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What could EA add to the Sims 4 that would entice you

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I was very disappointed with the how the game turned out and for that I didn't buy it.
I will however wait a while to see if any good expansion packs turn up.
Also keep in mind EA has "warned" us that if the Sims 4 does not do well, they will not create a Sims 5.
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So I'm hoping the Sims 4 will rank up once a few expansion packs come out.

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    DawnbreakEdgeDawnbreakEdge Posts: 130 Member
    I gave the game a shot despite all of the negative opinions about it, and it was so much fun. After playing it for awhile, I'm kind of bored now. I'm primarily a builder, but I'm bored with that too. The game needs more careers and more venues. The worlds also need to be bigger. I'm already bored with the objects and skills. Don't get me wrong, everything looks awesome and it's a good base game but there isn't much in it.
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    LomadiasXLomadiasX Posts: 56 Member
    I too gave the game a shot and I do enjoy it but I wouldn't miss it.
    I'm also a builder and I get bored of generic game-play very quickly.

    For me, if they turned around and said the "stuff packs" would be free updates or would be included in expansion packs, I would be happy. I never see the point in the stuff packs (in my opinion) and would rather see EA update the game more and give us little treats from time to time. This would be the perfect opportunity for them to regularly fix bugs. Oh the bugs!

    Apart from that they need to let you do more in game. Obviously this is the base game and we shouldn't really expect the world on a plate this early on but still, it certainly feels like a lot has been left out on purpose to generate more revenue later on.
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    HCSauHCSau Posts: 506 Member
    More careers and things to do would make this game better. Having said this, I do love TS4. It's got a lot of what I was wanting in TS3. But I agree with those that say it needs more stuff in it. :)
    HSau :)
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    ZhakiraPZhakiraP Posts: 1,439 Member
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.
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    TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
    I get annoyed with the "If you don't love Sims 4, there won't be a Sims 5." Write a Sims 4 that I can love and I will. I promise. It's shameful how much of the TS3 store I own. I'm not only ready but willing to do the same for TS4 but they have to throw me a bone. Give me something to want.

    So what can they do?

    They have to do something about the abysmal world design. That is first and foremost. They have to find a way to open it up more and they have to make it bigger. This world 99% backdrop and 1% content. I bought the base game but I'm not sure I'm willing to buy expansion packs for a world that is 1 lot larger.

    They have to restore family play. This will feed back into world design. There is really no point in having a whole family of sims when I can really only play one at a time unless they're on the same lot. Toddlers need to return. I loved that if I gave my sim pink hair, her child could have pink hair. Now if I have a pink haired sim, her children can't inherit that. What's up with that?
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    catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,701 Member
    edited November 2014
    Hottubs,hottubs and more hottubs.

    Open resturents

    An Open Movie Theater

    Cars

    Dance Clubs,bowling alleys etc

    Holidays

    The Slowdance and more romantic socials.''

    Story Progression
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    catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,701 Member

    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.

    We already have teens but I'd love for the prom to return and a hangout were only teens show up.
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    DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Posts: 4,220 Member
    They have already enticed me. I have bought it. I play it. I have fun.

    I do not think it is perfect though; it's good, not excellent yet.

    Add cars, family trees, seasons, toddlers and make it so no loading is needed to visit a lot in the neighbourhood where you already are and I will be utterly satisfied.
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    FairyGodMotherFairyGodMother Posts: 7,406 Member
    I miss the cars. If they brought them back it would probably be like S2, pull out of the driveway and go to loading screen. I would be ok with that. The lots are small, but we could make room for them!

    I did buy the game, gave it my best shot, and glad I did. I do like playing it, it just doesn't hold my interest long. I was/am disappointed but its not a gamestopper for me. I am not giving up on it. I am waiting for more stuff to come out so I can enjoy it for longer periods of time.

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    wolfkomoki1wolfkomoki1 Posts: 5,053 Member
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.
    Uh they already have teens.

