Did you pay full price for The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs and was it worth it?

I was an idiot and paid full price, with 2 pounds off because I have prime but then that only put the total down to 32 pounds.

Saying it again, Cats and Dogs was not and will never worth the full price of a regular sims 4 expansion because of the clear reason that it is nothing more than a hyped up game pack with animated walking clutter.

Do I regret my decision? All the time.
Would I have thought twice if I knew how lackluster it was? Of course.
Am I enraged over the lack of respect EA have for its customers? You betcha.

Cats and Dogs is the biggest insult to Simmers since the Sims 4 itself was released, charging £30/$40 for a pack with as much content as your average £15 game pack and barely having any thing game changing within the actual functions.

We got toddlers free in a patch and they made many a simmers game more fun to play and that was FREE. Again I will say, FREE.

But for the best part of $40/£30 we had to buy something that adds 0 life to this game. Yes I know we didn't HAVE to purchase the pack, it's a personal choice but you understand what I mean in comparison to Toddlers (Adding actual gameplay and life) and Pets (Walking Clutter Objects).

Am I hating on this pack? No, But I feel it's fair to be able to complain about it's lacking contents and the virtual middle finger EA are delivering us. The pack could've easily been better, you could've added more, done more and experienced more if they'd spend a little extra time developing it instead of rushing the heap of code out to the masses.

If there's anyone deciding whether or not to buy this game, take it from someone whose had every pack since Sims 2, wait for the sales, or don't get it...or hint at family to buy it for you, can't hate whats free.

yes and no but I am not the one to really go by as i think cats, dogs, horses, whatevers are a waste of time and space. LOL

I really am enjoying the sims cats and dogs just as i loved the sims 3 pets. I do miss the feature to create horses though and be able to control what your pet is doing

I have to admit that I was not going to buy C&D. But, when it went on sale for half price, I couldn’t help myself because I so badly needed more space to build on. However, after purchasing the pack, I wish I hadn’t. I am not happy with the layout of the lots in the world at all. Sure the world looks awesome, but it is so restrictive. You can’t visit half the world because it’s blocked off. From a builder’s point of view, it isn’t even worth it at half price.... in my opinion, of course.

I wish there was an option for full price and kinda worth it. lol Don't get me wrong, I was so excited when they announced the EP that I pre-ordered it. I'm enjoying the cats and dogs, and the few new food items (I LOVE any and all new foods added to the game!) But I was let down that pets aren't controllable. Thank goodness someone made a mod for that. I don't control their every move, but it's nice to see their stats and the like. I also wish we had some minor pets, like birds, hamsters, fish that actually need caring for, etc. But at least we have that in Sims 3.

As far as the new world goes. It's pretty, lovely even. But it makes me even more sad, looking at it's backdrop scenery, and I can't help but to think just how much more fun these worlds could be if they were open world, you could fish where ever you wanted, and the bodies of water were swimable.

I received this pack as a gift. It was purchased for $20 dollars which I think was an appropriate price for what this pack has to offer. I am enjoying playing this very much but it is in noway worth the full price.

For $20 (what I paid) it isn’t bad. It feels like a game pack, probably because the most in-depth part of it all is the Vet. Animals feel like the second ‘most important’ thing in the pack.

One thing that critically hurts the EP is the removal of player control, or at least player information panels. I know they went on and on about the AI for Dogs and Cats, but it’s not that good. Dogs route fail all the time, animals complain about being hungry when there is 3 full bowls of food within reach, dogs will sit and whine at the door for hours on end until you tell them to ‘go potty’. That last one is probably the worst design I have ever seen. A dog that isn’t house trained whining about wanting to go potty outside? So am I training them to walk through a door? Because clearly they are already housebroken. The fears/obsessions are annoying. Again, these are entirely decided by the game. Don’t want your dog to be afraid of the TV? Well nothing you can do about it. Don’t want your dog to be obsessed with the stove? Again, you’re out of luck.

There’s not much for pets to do. They are basically there for the player to look at which is about as engaging as watching a TV show on your Sims tv. Oh wait didn’t they push that gameplay too? When they added those horrid mixer screens with Movie Hangout Stuff to force people into watching in speed 1...?

Anywho, long post that wasn’t intended to be as long. Pets isn’t worth $40, and if the Vet isn’t your thing (it’s just like Dine Out) then you will probably not find much enjoyment from it. $20 didn’t leave me feeling robbed, which is good because I paid $18 for CL and felt totally ripped off with the final product.

I won mine in a contest but even if I had bought it, I always wait for price drops on EPs. In terms of worth though, I quite enjoy it. I don't know if all my sims would have pets and I am making plans to get a new graphics card for the PC to run things a bit better, but thus far, I'm having fun with it. Protip: Ghost pets are so much easier to tend to...lol.

It is so hard for me to judge this pack and that is why it not worth it for me. I haven't even played with the pets yet and already downloaded the no stray pets mod..lol

I am not really a Sim pet expansion pack fan and I wanted seasons more. Ninety percent of the time the stray pets annoyed me. I mean Sims 2 the dogs were digging holes in my yard and Sims 3 horses everywhere and under leaves millions of chipmunks and squirrels. The stray horses just should not have happened...lol I was going to totally skip the pack but I need space so I bought it for the world.

Vet Career is bleh for me. I never wanted to own my own animal hospital but I would have loved if it was an active career like doctor. I don't understand why they didn't think of those who just wanted to be a vet and not own anything.

I haven't paid full price for any expansion pack yet, in fact I got Cats and Dogs for a really good price, I had a gift card for a local video game retailer that had $27 on it, and used that to discount the full price off of Cats and Dogs and I gotta say it was completely worth it. I'm really enjoying the pack, the cats and dogs in this iteration are really well done and in my experience are a lot of fun.