Has Horse Ranch expanded your gameplay?

Yup it sure has. B) I love Horse Ranch, it so goes perfectly with my Get Together & Cottage Living. :p I so love historical play. ;)

"SERVERFRA;c-18313032" wrote:
Yup it sure has. B) I love Horse Ranch, it so goes perfectly with my Get Together & Cottage Living. :p I so love historical play. ;)

This. I couldn't say it better myself.

"nasch_katze;d-1010289" wrote:
Topic.

Has Horse Ranch improved/expanded your overall gameplay?

If so, how?

yes, incredibly so. While I can not pull myself away from the families in the new world, I do also love to explore how it has effected other worlds in someway. Worlds I have edit since are Hendford-on Bagley. Windenberg, Glimmerbrook, Granite Falls, Tartosa, Oasis Springs, Brindleton Bay, last but not least I will be working on Moonwood Mill. I have yet to update my grandma's house in San Myshuno with the old fashion paneling some old furnishings she always had. I have to pay her a visit!

Horses, Nectarmaking, build buy selectio and mini sheep and goats have added new depth to my gameplay. Love it immensely.

My gameplay has increased exponentially, since almost all my sims have mini goats and sheep...they are so darn cute! It's a plus that I have so many stitchers and knitters, lol. One sim is on her way to becoming a nectar making guru.

I really love the horses, but only 2 of my sims have them, and they are a couple who are going to start a horse breeding business.

I love, love the b/b for this pack and use a lot of it in decor for other homes in Oasis Springs, Brindleton Bay, Henford and of course, Chestnut Ridge. Heck, I never liked Cats and Dogs but after Horse Ranch, I have a couple of sims who own cats...who would have thought, lol. :D

Yes, but interestingly the small animals and nectar-making are way more important than the horses

It's good for my farmers, and I guess I can make sims who focus more on just the horses. But I can only really use them on big lots, which the game is lacking in. So I can only use horses for a small subsection of a small subsection of my gameplay.

Horses themselves are neat, and I like training them. But outside of training and riding, they're just cute. They don't do much.

@Gordy I agree we needed larger lots in this pack. Was hoping to at least have a few 40x50 as well as the larger ones we have as a farm/ranch needs a lot of room. However, I have managed to build smaller homes and barns with room of a cow or llama, chickens and 1 or 2 horses on the 20x30 and 30x30 lot, without using MOO except for decorative flowers. I have played in both, and it is small but works fine. My sims spend most of the time outdoors working with horses, taking care of their animals and gardening, so a smaller home is not a problem for them. Do still wish for the larger lots though.

For me, not yet. I am disappointed that more wasn't put into nectar making. Not being able to host a tasting or have sims drink together seems like a big oversight. I really hope they update this in the future.

I haven't played with horses much yet, I'm still trying to decide the best way to incorporate them into my regular gameplay. I wish there was an easier way for my sims to have horses in a stable that they can go to without needing to have the horses on the main lot.

The world is beautiful.

Immediately after buying it, yes, because I only played with households that had horses for a while.

But my excitement for the bigger animals has since worn off a little, and I find that the pack's other, smaller features are much easier to integrate into my sims' everyday lives. Want your sim to be a Lady of the Knits using her own harvested wool, but don't have the time or space to accommodate a llama? Fine, give her a couple of differently coloured sheep and a hay rack, problem solved. Goats are also a welcome change from cows which tend to give way more milk than I'll ever need in addition to taking up a lot of space and being touchy at times. I still wish the goats were bigger, though.

Haven't really done much with nectar making, the few times I dabbled with it, the resulting nectar never aged, and I'm still not sure if that's a bug or it's really supposed to take forever. But I'm planning on experimenting more with that soon.

Absolutely since I love horses and also farming gameplay (although not all of my Sims will own horses, but I'm quite excited to play with them again). I also really like the BB and use it a lot, even in more modern houses.