my daughter just asked “why do you watch him every day all day?” 😂

The thing about the Sims 4 is that you really have to use your imagination to make the game fun

When people point out that the trailers make the sims look more alive and the gameplay look expansive, it really does ring true

My toxic trait is buying sims packs I know are bad and watching every Satch video ripping them to shreds with great satisfaction.

what i’ve never understood is the sims creating education packs but not overhauling the base game’s existing system. how can you create a high school pack that locks it to one world, but not think to at least provide simmers rabbit hole private schools? or home schooling? daycare? military school? it makes no fkn sense.

More love to "Get To Work". I really think it's hated on for no reason. Not comparable to ambitions, for sure, but definitely one of the better expansions. Definitely worth it for 30% off.

My advice is don't get everything all at once. Get the dlc with the most house-lots first and then get anything you love. If you love nothing (I love vampires and mages so that was my first) but if you totally love nothing have no opinion get them in order of least broken first. WAIT FOR SALES. Buy one when you are in a mood need some reward for doing a job irl or pick-me-up from boredom/depression. Don't get everything at once! And it's to much money to buy it all only get the reviewed as works best.

I love how you always talk about how broken the base of the game is. It’s kinda sad knowing that the sims 4 will never be as good as the older games…

THANK YOU for giving the love for Paranormal Stuff that it deserves. This pack is seriously one of the best packs in the entire game. It allowed me to live out my "What if i was in the Paranormal Activity movies?" fantasy. Being able to make Katie, Micah, Alex, Kristi, Ali, Jesse, Lois, Dennis, Julie and so much more and have them live in a haunted house is LITERALLY MY BIGGEST DREAM, especially when i can add myself with a "what if" scenario, and put myself in the action. It's so much fun, and i cannot recommend it enough.

19:14 This is where "Get to Work" is a NEEDED Sims 4 pack. You CAN run your own yoga studio (and maybe a nail spa too, haven't tried it yet) out of a retail lot. As long as you place one item (maybe incense) for sale, you will get customers coming in, and you can start a yoga class as an instructor, and the customers will flock to it! "Get to Work" has allowed me to play soo many fun stories!

I think seasons should be included as part of the base game in sims 5. Technology has came a long way, and is standard in almost every game now

honestly i think spa day is a massively underrated pack! i use it a lot in my gameplay, it works really well with growing together as doing yoga helps with creative/mental burnouts

Taking a shot every time he says “implemented poorly / badly”

Get Famous + Paranormal pack does allow you to take the influencer track and sell your ghost oddities to collectors to make ghost hunting popular as your 'show'. I have my little drone follow my sims on jobs and that's been really fun for me as of late. I like the cross pack compatibility. Really helpful breakdown I had to share with a friend that just started. tyty for this

I will say I think it’s worth it to play base game with no packs for awhile to find your playstyle and it will help most shape what packs you prioritize when you hit that wall with basegame. Like my passage of time are my families growing and I like not having seasons because it meant my families could go outside more. Now that I have seasons it feels like it’s raining and gray all the time. That being said, if you want to play with Mods Get to Work, Get Together, and Seasons are very common for many mods. I personally LOVE living in Sulani. My favorite world. I played off-grid obsessively for awhile with just the Sulani stuff. I basically got eco lifestyle just to get the eco stuff and use it in Sulani. I will likely never live in Hawaii, but it would be my dream. Christmas on an island in neutral weather and no snow would be the best.

As a long time sims 3 player I was considering getting sims 4 and now that I’ve watched this I will continue playing the sims 3. Thank you so much for saving me all the money. 😂

I swear I'm here mainly to hear Satch laugh... it's so addictive, I love it. Thanks ,Satch, for all your hard work - this video must have taken forever to get done. Much appreciate it!

