How's the Cottage Living so far?

Honestly, it's really (really) good but also challenging at the same time.. I had my two married sims move in and they are so broke so I'm trying to make them make money from Village Errands and the errands are not easy at all, especially the one thay requires you to collect things, plus all the animals are so overwhelming! There are a lot of stuff and it's very fun to play, and also feels very different from all the other packs.. I haven't encounctered any bugs yet and I pretty much totally recommend it especially for animal lovers!!

The welcome wagon event didn't happen when my sims moved in but I did get a bunch of townies just randomly enter the house and start sleeping in my sims bed, a bit rude considering they didn't even bring a fruit cake! There was a thunderstorm happening at the time so I figured maybe they were just looking for shelter.

The other thing is that sometimes the town gardening and grocery stalls randomly close when they are supposed to be open (it tells you trading times if you hover over the closed stall. My sim was there at 10am and the stall was closed but when I hovered over it, it said trading times were 7am to 6pm or something like that).

Certainly I haven't come across any major bugs that are badly impeding game play so far and I've been playing for 10 hours.

I am loving the simple living lot trait. Makes growing your own produce so much more meaningful in the game.

I got the welcome wagon, not once.. but twice. I do like this pack but I have fertilizer in my inventory but can't use it

Really enjoying it, I also love the simple living trait. Thought I d order a big grocery delivery to start of with and I was thrilled when it cost quite a lot of money, a bit like real life. Henford on Bagley is beautiful too.

Only got to play for a few hours. I'm enjoying it so far. It's providing some challenge. The bugs I've encountered is the pub owner not manning the bar. She was at the pub and labeled as pub owner but their was another sim at the bar. Also I'm having the foxes show up as households. It's only happening with the foxes and not with the bunnies. Hopefully they fix that because it's very annoying.

I barely started, but I'm having a lot of fun and challenging in a good way already! Was a little sad that none of the fridges that are supposed be off the grid aren't working anymore, so I had to turn that off for now. Loving it otherwise!

I'm totally smitten with this pack! The world is gorgeous and the new animals are adorable. Game play keeps me so busy, hubby had a tough time getting me to take a break to eat dinner. And the only topic of conversation was Cottage Living, of course. Once I loaded up a new save and began playing, time flew by and before I knew it, the sun was setting. I found a couple of very minor annoyances, but they're so minor it isn't worth taking the time to talk about any of them. All in all, I give this pack a 9.9 out of ten. Right up there with Seasons because of it's game play content, along with the fact it can hold my attention for hours. The one thing that disappointed me was the weekly fair. I don't know what I expected, but the fairs are a bit boring. I thought there would be more to do, I guess. But I'm still exploring what this pack is all about, and there might be ways for me to add more to do to the fairs besides talking with the locals. I have a feeling there is more cross pack game play I haven't discovered yet, and that means I have a lot to look forward to.

"jpsulsuldagdag;d-992111" wrote:
My main concern...is it buggy? Are the new features really good?

no it does not seem to have bugs

The sim I'm planning to move over there isn't quite fully cooked yet—as in, Mom's still pregnant with the kid who's going to grow up to experiment with the features.

Already planning a weekend around it.

But as far as introducing bugs into the game outside of the pack area? Doesn't seem to be doing that yet, but anything can happen...

I work nights but had last night off, lucky me! I have been playing since midnight and I love this pack so much! No bugs so far just fun and animal cuteness overload! I've been playing with cheats so I could experience a little of everything but I will now start a new save without them to test how challenging it all is. Either way I don't foresee being bored with this pack anytime soon!