The Sims 4 got an amazing FREE base game update (with new gameplay) 

Has anyone noticed The Sims team always releases a free base game update after any controversy? Like a diversion tactic 😂

Not going to lie I thought the title was you being sarcastic 🤣🤣

The "no feeding the animals" sign was a "Dont take the Cowplant's cake" sign!

the bar is so low we're excited about an item from the base game that should've been functional when the base game was released almost a decade ago finally becoming functional. jesus christ.

The backpack would be great for a teen runaway let’s play.

"tons of new stuff" i wouldn't say that, this update didn't add that much. I want a BIG base game update. I mean hobbies, nicknames, new worlds, new cas items, just MORE GAMEPLAY.

Personally, I don't think this update means anything other than "hey look over here at this shiny new thing" and not all the people who are still struggling with the EA app or everyone who is just over the sims bs right now. Not to mention, if I were sims management, I would be genuinely terrified of LBY hence why they are adding stuff and trying to keep people engaged with their product.

they always release something when something is wrong w the game and a lot of ppl just end up forgetting it bc of little releases like this 😅

I'm actually surprised this wasn't released to us in a "My First Lunchbox" stuff pack 😂🙈😂

that lunchbox is game changing for rags to riches challenges

Fingers crossed for a Get to Work refresh🤞 Its #1 on my list for a refresh.

There is quite often pee all over the women’s seats because of “hovering” to avoid touching anything. You have to either hover yourself or use a paper cover. Whether I’m peeing after a man or a woman isn’t something I worry about in a public toilet. I mainly worry about there being any soap to wash my hands afterward.

Omg! Ea finally gives something not shallow! Aka the bare minimum Edit: nvm 😍🥰

I took a break from Sims content and I come back to find that we're celebrating lunchboxes going into backpacks... I think everyone could use a break

Wait, is this a prank? Since when does ea actually do the bare minimum as a multi-billion dollar company?

Get to Work definitely needs a refresh, in particular, a full world. And I’d love to have visit-able work lots inside that world. I want to take my sims to the hospital when they’re sick!

You know how you can name the wine racks in Horse Ranch? It’d be cool if we could name backpacks too, helpful if you’re using several to sort the inventory lol.

Technically lunches were in parenthood through the paper back lunches but now we have options and now it’s a base game feature and I think it will work well with HSY.

“We are slowly letting Sims 4 fade away to the point it’s not even functional but here’s a shit-ton of signs for you to use” -papa EA

1:24 i think thats a no eating cowplant cake sign

People can complain you are "negative" as much as they want, but let me tell ya, when you say you actually like something or that it's good I trust that it must actually be good!

Omg the backpack!!!! Years ago, I used Sims 4 Studio to make a mod like this (but I have no modding talent) but I just saved the mesh + textures from the backpack and applied them to a storage box. Which is functional but it still has the shadow of the box so it looks a little weird, but I still use it all the time. Usually every kid sim will have their own storage backpack in their room. I’m really excited to have the EA version be functional now!!! And excited for new swatches of them too

I think the heart is to designate the location of the AEDs in commercial buildings. (The automatic pads that shock people back to life when their heart stops.)

When I do the rags to riches play throughs I usually give the sims a backpack on the lot for “realism”. I’m very happy that it’s functional now!

Somehow I always end up with a huge inventory, so I really like the different color backpacks for sorting/storage idea!

These are some good items for rags to riches players. Instead of having to buy a cooler for some bit of food on your home lot, you can buy a lunch box and take it around with you everywhere. You can also use the backpack to store anything you don't want to immediately sell.

Okay, but have they fixed gardening yet? My sims glitch when they get leftovers, they glitch when they interact with infants, they glitch during conversations... I appreciate the update, but it's worth absolutely nothing if I still can't PLAY THE GAME.

The women's bathroom is always cleaner in my experience. It's hard for the women to tell you though unless they've seen the guys room! lol, I used to work at various fast food restaurants as a teenager though and so I've seen my share of men's rooms and had to clean it.

don't see myself using any of these. unless the lunchbox can be kept in the inventory for sims to grab stuff when they're hungry without food spoiling, so my kids aren't always starving

Actually a good update NGL. We haven't gotten a new actual base game useful feature in so long (last one was neighborhood stories). Infants don't count because without growing together they're just toddlers just smaller and more annoying lmao

I’ve had to clean both men’s and women’s bathrooms when I worked in fast food & retail in the past and I can confidently say that in MY personal experience, the women’s bathrooms have always been MUCH grosser. Unflushed toilets, piles of questionably stained toilet paper on the floor, and even used period products just laying on the ground. The worst I have ever found in men’s bathrooms is vomit 🤷🏽‍♀️

I’ll use this so much for students or large households this is so much nicer than I expected

I work in several spaces with gender neutral bathrooms. They are literally no better or worse than any other bathrooms. I find bathroom locations define their cleanliness more than gender. Like fast food bathrooms, always gross. Park bathrooms, always gross. Sit down restaurant bathrooms, sometimes slightly better. Any bathrooms mostly used by kids and teens (school), always a roll of the dice on cleanliness. The backpack would be cooler if you could wear it. The lunchbox is a bit more functional than the backpack.