I can't believe you're gonna make me defend Island Living. 😂It's actually one of the few packs that has a good number of things to do. Aside from the mermaids being a lackluster disappointment, it's a beautiful world and the environment is great for sustainable living. You can fish in boats, use jet skis, swim pretty much everywhere, and the Marine Biologist career is actually really fun, although the Conservationist and Lifeguard careers can get repetitive. I'm not usually into beachy stuff, but Sulani is one of the most beautiful worlds in the game. You can also build seaside vacation homes or just live in a little hut off the grid. Vampires are also the superior occult imo. The powers are actually useful like super speed, influence, putting Sims into trances, and not to mention having immortality. Aside from the very small world, it's a well rounded Game Pack, but it really depends on whether you're an avid occult player.

As an Asian, Snowy Escape is a worthy pack for me just for allowing sims to take off their shoes inside. Taking off shoes inside homes soothes me because it means less dust inside. Just for that i give it higher score personally.

I find it funny to watch these videos because all simmers have those few they agree on😂 My top is cottage living though, always will be.

I was tempted to buy My Wedding Stories just for Tartosa but I think it would literally ruin gameplay for me 💀

I remember downloading it in 2020 during the pandemic. I was so excited thinking it would be like the Sims 3 I played religiously a decade ago. I was so bored! I ended up buying at least 4 expansion packs right away to give me something - City Living, Get Famous, Island Living & Seasons. Seasons is probably my favorite even though it should've been included in base game. It's nice to have and celebrate the holidays especially when playing with a family.

I believe My First Pet Stuff and Romantic Garden are free on PC/Mac now

Paranormal is the only stuff pack that matters

OMG THANK YOU! I really needed this video so much! I’m buying the last few packs I don’t have yet and I’m trying to not waist my money but actually I think every pack I don’t already have is anonymous. Aaaand the fact you have no filter, which is a huge plus for me, makes everything better! Soooo thank you!! And all best wishes to you all guys, hope you’ll have a lot of The Sims!😊

Feel like the packs that should be base game are: - Get Together - Cats & Dogs - Seasons - Discover University - High School Years - Growing Together - Dine Out - Parenthood - My Wedding Stories Like these are such basic things that have been in the game since Sims 2, I don’t get why you still have to pay for them when they’ve been diluted down from the other games

If you get only the base game, then, you absolutely need to play on a computer and install mods and CCs. Starting with game play mods, then CCs for the build and CaS stuff. The thing that I like the most with Get Together are the DJ booths. Sadly, it looks like the bug where upgrading a DJ booth was global ; upgrade one and the same everywhere else, even in different saves, get that upgrade ; may have been crushed. For me, Seasons is essential. Discover University tip : When attending an university, never ever go in any of the on campus lodging. Attend from home or from an apartment in the village of Britchester. If you absolutely WANT to live on campus, be a spell caster with access to the teleport spell and set to Always Teleport. Try to max out your research & debate skill BEFORE starting your courses to get a free 4 credits. Eco Lifestyle : ONLY use the roof top windmills. Those never break, while the ground one ALWAYS break. Same for the solar panels. High school Years is on my permanent Do Not Buy list, right next to My Wedding Stories, Horse Ranch, For Rent. Spa Day : Children tend to like practising yoga, and build both motor skill and mental skill. The only reason that I may get Vampire is the organ. Then, it's that mod from Twistedmexi that can turn any vampire into a normal Sim... Werewolf : Once your werewolf attains top level, he can continue gaining experience and may eventually buy ALL of the perks, just as spell casters that can get all of the perks. Also, werewolf seems to make pretty good parents, being able to care for their infants and toddlers even when raging. I got Romantic Garden only because it's currently free. Backyard Stuff : The wind chimes can get your Sims in a good mood, or, if you put to many up, a bad mood. Laundry Day... Or how to have your neat Sim throw his dirty clothing everywhere except in the laundry basket when standing right next to an empty laundry basket. My First Pet, another pack that I got only because it was free. Instead of kits, get a bunch of CC.

The Sims4 seems to suffer from creative focus that is sometimes focused in some packs but not in the game as a whole

I know they are the cheaper add-ons but I wish the kits went on sale every so often. The only ones I found it worth buying are the basement treasures and greenhouse 😅

You should make an ultimate guide to getting buff - man you’re doing so great Satch and I’m so proud of your growth, health, improvement, discernment, sincerity, and diligence!

