The Sims 4: Horse Ranch - Feature Overview Trailer Discussion Thread

I'm sure horses and the minis will be fun, but as someone who wasn't a horse girl, I was hoping for more. Definitely I will buy this pack, but I'm not sure I'll get it full price.

Simply adding a pool table, a rocking horse for the toddlers and kids, maybe a diving board (pools will be desirable in such a hot world) would push it into must have now territory. Not saying those things exactly, but just two or three other small items.

It looks lovely for sure. Just left feeling unsatisfied. I'm hoping the Livestream shows more.

and I add to this workind saloon doors

"telemwill;c-18286535" wrote:
I'm hoping the Livestream shows more.

The Livestream will probably show in greater detail the features we've already seen. I'm not expecting to see anything new.

Just managing my expectations.

"telemwill;c-18286535" wrote:

Simply adding a pool table, a rocking horse for the toddlers and kids, maybe a diving board (pools will be desirable in such a hot world) would push it into must have now territory.

kids can ride horses so if there was rocking horse id give it to toddlers

I'm still upset about no saloon doors though

I expected to learn more about wool from mini sheep and milk from goats. Would be nice knowing whether they are physical objects (like llama wool/cow milk), that can be sold from a sales table, and if there is any specific recipe for the goat milk etc. Right now I suspect that we will sell it as we shear/milk, which would be good but not as appealing. We know we can sell it for money, but I'd like to know if it's possible to add anything to it like a wool/milk store.

Still looking forward to horses, but I'm with the people who found the gameplay trailer rather underwhelming. The reveal trailer already showed us everything twice, now we got it a third time with a voice-over, and I also agree that it wouldn't hurt to have a male narrator for a change. We still don't know much about the size of the world, whether there's more to unicorns than just a CAS accessory, if goats and sheep can work similar to cows and llamas, and if horses can exist outside of Chestnut Ridge (which I have no doubt they can, but many people on YouTube and Twitter think otherwise and keep stating their opinions as facts - a little word on that subject from the developers would go a long way). All we got are the names of some premades.

Speaking of which, though, I'm kind of into the redhead with the fiery horse. If he's actually in this pack and not just an extra for the trailer, he might join the exclusive club of premades that are allowed to stay in my game.

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-18286569" wrote:
and if horses can exist outside of Chestnut Ridge (which I have no doubt they can, but many people on YouTube and Twitter think otherwise and keep stating their opinions as facts - a little word on that subject from the developers would go a long way).

Excellent point. I've allowed myself to get my hopes up that horses can exist in other worlds, but they really do need to let us know one way or the other.

If they are limited to CR, I'd rather know early so I can manage my expectations. Like, my recollection is that we found out fairly early that skiing and snowboarding were locked to Mount K, which was more palatable than finding out (IIRC, in the livestream) that high school was locked to Copperdale.

If horses are limited to CR there must be a way to go there to rent a horse for the day. It would be very strange if only locals there can do anything involving horses. I expect we can have them in other worlds, though.

I am also really hoping that horses aren't locked in the new world.

Looking forward to seeing more. The trailer didn't really share too much extra info. Liking the idea of a ranch hand though and agree the goats are super adorable.

Honestly, kind of miss the times when expansion packs had like 4 (later 2) separate gameplay trailers. But I guess the devs want to put more emphasis on the livestreams now.

Overall, the trailer left me cold. A lot of the stuff seems a bit... surface level? Like yeah, you can make nectar, and it'll be bad at first, then better as you learn more, and you can sell it... but anything else? Is there an aging system? Like, the older the nectar the better it is? Can you mix and match ingredients, do experiments, host or visit nectar tasting events? (That isn't just inviting sims over and pretending they're giving out reviews lol.) If nectar making is the only big skill here, then it surely must be a bit more in depth than cooking and mixology are, right?

And HOW do the competitions work? How do you sign up? Is there a preliminary period where you have to learn certain things with your horse to ensure greater succeess? Can there be rivalries..? Do you gain some sort of reputation when you win a competition? Or what?

And the mini animals where barely in the trailer, I feel like. Yes, you can feed them, pet them, clean them, whatever. But can you do anything with the wool of a mini sheep? Make clothing? Intergrate it with nifty knitting? Can you form deep relationships with them as well?

The trailer also didn't really showcase anything new that we haven't seen yet, and alongside leaving things in the dark, it's not a good way to assure me that it is worth the price. (Though, have any of the EPs ever been?)