LGR Nifty Knitting Review

I think he has some good points ...

Oh thanks for this. I was excited to see his review.

I always watch his reviews, but since I actually play the game, they're a little far from my point of view. I mean when you're into the game a new hobby can actually mean a lot.

I love his reviews because they are so well written. In this case, I enjoyed all the alliterations and clever turns of phrase to do with knitting, stitching, sewing etc (some of which actually made me chuckle, like "yarnful encumbrance"). I could have predicted he'd find the the pack superfluous, given his general negativity towards stuff packs as a whole, and the whole "niche" quality of the thing. Personally, I don't agree that the game has "far outstayed its welcome" (at least not for me, because I know many in the community feel the way he does too) but I did enjoy the review anyway, especially the points he made about Plopsy. As for the pack, I've been having fun with it, but then I am mainly a family player. The ability to teach kids to knit, to gift craftables to different family members, and make a variety of things for all ages has made the pack worthwhile to me.

"Sindocat;c-17594944" wrote:
I couldn't finish this. His tone is snotty and condescending from the get-go, and I am disinclined to fight through his lousy attitude to sift out any actually useful information.

Is he always like this? Must be a lot of fun at parties.

@Sindocat Nah he's really funny and is great at writing but you know after 17 Stuff packs with most of them lackluster he's getting tired.

Haha I do enjoy his reviews, he always manages to make me smile.

It probably is a bit of a niche pack, but I like what it adds and would love even more hobbies for my sims. And Plopsy is fun too. I do wish they had added more wood tones for the rocking chair though, as the one brown colour does not match much in the current catalogue.

In the next sims version they really do need to separate colour options, ie. being able to choose the bedding colour and the frame colour, the chair colour and the cushion colour etc.

I love his reviews but I take them with a pinch of salt. (As I do all of the youtuber's reviews). He's tired and disappointed with the game. He's become jaded rather than actually informative as of lately. I don't blame him at all, it has been a lot of packs and it's gone on for more years now than any in the series. I still find his humour entertaining, he's witty and he puts together some good scenes. I'll still watch his videos as long as he wants to keep doing them, but it's not the only opinion I seek. Besides, I can see what's in the pack just as easily as anyone else can on the home screen in game and make up my own mind if I like that stuff or not, no matter what any reviewer says. ;)

Didn't we vote on the content and already knew what was going to be in the pack?

"crocobaura;c-17594964" wrote:
Didn't we vote on the content and already knew what was going to be in the pack?

Yes. And with SimGuruConnor's deep dives and livestream there was plenty of information to make an informed choice. The basic unknown was what type of bugs might pop up. It would be interesting to know if anyone actually plans their game purchases on reviews.

"crocobaura;c-17594964" wrote:
Didn't we vote on the content and already knew what was going to be in the pack?

@crocobaura Yeah but that doesn't take away from dissapointment from people who didn't want that. Also I did vote for Arts and Crafts but I did it only because I imagined a pack similar to FreeTime or something. Once I saw the second vote I was immidiately put off by the narrow feature options and I just stopped voting.
We did have a voice in the pack but we were not the ones who decided on the execution and that's what it's all about.