Thank you, this is actually so helpful! Unfortunately, you'll probably have to update this video soon, at this point I think they won't ever stop pushing out new packs. Hopefully no more broken ones

Thank you so much for this guide, I just got into sims 4 and I wanted to use my money wisely with this game and this guide has definitely helped me.

I play the sims since sims 1 and know all about it but I'm watching the whole video because I just love your videos and your sense of humour 😍🥰

Can we appreciate how much legit advices and analysis is put into this vid?❤

You're fantastic at reviewing the sims 4 content, you bring so much insight to the products. You're siiiiick. Your content definitely allowed me to make a more conscious decision while browsing the packs.

i haven’t played 4 in years but i still enjoy these videos just to see what they’ve come up with next lol 😅 i remember liking the clubs from get together (?) that was a cool feature i would have liked in the earlier games

Everytime I see a new video especially the long ones I just smile. This channel genuinely makes me happy

Your laugh! Love it! 😂 Thank you for making this updated video! Had to delete and reinstall my game, due to it crashing on PS5 🙄, and needed to only install the best packs. I had every pack installed and think it was too much for my game. You saved me! 😆

Seriously, we need more content like this. This is really helpful.

Honest truth: even if you have all the packs and kits, the game still feels very shallow and boring. Don’t feel FOMO if you don’t have some packs.

Thank you for your honesty, good video, some people do not honest reviews because their friends created a pack and lie to sell bad packs.

ur laugh is my favourite thing ever

As someone who only has the base game I watched this to get ideas of what to buy and I loved your honesty, for almost all of them, ‘this is such a shallow expansion pack’ 🤣🤣

Great video and just in time for the great sale going on now. 60% off per expansion is pretty much my baseline. This is what they should cost originally.

I bought almost all the packs and I have to say I don't recommend them at all! Just like you said, the Sims4 is a mediocre game and packs are lackluster and overpriced. Even at a discount I just don't recommend them at all. TS4 will never feel like a good game, and that's why I continued to buy the packs but I do regret it to some extent now. It feels like I was being scammed. Their expansion and game packs come with like one or two features and that's it! For 40$ and 20$ I have bought full games, which are just so much better than the Sims4 in it's entirety. Before you spent 500$ - 1000$ worth of DLC consider buying yourself something nice, and not sponsoring a toxic company like EA.

My suggestion: don't buy and just pirate. The Sims 4 has actually a very very good cracked version that supports the gallery and EA/Origin platform. The installation is even easier as the base game is now free.

Just fyi, when you buy Bowling stuff, there is actually a premade bowling alley added to your gallery storage. I use it all the time! It's called Dust Bowl or something like that xx

that was a very useful video, it must have asked a lot of work. thank you

The timing is immaculate

Im begging for a discord for the channel Satch, you're my favorite sims youtuber by far!

thank you so much for this video, the last time I played the sims 4 was in 2021 and I want to play again, this is REALLY helpful to me

Watching your videos, we actually are very similar and I did buy some packs and I regretted them as you did. I do love your videos they are very informational. 💯🙌🏽

Get Together is my most used pack, because every sim I play has clubs. The family club (to bring everyone together for holidays), the school/college friends club, the work pals club, and sometimes the hobby club (like one of them has a park run jogging group or a saturday football club).😊 Dine Out is my least used pack as its just a buggy mess and doesn't work. Got fed up of waiting for hours for my meal, never getting it, then being charged after I leave.

Thanks for creating this because I still play the sims 3 and only play sims 4/get to work...there are to many sims 4 packs etc..love your reviews

Thank you for the wonderful review, as always. My son loves when I watch you because you're so funny. He said he absolutely loves your laugh :) Right now they're having a sale and I really wanted to add a dog to my chars, Skylar and Johnny's home, the Cats & Dogs pack is on sale 60% off. Also Paranormal is 40% off, I love Halloween, so yay! Spooky party time.

do not stop!!! I watch u religiously every night

If I consider the features I use all the time in every save file I start, Seasons, City Living, and Get to Work are some of the best for over arching gameplay. Holidays, changing seasons, lot traits, apartments, ability to run your own business, and even the festivals and clubs are all things I think most people use all the time. Cottage Living, Discover University, Parenthood, High School Years, Growing Together are a second group I would recommend just to make the game feel less shallow. Being able to send your sims to school, the updates to infants and toddlers, milestones, and everything about Cottage Living really helps to make the game feel more dynamic. The rest of the packs I think are 100% personal preference. Do a lot of research and decide what themes and features fit your gameplay style best.

