revisiting realm of magic in 2023
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- Revisiting Realm of Magic a few years later
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It makes me so mad to this day how little of the actual magic realm you can explore. The fact that almost everything is just an empty shell. Ugh
I wish there were just a few lots so I could build a cool little magic cafe and maybe a wand store or something 😭
Same the lack of lots is insane
It has already has more lots than the other occults, well one extra, vampires is incredibly sad with no community lots, werewolfs the bunker is part of the bar, spellcasters got a whole second world and a unique lot type I think that's pretty cool
@@endersquid1132 but the bar is through the floor here. ROM came with 5 lots, all with like unforgivingly bad builds, and a magic realm no different to the secret worlds in base game. vampires is more fun to play and werewolves came with great buildbuy/cas items and good builds
RoM deserves a refresh SO HARD (and what better time than now!!) Honestly - if all EA did was get Simmers to redo the lots and add a couple more community lots in the magic realm it would be AMAZING and probably the cheapest initiative ever LOL
im sorry but having stairs to nowhere cannot ever be forgiven
@Darktion lollll ok bud
IKR ITS CRIMINAL
@@elliotgibsonroberts6672 girl it’s a bot 😭 report and move on don’t interact
Maybe stairs to nowhere is part of the magicial charm 😅
At least it’s better than no toilet? Lmao
I really wish the sims would do another 'game pack refresh' for dine out, relam of magic, every one really, Including spar day again.
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Exactly because that stair to nowhere mistake is unacceptable
@@laurakruyer6112 it’s a bot
I hope eventually we get a refresh for dine out and island living bc they did those packs so dirty lol
I think that lil simsie, as a game changer, should push a little more hard for pack refreshes
@@asleep2250 I think LilSimsie knows she doesn't have that kind of power, sadly. I'm curious if sales of Dine Out went up with Carl's Mod. I think a big company like EA will make decisions about refreshes based on money, that's it.
Island Living isn't actually bad. The builds in Glimmerbrook is what's horrible.
@@tigerprincess1109 island living has no real gameplay unfortunately
@@a-yam943 most of the packs don't anyway.
I rebuilt all the regular lots in the world last month. It was so fun and I love my creations so much better than the ones we get. I didn’t redo the magic realm lot though, so I’d definitely love to see you make a new one!! I’m glad the gameplay has changed your opinion a little bit, because it is really fun! Can’t wait to see what you do next!
LilSimsie's old one is amazing, but I want to shout out a lesser known builder - Chermibear's build is what got me to buy the pack in the first place. It uses a lot of packs, so she had so many more options than LilSimsie for decor, and it's just fun and feels **magical**. 😄
(I promise I'm not Chermibear lol, I couldn't build my way out of a paper bag. I was just looking for her build for a new save, and realized she's not in the "most popular" on the gallery, so I wanted to shine some love on it.)
did you upload to the gallery?
what’s your gallery User?
@@myadoesrandomthings SimmerSkye7
My favorite sim I've ever played was Frederick, the trash wizard. The repair spell+dumpster diving is a great way to play rags to riches, because it can fix burnt stuff and you can learn it pretty early.
That sounds awesome. I used Burgliate with my Sim. She was an evil clone of another spellcaster.
I kid you not this comment alone is making me wonder if I want eco lifestyle, just to make my own trash wizard
That is genius and I had never considered dumpster diving with my spellcaster. As far as rags to riches, it's also fun copypasto things, like when the dustbunnies find gold frogs, those are good money.
@hazelalice1860 I find myself using the cas and build items all the time, plus I like the apartments in the world. It was well worth it.
omg how did I never think of this!!!
I'm actually starting a new generation challenge through the packs. So I'm starting with the base game with the first generation and then every new generation I spin a wheel to add a random pack (I was honestly thinking of adding 1 expansion, 1 game, and 1 stuff pack each generation). Then that generation has to focus on those packs, and it continues through every sims pack. I wasn't sure where to add kits or if they should even be added. I would love to see you do something like this!!
Ooooh, fun! Maybe kits are "dealer's choice"? Like based on the result for the first three wheel spins, you can decide which kit to add?
Oh my god that's such a nice idea
ooh what a fun & cool idea! I might try that too
wait this might be a silly question but how do you take out/add in packs to the game??
