LGR - The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat Review 

Hiya - I'm trying to pick between parenthood and outdoor retreat. I've watched both his reviews and I still can't decide. Any tips please?

@@molitirionMUSE1996 depends on the things you like (or would like) to do in the sims.

@@molitirionMUSE1996 wait I forgot parenthood is a game pack aswell. You better choose parenthood

@@ognjensijak989 thanks, I actually got both 😂 haven't used parenthood much yet because I'm doing a challenge, but I think it fits with my usual gameplay better. Because of the sales currently, I realised that it was around the same price to get two game packs and an expansion, instead of building a bundle and getting a stuff pack I didn't want.

@@VeganAncientDragonKnight and how does that relate to what I said? I gave him a suggestion

@Jammy Dodger problem is - the comment aged too well

Do you think that they should not make any game packs because every time new ones comes out they always make people go crazy they should put everything in the game then just buy it just one time every time game packs comes out always make people go crazy every time

@@livetrackingvideonetwork7381 yeah obviously. 760$ just on packs are absurd.

@@twiggy1253 all dlc is now worth $1000 dolars

It’s funny because right now we only got kits instead of stuff packs

Oooo Buuuurrn

That would be a Ubi-soft product these days.

LOL

ubisoft is the new EA

Except Ubisoft would release it as a standalone game for 70 bucks.

+raras889 so city living without celebrities and vampires xD

Unfortunately the Vampire Pack is a thing now -.-

raras889 we have city living and vampires now xd

The is actually legitly accurate 😂...Which is sad actually

this is so sadly accurate, vampires, get famous, city living, get together (kinda) and city living again

Am still anxiously awaiting myself.

Lazy Game Reviews me too!!! I want that content pack!

Tricia Agpoon Can't wait to see the outfits and wierd messy hairs and hats. Also the gameplay additions, wonder if I can mug people on street ;3

Kaido Izumi I hope we have the ability to create weapons using the trash in the dumpsters.

I remember my sim hobo from sims 3, i just buy an empty lot. start living Searching in the trash, sleeping in the park benchs and using the bath from public buildings.

Thank you :)

Lazy Game Reviews Yeah man, because of you...I started playing sims on pc! :D

I’m still trying to figure out what I paid for, a forest? Useless herbalism skill? It should have been a free update.

$30 Canadian. No thanks. Maybe at 50% off.

If they a sim player they gunna get it 🙄

This comment was made 8 years ago and now $20 is nothing 😭😭

PrissyBlaire I’ve bought so many during this quarantine. Lol the sell has not been good to my pockets

I’m spending all my money on sims 😂

I'm just watching these reviews just to know which one to buy and not lolol. Now im debating on my last one either Get Famous or Dine Out, but i really wanna buy both xccc

Hellion you should buy get famous! It’s an amazing pack, the only this I don’t like about it is the photographers who follow your sims but other then that it’s great! You can be an actor/ actress or you can post sims photos, be a RU-vidr, and you can have a normal job and still get famous

Hellion they’re doin a bundle sell right now where you can get an expansion, game pack and stuff pack for $40. That’s how I’ve been getting all my dlc. Just wait for the bundle sells.

I wonder if you regret this comment.

Nah, it's still a better concept than $20 SPs, $20-30 for a world or the overall previous store valued raw at what, $70,000 more or less?

We got beach activities coming now eek!!

Expansion packs take time especially those😊

+Jaz Vonner True :) i don't really care if it takes time. I just hope they're good

Let's Go Pet Shopping! XD I waaaant.

And make mermaids causeeee i need that in my life

Seasons is coming

my opinion exactly

***** The graphics are actually exactly like the sims game for facebook. It just looks horrible and removing the open world was stupid. Why should I be punished just because other people don't have a pc with decent graphics? Those who like the sims 4 are telling EA that they are ok with mediocrity.

Λllan I wish that at least the map for the Sims 4 looked nicer (kind of like the Sims 2 map, but with upgraded graphics). I'm not completely opposed to the Sims 4, I just haven't seen anything yet that would make me choose it over the Sims 3 so far.