My favourite things ever. The laugh and the yes you do 😂

Your laughter kills me that dry laughing is so funny.

Strangerville is technically replayable since you can revive the Mother Plant and even decide how "weird" you want the environment of Strangerville to be. It's just not very "replayable" in the sense that it's always the same set of steps to the same confrontation. Some people are going to enjoy that more than others.

Thank you. That's help a lot. Hi by the way from Quebec in Canada 👋😊

The laundry day is my favorite stuff pack because of the men's shirts and the skinny jeans

thanks for telling me! I was about to buy a game! 😊

I can't agre with dine out, it works remarcably (taking the other packs as parameters) fine in my game. And it's a must. I go on dates only to restos

This was a great rating vid ❤

if theres any pack i want, i tend to wait until there's others i want so i can see if i can do the bundle. i got dream home decorator, tiny living, and cats and dogs in one pretty early on and i cant imagine ts4 without it lol

Ive been getting back into sims 4 lately and this video is a huge help. At the end of the day im really sad it was ea who acquired maxis cuz it means the inevitable end of the studio. EA does this on purpose to run these smaller studios into the ground and strip them of their IP's. However I still love sims and have so many fond memories of it. I was an early adopter of 4 and its a little sad to hear dine out still isn't fixed even tho I got it on release. Lesson learned to anyone out there, if EA is involved wait a good bit of time to see if they're committed to the vision of the product they produce

I didn’t think I could get gayer but dude … you look extra gorgeous today sir! 🎉 Happy new year

I can't believe that I'm about to say this but I wish EA would release packs of the CAS and B&B from previous DLC without the game play elements. For example, I love many of the outfits from My Wedding Stories but will never ever buy the pack because it is so broken.

I got sims4 base game free during lock down, it wasn't worth the money 🤣 It needs mods to be semi enjoyable. I love your honesty and depth. I enjoy watching youtubers mess with this game and their lil challenges rather than me actually playing it. sims2 and 3 ❤️

i've almost got all the packs and i like that batuu comes with tons of content but i don't like star wars. BUT i play with my boyfriend so im thinking of getting it, seeing as how they extended the sale for another week or so

I haven't really played sims 4 that much since the university pack came out. So any of the expansion packs after that I don't have. I've been considering getting a bundle since it's only for $30 right now, or just some packs like cottage living or snowy escape since they're around $15 right now for me (I use my dad's EA account and he has the membership so I get an extra discount) I'm heavily considering a bundle though so I can get the werewolves pack, cottage living, and paranormal :) Plus i may also get the kids stuff pack cause I still don't have that one XD I'm really hoping they make outdoor retreat either free or do a refresh cause that is the only "old" gamepack I don't have, and i really want it. I just think it needs to be cheaper before I decide to buy it.

I looked this up because I wanted to get into The Sims 4 but since it is so barebones (played around a bit some time ago), wanted to know which packs would be alright to get. Was a huge fan of the sims 2 and 3 btw. This however made me feel like I should not get packs or even the sims 4 at all 😂😂 my wallet appreciates you sir.

I like multiple different types of gameplay like family, fantasy or phyco killer so Parent hood, vampires and seasons were my first 3

personal opinion if you have the storage just pirate the whole game or pirate the packs you want to try, DO NOT SPEND UR MONEY ON THE SIMS 4 WHEN YOU DONT HAVE TOO

