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Hannoie
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The Sims 4 will flop because it doesn't bring a big, cool, life changing new feature we've never seen before!
The Sims 2 had the 3D cam, The Sims 3 open world, and what does The Sims 4 bring? Emotions? Hah!
I've seen thousands of these comments, really. Just a lot of whining, whining, whining. The Sims 4 will bring emotions, multi-tasking, better path-finding, improved CAS, improved build/buy mode and more interesting gameplay than we had in The Sims 3. But this just doesn't seem to be enough to most people. I don't say everybody is like this, but a lot of you are.The Sims 4 isn't original at all, it's just a mix of the other Sims games, it brings nothing new...
When I've read this sort of comments, I couldn't help to notice that none of them said what sort of big, awesome feature they wanted. They never told us what they wanted as have never been seen before in The Sims. So my question is simple.
If all these awesome features added in The Sims 4 isn't enough for you, as they don't seem to be to a lot of people, what do you want to see in The Sims 4 that would make the game worth while and money?
Please don't answer "better graphics", because graphics isn't a new thing. They've been around even since the first game.
I don't want a fight here, I'm just curious
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I totaly agree with you they are just whining about height sliders,graphics,hair and basicly everything.
And please, graphics really matters, or else everyone were still playing with the graphics that we had in the tomb raider 1.. lol (i love that game, but the graphics are creepy now)
edit: for the people that says that the sims were made to be a parody of live, and has to be a cartoonish game, why is that? People can be silly too doesn't have to be a cartoon. And sims is a SIMULATOR OF REAL LIVE so why not have more realistic things? We can still have aliens and fairies and that kind of stuff and not have to be a "loony tune".
Anyway, to sum up what I want now in one word: OPTIONS. I want options in building, Create-a-Style, and in buying clothes and objects. I don't want to see just a few clothes available for Sims and anything else has to be bought for extra real-world money in the EA Store. I want options to tone down emotions if I think they're drowning out other aspects of gameplay. I want lots of options for families and romance and the different age groups. I want the option to turn off any multiplayer aspect of the game and not be penalized or marginalized for doing so.
Just because it is in Pre-Alpha does NOT mean that the graphics will change. In fact they are almost certainly finished with the graphics.
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I really hope the hair texture will be improved, but remembering the very early pictures of TS3 and how the final game looked doesn't give me much faith.
Listening to our opinions and actually doing something about them are two waaaay different things. We can only wait and see. All we have to base our judgements on now are what we can actually SEE -- not what we hope, not what we think **might** happen. That's a sword that cuts two ways and gives both good impressions and bad impressions.
It will be interesting to see where they go from here. It's supposed to be in the early stages and they have finally shown it and have their feedback. How will they spin it? A Simguru claimed that TS4 has more graphic effects than TS3 and game textures quality will change. It remains to be seen. Perhaps EA is being more open this time and letting us see stuff earlier.
I would love to see something representing a target for the finished game, but I doubt they would show it. There is still so much left to see though. I feel like we've only had a small taste.
As for those 3 quoted statements, Hannoie, they're the kind that I just ignore at for this stage of the game's development. There is too much we don't know yet. Maybe I'll be saying the same next year, I don't know, but that will be next year.
I think toddlers should show that they have learned a skill. A toddler in real life isn't going to pick up a full-sized guitar (although toy guitars would be adorable), but they sing or they dance, and some indicate musical aptitude at very young ages.
More toys, especially those that skillbuild.
I miss the sewing desk from Open for Business for some reason.
Many of the devices from the invention desk feel...useless. They're stuff that a crazy inventor would have around their house, but a crazy inventor would also have stuff to make his life easier. In 2 I had sims solely kept alive by the robot that would bring them pizza, the one that would put them out when they caught on fire, and the robot that cleaned.
Another Supernatural, and a scifi themed counterpart. Aliens, plumbots, Bigfoot, mutants...Seriously, Futurama-type sewer mutants that glow in the dark. There's more to scifi than robots, really.
OP I know the complaing is annoying, but don't try to change their minds by trying to defend the game.
Its like this: say were at the market, and we saw these ripe Bananas.
I say I don't like them and i'm complaining about them because their gross,their green and not yellow, and you keep asking me WHY I don't like them because their not even ready yet Their RIPE! and I keep telling you those Bananas are gross, they are ugly, their weird shaped, etc.
But you keep asking why and saying I'm wrong and why Bananas are good and I should like them and it turnes to a huge argument!
Just let me not like the Bananas!
Do you get what i'm saying? Let the complainers complain about this let them vent about a game thats still RIPE!.
You like the game right? so why should their opinions bother you? You don't know them, your not going to buy them the game?
Thats all! Sorry about the weird story
Anyhow, I do have some thing I really want in the game - I just hope we get it. :? The Sims 4 has so much potential, so I just hope they make it work great this time.
- no more freezing, crashing and error code -insert number here-
- a smooth and close to bug free game where the patches solve issues instead of introducing major crashes
- towns filled with life, not with empty nightclubs
- more well-made content in every expansion
- CASt for furniture and clothing; just like it is for Sims 3
- a lot of hair and clothing
- no more cider; code the game for both Windows and OS X (etc.)