@HollyC James Turner has a way to do it on his website. I haven't used it before so I am not sure how it works though, all I know is I have seen some CZcamsrs use it.
I feel like the most disappointing part was no fairies... it was so cute when they would go in the little fairy house in sims 3
don't worry, they'll sell that as a game pack on its own with a world with 4 lots....
yes it was
Um actually, the game packs all have 5 lots 😂
I agree it’s small, but I also think it’s more important they focus on gameplay. If they added a bigger world with more depth, they’d probably cut the skill tree stuff in half. It’s a gameplay pack, it’s more important to prioritize gameplay imo.
@@corneliastreet2491 That's not my point. The point is that EA has the audacity to sell individual game packs of occult sims instead of making an occult focused expansion pack like Sims 3 Supernatural was or where you at least got one special occult type in almost every Sims 2 expansion. Sims 4 witches and werewolves are just a reskin of the vampire talent tree system which is slightly improved to make witches have a spell book and werewolves a good and bad cycle to manage.
I understand that it takes time to develop gameplay systems, but EA has all the time and money they need to make fully fleshed out experiences than half-baked packs with small or non-interactive worlds. And don't get me started on how some packs don't even work where gameplay features either get patches many months or years later or mods have to fix them, or there's just no fix for them at all and you just have to deal with it not working. It's embarrassing and a disgrace to the average consumer, but then again the Sims developers have no choice but to please the higher ups at EA. They will keep selling small packs because there is currently no other life sim game like The Sims out there, and on that fact alone, they know they can sell anything they want, even if it's not properly QA tested. It will sell no matter what.
Right??? I haven’t played the sims 3 since the family pc broke like five years ago but I remember little middle schooler me (and earlier than that, years before the sims 4 even came out) making so many fairy sims. It was genuinely my favorite. I didn’t care about anything other than the imaginary friends (which I miss so much) and the fairy sims. I was so excited when I heard about the realm of magic dlc, thinking maybe it would add the fairies I’ve missed so much, but nope. Just spellcasters, which are fun but not as fun as fairies.
The spell Repario actually completely repairs burned furniture, so its an excellent way to save money if your sims keep setting things on fire from cooking etc. Copypasto is also just super cheaty feeling in terms of ease, because say you save up for a money tree. Copypasto lets you duplicate it, over and over again, and you have infinite money without cheating.
Oh, and I meant to say that non-spellcasters can get into the magic realm through the portal :)
@Barbara L. SAME. I never see any of the big Sim players use it. You can legit just not get a job if you get a single money tree because of that copy spell like you said lol. I have an orchard of them behind a monstrosity of a mansion I made to fund it lol
@@razrv3lc exactly!! My current legacy fam is a whole line of spellcasters, and if I could only tell you the amount of times I've saved family members from dying stupid autonomous deaths with the deathdify spell 🤣🤣
I think it's exactly that. Magic makes the game too easy, for content creating purposes that is. People watch these big simmers to see them struggle in game, not see them magic their way out of nearly everything. After I got magic realm, I have it as a crutch ever since, and cannot play again without a maxed out spellcaster.@@razrv3lc
The main problem with mermaids and aliens is that they're part of a bigger pack instead of being their own packs like Vampires and Spellcasters and Werewolves, which means the attention that should've gone for the occult sim gameplay was divided to other things
Remember when EA said they'd do more pack refreshes after Spa Day? All the packs in lilsimsie's intro could use a refresh.
No, but Pepperidge Farm probably remembers.
I think the issue is, the spa day refresh didn't boost sales as much as EA wanted. So they decided to never do it again.
@@frameturtle tbh i think the choice of spa day is kinda stupid. Choosing a pack like dine out, that is actually more broken imo and FAR more useful would have been much smarter. Even irl, compare spas to restaurants... Yk?
@@Irisandstuff I agree completely. its like, you chose spa day??
The real tea is that Cosmo can turn back at any time but realizes life as a well-fed housecat is far superior ;)
All I can think of is Stanley when she starts congratulating her sims on making an actual meal 😭. Do we have a magic rags to riches? If not, we need it! 😂
"GOOD JOB, ST...erling!" 😆
Oh Hell Yes!! Hot Dog Spellcaster lets goooo!
