LGR Reviews ~ Stuff Packs

If you concede he’s sounding bored of the game, then how can he be faking it also? That’s a contradiction in terms. And by doing it for the views I mean if the sims ends tomorrow, his channel will survive. It will carry on, he’s not a sims youtuber. He’s not dependent on EA for perks nor dependent on them to continue to make packs to grow his channel. He’s not say dependent on making click bait YouTube videos(the sims 4 gets cars!) or videos every time one of the Gurus tweets their breakfast, you don’t see Clint making videos out of breadcrumbs. He sounds bored because it’s a garbage pack. I think it feels more fake to see people squealing in excitement over swatches. But he’s not going to praise it one day and then throw it under the bus the next like some influencers do. That to me is fake. With LGR, what you see is what you get.

@MidnightAura Not a contradiction. He sounds bored of the game. I'm just not convinced it's not acting. In the same way actors on TV shows "sound excited" or "sound bored" or "sound... whatever emotion" it doesn't mean they really are but they still sound that way when you watch it.

It's great he supports the game. If he was really that bored of it, I'm not sure he would. If it's because of harassment from fans like you say, then I feel bad for him and maybe it's more making videos he's bored of, which is understanding too. I don't like to see anyone bullied online, but that doesn't make his videos entertaining to me. I just watched this one through and his tone made me bored watching it. Whether real or fake, it was still a bored tone.

Whether his channel would survive without the videos is a moot point, if he's doing it for the fans he still knows that it's what they want, so he still gets clicks and views out of it. Possibly by being able to tell people he turned down EAs offers, he gets more clicks and views as that's what people want. I dunno.

Honestly I don't care if people are game changers or not, or honest or not, it's not like I'm gonna buy something or not buy it because someone else likes or doesn't like it. I just look at what's included in the pack and make my own decision if it's one I want or not. I only watch Sims videos for entertainment value, not because I agree with them, and for that reason I am more a fan of someone who sounds enthusiastic and interested in the game, again whether they are being real or acting, or negative or positive, I don't care.

Anyways, I didn't come here to argue. Maybe shouldn't have said anything. I'd just heard so much on this forum about this guy lately and so I saw this link and curiously thought to check it out for myself. I watched this one and didn't get the enthusiasm so watched several more and decided it isn't for me. I was simply responding in agreement to another poster, and now that I know it's not my style I'll just skip past these threads in the future and quietly watch videos of the youtubers I do enjoy so those that like him can enjoy his videos in peace haha. Enjoy the review :)

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17207017" wrote:
If he's SO DONE with the game, why is he still reviewing it?

People laud him as being non-biased, but if he's someone that's annoyed or upset with the Sims, why bother reviewing it? For the views?

@PlayerSinger2010 Please refer to this video.

https://youtu.be/lPRBo2Gnwi4

Here’s a good follow up video.

https://youtu.be/iqaprLT7zic

"SimAlexandria;c-17207109" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-17207077" wrote:

"SimAlexandria;c-17207056" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17207017" wrote:
If he's SO DONE with the game, why is he still reviewing it?

People laud him as being non-biased, but if he's someone that's annoyed or upset with the Sims, why bother reviewing it? For the views?

Probably. Reviewing something you aren't a fan of is biased too. LGR sounds a bit fake to me. Like he's purposely trying to sound fed up and bored just to appeal to people who want a more sarcastic style view.

I prefer Sim Supply myself, even if I disagree with him on what packs are good and what aren't lol (I love my first pet and he hates it, and I'm not into build stuff etc). But James sounds more real about what he likes and doesn't, not just fake "bored of the game" haha. I get the feeling this LGR guy is more about the youtube views than the game itself when I watch this.

LGR doesn’t need the sims to keep his channel afloat. His channel does fine without it. I think he reviews the packs because he cares about the franchise as a whole and also because people beg him too.

LGR has been surprisingly positive about the sims 4 of late. He was positive about cats and dogs, seasons, Get Famous I think Island living. He didn’t even roast Strangerville which if he were all about the views he would have done. Perhaps his sounding bored is genuine?
I can believe it. I feel that way. LGR is not biased simply because he is not s game changer and nor does he get all the perks that entails.

If he's doing it because people beg him to that would confirm to me it's for the views haha. But yes it could be genuine it just doesn't sound that way to me. he sounds kind of bored of the game which made the review kind of boring to listen to for me. I've listened to a few of his videos but I don't see myself subscribing.

