I get so many questions about Sims packs and my favorite ones and which
ones I think are worth buying. So I've made a couple ranking videos where I kind of talk through the packs and
which ones I like the best. The thing is, I'm pretty sure when I last
made one of those, we had like, 15 less kits. And I'm not even exaggerating, I think there's been a lot of kit releases since
the last video I made like that. We haven't actually gotten that
many real packs since then that would really affect my rankings, but
the kits are a whole different story. So today I want to spend some time thinking about that and try to rank all of the
kits that we have for The Sims 4. A couple disclaimers first: obviously number one, I'm not the biggest fan of kits or
like, the existence of them in general. I have kind of conflicting opinions here
because I like getting new stuff for The Sims and it's fun and most of them are
pretty good and have pretty good items. The price just adds up so fast and
the game is already pretty expensive. So all of these like, super frequent kit
releases are kind of annoying, but I guess at this point it's just gonna keep happening
so we kind of have to accept it and the other thing is that obviously my opinions on these
kits might be completely different from yours. For starters, I really love building in The
Sims and I'm not a huge fan of Create A Sim, so immediately all of the CAS kits are going
to be like, ranked lower than build kits. But for you it might be the opposite. And also I feel like half the point of these kits is to sort of release some things
that maybe fill some niche styles. I don't think every kit is
supposed to appeal to every player. When, for example, an expansion pack maybe is
supposed to have a bit of a broader appeal. I don't think they're aiming for that with kits so you might hate a lot of the kits
that I love and that's totally fine. This video is literally just my opinions on these
kits and how they work for me and my gameplay. And yours might be the complete
opposite and that is totally fine. Like I said, I just get a lot of
questions from people asking me like, oh, which kits should I buy, so this
video is me answering that question. Okay, with that disclaimer out of
the way, let's start ranking these. I made us a little tier list here on that tier
list maker and I'll link it down below for you. Although annoyingly it kind of cropped my pictures
a bit, but it's fine, I know what they are. And the labels that I've written are iconic, pretty good, decent, not worth
buying, and actually terrible. I I feel like we should do this
in order of release as well so I'm going to start with the Throwback Fit kit. This one has a bunch of like, retro-inspired athleisure and it's
fine, it's got some cute items. I use these things for my Sims
athletic outfit sometimes, but if I'm being honest, I
probably wouldn't buy this one. I've got it because I'm a Sims YouTuber, but if I was just playing the game for fun
for myself, I don't think I'd get this one. I don't mean that it's bad or has bad
items, it just doesn't really interest me and I don't really care about CAS stuff
so I'm gonna put that at not worth buying. At the same time we also got the Country
Kitchen kit which I like a lot more, I'm gonna put it at pretty good. This one's got a bunch of like, cottage-y
kitchen inspired stuff. It's got a couple really cute clutter items and everything is
very pastel and has really nice swatches. I will say that on first glance from the
item list, this kit looks a little bit weak. Like, when you compare how many
items came here versus like, how many items came in that most recent
kit, it looks like it's got a lot less. The problem with kitchen sets
is that when you make counters, each of these like, individual special
pieces counts as like, a separate item. They have to make the corner piece and the
end piece and all of those things separately, so there's like, seven different counter shapes and seven different Island shapes and
like, ten different cabinet pieces. But you only see like, the first one in the preview so it
looks a little bit more disappointing. I just feel like I always need
more kitchen stuff and I also like that sort of style, so I rank it pretty high. And then at the same time we also got the Bust
the Dust kit which was like, a gameplay kit. Looking back on this it's kind of weird
because we got these three kits all at once: we had a gameplay one, a CAS
one, and then a build one. So we sort of all thought we'd be getting
a lot of gameplay and CAS and build kits, but we haven't gotten a single gameplay kit since. This one came with vacuums,
like literally just vacuums. And it has vacuum gameplay, like
if you have this kit turned on, your Sim's house will get progressively dustier,
and then you have to vacuum it to fix the dust. I'm gonna be honest, I play with this turned
off, like I don't even use the dust anymore. It's just kind of glitchy and kind of annoying, but I will say It's actually
