During EAs Winter Sale I had my first out of body experience, I just went into a sort of trance like state, bought all of the packs and haven't looked at my bank account since 🤡

The best part about City Living is how real it is: the run down apartments and lot traits, the festivals and food stalls, the noisy neighbours and to top it off the karaoke & singing skill is a cute bonus 🥰

Fun fact: you can't use the small telescope in the San Myshuno apartments because the game doesn't register the decks as outside.

I know this is kind of niche, but I play on long lifespan, and one of my favorite packs is Discover University. I feel like it is the only thing in the game that was tuned for long lifespans, whether they intended that or not. I give my sims 2 courses a semester, and that perfectly balances the amount of time spent focusing on school and actually having a life. It also takes up a good chunk of the ya life stage, but there's still a lot left once you graduate. It feels very representative of real life. And since toddlers have an absurd 28-day life stage, which makes them very boring very quickly, I like to dump them at their grandparents and then go off to university. By the time I'm done, they're usually a child 😂

The problem with the sims 4 expansions is the fact that they don't expand the game at all, except seasons but that should be base game so

I think Island Living's problem is not necesarily the lack of hotels, because that was never the intent or the focus of the pack, but rather that they didn't commit to any of the features that come in the pack, like tha fact, for example, that you have no real way of knowing there is ton of different events that happen in Sulani because the game doesn't bother to let you know like it does with City Living, Snowy Escape and Cottage Living, even the celebrity events fot Get Famous are in the calendar; the career is also repetitive and boring after a while, but so are the rest of the careers in TS4, however perhaps if there were more like a Geologist career for example (you know, cause there is a literal volcano there), there would be more variety that encourages the player to live and play in Sulani, there is the odd jobs sistem, but I have never used that in my entire life, so idk if it is good and Sulani itself if probably, hands down, the most beautiful world in the entire game, but it doesn't save the pack from being just middle of the road. I will say that, with the update on rental lots that allow us to place them anywhere, I have used Island Living more and some of its featrues as well.

The quality and overall style of the packs seem very random. Some of the build and CAS items are too themed (Cats and Dogs, University) while others (Get Together, Eco Lifestyle) are more simple and versatile. I'm a builder, and it's really hard to not reuse the same items sometimes because despite the nice bed frame, I don't want a llama quilt or paw prints on everything. 😅

I’m glad island living didn’t come with hotels. It’s annoying when the place one lives is always in games as a holiday destination rather than a place to live. So for that reason, I’m glad there’s no hotels in Sulani

you are my favorite Sims youtuber currently, thank you so much for all your effort and content

Love how in depth this is!! Keep smashing it! ❤

I love City Living too!! Thanks for a great video to start my morning

The build/buy and even cas in island living is really cool and I love using the pack for that.. for build/buy i akao recommend the jungle adventure pack, that's a hidden gem for building

I personally think the Cats and Dog hairstyles with the ears is on my list of one of the most cursed items 😂😶, along with the eyeball ring and the Moschino pink shoes. 😵‍💫

I would love to see you do this for game packs. I'd be really interested to know your take on Strangerville. Everyone always says its a bad pack for replayability but to be honest I had way more fun and was way more engaged playing strangerville than I did vampires, which I personally found quite boring in the higher levels because you just do the same thing over and over again :/ But again, would be super interested in your take!

I hope you had a pleasant valentine's day Satch!

Honestly waiting for sales or getting bundles is the way to go if you wanna get a lot of packs without spending a ton of money.

I actually use the Cats & Dogs CAS a lot, though admittedly the hairs are not great. Edit: Also, I still say Island Living is a great pack that suffers from poor advertising and false expectations. Everyone blames it for no hotels and bad mermaids - but it’s really not a vacation or supernatural pack! These are things people expected or wanted, but not what it is. Might as well say Get to Work’s gameplay is terrible because it doesn’t have kids’ summer camps and the aliens aren’t developed.

Hi satch love this honest opinion hope you have a good rest of your day :)

satch: “it would be silly to buy all the expansions packs” me watching with every expanision pack 💀

My Opinions 12. High School Years - 1/10 I like the teen gameplay bit it's broken and buggy 11. Eco Lifestyle - 1.3/10 The NAP system is annoying 10. Snowy Escape - 2/10 It should be part of seasons 9. Get to Work - 2.6/10 Sims 2 retails is better but the rest are good 8. Island Living - 3/10 It's watered down of Island Paradise also Mermaids are causing Performance Issues 7. Cats and Dogs - 3.4/10 Lack of Gameplay for Pets 6. Get Famous - 6/10 I like realistic celebs, but it's annoying how Judith Ward or celebs in general are in the non-celeb park 5. Discover University - 7/10 Stressful pack but worth it 4. City Living - 7.6/10 I Like the City Life more than Base Game Life 3. Cottage Living - 8/10 I like everything about this pack 2. Seasons - 9/10 Yes, I know it's a popular pack and i know you disagree with me but its should be in the base game tho In my opinion Seasons is my 2nd Fav 1. Get Together - 10/10 I like the club system, and more possibilities in this pack, it so base game overhaul that i liked. Thats just my opinion

Will you continue uploading videos on coral island? I love your commentary so much lol

I recently purchased the island DLC pack because I googled the best DLC packs for The Sims 4 and it was always at the top of each lists I looked at and I was very disappointed in what I got because there isn't really much to do in it.

