A brutally honest review of The Sims 4 Dine Out

The Sims 4 Perfect Dine Out Gameplay Review! I reviewed The Sims 4 Dine Out.

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00:00 Pack overview
00:27 CAS
01:45 Build mode
02:42 Gameplay
10:00 Performance
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[everythingashleymarie]

With dine out, you can only order 1 drink and 1 food item. It won’t allow you to order appetizer, main course, and dessert. You can only pick one and a drink.

[Nessy_sunflower]

I think it would've been cute if the kids had one of those play pretend kitchen toys so they could pretend they own a restaurant with other kids or adult sims like their parents.

[lorrainethomas]

Carl deserves a 6 figure payout from EA simply for existing.

[Lilithinpink]

The thing is i only hate that we have to hire chefs that are unskilled. Whenever a chef quits or dies, i have to hire a chef that is level 1 and my food quality drops. I thinl they have to give us a choice to hire expensive and qualified chefs. I dont like training them from scratch.

[christabelle__]

Being in Carl's Discord server, others have said 'you should work for EA!' and he has openly stated that the way he writes mods would not be acceptable in their workplace, and since I'm not him, I can't explain the technicalities of how he codes and how it is very different from how THEY code, but he has stated that basically, the code for how he fixed Dine Out would not be able to be used if he worked for them - he wouldn't have been allowed to write it in the way he did. I think more people need to realize that mod makers get freedom in how they approach tweaking the game - TS4 Devs are just chattle to EA... they are forced to work within strict guidelines, and oftimes all the bad things about a pack are because they were rushed, and restricted in their approach. I would highly recommend maybe reaching out to some of the mod-makers you like for an interview type thing! Not only would it be interesting, it would maybe help shed light (for the community) on how mods are made, and why they can accomplish things the game and its devs cannot. But for those who don't understand coding, I think an interview with someone like Carl would be great - maybe he could help explain in layman's terms how and why it all works.

[thexshattered]

ohgod don't leave the Dine Out Reloaded mod to EA - they'll find a way to ruin it somehow

[Alexander-qoge]

At this point Shanice Shanice should be the 5 star-celeb in the game

[vildra]

With Carl's mod this is turned out to be one of the most fun gameplays I have ever done.

[hannahreno]

this pack had so much potential to be fun. i like the build/buy items.

[phoebs]

What you can't do with dine out is order the appetizer, main course and desert plus drinks in 1 go. You first have to do the appetizer and drinks, then order the main course and drinks and so on. Which with your sim that can't sit still in her chair or her date that just goes away is annoying.

[sickvrc]

Had my Sim take his girl on a date and they actually stayed seated, got their food and drinks on time, even had a nice convo while eating/drinking. It was a miracle, literally- it was so cute. 😭❤

[LilDiabloRob]

Just tried it last night because of the “Night out on the Town” event was going on. Sims glitched 3x, wouldn’t stay in their seats even when chatting with each other. All my sims are 5 star celebs but when other celebs came to the lot, my sims glitched and had to reorder the food and drinks. After 2 hours REAL TIME, I just turned the game off.

[ShadowAnimeation]

I don't understand Dine Out. Not only does it not work and frustrate players, but from a coding standpoint I have no idea why they went the route they did with it. Without getting into a lot of coding specifics, it's very complicated and works against the autonomy feature of the game. Why would they code it like that? For counter service dining they could have simply made a bar like item that served food instead, which would have been super easy to code and create the opportunity for simmers to make actual diners/fast food places. And for a sit down dining experience, being seated, ordering drinks, and ordering food should be one continuous interaction that a sim can multitask during (similar to writing a book, so they can still talk/eat/whatever while doing it) and then have the "staff" sims not have autonomy. Half of the glitches/hangups during weddings, parties, outings in general, etc. is that the NPC staff sims hired to run the event still have autonomy to do whatever they like instead of being a true NPC in that moment and following the steps of the event. And as for "owning" a restaurant, if it's not going to be a live career for chef sims and you're just the "owner" then there is no reason for you to go there on a regular basis. It should be passive income with occasional events (similar to For Rent without the bugs) where you get a bug infestation or fire or something and have to deal with it. That would make way more since than just standing there talking to people LMAO

[TheDawnofVanlife]

I actually couldn’t play without dine out. I mostly use it as a patron not restaurant management. I had Carl’s mod for awhile and then took it out as its more for restaurant management than what I use dine out for. I do have a small mod called ‘faster restaurant cooking”. You also have to order each course separately. So once you finish your appetizer, then you order your main, etc etc. I alway just do a drink and a main or just go for desert as that usually takes a reasonable amount of sim time and I get the experienced I wanted, Sims going out to eat, pay, go home.

[Alexandria.J.Barmer]

The best business type is the vet clinic bc there's actual game play where as owning a shop or restaurant is kind of boring bc it's just chatting to sims 😂

[renji_sama]

Beside from drinks, you can only select 1 dish (could be appetizer, main or dessert) per order and cannot order all of these things at the same time

[rutecmuniz]

Satch, you can’t order all courses at once. You can only choose one food and one drink, then you have to order again, if you want another course.

[davemk]

It's weird but when I used to play sims I had a great time with Dine Out pack. The restaurants worked well and I loved the CAS and Build Mode that I'd use all the time for my sims and their houses

[PrincessStabbityPLS]

The most expensive Build/Buy kit you can get. I think it deserves bonus points for the sheer audacity.

[laleepop]

This pack used to work and be fun. EA's problem is that they never update old packs or consider them when making new packs.