Maria Jay I have to admit that I used to really hate the Sims 4. My first experience with it was as uninspiring and boring as it got, and I just couldn't get into it from the Sims 3. But after giving it another shot recently (Along with the new expansion), I have to say... I'm hooked. The way mood works now feels a lot more entertaining, the visuals are nicer and the game is optimized a lot more (Clothes load instantly and no stutter during gameplay, no more waiting hours in CAS!) Though if you're quite demanding and refuse to play with less content than what you're used to, I'd reccomend you wait for the game to grow. It took 4 years for the Sims 3 to clean out every bug and have that much content.

Λllan my sims 4 continues to lag and everything crashes ......my pc is decent and i dont know what the problem is......plus evrything is medium for graphics

story progression is supposedly coming back with the next expansion. i doubt open world will ever come back in ts4 because they probably have the revamp the whole game.

Story progression? Does Sims even have a story? What would a story progression pack even mean?

Monika sigh, it means the non player sims have simulated lives. your neighbors age, get into and out of relationships, have children, stuff like that

@@Slash0mega You do know that that 'sigh' makes you sound like an absolute complete and utter douch right? (like, reading it actually made my skin crawl). I don't think it's inherently easy to assume that 'story progression' means that your neighbours age and get into relationships and stuff. How is that 'story'? It sounds more like just giving npc better simulated AI life, with time progression. So I have no idea what makes you feel like you need to sigh at me, like I just asked a really stupid question.

monika sorry onomatopoeia offends you so, and its fairly easy to come across what story progression is if you have done some poking around about sims on google. hence the sigh.

THIS is considered one of the best Sims 4 Packs?

@@connerbok9978 I think it is up there.

@@connerbok9978 Thats what I said, this pack looks pretty boring

@@royalblanket you didn't say anything? You didn't reply to this before me

Nope. Not the only one.

i dont have problem to with loading screens...im play since sims original and i have say sims 3 for was worst sims for me,buy pts for this a lot expansions useless, save take lot time....my favorite still be sims 2 and 4....

The Sims 3 was a buggy mess, it's true. Though it could be modded to run better and without any sort of lag. The problem isn't with computer power, but shoddy programming in most cases. :(

When my sims would live in Isla Paradiso (Island Paradise World), my game would freeze every 2 seconds for like .5 seconds. And sometimes even longer. My game went frozen 2 times for the time I played on that world with my one family and I lost all my progress I made in that time I played (I don't save very often!). TS4 is very less laggy for me, but I only have the base game and I hope to get the other GP's, SP's, and EP's

Exactly the same opinion

But how ?

@@gardayustisia4528 check his village cottage review 😂

@@deannab1087 i dont see any problem with cottage living ? Even on simmer's forum instead they were mostly praised the packs as one of the best dlc ever.

@@gardayustisia4528but with all dlcs it costs 750 bucks. Even if there’s a good dlc it doesn’t make up for the bad ones that cost the same.

@@twiggy1253 yeah i know, but most simmers still bought tho. No matter the price.

Why, thank you.

your welcome :)

I really freaking hope so.

I think they did state in an interview that they are not going to have Stuff Packs and a Sims Store for The Sims 4. Game Packs are the replacement for them and I couldn't be more pleased. ETA: Game packs will come out every 2-3 month while EPs will come out every 6 as usual, from what I can remember.

Never read or heard that, but It sure is great news, especially if its replacing store content. That was garbage

Wait. No sims store?! Are you joking with me? WHAT IS WRONG WITH EA

NOOOO, now I can't pay for hideously overpriced content that wasn't even worth half the money, how will I waste my money now :((

I think the reason why Game Packs take longer is because they have more in them, there are a lot of new gameplay with Game Packs. The only reason why Dine Out took a long time was because they were having an issue with guests changing seats while dining, they really wanted to get that fixed, while guests will get up and move around they always return to the seat they were sitting in.

Smoke weed everyday!

like weed socks aren't annoying enough in real life

im sure the herbalist career hobby thing will be hacked sooner than later.

Rogier Peters Superstar was a good expansion. Was Superstar was based on one celebrity, though? I can't remember. I guess what I said could be taken the wrong way, I meant I hope they don't do real life celebrity content, I actually really enjoyed the celebrity star system in Sims 3, and the Superstar expansion back in the Sims. I just hated Katy Perry "Sweet Treats" (such a weird expansion idea) and I had a list of things I didn't like about the Showtime expansion.

