I’ve completed all Career Storylines, 95% completed Hobby Storylines. There is a part of the Town not yet available- The Docks(?). When will that area be available, will more careers & hobbies be created? I enjoy the SIMS Mobile, would be a bummer if I’ve already maxed out everything.
I would love more pool items!! I want a Pool lounger really bad and I can't believe there hasn't been one added yet! Pools seems really disregarded. I would also love more interactive careers, or more careers in general.
I've been playing since '99. A lifelong fan, I have found this to be one of my favorite past times and have teenage kids who have learned to love it as well. I have a giant collection clear back to the original and I display it with joy, especially when the younger generation can see just how far back SIMS goes! This being said I'm so disappointed in the Sims 4 and I have spent a better part of the last several years TRYING to change my own mind. I've invested a lot of money into owning 80% of the collection hoping that it will get me past the parts I just don't like, and I just can't bring myself to enjoy and STILL find that'd rather go back to Sims 3 for the overall functionality of that game. While the graphics, the updated game play and modernized building and objects options are pretty great, there are still some larger factors that override this making original simmers going back to older games. I know I'm not alone when I say one of the major factors that make Sims 2 and 3 so great are the large worlds you can create and build. The lot additions, the ability to create the Town and not just a neighborhood. Sometimes the best part about this game is getting lost for an entire weekend in creating more than a home. Another factor is the ability to see your world as a whole and watch your Sim travel around it. This isn't something that's easily overlooked for people who have hung onto YEARS of this game play. While I see that new and fun is key, it's not just about converting some of the expansions. Please consider this for your fans that have invested years into this game. We're originals. Unfortunately, I cannot get my money back for a series of games I really cannot find joy in, but I know I'm not alone in asking for increased world control. It MAKES your town more alive. You certainly hear your fans and it's obvious when you bring favorite expansions or added SIM features.
Some other GREAT sims 2 and 3 additions to roll over: Careers that have you do missions MORE career options that have you interact with the town Supernatural (lets face it the witches are JUST as great if not better than vampires)
I'd love to be able to edit existing strays and also create my own.
Also, I'd find it great if the alien disguise would be more similar to the dark form of the vampires. Like being able to copy some features such as the body shape, clothing, face structure, hair et cetera.
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An expansion/game pack that would allow you to play as the Grim reaper: reap souls for a career, live in the afterworld (Ghost Town), have the power to kill or revive sims, have children with special powers and develop your reaping skills.
Info on the pack
Playing as the Grim Reaper
There is always only one Grim Reaper at a time per game. You can play as the Grim Reaper by either:
1) Starting a new game and choosing to play as the Grim Reaper
2) Playing as a normal Sim who becomes the Grim Reaper
Becoming the Grim Reaper
You can play as a normal sim who becomes the Grim Reaper. Once Sims have met the Grim Reaper once (by witnessing a death), they can then call the Grim Reaper and ask him to hang out with them. They can therefore build up a relationship with the Grim Reaper.
If a Sim becomes good friends with the Grim Reaper, they can ask the Grim Reaper to “transfer his powers to them”. If the Grim Reaper agrees, your Sim will then become the Grim Reaper. The original Grim Reaper will become an ordinary Sim.
The Grim Reaper can be male or female
A New World: A Ghost Town
When you become the Grim Reaper, you move into the Grim Reaper’s mansion in a new world: The Afterworld/Ghost Town. The Afterworld is just like any other world: it has houses, a park, a cinema, bars. But, it is inhabited only by the Grim Reaper and dead Sims (including dead pets). The dead Sims appear as ghosts, but live in houses there, have jobs etc.
Ghosts have their permanent home in Ghost Town, but if they have an urn or grave in a living Sim World (e.g. Oasis Springs), they can travel back and forth between worlds. They can also choose to move in with a living sim family in a living world.
Living Sims cannot travel to Ghost Town, unless they are the Grim Reaper/the spouse or child of the Grim Reaper.
The Job
The Grim Reaper’s job is to reap souls, for which they are paid Simoleons. They will receive a message when a Sim is dying which tells them where the Sim is dying and of what. The location of the dying sim will also be marked on map view.
The Grim Reaper must go to where the sim is dying and perform the reaping ceremony. If they fail to do so, their work performance will drop. They can increase their work performance (and therefore earn more simoleons per reaping), by performing successful reapings and increasing their “Reaping Skills” (see below).
Your Sim’s work outfit will be the same as that currently worn by the NPC Grim Reaper.
Given that it cannot be expected that Sims will be dying more frequently than usual, the Grim Reaper will not be constantly performing reapings. However, when a sim does die in game (in any of the worlds), they must perform their job. Nevertheless, they will be paid lots of money per reaping, so they can live off the infrequent work. They can also get a different day job if they want something to do.
Reaping Skills
There will be a new skill: the Reaping Skill. You can increase your Reaping Skill by reading up on Reaping, performing Reapings, talking to ghosts about death.
Powers/Abilities
When your Sim becomes the Grim Reaper, their aging process stops and they become immortal.
They also acquire a new power: the power over life and death. With this power, they can instantly kill Sims that they don’t like (this will be a new death type and produce a new form of ghost). They can also choose to save dying Sims or to revive the ghosts of dead Sims.
Relationships & Children
The Grim Reaper can marry normal Sims. When the Grim Reaper marries a normal Sim, the normal Sim will move in with the Grim Reaper in Ghost Town. The Grim Reaper cannot move in with the normal Sim.