Every YouTube reviewer ‘does it’ for the views, there’s no shame in that. I could imagine it’s becoming hard for him to find motivation though. Who exactly is he reviewing for. I guess reviewing Sims packs in his case will also come down to habit, the way some simmers keep buying everything because they just do. He’s clearly very attached to the franchise (the videos @Hestia posts are a perfect testimony of that), I think he’s genuinely disappointed in the game; for many simmers he does have a point and no, there’s no acting involved, wish that were true). Whether you watch his reviews is up to the simmer, you don’t have to. He clearly isn’t over the moon about Sims 4, but he does manage to point out what’s in the packs, what’s worth it and what’s not. It’s up to the viewer if they agree or not, his reviews are quite factual and describing. No ‘awesome awesome awesome!’ for the blind sake of it, but also no ‘it’s all equally awful!’ without any explanation. I haven’t seen this latest review yet, but the ones prior to this sounded jaded yet honest and factual to me, and not totally negative either. Rather in a “well if you like this game I guess it’s a good buy” kind of way. That’s all a customer needs to know.

Speaking for myself, if I’m to watch two reviews, one by a simmer who gets every pack for free (and on top of that gifts worth $600 like I learned recently) and one by a once enthousiastic simmer who has to pay for it all now because he’s not so enthousiastic anymore, I know which one will feel more reliable to me.

I don't actually care about reviews. But I did watch LGR's review of the Moschino stuff pack.

He completely glosses over the Tripod, and how the tripod and the marks interact. The reason the Moschino pack went from "meh" to "I can use that" for me thanks to the Maxis stream.

If I were to rely on him for my opinion (and you should never, ever, rely on just one reviewer for opinions on anything. Heck I don't rely on one friend for opinions on things.) I would have completely missed that. And that makes me a little sad.

But, as I said, I don't care about the opinions of reviewers. I just want them to cover what's in the pack so I can make up my own mind.

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17207017" wrote:
If he's SO DONE with the game, why is he still reviewing it?

People laud him as being non-biased, but if he's someone that's annoyed or upset with the Sims, why bother reviewing it? For the views?

I don't condemn him. This game isn't the greatest or most innovative and they keep redoing things over and over as of late.

How many new skills did Maxis add this year up until now to TS4? None.

How many new gameplay systems did they add to TS4 in this year? None.

How many new build mode features have they added this year? One, the stilted foundations but it's not even it's standalone feature, it's more like a reskin of the already in-game foundations.

It's just not a great year for the Sims 4, maybe in terms of money gain yes, but the actual gameplay? No.

I watched the review now and he doesn’t say he’s ‘done’? He just adresses issues this game has that deserve to be adressed.

I love LGR for his wit and his intelligence. Since he is also a long time simmer, who has played all versions of the game, I trust his opinions because he has a great depth of knowledge (ie., he didn't just start playing the game with TS3 or whatever, like some of the younger gamechangers). I thought his Island Living review was very balanced, and I say that even though I am a bigger fan of the pack than he seemed to be. He did fairly acknowledge the aspects of the pack he enjoyed (like the world and the Off the Grid trait), while also pointing out the lack of depth (as he saw it) in certain things, like the merfolk, and diving (with the absence of a dive lot). The Moschino Stuff Pack review was very unenthusiastic, but he has never cared for stuff packs in any of the iterations of Sims; however, I thought his points were all valid. In order to understand how a skill works, like gardening or photography or whatever, I tend to watch someone like Carl, who does more 'how to' videos, which are different than reviews. Anyway, I really hope LGR continues to review the Sims; I'd really like to see him do some more Let's Plays as well, as his ones from the earlier games (TS1 and TS2) are hilarious.

"DaWaterRat;c-17207660" wrote:
I don't actually care about reviews. But I did watch LGR's review of the Moschino stuff pack.

He completely glosses over the Tripod, and how the tripod and the marks interact. The reason the Moschino pack went from "meh" to "I can use that" for me thanks to the Maxis stream.

If I were to rely on him for my opinion (and you should never, ever, rely on just one reviewer for opinions on anything. Heck I don't rely on one friend for opinions on things.) I would have completely missed that. And that makes me a little sad.

But, as I said, I don't care about the opinions of reviewers. I just want them to cover what's in the pack so I can make up my own mind.

Yeah, shame he did as he doesn't really go into a lot of detail with packs a lot with their gameplay. Why I like Carl's Sims 4 guide as he actually goes into depth about the features in packs and gameplay in his views and guides while giving a more than a good review with the good, the bad and ugly.

Updated

merged another thread on the new review in here to keep it all as together as possible.