IF you bought My First Pet Stuff...

"JoAnne65;c-16384326" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16383810" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16383754" wrote:

"Hermitgirl;c-16381259" wrote:
Yes.. The family I'm playing now won't make much use of the pack.. because most of it very cutesy and it doesn't fit with them. I do have a rat and I'm really enjoying the interactions. I've just got a young adult male sim and a cat in the household otherwise. It's given my play a sweet little boost. I'm enjoying the interactions between all of them. I haven't gone into the disease/death aspect yet though. I'm playing .. nice.. and enjoying it. I want to see the poor guy get ahead. He might have to call forth evil rat death powers though if he get's cornered though.

I did look through CAS and build buy and yes I will use it for the right families. I love the female hairstyle... I had to make a sim for it. I haven't played her yet... she's got a sweet elven face. I'm not usually big on the two tone hairs but really liking how it looks that way. The male hairstyle I can see working but didn't float my boat with many male face shapes yet.. looks great on girls though. I can see using a bunch of the "stuff" with the right families.. honorable mentions to the kids activity table and bookcase.. much cuter than base game. The pet beds for variety, who doesn't want an egg or lemon bed seriously? The new rug .. I love that and can see it in bathrooms and kids rooms ect. The hamster habitat wall decals and the chow down litter box.

It's been a fun glowing game play day. I know these blow over a bit after the newness wears off but hey, I woulda spent more going to the movies. Besides I haven't even played with it all the ways I'm imagining I can.

I don’t know what movies you go to, but I love spending my money on that. Spending money on a good movie is as valuable as spending money on a good game. And spending money on a bad movie is a shame, a waste of money, like spending money on a bad game is.

(regardless how people judge this pack, this comparison makes absolutely no sense to an enthousiastic moviegoer like me; I also like spending money on books and many of them I’ve carried with me for decades)

I can understand her comparison. I rarely go to the movies. I prefer to wait a couple months and get it on blue ray or purchase from Netflix. I also no longer buy books. Reserve at the library. I'm just now reading Origin by Dan Brown and that was published last year. So people differ on what they're willing to spend their money on.

Sure, but “I woulda spent more going to the movies” as a general argument doesn’t make much sense to me is what I meant. Like, I wouldn’t spend a dime for a football match. Still there are plenty of people who do. So if I say: “Yeah, I bought this ridiculously overpriced scarf but hey, a football match would have cost me more”, that wouldn’t mean much to people who rather see a football match than buy an expensive scarf. “This pack is totally worth it because if I’d spent it on something that’s not worth it for me it wouldn’t be in my pocket anymore either” just doesn’t really make sense does it? Bottom line is you can only spend your money once. If it was worth it, it was. If it wasn’t, it wasn’t. But it’s not worth it just because it means you didn’t spend it on something else.

Guess what I’m saying is..., it strikes me people constantly seem to try and find excuses for buying this pack?

I bought the pack it fun for the pets and the fish tank coffee table the rest I could have not paid ten dollars and been happy. But that is me and I'm glad lots of people like it but for me it ranks with the stupid laundry pack we got and the cats & dogs I will never use. I can be a little more free to try packs because the money I'm using was for sims 4.

The hamster didn't win my heart, as it looks like a hampig and not real hamsters. I got it for the (chubby) rat. I am sure most people's first pets are either fish or birds though. For me it was fish.

"robyngraves;c-16384893" wrote:

That is where you are wrong. The pack says it is "my first pet" which is deceptive. Rodents, birds, and reptiles are first pets. They are all small caged pets. In fact my first irl pet was a fancy parakeet. When I saw it was just rodents, that was the first nail in the coffin, the recolors were the second, and the cat and dog stuff was the third nail.

As much as I am enjoying this pack, I will agree with you that birds and reptiles deserved a spot in this pack. I don't really mind the recolors and the cat and dog stuff, but the limitations that we got with the small, caged pets was somewhat disappointing.

See I want those pets to have at least as many interactions and things to do as the rodents do. I'm sure they only animate so much per stuff pack and per gameplay object.. so yeah I don't want snakes that end up like our frogs now. I'm good with all of them having a pack. I'm worried though that birds won't get enough coverage in an SP.

