What is this all about?

tiagomoucho3

So I stumbled upon this video of The Sims Freeplay and it shows the next update for the game: Spa's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0d3FThundU

The first thing that came to mind was "Wow, this really is close to Sims 4 Spa game pack". It even got some objects we got from that pack. But then I started nothing things we don't have...
-> Sims relaxing in long chairs
-> Manicure table?

Even some objects look better (more complete, like where they have the water bowl for their feet). It seems they give more importance to the Freeplay instead of Sims 4. I could be wrong though. Please, let me be wrong!

GalacticGal

For what it's worth, I think the Sims themselves look far better in Sims4.

tiagomoucho3

Well if sims didnt look better in Sims 4 something was wrong xD

keylimepiesims

Lol it even has the same icon as TS4 Spa Day.

Well all I can say is FreePlay must have a pretty big budget to be able to patch in so much stuff.

LatteCrab

I couldn't bring myself to stay with Sims FP. I tried a couple different times, then gave up for good.

But, one thing I did wish was in our PC Sims game - some of the items, from Sims FreePlay.
Especially pool items, and some of the kitchen things.

I also miss a lot of the original The Sims (PC) items.
Stuff such as the counters (with no bottoms), food bars, etc.

In my opinion, many items had very nice detail, that seems to be a bit disappointing in Sims 4.
(I can't stand the look of some items, like fruit bowls and such. It's like badly cut out magazine pics.)

I would LOVE to have some of the more-detailed items back...
And a handful of items from FP.

poeticnebula

I'm with @SimplySimazing in that I tried FP but just couldn't get into it. As for them having similar stuff to TS4 that's not surprising and as @GalacticGal said the graphics are very different and that allows them to do some things in FP that would be a lot more difficult for TS4.

WinMacSims3

It seems that The Sims FreePlay likes to reuse things from the Windows and Mac games; for example, the Supernatural and Witches & Wizards updates are based on The Sims 3 Supernatural, Saddle Up took Horses from The Sims 3 Pets, Climate Control is based on The Sims 2 Seasons and The Sims 3 Seasons, Great Outdoors is based on The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat, and Day Spa is based on The Sims 4 Spa Day Game Pack. Also FreePlay now uses The Sims 4's logo rather than the original TS3-style logo. There are some things that are not from Windows and Mac game such as the Sunset Mall and the 2015 Christmas' "Frozen" world. I think the Mysterious Island and Royal Castle (although it could be inspired by The Sims Medieval and MySims Kingdom) could be original to FreePlay although I think it's inspired by another game.

However, both FreePlay and TS4 do have similar ideas; for example, they both got a romantic themed update (Romance Island Update and TS4 Romantic Garden Stuff, respectively) and they both had a Easter/Spring challenge.

PHOEBESMOM601

tiagomoucho3 wrote: »

Even some objects look better (more complete, like where they have the water bowl for their feet). It seems they give more importance to the Freeplay instead of Sims 4. I could be wrong though. Please, let me be wrong!

I have no idea why.....maybe TSF is making more money?

Erpe

WinMacSims3 wrote: »

It seems that The Sims FreePlay likes to reuse things from the Windows and Mac games; for example, the Supernatural and Witches & Wizards updates are based on The Sims 3 Supernatural, Saddle Up took Horses from The Sims 3 Pets, Climate Control is based on The Sims 2 Seasons and The Sims 3 Seasons, Great Outdoors is based on The Sims 4 Outdoor Retreat, and Day Spa is based on The Sims 4 Spa Day Game Pack. Also FreePlay now uses The Sims 4's logo rather than the original TS3-style logo. There are some things that are not from Windows and Mac game such as the Sunset Mall and the 2015 Christmas' "Frozen" world. I think the Mysterious Island and Royal Castle (although it could be inspired by The Sims Medieval and MySims Kingdom) could be original to FreePlay although I think it's inspired by another game.

However, both FreePlay and TS4 do have similar ideas; for example, they both got a romantic themed update (Romance Island Update and TS4 Romantic Garden Stuff, respectively) and they both had a Easter/Spring challenge.

It would be more strange if developers looking for new ideas didn't become inspired by seeing things in other games. I don't believe that they want to just copy such things completely though because it probably feels more natural for them to attempt new ways to use them and to try proving that they can do it better than where they got their inspiration

Firemonkeys were therefore inspired by some things in TS4. But especially the challenges were probably something made first by Firemonkeys for the Sims Freeplay whereafter Maxis then got the idea to do something similar in the Sims 4.