kind of a fun concept. If your Sim's house gets really dusty,
they have these dust bunnies that show up and you can try and befriend
them and they'll give you prizes. And when this first came out, I made a whole
rags to riches doing that and I made like, tens of thousands of simoleons just from the dust. So I actually had a lot of fun with it then, and I really wish they would do more things like
this, I really want to see more gameplay kits. I'm really stuck right now between
actually terrible and iconic, but I think I'm gonna put it in iconic. This is controversial and I don't think
I actually suggest that you buy it. I just like the idea of a like, dirt-themed kit. Like, the whole existence of this is very
confusing and kind of funny, and therefore iconic. I actually have a theory about why we haven't
gotten any more gameplay kits and also like, kind of on the existence of kits in general. I think development like, really slowed down on
The Sims 4 because of COVID a couple years ago. It was probably a really tough adjustment to go
from working in the office to working from home. A lot of like, tech companies and
software stuff had that issue. Think about how many employees like, maybe
didn't have the right computer setups at home, and kind of how long it would take to get
back to normal trying to work from home. And I think they're probably like,
totally good now a couple years on, but I think that initial adjustment
period probably set them back a lot. Which is probably why we only got
one expansion the past couple years and also maybe why they stopped doing stuff packs. I feel like they maybe started doing kits as like, "filler content" because they couldn't
do as much real gameplay content. Just because like, animation and all of the
gameplay aspect is the longest part, so they started doing kits, like just clothes or just
build sets because they can even outsource that. They could like, in-house design the items
and then outsource the actual modeling. So they can release that stuff a lot more quickly and a lot more frequently sort of as
filler in between the bigger packs. And I assume that's probably why we
have so many kits now and also like, no gameplay kits because the gameplay is
like, hard to do and not really feasible. Because I assume they're working
on like, expansion packs and like, the baby update and stuff like that instead. I don't actually know that as fact, I'm just sort
of guessing, but I feel like that's probably why this started and now that it's been kind
of successful, they probably won't stop. Even if they're like, back to normal
and working at a better speed now. I'm also pretty sure we're gonna get
two expansion packs now next year, I think they kind of teased
that in the Summit livestream. They at least teased two different expansions
that I kind of hope will come out next year, but I guess I don't really know. Anyway moving on from that, we
have the Courtyard Oasis kit. This one is pretty cool because it
has a lot of like, actual build stuff. Not just furniture, but it's got like, doors and
windows and spandrels and a staircase and stuff. And I really love this style, but I almost feel like this kit is
too small to successfully build with. I have this problem a lot because
they give us these really nice door and window sets, but they don't give
us enough of a door and window set. Like, we got these giant doors and archways and
then just a couple windows that are super tiny. So when you put those windows
next to the giant doors, they don't really fill in the walls that well. I feel like I need like, three or four more window options to make this a
better, more functional set. I have the same problem with Realm of Magic, how we got these giant doors and
then like, one or two tiny windows. When we only have like, one or two
variants, it's super hard to use. That's why like, Seasons and Cats and Dogs are so much better because we've
got a bunch of window sizes. So I like this kit, it's fine, it's decent. I wish it was better, but I
do like what it came with. Then we have the Fashion Street
kit which is also really nice, honestly all of the CAS kits have
like, really nice items in them. I don't necessarily dislike any
of these CAS things. I just don't really care about Create A Sim very much. I feel like I personally get way more use
out of build kits than with the fashion kits, but this one is really nice and the clothes are
really good, so I'm gonna put it up a decent too. The Industrial Loft kit was next and
this one is kind of tough for me as well. Because I do like the idea of this, but we have
that same problem with the doors and windows, how we got like, one window and one
arch and like, one sliding door. It just makes it hard to use because
nothing matches that stuff. Like, I want to make a sort of cool industrial factory,
but I don't really have the build tools to do it. We just have like, some furniture to do it. I also don't super love the furniture
