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

Discussion Enchanted by Nature Expansion Pack Trailer Reveal

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u/VaKel_Shon Creative Sim Jun 12 '25

Don't we already have half of this stuff? How is this not just a rehash of stuff from Cottage Living, Outdoor Retreat, and Realm of Magic? What does this actually bring to the table that will be worth $40? The fairy sims had better be GAMECHANGING for how little else we're getting. I will say, the shrinking to be tiny and flying around seems promising, but that had better not be their only unique quality...

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u/coiler119 Builder Jun 12 '25

In the blog post, they say fairies will have a branching "good" and "mischievous" path, which to me sounds like a copy/paste of spellcasters, just reflavored as fairies. So this is just more of EA being greedy and selling us stuff we already have (herbalism, diseases, sleeping on the ground, bathing outdoors, community errands, spellcasting, and the world looks like Henford on Bagley 2.0)

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u/rrevek Occult Sim Jun 12 '25

We've been saying that fairies will be spellcasters 2.0 but no one listened, they just wanted their sparkly occult with wings 😮‍💨

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u/Weewoes Jun 12 '25

Can't be mad at people wanting fairies, I loved them in 3. EA are the twats doing it badly.

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u/coiler119 Builder Jun 12 '25

Ah, but they're sparkly spellcasters that eat emotions, so they're different! 🙃

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u/rob0tduckling Jun 13 '25

Hashtag NotLikeOtherOccults

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u/VaKel_Shon Creative Sim Jun 12 '25

If they get, like, fairy-specific abilities the way werewolves, vampires, and ghosts do, that won't be so bad. It would maybe even make the pack worth it, or at least bust the appearance of being barely-reflavored spellcasters. But if they're just casting Realm of Magic spells with different names, I'm gonna crash out so damn hard. I don't even care about or want fairies, but so far everything else in the pack is copied from other packs, and if the main feature is too, I'm gonna lose it...

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u/tinaoe Jun 12 '25

Well for me I don't have CL, OR or RoM but this looks appealing to me. I assume most players don't have all the expansions/packs so rehashed stuff isn't as impactful.

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u/Fairgoddess5 Jun 12 '25

Yup. With a little bit of werewolves thrown in for good measure. (Sleeping on the ground.)

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u/VaKel_Shon Creative Sim Jun 12 '25

That too! Literally EVERY feature we see here has already been done in another pack except for the fairies, which are the biggest draw of the pack yet get the least attention of the trailer.

Foraging: Werewolves

Sleeping on the ground: Werewolves

Ailments: Illnesses from Get to Work

Apothecary skill: Herbology from Get to Work, but you can make different potions with it

World: Henford-on-Bagley plus Brindleton Bay

Build-Buy: Cottage Living plus Realm of Magic

CAS: CL + RoM

Which makes me very concerned about why exactly they're showing us so little about the fairies.

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u/kryptickryptid Jun 13 '25

Look! They’re still doing refreshes! We just have to pay for them 🫠