"There's only 50 playable sims in this town so this is the smallest town so far" Laughs in Sims 4

What's insane is that all of the Sims 3 content has not gone below $20. So yes it's much cheaper to buy the entire series but for a 7 year old game it really ought to be half of that.

I wish EA listened to you... They kept the same ridiculous price throughout the whole game.

I love this guy's sarcastic humor.

‚Only 50 playable sims, one of the smallest towns‘ - the sims 4 could never

Hidden Springs is one of my favorite neighborhoods in The Sims 3. I like the lake and pine trees. So beautiful.

I feel disconnected from this review because I pirated it like a civil human being.

Don't you wish you had a bunch of sim points laying around (I do)

$20?.....it needs to be $2. hell it should be for free!

the fact that this was almost 10 years ago amazes me

Why pay 20$ when you can download them for free like custom content, it isn't worth it for what you are getting.

For a second I thought it said barnacle boy

Now with Sims 4 we would love to pay 20 bucks for an expansion 😭

just rearrange your sunset valley in the barnacle bay formation

It is so weird rewatching these reviews with the way TS4 is going fresh on the mind - 20 dollars for a town was a big stinking cash grab, yeah, especially with the depth that Barnacle Bay and such offered - and still, it's so weird looking at them now and seeing the sheer potential in them. Coming from the stupendously limited, uneditable, hollow and small towns in The Sims 4 kind of drives it home how even mfing Barnacle Bay - which I certainly never paid for -- had more variety and value for cash than most of the schlock shovelled out by the Sims team now for 4. It makes me tremendously sad to see how far the franchise has fallen... they really just want to make a mobile game. Compare World Adventures (an absolute gem) to that sorry POS Jungle Adventure in both price, content and hype, and it becomes so painfully obvious TS4 will never have more depth than a sieve.

@MrGalaxyCommand Then you're looking in the wrong place, your "nerdgasm" comment is still clearly there just a little bit down from this one. There is no record of a comment at all if I remove it, it will only have that message if you remove your own comment.

Actually, I listed several of my favorites in the video description above! But yeah, a video might be cool sometime, we'll see.

I love your reviews, they're so entertaining!

@TheDailyCrumb I didn't waste a dollar on these, just SimPoints I got from promos or as gifts :D And downloading fan-made towns is totally the way to go, as I pointed out near the end of the video. There's just no way a town is worth twenty or more bucks to me!

@TheChoclateKing Well thanks, I'm glad you appreciate my mannerisms and methods of reviewing! Stay tuned, more to come in the very near future (I'll be reviewing the Lunar Lakes town)

@MrGalaxyCommand Nobody removed anything. Look through the comments, yours is still there from what I can see, relax!

@NJmusics If that's all you got out of it, you didn't watch past the first 30 seconds and may not be familiar with my style. Mocking tones, sarcasm and hyperbole are kind of "my thing". Nothing I can do about that, so if you don't wanna watch anymore, have fun elsewhere!

@sergh8605 You can find me by clicking on the link in the video description. My username is phreakindee, same as it is here.

@0always0falling0 I'm not sure about a whole video dedicated to the subject, but I've listed some of my favorites in the video description above.

I had no intention of ever getting either of these worlds, but when Hidden Springs went on sale last year, I went ahead and got it. I got Barnacle Bay free for preordering Island Paradise on Origin. Hidden Springs is nice, I like the pool. I played in Barnacle Bay once and that was to check out the town, saved Nina & Dina to the bin and haven't ben back since. I've downloaded better worlds from the Exchange for free.

These are also *far* more work, and I simply have zero desire to waste my time doing this kind of video on such crappy, overpriced, boring products anymore. Sorry, it's let's play-style videos or nothing when it comes to towns now :)

I bought Barnacle Bay. 😂 It was an impulse buy. Saw it, grabbed it, took it home, and didn’t even notice that it was only a code until I got home and opened the box.

@yngv1 I didn't "have" to do anything, no. I wanted to try these out, had some SimPoints laying around for a while, so I figured why not?

