"@Cinebar;c-16149074" wrote:
"Amiutza;c-16149040" wrote:
From what I've seen/heard keeps getting thrown around everywhere today by people who haven't even tried the ep :thinking: Like, there's this massive thread where people who actually played share their experiences and everywhere I've looked people seem happy with it overall, yet somehow the word is "it's semi negative".
I don't need to see my pets needs because they tell me what they want. I am very pleased with the pack this time around and I was not with any other expansion they came out with. The world is beautiful, the build/buy team outdid themselves and I didn't even think that was possible after parenthood. The pets are indeed adorable, and their behavior reminds me so much of my real life pets. For me they add to the overall simulation, they're not my focus, yet they complete my overall experience. It's not a perfect pack, but it's nowhere need as bad as some people wanna make it out to be.
And on top of it, despite expectations, the game runs better rather than worse, the performance improvements were on point.
Couldn't be happier.
Since you are playing it but not actually into pets? would you say it is the best pet expansion ever? Like I did say that about toddlers or how would you rate it against Unleased, TS2 Pets, and TS3 Pets? Those are important points. Lack Luster? Just as good? Way better? Think on it.
In my opinion, it goes:
The Sims 2: Pets (console, but is a sandbox like PC) > The Sims 3: Pets (console, but is a sandbox like PC) > The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs > The Sims Pets Stories > The Sims 2: Pets > The Sims 3: Pets > The Sims: Unleashed.
The Sims 3 for PC was super lazy. They gave us control, because they skipped giving them personalities. They skipped giving Pets unique quirks. They skipped giving them animations. We got only a handful of animations that didn't come from The Urbz, or The Sims 2 Pet games. 90% of the animations were recycled, with 50% less gameplay.
In Cats & Dogs, if my Pet is hungry they will bark at their owner. They will bring the dog bowl to them. They will wait near their food bowl.
Sims 3 Pets? Just a thought bubble with a food icon & red needs. Occasional idle animations.
The Sims 2: Pets for console is the best, because there's so much for Cats & Dogs. And there are so many animations for them, and they have incredible personalities. It's so fun just watching them. You can see their stats but they also interact with their owner like in Cats & Dogs.
The Sims 3 Pets for console is so much better. Rather than cheap out and do less with more, the focus was entirely on Cats & Dogs. And the result is amazing. Heaps of exclusive animations over the PC team. Pets have jobs, active careers the whole thing. They don't really interact with their owners like in Cats & Dogs, but there's a lot for them.
Pet Stories is like the Sims 2 Pets, but again has way more stuff from what I feel. Things like exclusive accessories and objects, but also activities and agility courses. The Pets are from Urbz, though.
Sims 2 Pets is like Pet Stories, but with less. Also, borrows too heavily from The Urbz Pets.
& Unleashed is cute but simple.
Cats & Dogs is the first Pets came we've had since The Urbz, that didn't recycle Cats & Dogs from a previous pack. And it really makes the AI of previous Pets show their age. However, the AI and Animation aren't as good as The Sims 2: Pets for console. That team spent a huge budget on those Pets, and they are the
best to date.
