Suly Suly Simmers! That's "Howdy" in Simlish! 🤠 Did you enjoy the 2nd episode of Behind The Sims? What was your favorite part? 👀 If you are looking for a recap on all that was covered in this episode, check it out on The Sims Website: www.ea.com/games/the-sims/news/behind-the-sims-episode-2

Okay, now you NEED to make it possible for a household to be more than 8 sims. If Im going to have both horses, cats and dogs, I won't be able to have a family!!!!

That awkward moment when you realize 9 years after initial game release that you completely forgot to pay attention to the franchise lore.

“Right now we’re experimenting with how little we can get away with” is the most apt thing I’ve heard from EA in a minute

I feel like having project Rene playable on phones is just inherently limiting. It will be a HUGE task to have mobile playability not impact pc players.

I could literally hear James Turner yell "KATRINA" over the internet haha 😂😅

Thank you for adding horses.

I really do hope TS5 has more focus on gameplay. Sure it looks rough right now, but all games are like this in the beginning stage. I’m especially fond of the sim getting annoyed being talked to while cooking, and then bursting out in frustration, that’s realistic and adds more personality to the sims. Honestly if Project Rene can be like TS2 in terms of personality, TS3 in gameplay, and TS4 in building/CAS I’d be ecstatic.

This is all so exciting! The only thing left I am desperate for from the Sims is the ability to "favorite" items in CAS and build mode and then filter to only see "favorited" items! That would be a game changer for builders and people with all the packs and lots of mods ❤

I do hope for 2 things in this game. 1 that they actually keep the reigns on the horses even if the sim isn’t on the horse to add realism but give us the option to take it off or put it on & that they actually give us an animation for tacking up a horse. Cant have a horse pack without that!

I think gameplay really needs to be the focus for the sims team. I really hope they deliver here with horses.

“Let’s see how little we can get away with” was an amazing quote for this

"there is tons to do besides horse gameplay" *says two things*

I'm 70 years old. I just hope I live long enough to see Sims5 LOL!

This communication fomat makes it very clear who your target audience is, feels like watching a kids show.

I thought horses would never come! Now all I need is fairies, a medieval pack, and royalty pack to complete my fantasy medieval gameplay. For now, though, Horse Ranch will be a great addition to 1800s gameplay. Getting Red Dead 2 vibes

The fact the things she mentioned to do in the new expansion aside from Horse activities are just the same three things listed on the description of the pack (get mini sheep and goats, make nectar, and have a gathering), I can tell it's going to be very lackluster. Like how is just making something as simple as nectar a selling point of the pack???

Can we please get a BANDS expansion pack? We need BANDS! To be able to form bands and write music with other sims, have recording studios, plan concerts with your band at the local bar, in a park or at huge concert venues and even plan to go touring around the world! Have fans or groupies and infuse it with GET FAMOUS - cross pack compatibility please! With it we need an overhaul of the vague 'entertainer' career which never made sense. And when will we finally get an ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS?! Please Sims give us a BANDS / MUSICIAN expansion pack! WE NEED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING!

'how little we can get away with'. Pretty much sums up the Sims for the past 10 years! Makes me nervous for Project Rene

I really admire the Project Rene team being courageous enough to show early versions of what they're working on and trying to articulate often overlooked aspects of the creative process. :) It looks like they've already made big leaps forward since the last time we got a glimpse! Very cool :)

Project Rene looks really good so far, I know the actual sims are very early development, but I really like the art style of the build/buy objects. It's a good blend of more realistic textures but still has that cartoonish playful style that I love. I also love that it looks like the hair color wheel is coming back. Can't wait to see more!

‘two new kits! goth fashion and medieval castle!’ me: :D ‘they’ll be released next year’ me: D:

Honestly I’m mixed on them being in CAS for the customization and traits, I like big families and the incredibly small 8 sim limit makes me want as few animals as possible in cas

"How little can we get away with?" has been their motto for Sims 4 and is already carrying over to the Sims 5, their words. I'm glad they at least set the tone so early, so we already know what to expect.