Gravity Waffles Lazy game reviews pack.

ME TOO! I was like”wtf what is this reminding me of”

It's the opposite of necessary. It's optional. DLC is an option, not a necessity, and you have never needed a connection to simply play the game.

I tried to log into Origin once when my connection went out and it wouldn't let me. I couldn't play it.

AngelStardom I've played my game without internet connection.. the only thing I don't like is that you need internet to get the game.. but after that you can play without it... =/

AngelStardom you don't have a shortcut for the Sims 4 on your desktop? Just double click on that. I don't even need to be logged in to origin to get the game going.

amanda agnew Yes, and I do click that. It brings up Origin for me to log in. I can log out once I have the game started, but I can't start the game without being logged in.

Lazy Game Reviews I grew up... in a town named Granite Falls.

i am reminded of gravity falls :y

Starz The Tabby Cat same

Booooo

Dust spirits? I'm intrigued; tell me more.

Rip AJ, for he will forever be intrigued

skidaddle skidoodle yep *Plays funeral music*

I NEED TO KNOW

Gravity Falls is best show

God I wish

Yeah... Weather and seasons should have been part of the base game by now...by Sims 3 really.

Unfortunately weather and seasons are very difficult to do, you need the base game to be finished in order to work on it and then it can take a while (they were making sims 3 seasons since before sims 3 was released). It's just a difficult thing to program.

Esme Brand It really isn't...

Mansen Oh well, I guess as you've said it isn't it must not be. Damn those programmers they don't know what they're talking about!

Esme Brand No - *We* apparantly don't. Weather is pitifully easy to pull off in comparison to most of the expansion packs they've managed so far.

Yes, doing job things and toddlers is what I think I miss the most right now. I'm not really feeling any kind of connection when it comes to my Sims' jobs. There's not even a lot of random moment pop-ups really.

Well guess what

Yay! :D And I didn't even have to kill anyone! ... or did I ._.

I'm really annoyed with the wait though. APRIL IS SO FAR AWAY :(

Anika Kumar well get to work Release date is March 31 2015 in the US.

That is how much TS3 and TS2 stuff packs were and they didn't do anything for game play

Remember they are a company and need to make money. A lot of work goes into creating those game packs.

***** except EA is greedy

***** Definitely not 20$ worth of work.

Stuff packs for the sims 3 and the sims 2 were 20$ how much did you expect this game pack to cost? I think 20$ is a good price considering it's more then just a stuff pack, we get actual new gameplay.

Yes yes yes yes yes and YES.

It's still one of my most played games of all time, and I continue to play it.

maybe theyll keep making more like on an island and other fun places lol

Sims 2 + Bon Voyage was always a blast for me. Not literally.

Bon voyage was kinda boring and it was like 40 dollars.....

***** I know, world adventures was awful, Bon voyage was decent, but got quite boring. And i think it weird how OP is comparing a 40 dollar expansion to a 20 dollar game pack.

Bon Voyage got old in less than 24 hours :/

it gives you more than a stuff pack for the price of a stuff pack.

mirta000 So? Stuff packs were super overpriced in the first place. It's like saying "this horse shit for 20 bucks is awesome because that dog shit earlier was 30". Not saying this DLC is complete shit, just to get my point across.

Nerte 60 objects and 90 CAS items in Sims standards for 20 dollars is an incredible amount of stuff. It's even above what you would normally get with a The Sims 2 stuff pack, which is saying something. It's the same as not playing train simulator and not understanding the people that collect thousands of pounds worth of train DLC. If they got twice as much trans for half the price, it would be a joyous day for them, while anyone not involved with the franchise would see nothing special with it.

Jeremy Masters and because of that modders rarely bother to mod 90 thematic items with unique interactions and wildlife. They're not paid to do it.

