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The Sims 4 Horse ranch negative discussion.

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    greydonngreydonn Posts: 721 Member
    I believe lilsimsie should have a stream on twitch at her normal time [4pm est] showing off the footage she was able to take when she had early access.
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    Katofhyrule12Katofhyrule12 Posts: 821 Member
    edited July 2023
    greydonn wrote: »
    I believe lilsimsie should have a stream on twitch at her normal time [4pm est] showing off the footage she was able to take when she had early access.

    There was a stream scheduled for 9 am. It was canceled and it was not replaced with anything later. All the recent streams have been about games that are not Sims 4.
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    JemmaTheSimmerJemmaTheSimmer Posts: 388 Member
    greydonn wrote: »
    I believe lilsimsie should have a stream on twitch at her normal time [4pm est] showing off the footage she was able to take when she had early access.

    There was a stream scheduled for 9 am. It was canceled and it was not replaced with anything later. All the recent streams have been about games that are not Sims 4.

    She has replaced it with a 4pm est stream, which is her regular time every day except Wednesday when she usually does 9am est. So we know embargo is then at the latest, but I'd assume it might be a bit earlier as she often likes to post a video before going live.
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    bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
    edited July 2023
    I'm frustrated today. I was hoping that the embargo had ended and that Sims influencers could post their videos. But apparently that's tomorrow? If I was going to purchase Thursday it wouldn't give me much time to decide. I guess it's a good thing I plan to wait at least two weeks? I feel like the info for this pack and the hype could have been managed so much better. The lack of it makes me really concerned we're getting a half-baked pack with minimal features.

    Yeah this is starting to look suspicious. I had thought that James Turner would get early access, since he was excited for the pack. But I haven't seen any videos from him either.
    What is the point of early access if it's less than 24 hours before the pack is released?
    I wonder if the pack was so buggy that they're embarrassed to show it...
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    aelias24aelias24 Posts: 221 Member
    edited July 2023
    Springsims will show his footage at 12am CST on Twitch and YouTube.
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    Katofhyrule12Katofhyrule12 Posts: 821 Member
    edited July 2023
    greydonn wrote: »
    I believe lilsimsie should have a stream on twitch at her normal time [4pm est] showing off the footage she was able to take when she had early access.

    There was a stream scheduled for 9 am. It was canceled and it was not replaced with anything later. All the recent streams have been about games that are not Sims 4.

    She has replaced it with a 4pm est stream, which is her regular time every day except Wednesday when she usually does 9am est. So we know embargo is then at the latest, but I'd assume it might be a bit earlier as she often likes to post a video before going live.

    Am I misreading this? I do not see anything scheduled for today.

    https://www.twitch.tv/lilsimsie/schedule

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    JemmaTheSimmerJemmaTheSimmer Posts: 388 Member
    greydonn wrote: »
    I believe lilsimsie should have a stream on twitch at her normal time [4pm est] showing off the footage she was able to take when she had early access.

    There was a stream scheduled for 9 am. It was canceled and it was not replaced with anything later. All the recent streams have been about games that are not Sims 4.

    She has replaced it with a 4pm est stream, which is her regular time every day except Wednesday when she usually does 9am est. So we know embargo is then at the latest, but I'd assume it might be a bit earlier as she often likes to post a video before going live.

    Am I misreading this? I do not see anything scheduled for today.

    https://www.twitch.tv/lilsimsie/schedule

    Her twitch schedule is often inaccurate, she posts every week in her discord with the times and details of what she's doing for each stream. It says 4pm eastern, showing off early access footage of horses.
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    Lenny_OggLenny_Ogg Posts: 3,696 Member

    lol the lot sizes! for the horse pack! only one 64x64 and so many 20x30 and even 20x15!
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    alexspoom13alexspoom13 Posts: 7,441 Member
    I've just read that nectar making, one of the only non-horse related features, is only a five-level skill. 💀

    Plumbella also confirmed that we can't build our own obstacle courses.

    ...Why is this its own EP when the horses in TS3 pets had more?
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    PandoraTOPandoraTO Posts: 490 Member
    Things that stood out to me from Plumbella's review:
    • Two aspirations with only ONE level each. (Ugh, this had better not be a new trend.)
    • Kids totally shortchanged, never mind the younger ages. Yet another dollhouse (sigh).
    • Equestrian centre is a rabbithole. Can't compete with same horse more than once a day.
    • The secret cave is a rabbithole, but also has mini-quest where you have to make choices or even go find objects and bring them back to the cave.
    • You can place training objects for the horses, but you can't build an actual course.
    • Horse trailer is not interactive.
    • A lot of the bb is similar to CoL and OR. Only one set of curtains (sigh).
    • Sheep and goat interactions are glitchy (large number of sheep and goats on lot may be a factor).
    • Ranch hands randomly don't show up sometimes. Glitch when trying to fire a ranch hand.
    • No new career.
    • Nectar making is a 5-level skill. Tip: Nectar ages faster when placed in a basement. Drinking a lot of nectar can make a sim "dazed."
    • Events are glitched.
    • Cowpoke dancing is its own skill.
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    greydonngreydonn Posts: 721 Member
    Nectar making seems pretty well made, the competition center is incredibly disappointing, and kids get nothing but a barn/chicken coop themed dollhouse. I'm not impressed by the aspirations either.
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    Coconut27Coconut27 Posts: 884 Member
    Kids/toddlers deserve so much better in this game iteration of the franchise. Not even a rocking horse :,( Tired of the re-skinned objects already in game. I really may skip out on this pack, not even get it on sale. Maybe if we get a Fairies GP, then I'll get that if its done nicely, as that's my favorite occult offered from TS3 (though I doubt they will offer as much for them in TS4).
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    greydonngreydonn Posts: 721 Member
    According to the end of lilsimsie's video, baby horses end up being basically clones of one of the parents. I thought breeding horses was supposed to be a big draw??
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    LSM36LSM36 Posts: 594 Member
    Does anyone know if we actually get the crops for the Three Sisters Chili? Especially since they included the part about planting them on the same plot? I have the feeling we didn’t. Especially since the English Simmer’s video hovered over the recipe on the grill and it required onions and tomato. But that kinda feels like an obvious miss.
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    mustenimusteni Posts: 5,418 Member
    greydonn wrote: »
    According to the end of lilsimsie's video, baby horses end up being basically clones of one of the parents. I thought breeding horses was supposed to be a big draw??

