

There are a couple of base game changes arriving alongside The Sims 4: Horse Ranch. Horses also have unique tempers that you'll have to work with when training and handling them, making them the most comprehensively-detailed pet option in The Sims 4 so far. Oh, and horses have their own toys to play with. I tried to find out if goats, horses, chickens, and other animals will have any unique interactions, but it seems that outside of acknowledging each other, there are no special pack-specific attributes to watch out for as you play. They function much in the same way as chickens and llamas in the Cottage Living expansion, as they don't count toward your household numbers and can be farmed for wool and milk daily. Horses also have unique tempers that you'll have to work with when training and handling them, making them the most comprehensively-detailed pet option in The Sims 4 so far.Īs well as horses, mini-goats are another new animal you can rear in Horse Ranch. Sims themselves will have new traits and aspirations of their own, including Rancher and Horse-Whisperer to help them build bonds with their stallion besties that much quicker. Horses will also have their own set of skills to build up that can be shown off at the county show, as well as 11 personality traits to select or acquire over time. You'll be bottling your own unique vintages and getting to name them, too sounds like the perfect last-minute Winterfest gift for any young adult or older Sim in the family.

It's the in-game term for juices and, sometimes, alcoholic beverages, so the upcoming Nectar-Making skill essentially turns you into an independent brewer.

I'm especially excited to discover "spooky spots" and secrets throughout the new world, with the EA team having hinted that "mysterious ranchers" around an area called Galloping Gulch might be of interest.Īnother key new feature of Horse Ranch is the ability to brew and sell your own Nectar. Building a ranch in a 40 x 40 space just sounds… cramped, after all. Many Simmers had hopes that Horse Ranch might fix the game's most glaring issue, and being a pack all about raising and caring for your own host of noble steeds, I'm relieved to report that Maxis has finally found a way to bring us the spacious Sims 4 lots of our dreams. The empty lot is the real surprise: it's 64 x 64, making it the biggest residential lot we've ever had in The Sims 4. As seen during my hands-off preview of the new pack, Chestnut Ridge comprises 13 lots, with 12 of them already built on.

The Sims 4 Horse Ranch transports us to the rolling plains of Chestnut Ridge.
