Last year there was
a voting for two upcoming kits and Medieval Castle Kit won π°
I'm so looking forward to it but it makes me sad that it's only a kit.
Usually a kit contains around 25 objects and I fear it will be just the exterior castle build pieces, flags, banners...
So what about the interior and gameplay?
I'd rather have a full expansion about this theme.
Do you think this is all the medieval stuff we'll ever get or will there be more in the future?
We are also still eagerly waiting for fairies and dragons. That would have been the perfect opportunity to give us a larger pack with everything medieval.
What do you think?
Did it ever happen before that we got a kit about a certain theme that had been 'extended' in further packs? (I don't think so?)
It's mostly the other way around that a kit comes after an expansion with similar stuff. Like Greenhouse Haven after Cottage Living, for example.
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Maybe they'll surprise us and release a fairy pack first that complements this kit.
but they couldn't fit castles in (since its whole different architecture from the usual medieval dwellings) so they made it a kit option instead
my other conspiracy theory is that they somehow merged superheroes and fairies into one "save/destroy the earth" type occult which is why scifi was the other option
anyway conspiracy theories aside I would love to have more medieval/historical gameplay in my game or even just updates to make cauldrons etc that we do have more useful for historical play
from this kit I am mostly just expecting good things for castle exteriors so I can finally get proper medieval castle in my Windenburg
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I made a chart a few weeks ago with steam data.
And even though we don't have acess to any sales chart data, I think that the occult Game Packs are the ones they make the most money with.
So imo a new occult pack will be very sucessful and will bring EA a lot of money.
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That's just my ideal at this point. I would absolutely love the whole general idea be dug into a bit deeper. Its honestly right below hotels and more hobbies in my want list.
All I can hope is for this to go similar to the country kitchen kit. Just a few months later we got cottage living. It feels that kit was made from unused concept art from a bigger pack. I have similar feelings about basement treasures and the grunge kit (werewolves), first fits kit (growing together) and Indian street fashion kit (culture attire from my wedding stories) So there is still some hope for complementary content in a bigger pack.
Country Kitchen was soon followed by Cottage living.
Luxury party to me what my wedding stories before my wedding stories came out
Vintage glamour - not sure which came first but fits with Get Famous.
Grunge and goth cas kits- and I believe we are still due bands because how can you be a musician, and only in the classical music section in particular?
we need vaulted ceilings. Any kind of church builds now with roof showing look horrid. The need texture paint like ceilings,(bottom of floors). but on the bottom. of the roof. Thinking also Sinstine Chapel, Duomo inFlorence. Also this kind of roofing
I want flying exterior columns- forum wont let me use proper title for this architectural detail, sculptural relief detail, I want to be about to paint the exteriors like the Duomo in Florence, and buildings in Venice and Italy with those decorative drawn squares and marble inlay on exterior elevation.
I want a time travel pack. I really hope so before the move on to the Sims Rene.
Also I need a bunch of 64x64 lots in worlds like Windenburg, Forgotten Hollow, Glimmerbrook. I donthave enough in my game for the builds I want. I canβt keep swapping them around. I wish they introduce kits that expand worlds with more lots. Sims 1 did that with their first expansions.
At the moment I have the royal family air bnb rooms in Draculaβs castle because Iβm not giving up that lot for Buckingham Palace that use to be there. Also have Lucy Westenra air bnb rooms in her Manor to Kate And William's family because I prefer it to Kensington Palace that was there, whihc I wish I could put back because they have apartments in there, but I love historical builds so much, I want to keep Lucy's manor.
Also have Thomas Shelby manor taking up the other 64 x 64 lot ad he is not air bnbing.
There is speculations of a new world like London- I can only dream. I really would love to make Westminster Abbey type builds, with all that relief or like the gothic cathedral in Cologne. We just need more old worlds and my Windenburg is full. It looks jarring in Moonwood Mill, I tried.
More old mood worlds with lots of large lots sizes! I have a ton of custom content for period clothes but an expansion would mean more official which I would love.
I'm hoping that the castle kit will have some exterior items that people that like to build castles have wanted, a fence that looks like a battlement or something.
As for them exploring gameplay... we have gotten kits that have been similar to full packs but sims are hard coded now to pick up their phone every second and you get messages every day about going to places, so they will have problems making worlds that take place in a time before phones were invented.