Make a Rock Band pack! You got Grunge and Goth how about venues to see bands play. You could partner with Fender for the instruments. They also own Gretsch so you could have drums in the game too!

Time to live my full medieval fantasy with the new kit and horses!

can’t wait to see more of project Rene !!

sims team, if you're reading this, please _please_ give us unicorns and fairies. not just a unicorn horn hat.. actual unicorns. not just wings.. fairies. and please do a mermaid refresh? they are so lack luster... no skill tree. that said, i am seriously looking forward to horses. absolutely love horses

As an equestrian, I’m super excited for this pack. I’m super happy to see a English saddle in this video. I was worried there wouldn’t be English riding when the trailer didn’t show any. And as a horse trainer, I love that the devs did proper research on ethical horse training. That dominance theory is outdated and unethical. Can’t wait to play with the virtual horses after playing with my real ones!

Why do I have this sinking feeling that project Rene is going to have everybody living in an apartment where you only have open neighborhoods again so it can function on phones and computers.

It feels like they’ve never read any of there comment sections before. The sims team used to make more interesting games. The sims 2 and 3 were amazing with features and packs

I really hope they somehow expand the amount of household members we can have. Perhaps devide it up to playerable and non playerable members. One thing I really wish for the sims team to change up now they are putting this out is while I don't have the need for actually controlling my cats, dogs and horses, I do desperately need to be able to click on them, so I can have access to their age, skills, traits, friendships and the small quirks, like when they are scared of TV or obsessed with the fridge. Those types of stuff. Now it's probably not the time or place, but I really hope you can make a big update and open up the different districts. Not the entire worlds, just the districts, so I'm able to visit my neighborhood without a bunch of loading screens and so I don't have to think about which public area I want to visit the most. My last wish is for the kits or stuff packs. I very well know that we won't get full on gamepacks with content from the different time periods, however as someone who really enjoy playing History or decades challenges, yet aren't that comfortable with doing CC, I feel like a stuff pack or kit could really help cover those niches regarding gameplay. The midieval castle kit winning for build items makes me so happy and hopeful!

are we getting landline phones??? If so, I’m freaking out. I’ve been waiting on landline phones ever since the beginning of the Sims4!

Sims 5 I mean...Project 5 is shaping up to be rather interesting. Hopefully the Sims Team learn from the past and try out something completely new!

Thank you for adding horses. Ya'll have really made me so happy. As an equestrian gamer it's nice to have horses in the sims again

Will there be any news regarding console controls getting fixed? Or curved walls getting fixed? Or adding custom roof options to consoles? Or specific trim location being added to consoles? Consoles could use a good update and fix.

Dear EA: I’m a sims player since TS1, the sims franchise is, together, the games I’ve played most for my whole life. I’m from Colombia, back in the 2000’s was almost imposible to get a computer that runt The Sims 2, I asked my mom so badly to get a PC with a 3D acceleration card, and when I got it (back when the Sims 3 were out) the first game I played was TS2. Im a software developer and videogame developer. The Sims risen my imagination, made me think about a world of possibilities and creation far from my own reality. I’m in the spectrum so having a huge sandbox of social interactions back when I was a teenager was importan to me. The Sims franchise has an special room in my heart. As I created myself in every single game, I discovered the life I would like to have, the style I use: watching myself as a sim kissing another male sim was reassuring, I felt accepted. TS3 was the game I wanted to create when I decided to study software development and the first ever digital game I bought was the Sims 4 (with my first ever salary) By saying that, I’m concerned about the monetization model of Project Rene. The fact is free to play could be the best or the worst decision you have made with the sims franchise. Why not get back to TS/TS2/TS3 and giving the full experience from the start? are DLCs gonna be EP or micro transactions? Buying the Sims 4 and all its DLCs is imposible for people in my country (and to people in the so called “countries in development”) If the red flags are true, I’m deeply sad to say that I will stop playing The Sims when TS5 is launched, I have not bought a DLC since Cottage Living do to the high price of the dollars. I appreciate TS4 as free to play, but full TS4 experience is one of the most expensive games right now. I would like to be exited about each new EP, the kits include in the EP. Understanding diversity is not only about representation, and the gaming industry should evolve to inclusive and conscious market and business models. I would like my nephew to be as connected to TS5 as I was to TS1 back in 2000. Please dear EA, consider us a valid market. If you sell half price you will sell twice. Don’t kill The Sims franchise as with SimCity 🙏🙏🙏

as a programmer and aspiring game dev, i’m fascinated by the behind the scenes development.

