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TheDismalSimmer
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Like most of you, I am overjoyed about the surprise addition of toddlers to the game. Although I personally don't do a lot of family play (mostly a builder myself), I know there is a large portion of the player base that do, and I share the excitement with all of you!
But beyond all the excitement, I think we should all take a moment to appreciate all the work put in by the development team of TS4. Not just for adding toddlers, but also dealing with all the vitriol that is occasionally (and often unjustly) directed towards them, implying that they don't listen or care about the game, while keeping it all on the down low so we can get a terrific surprise.
It is clear to me, that they do in fact care about the game and the players, and listen to the forums. Even if it's not always obvious or that they can't always reveal everything immediately.
Now, I can't speak on anyone's behalf, but thank you.
But beyond all the excitement, I think we should all take a moment to appreciate all the work put in by the development team of TS4. Not just for adding toddlers, but also dealing with all the vitriol that is occasionally (and often unjustly) directed towards them, implying that they don't listen or care about the game, while keeping it all on the down low so we can get a terrific surprise.
It is clear to me, that they do in fact care about the game and the players, and listen to the forums. Even if it's not always obvious or that they can't always reveal everything immediately.
Now, I can't speak on anyone's behalf, but thank you.
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And well done on keeping this a massive surprise.
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What?
You said a big hand...
Okay but really, sincerest thank you's to the developers who listened and took the time to make TS4 feel like a whole family playstyle again. But there's a long road and lots of work ahead to make each age feel unique and fun to play because this generation of sims needs to be what they intended from the start, all about the sims themselves, and that includes each life state. Let's hope this is a decent structure for family play.
Cheers to all who's been hoping and wishing for this.
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I don't mean to be a downer, but the 2 year wait with absolute silence was still a bit much. I mean Dine Out for example had that baby bottle, and the devs claimed they added it "just because" and (intended or no) gave off an impression not to read too much into it. Why? If they can't outright say it, ok, but they not only didn't say a word, but seemed to be against the idea we'd get them. I think I even remember a statement that there were "no current plans to add toddlers" not too long ago. (6 months?)
I do still believe the communication - or lack thereof - could've absolutely been better and got downright unacceptable there, regardless of company policy about silence on updates; exceptions should exist in such extreme cases. If an opportunity arose for history to repeat itself, I would complain exactly as I had all over again. This is a feature people wanted at launch, and while two years and three months can be understandable from a development standpoint, two years and three months of pure silence while expecting people to just "have faith" cannot. I do think that is still something to improve on and that the people involved with the complaints and criticisms should not be shamed for having them. There's an "EA silence on family play" thread that made it to 1000 pages before we got Toddlers, and that to me is a perfect testament to why it was such a problem.
Having said all of that, I do view Toddlers (and the apparent quality of vampires) as symbolic. Hopefully, this can be the turning point for Sims 4 and hopefully this will mark an improvement in update/pack quality. I mention the above not to repeatedly shame EA or out of some petty desire to continue on with criticism, but because I just don't want us moving forward having learned the "wrong" lesson, thinking that 2 years and 3 months of silence is in any way acceptable. I don't want people to be soooooooo happy they forget the rather justifiable reasons for the outrage to begin with.
But this is all of course a lesson in learning from history. For the moment itself though...? Things look good. The Sims team has seen a change in management, to my understanding, and the release of toddlers was the #1 demand since release while I can personally attest the vampire powers system is stupidly similar to a suggestion I made. As I said, this is good. This is a good way to restore faith.
For the moment things look great and I hope the Sims team keeps up the good work. Let's move forward, let's improve the game, and let's learn from past mistakes.