IF you bought My First Pet Stuff...

I have not bought it yet.
But I'm very tempted because I liked the light, sofa and some objects for animals.
Has sofa that I'm in love with in this pack, but I would like to see some recolor from it without animal details (but I still have not found any!), but I would like to see some recolor from it without animal details (but I still have not found any!)

The CAS stuff is just AWFUL. Especially the weird 3-layer haircut. On the plus side, the hamsters etc are great! I just bought an IQ Reducer from the Vets, as that stops the hammy building a rocket and leaving...

"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)

You're preaching to the choir with being enthusiastic about those things. I also buy hardbacks and enjoy almost all day sessions of reading.. and sometimes the next day that can happen with a really good book. Those can cost in the 20's when new. I am talking about enjoyment.. and buying something you get entertainment out of ... because I have gotten at least 12 hours of hands on, in game enjoyment out of this pack alone up to this point in time. Oh and that's not including the amusement I get from coming to the forums and reading all the angst about it chucked in there for added amusement. I would think 10 dollars covers all that. Besides I'll continue to tally up the hours every time one of my sim has a rodent.. uses anything from the pack ect... I do think I'll stop doing it for this pack as it's already integrated into my game. I guess that falls into the replayability value of movies and rereading books.. which I also do if they entertain or speak to me.
I wasn't really talking about buying something you know you're not going to enjoy at all. I usually go to movies I think I'll enjoy, and buy books from authors I do enjoy (at least the hardback versions). I'm not so adventurous to pick those things randomly or worse yet know I dislike something but try to sit and bear it. I'm actually very rarely disappointed in movies I choose to attend and when it does happen I guess I don't choose to dwell on that. The Sims 4 is also similar to me in that respect.

I do not believe in dressing my pets up in RL, But I do in game and I still will not dress my pets up in game because I am not into it and the pack still is useless to me. If I it can be brought for $3.99 in the future I may reconsider but $10.00 for a few items I would use is an waste.

"Jessa_Dakkar;c-16383531" wrote:

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16383399" wrote:
Yup. Cute pets, secret lives, and a new illness that kills vampires and leaves them in hamster suits as ghosts! I'd buy it for that last one alone! :D It's gonna make me play a vampire for the first (and probably only) time, lol!

Are vampires the only way to get the rabid hamster ghost?

No, no. Any Sim the dies from it gets the hamster ghost. I just enjoy that vampires do, because it adds that last little bit of embarrassment. :D

I'm personally loving this pack! Then again I'm one of those folks that as soon as I got Cats & Dogs immediately made a whole new town and packed as many pets into it as possible, haha! So I guess an animal-lover like me loving this pack is no surprise. I definitely can see and understand the concerns others have? But... I don't know like I said, I genuinely enjoy and was excited for this pack as soon as I heard about it! I'm loving the pet clothes too. While I agree that IRL it's not the best thing to do (unless it's like...a little winter vest I have for my senior pooch), but in-game it's just so much fun. The pixelated critters don't seem to mind much~

Also, I'm with @poeticnebula -- I'd like to see some more DLC for other packs as well (mainly pet stuff though, let's be honest here). However, I think that stuff like that should only be done if the original EP (or GP) feels complete and is absolutely packed with content to begin with -- then add some more DLC on the side. I remember when C&D first came out I was right on that "it's lacking content" boat with others. To a degree, I do still very much feel that way (they should have called it the "Cats & Dogs Decals" pack imo), but I'm enjoying the pets so much I barely notice anymore.

"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?

Cute pack. My current household of elderly cared for by 2 adults now has a hamster to care for. Especially since there's no slots for them to have a cat yet. :)

I haven't played with it yet, but I bought it on the first day. While I agree that most of it probably should have been in Cats and Dogs, and I worry that they might start watering down expansion packs and adding what -should- have been in expansion packs into stuff packs.....I still like enough of the items enough to warrant a purchase. I love animals and C&D was a great expansion for me, even if it was lacking in the item department. I only hope they continue to add more pet items in future packs, though I'm not sure how they can do that without inducing more rage or frustration. Because if they add say.... pet beds into a future pack, that means anyone without C&D can't use them and therefore aren't getting the "full" pack....I don't know. I only hope this isn't the end of new animal content.

"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?

Umm maybe we are enjoying it? Couldja, wouldja consider that maybe? I don't have to make excuses for enjoyment.
People were talking about coffee ect and I piped in... and still believe paying for entertainment that you enjoy is something to expect you have to do... it was just a price comparison to me.