My First Pet has not won my heart and it definitely did not get my money even it has rodents in it.

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16384894" wrote:
My first pet was a calf. My bro's was a baby deer. I don't expect to see those under 'My First Pet'. *shrugs*

I had a deer when I was a kid too. But, no I would not have expected all of the different kinds of animals in a SP. It would have been much better if this was a GP. Then more critters would have stood a better chance of being represented in the game. It could have been divided into a small animal pack and a farm animal pack and faired much better. SP's are limited.

"poeticnebula;c-16383706" wrote:

"brendhan21;c-16382821" wrote:

"poeticnebula;c-16381008" wrote:
I love it! I've been on discord with friends who play and we're all enjoying it. My cats and fox love to watch the void critter and they have been on the fish tank table. I am very happy with the game!

you really do not think its a bit of a slap to the face to people who dont own cats and dogs and or people who do own cats and dogs as it just feels like cut content that should have been put into cats and dogs in the first place.

I've been on the forums and read most of the comments against the pack but I disagree with them. I never felt C&D felt lacking or incomplete. I love the vet career! The cats and dogs are very well done. I love the build and buy as well and was satisfied with the pack.

I hope they continue to offer us more content for previous packs! That is me. I respect those who feel different and have not posted my thoughts in those threads because I feel everything that needed to be said was being said. I was asked if I thought the pack was worth it and why. I answered.

*Edited because I forgot what thread I was in ;)

Nicely said, I agree!

"ANNETTE1951;c-16386255" wrote:

"poeticnebula;c-16383706" wrote:

"brendhan21;c-16382821" wrote:

"poeticnebula;c-16381008" wrote:
I love it! I've been on discord with friends who play and we're all enjoying it. My cats and fox love to watch the void critter and they have been on the fish tank table. I am very happy with the game!

you really do not think its a bit of a slap to the face to people who dont own cats and dogs and or people who do own cats and dogs as it just feels like cut content that should have been put into cats and dogs in the first place.

I've been on the forums and read most of the comments against the pack but I disagree with them. I never felt C&D felt lacking or incomplete. I love the vet career! The cats and dogs are very well done. I love the build and buy as well and was satisfied with the pack.

I hope they continue to offer us more content for previous packs! That is me. I respect those who feel different and have not posted my thoughts in those threads because I feel everything that needed to be said was being said. I was asked if I thought the pack was worth it and why. I answered.

*Edited because I forgot what thread I was in ;)

Nicely said, I agree!

Also agree with this very much.

I really wasn't going to buy it, but I was making a house and thought the fish table would look very nice just there. so I folded and bought it. I like all the new stuff but I haven't bought any of the rodents, except for the science lab. I thought it would give the staff something to play with. I'll be playing more there today. can sims actually add fish to the table?? and can the rodents actually crawl through the pipes on the wall??

"feetinstockings;c-16386978" wrote:
I really wasn't going to buy it, but I was making a house and thought the fish table would look very nice just there. so I folded and bought it. I like all the new stuff but I haven't bought any of the rodents, except for the science lab. I thought it would give the staff something to play with. I'll be playing more there today. can sims actually add fish to the table?? and can the rodents actually crawl through the pipes on the wall??

no to both sorry @feetinstockings the new pets are fun though

I decided to put the new round coffee table with fish inside it into a new build i'm doing, it is nice to look at and whoever came up with it has a cool imagination. But I must admit I am a little disappointed at the lack of interactivity, especially since that interactivity is there for other fish tank items so it would have taken little time to code in. With all the other fish tanks you fill them with fish yourself and have the option to 'view' the fish. Nothing like that here, it is just an object. I can't believe it took this long to get a round coffee table too, please do more of these (also please do more diagonal floor patterns and introduce spiral staircases).

The rodent is okay, I usually don't realise they are going on an adventure until it is too late, but I did see the nuclear explosion one and the rodent rave animation. My sim also caught the new disease but I decided to cure him of it. I'm always happy to see a new death introduced

Not the best stuff pack by any stretch of the imagination