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Renaissance Faire
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Hey all, I'm back with another idea I'd like to pitch for the game. This concept might have already been suggested, but the recent poll for a Medieval Kit set my brain in motion, so I thought I'd share.
As many of us love to play in other timelines, I'd love to see more features put in place that allow us to do that, even if they aren't full blown huge ideas like "Into the Future" was with Sims 3. Mind you, I'd love a pack like that that allowed us to travel forward or backward in time, but I feel that it's a huge endeavor, so I'm not sure if it's a realistic request, or large enough demand.
So. One of the concepts that I thought might be enjoyed by many, is maybe a Game or Stuff pack for a Renaissance Faire. This kind of pack could give us some great CAS and build/buy for home lots, but also include a new lot type for us to build our own Faire. There could be fun dueling rings with cutless, sword or foil, axe throwing, archery and maybe mud-flinging activities, even bring juggling back (remember that in Sims 2?) with some new food and drink like Turkey legs, honey nectar (mead) and Plum Broth porridge. Could have a new guitar type (lute) and maybe something new like an ocarina or recorder (or hand drums please!). It could also include some good new Piratey stuff that would crossover nicely with Island Living. A pack like this should also be compatible with a horse pack, should we get one (and if the hints are true). I could even see a pack like this having a similar setup to Journey to Batuu (settle down, don't come for me) in the sense of it being a destination place to visit and a static set but with sections to visit, if making it a lot type would be too complicated. But I think that having some new lot types that allow us to create our own themed mini-festivals with customizable costume choices like Dine Out has, would be really fun, if we could also set what Sims wear to the lot.
Anyway, wanted to share the thought before it fled, especially since the Medieval concept seemed popular with Simmers.
As many of us love to play in other timelines, I'd love to see more features put in place that allow us to do that, even if they aren't full blown huge ideas like "Into the Future" was with Sims 3. Mind you, I'd love a pack like that that allowed us to travel forward or backward in time, but I feel that it's a huge endeavor, so I'm not sure if it's a realistic request, or large enough demand.
So. One of the concepts that I thought might be enjoyed by many, is maybe a Game or Stuff pack for a Renaissance Faire. This kind of pack could give us some great CAS and build/buy for home lots, but also include a new lot type for us to build our own Faire. There could be fun dueling rings with cutless, sword or foil, axe throwing, archery and maybe mud-flinging activities, even bring juggling back (remember that in Sims 2?) with some new food and drink like Turkey legs, honey nectar (mead) and Plum Broth porridge. Could have a new guitar type (lute) and maybe something new like an ocarina or recorder (or hand drums please!). It could also include some good new Piratey stuff that would crossover nicely with Island Living. A pack like this should also be compatible with a horse pack, should we get one (and if the hints are true). I could even see a pack like this having a similar setup to Journey to Batuu (settle down, don't come for me) in the sense of it being a destination place to visit and a static set but with sections to visit, if making it a lot type would be too complicated. But I think that having some new lot types that allow us to create our own themed mini-festivals with customizable costume choices like Dine Out has, would be really fun, if we could also set what Sims wear to the lot.
Anyway, wanted to share the thought before it fled, especially since the Medieval concept seemed popular with Simmers.
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dang it you now I want to reinstall Sims Medieval again
*claps air to the lute music and kills mosquito* *swirls around the house in mosquito free bliss*
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100%! I would love a festival lot or an entire destination world dedicated to medieval gameplay, especially if we can assign dress code and make the entire thing work off the grid. Long distance communication can only be achieved by finding a herald NPC or by composing a letter at a scribe’s desk and have a bird (owl, pigeon, raven) carry the message across. Modern technology ist ehr..completely verboten at the Renaissance Faire / World!
Although this may seem a bit ambitious, I do believe that a medieval style destination world with fully customizable lots is probably the most suitable for both historical players and those who would rather treat it like a Weekend at Medieval World.
I envision a mix between Batuu, Jungle Adventures and Outdoor Retreat, with different areas to explore and minor quests to complete e.g. slaying pit beasts and - indeed - fighting alongside pirates, complete with ship!
The main “districts” could include a forest, a mountain and a harbor, with a large fortress at the centre of it all. A destination world could also offer Inns and base camps to spend the night at. Alternatively, a sim may be eligible to apply for a free room & board farm job.
Hopefully there’s a growing demand for themes like this now…especially since the notorious infants have finally crawled their way into the game and off people’s wishlists, the little buggers. Fingers crossed!
I would love a ren faire in game, I agree there would need to be some way to establish a dress code since that is part of the fun.
I never considered the idea of having a whole world that could be viewed as an opportunity for time travel or like a theme park, I really like that idea too.
Either way this is a pack I would purchase at launch. I too would want to see things like unique foods, archery, fencing, and lute playing.
Additionally I think a pack like this would be a great opportunity for dragons,royalty cas, jewelry making, blacksmithing, and maybe even nectar making.
This could work similar to EcoLifestyle's Community Spaces, which is pretty much just one one single lot with 3 or 4 slots for different festival ground variations. The possible downside is that unlike all festivals in Sims 4, it doesn't spawn in the open world and requires a loading screen in order for sims to access the grounds. On the upside, the player will have full control over the contents of the grounds, which is something I have a personal preference for.
I suppose a fully customizable "Faire Ground -lot" that behaves in such fashion (much like Seasonal lot markers in Sims 3) could be part of basegame and managed in the calendar. I'm thinking of a Spooky fair on Spooky Day with pumpkin carving in fancy dress, we could create a winter fair, a wine fest, a fun fair / carnival with rides, a funeral fair ( When I was a student I had a job at a Funeral Exhibition....man, some of the coffins on display looked like spaceships, complete with lightshow...no kidding, I loved it
All we need ofcourse are the packs to provide the gameplay objects and related content *sigh*, but the system's basics are basegame.
For the record, I think we should get both: A Festival Lot AND and a medieval inspired world!
I have used the community lot type in my game to create my own seasonal festivals. It's works pretty well except that I have to manually change the lot from season to season. I like that with the City Living festivals they spawn like 20 sims there to help them feel alive but beyond that I would rather create my own. The loading screens don't really bother me.
I need EA to start producing packs a little faster bc now I want a Medieval themed pack AND a festival themed pack. The Medieval pack could include all the elements of the ren faire as well as the castle and themed world you mentioned. They could have ren faires that spawn in the world with sims dressing in Medieval clothing kind of how the dress up for the comicon festival. Also dragons and a royal bloodline. Then the festival pack could come with the carnival elements and different elements for fairs. I really want to create wine fest and fairs based around seasonal foods and activities. Being able to create unique fairs like you mentioned would bring so much to the game.
Now that the Horses pack has been announced, I thought I'd revisit this idea, because how cool would it be for a Renaissance Faire to have actual horses there? Especially for those of us who would play the pack as an actual historic (and fantasy) renaissance!
And since the Castle kit won, could we just get a GP instead with all of these things in it?
With Horses we could have a jousting tournament, with a ren faire we could also have fantasy themed Occults like Elves, Goblins and Orcs alongside Dragons.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jousting
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