The only pack I have in my game is vampires. I’ve had it since it first came out and I’ve never bought another one since lmao

hey satch! did you preorder growing together or are you waiting for the gameplay preview ?

thanmyou so much for making this video this is extremely helpful

Get To Work build-buy objects was perfect when I was building a mad scientist's basement lair

I like these videos because I’m new to the game! My favourite that I have is city living

If i would ever get an expansion pack I'd get get to work, cottage living, or get together!

The sims 4 expansion packs ranking : 12. High School Years *1.8/10* A joke of an expansion pack, that was basically a way of promoting genz, there is literally no gameplay and it doesn't improve teens at all💀 11. Island Living *2.3/10* There's nothing to do with it and basically everything are rabbitholes but it's pretty atleast 💀 10. Eco Living *2.5/10* We can all agree that nobody asked for this and that it's the most useless expansion of the series... 9. Snowy Escape *2.9/10* Cute but boring after a few plays, that is more of a game pack 8. Get To Work *3.2/10* It needs a refresh so badly 7. City Living *3.6/10* Ok expansion but i am salty that it comes with a singing skill but no career💀 6. Get Famous *3.7/10* Mediocre expansion that only has a good celebrity system but that's it 5. Cottage Living *4.2/10* Not much to say, it's decent 4. Cats & Dogs *4.7/10* It's an ok expansion but we shouldn't have to pay for pets 3. Get Together *5.0/10* It actually expands the game and could use some refresh 2. Discover University *5.4/10* Some things could have been better but otherwise it's a good expansion. 1. Seasons *5.9/10* No need to explain

Since this list Horse Ranch, Growing Together and For Rent has been added

Just realised I've spent $600 AUD on expansion packs alone 😮

Hope you had a great Valentine's day!

17:20 Speaking of which... I really wish this was more like my experience with pets in the Cats & Dogs. I mean is it just me or did I just absolutely not find any cats or dogs anywhere on the lot ever unless I specifically go to a vet or create one for my own family? Sims 3 used to have a lot of stray cats and dogs showing up everywhere in your neighborhood, I was expecting that sort of experience but no. Absolutely not one. Not even owners of pets showing up unless you specifically have that lot trait, which is fine, but how many lots do you really see with that trait ever unless again you specifically create one? I really wish there were as many stray animals in CD as there are stray celebrities in GF. And vice versa.

My favourite pack all around is country living, followed by cats and dogs

i agree with what you said, satch. its hard to make masculine male sims in this game. i wish there were better pants and shoes for them lol

Got all except snowey escape and eco lifestyle, spent wayy too much money on this game and now i can't even play it cause they expired my password after 8 years without warning😭

I have to disagree to a degree with Discover University for BB. It has so many good wallpapers. Granted it comes with two styles and cannot choose between either one, but.. it's more "build" than "buy" I think.

I always watch all of these videos but still own them all 😂

I was waiting for you to talk about Snowy Escape, but you never mentioned it, so I guess the pack is just mid 💀

I adore it when you crack yourself up. 😅

HSY absolutely wins for most misleading ad…nothing about that ad is really in the pack, minus the sims and their hair and outfits. Seeing people go through 1 day of let’s play, or even 1 week (yes, please…the prom doesn’t need to be once per week…let the player place it for when you have a teen, like as a “holiday” or “event”) you see that it is utterly boring and a waste of money. Even the cool “sneak out window” doesn’t work (unless you delete all the doors from the house, etc.) We shall not speak of MWHorrors. Agree that Cottage Living, Get to Work and Seasons are the best packs. All of them give a little bit of something and I own most of them (no HSY, MWS) but I can say that I have never played in Ski Land (forgetting what it’s called) or done anything with Eco Lifestyle, I turn off the fame system (and the NPC voting), and probably enjoy Cottage Living the most for my style of gameplay. I always love gardening in the Sims (and adding nectar may be the only reason I ever get HR…when it is very on sale.)

Where realm of magic and jungle adventure at?

Me not planning to buy high school years 😂

"the last expansion is high school years" *Laughs in greedy lazy EA*

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Eco life is the worst expansion ever.

Hi!! I really like your channel but it seems like your out of ideas because every second video you upload is pack ranking or pack review, please stop… try to be more creative because you won’t be able to grow that way