set. I don't really love this bed or the dresser or anything, but I do
really like, the couch and chair. And I find myself using these lights pretty often. I think I'm gonna put this
one up at decent as well. I don't really like it that much,
I thought I would like it more, but it's just kind of hard for me to use. It is obviously nice for like, very
specific builds. That's kind of the case for all of this stuff though, it's
nice for like, very specific things. I just prefer packs that are like, super
easy to fit into all of your gameplay as opposed to things that work like, for
very super specific niche occasions. We'll talk more on that later with
like, the clutter kit for example, but things like this one don't really work in
your like, average everyday house, you know? Which is kind of why I don't love it. Okay, next we have the Incheon Arrivals kit which is
I think my favorite CAS kit out of all of them. I know I said I don't super
love all of the fashion kits, but this one I really like the
items in and I use this a lot. It's got a lot of really nice
swatches and a lot of like, really versatile things that
I find my Sims wearing a lot. It also has some cute oversized stuff and we don't
really have anything else like that in the game. I'm honestly sort of going in between
pretty good and iconic with this, but I almost want to put it up at iconic. Which makes me feel like I should probably
put Bust the Dust down at the bottom. I just -- okay, listen -- I like
the idea of these gameplay kits, it's just... it's dirt, it's vacuums, okay? We need something better than
that. This can't be the only one. I'm gonna try and keep this more in order of what I think you should actually buy so
fine, I'll put it at the bottom. Okay, so we have the Modern Menswear kit next, and
this one I was really excited about the idea of. This was interesting because it was a real collab with a real fashion designer so a lot
of these things exist in real life. But I think when I first heard about
this kit, I was hoping to have some like, more dresses and skirts and things that fit
the masculine frame better because right now, you can put a dress on a masculine framed
Sim, but it kind of like, fits weird. And sometimes like, their
shoulders or their chest looks odd. So I was kind of hoping to have some
things in this kit that would like, solve that problem and in the end, it didn't
really have as much of that as I was hoping for. There's a couple things and all of this stuff is
really cute, and I do actually have my Sims wear a few of these things a lot, it's just probably not
one that I would buy if I wasn't a Sims YouTuber. I guess half because I had higher hopes for it and also half because I don't
really care about CAS stuff. So for the most part I probably wouldn't buy like,
any of these fashion kits, but I don't think this one is like, not worth buying, I think it's just
fine, so I'll put it in the decent category. Oh god, okay, Blooming Rooms. This one was also, in my
opinion, very disappointing. I think more so looking back on it because
I was really excited about the idea of this. I really love the thought of
like, a huge kit of all plants, but I think when it actually came out, a lot
of this stuff isn't really all that usable. There's a couple things here that
I put in like, a lot of my builds. These plants down at the bottom, this hanging plant, I love this little
dog planter, this tiny one's cute. Even this like, wall hanger thing is super nice, but dare I say, a lot of these things
are kind of just like, not cute. I really honestly don't like these plant
tables, I'm just never gonna use them. I'm so sorry whoever designed them,
it's just -- it's not my vibe. I feel like the glass is kind of a weird color so I just -- I don't find myself using as
many of these objects as I had hoped. This kit is almost like, too fancy, too out there. And I saw sort of wish that it had more
like, basics, just like, basic house plants. Varying sizes like big ones, tiny ones, and I just
-- I feel like it doesn't have enough of that. I would honestly cut like, half of these
items and replace them with something else, but I do like the idea of it and
I do like most of these things, they're just not as useful
as I thought they would be. I feel like I just said a lot
of negative things about that, but I'm actually gonna put in it pretty
good because I do like the plant kit. I do like the items, I use the items pretty often, there's just a bunch of things in it that I don't
love and I feel like it could have been better. And then it would have been iconic,
but it's not iconic, it's just good. The Carnaval Streetwear kit
is also a really fun CAS kit. I feel like I'm saying casket every
time, I mean CAS kit. Create a Sim kit. This one has a lot of like, really fun,
brightly colored, like party clothes. We don't have a lot of like, cute sequined
stuff so these things are pretty cool. Also these heart glasses I actually use a lot.
