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Sims 5: What sort of multiplayer game play would you most like
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I don't mind if there are some aspects that you can share. And I don't mind if there is an option to play with friends if you so choose. But if those of us who don't lose out in any way due to it, I will be looking into EA's newest competitors. Yeah, the days of Sims being THE SIMS is over thanks to Paralives, and others.
It's an exaggeration to say I'd run the other way if Sims 5 had any multi-player feature. But I know I wouldn't use the feature, so my interest in the game would depend entirely on how good the offline game is. I'm not that interested in 5 anyway, so it would have to be really good to get me. I like 4 and am pretty happy to just keep play that until I no longer can.
the sims 4 was built on an engine meant to be multiplayer and where did that get us? an unfinished game. no toddlers on release, updates that should've already been in the game (re: the first update ADDING ghosts and pools because they didn't exist), and a lot of bugs that plagued the game. i don't trust EA to fully flesh out a sims game on release because they're so used to dishing out half-done content and shafting the sims audience. if they don't fully commit to actually making a decent base game before its release, what's multiplayer going to look like? a buggy mess, like everything else.
i'd rather they spend all their braincells on the base game before considering adding a multiplayer component to it, or if they're so insistent on making a multiplayer game, making it a spin-off and not a main title.
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Alternately every player can set aside a single neighborhood as visitable by everyone and sell typical souveniers of their world there. Such souveniers could become a major incentive to visit each other. That business district would have the option to set certain rules that are then enforced in visitors (like no romancing, no fighting, no kleptos, no nudity).
The multiplayer aspect I'm somewhat curious about. Having other players visit my restaurant or shop could be fun.
Tbh I'd never want The Sims to be online, since, you know, The Sims games supposed to be singleplayer life simulation games :)
But oh well, If I don't remember wrong, It's confirmed that The Sims 5 will have some kind of multiplayer mode or something. It can't be a mmo (because obv it wouldn't be a Sims game at that point). So I think it will be like some kind of coop, where we invite our friends (and an option to create an public game so anyone who wants to join can hop in)
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Plus, it's also confirmed by some job listings that there is going to be a deep storyline for the game so it definitely won't be multiplayer only, just an option.
I don't care that you can, technically, leave a multiplayer game if another simmer is trouble. If they did this, would I have to then sacrifice the whole multiplayer game, the sims, the builds, etc. I don't like the sound of that.
If they had it so a multiplayer space, kind of like a lot or neighborhood but online, where you could travel with your sim to... eeh, That sounds like trouble to me.
The fact is, with kids when they get online there are sickos who try to prey on them. It's a fact of life. EA might want to believe they are doing the best, but even if they put a filter only letting players who self identify as over 18 play multiplayer, there are going to be teens who break this. Or worse, adults who do, if Teens are only allowed to play with other teens. And unless EA has a super powered filter up, monitoring all communications, stuff is going to happen. Stuff that EA will be legally responsible for. I don't want EA to do this, because I don't want them to be shut down by lawsuits or shamed into shutting down by the press after something disastrous happens.
The multiplayer mode is not mmo.Its just going to be you inviting friends to the game.I think this will be less issue.Since you can only invite people you want?
But how would you invite them to join your game. Most likely you'd be either adding a player to a friends list by their EA user ID, or be plugging a numeric code into a search bar. A numeric code your "Friends" share with you. You'd use internet chat rooms and such to get these names or codes. I suppose it is an excuse if the initial contact was not made on an EA server, legal department would like that very much. I still don't like it.