Use and abuse Inferniate and Repairio.
Get some of the most expansive items and put them next to one another. Cast Inferniate. Let the fire expand and die out. Collect the insurance money. Cast Repairio on the damaged objects.
Repeat as long as your magic energy is not to high.
Craft literally anything. Cast Repairio on them to improve their quality to the highest level. Sell them for maximum cash.
Love that idea
Learn to make potions. Make one of each, then use the spell that lets you make duplicates (to save on having to keep collecting ingredients to make them). Lather, rinse, repeat as needed and then open up a potions shop.
In my legacy challenge, one of my heir's got the spellcaster aspiration so they became a spellcaster. (First time playing) and life was so easy and for 2 generations they I had spellcasters but then the generation after that they were just a normal human... and goodness... it was a reality check LOL I actually had to clean and repair things manually XD
I always replace the houses AND the magic academy lot INSTANTLY and never realized some of the houses were like...not even finished. Wish this pack could get a small refresh! (Also, Cosmo is my life.)
realms of magic is my favorite pack! I'm super happy that you gave it another chance, and yes u absolutely check out the old packs again ^^ I hope u and everyone who reads this is having a great day!!
vampires and realm of magic are my favorite. i never understood how to play eco lifestyle for example 😅
Realm of Magic was my first ever pack and is actually one of my favorite packs shockingly. But the builds are unforgivable.
I know this is a bit far but you should rebuild all the realm of magic lots (after newcrest)
@Darktion she has almost 2 million more subscribers than you and will probably always be far more successful than you will ever be. are you sure your 3 videos are better than hers? 😬
I think she has before, im pretty sure if you go back far enough in her gallery you can see all the replaced builds
@@lil3932 it's a bot. ignore it. usually all caps/bold text comments are bots and should just be reported, engaging with them makes them just appear more often
I think she did already
@Darktion291even I have more subscribers than you and I don’t even post
You can also make a pet such as a cat into a familiar aswell if I remember correctly which is quite neat. That said I really dislike the houses in this pack even more so than in the vampire one, idk in the vampire one the builds actually has more personality than the ones in realms of magic IMO.
I agree, the Vampire houses are much better.
Using the full needs potion with university is a life saver
Switching to hiring actual simmers to make the builds for packs is genuinely one of the best things theyve done for TS4
This actually is my fav pack. I mean, all the spells your wizard can learn are sooo useful in their life at home. Like you can duplicate yourself and make that clon to help you with your children or cooking or whatever, and you can also bring death people to life! I just love it
It's cool to see Sterling again! I remember the short series you did with them, Wanda, and Cosmo. Still one of my favorite sims you've made! The house was also incredible, I'd love to see you bring the siblings back sometime too :)
And yes I'd love to see you revisit the other packs again! I think it'd be cool if you also skimmed through the CAS that comes with each of the older packs, and try building something new with them as you test them too, like you plan to do with the ROM pack soon :)
omg I remember Sterling and the whole occults bowling league story!! it was such a fun and silly idea, especially with Cosmo 'turning into a cat' 😁 low-key missed these sims!
same here. i watched the stream live and it felt way more interactive than usual!
i LOVE the build mode items that came with realm of magic, though! the CAS items are really unique and pretty as well. i think the team could have done SO much with the items and ideas in the game to make a gorgeous world like we deserved :’)
They really really need to go back and fix mermaids, give them a skill tree, flesh them out a little more, not even to the same degree as werewolves or spellcasters (since they had their own dedicated packs and mermaids don't), but they can't leave them the way they are now, same with aliens tbh, they could also use a little update.
You can also use pets as familiars if your friendship is high enough! It's such a cute feature of you have pets and dogs
I love turning the bar into a magical garden/cafe- since you can't use the one in the magic realm
This video made me realize I’ve never actually looked to hard at the houses in glimmerbrooke and I also never play ts4 with the walls up because I didn’t notice any of this
I understand it must be hard to make a game with large worlds with a ton of lore or stuff to do, but Realm of magic, vampires and werewolves I feel should have more to it. More potions or spells, more plants or things to discover and do. Also you should be able to edit the magic world. I LOVE using mythical creatures in the sims I just wish there was more side quests or things to do while also having “normal” game play
lowkey think vampires was the most undercooked
like these guys never need to sleep (in some cases it's a bad idea to make them sleep) and they sorta just didn't give us anything for the sim to do w all that extra time? like there are clear things for werewolves and spellcaster to actually be able to *do*, but less so for vampires other than "go out and find a sim to feed on"
@@crptpyr oh I totally agree! I totally get that!
