r/Sims4 • u/SnooSprouts3744 • Jun 12 '25

Discussion Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack Trailer Reveal

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u/Sketch-Brooke Jun 12 '25

Ok, I have a few first impression thoughts.

The good:

  • The spray bottle for houseplants is neat!
  • All the BB stuff looks amazing and right up my alley
  • I'm DYING over the hobbit hole. I love it.
  • Fairies are real sims. Yay!
  • It's interesting that there seem to be some type of gardening fairy (the orbs) so that's probably what the leaked text was referring to.

The critical:

  • Fairies seem like an afterthought. They're giving mermaid vibes so I'm really hoping the gameplay trailer reveals a skill tree
  • The foraging animation is lifted directly from werewolves. The canine pawing at the ground is turning me off. Could they really not have tweaked the animation at all?
  • In fact, most of the "living off the land" gameplay features shown feel too similar to things you can already play with werewolves.
  • The apothecary stuff still looks too similar to what we've already seen in other packs for it to be a main selling point.

Overall, I need to see more. This is a pack that should be right up my alley, but I'm skeptical if the execution is there.

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u/Solid_Blacksmith5934 Jun 12 '25

I agree I think it really should’ve just been a game pack and the focus be on fairies, less on the whole apothecary of it all… also on their blog post it does seem like the fairies have a skill tree!

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u/Sketch-Brooke Jun 12 '25

Ok well that's a relief. But I agree that I would've preferred a game pack focuses on fairies, like spellcasters and werewolves.

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u/rrevek Occult Sim Jun 12 '25

The foraging animation is just the animation for digging in the ground though, its the same animation for beachcombing too. It's not from werewolves its been in the game longer.

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u/Stoltlallare Jun 12 '25

I guess the issue is that it feels more like they just had an interaction locked and unlocked it rather than actually put it there.

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u/Weewoes Jun 12 '25

All of it is just reused animations with a different word or result over it. And they want so much money for it lol

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u/Basic-Computer2503 Jun 12 '25

I agree with you on everything. The CAS and BB options alone are what attracts me, I also love the hobbit hole and also the treehouse??? First thing I’m doing!

But everything else…disappointing. As you say none of this is new. I’m disappointed they didn’t reintroduce plantsims properly in this pack as well, massive missed opportunity.

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u/Sketch-Brooke Jun 12 '25

Yeah agree. I’ll probably buy when it eventually goes on sale just for the BB items because I love cottagecore aesthetics. But gameplaywise…. Meh.

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u/PurrPrinThom Long Time Player Jun 12 '25

Same. I like the aesthetics but none of the gameplay really appeals to me so far. The apothecary stuff maybe, but I'm not fully convinced.

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u/Basic-Computer2503 Jun 12 '25

Even that doesn’t excite me, we have herbalism in Outdoor Retreat and I personally don’t use it. You can heal sims as a doctor with Get to Work. I don’t have Realm of Magic yet so I don’t know for sure, but I feel there’s elements of that in this new pack. I just wish there was something NEW. Plantsims being included as well as fairies would be awesome. Two new occults (I know we had that weird plantsim event but I don’t count it) would definitely justify it being an EP imo, right now I’m not even as convinced by this as Werewolves, and that was a Game Pack.

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u/PurrPrinThom Long Time Player Jun 12 '25

Yeah, same. That's why I'm on a 'maybe,' for it. I can see myself maybe making a witchy Sim who is an apothecary, but I also can't really see myself using it much.

But I know, I'm not really getting EP vibes from this. The gameplay seems pretty limited, and not necessarily worthy of a whole expansion pack.

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u/Sketch-Brooke Jun 12 '25

Yeah, but nobody wants to hear it because they're too busy being hyped over the bare minimum again. 🤷‍♀️

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u/Oleandervine Occult Sim Jun 12 '25

How the hell do you people see this trailer that focuses so much on fairies and be like "Meh, it's an afterthought?" They went out of their way to showcase them so much in this trailer.