"Driven by the ghost of a better Sims game" Bruh I've never heard such an succinct phrase that explains Sims 4 in its entirety.

All this is stuff that should have been included in City Living.

crazy how sims 2 is about to be 20 years old and it’s still the ONLY one in the franchise that knows how to do apartments

I think we're definitely at a point where computer power should be able to pull off what the Sims 3 aimed to do without the horrible performance.

You know Clint's underwhelmed by a Sims expansion when the traditional Chairs Segment feels like an afterthought. I feel like the Sims community needs Paralives or another Sims competitor now, more than ever. We can only hope.

Man... Maybe i shows my age, but i member being able to walk across entire town on foot in Sims 3, seamlessly entering and exiting lots, and traveling in un-a-LOT-ed space in-between. And you're telling me that 14 years later we need a loading screen to, essentially, switch to a different set of rooms on the same lot?

The year 2000: Spending hours designing every little detail in the dream mansion I'll live in when I'm older. The year 2024: Spending hours designing every little detail in the dream one bedroom apartment I can't afford.

The Sims 4 released in 2014. 2024 is a couple days away. It's actually kind of impressive that a game has had expansions for the past 10 years. Problem is, a lot of it should've been in the base game in the first place.

Adding mold to Sims 4 is appropriate in some way, symbolic representation of the video game and its disrepair and neglect.

All EA has been doing in the last 6 years is solidify my decision that I will not be buying into the Sims 5 and am not spending another dollar on the Sims 4.

It's pretty sad how excited I was every time a new Sims 2 or 3 pack was announced. Now it's just: yeah, another pack that's 1/3 of the previous game counterpart, whatever

Clint, you really don’t need to keep putting yourself through this. But thank you. These videos are still so enjoyable and some of the only Sims 4 content I’m still paying attention to.

The fact this is worse than Sims 2 Apartment Life in every aspect just blows my mind

Meanwhile, I just downloaded the online university and the laundromat fix mods and started up The Sims 3 again. Significantly more fun and there's so many performance mods now that it works really well! Sims 4 needs to be laid to rest already.

LGR has been making sims 4 content for a third of my life

"Driven by the ghosts of better Sims games" 😂 Even my husband who doesn't play the Sims had a good laugh over that.

The 3 things we can depend on: death, taxes, and a new expansion for The Sims 4

Can we get The Sims Sewer next? Manage the daily intricacies and tribulations of sim poo

"It's... fine?" is basically *the* tagline for Sims 4 and its packs.

Unhappy tenants seem to be driven by a bad personal relationship more than the property even when you are a good landlord. The tenant literally had a sweet setup and a bigger room than me (the landlord) and STILL revolted because I wasn’t socializing much with them. I wish the pack had a better good to bad scale based on the amenities in the space.

You know the economy is getting bad when you can't even own a house in the sims, and you have to rent. 😂

The highlight of this pack is the white plastic garden chair

LGR, just wanted to say, thank you for these Sims 4 videos. I think I recall you not enjoying making these, but, well, as an old sims fan who doesn't touch sims 4, it's extremely cathertic hearing your takes on these soulless expansions. I guess after such a solid success with Sims 1 and 2, it's like a morbid curiosity of wtf is happening with sims these days. Your patience is strong and is greatly appreciated.

"They're driven by the ghosts of better Sims games." Iconic.

I was thinking about getting this one, because the landlord and apartment stuff is VERY intriguing, but damn, those loading screens are atrocious! I really appreciate these reviews, since it lets me see what the expansion really looks like.

So they made a better apartments system than sims 3 ever had but had to somehow screw it up still? That's a certified Sims 4 moment.

8:12 I am so disappointed by this reveal. In the trailer, they made it look like the apartment experience is seamless like the one in The Sims 2. But in reality, it's the same it always has been since City Living.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you still doing Sims 4 content even after all this time is still very much appreciated. I know it's not really fun for you anymore, but you still do enjoyable work and I want you to know I value and admire your work on it.

i may be taking a well needed break from the sims 4 but i will never take a break from your awesome reviews :)

I thought when I saw this pack: "Cool so we can finally visit apartments without loading screens, right" what a let down :( But atleast it gave us a new LGR Sims review. Yay?

Clint, have you thought of doing a retrospective of old Sims DLCs (1,2,3) regarding what they did well/what you liked? I think that would be a great way to make new content out of something you did before--and it would be talking about something you actually enjoy. Just food for thought :) I know you did separate reviews years ago but I would wholeheartedly welcome you returning to the old expansions.

4:45 Seeing a Sims 4 house with actual grunge and some wear is actually pretty refreshing lol. I love that exposed brick decal on the wall. It adds so much more character. I hope we can get more stuff like that in the base game instead of every house looking perfect and clean.

Thanks for continually subjecting yourself to The Sims 4, Clint.

Sitting in the botanical garden under a gazebo and eating weiners can be experienced better in fanfiction, so I think I'll pass. In all honesty though I've never gotten the Sims 4. The whole neighborhood element of the Sims 3 has been my favorite part of the franchise so I've been sticking with modded Sims 3. ...that being said I kind of love that you can play a slumlord in the sims 4. The most realistic the game has ever been!