Making Jam on the farm will be more fun then ever ❤ JoAnna is a great leader! Taking her team to local ranches to meet real horses is a great way to build rapport, inspire your employees and really connect with the project.

I appreciate all the sims team for making horses in the sims 4, I wanted a Horses so much, you have made an old lady very happy. 🤣

I was certain that pink vintage phone was going to announce a collaboration with Trixie Mattel 😂😂

I’m hating where this is going. The sims used to be about all the fun and random things they would throw at you. How they would adjust to the world around them. Now it’s just click and watch! The sims 4 was limited due to trying to make it run on the console also. If they want it to run on a phone there is no hope.

i hope they get into details about the game play aspect for the new horse expansion! also can't wait to hear more about rene:)

That’s wild that the sims used to push the T rating back in the 00s and how it’s a children’s game lol

That is so cool that they took the team to an equestrian center. I like they way they are approaching horses with total love and respect 🐴❤

Gotta be honest, I'm filled with doubt about how good project Rene is gonna be. Sims 4 really let me down, especially after the last 3 games we're so good. I really hope that this time the team is able to do things their way Sims 5 will be better. I'm rooting for you Sims team but I'm nervous

Suly Suly! Wow that office in the opening looked like an actual Sims creation. The horses looked great, really up to the Sims standards. The project Rene concepts look neat. Just bring the fun and wackiness back to the Sims. Btw can I get a anti technology trait where my Sim will stay off the phone and avoid tv and computers? I definitely would like a stay off phone option if nothing else. It might free the sims up more.

I absolutely love the idea of this pack I just really hope that there’s a lot of open land as otherwise I thought we won’t get the most out of the horses

This is gonna be on my birthday 🎂 excited to see what content is in store, and hopefully it's gonna be good 👍

“Who daf** is Katrina calient” was too funny 8:47 😂

The animated expressive doodles for project renee is such a cute idea!!! It reminds me of spiderverse, or animated comic book style. I'm absolutely in love with this idea

absolutely love this video! ty so much for this. i love the insights to the horse expac and how everythings looking! also adore the hinting at landlines?! pleasee! aaalso love the snippets of things being tested for project renee! i love the idea of streamlining the animations, and the care to put colorwheel back in as well as work hard on the lighting. (big features ive seen folks criticize in sims 4 of course! ) its wonderful to see the dev-ing of project renee and hope early feedback will help shape it. thank you team!

Cue me going over this video frame by frame and word by word for the next 3 hours to sniff out all the different clues and hints they gave out lol!

"So right now, we're actually experimenting with how little can we get away with."

I want my bands next and then I’ll be set! Only things I don’t have for ts4 are batuu and most of the kits, and I don’t have buyers remorse for what I’ve got because I try to make my purchases only when I can absolutely afford to. I am the customer maxis should be listening to just like many others! I can’t believe how long we’ve gone without even just having drums to pretend to have a band, so stupid.

I think it's cool they went to a equestrian center to interact with horses and learn more about them. (I ride horses they're like giant silly dogs lol)

These devs really gotta go back and play Sims 1-3 and be reminded what made them so great. Stop trying to change everything so drastically.

Can we talk about how amazing Mersea's energy is 🙏🏽🥹

You know what else we've been asking for for a really long time? CARS. If you did horses, you can do cars. Make it work.

Great Behind the Sims. Loved how how it was more Sims focused.👍

Why are my comments being deleted? The Gallery issues are a serious problem for thousands of players. Please fix the gallery before releasing new content. We need the News feed back, we need our followers back and we need download totals back.