Nerte Hey people spend way more in real life to go sleep in the dirt, and get eaten alive buy bugs, and possibly bears too. lol

No shite bruh bro uh I'm in QUARINTINE CHECK

Logan Munford ew a tik tok kid

***** That just makes it even better! :)

I wasn't thrilled with the camping theme either, but the new hairstyles and clothes are really well done. He didn't even show all of them in the video, I don't think.

Appreciate it :)

:D

It was a pricing error, it seems. Obviously that's a ridiculous price that no one should have to pay! forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/809801/pricing-update-australia-and-new-zealand

Lazy Game Reviews Even after they "corrected" it we are still having to pay $40 ($30 US)

Janet Keen Yeah what's with that? I paid $39.99 at 9am this morning, felt ripped off and found the answer here. It's now 11pm and I haven't received my refund yet, I'm not too trusting where EA Games is involved. We may never get our money back.

It has always been like this for us. I remember laughing (also somewhat bitterly) in LGR's Sims 3 expansion reviews when he said US$40 (NZ$52) was too expensive, yet we had to pay US$54 (NZ$70).

sigthor1945 I think $39.99 is the new amended price down from $50, so you won't be receiving a refund if you paid the $39.99.

I wouldn't called it a bad game, it's just disappointing, no toddlers, no open-world, frequent loading screens, no 'Create a Style', Sims have 3 traits instead of 5, etc & etc. I mean most of the features that was in the previous games are no longer in The Sims 4. Okay I guess it's a bad game.

agreed Cujo, sticking with 3.

best game pack so far in the whole franchise though. 90 CAS items, 60 objects and a neighborhood for the price of a stuff pack.

I'm allowed to have an opinion. I played the game, I bought it and played it. The Sims 3 is a better base game than The Sims 4. The Sims 4 had a few nice things in it like moods and multi-tasking. But thats it, the vast majority of everything else was bad. Thats my opinion on TS4.

Cujo H you're allowed to have your own opinion, but as price to quantity goes, when the game pack is concerned, it's so far beating The Sims 2 even, let alone The Sims 3. Though this is comparing price to quantity ratio, therefore the equivalent in other games would be a stuff pack, not a full expansion.

Add university & pets! Lol

But if you think about it, downloading a game/conent takes much less time than going to shop to buy the physical copy or waiting for an ordered version to arrive. ;)

Anako no it doesn't at least not for people with slow download speeds.. they could easily drive to the shops and be back before the download was even close to being finished

***** But we're talking about The Sims here. =.= boourns1000 Well you're right, but I guess that there are fewer and fewer people with this kind of slow internet nowadays. Or at least I hope so.

Antony D'Andrea Well no - You don't. You don't have to actually nuke your entire computer when you reinstall. You can save your game installations (for the most part - I'm looking at you, terrible Sims 3) boourns1000 That's just the way of the market nowadays. Push for better internet in your area or live with the consequences. It ain't pretty, but it's the future.

Check your Origin settings and tell it to keep installation files. After it's downloaded make a backup of the game folder wherever it was put, c:/progfiles/origin/maxis/simsoutdoor whatever. To get it onto a new computer without redownloading, paste that folder into a similar place, then tell Origin to redownload. Origin detects all the files necessary are already there in place, the download step goes from 0% to 100% in like 5 seconds, and it begins installing.

looks like you got your wish! :p

Eternalux it looks a little weak compared to Open for business to me though, its missing something and rushed just like the base game and this DLC. There just isn't enough to do. Come on Maxis take our money and do your job or don't take our money and lose business!

JimPlaysGames Get to Work is exactly like Open for Business

February 2015 is your time! www.macrumors.com/2015/01/13/sims-4-mac-coming-february/

same pain here TT______TT

Lazy Game Reviews Wonder how optimized the port will be >.> I doubt us on even 2013 iMacs will be hitting 60fps like in your vid.

Mistakes were made when purchasing the computer of your choice.

Enjoy your delay until April with GTA ^vv^

Same!

at this it's not a stuff pack, those were pretty much pointless and expensive for being so pointless

family tree is there now! you can find it by looking at the sims info. it seems like EA is slowly adding things from previous games in.

Abbey Bominable I know. I never said TS4 is a bad game, though. It's a great game in my opinion, but I have only played it for 3 hours after it's release. I prefer to wait until there are more expansions.