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  • I'm already tired of talking about this pack and I haven't even started!

  • This is The Sims 4: My First Pet Stuff and it is unbelievably the 14th stuff pack to

  • The Sims 4. *14TH!* It costs $10 and lets you play with virtual rodents. Yep

  • So I find at this point it's probably a good idea to reiterate that I actually do

  • like The Sims as a series. I'm not making videos criticizing it because I hate it,

  • but because I truly want to see it become better and better. That being said

  • this is not the day that happens because what we've got is The Sims 4 My First

  • Pet Stuff... and it's the single stupidest pack for The Sims 4 thus far. What I mean

  • by that is this is the first time that a stuff pack requires you to have bought

  • a previous pack in order to fully utilize it. Seriously, an expansion for an

  • expansion. This means that unless you've already bought and installed the $40

  • Cats and Dogs expansion pack you do not get to use everything in the $10 First

  • Pet Stuff pack that you just bought. I can hear Ralph

  • suddenly bursting into flame already...

  • *Ralph suddenly bursts into flame, dramatic music and fire sound effects ensue*

  • Well that was dramatic. But okay, before I get too far ahead of myself, let's take a

  • look at what you actually get here. And well this is more complicated than usual

  • because what you get is determined by whether or not you have the Cats and

  • Dogs pack, but I'm gonna do my best. Pretty much if something you see in here

  • applies to either a cat or a dog you won't be able to use it unless you have

  • the expansion to go along with it. So you pay for all these cat and dog

  • outfits regardless of whether or not you have the actual cats and dogs, isn't that

  • fun? And that's notable because the majority of the new clothing here is

  • only for cats and dogs there are only a few items for your humanoid sims. So you

  • get a few hairstyles for adults, a single shirt and a hamster outfit, a single

  • shirt and a onesie for kids, and a hat a shirt and a onesie for toddlers.

  • That's it.

  • Oh and pretty much all of these are recolors and slight alterations of

  • things that were already added to the game previously. Granted, this is nothing

  • shocking considering how often it's happened before in The Sims 4, but it's

  • just a little bit of extra salt in the wound that I find amusingly

  • disheartening. Same goes with the build mode objects like these desks and chairs

  • and things that fit perfectly with the design and color swatches of the items

  • that were included in Cats & Dogs. Gee, what a coincidence, almost like they

  • were made for that pack to begin with! Suspiciously shared design language or

  • not, you get a grand total of 35 objects in this pack, starting with two couches

  • and two chairs -- one of which kind of looks like a hamster swallowed an

  • ottoman. You also get two cat-inspired lamps, a bookcase, a small hamster toy, and

  • a few wall decorations. A round end table and an aquarium coffee table, the latter

  • of which looks cooler than it actually is since you can't customize the fish or

  • interact with it in any way. Speaking of "cooler than it looks," I thought these

  • hamster habitat tubes might let your rodents wander all over the walls

  • through custom pathways or something, but nope. They're just flat decals. Then you

  • get three window shades, two pet doors, a flattened rodent rug, a tree stump

  • feeding bowl, another pet toy box, another litter box, and another set of cat condos.

  • There are also two pet beds, which is fine but I really thought this would

  • have been a good opportunity to include some dog houses.

  • But nah, guess not. And yeah, if you've noted a good chunk of this stuff will only be

  • useful to you if you have Cats & Dogs. So if you don't own that then a lot of

  • this stuff just acts as a constant teaser to buy more content so you don't

  • feel left out, and I assume that's the point. And finally you get four rodent

  • homes with this pack -- regardless of what you owned previously, how generous!

  • Each one comes in the same cage and can do the same things, but aesthetically they

  • do differ, giving you the choice of a hamster, a hedgehog, a rat,

  • and a "Bubalus..."

  • Bubba-loose? Buh-bah-luss?

  • *DING!* I don't know, THAT. It's a little purple voidcritter thing.

  • Anyway these are always simpler to care for and don't take up a family slot

  • like cats and dogs do, and all you are really responsible for with them is

  • giving them a little food, attention, and cleaning every so often and that's it!

