Okay, here are my first impressions.
Positive:
- cross-pack compatibility with Cottage Living, you can get wool and milk from mini sheep and goats
- cross-pack compatibility with occult packs, occults can make special kinds of nectar (whatever that means)
- the world is beautiful, albeit once again very small
- kids can definitely ride horses, we've seen it before, but it's just nice to have it reaffirmed by the livestream
- paintable ceilings are coming to the base game, and you can use any floor texture you have for ceilings as well
Negative:
- still no word on unicorns, the horn didn't even show up in CAS, which can be a good or a bad sign depending on how you look at it
- horses don't have collision even with a sim on top, some visitors at the bar just walked right through the horse standing in front of it
- the stream seemed unusually short, which makes me wonder, is there so much else to discover that they simply didn't want to spoil for us, or did they just run out of stuff to show us?
Also, a personal pet peeve of my inner hobby astronomer that has nothing to do with the pack itself, but I have to mention it: The guru saying that the night sky ceiling would be great for kids' rooms. Sure. But what about adult bedrooms? I'm not asking if it's possible, obviously we'll be able to put it wherever we want. I'm just annoyed that space stuff keeps getting labelled as "for kids". Most kids don't even know the difference between a planet and a star, they just think they're pretty. And they are, but seriously, you can be an adult and still be into astronomy. When I was looking for curtains for my bedroom in real life, everything that had stars on it was "for kids". Didn't stop me from buying it. Still, I could do without the ageism while shopping. (Or watching The Sims livestreams, for that matter.)
The Sims Team