    Cat & dog breeding unfortunately works the same way. It has always made me sad.
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    greydonngreydonn Posts: 721 Member
    musteni wrote: »
    greydonn wrote: »
    According to the end of lilsimsie's video, baby horses end up being basically clones of one of the parents. I thought breeding horses was supposed to be a big draw??

    Cat & dog breeding unfortunately works the same way. It has always made me sad.

    I thought, maybe, if the genetics for horses were better, that they'd use what they developed there and update cats and dogs. But no. :'(
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    CynnaCynna Posts: 2,369 Member
    I miss the days of TS3 where Expansion Packs would add random gameplay objects outside of the theme. Showtime added golf, Supernatural added a claw machine, University Life added bowling, etc. Now we don't even get gameplay objects that fit the theme.

    If this pack had included a mechanical bull, rocking horses and spring riders, I'd have bought it.

    Spring riders... ::wistful sigh::
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    LewanaM00nLewanaM00n Posts: 321 Member
    greydonn wrote: »
    According to the end of lilsimsie's video, baby horses end up being basically clones of one of the parents. I thought breeding horses was supposed to be a big draw??

    This is disappointing. I was looking forward to bred foals to see genetics probabilities... it's gonna be boring. :|
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    maggiemae8135maggiemae8135 Posts: 790 Member
    I was hoping we would get the corn and squash as new plants to be used in the new Three Sisters Chili. Breeding horses as a business will be limited if your sims want any size family, with the horses taking up a slot in the household.
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    Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Too bad that unicorns are just purely cosmetical looks. In tales unicorns are more than just special looking horses. I feel unicorns are a lost cause now, just like plantsims. We get a weak nod towards an occult simmers want, but not the real deal. And now our chances of getting actual unicorns are blown be we already got the fake horn.

    Another missed opportunity is that we get two aspirations but none in the animal category. Just like cottage living, this would have been a perfect pack to finally add a second animal aspiration.

    And then there is of course still the fact that we can only get mini sheep and not real sheep.
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    Coconut27Coconut27 Posts: 884 Member
    LSM36 wrote: »
    Does anyone know if we actually get the crops for the Three Sisters Chili? Especially since they included the part about planting them on the same plot? I have the feeling we didn’t. Especially since the English Simmer’s video hovered over the recipe on the grill and it required onions and tomato. But that kinda feels like an obvious miss.

    From the reviews i watched, they unfortunately didn’t, which I feel was a big missed opportunity.
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    Coconut27Coconut27 Posts: 884 Member
    Also, from plumbella’s vid, she said the animal viewing event is completely glitched and doesn’t work whatsoever. So that will hopefullly be fixed before tomorrow considering that was one of their “main feature” selling points in the BTS video.
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    PandoraTOPandoraTO Posts: 490 Member
    Coconut27 wrote: »
    Kids/toddlers deserve so much better in this game iteration of the franchise. Not even a rocking horse :,( Tired of the re-skinned objects already in game. I really may skip out on this pack, not even get it on sale. Maybe if we get a Fairies GP, then I'll get that if its done nicely, as that's my favorite occult offered from TS3 (though I doubt they will offer as much for them in TS4).

    I'll probably still buy it eventually because I'm always looking for more content unless it's totally inane to me (looking at you MFPS), but now I'm thinking I can wait until it's 50% off rather than 30%. Ironically, the more I've thought about the idea of unicorns in the game recently, which I'd never really considered before, the more I believe I would have bought this pack at 30% if it'd had unicorns! :D

    But, I just can't see myself paying even -30% for what's in here now, so... I'm happy enough with the bg ceiling update and some hairs. (Not that I've installed it yet!)
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    PandoraTOPandoraTO Posts: 490 Member
    Coconut27 wrote: »
    LSM36 wrote: »
    Does anyone know if we actually get the crops for the Three Sisters Chili? Especially since they included the part about planting them on the same plot? I have the feeling we didn’t. Especially since the English Simmer’s video hovered over the recipe on the grill and it required onions and tomato. But that kinda feels like an obvious miss.

    From the reviews i watched, they unfortunately didn’t, which I feel was a big missed opportunity.

    Ikr?? Who wouldn't want to be able to plant some corn at least? And how different can squash be from pumpkin (CoL), would that be so hard to add?
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    GoldmoldarGoldmoldar Posts: 11,973 Member
    Guess if I want to buy this I will just wait as it is not something to jump on day one for full price. There are not enough features in Sims 4 and as said same ole, same ole.
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