I think The Sims 4 needs to use alternative methods for news delivery that don’t involve the potential for creating a mass of clutter. A daily email, special billboards that can be read for the latest tea, or a text message with all the deets you need!

That being said, my older relatives didn’t care for the newspaper, they liked websites as they didn’t waste paper. A touch of modern creeps in everyone’s lives, so I can see an alternative like that in The Sims 4. Based on my experiences with newspapers in The Sims 3…I never want to see them again.

Edit also, as usual, late reply. :’)

That’s due to women being the main demographic that plays The Sims…Maxis wants to make sure they get a lot of assets to design their Sims with. I hope the balance changes and male Sims get some more love. Along with the other life stages, they need more outfits too.

There are some ridiculously big things in this game, for sure. The ‘telescope’/observatory thing, and the cupcake machine, for example, are both way too intricate and big for casual or home-use (they’re more meant for professional or industrial use, anyway). The juice fizzing machine is maybe a bit too much, too.

However, I don’t see how the candle making station, for example, is too big; you need to have enough space to work with, and to lay out the things you’ll need for it, and the thing next to it to dip the candle in, it all needs to be there, it’s all necessary to the process. Same thing with the recycle machine, I don’t see how they could make that any smaller; it needs to be big enough to contain the necessary hardware and components it needs to do its job. Something like that is very big in real life too.

The cow/llama stable isn’t too big, either. Would you put your animals in a stable that’s barely bigger than the animal itself? They need to have some space to breathe and move around in there, the poor things.

That being said, I agree the cows and llamas shouldn’t be like this in an EP. It would be fine for a GP (which this seems to be, an overpriced GP, just like most TS4 EPs). But this is an EP, they should be proper Sims/animals like the horses in TS3 – not tied to a shed, able to roam around the entire lot, and the ability to build a custom stable for them. It’s just so sad. The foxes as well, they should be proper Sims, like cats and dogs, that Sims can befriend and move in as a pet.

The picnic thing is pretty lame, too. They haven’t put in the time to code Sims to eat on the ground, which is really diappointing.

I wish they could at least roam around the lot..I like vast spaces, I wanted them to roam. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is code from the cc versions in these same “NEW” features. ALL this has been done, I have another mod which are FX chickens on my farm, although they cant lay eggs, they are cute, and aren’t a bother.

So All that said, besides Miss Crump, nothing is New, Windenburg is my “countryside” I have little chickies, and Mods for Hens with eggs, Produce stands, Etc are already available. The Half baked saga of TS4 continues.