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    ZhakiraPZhakiraP Posts: 1,439 Member
    edited November 2014
    AiHaou wrote: »
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.
    Uh they already have teens.

    Not in my game :)

    I have Babies (I think that´s what they are), Children, Young Adults, Young Adults, Adults and Elders.

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    MinaiMinai Posts: 708 Member
    [quote="ZhakiraP;12987763"][quote="AiHaou;12986425"][quote="ZhakiraP;12984469"]Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.[/quote]
    Uh they already have teens.

    [/quote]

    Not in my game :)

    I have Babies (I think that´s what they are), Children, Young Adults, Young Adults, Adults and Elders.

    [/quote]


    Well teens with a correct height would be nice.
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    MintleafMintleaf Posts: 4 New Member
    Personally for me, I haven't even started exploring Oasis springs yet! So I'm totally good inworlds.
    A list of things that I think would make things better?

    -Teens that actually look like teens
    -Weather!!! Snow! Holidays!!!!!!
    -Family Trees!
    -Automatic and untriggered romantic interactions with couples (Such as holding hands while walking and cuddling in their sleep)
    -LOTS more careers!
    -More personality traits..
    -Custom hair color builder (Like the create a pattern in sims 3?)
    -Less yellow skin-tones.
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    SketchSketch Posts: 434 Member
    Family Tree, Story Progression and option to get rid of random townie generator and add our own townies would be great!
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    ZhakiraPZhakiraP Posts: 1,439 Member
    One thing they really could improve is ghosts.

    Why do they need to eat? Aren´t they dead? What is the point of having a ghost in your household if they are just a regular sim that doesn´t age?

    Will this be the case with the other supernaturals as well? I really didn´t like them in S3. They were just ordinary sims.
    Why do they need to be so restricted? Why has ghosts been restricted? Why the need of balance?

    Give me ghosts that are ghosts and not sims wearing a transparent sheet.
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    FairyGodMotherFairyGodMother Posts: 7,406 Member
    ghosts and vampires are about the same to me. They both eat and they don't age.
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    MstangMamaV8MstangMamaV8 Posts: 3 New Member
    I agree with many of you. Toddlers definitely need to come back. I don't like leapfrogging from babies to children, a la Sims 1. I'd like to have cars back as well. Maybe they aren't overly functional, but they do make the game look and feel more realistic. I'd also like to see an improvement in the hairstyles. They don't move freely and look fake. Sims 2 hairs looked more realistic than these. I'd also like to see a bigger world with a more traditional appearance from neighborhood view.

    Other than those things, the way the game is now, I don't know that much could be added to it to please me. But what I was hoping for was everything you know and love about the Sims but added to, improved and taken to the next level.

    The Sims 1 was a great game by the standards of its time. When Sims 2 was released, it was a huge improvement on Sims 1 and added many features to Sims 1 that we had been hoping for. After playing the Sims 2, I never felt a need to return to Sims 1. There was nothing I missed. However, I never really got into the Sims 3 like I did 2. I liked a lot of the new features such as more sliders in CAS and CAST. And I liked the open world for its visual benefits and the elimination of loading screens, but I didn't like how that affected extended families. If I moved a sim out the house, yes I could still play them separately, but they wouldn't maintain their family relationships the same way as in Sims 2. That for me was a big turn off because I really enjoyed creating big, multi-generational families.

    I really wish I could take the features of Sims 3 that I like and add them to Sims 2. The same with Sims 4. Build mode is an improvement and I like that sims are more dynamic, but again, those are features that I wish I could take and add to the Sims 2.
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    SchweighsrSchweighsr Posts: 3,342 Member
    At this point I don't think it is possible for EA to do anything that would attract me to TS4. The whole thrust of the game is 180 degrees opposite of the way I play. As @MstangMamaV8 said "I was hoping for was everything you know and love about the Sims but added to, improved and taken to the next level", and that isn't what TS4 is.