- interactions! I dream of a TS4 where they have many interactions; even for the kids, teens and elders. The trait system should bring more to the sims... I would like them to have more fun interactions related to traits; not just "talk about art" or whatever
- days filled with more than just trying to fulfill basic needs like hygiene, bladder etc. I love how they made eating more efficient in TS3, but I think they need to take it further... SIms shouldn't spend a lot of time when they make a basic meal... If people want it, sims should spend different amounts of time on different meals... Preparing pasta is more complicated than making bread with ham, so why do sims have to stand there just as long? I want to have time to do whatever my sim wants, not just eating and stuff.
Arh, I don't know... There's so much I want in The Sims 4, but these are the most important aspects for me. I'm really happy with the new CAS, but I'm worried about clothing and customisation. Some of the stuff for build mode looked really promising as well, but I hope they keep the CASt and maybe an advanced mode for the experienced builder.
I can't wait to see the end result, though!
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I'd like to point out that every single one of these ''features'' were talked about at the announcement of the sims 3.
We were told that sims could walk and talk.
We were told that sims could hold a baby and be on the phone at the same time.
We were told that gossip would spread through the open town and effect moods.
We were told that CAS would improve (and although it had a lot more refined sliders, it was essentially the exact same concept)
We were told build mode would be improved (it was virtually the same, with, again, only a few tweaks here and there)
This is the reason that I PERSONALLY am not excited for the sims 4. Because every single thing you've mentioned that is a 'new feature' of the sims 4, was achievable back in 2009 when the sims 3 was released.
Yet here we are with the sims 4. Still promising 'new features' that really should've been as standard four years ago.
I mean, I thought this time that we'd be getting '3D wall textures', so like when you paint down bricks, it actually has the 3D look of bricks, instead of a flat wall.
I thought we'd be getting more life stages or at a push, gradual aging.
I thought the graphics would be a step FORWARD. (And I know how carefully I have to tread on this subject. But I honestly don't think that the "Ea didn't want to go down
uncanny valley' and creep out players by making them too realistic" arugment is valid. Almost every other game that is made these days have photo realistic graphics. And we don't play them and get creeped out.) I actually like the cartoony look, but I still think this is a step back from TS3. I am still on the fence about the graphical style.
These are MY reasons not to be EXCITED about the game. Again, will have to wait to see more... But I genuinely feel like it isn't much of a step up from the sims 3. Emotions shouldn't only just included NOW. I've been playing the sims franchise since the first installment.
1. Customizable reactions to things - not everyone looks at a suggestive painting and gets hot.
2. No error code 12/13.
3. Create-a-Style, including hair color wheel that allows multiple hair colors.
4. Traits that are expanded upon with each expansion pack/sometimes patches, not just adding new ones. I'd like more walk styles and voice tones, too, but for a base game, three's all right.
5. 'Why not both.' I like options. 10 ways to kiss, not three.
6. Positive and negative things (wants and fears, for example), and I think happiness should be something to work for unless a Sims' personality says otherwise. In The Sims 3, a Sim that brushes their teeth is unstoppably happy for two hours.
7. In buy mode or CAS, don't reload everything each time I switch tabs. Load maybe nine at a time, and give me pages to flip through, like 1/3, 2/8, so on.
8. An option for less exaggeration in facial expressions/movements (heck, maybe there could be movement styles - subtle, normal, exaggerated). The eyebrows shooting around freak me out.
Wishful thinking, I know.
Hair/Clothes Physics.
They used the walking styles one. A lot of others wanted body shapes and that made it in and hats are accessories now.
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Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter”
And for only $70 dollors! But wait, there's more!!! Pre-order now and you'll get The Life of the Party content, absolutely free! We're NOT DONE YET! We're gonna add emotions, and...
I think they can just UPDATE the SIMS 3's CAS or make another expansion pack with the "NEW" emotions and "Updated CAS". You're whining about whiners, but I say we have the right to whine because I just spent hundreds of $$$$ for the Sims 3 and if they're going to release a new one, make it more improve and better quality and cheaper. I know they just want our money "the fans money". Look at this comparison.
And hope it's not "Internet Connection Required to play"
I suppose I expected too much?
I would have liked to seen a Sim being able to open a window..and the breeze blow the curtains..is that over the top?
I would have liked to seen transional aging. You know, gray starts at the temples as the Sim ages..little (very fine) lines start to form they start to look a little older,...even would have been 'special' if kids over time started to get a little taller,...maybe a little thinner etc. as they grow up.
I guess that was too much? Not be sarcastic..just dreamed big for TS4.
I had expected the map would have 'districts'..and be full of different type Sims...blue collar workers...and factories....other sections, white collar workers...with tall sky scrapers....and cul de secs for the Burb Sim/mini van moms...
I guess that was too much, too.
I expected to see a Sim sit on a couch (finally after 13 years) and be able to dial a phone on the end table next to them.
I was expecting to see Sims react to having to live in a very run down home over a very nice expensive home...and tell the player do someting about it..or wallpapers that are worn and ripped affect them and let them know they are't the richest Sim in town...
Some Sims could have been quite happy with 'environments' such as if their personality was all about 'family' and not wealth..but yeah, I was expecting a Sim to know their situation and perhaps fuss about it or be very comfortable about it and just go with the flow..
I was expecting I would say OMG, this is the best game ever...hasn't happened yet...'alive' to me means they are 'alive' and not a binary succession of reactions based upon how I may torment them with certain emotions...
I expected the Sim to have evolved...and be aware of the player (which we had before) and they lived in a Sim world...