Backpacks will be so useful for sorting inventory! And the lunchbox reminds me of Ravasheen’s CC lunchbox where toddlers can feed themselves, I always have that in my family games

Bathroom cleanliness depends on location. I've been in high traffic and/or bad area's ladies bathrooms that smelled of stinky Koochie and had period blood on the seats. One time I couldn't take the smell and snuck over the men's bathroom, an employee stopped from going in and let me use theirs. My boyfriend tells me the men's bathrooms have pee all over the floor and urinals. People are nasty.

It's interesting you made that point about pee all over the seat because for the past week, every time I've tried to use my workplace's individual (GN) bathroom, the seat is completely coated in urine (and hair). Also, the bowl is full of urine, and clearly no attempt was made to flush it manually, when it didn't automatically do so. The toilet is directly opposite a sign asking patrons to please check for any messes they've left. Don't get me wrong; I've known a few women who somehow manage to drip on the seat, but it's absolutely nothing compared to what some men do. (Important note: I've never had an issue using the GN bathroom after a male coworker. But the male patrons just straight-up don't seem to care how gross they are.)

my prediction: Mall game pack. What im seeing are signs for public building lots. If its not a game pack, it may be a refresh for get to work that will implement a mall

This is like the absolute bare minimum they could do. And everyone is gunna go nuts

hearing you say "traaysh cayn" just made my night the no feeding animal sign means "don't take the cake from the cowplant or it will eat you and you'll die" I hate that we can't do backpackception how dare they

I feel like the bathroom thing could work if you made one for urinals and one for normal toilets. I can obviously imagine the sitting down ones still be nasty, but maaaybe it would work out? I've been to a gender neutral unattended by a cleaning staff bathroom before and it was genuinely unusable to me. Like I'm sure it would get cleaned at the end of the day but in the middle of it it was absolutely nasty

Those facility signs are going to add the finishing touches to the activity center at my senior living center :D

Very nice to see you happy! Thanks for the update!

That lunchbox is gonna be amazing for rags to riches challenges omg

I think these seem like things that were probably intended to go with Growing Together but weren't finished in time. The signs seem like they could have gone well with the rec center. Also gender neutral bathrooms irl are literally fine. How gross a bathroom is has way more to do with how often they're cleaned vs how often they're used than whether or not they're gender neutral. I've been in some nasty women's restrooms too. Public toilets are always just a little bit gross.

Okay this update is good. But I really wish they had signs that had dishes so they know DO DISHES IN THE KITCHEN NOT THE BATHROOM 😫

I was thinking the same about the refresh!! I hope so 😍 that's the one I'm hoping for the most. It just has so much more potential

The Toilet one is probably for Nonbinary and the general disabled toilet, though they should also have wider doors for that...

Those backpacks are gonna be so good for organizing collections in inventory. I send my Sims out for days at a time finding collections. Inventory is always so messy by the time I'm don. Lunchboxes are similar to coolers in outdoor retreat (underrated tbh the tents and coolers are great) so those i already had something similar, but nothing like backpacks

okay i really like the backpacks!!!! really going to help split up between stuff in the inventory, honestly i hope they keep improving on storage (like differentiating bookcases). feel like the keepsake boxes from growing together was their first experiment on this! i like the lunchboxes as well, although i do have the tiny nitpick that they could have helped bring the sack lunches of parenthood into base game, wish they let you take home-made meals in them (i personally would have been okay with it if they'd made them into yet another inventory, but ig its hassle to make food for the sim at home and easier to just treat it like the cooler with food that doesnt spoil)

They added the toilet door because they've been trying de-gender things. It wasn't strictly necessary since there is the gender neutral door or w/e but this one is like truely no gender involved, this is the room you piss in end of story lol. I never use the gendered doors. Not only is it even more unnecessary than irl but it's annoying when your trying to send your sim to piss and they cant go to the closest bathroom bc it has a gendered door.