@XxRockhopperxX I've listed a bunch of them in the video description above!

“I never was, I thought they were pretty much tramps” LOL

Nope, they're custom items, so you need to get them from my website. Links are in the video description.

The only thing I really do like about Hidden Springs is that it looks like its modeled after Berne or Zurich in Switzerland :)

@ladawg81 ... I am? Not that I'm aware. If you're referring to the ads, that's not from a partnership, it's just something KZfaq lets me place on certain videos (revenue sharing program).

@MrGalaxyCommand Agreed, Neverglade is freaking amazing. In fact, I went ahead and added a bunch of really freaking awesome fan-made towns that I feel are worth downloading to the video description. They're all FREE to download, unlike these overpriced, underwhelming official addons!

Read the video description, I provided a whole list.

i waited a long time and got it for 1 dollar

@thedeterminator1 Yeah, KZfaq's subscription box service hasn't been working the past couple days for some people. Working fine for me, but I know a lot of my friends are having issues so it's likely rather widespread. Oh well, people will find this eventually, I'm not worried :)

@CrownedGD I build my own PCs, so it's no particular brand. I have my PC specs listed in the description area of quite a few of my videos since people ask so often :)

I love these reviews, even the new ones that aren't really "reviews" so much as just playing them, and I think it's great that other simmers are willing to gift them too you.

Read the video description.

How Do you NOT have over 1 Million subscribers? You Content is Amazing! And its Hilarious!

watching all of your TS3 Reviews makes me glad that i’ve joined the Pirate Life long ago 🏴‍☠️😂👏🏼

0:29 this was actually heart-warming for some reason. Felt like the cool uncle I never had lol

@CinnamonBlast Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy my lame off-hand remarks :D

@IAmTheRad Yeah, pretty much. It came with the original game, and I already covered that when it first released two and a half years ago.

Umm, that was not the launch price, dude. $20 is its original price, but it may vary depending on where you look and what kind of sale is on.

@TheJoel3803 Feel free! There's a link in the video description.

EA is just a money milking machine really annoying

I got monte vista and hidden springs for 9$ at walmart and it's definitely worth that at 4.50$ each town but no way worth 20-20$

@gottagame9000 Yes, as far as I know they should install just fine since they install through The Sims 3 Launcher, so it shouldn't be dependent on any kind of digital distribution platform.

I'm planning to get Sims 3 sometime and I'd love to get the hidden springs Town it looks so amazing!! But that's just my opinion.

I have to get something to know if it's any good or not. I can't very well make a fully informed decision on if the actual content is worth it until I've tried it for myself. Once I did, I decided these towns are overpriced, and I haven't bought any more since.

@JuicyCouture300 It actually comes with the Riverview town, the one you can download for free when you register the code of your copy of The Sims 3.

@BanjoGate There are some magic items on the Sims 3 Store, but they do not currently come with any towns, only as separate items.

@V3ryan Unfortunately, that's only half true. All that comes on the Hidden Springs DVD is Origin: the EA download service. You still have to put in a code to download the town, just like Barnacle Bay.

I don't like that Barnacle Bay is essentially Sunset Valley, but since Sims 3 is 11 years old, I can get decent prices on the boxed versions of the towns, so spending the money on things other than Sweet Treats isn't the worst thing for me

@V3ryan They haven't announced anything about a useless retail copy yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do eventually.

@ohohothisrocks No plant sims. Just sims with green skin, which you have in all versions of the game that I know of.

@AnimeGirl1249 No problem! $10 would still be too much for me, but it would be a whole lot more reasonable than freaking $25

Who, EA? Run a multibillion-dollar company out of business with a few personal opinions posted on the Internet? Yeah, totally.

@kingraider7 Why wouldn't they want people to spend their points? That's kind of the whole idea of the store. And besides, they still sell Hidden Springs in the store. I really doubt that's the reason at all. As other commenters have noted, it's now available on Origin, the new digital distribution service heavily being pushed by EA right now. It make sense for them to put it on there to get people to use their service.