    EA would have to completely change the way the game is played so that there are multiple paths to achieve any and every task. They would have to open up the world at least a little so that you didn't get a loading screen for every single lot (I could accept maybe every district/ sub-hood). They would have to institute a color-wheel or CASt option (either way would take the same amount of work). They'd have to add Toddlers, change babies back into Sims, do something to differentiate Teens and Elders from other age-states. They have to stabilize emotions, differentiate Sims based on their Traits and eliminate locked objects (or at least drastically limit them).

    In other words, they would have to build on the foundation of *ALL* previous iterations of the game, TS1, TS2 and TS3.

    And that isn't what TS4 is. TS4 is a MMO engine jerry-rigged to work single-player, offline.

    So I guess I'll just wait for TS5.
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    LaAbbyLaAbby Posts: 3,742 Member
    Basically:
    Family Trees.
    TODDLERS.
    Teens.
    Basements.
    Attics.
    No play-doh hair.
    More family interactions.
    More careers.

    This is all I can think for now
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    SugarRaveSugarRave Posts: 2,552 Member
    Ooh well this is gonna be interesting...

    Slowdance
    Holidays and festivals with food carts (hot dogs, ice cream, cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, etc.)
    SEASONS! (If nothing else the weather effects shouldn't cause as much lag as with the open world)
    Dance clubs
    Bowling alleys
    Singing skill
    Open restaurants, theatres, bakeries
    Fencing (I voted for it in TS3 but we didn't get it in the renaissance fair venue)
    Trampolines, Slides & Swingsets (do we have swings?)
    Basements (This is on my must haves list)
    Split levels & stairs with landings
    Elevators (also a must)
    Spiral stairs & curved/grand staircases
    Pool slides and DIVING BOARDS!
    Graphic Design, & Animator careers (because that's what I do and I was upset when University Life only gave us game design in that field)

    The list will probably expand later, but they DId give us some things I really wanted in TS3 and couldn't get so those have made the starting list much shorter
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    CarnieCarnie Posts: 1,237 Member
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.

    This.
    And a controlled story progression. Check boxes for yeas and nays.
    I'm not really all about zodiacs, but I liked when sims were attracted to certain aspects in another sim.
    If they could revamp that and make it more... realistic and not all over the place I think that'd be cute.
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    CarnieCarnie Posts: 1,237 Member
    LaAbby wrote: »
    Basically:

    TODDLERS.

    Basements.
    Attics.
    No play-doh hair.
    More family interactions.
    More careers.

    also this.
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    EvalenEvalen Posts: 10,223 Member
    OFB aaaahhhh that would entice me to buy a EP, pets, basements, Weather, Island for Castaway play. vacations, especially a CAW tool that would really do it.
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    abbyshireabbyshire Posts: 601 Member
    Two EPs I'd be tempted to buy: Open for Business & (possibly) Seasons. Though I'm not sure about how Seasons will be in a closed world. Just seems a little pointless to me.
    ETA: Darn you, autocorrect!
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    LaAbbyLaAbby Posts: 3,742 Member
    Carnie wrote: »
    ZhakiraP wrote: »
    Teens would be nice.
    And family trees.
    A few normal carriers.
    new aspirations and traits.
    A new neighbourhood.

    This.
    And a controlled story progression. Check boxes for yeas and nays.
    I'm not really all about zodiacs, but I liked when sims were attracted to certain aspects in another sim.
    If they could revamp that and make it more... realistic and not all over the place I think that'd be cute.

    Totally agree with that. Story progression is lacking by like waayyy too much. I want an option to have story progression because I seriously hate having to jump from family to family so they can get careers and have a love life.

    Also I really liked the way they did romance in Sims 2. I want the whole "No chemistry, crushes, etc" back. Cause I found it a challenge when I tried to get two sims together cause they didn't have chemistry. I hate how easy it is to take a sim away from another sim.
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