd love to see from you is a short series where you build apartments/duplexes/townhouses/etc. for EVERY world. The trailer where they built them in San Sequoia, Britechester and Del Sol Valley ignited a spark in my imagination, and I know you'd knock it out of the park

This pack is honestly ridiculous. It's literally equivalent to a GAME PACK and the fact that EA are selling it as an expansion is such a cash grab

I was watching the Sims’s live video before Kayla’s and I heard a few things to add. One was that if you have seasons, they were saying that the air conditioners that are in the new pack, there are two different versions. One that is just decoration, and one that is functional, the same with the water heaters. The second thing is that Kayla had pointed out the kettles did coffee, tea, and hot cocoa, but in the live Sims vid, they had mentioned that they added into the base game that you could now boil water in the microwave. I think that is all I heard. I’m so excited for this pack to come out, especially to make apartments and trailer parks!

I just wish there were more lots. I wanted that downtown area to feel full and bustling - but if I want to add a bar, a restaurant, a yoga studio... I'll have to delete half the apartments :( also don't expansion packs normally have three neighborhoods?

I love how you made the review, informed and not afraid to tell what "wrong" with it, and cover most of the aspects of the pack and not just the gameplay :)

as a Thai person, the new build mode stuff and food recipes are amazing. It stays true to the culture and looks gorgeous to play. I’m also surprised they keep many of the food names as romanji.

I do wished they added was the ability to run residential businesses. I know technically there's a mod to help with it, but it just makes so much sense that way. Since shophouses are pretty common in asia. It would be nice if they added maybe "bird/butterfly sanctuary" or "crocodile swamps" to discover but it is good that the world is a lot more interactive than expected. Glad that there's a night market. It does seem to be a populating issue to make them more lively.

Marbles are usually supposed to be for kids, but not the toddlers or under that age, so it makes sense to me. Some teens like me when I was that age played marbles though, so I don't know why they wouldn't allow it to be for teens as well.

This should’ve been a game pack and not an expansion pack. I’m excited to be a landlord tho!! Even with these major limitations

Jamaican culture and decor is so close to south east Asia and I didn't even realize it even though my mom is part south east 😂. I can't wait to make my actually life growing up with this pack because everyone the build doors, tiles the marbles and the clothes are so similar to what I grew up with 🥰

I feel the intense urge to create a cringe grandpa! So now I'm obsessing about that. I agree that the world is smaller than I thought it would be, but I think the ability to create apartments, townhouses, etc. will definitely make up for it. I'm excited!

As a Chinese/viet girl the East and southeast Asian representation is making me so happy!! Cannot wait to play with this pack.

this could’ve been added to city living or just a game pack

Honestly there are SO many bugs in this pack 😢 I’m bummed so many RU-vidrs recommended it. My game is completely broken now.

I already pre-ordered the pack and and still really excited about it, but I did spend a few days this week builing a Sulani Neighborhood that is unusable now 🤦🏼‍♀️🙃 i built it on the 40×30 island by itself by the volcano and waterfall. Ill have to place it on a land lot and tweak it and re-upload it to the gallery.

It is so funny and so in-line with the Sims current landscape that there's a rent bug in the pack about rent 😂

I would love a senior living game pack. Especially now with for rent, there could be a senior homes!!! But we definitely need more activities just for seniors. There’s so much, Bingo (or other cultural games In that genre), puzzles, etc, and more traits like “reminiscer” “Injury prone” “bad memory/good memory” etc. seems fun

I wish they add option for having second name cause Thai names are usualy really long with deeper meaning. Nicknames are huge part of their culture so it will be nice to see that!

Kayla's pack reviews are the only ones I trust. She gives criticism when its due instead of just gushing about how "great" everything is. I most excited about - 1) Multigenerational living within one lot. This will pair well with the Growing Together pack. 2) Being able to rent lots/locations that aren't just in the city or just apartments. I've tried many times to enjoy my Sims living in San Myshuno but I just hate the limits of living in the city apartments.

I am SO thankful that you included the relevant cheat code for the pack too 🤣

As someone who lives in a camper, the mold upkeep is very realistic lol. If you make a trailer park, I highly recommend that lot trait for realism

Kinda disappointing about the loading screens, but I’ve been wanting to do mostly shared spaces anyway, so it shouldn’t be bad. I’ve built a 6 bedroom university dorm where each person just has their bedroom to themselves, and the kitchen, living spaces, gym, and all the bathrooms are shared spaces, so it should work well. Let the chaos begin! XD

the loading screen is a big deal breaker for me, having a loading screen through the same lot is wild to me

My guess is that you can’t build on the beachfront due to entrances? Like being out on the water has a limited entrance point (the beach) so it might be so that the sim can definitely access their space

we waiting sims 5 like gta 6

What happens when the landlord dies, will the landlord's title be inherited? Or given to someone who was in the same household as the landlord?

Kayla, the “EA built lots in this because residential rentals weren’t ready” excuse doesn’t work. They could have asked other creators to build using the regular residential, besides EA even told us it’s easy to convert lots to the new lot type. So I don’t think that excuse sounds reasonable.

I just can't see this as anything other than a half-baked cashgrab, I'm afraid. This honestly seems like a Game Pack to me. The only reason I would ever consider buying the pack would be if/when modders figure out how to make a functional hotel work with it. If they're giving us the ability to define specific units/areas for different sims to reside in, this would have made farm more sense as a hotel/resorts pack (considering the new world as well) enabling multi-venues - like the ability for a resort lot to have residential areas, a functional spa, restaurant etc. Given that hotels are such a wished-for thing in the Sims 4, I can completely imagine a world where they developed this system for this expansion pack, but would make a hotels game pack separately for no reason other than to squeeze more money out of doing one thing. Sort of how like how Cottage Living and Horse Ranch should have been one pack to begin with. Would go much further to justify the pricepoint.

