Cats and dogs is kind of worse then I expected.

"Dayvon64;c-16149684" wrote:

"DivineHysteria;c-16149659" wrote:
I've had no issues whatsoever, my puppy eats and sleeps and my sim is currently training her to use the potty outside.
the whole 'not being able to control the pet' is what pulled me in.
it's as realistic as it gets and for simmers complaining about how 'unrealistic' this sims game is (ironic) I'd think that would appeal to them.
But to each their own.
I'm enjoying the pack.

See that's another thing, what's the point of controlling pets and then being able to train them? Why am I wasting time to train my pets to do certain things when I can just skip that and control them to go outside and press a interaction for them to do it. There are already enough features in game that make it so you have to "imagine" it happening as you control them. Again, I understand why controlling them is a 'want', but it would just make training them useless.

"brendhan21;c-16149688" wrote:

"DivineHysteria;c-16149659" wrote:
I've had no issues whatsoever, my puppy eats and sleeps and my sim is currently training her to use the potty outside.
the whole 'not being able to control the pet' is what pulled me in.
it's as realistic as it gets and for simmers complaining about how 'unrealistic' this sims game is (ironic) I'd think that would appeal to them.
But to each their own.
I'm enjoying the pack.

so after playing it for a bit now i would say its still a bit less then i expected. when i was expecting it to be okay so its just okay i guess. not really groundbreaking and infact feels like its missing features (as usual) that were great or expected from pervious games. this feels the least interactive pets expansion pack so far. well maybe in the same leauge as sims 1 but even then sims 1 felt a bit more then this. this just feels like like the most stripped down version of pets we have had so far. not that i am saying the pets dont look like nice cuz they do but they have looked nice since sims 2.

"Dayvon64;c-16149684" wrote:

"DivineHysteria;c-16149659" wrote:
I've had no issues whatsoever, my puppy eats and sleeps and my sim is currently training her to use the potty outside.
the whole 'not being able to control the pet' is what pulled me in.
it's as realistic as it gets and for simmers complaining about how 'unrealistic' this sims game is (ironic) I'd think that would appeal to them.
But to each their own.
I'm enjoying the pack.

See that's another thing, what's the point of controlling pets and then being able to train them? Why am I wasting time to train my pets to do certain things when I can just skip that and control them to go outside and press a interaction for them to do it. There are already enough features in game that make it so you have to "imagine" it happening as you control them. Again, I understand why controlling them is a 'want', but it would just make training them useless.

"DivineHysteria;c-16149740" wrote:

"Dayvon64;c-16149684" wrote:

"DivineHysteria;c-16149659" wrote:
I've had no issues whatsoever, my puppy eats and sleeps and my sim is currently training her to use the potty outside.
the whole 'not being able to control the pet' is what pulled me in.
it's as realistic as it gets and for simmers complaining about how 'unrealistic' this sims game is (ironic) I'd think that would appeal to them.
But to each their own.
I'm enjoying the pack.

See that's another thing, what's the point of controlling pets and then being able to train them? Why am I wasting time to train my pets to do certain things when I can just skip that and control them to go outside and press a interaction for them to do it. There are already enough features in game that make it so you have to "imagine" it happening as you control them. Again, I understand why controlling them is a 'want', but it would just make training them useless.

If that's the case then why do we have a lot of the things in the game, when we can easily just use cheats.
You train them because its something for players to do, an activity.

But like I said, to each its own.

"Pixelsimmer;c-16149674" wrote:


Sure!! :D Of course this is not a exhaustive list (I'm just listing what comes to mind and mind you I've only had the game for a day!)

- Brindleton Bay: I have been waiting for a world like this since TS2 times. I really disliked Windenburg (I know I am in the minority here) because I didn't care for the tudor/german/english theme. But this town is perfect for me. A little too small, yes, but the public areas are HUGE and it feels like a truly open world. And I LOVE the build/buy objects that came with this pack.

- Chaos: I have been complaining about this game not being challenging enough since the beginning, it seems like we're too much in control of everything, and that is boring at least to me. I hate the fact that there are no random deaths or accidents to spice up my gameplay. Pets have brought some much needed chaos for me. They are truly unpredictable, and I am enjoying a lot following them around and see what they're up to.

- Pets personalities: I hate to say this, but currently pets have more personality than sims. Their traits truly show. My sim has a vocal, territorial chihuahua and she is THE WORST. She is barking at EVERY-THING and EVERY-ONE. All the time. Lol. My sim was walking her and saw this cute guy (who turned out to be one of the new gay premades, but anyway) walking his frenchie (I think it was a frenchie). I had them talk, and I really wanted my sim to hook up with this guy. But the plum chihuahua kept barking at him and his dog all the time. His dog started barking back. The guy ended up leaving my sim there, clearly stressed out (tense) by the fact that the chihuahua was barking at him nonstop.

- Fears and obsessions: this has to do with the last bullet. But I really love that every pet has its own fears and obsessions. My sim's chihuahua wakes up my sim EVERY SINGLE MORNING at 6 am, barking. And she is clearly scared of the TV and the computer. She hates them.

- Stuff for my sims to do: I have to admit sometimes when my sims get home from work, I am at a loss about what to do with them. My sims are not very social and do not usually visit bars and community lots because I hate the loading screens. I've found that now my sim has plenty to do at home (and around): taking the dog out, cleaning after the dog, figuring out what the heck they want (why is it barking?!?!), teaching the dog tricks, ranting and housebreaking, etc.

OMG that was long...sorry haha