1. "Paranthood". 2. "Get Together". 3. "Get to Work". 4. "Cottage Living". 5. "Snowy Escape" (or "seasons" depending on your gaming style, but not both). I don't have other Expansion packs or game packs, but if you don't use Mods I would recommend "Growing Together" as well, however all the important things from Growing Together can be found in mods. I own "Tiny Living" myself but I haven't really been liking it so far. I'm planning on getting "Laundry Day" at some point, even though it is very buggy I've seen and heard by others🤷‍♀️ And when For Rent is 50%, I'll buy that too, -however I feel no one needs more then 4 or 5 packs, if they are find with using some mods instead of growing together and packs like that. PS Jungle Adventure was free last year, I didn't get to buy it for free, but it looks really fun, I just won't buy it because it was free last year🤷‍♀️

this guy is my fave simstuber purely for the way he laughs whenever he has to say something negative about the sims

TS4 Modders are the greatest unsung hero in this series where it is doomed from the start Coming from an OG Simmer, here are my recommendations of each Pack I Own that I genuinely like: EP: Get Together, Seasons, Cats & Dogs, City Living, Island Living, Cottage Living GP: Parenthood, Spa Day, Jungle Adventure, Outdoor Living, Dine Out (if you're interested on building restro) SP: Tiny Living, Laundry Day, Bowling Night, Nifty Knitting

Not me wishing you'd have done thus a few days earlier. Just spent quite a lot on getting game packs and literally wasted money🙈🤣

As a former Sims Social player, I only aim to cause chaos in Sims 4. I guess I'm just going for a bucket list of which won't screw me, but still offer me the opportunities to amuse myself (I play with autonomy on, it makes everything funnier). *_I once broke the game by setting my character with 4 forbidden things in base game + CC: Reaper, Ghost, Fairy, and Plant._*

it would be cool if you made a video of all the cross play features 💕

Seasons is the first one everyone should buy. The tiny living is a good too.

1:12 IMHO, 60% off only. EA does not deserve anything more than that for any of their packs, but Stuff Packs will never go below 30% off.

My husband just discovered sims 4 - I told him about the free packs and he can not figure out how to do it (he has an apple computer and I don't know how to work it so he is on his own) - but I also told him just to buy Seasons if it is the only thing he buys - but if he can not get the free things I doubt he could do that.

It's 60% nowadays , I'm planning to buy Cottage Living, City Living and Seasons but it's still expensive in PHP (Philippine Peso ) ,the original price was 1,799 and the discounted price was 719 😅.I have the base game from Origin and I have the free packs and the backyard stuff which was free for limited time .

If like the tiny living and the pastel kit. The goth kit would be great for the vampires and werewolves.

45:49 I DIED LAUGHING AT THIS INSIDE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 love thisssss video

I thought I was seeing this on my feed again and then I realize it’s a new video

The only reason for me to begin to play the sims 4 is the ranch pack cause i love horses and i really love that pack.. In the meantime i did buy other packs but for me the ranch pack is nr 1 :) As a horse lover i had to get that one.. I was pretty bored with playing Starstable.. And was looking for another horse game.. I am looking for more romance options to choose from i did got mc command as a mod..

get famous is such an overhated pack. if it sounds interesting definitely get it

i remember i bought this pack going it was great. oh man i was pissed lol (spa day)

I had to get cats and dogs and my first pet stuff, it came as a bundle for PS4 for $40 but I got it on sale for $15.99

Wrong "Batuu" is not for simmers that love Star Wars, it's for simmers that love the sequel movie enough to want their sims to go to Disney worlds Batuu, it's not even just Batuu. It's a holiday pack and it's not even good as that. There is so meny great holiday packs in the sims and Batuu is not even that.

I still say Seasons and Parenthood are both way overrated, mostly useless packs. My favorite cross-pack combination is Cottage Living with Home Chef Hustle to make a farm-to-table cafe that you can live next to or above. (Cottage Living - simple living lot trait, plus a cow and chickens; Home Chef Hustle - the food sale table; base game - build your house and cafe with tables for the customers to sit at all on one lot and then lock the doors to the house part to household only)

You are my favourite ❤️ I don’t watch anyone else

Thanks for the video. Stupid question maybe but where to best buy the stuff? Steam or on Origin? Xbox? Where are the best sales? I would assume Steam, is that the case?

Satch is life

omg! i looooove

thanks for the help

I REFUSE to get Bust the Dust as I hate vacuum noise. Had they made the vacuum have different sounds like bubbles or popcorn I would have gotten it.