EA's addiction to splice up what used to be one expansion pack into like 4 different packs, then selling all of them for the exact same price is something only the current Sims community would eat up and tolerate.

What I don't like is that EA couldn't even be bothered to add a zombie lifestate, like in previous games It looks like they even tease you with the mold death animation, where the sim turns into a fungal zombie for a few seconds before dying.

"If you can barely affort a apartment, then why thinking about a car in your sims game?" -EA

@LGR going through the slog of The Sims 4, so we don't have to.

Rentals seems like the kinda thing that should be included in the base game tbh

I don't even play the Sims anymore (I downloaded the Sims 4 in 2016 and played it for maybe 10 hours) but I love watching your reviews. One of my favorite UKpostsrs out there.

The expansions have been $40 since 2014, right? So if they're inline with inflationary we'd expect them to be 33.77% smaller or cost $53. I do genuinely think we're seeing "shrinkflation" here

God bless Anadius. I would never pay for this broken crap.

The loading screens are insane in this pack lol

watching LGR growing up reviwing the sims series is insane

At this point, I'm just going back to the Sims 3. There is plenty of content for it, and it just feels like a deeper game.

We really need something like Cities Skylines to come in and compete with the Sims series. Their complacency just says they feel they have no competition.

I don't even play The Sims anymore, but I'll always check out your expansion pack reviews. They really convey the acute apathy I have for the game's direction

I really felt that sigh @ 0:11

This would go perfectly with the University expansion 😂 I mean the mould bit and greedy landlords in particular, very familiar! I would love a mod or something to get those to work together, ruining dorms.

Wake up Babe, LGR is reviewing the Sims again🤯

Thank you so much for reviewing this pack!!! Your Sims reviews are my absolute FAVORITE! I really appreciate your full honesty about everything in each pack 🤘🏼

As a Brit, I really love this pack. It's really nice to be able to have council houses, townhouse flat conversions and it's really good for making our homes which are semi detached

Having an expansion where you actually have an incentive to create pretty houses in a doll house sim sounds actually kind of genius. The game already has the best architecture tools of any Sims game so it's odd that it took almost 10 years for renting your lots to became a feature. This seems tailored made for any sims players that are heavily into build mode.

I found your channel many years ago by looking up sims 3 expansion pack reviews and I'm still watching many years later. While I don't currently play the sims 4, I still enjoy your humorous reviews on the expansion, game, and stuff packs. Keep it up.

please dont stop making reviews in sims. I like it when you making reviews on every sims pack...

I love your sims reviews! Your voice is so soothing and calming and I love how you mention intetesting stuff.

Its always a great day when LGR uploads a sims videos!

the only thing that's kept the game alive for me are Mods. Bless the mod community. I've been tempted to get this but we've been burned by EA so many times (looking at you glitch fest) that I can't imagine paying them for a broken, half-assed game at full price. And don't even get me started on loading screens 🙄

the terrible loading screens that we all hated when the sims 4 first came out is really starting to have an impact here with separated house units

I am thankful you make these reviews for the expansion packs, as I love watching them

Clint, I’ve been following you a long while across different accounts. You’re always 100% spot on with your takes. With all the other life simulators getting ready to release, I hope we’ll all have the pleasure of having your insight on those too! Thank you for this and I hope you had an enjoyable holiday.

If i had a time machine i would go back to my childhood when i was obsessed with the sims 1/2 and make it my lifes mission to be lead director of the game and make the sims great again!

Thanks so much for always reviewing the expansion packs even though you’re no longer a fan of the game. I share your sentiments about TS4 but I still play sometimes and I only buy packs based on your reviews so I appreciate them every time :) your reviews also have entertainment value so I sometimes watch jut for fun ^^ happy new year to you!

I've been studying composition and what goes into art, and the video made me wonder seriously about what TS4 is missing compared to TS2 and even 3. My first guess is that the game lacks restrictions and regulations to balance out expression. Restrictions promote innovation, which is what the Chemistry/Aspiration of TS2 and even the Trait system of 3 promoted: at the same time, you had creative freedom in selecting your own restrictions, which was probably the very appeal of The Sims. The Sims 4 goes in mind with "painting yourself a story however you want" as if Life Mode has the same creative freedom as CAS, but there's too much "choice" without any "restriction." It's good that the 4th entry in the game is trying to branch out from previous games with a brand new idea, but the idea needs to "work" somehow.

I have been waiting so patiently for this.. the only sims reviewer I will watch! 😂

I've given up on Sims 4 and gone back to playing Sims 3. I thought maybe I just wasn't as into sims anymore, but even with the often game crashes and lacking building tools, I still am having so much fun playing sims 3 again.

I was just rewatching all your sims content last night, while playing the sims :) glad to see you continue the sims vids, tysm clint for the wonderful content over the past 15+ years

LGR Sims reviews never disappoint

I just wanted to say “Hi.” I hope everyone has an amazing New Year’s.

I really didn't expect a Big Lebowsky reference in a Sims video 😂

thank you for continuing to make these videos, even though you're so over the sims. i really enjoy them!

