We Need To Talk About Pets In The Sims Series

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  @cartooncass · 10 days ago

  I feel like it’s worth mentioning that not only are cats and dogs not controllable in sims 4, you can’t even see there needs or traits, unlike sims 1 and 2, clicking their icon only has the camera lock onto them. And I know why cats and dogs aren’t playable, they can barely do anything, if you can control your pets, with say a mod, you notice that 90% of the world is non interactable.

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• SA

  @sarajacob8265 · 9 days ago (edited)

  I played as a famous ghost-hunting black cat in The Sims 3. The human sim was locked in a small room with everything they needed, and I ignored them outside of fixing their needs once in a while. That cat became a multi-millionaire. Genuinely the most fun playthrough of any Sims game I have ever done.<br><br>Vaguely related: It&apos;s far too easy to get simoleons in sims 4. All of my sims end up financially well-off with barely any effort. Takes some of the fun of the challenge out of the game for me.

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• FR

  @frucasbuilds · 9 days ago

  I still remember when I first bought Sims 4 cats and dogs and I thought I was doing something wrong cause I couldn&apos;t control the pets. Ended up even googling &quot;how to control pets in sims 4&quot;. Imagine my dissapointment when I realised I couldn&apos;t, after having played with controllable pets for the last 4-5 years.

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• HU

  @HurricaneStory · 11 days ago

  Death by killer chickens sounds pecktacular.

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• LA

  @laurapalmeruniverse · 9 days ago

  I just want a rebooth of Sims 3 at this point.

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• PE

  @petrnovak7235 · 10 days ago

  The saddest thing about cats, dogs and horses is that there are mods that can make them playable. It&apos;s not perfect, but it works. So, if modders could make it, EA should be able to do it too. They just took the lazy way.<br><br>And my problem with pets in Sims 4, besides needing plethora of packs, is that they did not extend the household limit for them. Let me explain what I mean. The regular Sim family limit is 8. We all know that. However, Sims 2 and 3 Pets raised that limit to 10. Yes, you still only can have maximum of 8 Sims, but you still can have two pets with them. This was important for those of us who like big families. In Sims 4, however, the limit stayed 8 no matter if you have pets or not. So, if you want, let&apos;s say, cat and dog, you will now only be able to have six Sims in your family. And that is another reason why I don&apos;t play with pets as much as I did in Sims 2 and 3 where almost every family I had had pets. Now, that&apos;s not the case in Sims 4, sadly.

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• FI

  @FiveOnAFriday · 11 days ago

  I like pets, they make the game more fleshed out. They do feel less whimsical now than they did in the past, like I&apos;d love a dragon

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• NO

  @NotAnAlgorithm · 11 days ago

  Sims 3 really was the best game in the series! I wish they would release a special edition with some update UI elements

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• LI

  @lionguardfan2019 · 10 days ago

  I found Sims 3&apos;s coat genetics <b>better</b> than Sims 4&apos;s one.<br>As for controlling pets; not just seeing the needs we want. Some of us had a dog lay down in the path a Sim was taking... Both games; with Sims 3 you could click dog and tell them to move over.<br>Sims 4? you and your sim waits indefinitely for the dog to decide to move so they can get to where they were going. PC users at least can use Selectable Pets Always as a &quot;mod&quot; that just re-enables the existing code for pets to be controllable

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• K4

  @K41YP50 · 11 days ago

  I honestly can&apos;t get over the fact that you opted for a wall of mounted fish instead of an aquarium lol

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• HU

  @HurricaneStory · 11 days ago

  Love that your pets made cameo appearances in your intro! 😂

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• MA

  @mayas.9247 · 9 days ago

  the thing that always bugged me about ts4 is just how little they take advantage of the fact they&apos;re splitting all the content that was once in singular packs but charging pretty much the same price. it has the graphics and style, build mode and the neighborhoods (to a degree) going for it but its not surprise to me why I always end up going back to ts3

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