This crop top has a lot of pride flag swatches. These overalls are one of my favorite
things we've gotten in years. This one actually has a lot of really nice
clothes, but we again face the problem of me like, not really caring about CAS stuff that
much, so I almost want to put it at decent. I feel like I did this tier list
bad because there needs to be like, something in between decent and
not worth buying because I do like this one better than Modern Menswear, but I
don't think I can put it up to pretty good. So I have done a poor job of
this. I don't think it's like, not worth buying because it is a nice
kit, but it's just decent, you know? The next one is the Decor to the Max kit and this one I feel like my opinion has kind
of changed on since it first came out. I really like the idea of this, this like,
maximalist style, but if I'm being honest with you, in practice in the last few months, I have
only used the rose wallpaper and this flooring. I have not used anything else
from this kit in like, any builds. I guess I just don't love this style, it's like,
sort of glamorous, a lot of this furniture. Which isn't really my personal style, so
I don't find myself using it very much. It's also very hard for me to
do like, this kind of thing, like this sort of maximalist, bright
colors, mismatched patterns thing. I guess I just don't love the look of this. So I sort of like the idea of this and a lot of
the items separately, but for me, I don't know if I would actually buy that one if it wasn't a
YouTuber, so I'm gonna put it at not worth buying. It's definitely I think my least favorite
build kit which is kind of surprising. And then we're on to the Moonlight Chic kit which
I think is my second favorite Create a Sim kit. This one first of all has a lot of items,
like more than some of the other kits. So as far as like, getting your money's
worth, this one comes with 33 which is a lot. And there's some really nice stuff in here,
it's all very like, hip and trendy and like, the kind of thing you would see on TikTok I think. Which I don't mean as an insult, it's just like, all of the cool people are wearing
stuff like this these days. It kind of reminds me of Steph0Sims, in
a good way, that's a serious compliment. I also use this stuff kind of a lot, I feel like it pairs pretty well with the
high school clothes that came in that pack. So I think I'm gonna put it at pretty good. I'm actually surprised at how highly I'm ranking
some of these CAS kits, but I do really like them. I think I'm also seeing that I like a lot of the more recent kits the most because this
Little Campers one I also really like. This one is like a full set for like, a backyard
camping night. You can see they have like, this little projector screen, they've got a tent
and a bunch of kids items, there's a froggy chair. There's also some really good fairy lights
in this kit, and I was sort of describing this as being like, the closest we
can probably get to a gameplay kit. I don't know if they'll do an
actual gameplay kit ever again, but this one I feel like gives you kind of
a set to tell a story and do some gameplay. There's also a bunch of kids stuff in here and
we don't have any kids stuff in kits really. So I'm gonna put that one all the
way up to pretty good as well, but I'm gonna put that ahead of the Blooming Rooms
kit because that one is like a weak pretty good. You're lucky you're not in
decent Blooming Rooms, okay? Right after that we got the First Fits kit
which also had some more stuff for kids. This is like, pretty trendy kids
clothing and there's a lot of like, nice pastel and neutral swatches. I feel like it has a lot of basics
in it which is kind of nice. I feel like I want to put this
one up at pretty good as well. This this is making me think I might
want to revisit some of these other ones, like I almost want to put Industrial Loft
down to not worth buying looking at it again. And I think I might put First Fits
kit at like, the very top of decent. I'm not sure, I'm gonna come back to
this. I do like this one, I really do. Then we got the Desert Luxe kit and
I will say, I really like this kit. This couch and these curtains in particular are
like, some of the best ones we've gotten in years. I also like this flooring a lot, but can
I just say, these curtains? Incredible. We got like, the three curtain panels for all the different wall heights and then
this item is like, a curtain rod. So with that you can make
the curtains fit on like, any window basically because you
can make it as wide as you need to. That is a genius idea and honestly
the best part of this entire kit. I do think that I liked this kit a lot more
