Suly Suly! We're just about 2 weeks from the launch of The Sims 4: Horse Ranch! Reminder, if you purchase before August 31 you'll gain access to the exclusive early adopter items the resonator guitar, wagon wheel art, and rustic rocking chair seen above. This post contains all of the trailers, livestreams, and articles that The Sims team and EA have released so far related to the upcoming EP. Up first we have our Behind The Sims stream where our very own Mersea provides a brief overview for the Horse Ranch pack. We also have a companion article for the stream available here on EA.com where you can learn more, including how we partnered with Sacred Healing Circle to fine tune our wildlife interactions. Next up we have our official reveal trailer available on YouTube, as well as a gameplay trailer to get a feel for how the pack will play 🙂 We also have an article up on EA.com with a guided tour of the Horse Ranch features like: Bonding with baby goats! Customizing and training horses Blow off steam at the dance hall Training at the equestrian park Meeting friends at the saloon Cookouts! The return of Nectar New neighborhood - Chestnut Ridge! And finally, we have an upcoming livestream of the Horse Ranch EP on Twitch and YouTube hosted by the Dev Team on July 14th! That's all for now! What are you most looking forward to in Horse Ranch?

@simsplayer818 wrote: It looks beautiful so far. Most eagerly anticipated pack ever for me. I wish we had the early release offer on console though. But never mind, I'm just happy it's on it's way and I really appreciate the background work that has gone into it, seeing the behind the scenes attention to detail. It looks like a lot of love went into it's creation 🐎. Definitely a labor of love! I love seeing the top requests come to fruition 🙂 Babies and horses are checked off, just got to get the spiral staircases approved now 😉

@xochiquetzl_xkvn @simsplayer818 I also love the world, though I had been hoping for a non-US setting. But as a setting within the US, it's gorgeous! And the build items are great - Moonwood Mill needs some log cabins.I also am really excited for nectar making, as I grew up in wine country. But unfortunately I am not, myself, all that into horses (though they do look well done!) so I may still wait until it goes on sale. We'll see if the livestream changes my mind.

@JonaO703 I'm also looking forward to the world. Until now I've been using that picturesque little bit of Strangerville with the beautiful canyon backdrop to place ranches, but the lots are so small it's not the same. I managed to fit 2 cows with a lawn the size of a postage stamp for grazing. More like sardines than cattle 🐮.

Yeah, I love the world! I also play in Strangerville for the southwest vibe. I feel like you might have used the town square of the place I went to college as a reference! Also my sister lives in Albuquerque and I love the area. I’m getting Santa Fe vibes for Chestnut Ridge and it is :chef kiss:!!!

@EA_Cade I have to say that I'm cautiously optimistic about this pack. :-) I'm probably in the minority here but I'm more excited about the world and the BB items than I am about the horses. I think I need that guitar in the bonus items! Also, the new world does look really beautiful!By the way, as much as I would love a spiral staircase, can we prioritize Fairies first? Or maybe a spiral staircase can be included in the Fairies pack? ;-)

The Sims 4 - Horse Ranch Information Megathread

36 Replies

yavannah79
New Traveler
3 years ago
I hope you don't make the same mistake this time as you did with the Generations expansion pack. That is, that you let everyone download the patch and later the expansion pack at the same time. EA Apps got blocked and crashed, and hasn't worked very well since then. Intermittently yes, but there are little things here and there.
You should remember better that worldwide specifically means worldwide, not US-wide. There are many more players and from all over the world and if everyone shows up at the same time, your equipment can't handle it and will get stuck.
And I for one, as a paying customer, want good service, not stuck software and bad service. You seem to have completely forgotten this over time.
And as a reminder, there are some new simulation games out there that may challenge you not only in quality, but also in customer service.
Bluebellflora
Hero+
3 years ago
@yavannah79

Your feedback might be better placed in the EA App forum as it seems download related through the client - https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-app/ct-p/ea-app-en
gooochyeee
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@yavannah79 I think thr app crashed because it was the sims 4s largest ever update and most anticipated (along with toddlers) so the community was hyped and wanted it as soon as it releeased
LixyQuinn170
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@EA_Cade Oh! I can't wait for the livestream of the Horse Ranch EP the next Friday! 😍
simsplayer818
Hero
3 years ago
It looks beautiful so far. Most eagerly anticipated pack ever for me. I wish we had the early release offer on console though. But never mind, I'm just happy it's on it's way and I really appreciate the background work that has gone into it, seeing the behind the scenes attention to detail. It looks like a lot of love went into it's creation 🐎.
yavannah79
New Traveler
3 years ago
Well this one is been hyped too and a lot, so same thing may happen again. If they have not done nothing about it. And in my opinion, phased release was a better option than the current system. And I for one don't care if someone is the first to spot all the bugs and errors and report it. Better that they do. At least then I would know to wait until the worst bugs and errors are fixed. The add-on is still the same price whether I buy it now or later.
And if it's bad publicity for the company, then the company should think about what it's doing or not doing, because the guilty party is not the aware customer but the company.
djriddle1977
Rising Scout
3 years ago
will it include a way to stop sims from autonomously using their cell phone? I mean it's some kind of 'escape to the country' sort of expansion pack and it doesn't get any more 'country' than not being addicted to cell phones, right? I mean ea knows electronic device addiction isn't something to emulate or be proud of... right? let me know about the good news on the upcoming box we can tick to turn off cell phone addiction and keep up the good work!
EA_Cade
Community Manager
3 years ago
@LixyQuinn170 wrote:
@EA_Cade Oh! I can't wait for the livestream of the Horse Ranch EP the next Friday! 😍

Yup! Friday the 14th at 11am PT over on our Twitch and YouTube channels 🙂
EA_Cade
Community Manager
3 years ago
@simsplayer818 wrote:

It looks beautiful so far. Most eagerly anticipated pack ever for me. I wish we had the early release offer on console though. But never mind, I'm just happy it's on it's way and I really appreciate the background work that has gone into it, seeing the behind the scenes attention to detail. It looks like a lot of love went into it's creation 🐎.

Definitely a labor of love! I love seeing the top requests come to fruition 🙂

Babies and horses are checked off, just got to get the spiral staircases approved now 😉
JonaO703
Hero
3 years ago
@EA_Cade I have to say that I'm cautiously optimistic about this pack. :-) I'm probably in the minority here but I'm more excited about the world and the BB items than I am about the horses. I think I need that guitar in the bonus items! Also, the new world does look really beautiful!
By the way, as much as I would love a spiral staircase, can we prioritize Fairies first? Or maybe a spiral staircase can be included in the Fairies pack? ;-)