  • They're quite self-sufficient. And just hanging around and doing rodent things,

  • like eating, sleeping, taking sand baths, and running around wheels because you

  • GOTTA GO FASTEVERYBODY'S SUPER SONIC RACING

  • Younger sims can choose to study them as well in order to take care of their

  • homework for the day, and most anyone can give them treats, talk to them, or take

  • them out to play for a second. Granted, you cannot actually choose

  • individual play interactions or take them out of the cage beyond anywhere

  • right in front of the door, but these interactions do improve your

  • relationship with each rodent. And that's important because

  • an unhappy rodent is prone to biting.

  • *sounds of an unhappy rodent biting*

  • And biting from a dirty critter can also lead to a new sickness:

  • Rabid Rodent Fever. And suffice to say your sims will not feel up to "livin' large"

  • when they have this. Researching it on the web or a visit to the vet's

  • office can help them get rid of it, but otherwise it's a fatal disease and

  • causes a mouth-foaming death.

  • *sounds of a mouth-foaming death occur. jeez.*

  • When they're not trying to murder you with rabid nastiness,

  • rodents also get up to some strange activities at night, like

  • holding raves and testing tiny little nuclear devices. *BOOM*

  • They seem to have a bit of a Pinky and The Brain thing

  • going on, where they're constantly messing around

  • with odd projects and even reaching scientific breakthroughs or ghostwriting

  • bestselling novels. And then sometimes they'll go on vacation for an afternoon,

  • sending you a collectible (but ultimately useless) postcard as a cheap consolation

  • while they're off frolicking on the beach having the time of their lives.

  • Sounds like an apt analogy for how EA treats simmers if I've ever heard one.

  • And that's it for The Sims 4 First Pet Stuff. Again, this is $10. And you only get

  • everything you paid for if you've already paid them for Cats & Dogs in

  • the past, effectively making it a $50 experience to get everything altogether.

  • And no, it is not worth buying if you ask me. Even with some cutesy

  • creatures the overall content itself is straight-up lacking in a big way due to

  • being both shoddily slapped together in a short amount of time, and because of

  • how a chunk of potential customers are made to pay for stuff they can't even

  • use without shelling out another 40 bucks. And that just bothers me, man. In my

  • eyes, they should have either made all of this content apply to Cats & Dogs

  • owners only, or only include stuff that can be used by everyone. This mixing of

  • the two without any regard for what you've bought before comes across as

  • cynical to me, like they're trying to see how far they can push players by teasing

  • them with content piece by piece. And you know, I can see some of where EA is coming

  • from since Cats & Dogs is currently the best-selling Sims 4 expansion to

  • date. They're a massive publisher, they answer to shareholders, and it only makes sense

  • for them to try and make money like this. HOWEVER... it disappoints me that the

  • manner in which they go about making their money here is not more friendly to

  • the folks that are handing over that money in the first place.

  • First Pet Stuff comes off as a slap to the face for Cats and Dogs owners with

  • it appearing to be cut content that should have probably been in the pack to

  • begin with, followed by another slap to the people that haven't bought Cats and

  • Dogs and still want hamsters. And sure, maybe it is a one-time experiment by EA

  • to see what simmers are willing to pay for, that's within their right to do. But

  • I don't know about you: I don't care to be experimented on, and I feel stupid

  • having even bought this pack to review it. In fact, that reminds me, I saw this

  • idea on a post the other day about sending your ten dollars to a local

  • animal shelter to help support someone's actual first pet, instead of getting this

  • pack. And yeah, I agree. So I'm donating to the Brother Wolf

  • Animal Rescue, a local no-kill animal shelter, and giving them 50 bucks

  • which is the total cost of both Cats & Dogs and First Pet Stuff.

  • I have no doubt it'll do more good for them

  • than it ever would being given to EA.

  • And that's all for this particular video on this particular pack!

  • Yeah I'm salty, but this pack is stupid what can I say! But if you like salt

  • then great! Perhaps you'd like to see some of my other videos, and there are new ones

  • every Monday and Friday here on LGR.

  • And as always thank you very much for watching!

nngrNRGNaauunGHnghhhh!

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LGR-《模擬人生4》我的第一個寵物用品評測 (LGR - The Sims 4 My First Pet Stuff Review)

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