And, there are stray cats and dogs that you’ll find in the world that can be adopted and/or befriended. However, the world that comes with this pack, Brindleton Bay, is beautiful. Because of that detail, having a pet in your game in the Sims 4 can often be more of an annoyance than anything else. It’s as if the game developers wanted to make sure that the vet features were utilized well, because every few days you have to go to the clinic. The game does allow for more customization of your pets and breed options, and it brings us the Veterinary career and clinic system. Cats & Dogs seems to be taking a similar path of The Sims: Unleashed, with only 2 types of pets allowed, and minimal features. In the Sims 3 you could control your pets just like you do for your human sims, and there was a cheat that enabled that option in the Sims 2. The pack only features cats and dogs, unlike the previous pet packs which have featured hamsters (or some sort of rodent pet) and horses. Cats & DogsĬats & Dogs is a frustrating pack. There are so many ideas that have been shared by the community, so EA would know exactly which direction to go in. This pack would be a great option for a pack update. Overall, Island Living has the bones of a great pack. It’s also fun to play with creating ‘good’ mermaids as well as ‘evil’ ones.
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The Create-A-Sim aspect of mermaids is very detailed, and you can create some beautiful mermaids. I admit I have not spent a ton of time playing with them, mainly because they lose my interest very quickly. Mermaids come with a few powers, but I’ve never found them to be exciting to play with. Island Living also introduces mermaids into the game. But, the world isn’t navigable when diving like it was in the Sims 3 Island Paradise. There’s also more additions to the fishing skill, and you can become a lifeguard or diver. Being able to interact with the world and improve the ecosystem does add gameplay, similar to how the Eco Lifestyle career works. This pack brings us the Conservationist Career. This was released in June of 2019, when there were already vacation worlds and rental lots, so I don’t understand why this world wasn’t at least split with a few rental lots. That’s a small detail, but it means you have limitations in your gameplay. But it’s a livable world and not one that you can only visit on vacation. Island Living has al the potential to be a great pack, but it fails in execution. Video Courtesy of The Sims on YouTube 10. But, the items and world that you get with the pack are not worth the money- use custom content instead. Overall, if you like active careers, this pack is great. Most players that I’ve seen use this world as a place to house businesses, such as a bowling alley or spa (from game packs). This pack also adds Magnolia Promenade to the game, which is a small 4 lot world. We also get the classic alien abductions with potential male pregnancies back. You can only access Sixam through the rocket science skill or the scientist career. This pack does add the baking and photography skills, and adds aliens to the game, as well as their world Sixam (which is Maxis spelled backwards).
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So I’m not surprised that Get to Work just can’t compare, especially when the retail aspect is only a small portion of the pack. Open for Business is definitely one of the top-tier packs ever released. And while I loved Open for Business in the Sims 2, I have never even used it in this game. This pack also brought the retail system to the Sims 4. Luckily, if you like the other features of the pack, there is an option to send your sim to work without you. After that, they become very mundane and repetitive.
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The active careers that come in this pack (Doctor, Police, Scientist) are things that are fun to play through once. By no means do I regret getting this pack- I just think there are better options if you can only get a few. The first expansion pack for the Sims 4 is also my least favorite.