Travel with the cat to the Veterinary Clinic and you can meet other like minded pet owners. Take the dog for a walk and you can socialise with multiple other pups down by the Cove.
Cats & Dogs introduces a new township with four distinct areas and you can take your pets along as you explore this new world. Not to worry, the addition of pets doesn’t limit you to cleaning up poop in the backyard all the time.
I quickly realised that this version of the Sims will take a little more effort than the standard eat, sleep, fend off grim-reaper, work, repeat format of the past 17 years. Lei was no help as instead of feeding the pets, she went and splashed in a questionable puddle left on the floor by Zeno. Zeno had to rush around at midnight, while busting for the toilet, to feed and hug the pets. Thirdly, I couldn’t find the tiny kitten and puppy in my mansion amongst the incredibly uncomfortable, yet modern furniture. Secondly, the puppy pooped on the living room floor.
But calm family life quickly degenerated.
#THE SIMS 4 CATS AND DOGS REVIEW TV#
Mum Lei enjoyed turning the tv on and then walking away. Zeno, the man of the house, enjoyed setting the obstacle hoops on fire and expecting the puppy to jump through them. Gameplay started off well for me, toddler Indigo loved babbling at and hugging the kitten. Once the house is built, it’s time to unfreeze your family and let the autonomous madness begin. When you move your pets onto their new block of land, you then have the challenge of designing a house that can accommodate the many accessories that are included in the expansion pack, including obstacle courses, litter boxes, balls and automatic feeders. You can do the same for a puppy, however if you’re like me you just adopt the first one that is auto-generated because you can’t bear to leave him behind. You can create your dream kitten from multitudes of cat breeds, fur styles and DNA mixes. The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs adds some refreshing elements into the sometimes tedious design process. There’s so many choices to make – the Wooden Windsor Puppy Perch or the Could Use More Pillows couch? Perky or creepy Sim walk style? Toddler wearing a Darth Vader helmet as formal wear or no? To start with, you’re going to spend at least 1 hour creating your family and another 4 hours perfecting your Grand Designs worthy home. I’m kidding…who has time for that! The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs is a very involved game. Now that’s out of the way you can focus on raising your little family to be upstanding citizens of Brindleton Bay. You may as well hire a cleaner and a nanny from the start. Why? Because Sims are autonomous beings and trying to get one to focus on entertaining, feeding and toilet training a toddler is hard enough without throwing cats and dogs into the mix. There’s especially no point playing the Sims 4 Cats & Dogs without at least $500,000. There’s no point playing the Sims with less than $300,000.
“Motherlode”, “Motherlode”, “Motherlode”. Have you ever wanted to be a crazy cat lady? Create a literal designer dog that looks like its owner? Or price gouge people at your own vet clinic? Then the Sims 4 Cats & Dogs is for you.Ĭats & Dogs is the fourth Sims 4 expansion pack, allowing you to add customisable cats, dogs, puppies and kittens to your Sims family, purchase a veterinary practice and spend the same amount of time caring for your digital pets as you would real ones.įirst thing’s first.