0:39 Unless you buy via the Bundle & Save option during a sale. Normally this is about $66 for around $80-90 worth of DLC. With the current sale, it’s $33 for the bundle & save.

Another Christmas gift 🎁 you legend. Sims and LGR such a timeless classic 🎉❤

YES! Thank you! :D ^__^ You are one of the very few OG Maxis people (like me) who really get it. Thanks for doing this! Happy New Year!

7:34 Dat Labowski reference. Clint be dropping references like no ones business.

I remember watching and loving your sims 3 reviews back in the day. Excited to see you’re still at it!

Every time you put out a Sim 4 thing I just think back to Ralph. Wonder how he's doin.

The pack really does emphasize what feels like the standard life cycle of when I pick The Sims back up. Use fun new build stuff to make lot/family. Play until I get bored of the lack of actual gameplay which is often cut even shorter than it should be because there's so many rabbit holes and/or is ridiculously buggy. Wander away for a couple of months and try again.

thank you for always making videos rating sim packs ! i’ve always enjoyed watching your videos

Happy newyear LGR, thank you for another year of awesome content!

Having loading screens between apartments on the same lot? What's next, having them between the living room and bathroom? Between the toilet, shower and sink? Great video, by the way!

I was almost considering giving this expansion a try after all, but loading screen after loading screen just for checking in on apartments _on the same lot_ ? Naaah, thanks!

Thank you LGR for making this.. I always look for these videos to see what im in or if i want to check out another Sims 4 DLC.

Oof, that "so it goes" at the end hits hard. "I used to be with the Sims, but then they changed what the Sims was. Now what I'm with isn't the Sims anymore and the Sims seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!""

What's sad isn't so much that we're stuck with a subpar Sims game for the foreseeable future, it's that if the game and expansions were actually good then this would be the ideal time to be a Sims fan. But since it's not, everyone is gonna have to wait many years before there's even a slight chance for that to happen. Even slight seems too generous, because... You know, EA.

Back to The Sims grind I see. 🤣 The install size at this point must be approaching CoD Warzone levels, but seems worth it to turn the game into The Sims 4: Tenement Edition. Happy New Year Clint!

We really need a video of you going over the sims 2 packs in detail some day, your sims 3 reviews were always a highlight when they came out.

Argue if you want but sims 3 is an explemplary title in the sims franchise. Yes it still had rabbit holes, yes it doesn't look as good or even run as good as the sims 4. But give credit where credit is due in the way of how buildings were open, how much of the town was free to zoom in and out of at will with zero loading screens, how much more enjoyable the expansion packs were (at least for me). I started watching lgr as a literal child who loved the idea of the sims and watched every review of sims 3 content before I'd asked my parents for an expansion. Now being 18 I miss so badly those simpler days of sitting around after school playing a game I shouldn't have even been playing (given the 13+ rating). All that aside, I'll always appreciate you lgr for how you oddly impacted my childhood❤

When the trailer for this pack 1st came out, I remember watching it and thinking “Thats it?” the gameplay looked empty (as always) and it honestly felt like it should’ve been a city living update. But people were so excited and put so much faith in EA that to the surprise of no one, they got let down again. The selective amnesia in the sims 4 community is hilarious 😂

The reason why so many of us still love playing this game is because we emerge ourself in it differently than maybe you are able to do. I can only truly speak for myself in this, but for me its like playing with Barbies still. I use my imagination, I make up new and fun stories for my sims and I play each family different from the other. I also play challenges, I build A LOT and I love creating new and unique sims in CAS. I make over townies, make my own houses, build my own community lots and I use my creativity to its absolute full ability. I play families on rotation and mix their stories with one another +++ The game sure lacks a few things here and there, there is no denying that, but for many of us this is an absolutely amazing game still, even after 10 years. I have 9000 hours played in the Sims 4, and I have enjoyed every single minute. I have paid over 1000$ for this game, but with 9000 hours played I'd say its been worth every penny for the amount of fun I've had. Also, my boyfriend has been playing WoW for all that time and he has spent more than me with his subscription + expansions over these years, so there's that. Its not everyone's cup of tea, but it sure is my cup of tea!

I’ve actually been waiting for your review on this pack. Needed a good laugh 😂

Omg!! My did lives in Thailand so I’ve been there, this is Sims Thailand!!!! That’s so cool I love that YES THE SPIRIT HOUSES!!!!!!

im pretty sure it's wicked whims that keeps the sims 4 running lol

"Landlords BAD!", said the trillion dollar gaming company.

I'm glad you did an honest review, keep up the good work!

I love your review videos. You described how I feel with this pack and the sims 4

It always feel like they always fall just short of being good/greatness. And the bad part, is it feels intentional.

I get no open world honestly but don't get why the units arent open I was expecting to be able to see everyones units at once but guess i was hoping for too much

Bro ive been WAITING for this video. I never got into the sims 4 cause i think 3 was so much better. but I still look forward to your reviews of the EPs. love your content so much, never stop

Yesss, I've been waiting for weeks for this. Thanks, Clint!