This is and has always been my main concern about multiplayer games--the always on the internet play, if there is a compromise, it will be shared and it will be leveraged by every-chan person out there, even if only for the lulz. For those who want to play multiplayer games, I'm happy for them, but I will not be buying TS5…
I don't think there will be any additional life stages in the new base game. I don't think there will be anything related to game play that will make the TS5 base stand out as a new iteration. I also think that the main new *bling* of the game will be the reemergence of colour wheel for designers and builders (exciting but…
This. What is the point of buying a gaming PC and then getting a mobile game for your one game of choice? There is already a Sims Mobile for mobile players. Sims 1 was a PC game... and those of us who have purchased and played all of the iterations, we're PC players. The greediness of trying to make a product appeal to all…
I pronounce it (a)"live" mode, but I think all of the gurus say "live"(love,etc) mode, so I reckon I pronounce it wrong and just stick to it from habit.
Thank you for sharing the link. It's good to see they are adding more TS2 lifestage gameplay to the game. I'll wait for the EPs to come out--hopefully sooner rather than later this year.
In Japan, I found out one of my colleagues (who interestingly had a band in Tokyo whose drummer was a Blue Man member) also played the Sims when he made a comment that I appreciated and I replied "Plus plus" as an inside joke to myself. He reared back and was like "Wait, did you just make a Sims reference?! I effing LOVE…
I am a bit concerned that they've hinted that they plan to have the same TS5 to play on both PCs and mobile phones. We have more than 32GB of RAM on our gaming PCs as well as personal video cards that alone can do super-computing, so can we please get at least one sims game that leverages this and stop pandering to those…
Whuzzah?! Where and how?! Do you have to be a TS4 creator already to get an invite? I create for TS2 and would be keen in seeing the in-house capabilities for TS5 creation.
if...* the game is limited/constrained for solo play to encourage players to engage in multiplayer play. * EA continues its current development path where the game is less about The Sims and more about The Stuff. * the game is subscription based. * the Sims are uncanny valley. * they do not have every.single.lifestage in…
I have to agree. Even TS1 sims were more interesting and emotional than TS4 sims. Such a missed opportunity to give them so many personality traits and career options and have their autonomous behaviour reflect none of it :( I had a health guru sim with all the traits that would make her a celebrity fitness expert who was…
Probably should have selected other, but I'm either going to buy TS5 or stop at TS4. I won't be an early adopter of TS5, and will wait for the reviews to avoid the heartache TS4 early adoption brought me, but if TS5 isn't a good game, I'm out. TS4 definitely resulted in me playing the Sims less in general (including TS2)…
TS2 sims - animations, personalities, wants/fears, attraction system, teens, memory systems, turn ons and turn offs, astrological signs, personality points and their related constraints (lazy sims don't have the option to run places), 4th wall goodness, autonomous scolding and worrying interactions, literally everything…
I once got laid off--they closed my office and let everyone go--and for the first two weeks if I didn't have the Sims to distract me, I would have been in despair while I was waiting for interviews and callbacks. Can you imagine being rock bottom and getting blocked from your game?! No thank you. Rachel Franklin tried this…
This is hard. World Adventures is my favourite EP for TS3, but it wasn't really a good "vacation" for my sims... it was an adventure/gameplay for a solo sim to complete. TS2 Bon Voyage actually is the only pack besides TS1 that actually felt like a vacation... my legacy sims went to the locations for honeymoons or for…
Based on radio songs alone: I love the TS2 soundtrack, but with the variety of music that TS4 has... it edges out for the win :D If it were just the OST, TS1 is the best, because any time I hear the TS1 soundtrack, I have a Pavlovian reaction--instant joy and a smile.
I still play TS2 and with all the 3t2 and 4t2 CC, I've been able to expand my TS2 gameplay. I'm happy that TS5 is on the way, because TS4 sims are boring, but I still play the game and buy the packs because the gameplay itself is interesting. I will not be an early adopter for TS5 the way I was for TS4 as early adoption…
TS1 - best: this video game was my first love / worst: randomized children TS2 - best: THE SIMS + everything else (this is still my favourite game) / worst: loading screen when you have 15GB+ of CC TS3 - best: world adventures / worst: the sims were hideous + rabbit hole buildings :s TS4 - best: all of the things that can…
I don't need to pretend... Last year, I bought a house in an HOA community and within the first couple weeks was invited to the Garden club. My puppy and I literally got attacked by a swarm a wasps last week while hiking in the woods behind my house and after the event, the Sims came to mind as I recalled running back and…
TS1 - Superstar TS2 - Open for Business TS3 - World Adventures TS4 - N/A (I love them all, most heavily leaning on Get Famous though) All Time: Open for Business
I'm waiting to hear more about the sims. Not so much a builder--I focus on legacy stories and realistic play, so I hope TS5 has a lot of stuff to do like TS4--but with more interesting sims. Hacking TS2 to make it more open world with modded 3t2 and 4t2 content takes away from game play--I hope that with the average 32GB…