Honestly, I am such a realm of magic stan. I know that it definitely has its problems but I've had so much fun with it in my game
It’s really nice to use when you just make like a little witch room and learn all your spells and potions on your own :)
I love the idea of replaying all the packs in order. That sounds like so much fun.
I absolutely love the Spellcasters, especially with Werewolves adding to the lore behind some of the occults! Definitely my favorite occult for ts4
Despite the builds and realm itself this is one of my favorite packs. And yes, you can die from overload but since you had a familiar out constantly the familiar would have died in your place. Kept waiting for you to kill them or get cursed. Also congrats on not having the dueling glitch up, it messes up half the time for me.
Actually, if you have a familiar summoned, it will resurrect you if you die from Overload, not die in your place.
Also, what do you mean by duelling glitch? I often have my opponent walk away instead of duelling; is that what you mean?
I like the way they tied the Magic Realm into the Werewolves pack and gave a backstory for why the world is broken the way that it is.
Ohhh wait what? What's the backstory?
@@r21167
I cannot explain it here because it’s wayyy too much but werewolves are basically spellcaster descendants
@@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah thanks!
i loved the gameplay of realm of magic ngl. wish there was more stuff to do with the magic but it was the most fun i had in the sims 4 livemode
This comment with your pfp hahahaha but I do agree
@@klitzy LMAO
Oh god...can you imagine how chaotic a spellcaster in the bell legacy would be?! Or even if Stanley could spontaneously set people alight?? 🤔 🙈🤣
I like all the stuff you can do with magic. I once created a Sim who learnt the spell which brings people back from the dead, made her live in a haunted apartment, and as soon as the haunting happened she just re-alived the ghost Sim. Bang! No more haunting. Would love to see someone do this as a challenge. Investigate hauntings? Activate necromancy, and bam! Ghost be gone!
this is perfect timing especially for those of us who don't want to play a certain ~wizard game~ but do want to get some nostalgic magic vibes :)
JK Rowling is not transphobic. Jesus Christ.
@@TokkiBunBuns okay so all the transphobic shit she said didn’t happen? Like her saying trans women shouldn’t be able to use the womens bathroom? That’s not transphobic to you? Her saying that trans people are pedophiles, that isn’t transphobic?
Hell Yeah. Honestly EA should get Simmers to refresh the builds for this pack (and maybe add few more Realm community lots? ) and it would be the easiest and most topical pack refresh yet.
@Barbara L. No no no 😂😂 y’all were the antisemitic ones who drew to that conclusion, which is more discriminatory if you ask me. In several fantasy genres goblins have obsessed over gold and had big noses.
@@crazyfrog5552 Nsai was a witch from Zimbabwe. Charms professor was a Middle Eastern man. There's also a transgender woman shopkeeper. They just don't want to see it. Oh.. and Rowling has nothing to do with the adaptation but people will still gladly choose their favorite hogwarts house but disregard the woman behind the entire world and theology.
This popped while i started considering buying this pack omg
Honestly, this is one of the packs I play with most. It will completely depend on your play style whether this pack is worth it or not!
I actually bought that pack like a month or two ago and I love it. I understand why you might not like it as much as I do tho and that’s okay too.
Also simsie, can you maybe put Sterling on the Gallery? I really like them!! Oh.. nevermind 😂
you mentioned only spellcasters can go to the magic realm, but thats not actually true. Going their via the portal in glimmerbrook as a non caster and meeting one of the sages, collecting motes is how you become a caster if your dont start as one default..meaning non casters can deff get there:P side note, get discharge talent asap, it makes it much easier to level your casting when you can burn away excess charge
I’ve had the pack for years and never touched it once. I think I just bought it for the items and CAS. But this kind of convinced me to give it a try 😊
I always have a spellcaster in the family, you can copypasto any potions so I never even needed to get the ingredients, and it's good to have someone who can instantly bring back the dead to life in case of a sudden meteor.
