Is the next game pack about restaurants? New tweet suggests so! «1234567…88...Next Go

The_SimScraper

I tweeted about the need for GamePack 3 and SimGuruNinja (The NEW head of Gamepacks) Tweeted me back saying: Hang in there! I know you're hungry for news & I can't wait to serve up some fresh info soon!
HUNGRY for news, SERVE UP some fresh info? Did someone say Restaurants? I mean, he could just be using them terms without thought but I don't think he is! What do you guys think? Here's the tweet:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/699282414296649728

sillyangel0906

Definitely seems like a hint. I'd be thrilled to have restaurants again. Will just have to wait and see though.

Cinebar

o.k. then

XopaxPax

That appears to be legit hint this time.

Sigzy05

I would like it! I think it would be nice to have restaurants in a City pack but I would like it as a GP as well.

Just the thought of getting all those amazing dining interactions from TS2 and imagining waiters serve food in TS4 gives me the hypes.



Waiters dropping the food on sims...



Proposing while at the table...

And they could put a ton of different styles of restaurants in the pack, they could have the Teppaniaki Grill back from TS3 and the Pizza Oven and fifties dinner style they could add a ton of recipes and some more romantic interactions!

The_SimScraper

The thing I worry about is, are GP's big enough to cover the trashy diners, family diners, romantic date nights/proposals and the classy 5 star restaurants we see? And would we be able to run one?

CapraCorn104

Wow..an actual hint and not just ambiguous tweets.

XopaxPax

The_SimScraper wrote: »

The thing I worry about is, are GP's big enough to cover the trashy diners, family diners, romantic date nights/proposals and the classy 5 star restaurants we see? And would we be able to run one?

If the GP is exclusivily about restaurants then why not.
But if they will include more things other than restaurants then i don't think so.

keylimepiesims

I certainly hope so! And if it is restaurants I hope our sims can own and run one, kind of like the sims 3 store set where we could place menus and hire chefs and set what food was on the menus. Gah I'm so excited, one ticket aboard the hype train please!

Sk8rblaze

I really hope it's a hint of restaurants and the like.

But, even more, I hope they implement them to be as great, if not greater, than TS2. It'd be pretty cool if they included an active career with it, too.

Sigzy05

The_SimScraper wrote: »

The thing I worry about is, are GP's big enough to cover the trashy diners, family diners, romantic date nights/proposals and the classy 5 star restaurants we see? And would we be able to run one?

Not sure about running one but I bet they will be able to cover all of that I mean Spa Day was huge and Outdoor Retreat didn't fall behind.

Piperbird

I've seen too many 'hints' that were not hints to get excited about anything said.

Sigzy05

I bet if they make a restaurant GP they will also add the "order favourite food" like we have with drinks and order chef's speciality interactions

sholtx

Whatever next GP is, I'd buy it.

Sk8rblaze

The_SimScraper wrote: »

The thing I worry about is, are GP's big enough to cover the trashy diners, family diners, romantic date nights/proposals and the classy 5 star restaurants we see? And would we be able to run one?

As long as they ensure we are given the tools to create any restaurant we'd like ourselves, I don't see why it wouldn't be able to cover the many different types of restaurants.

Also, given it's a game pack, I see no reason why dining proposals, as well as many other new/returning interactions would not be in the pack as well. The same goes for running a restaurant. If we go by Outdoor Retreat, we had an entire world and plenty of content for the game pack. I think a restaurant GP that accomplishes all of that would definitely fall in the standards of a GP, as far as content goes, without being considered an EP, either.

SimplyTori

I will be so happy with a Restaurant Gp as long as they are like TS2. You know with waiters,cooks,hostess and table interactions, I'd be over the moon... I'd like to see different styles also like diners, fancy dining and a place to take the family. But yes it does sound like a hint to me

Cinebar

Piperbird wrote: »

I've seen too many 'hints' that were not hints to get excited about anything said.

Agreed. I don't see them building a GP or EP to include restaurants like we want due to they have already built café animations and actions. I think to them that will suffice just as it did in TS3 in the University pack with the object to order food etc.

alan650111

I have been daydreaming about an open restaurant game pack forever! It would be the perfect concept for a game pack because it could contain so much details and have the same variety of restaurants we have in real life such as family diners, fast food, buffet style, and fancy gourmet dining! I would love if they would also add the ability to fully run one with option to choose menu, employees, and so forth. I would be ecstatic if this would be the next one and I know many other simmers would be too!

catloverplayer

Any guess as to what pc objects could come with restaurants?

elelunicy

A GP dedicated to restaurants doesn't sound right. Hopefully it will have a much more interesting theme. At least we know we're getting info on it soon

Sigzy05

elelunicy wrote: »

A GP dedicated to restaurants doesn't sound right. Hopefully it will have a much more interesting theme. At least we know we're getting info on it soon

A GP dedicated to Spas sounds as right as a GP dedicated to Restaurants.

catloverplayer wrote: »

Any guess as to what pc objects could come with restaurants?

Pc objects?

Hagfisher

Well, I'm excited to see what happens next.

XopaxPax

elelunicy wrote: »

A GP dedicated to restaurants doesn't sound right. Hopefully it will have a much more interesting theme. At least we know we're getting info on it soon

I think there's a possibility it would be sort of like that Town Life survey, but with a small neighboorhod like the one from GTW.

Cinebar

elelunicy wrote: »

A GP dedicated to restaurants doesn't sound right. Hopefully it will have a much more interesting theme. At least we know we're getting info on it soon

Soon? Your soon or Maxis' soon? Like on day of release a few times since this game's release? That sort of soon?

keylimepiesims

catloverplayer wrote: »

Any guess as to what pc objects could come with restaurants?

A hostess podium, chefs oven, menus, maybe one of those cool family style rotational sharing table things? Who knows!

drake_mccarty

The_SimScraper wrote: »

The thing I worry about is, are GP's big enough to cover the trashy diners, family diners, romantic date nights/proposals and the classy 5 star restaurants we see? And would we be able to run one?

Potentially. It all boils down to the functionality that they are aiming for within the budget they have. To be able to own a restaurant would require the ability to purchase real estate, which is something the game doesn't currently offer (besides retail stores but that functionality is exclusive to the GTW expansion pack and only serves for retail lots).

I don't see why they couldn't include a range of styles, seeing as the functionality for nearly all objects required are already there. I doubt there would be an official ranking like Sims 2 had, not even retail has that.

Ideally my wish list for restaurants would be:
Fully functioning (a host, waiter, cook, bartender, and bus boy/girl)
The ability to own and run your own (not sure if this would make the cut for a game pack)
And building off of the "own your own" idea, we should be able to fully customize our menu.

I would love a ranking system, imo that's part of the fun with running your business, but if we get restaurants that operate like Spa Day there would be no point because we couldn't run them anyway.