😫 Can we just get the option to save outfits and cross them over to other categories? That would be GREAT! I’m not interested in the Yeehaw pack but I’m gonna get it anyway because I’m an addicted collector and ashamed LOL. 😭🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ OH YEAH! I’m fed up with the cash grabby kits too! Retire those and bring back stuff packs PLEASEEE!!!!

Love you thanks for the video update. They are so well filmed!!!! Love Mersea and the team xo

I am looking forward to the horses being in the pack, they look well done too :D

so happy both the kits i voted for won!! cant wait to see them

Awesome video!!! So I have some questions The Sims 1. Are we also getting Pigs as well in this DLC or Exansion pack? 2. Will Dogs amd Cats have any interactions with the Horses as well? 3. Will there be smaller Horses like Dartmoor Pony or Exmoor Pony? 4. Will there be Adult Sheep and Adult Goats as well?

Stop pushing out Kits all the time, we miss the Stuff Packs! They've apparently been replaced with Kits.

I ask ever so kindly, I truly wish Sims 5 sims speak like either Sims 1 or 2 Simlish. Those sounded a lot nicer! And less silly exaggerated expressions. Sims 2 was very heart felt, I hope we feel that in the next generation. The emotion and Simlish gave cosy feelings like a hot chocolate on a beautiful Autumn day. Fingers crossed!🎉❤😊

Recap for yall 💖💖 Nothing new on horse pack, just reminding us the key features *which are gamepack stuff* Some stuff about sims mobile but no one plays it nor cares, Project rene news about they trying to make it realistic with improved hair styling and coloring, sims' activities as in an open world, sims' emotions' animations and stuff. That was the only interesting thing in this vid. And yeaah that's it... Oh the kits who won the thing are the goth clothing and the medieval but we already kinda foreseen this. Well that was boring 15 minutes (last episode was 30 minutes) they could've just gave us the project rene leaks and end it... My review of this is 2.7/10 Disappointing as usual, was excepting it from EA. Well hope you guys didn't pre-order the horses pack, better wait for a sale so it's worth it's actual price. I'll wait half a year for it to be on sale because the pack is good but doesn't worth 40$. And where I'm from is even more expensive.

All I really want is a sequel to The Sims Bustin Out and The Urbz (Sims in the City) for Nintendo Switch

I do love they acknowledged that they got advice before the pack came out from the players and changed it a bit accordingly. Would love to see much more of that!! ❤

I'm not sure how I feel about this pack... It's a really fun idea, but the packs have been SO glitchy and I really feel like they need to do better. -- Also, I would absolutely LOVE it if they would make Sims 2 playable for free once again!! I loved 2! Also, I haven't been able to actually play Sims 4 since the latest update... has anyone else experienced this? And how do I fix it?

Project Rene looks so incredible and definitely promising so far!! I'm so excited how it's gonna look once fully finished✨

I really admire the Project Rene team being courageous enough to show early versions of what they're working on and trying to articulate often overlooked aspects of the creative process.

So excited for horses!! I’m also excited to have the medical pack, especially now that’s there Is going to be horses! That’s going to be so fun!

So exciting! Love that you’ve kept the same host for these segments ❤️ Also looking forward to horses, and the gameplay trailer. Hopefully we’ll get salons (the ability to earn money from doing styling/hair) in sims 4 at some point too …. 👀

Can´t wait for Project Rene! But if Sims 4 Horse Ranch is going to be as great as I think it will be I will be playing Sims 4 for quite a while still

If I ran this on my phone, my phone would explode lol

i love behind the sims so much this girl such a vibe i love her ❤

A little worried "How little we can get away with" ?!? Shaking head, rolling eyes. Not good!