Realm of Magic holds a really special place in my heart. It was one of my first packs and I have an entire legacy of spellcasters, but...they did this pack so dirty. The concept was amazing and there was so much that could have been done with it but it just falls short. I even made a new save to see if it's really that boring (bc my legacy is over a year old now) and this pack is just so mid.
I love some of the build stuff and being a witch that's it lol I'm building literally everything again. I just redid the Headquarters. They took days to get it so detailed and worth it.
I really hope we can get a refresh of realm of magic, dine out, and some updates to Tiny Living, like I hate that if I want to have a green house on my tiny home lot, I have to draw the 4th wall and then drag it into place for the tiles to not count and suffer the weird lighting glitch since it won't recognize it as a room.
I absolutely love the lighting she has now compared to her townhouse
I like the idea of replaying all the old packs. I just realised that I might have forgot a lot about the older packs and what they were about.
Totally agree! But I always play Spellcasters… 1. Broomsticks. 2. Repair spell is cute. 3. Copy pasto…
I’m currently rebuilding all the lots and loving it. Really loving the little witch/wizard cottage vibe. Would love to see you rebuild all of these.
I think it is a good idea to revisit the older packs. Maybe you can do a packs legacy challenge, since Babys kids will be the 10th gen of your current one. They could start the new challenge?
You always inspire me to get creative in the sims. I love your channel.
oh my god youre so right. i honestly never noticed because usually whenever i start a world i rebuild/rework all the buildings right away before i start actually playing (i love building and decorating). honestly im so proud of my realm of magic builds that i forgot they arent part of the game 💀 but youre so right id be miserable on the base game lots
If you want to kill a Sim using the fire spell you have to create the fire under the sim, on the floor, because if you select a Sim and use the spell it won't kill them
The only occult I was ever interested in was werewolves and I've enjoyed it entirely. This video is giving me a big push into getting realm of magic. Like I have this serious urge to make a pyromaniac witch with a glowfrog familiar. Thank you for this I love when you try occults.
this is my favorite world solely bc of the the little shops, im obsessed with them. otherwise it sucks LMAOO but i love playing as witches
To quickly play devils advocate, there’s a lot of 18th century houses (figured the house was partly inspired by that era with the victorian look) with doors that lead to nowhere. I live in an 18th century house and i have two floor latches and if you do down, they lead to nowhere because that door was closed off when this was made into a full house instead of an apartment building. People also just get rid of random doors in houses like these, especially if the steps aren’t stable enough anymore and they haven’t taken the time to get rid of them
I ended up using this pack a lot when Cottage Living came out, making a little hedge witch family in a cottage lol. Also some of the spells like Scruberoo are super useful around the farm
I totally agree with you! I think the builds are unforgivable, but I love the gameplay in the pack. I genuinely play with spellcasters more than normal sims😅
I really liked the Moschino Stuff, I mean, I get that the collab was weird, but the enhanced photography skill and the photographer freelance career is really nice, and ALMOST what I do in real life. Would be great if there was a freelance modeling career, or at least an active modeling career, because modeling and photo editing is what I really do, and would love to do it in the Sims
I love Realm of Magic I make all my sims spell casters except the one you can't lol...definitely love the occult packs
My favorite part iwth realm of magic is committing insurance fraud
Infeniate something expensive, get money to replace after fire is put out, then cast repairo, repeat till rich
My sisters going to the hospital she’s screaming in pain😢
13:32 that was how I made my 2 sims in love with each other when they hated each other lol😂
I'm doing a whole save file that's called occult integration, with new occult townies, and Lore. Rebuilding RoM, Vampires, and Werewolves builds are the most satisfying thing in game.
They really did miss a huge opportunity to make this pack INSANELY cool with the build options. It’s a shame.
They need to make plushies of some of the familiars. I'd so buy a glow frog plushie
Personally, I find the idea behind this pack really interesting + I got a special love for that world since it was the only residential world where anyone could create cottagecore builds before Cottage Living even was a thing, but I find that the execution of the gameplay, CAS and build mode wasn't the best. The only times I use that pack is when I want to specifically play with occults or when I want to have an easier game by playing with the practical spells.