Mixed feelings on this. I really like to play in the Eco Lifestyle world, and I think these features will fit really well there. I wish we had had fewer, better developed new worlds. Growing Together could have been a game pack with no new world

I'm with you. Totally going to get the most use out of this pack having extended family on the same lot. I've been hoping there would eventually be a way where I could have multiple houses on a large lot that share a big open back yard for adult kids, parents, in-laws, and siblings to live and grow on a single lot with my sim(s)!

The housing market has gone so bad IRL that even my sims can only afford to rent now

we all know it’s going to be great when she does a pack review 😌

I haven't played Sims in like a year so trying to figure out which new expac to get. I really liked the apartment aspects of city living so I think having tenants and landlords will be fun.

Honestly as a British Simmer I've wanted a kettle for years. The rice cooker is incredible and I've been using the popcorn maker in build bode to try and represent it haha! I agree on the representation- squat toilets and sitting on the floor I've wanted since sims 2. I want a vegan trait so badly. I want to exist in the sims!

Love how we can all trust Kayla to give us an honest review ❤️

This pack could have been just an update (like Spa-Day) for City-Living...

I am very excited to combine this with the groups from get together and make a cult and/or hippie commune😂

Hearing “they said it isn’t the final software” automatically makes me think of the debacle that was/is wedding stories 😅

as if we don't have enough loading screens already ugh. i barely play the game anymore cause it's not fun anymore. i just build. but i play even less just because of the loading screens. when i do play i never ever have my sim leaving their lot bc of it

the loading screens on your OWN lot 😭 absolutely not

I'm the most excited to use this pack to transform Newcrest from suburbia to a community of multi-family, multi-house lots with shared yard space.

I genuinely hope EA sees this. You have given a beautiful overview with respective criticisms and a genuinely good showcase. Well done! ❤

It makes me sad that EA made the builds. During the livestream the decorations of the houses were so simple and base game like, but it make sense since they build it. It's a shame! :(

Well this seems a lot more enthusiastic than the ‘live’ stream 🎉

The flooring in this pack is literally a dream all of those tiles omg I cant wait to play with it!!!

I am a big fan of sims, and the problem is how expensive the packs are. One expansion pack costs 209$ here in Brazil, so im very picky about the few packs i can buy. For Rent seems fun, but it'll take a good while for me to buy it.

They wake up sad or embarrassed every single day? Relatable.

So glad you were able to get early access to one of your most wished for packs! I cannot wait to get my hands on it and to build some apartments!!

I wish you have a restaurant or store as one of the units! Especially if you have the restaurant kit/pack. Lots of communities around the world have apartments above shops and restaurants. It would make it so much livelier !

I personally LOVE the thai cas, bb, everything. I knew nothing about thai architecture and design and now im obsessed

changed my mind about this pack. obsessed with it now. thank god i can opt out of being a landlord and THRILLED i can revolt against them. i'm going to cause mayhem

My guess is that you can’t build on the beach fronts because of some future hotel/resort/airbnb type expansion pack :/

I wish the seasons pack would be refreshed, I would like to see hail, icicles, frost, dynamic grass that goes dormant and grows, better snow depth and flooding etc 🎉

I plan on using it just for extended family to live together with TONS of shared spaces -- and 0 rent. so i can't wait for december 7th, i've already bought it, but i'm SO happy that's it's not really glitchy :D

I literally finished a Sulani Residential Rental today, and then watched the livestream. Crushed.

why was the kettle and pressure cooker not in home chef hustle?

Yeah, me too, I've always wanted to be able to make multi-lot lots, tried mods (like that one that allows you to make hotels) but they've always ended in game-breaking bugs and having to delete the mod... I prefer to play with infinite money and skip some of the journeys (i guess that's what you could call them? paths maybe?) in order to unlock certain features as my main interest in the game is building (architecture student here)... So I've got this trail of giant abandoned houses that my primary sim used to live in just sitting there, I haven't known what to do with them (as they're way too big to convert to any of the community lot types without having so much empty space), but they took a lot of time and effort to build so I also don't want to demolish them.. Sometimes I like to edit them to make them seem like they've actually been abandoned for a few years (like adding vines, those dirty wall decals from Vampires, dirt piles, boxes, either changing pool waters murky or converting them to ceiling-less rooms, boarding up doors & windows, shift-click breaking and/or dirty-ing appliances, making the lot off-grid so absolutely nothing that remains in them can even be used, etc... Sometimes if I'm feeling a bit dramatic I might remove the roof in areas and add vegetation inside to make it look like it's partially collapsing, maybe even starting fires to look like a bit of arson has occurred... the industrial fences from GTW have had a lot of use, also the new textures and mould from this pack will be interesting to add to the mix...) But the moment I saw this pack I immediately thought about converting them into apartments.

I'm hoping for cheats to turn off tenant complaints so I can have ALL the family members living on one massive family compound for my legacy challenge. Really looking forward to this pack and appreciate the review!

The live isn’t over and I left a soon as I got the notification. 😂 Love you girl! ❤😊

I went straight from the livestream and I truly can’t wait

thank you so much for your work kayla. honestly i could never tell what comes in the pack by myself id probably never find the items on the gameplay so thank you for displaying!

I am most excited for the family gameplay! Being able to have all the extended family on one lot is so exciting! Time to play the Not so Berry challenge again!