Thanks for showing us the update! I'm still avoiding the EA app but I was curious about this one so at least I get to see it here for now. Really excited about the backpack and lunchbox, It's definitely going to be great for teens. And I can see myself using the rest for restaurants and stuff like that. I really like the stairs one for some reason lol

I have only ever used one all-gender bathroom, but i found that it actually operates a lot differently than you might think. First of all, there was a common area with a bunch of hand washing stations and then private rooms for doing your business. The room itself had a wide entrance that you could easily see into while walking by. The "rooms" that had the toilets were about the size of a regular stall, except without any gaps, privacy from floor to ceiling, and a deadbolt on a door rather than a finicky latch. The icons on the doors showed whether that little room contains a toilet or a urinal, so men aren't necessarily pissing all over the toilet seat unless they're really just trying to be a dick about it. I don't know if every gender-neutral bathroom operates like that one did, but i sincerely hope so! It was way more public where it needed to be and way more private when you're actually taking a dump. 8/10 would recommend

No no.. I will complain, I don't care if it's free. They do the bare minimum as always. Free or not. Besides, none of this crap matters until they fix core issues, including the app the bloody game is played on. Lol

I absolutely love the back packs. This is one of the best base game updates. The painted ceilings were also amazing. Well done, EA! Finally…

Well, since you mentioning that the Sims is so US centric, this actually makes sense. Most schools go back in the US go back between mid-august and the first week of September, this is back to school stuff. In fact, almost all these signs can be used in a school setting. The heart one, can symbolize in AED.

First of all, the women's bathrooms are typically pretty clean 😂 I hate public restrooms anyway but I hear horror stories about mens bathrooms and the urinals Anyhoo, I personally don't think this update is that deep. I've been fine without the different door signs and lunchbox for this long, I'd be fine without them forever. Some type of functional backpack for storage is kinda cool but again not a necessity at all. It just seems like they knew the community is extremely unhappy so they pushed to get these things done and out as a diversion

The growing together theory feels on point. It would fit very well and it feels like the tech from memory boxes.

I think the update to the backpack and the new lunch box is because "back to school" is right around this week in the U.S.A. so adding those items to the game would most likely be a way to get players back on the game for that.

I have no idea if it means anything or not, nor do I care right now. Because I am genuinely just so excited and ecstatic about this new backpack system, like I can't even express how much or how long I've been wanting this. I definitely agree that it would have been really nice if we had the ability to put it on, but I'll take it!

ngl the backpack is perfect for basemental drxgs

Yaaaas the margarita song! Love you and Love That Chick Angel!!! 😂😂❤❤❤

I *do* wish you wore the backpack once it went into inventory. :/ And that sign you were confused about seems like a 'don't eat the cake the cowplant offers you' sign. xD AND YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT MEN PISSING ALL OVER THE TOILET AND FLOOR!!! Hell, I even have to have a separate bathroom at home - from my own partner - because it's disgusting to see pee on the base of the toilet, or the floor, or whatever. You're not handling a HOSE. Or just sit down if you can't NOT piss all over everything...ugh, yikes. You're right though, I wouldn't want to go use a toilet after a guy, rofl.

Okay I just noticed something and it seems like something the sims team would do so hear me out. When you show some clips of the high school years trailer, there are zipped open bagpacks in the hallways. Now, I'm pretty sure that before this update the only way those backpacks would show up was just with the zipper closed. This would maybe mean that they took a feature from high school years for later use instead of including it in the pack? Might be a big conspiracy but it is EA so nothing is impossible😂

Great idea using the backpacks for organising items in inventory. Super!

I really, really want something releated to kindergarden or cars, those are the things that im waiting for

The bagpack has 10 new swatches not 5 ^^ it had 5 swatches before. The first row. I love that sdx drop. I believe It's gonna be usefull ❤

I like that I can bring a lunchbox when exploring ruins in jungle adventure. Or just anywhere

A sign for not feeding the carnivorous plant hahaha I love that one

We have gender neutral toilets at my uni and it’s really not that deep. There’s a few on each level so if one’s dirty you just go to a different one lmao

The new bathroom sign is very random. We already have a door that can be use for all sims. I often create unisex bathroom in comunity lots because I dont want to waste space with two bathroom, and sometimes I would click in the wrong bathroom and the sims just cancel the action which was a bit annoying. I hope the signs are a sign of get work refresh, this pack need this so much.

You were pretty spot on at 1:50 haha. We got For Rent!

The 'don't feed the animals sign' is a sim grabbing a cowplant cake, DONT FEED THE COWPLANTS!

I’m a transgender man so I’ve been in all 3 kinds of bathrooms. Gender neutral bathrooms are always very clean honestly. Men’s bathrooms are disgusting and smell like ass & for some reason wet dog a lot. Women’s bathrooms are also disgusting, but they have scents to cover it up a lot of the time, so it smells like flowers with the smell of shit and heavy gross air. In conclusion: Bathrooms are disgusting but I love gender neutral bathrooms. I use the men’s obviously and I’m not exactly happy about it but most places don’t have gender-neutral bathrooms.