when it was free because when it first came out, they gave this kit out for free to anyone who
already had The Sims 4 because it was like, right before The Sims 4 base game went free. So when it was free, it was great, it
was like the best kit out of all of them. But now that it's paid, it
isn't like, my favorite one. I'm sort of tempted to put it all the way up
at iconic just because it was free for a while. That's kind of like the same reason I
wanted to put Bust the Dust up at iconic, which maybe isn't good of me to do. I think for those curtains alone it makes it up
to iconic though, the curtains are really useful. And then we have the two most recent kits, the
Pastel Pop kit and the Everyday Clutter kit. And can I just say, these two
are my all-time favorites. Like, already I am obsessed with this Pastel Pop kit. I am a little bit biased because one of
my best friends was heavily involved in its creation, but Plumbella being involved aside, I actually really love like, all of
these items and the vibe of them. It's just really cute, it's got
some great rugs, it's got a bed, a heart desk chair, this corkboard
to replace the ugly base game one, it's got a super cute computer,
like, this strawberry wallpaper. I'm sorry, but you just can't compete with that, that goes to the top of the very top,
that is the very first iconic kit. That one is number one. And then we also have the Everyday
Clutter kit and I sort of described this one as being similar to what
I wanted the plant kit to be. This one has a bunch of just really
basic like, household clutter. Like, a phone and some keys, a
sticky note, a pair of glasses, a coffee mug, just like, really
simple, everyday clutter items. This is the kind of thing that I want more of. I love this kind of stuff for making houses seem
more real and like, a Sim actually lives there. I feel like I've been begging for this
kind of thing since they first started doing kits so I'm putting that
one also straight up to iconic. Like I said, I think that Pastel
Pop kit and Everyday Clutter kit are probably my favorite kits out of all of them. And now that I'm kind of staring at this again,
I think I'm happy with how I've ranked these. It's kind of hard for me to like,
gather my thoughts on this stuff. I feel like I kind of have my
own opinion clouded by like, what do I actually like versus
what do I think you will like? Because obviously we all have
different thoughts on this. I feel like my overall takeaway from
this exercise for me at least is that I obviously don't super love a
lot of the Create A Sim stuff. Just because I don't really use
a lot of Create A Sim stuff. I've just never been a big CAS player,
like I don't even use Create A Sim CC. So for me looking at the kits, I feel
like I would way rather buy a build kit over a CAS one just because
I personally would use it more. And kind of along that, I feel like I tend to like
the stuff that's maybe a little bit less niche. Stuff that I can use in like, more than
one way, or in like, all of my builds. So things like those curtains or a lot of the Pastel Pop stuff for kids
rooms or like, clutter items. I think the things that I
feel like I could use in like, every single build make the kit more worth it. So while things like the Industrial Loft kit is really cool, I just don't really
build stuff like that very often. So for me personally it's not
like, super high on the list. Although obviously I acknowledge that
for you it might be the exact opposite. Like, if you did this, yours might be completely flipped and
that's kind of the cool thing about it. So if you want to try it for yourself, I'm
going to link this tier maker down below. And I'm also going to link
my last pack ranking video. I'd be kind of curious to re-watch
that now and hear my thoughts on it. And let me know if I should do like, an
updated expansion pack kind of tier list, I think it's sort of hard to compare like,
an expansion pack to a kit, but you can definitely compare all of the expansions
against each other so I might do that soon. Thanks for watching and listening
to me ramble for this whole time. I feel like I talked a lot more
than I thought I was going to, this recording is an hour long so that's my bad. But on that note, I am gonna cut this
right here. I make Sims videos every single day so feel free to subscribe
if you want to catch the next one. And I'm going to catch you all
tomorrow, okay? Bye everybody. I'm curious to hear your thoughts in the comments,
like what do you think your favorite kit is? I think I surprised myself with what I put in
the not worth buying category, but I stand by it. [ JAZZY OUTRO MUSIC ]
