The Sims 4 Horse ranch negative discussion.

"Horrorgirl6;c-18279283" wrote:
I guess my only complaint is how the sheep sounds like a human imitating animals.

I wish they would have included normal sheep, not a miniature version. Cottage living was perfect for sheep. It would have fitted the world better. And now for a second time we don't get normal sheep.

I will be honest but I am really tired of "Environment/New ways of Gardening" Packs. All of it feels to Similar to my tastes.

If we compare the first Six Expansions of The Sims 4, we get expansions that have different themes that for me add variety to how I play the game. Get To Work have new fresh careers and even business management. Get Together developed the social dynamics of Sims in the World. City Living added a new metropolis to live in as well as different lifestyle we can immerse our sims to which is the city. Cats and Dogs added pets that can change how we play the game depending on how you play it. Seasons literally overhauled all worlds with the new weather system and then Get Famous added reputation which affects how sims will live their lives now that every other people have perceptions of who they are.

Meanwhile, Eco Lifestyle? I mean we already have Island Living and Seasons that promotes the clean the world and help our environment. I mean isn't one of the marketing of Island Living was to clean the Island to save nature? Also a focus on gardening as well. Cottage Living? Another pack focused on improving gardening? Didn't we have that in Season, Island Living and Eco Lifestyle already? Now Horse Ranch. Its basically cottage living but with horses rather than cows.

My concern is them reusing the same playground equipment in these expansion packs. There's things they could add as playground equipment but they don't. Where's the see saw, slide, pull up bars and rocking horses. I'm tired of the monkey bars and play ships for the children. We have like 23 worlds and the main playground equipment be monkey bars in the public space's. I know they could create more for our sims.

"telemwill;c-18278882" wrote:
Y'all, the sheep and goats aren't babies. They are fully grown miniatures. These breeds exist in real life. The miniature goats are especially popular in my area.

I didn't know this lol but it kinda makes it seem worse? They probably started off as the newborn stage but ended up cutting the grown up stage so they decided to just have them the mini breed.

"Horrorgirl6;c-18279283" wrote:
I guess my only complaint is how the sheep sounds like a human imitating animals.

This is what most games do, the cats and dogs were also voiced by humans but mixed with the actual animal sounds.

My main gripe is as usual, a full EP from Sims 3 split into three (or more cause we still don't have pet birds). People say 'I'd rather have horses be more fleshed out' but horses were actually implemented pretty well in Sims 3 and were still in the same pack as cats, dogs, rodents and other small pets.

I do get why it's an EP and not a GP though, lots of animations + world = EP budget in Sims 4.

Also it does seem like just a continuation of Cottage Living's theme.

I'll reserve the rest of my thoughts for after the trailer is out.

I feel like they need to do something really really different next time though. So base an expansion around something long requested like cars or hotels.
Id love to see hotels as it is something that would add unique gameplay and also the potential for 1 or more really exotic worlds.
(just no more pets for a while please?......unless its a birb kit pack!, I could be persuaded for that!!LOL).

I personally hope that if we see horses in other worlds, that they have riders, and are not just wandering around alone. I mean it would be nice to have a lot trait for horses or horse riders to hang around the lot, otherwise I don’t want to see strays everywhere. That’s my opinion…

"SnaveXs;c-18279327" wrote:
My concern is them reusing the same playground equipment in these expansion packs. There's things they could add as playground equipment but they don't. Where's the see saw, slide, pull up bars and rocking horses. I'm tired of the monkey bars and play ships for the children. We have like 23 worlds and the main playground equipment be monkey bars in the public space's. I know they could create more for our sims.

Good point. We get the same playground equipment over and over again. But what bothers me even more is that there still isn't any toddler playground equipment in the base game. Toddlers were added in January 2017, so we have had more time with than without toddlers. After all these years toddlers are still ignored for public playgrounds. The only toddler playground equipment came with one single stuff pack and the early buyer rewards for growing together which are no longer available to get.

I had to go to an offsite to see a picture of the expected pack. The horses are too fat. The orange horse (Maxis' idea of brown) with the kid riding it has a horrible mesh. Body mesh looks awful. It looks like the legs were added at the last minute. And... No muscle tone at all. They almost look like a first time modder's try at making a 3D model. Bulky, yes, farm plow horses are bulky but just look at that orange horse mesh....it needs help.