Giving us the bare minimum 😍

I'm definitely going to be using the backpack for the repair parts my inventory gets cluttered with, I like it. Maybe theyre doing a highschool stuff pack?

First off I LOVE your reviews! Don’t ever change. And secondly I hope that the next “expansion pack” includes some kind of hunter and gatherer play. Like collecting rare flowers or crystals to make amazing NEW potions. And if it includes fairies I hope that you have to catch one in order for it to make you one and then you can actually visit the “fairy world or house” and not just another fricking rabbit hole. But sadly I’m almost sure that this update means nothing.

Gender neutral bathrooms are genuinely a godspend for nb and non-passing trans ppl. It's nice to not be forced to pick a gender everytime you piss or have to sus out if you're gonna get hate-crimed for using the bathroom of your preferred gender. As a trans person I have experienced horrible conditions for both gendered restrooms and usually gender neutral bathrooms come with urinals so you don't have to deal with the piss on seats situation. Overall I think theyre a positive good for everyone cause it also gives anyone of any gender identity a private place to take a shit.

As a trans man... You would be surprised at how completely horrible some women's restrooms are, honestly. And men's bathrooms are honestly less horrific than what I pictured as a child growing up, so. Women honestly won't have any more of an issue peeing after men than they already do peeing after other women.

Good coverage- thank you!

I just tested the backpack and the amount of items you can put in them seems to be really small. The Voidcritter cards don't seem to work, crossstitch projects, the knitting basket, photos, upgrade parts, wool, harvestables, horse manure, animal clothes, animal treats, scout trophies, tooth fairy presents, childrens drawings, school projects. Books seem to work fine (like the Parenthood Diary) but I wish they allowed for a few more items to be put into this storage.

Yes woman's bathrooms are horrific. We are the ones who bring our kids into the restrooms and if anyone knows children... it can become very messy.

That sign was a cowplant!!!! Don’t feed the cow plant!!

No feeding the cow plants! :D I love the facility signs, it's a great realistic detail

I tried the suggestion you said with putting seeds in the backpack. It wouldn't let me. It is only certain items that can go in it. Putting their homework or journal in there makes it so you have to do an extra step. First, take the backpack out of your storage and then take the book out. Then they have to put it back in the backpack and put the backpack in your storage. It would have been nice if I could put things like seeds and maybe collectibles, but for books, it is just another step. If I could go into the backpack from the storage without having to put it in the world, then it would be much better.

I'm so happy about the signs, I'm currently renovating Winderburg and it's really hard to make communal spaces without owning Get to Work 😅 And to confirm, women bathrooms are, imo, way worst than the men ones. I've literally seen p00p on the walls. Gross af

Unfortunately women's restrooms are also nasty including piss on the seats (a lot of women hover, then miss their target and don't clean up after themselves). The absolute worst case I saw was when I was in uni, in the restroom right near my classroom so almost no one besides students or staff would use it, there was poo smeared all over the stall including the walls and the door and all over the toilet seat. It honestly looked like someone took their pet monkey into the stall and let them have fun. We also sometimes get stray tampons from women who for some reason choose to not use the sanitary bin inside the stall. 😫 I've heard from some sanitation workers that women's restrooms tend to actually be worse than men's.

Ok using multiple backpacks to store nectar, seeds, fish, etc is genius! 😮❤

We need more free stuff for sure ☑️or more just little things/details in the older not updated worlds…like an updated bar in oasis springs or budget houses renovated

the part about the gender neutral bathrooms is so true, every time I've ever had to use a gender neutral Porta potty they were always so disgusting 🤮

The cow plant!! Lol! On the signs! 😂

Satch singing at the end has been me for the past 2 weeks 😂 that song is attached to my brain

That backpack is a game changer! Especially for collectors, helps organise and tidy your personal inventory big time!

That's a NO feeding the alligators/crocodile sign ! Another option would be «don't take the cowplant cake lure» sign. It would make more sense to put fishes in the lunch box than the backpack.

the lunch box is great for gtw food options and also rags to riches..exciting!!

1:25 this is probably "don't take the cake from cowplant" sign😂

I was wondering what the Sims delivery thing was. Thanks for informing me!

This IS the get to work refresh lol some signs and a toilet door. Fits in with the spirit of getting aeay with the least possible.

OHHHHHCh satch do not TEASE ME with the "get to work refresh" 😂😂

Incredible, i love sooo much this!💖💖💖

Thank you for this i was playing tonight and wondered what new things they added