Maybe they will do a pack where you can visit a castle in modern times who will have a medieval fair or something? But that's probably not what people want. But at least we will get interior items that work for castles if they do that.
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Goth was easy pick as gremlin I am
but I see some use for both build theme options we had to pick from
Yet I just find medieval theme to be more useful all around than scifi, the same way I find broom to be more useful than robot vacuum
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Ideally we're looking at (I know we can use more, but I'm trying to keep within the 25 item limit)
1 new wallpaper (other suitable wallpapers already exist in Get Together and Discover University, so it just needs to coordinate with that)
1-2 new floors - maybe optional... maybe just some base game recolors of existing floors.
1 New Freize or floor trim.
1 New half wall trim or new fence to cover crenelations (the up and down sections of the top of a castle wall) They're defensive, so better done as something sims can "hide" behind.
At least 2 new windows. One arrow slit, one arched. There are other usable windows in Get Together and, of all places, Strangerville among others. Most windows would be terribly small, so we don't need them for all three heights.
1 new medium/tall wall height "gate" door
1 new short wall height postern door
1 new fireplace
1 new large/long table
1 new dining chair - arguably 2 or 3 (arm chair, armless chair, high seat)
1 new wall light
1 new ceiling light - may count as 3 items if they cover all three wall heights.
1 new "stove" that looks like a cook pot over a fire, maybe?
1 new double bed
1 new wardrobe
1 new side table
3 new sitting chairs - 1 large throne, 1 small throne, 1 "casual" chair. Again, other suitable furniture is in Get Together
2 new tapestry wall decors - one wide, one narrow
And if they could squeeze it in, maybe a new bench.
If I didn't miscount, that's 28 items if they include all my minimums.
I'd also like a new stair and stair rail, but I can't think what I'd cut to fit those in... maybe the extra dining chairs.
I own all packs and kits, and there's no good medieval beds. Small toddler chamber pot, no adult chamber pot. Also, I need the desks from Sims Medieval, and the wooden larders. Old fashioned pot over fire style fireplace. Some banners and tapestries. A spinning wheel.
Dungeon stuff, like bars and a dungeon door. Chains on the floor.
A big, medieval looking dining table. Also, anything and everything from the movie Brave. (Not Braveheart).
Other than that, I haven't longed for too much.
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Build Buy: Past or Future theme? Vote for your favorite Build Kit!
Love the past or looking to the future? Grandeur and majesty make MEDIEVAL CASTLE perfect for creating your own kingdom, providing you with everything youβll need to build a grand, rustic castle. Build a fortress with an array of elements including brick walls, battlements and leaded glass windows set in old stone. Place your vote for HIGH TECH FUTURISM if youβre inspired by out-of-this-world architecture featuring sleek metal exteriors and glowing accents that make a perfect home base for any Sims visiting from another planet.
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Even though they don't mention any furniture and only build stuff - does it give hope because they name the Kit 'Build Buy' or is it their general term for these kind of Kits? That they only go with 'Build Buy' or 'CAS' Kit?
There are two Castle 'Kits' in the Sims 3 Store.
One for exterior and one for interior.
If they scratch a few of the build items, there is a way to give us a kit with the basic interior included too.
But that would really mean this is all of the medieval that we'll ever get π
Exterior contains 19 Items for 693 Simpoints (1000 Simpoints cost 7β¬/$ afaik)
Interior comes with 13 Items for 427 Simpoints
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I voted for this kit, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it turns out to be.
Hopefully we get few furniture like a throne chair
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its so frustrating when I use bunch of columns and they don't even show in live mode *hissing*
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2 wall tiles
5 doors
2 windows
1 platform trim
1 fence
1 stair railing
1 stair
1 column
2 ceiling rails
1 fountain
1 chair
1 couch
2 tables
2 plants
2 decorative pieces
1 floor covering
2 lights
So I'm thinking for the castle kit:
1-2 wall tiles
3-5 doors
3-5 windows
1-2 friezes
1-2 fences
1 stair (no railing, when I picture castle stairs I picture them without railings)
1-2 columns
1 fireplace
1-2 chairs
1-2 tables
1-2 beds
1-2 floor coverings
2-3 lights
2-4 decorative pieces
Whatever we get, I'm looking forward to building a castle in Windenburg, Henford, and Forgotten Hollow. Whether playing in the past or present, I think a castle will fit into those worlds perfectly.