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The Sims 4: Outdoor Retreat
Released On: Jan 13, 2015
66
5.6
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
The Sims 4 fans will enjoy this brand new game pack, that adds a few new features but ends up falling short in terms of new content.
The new content is certainly welcome, but how much replay value the new area will generate still remains to be seen. In any case, the ability to crash your obnoxious Sim, permanently, at anyone's fancy digs is never going to get old.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
5.6
40% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
26% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
34% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
5.6
40% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
26% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
34% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
Never really understood all the lukewarm responses to this game pack. It's $20 but I got it for $15 on sale. Now I thought this was pretty fun. You get a new world called Granite Falls. You book vacations to it to spend some days either roughing it in the campground or live nicer in a lodge for your time. You plan out how many days and each one shows their rates. Once you have booked a stay, you can then travel to the forest and there are more things to do there like collecting, herbalism skill to improve, fishing, telling ghost stories, roasting weenies. I really have enjoyed this and think the reviews seem too lackluster. Out of all the packs I have at the moment (and I have them all right now), I have gotten the most use out of this one. I honestly would've paid full price for this one. The new build mode items are interesting and I have a nice campground even at my house. The clothing items are awesome and I enjoyed them all. My only complaint is that I would like to change some of the houses on the campground. I think that some people have actually done this but when I placed a new house on one of the lots, it changed the rate in accordance to the building, but I got stuck in a loop. I rebooted the game and tried again and the same thing happened. This pack would be perfect if that could be fixed. Definitely a 9/10 and totally underrated.
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Suffice to say, there’s plenty to do here. It’s a pricy expansion, but it’s well worth it if you’re a fan of not only the game, but the great outdoors as well.
Maxis fill the empty shell that The Sims 4 is with an original add-on. The Sims really get to go out of their suburban life, into the woods. Especially the new skill, Herbalism, is big in this game and it takes a while to figure it out, which is a nice challenge. This Game Pack is not gonna rock your world, but it will definitely stir up the lives of your Sims a bit.
While it’s not nothing you shouldn’t expect from a Sims expansion, Outdoor Retreat has enough content to expand the base game, and it keeps The Sims 4 fresh enough to keep playing. Ultimately, it’s a fun experience and a great way to bring some life back into The Sims 4.
The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat has fun new items, a unique aspirations, and new activities. It is nice to bring your virtual people to the outdoors but fails to give longevity outside of a brief vacation.
This Expansion Pack is undoubtedly an interesting breath of fresh in a little bit forgotten land of The Sims 4, but it does not offer enough new activities to keep your interest for a dozen or so hours. Only for the most dedicated fans.
It's not a whole Add-on but it also brings some cool new stuff to Sims 4.
It's better than the Stuff Packs, that were released during Sims 3, which only brought some new
furniture without any kind of new Interactions.
Here we have a new Neighbourhood, new furniture and new cool interactions!
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The first DLC adds vacations. With a new location and some new gameplay additions. Unfortunately the fun ends after your first visit and A boring game awaits you.
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For a $20 pack, I was expecting more. Since it's half the price of an EP, I was expecting half the content of an EP. It offers a new world, that even though it's smaller than the other ones we have, it's a nice addition for sims to go camping, which is the theme of the pack. But the activities that it comes with it are seriously lacking and the ones we have feel very tackled on and half-baked.
Sims can go hiking but all they do is walk alone through the world. They can't do it with friends or family, they can't actually hike a mountain or something, they don't stop to look at the view or see the animals (granted, there is barely any wild life to be seen, and the ones we can see are just embarrassing: a squirrel that looks like it came from a 1999 game. If you don't know what I'm talking about, google "squirrel outdoor retreat"). The campfire is nice, every sims' game has it so it was nice to have it back. There are a few interactions like sing songs on a guitar but you can't actually do it with other sims. Like a group of friends and family having fun around the campfire, singing songs together. Your sim does it alone and no one around even cares. When I send my sims to go camping with their friends (sims that aren't in the same household) they disappear the next day and leave my sim alone at the camp. It's just impossible to go camping with non-controllable sims. All you do when you go camping is sit by the fire or play horseshoes. We didn't even get a picnic basket or a ball or other fun activities that you usually do when you go camping. Overall, I was disappointed.
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The idea of a vacation world is cool but it doesn't add much gameplay to the sims 4 and in this vacation world there isn't much to do. Cool concept , but gameplay lets it down. Not an essential for the sims. 3/10 sadly
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When this pack first was released, there was a lot of buzz surrounding it, most likely because it was the first expansion to the Sims 4 base game, however five years on, and with hindsight, seeing the flaws in this pack becomes a lot easier.
The focus of this pack is being able to go camping at the new woodland vacation destination, Granite Falls. While this is a nice idea, and something which does mix up the game a bit- realistically how often are you going to go on vacation? As the years have gone on, the less and less I have used this pack and I've almost forgotten i even have it installed in my game.
While the Create-a-Sim and Build/Buy features are quite a nice addition, they're not essential, and all stick to a very rustic, woodland theme. And the gameplay is very mediocre and forgettable, with little that will change your everyday gameplay and I would only recommend buying it if you have most/all the other game packs, or if it is on offer, however your $20 could be much better spent on game packs such as Dine Out or Parenthood, which add a lot of new gameplay, or Spa Day, which adds some of the best CAS and Build/Buy items that the game has had to date.
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Summary Take your Sims camping and explore the all-new destination of Granite Falls in The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat! Venture into the deep woods to discover new surprises, including dangerous and wondrous herbs, new species of fish, creepy insects and…bears? Hang out by the campfire before trying to find the hermit rumored to live in the deepest p...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date: Jan 13, 2015
Developer:
- Maxis
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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