@TheChuckysmith Yes I have, and have it installed to my game! It's awesome. There's also a Vice City town for download by Fresh Prince, it's freaking crazy. And yes, I'd totally buy Minecraft WAY before I even considered buying these towns. I'm not sure that's even a fair comparison there, heh.

Now that's a fair price. What it should've been from the get-go, if you ask me.

@CSAwwu Sure, let me just hop into my time machine. In lieu of that working, you'll just have to wait until it's actually released.

@jknoll2002 Yeah, the town itself is pretty cool, I like the surrounding area and buildings. But it sure as balls ain't $25 worth of cool.

50 playeable lots The sims 4 could never

@imaddictedtogames65 Eventually, but not anytime really soon. Too many other games that I actually have an interest in to play instead :)

This review seemed like it killed you

I can get monte vista and hidden springs for £5, worth it?

I love his sarcasm, he comforts me

When I got the Sims 3 for my birthday way back in the day, the person who gave it to me also got me Ambitions and Hidden Springs, I did enjoy the town but seeing how much it was, it makes me realize that it is really a waste of money.

@MazokuRanma Ah, that makes sense. I've never used Origin, so I had no idea. Thanks for the info!

I love your commentary. I can't believe I just found this.

So Hidden Springs has a lot of rich Sims? I wonder if my 2 million simoleons are enough to fit in with them... Nah, better go turn more of my family into gold statues worth 50k each... Yeah, I`m a greedy individual XD

i love hidden springs, the aesthetic is cool to me

Dude I like and trust your reviews, thank you for caring enough to prepare people what a game posses before they buy it.

@beccalovessims Same as it is here: phreakindee

Hidden Springs looks lovely

There's an entire series of videos called LGR Plays that as close as it gets!

@TeamRocketReviews Haha, I concur with utmost enthusiasm. This is about as far removed from Will Wright awesomeness as it gets.

I got this one & Monte Vista (packaged together) on sale. Didn't feel so wasteful. Hidden Springs is pretty & it's fun to play rich people occasionally.

You remember how cool it was in Sims 2 when you could visit in vacations a ship and there was this captain ghost and sunbathing and stuff...it was so great!

I like the towns in the description i've played with all of them,they are all well built and i loved playing with them all.nice work people...

@MagikGimp Hey, even pirates need a way to receive their parrrrrrrrrrrcels

I do like how there are houses in the mountain, very pretty

"This is a load of barnacles" - everyone not dead inside about the direction The Sims went in

I just bought this town and Monte Vista for a bargain of $6. They came together as a World Bundle.

Lol "they were pretty much tramps" 🤣🤣🤣 watching in 2023!

I wonder if the Calliente's would be made fun of for their sexual encounters if they were male....Probably not.

You should review Riverview, since that's a world :)

Hey LGR, which town/world was your favorite one? I'm looking to move into a new neighborhood.

pirating in barnacle bay makes too much sense

exactly the reason why I watch your reviews. it's honest to heart with a sprinkle of charm. keep up the good work man! I'll contribute happily with views :D

You make the best reviews. Sometimes I watch them just for entertainment instead of for their informative purpose...

when you put Barnacle Bay or Hidden Springs next to Fan-made worlds like New York or San Francisco, the ones from EA look like amateur rubbish

5:56 all i looked at was the cow lol

It's funny that you mention the whole "gettin with people them killing them and taking there house" because there is a challenge called the black widow challenge which was done by another simmer is this exact town, and basically consists of killing spouses and taking there homes...so I guess that seems appropriate. haha.

Haha, your sims 3 videos help me on what you get on the sims 3 and also some of your comments make me laugh! xD

Hey LGR, Fantastic video! I really appreciate your opinions, and you're absolutely hilarious! I always watch your videos before buying a new expansion pack, because you are very clear about the pros and cons. I like that. Thanks for the awesome review!

Enlightening, truly.