Would You Wait For This Or Watch Now?

I will watch as much as I can, because I want to know things before I play to avoid huge mistakes and waste my time trying to fix them later. Sometimes there are things that can't be found if you don't even know they exist.
I usually watch only DrGluon and sometimes James Turner on YouTube because they concentrate on fun (DrGluon) and gameplay (both) and not obsess about how pretty their Sims are, but when new packs are being released I usually watch a lot of others as well. I just skip on the parts that are not interesting to me.

I personally only ever watch the official stream unless I'm not quite sure about something but in all honesty I'd rather read an article than watch a video. If you want to see it for yourself, I'd avoid watching too many videos. I'm probably going to wait until it goes on sale so there will be more info then anyway.

Well, I won't go into any spoilers (even if I had any), but after watching one YouTube video that only showed CAS and the new items I was surprised at how much was added. No clue what the game play is like though.

For me personally, I watch videos before buying. There have only been a handful of games or DLCs I've ever preordered, I want to know what I'm getting for my money so I don't buy blindly. I never get caught up in the hype, I want to see exactly what I am buying. There have been too many times in the past when I've bought something only to realize that for the money spent it just wasn't worth it.

But that is an individual decision, what works for me may not work for you. If you are 100% positive you are going to buy, then I'd say don't watch anything and explore the content for yourself before watching any videos.

I want to know as much as possible beforehand. I remember when Prima game guides were a thing and I'd purchase them and read cover to cover before playing the game.

"simgirl1010;c-18150658" wrote:
I want to know as much as possible beforehand. I remember when Prima game guides were a thing and I'd purchase them and read cover to cover before playing the game.

Yes! I still have all the Sim 2 guides.

"simgirl1010;c-18150658" wrote:
I want to know as much as possible beforehand. I remember when Prima game guides were a thing and I'd purchase them and read cover to cover before playing the game.

Same here! I still have them all and they are still essential references after all these many years of TS2 play. Same goes for the guides for TS1. I even have most of those for TS3 and the one for TS4 base game when it was released. Those books are absolute gold & I wish they existed for TS4.

As for the videos question, I want every scrap of information I can get. TS4 packs can be like a minefield, and I'd rather learn from those who have already gone in than find out the hard way.

I have watched a few of the gameplay ones but I would like to look through cas and b/b myself.

Yeah it's a difficult decision, because it's nice to know what you are buying but it's also fun to be explore packs by yourself and maybe be surprised. I didn't want to spoil the werewolf pack too much, so I only watched cas and some stuff here and there. I avoided watching the lore and world stuff beforehand and managed to do it quite well (I had fun finding the tunnels on my own, though they weren't that hard to spot, and I'm still investigating the lore with my two teens). So I'd pick things that you don't mind finding out and things that you definitely want to explore yourself and try to do that.

I am watching lots of videos. One reason is because I play rotation and need to know if the pack works well with my play style. I need those questions answered before I buy.

If you play mostly one family per save knowing beforehand is probably not as crucial. As long as you know you want the pack, you could wait to be surprised.

I tend to select videos that showcase elements that are crucial to my playstyle. If something just says "Early access review" with no further details what will be shown I wouldn't click it. If a clip says specifically "First look at proms" that's more helpful. I'd suggest to avoid spoiling yourself on CAS, Build/Buy, premades and especially the world, but to take a look into gameplay videos so that you can plan in advance how your families will fit into the mechanics.