Lazy Gamer Reviews My First Pet

"Loanet;c-16382699" wrote:
Deep breaths, me.

Okay, this review feels really, REALLY lazy to me. Simply put, LGR skims over pretty much everything in favour of concentrating on telling us that not the entire pack can be played without the C&D expansion. Kind of missing the fact that people WITH the C&D expansion are the ones it's aimed at, skimming over the gameplay object in three seconds,not showing the many, many MANY swatches for the items, which is a shame because most of them actually change the shape of the item.

Now I'm glad that LGR speaks his mind and doesn't squee like a fangirl. But I don't think of this as a review. More like another rant about MFP (some of which make reasonable points), and we have plenty of those. His just came out AFTER the game was released.

I mean, this was a Stuff Pack. I knew from the start that he wouldn't advise anybody to get it.

Also, that $50? WHY? A guy already has C&D and thought it was pretty good, then bought MFP... How about he start a trend of donating that $50 to a children's charity instead? Cuz y'know, FIRST PET? All that kid-based stuff? It was a publicity stunt.

This is the part that got me I noticed it too.. but then again I bought the pack and pulled most of it out. Most.. because I was satisfied with what I looked through but I saw a lot more than what was shown in the video. I'm not going to go into a detailed analysis but he showed the rat splat looking rug... but there are many different ones ladybug, turtle ect, square ones both plain and with animal print patterns ect. He also did the same thing with the two pet beds, showing them in brown and doing the doghouse bit. Funny yes.. appealing to his audience, check. Showing the product throughly.. no. I think he didn't show them because he wanted to ho-hum it, focus on "24", whats going wrong in his opinion and entertain. That's okay might I add but .. as for fair and unbiased, no....it's not a full review it's a statement. Thing is he could have splayed them out and still done the snark bit about re-texturing. Right? Shown the pack and got in the digs too. He does show some things later as he's talking about the pack but you can't tell what's what.
Another thing that stuck out like a sore thumb to me was lining up 4 yellow cages.. the most obnoxious color in this simmers opinion. I mean he took the time to pull out each cage I think. Why not show different colors. Again.. entertainment and snark, and showing the variety imo makes it look better. As it was for grins I turned off his voice and watched the show a second time through.. and still liked the content. To me it's like his review is just geared to entertain those that agree with his stance AND that's okay might I add again. Same as someone bubbling over with joy when presenting. I usually don't watch reviews.. any of them. I watched more this time just because of the turmoil.. for my own entertainment. Not to see what they had to say. I don't need to. I enjoy the product and I'm not on the fence. I can see the content when the Gurus do a livestream. I guess one day it's possible I'll get a pack that I hate after playing with it but it hasn't happened yet and I'm not holding my breath that it will.
Anyway, I don't believe his reviews covers it all, or "nails it" and definitely not this time. They do cover some, voice his opinion and entertain. That's okay. For someone that wants to see what's in the pack though.. it could show a lot more.
Am I mad though?.. Nope, quite the opposite, it's entertaining.

Buying the rest of the Cats and Dogs expansion pack is exactly how I see it.
$50 total.

"CK213;c-16383324" wrote:
Buying the rest of the Cats and Dogs expansion pack is exactly how I see it.
$50 total.

It's actually $30 right now. :*

Ah.. I love his review.
- the single stupidest pack
- HOW GENEROUS!

Hahahahahah
He’s the best sims reviewer :)

"CK213;c-16383324" wrote:
Buying the rest of the Cats and Dogs expansion pack is exactly how I see it.
$50 total.

Actually Origin has C + D for half price. Not sure for how long.

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16382338" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-16382318" wrote:
I agree with all he said. The small animals are super cute, esp with their nightclub / their own adventures. I wish the small rodent disease was harder to get rid of, like you had to go on a quest to gather herbs to make a medicine or something more involved than just the vet to make it more dangerous. I liked in how TS1 the genie was basically a nightmare lol id like it like that

That would get pretty obnoxious quick after the first two or three times of doing it, even more so if you have larger families that contract it.

I don’t have the pack but I was under the impression that getting contracted isn’t a random thing? (which I consider a pro) That it only happens when the a. relationship is bad, b. the cage is dirty and c. that they have to take the rodent out. If that’s true there is no danger of entire families getting it, that’s up to the player.

"JoAnne65;c-16383405" wrote:

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16382338" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-16382318" wrote:
I agree with all he said. The small animals are super cute, esp with their nightclub / their own adventures. I wish the small rodent disease was harder to get rid of, like you had to go on a quest to gather herbs to make a medicine or something more involved than just the vet to make it more dangerous. I liked in how TS1 the genie was basically a nightmare lol id like it like that

That would get pretty obnoxious quick after the first two or three times of doing it, even more so if you have larger families that contract it.

I don’t have the pack but I was under the impression that getting contracted isn’t a random thing? (which I consider a pro) That it only happens when the a. relationship is bad, b. the cage is dirty and c. that they have to take the rodent out. If that’s true there is no danger of entire families getting it, that’s up to the player.

It only takes one Sim to catch it. After a certain stage of the illness, they become contagious and can spread it to the whole family (as well as any townies that stop by, though that matters less).

"JoAnne65;c-16383405" wrote:

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16382338" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-16382318" wrote:
I agree with all he said. The small animals are super cute, esp with their nightclub / their own adventures. I wish the small rodent disease was harder to get rid of, like you had to go on a quest to gather herbs to make a medicine or something more involved than just the vet to make it more dangerous. I liked in how TS1 the genie was basically a nightmare lol id like it like that

That would get pretty obnoxious quick after the first two or three times of doing it, even more so if you have larger families that contract it.

I don’t have the pack but I was under the impression that getting contracted isn’t a random thing? (which I consider a pro) That it only happens when the a. relationship is bad, b. the cage is dirty and c. that they have to take the rodent out. If that’s true there is no danger of entire families getting it, that’s up to the player.

also the dont have to dislike your sims to bite there rats they bite even if they love you

Not surprising at all, I guess we all knew what the review was going to include. I generally enjoyed it and he talentedly focused on the negative aspects of the pack, while displaying the content at the same time.

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16383386" wrote:

"CK213;c-16383324" wrote:
Buying the rest of the Cats and Dogs expansion pack is exactly how I see it.
$50 total.

It's actually $30 right now. :*

Yeah, that's what burns. I paid $50 bucks.
I really should wait until things are half priced.