So excited for the horses 😭🥹🐎

My fear over the models and animations in the horses when I saw the leaks has since melted into excitement! The promo photos unfortunately suffered from some wonk anatomy and weird quirks but seeing these horses in action makes me hopeful! They are very cute! Syper hyped for what the modding community will do with them! Edit: Sorry, WESTERN PLEASURE? Look I'm a showjumper IRL but it's INSANE seeing that discipline ingame getting some deserved recognition! I swore we would only get barrel racing and maybe jumping from a pack like this if lucky, but having a rail class competition too?? Y'all really DID do your research!!!! So hyped.

Can we have a show that is just unhinged Sims lore, bc Katrina being a clone is hilarious and we need more wacky gossip

But there is only 8 sims on 1 household. How can we have sims, cats, dogs, and horses now ?!

Honestly for project Renee, I would love to see them incorporate a feature like the urbz sims in the city had when you would do “jobs”. It made it feel more like a game, you would just have to press the buttons on time kind of like a dance dance revolution thing. Also,, why are we supposed to care about the Calientes so much?? Why is this being pushed so much lol

The fact that she literally said they are trying to see how little they can get away with makes me want to quit the sims 4 and go back to the sims 3 and not even care about sims 5 smh. And how does sims free play look so much more gameplay worthy than sims 4? I’m over it honestly 🤦🏽‍♀️

That's not Katrina, that's Salina. That's not Don, it's Ron. That's not Dina and Nina, it's Gina and Tina.

GOTH FASHION & MEDIAEVAL YES!!!! I CANT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR

I'm so excited for this pack. I love the Western universe! Please, make a medieval pack next and i'ill be the happiest simmer in the world!! 😊

LETS GOOO GOTH TEAM RISE UP also loving how the ts5 sims look so far! ik they're INCREDIBLY unfinished and sure there's parts that look rough, but it's v promising so far! seems like the interactions are gonna be a lot more detailed than ts4, which is something that's been on my mind since i started playing ts3 a lot more lately i was a little worried they were gonna be taking a more hyperrealstic approach, just based on how the locations looked, but i am so glad that wasn't the case, looking forward to seeing how ts5 grows and i'm excited for more information about its release (bit worried about the cross-platform thing impacting gameplay on computer, but i wanna try and keep an open mind)

I like that angry fire animation in project Rene!!

hope they include saloon swing doors in the horses pack!!!!!!

I think I'm done after the sims 4. EA seems to be keeping the mentality of minimal work for the sims 5. I'm gonna move on to paradox new IP, the studio has really become my favorite developer since ck2.

yes!! Oh my god I can't wait. I've been waIting so long for this. I hop that the world that it's in is big and has a lot of lots too.

0:15 Start 0:45 The Sims™ 4 Horse Ranch 6:23 Word in Simlish 7:02 winning kits 8:19 S'MORE LORE 10:03 The Sims Mobile and FreePlay 11:16 NEWS FROM PROJECT RENE (THE SIMS 5)

So nervous about how project rene will work being a huge sims game whilst also being used on pc and mobile?

God I've been waiting for this like... Forever and now it's almost here 😍 The horses look soo good and work pretty well with the whole style of the game! Can't wait to build my own ranch or stable and add those 4 hooves to my families 😍

Things Project Rene/sims 5 needs for it to be worthwhile: Open or at least semi-open neighborhoods Bigger worlds (at least 20 lots each) Free without dlc (like sims 4) CC creators to help create CAS and build/buy objects Toddlers and Infants on release Height presets or a height slider “Remove all” button and copy/paste options in CAS Cars. Not cars that can be driven around an open world, but simply cars that your sim gets into and can be seen driving away in. This would also include options to customize your car as well as garages/garage doors. More freedom with apartments (changing windows with cheats, being able to make custom apartment buildings) A base game build/buy catalog that actually just contains the most simple items, not just a random assortment of styles, all with usable and matching swatches More terrain tool use in worlds (for example, a prebuilt or empty lot on a hillside or cliff) Curved walls that work, or no curved walls at all. And lastly, a max household size more than 8!

More👏household👏members👏 PLEASE. How am I supposed to have a family plus horses plus dogs and cats with only 8

So excited I can't wait to see what you have coming!! Yay!!