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Has Horse Ranch expanded your gameplay?
nasch_katze
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Has Horse Ranch improved/expanded your overall gameplay?
If so, how?
Has Horse Ranch improved/expanded your overall gameplay?
If so, how?
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I like the chicken, bunnies and llama (and dust bunnies!) better.
And I'm sure we can't and won't live without goats anymore ^^'
This is my highlight of the pack. The world is boring and I won't use nectar making often.
What I do like is that I can use a few of the furniture in other vintage builds.
Since western theme is just not my thing at all I won't use the rest of the BB and CAS.
And I really hope I can make the townies stop to do this cowpoke dance anywhere. That's so annoying and just doesn't fit in other worlds.
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Does it have a brand-new system? Yes, obviously, horses.
Has it increased my interest in the game and pulled me back into playing? Yes, it definitely has.
Will I use features of the pack in every world? Yes, I have and will.
Will I use the features of the pack in every household: No, of course not. But between the horses, the nectar, and the goats/sheep... used either on the home lot or for vacation activities... I will probably use features of the pack in roughly 15-20% of my households. (Much higher if you count only drinking nectar, but not making it).
That's pretty good. For comparison, Seasons affects 100% of my households, of course. Packs like Dine Out, Get Together, or Spa Day, affect around 80% of my households. Cottage Living is 75%, maybe 80% if you factor in the simple living lot trait. Growing Together is probably going to be pretty integral for me going forward, as well. Eco Living affects around 30% of my households. But at the other end of the spectrum, I only use Jungle Adventure, as much as I love it, for around 10 or 15% of my households; similarly, I am very glad to have Snowy Escape, but it's probably more like 5% of my households who use it. High School Years is also fairly low. Strangerville is probably down around 3% or fewer. (This all applies to actual gameplay, not CAS or B/B decor.)
So in terms of the number of my households who will use Horse Ranch Gameplay, the pack is probably slightly below the median for me. But in terms of level of enjoyment, it's a bit higher than that.
Kind of in every way because I include horses in every aspect of sims lives. They are now primary forms of transportation wherever my sims go and friends of the family.
Having more animals like the goats and sheep are fun just to have around even though I don't use farms that much.
The world is my current favorite to play in and I love all the rustic wood b/b and cowboy theme.
The new pack expanded my stories that I enjoy playing out and now when I do my apocalyptic play throughs again in the future I have horses to set the walking dead vibe 😎
I have a Pinky horse, Unicorn horse,
Unicorn Fairy horse, Alien horse,
Blonde & Brownie horses.🥰
I’m now trying to figure out how to make 2 dark Vamp horses for my Goth Western Vamp couple.🧛🏻🧛🏻♀️🐎🐎
If you have a sim that has a farm then, yeah it adds to the whole aesthetic of farm life, especially if you have Cottage Living as well, but nothing really significant to me than another pet/family member that can independently take care of itself for the most part without you and can help net you money in competitions. No cross pack with vet career with horses or unique interactions with cats and dogs.
Community job board pretty disappointing as I thought there'd be more variety.
There's so few worlds where it'd feel natural to be wandering about and riding with a horse openly. Makes me feel I'm restricted to this one and just some select ones.
Enjoyed nectar making with varying flavors, but feel like it's almost too lucrative? (or feels more unbalanced) or just feel like there should be more time for more aging. Human sims can't make plasma nectar sadly and you won't find nectars as a option in restaurants at all. I do appreciate drinking too much nectar can make your sim pass out.
Fake unicorns only aesthetic here.
Funny yet, weird the expensive black sheep will net you more worth in money than the Llama from cottage living when shaved. Mini goats and sheep are pretty cute, but they're really just another version of cows and llamas, except they can roam on their own.
Wish there was a mech bull for the pack.
I think there are a lot of worlds where horses would fit in fine., Windenburg, Henford on Bagley, Sulani, and Brindleton Bay have huge areas. Copperdale too has explorable areas. San Sequoia, Mt. Komrebi, and Granite falls have good size walking paths where horses could be ridden. I even took a horse to Geek Con in San Myshuno once. I saw pictures of someone taking their horse to the magic realm. Even forgotten hollow has paths. Strangerville is another area that horses would fit right in, and Newcrest has explorable areas. Even the park in Oasis springs has explorable areas around it. Horses sure get your sims places faster, they are great transportation, as well as money-making, fun, and companionship. Horses, can go just about anywhere except apartments, Swimming, and up stairs. Mini goats and mini lambs make great pets for children and toddlers. I’m always looking for more pets.
I think Horse ranch ties in so well with other packs. I have been wanting to make a jail and a bank, but just couldn’t figure where I could fit them in. I finally found a place with Chestnut Ridge. Perfect for a little Jail and bank, especially since I moved my detective chief there ( from Get to Work ). And the bunny tree stump ( from Cottage living ) fits perfectly there too, in front of the jail. There were 3 bunnies there last time I took someone there.
I read somewhere that the caverns in Chestnut Ridge has a billion levels! I’m not one that really likes rabbit holes, but in that instance I think it could actually be fun.
This. I couldn't say it better myself.
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I was a bit unsure if horses would make it permanently into our gameplay since neither cats nor dogs did.
So we have a loophole in the story should they not move with the Boys.
But they are still with us. Greg even drove some of his cars out of the garage of the Bunker to make space for Tyalindo, Lunatic and the goats 🐎🐐
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yes, incredibly so. While I can not pull myself away from the families in the new world, I do also love to explore how it has effected other worlds in someway. Worlds I have edit since are Hendford-on Bagley. Windenberg, Glimmerbrook, Granite Falls, Tartosa, Oasis Springs, Brindleton Bay, last but not least I will be working on Moonwood Mill. I have yet to update my grandma's house in San Myshuno with the old fashion paneling some old furnishings she always had. I have to pay her a visit!
Horses, Nectarmaking, build buy selectio and mini sheep and goats have added new depth to my gameplay. Love it immensely.
I really love the horses, but only 2 of my sims have them, and they are a couple who are going to start a horse breeding business.
I love, love the b/b for this pack and use a lot of it in decor for other homes in Oasis Springs, Brindleton Bay, Henford and of course, Chestnut Ridge. Heck, I never liked Cats and Dogs but after Horse Ranch, I have a couple of sims who own cats...who would have thought, lol.
Horses themselves are neat, and I like training them. But outside of training and riding, they're just cute. They don't do much.
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I haven't played with horses much yet, I'm still trying to decide the best way to incorporate them into my regular gameplay. I wish there was an easier way for my sims to have horses in a stable that they can go to without needing to have the horses on the main lot.
The world is beautiful.
You can totally do that. We are a household of 6 Sims so there is no way (except mods) all of them can have their horses on the lot.
So the horses live in their stable with a Sim who takes care of them.
And when we need the horses we call them over from the social menu (in the pets tab).
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But my excitement for the bigger animals has since worn off a little, and I find that the pack's other, smaller features are much easier to integrate into my sims' everyday lives. Want your sim to be a Lady of the Knits using her own harvested wool, but don't have the time or space to accommodate a llama? Fine, give her a couple of differently coloured sheep and a hay rack, problem solved. Goats are also a welcome change from cows which tend to give way more milk than I'll ever need in addition to taking up a lot of space and being touchy at times. I still wish the goats were bigger, though.
Haven't really done much with nectar making, the few times I dabbled with it, the resulting nectar never aged, and I'm still not sure if that's a bug or it's really supposed to take forever. But I'm planning on experimenting more with that soon.
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