Yes revisiting old packs is great !!! In my personal gameplay I have been getting back to basics and revisiting stuff... and have been pleasantly surprised with some things... so it would make fun content to see you do thay
I personally feel while this pack is really fun there was A LOT of wasted potential. I would’ve loved a variety of animal transformation spells that Spellcasters could cast on themselves or other Sims (I really wanted my first Spellcaster Sim to be able to transform herself into a cat or raven, possibly both at different times). Some other ideas I had were astral projection, telenekis, and spells involving water or other elements besides fire. Magic duels could’ve been way more fun if you got to use spells your Sim has learned. Those kind of features would’ve made the pack much better and much more interesting
Underwhelming yes because there's missed opportunities with it but I don't think it's the worst. It's one of my favourite and makes things easier for me in my playthroughs
I really loved jungle adventure just because of all the gameplay you had in the exploring that you could do. I know a lot of people weren't crazy about it but I loved that I could learn about the culture and a dance and do the same thing a few times but get different results each time.
I love the magic realm pack become of Morgyn Ember he so cute
I'm literally just heading to the magic realm now because I'm doing the super sim challenge and that's one of the only aspirations left 😂😂
Sterling is such a cool sim! They're honestly an icon
this video is so refreshing to me. realm of magic is one of my favorite packs and it's great to see it getting some love
When I played University, I had my student become a spellcaster and buy a broom. They flew from their dorm to all of their classes. I put a cauldron in the student center, they'd make a bunch of potions of plentiful needs, not sleep, and use the time to study, do homework, and build a robot. When anything broke around the dorm they'd Repario it and then Scrubaroo up the mess.
Realm of Magic is one of my favourite packs. I can’t imagine not having a spellcaster. And I really enjoy bulldozing the lots and building my own.
it’s honestly just the fact that they haven’t gone back and fixed these issues despite the packs being out for a while …
roofs are made that way bc there’s belief that if some bad spirit falls from the sky it would like slide by that roof and idk turn back to where they came from or at least won’t end up on your possession
I think revisiting all of the packs is great idea! I would totally be down for a series!
The magic realm is fun to visit every once in awhile because I’m always like who tf approved this 💀
Actually, in my humble opinion, this pack isn’t that bad. It has a lot of ups and downs, but overall it’s pretty good
honestly realm of magic is my favorite pack! it’s the most fun i’ve ever had playing the sims
This game also has a lot of cross pack compatibility! For example you can make cats and dogs your familiar, and if you have paranormal they gain the medium skill much faster from being a spell caster and get a moodlet!
I just want to say thank you for making Sterling Silver a masc-frame with they/them pronouns. I feel seen when simmers make characters like that.
ur such an L. an npc fr. respect urself
you should watch the livestream where simsie creates sterling and the other sims!
thank you for letting me shut off my brain for a little bit every day and just listen to you talk
It would be really interesting to see spellcasters be able to bind werewolves as familiars, like how witches would bind certain mythical beasts in folklore.
I think you could also like to :
- Burn and control Vladdy Daddy.
- Copy/paste cowplant berries and plant some around.
I love your videos! I cheer up my day and give me so much enjoyment. The drama in your sims world is hilarious😂!
Video Is ✨AMAZING AS ALLWAYS✨❤❤❤
I am actively updating my Realm of Magic rebuild rn…. I haven’t played with the OG build since the pack came out…. I didn’t realize I changed it this much😅 I’m even more proud of my build now lol
as someone who loves building & replaces all the ea-built lots anyways, I absolutely love this pack!! I think it's so underrated (even if i wish there was more detail & depth to it)
I am currently trying to make a sim who has completed all occult aspirations and realm of magic was extremely chaotic
Hiii
Copypasto is such an op spell. I actually used it in my current legacy challenge to have a whole greenhouse of money trees in magnificent quality. My Sims rank in 200,000 simoleons every harvest
I LOOOOOOVE RELM. It was one of my fave game plays. I super enjoy it despite the issues. The magic world is gorge imo. I used very few "cheats" to make it move seemless. It's fun.
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