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If only there were more people like us.
Amen!
All the stress and anger.. not worth it.
More like 10%.
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> No, it's really not cool that they are charging us for this content! This should of been included with the Pets Ep. My second reason is we now have more content for our dog's than we have for non-white sims. They really need to stop playing us with this content and step up to making things equal for everyone
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> Why does everyone keep saying this pack should be with the Pets EP? I don't remember a Pets EP for The Sim 4.
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"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
In dreams - I LIVE!
In REALITY, I simply exist.....
It's always thinking about how a pack fits into my current gameplay that pulls me in. My Aliens could really use Voidcritter pets.
I do understand people's reservations about this pack, but I guess I'm more like @Kita5399 in also feeling that life is short and when I find joy in it, I'll take it. I do have things that I will forgo on principle, but there are so many of those in weightier categories than game development and marketing (I'm currently trying to figure out how to cut all plastic out of my life going forward) that I'm not going to cut some pleasure out on principle on this one.
I asked for minor pets to be more interactive, and this is the price I must pay.
What I mean by the 90% dependent on C&D EP is that obviously the pet costumes can only be seen with the C&D EP because there is no CAP without C&D installed. All of the items for cats and dogs such as bowls, beds, litter boxes, cat condos and toys are identical functioning items that came with the EP. Then there is all of the bedroom furniture that was seen in the trailer that somehow matches with other sets that were included with C&D. Huh, they are way too matchy-matchy to not feel like they belonged with and should have been included with the EP along with all of these additional cats and dogs items.
The 10% of this pack that is standalone and not dependent on the C&D EP is the rodent, and rodent fever (as the gameplay), and the normal CAS and build/buy items that are not items or content for cats and dogs specifically.
In my opinion, I am disappointed and angry not because some of the items look good or that the chance to have some randomness and consequences wouldn't be awesome, but rather this DLC for DLC concept is a money grab for all of there fanbase.
Simmer 1- Ownes all of the content so far. Since they already paid for C&D, why do they need to pay for the same items twice (cat condo, litter box, pet bed, toys, etc.) More pet clothes? More Swatches for the furniture that came with the EP? Every stuff pack has CAS items and random build/buy objects and decorations included with the "theme", that that is expected.
IMO, this simmer should not have to pay full price because they already paid for most of the items when they bought C&D. The fair price would be $4.99 US dollars (the gameplay and standard CAS and build and buy items) appear to be worth at least half of the pack price.
Simmer 2- Owns the base game, a couple of GP's, and a few SP's, but not the C&D EP. Since they don't have C&D, there is no CAP for the pet costumes, so this player would not even see these. Well, they like Simmer 1, would get the standard CAS/Build/Buy items, however, all of the cats and dogs specific objects are decoration only.
IMO, this Simmer should not have to pay full price either, because as I said about simmer 1 paying twice for the same objects (just different swatches and parts of sets that came with the C&D EP), Simmer 2 should also not have to pay extra for items that rely on another DLC to be fully functional.
In both cases, because this stuff pack is so heavily dependent on Cats and Dog's EP, the standard Stuff Pack Price is equally overcharging both Simmer's who own and Simmer's who don't own the EP and choose to purchase this stuff pack.
I am guilty of being in the Simmer 1 situation. The way this pack is being marketed just seems like a slap in the face. My disappointment is not about how the items look or judging the gameplay, it's about feeling kinda lied too?scammed?
IDK
I am excited for this pack. B)
It's important to remember that the MFP pack is aimed specifically at people who own Cats&Dogs. It's not like EA doesn't want you to own that pack, thereby giving you less usable stuff.
They are asking a question - "Did enough people buy C&D that will buy an expansion to an expansion? If so, we can release lots more pets stuff this way. We can use this as the way we give them their minor pets rather than many in a single Game Pack." If not, they won't - but then again we might never get any more minor pets. It's hard enough to get EA to reskin a T-Shirt for free. It really was too soon for this pack. They couldn't even wait another quarter?
There's no need to say the Sims is ruined forever or threaten to never buy another pack. The question isn't "Is this pack worth it without Cats&Dogs?" It's not even aimed at people without C&D and clearly won't be, and the best thing you can do is warn people of this. The question is, "Is it worth it WITH Cats&Dogs?"
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I'll probably (very likely) buy this too but @EA, @SimGuruGraham maybe us, too loyal folk could get a free pack sometimes?
Ha ha don't feel bad, I'm pretty much the same. Only exception for me would be the guide books, I only bought two of those.
> Yup. Got ideas for a pet shop floating in my head already.
You can't sell rodents in shops btw just the cage
True, which is why I was really hoping EA would branch out with their Pets EP for the Sims 4. But we all see that didnt happen.
It feels like a scam. Where are the birds!? The small reptiles? Are we going to get separate stuff packs for them too?
I would have considered a fleshed out GP for small pets (I love the effort that goes into the GPs) that didn't add more clothes and wasn't tied to the EP in any way.
But if they are going to give us the rest of the Pets piecemeal in SPs with these moments of "oh are you SURE you don't want the EP? there's all this extra 'stuff' in this little pack that you could be using, that you can almost taste, don't you want to access everything you paid for?", then I'm not playing along with them. That's dirty tactics.