The Grim Reaper can have babies with normal Sims. Their children will be mortal, but will have a special trait “child of death”, which gives them the power over life and death. With this power, they can kill Sims that they don’t like, successfully save Sims from dying, or bring ghosts back to life as normal Sims.
Retiring
To stop being the Grim Reaper, you must find another Sim willing to take your place. Become a good friend with that Sim, and ask them to take on the job instead. If they agree, that Sim will become the Grim Reaper instead, your Sim will stop being the Grim Reaper and will move back into one of the worlds for living Sims.
When your sim stops being the Grim Reaper, they become mortal again and continue to age, they lose the power over life and death. But, they keep the reaping skill at the same level. If they decide to become the Grim Reaper again, they must begin at the first level of the career.
A New Holiday
There will be a new holiday: Death day. On this day, Sims remember their lost loved ones. The ghosts of dead Sims may cross over into the living Sim worlds and tell your Sim a secret or ask them to do something for them so they can be at rest. The Grim Reaper will also be around on Death day, so that you can interact with him.
Like a lot of people, I would love to see more 'go-to-work-with-your-sim' careers added in future packs. One I would really like to see added would be a fashion design/salon/stylist type profession and as part of that, I would love it if we could save the fashion 'looks' we put together ourselves to the 'styled looks' category and even share them on the gallery. I love being able to dress sims with one click, but I would love it even more if I could add more ensembles of my own making to that category.
CAS:
- neutral eyeshadow in soft and subtle tones
- modern style eyeshadow (darker at the outer corner and lighter towards the inner corner)
- more lipgloss
- softer nude lipsticks
Build/buy:
- 1x1 coffee tables in various shapes and styles
- more 1x1 dressers (especially built-in closets)
- more stair styles, and option to place diagonal stairs! The current straight stair placement is very limiting.
- stage/platform tool
- more matching sets of furniture and windows/doors!
- more fancy panelled wall textures (TS3 basegame has many examples)
- more fancy floor patterns (wood and stone. Similar to Vampires pack and TS3 base game).
- pond objects in various styles, some with bridges. Fish can be stored and displayed in them.
- way more flower terrain paints. The pink one looks like sprinkles and the white one like weeds.
- portable laptops
- small teddies (like in TS3)
- more curtain sections like in Vintage Glamour (for flexibility)
- small telescope and microscope
- more table lamps
- more flowers and plants
- more neutral rugs
- sectional sofas
- more small decor (tiny modern statues of animals, bowls of fruit, groupings of elegant vases etc.)
Gameplay:
- turn-on/off system (specific and customizable!)
- likes/dislikes (ex. likes tea, dislikes coffee; likes fishing, dislikes gardening etc.)
- favourites (food, drink, colour, music)
- let likes/dislikes and favourites influence sims' lives. Ex: clap hands before favourite meal/drink, feel slightly cheered up if sad after ingesting fave meal/drink, wishes to own objects in fave colour/wear fave colour clothes etc, compliment colour scheme of house/colour of clothes. Happier when conducting a liked activity and unhappy when conducting a disliked one.
- option for automatic memories (tickbox). Better memory capture system!! I don't even bother trying to capture memories bc all my screenshots appear and it's a mess.
- game recognising if certain sim is often directed to preform certain interaction, then occasionally automatically directing sim to do it (ex. drinks coffee in certain chair every morning, feeds fish certain time of day etc.)
- funerals and cemeteries!!
- more activities. Playground equipment, hopscotch, picnics, going on walks (alone or with sims), more boardgames (majong, checkers, snakes and ladders) etc.
- more hobbies. Digital art, More instruments (upright piano, cello, clarinet, drums, saxophone, bass guitar, ukelele), Jewelry-making (from gems and metals found in world; also cutting jewels into shapes and sculpting small statues from gems like birds and flowers), sculpting (TS3 style), inventing (separate from Science career. Things like toys, kitchen appliances, robots and computers), Knitting (sweaters, beanies, scarves, blankets, small teddies), Canning food and making jam and juice, Nectar making!
- more careers, some of them active. Interior decorater, Stylist, Teacher, Military, Singer, Actor, Marine Biologist, Self-employed, Hotel-owner etc.
- more entertainment. Bands, old-fashioned dances (ex. Jane Austen dances, ballroom dancing, jazz dancing, tap dancing), acting on a stage (similar to puppet shows), ballet, opera singing
- milkshakes
- candy
Interactions:
- Interaction to remove specific sims from a conversation (ex. during a romantic convo)
- more romantic interactions. Slow dancing, more types of proposals (dinner proposal, picnic proposal, dramatic proposal, shy proposal), more types of kisses and make-outs, TS3-style relaxing on bed instead of just sitting
- more trouble-making interactions. Talk dirt about ... , Spread rumours about ... , Gossip about ... etc.
- more interactions between acquaintences. Small talk, chit-chat, inquire about family, Talk about news, Ask about home town, Ask about Alma Mater
- more interactions between friends. Talk about hopes and dreams, talk about future, talk about (romantic interest), Give advice, Ask advice, Talk about good times, Convey unrealistic scenario, Chat about day, Chat about work, Chat about family, Tease about ... , Exchange secrets etc.
- more interactions for teens. Giggle about nonsense, Gush about Feelings, Complain about parents, Complain about life, Complain about school, Complain about crush, Gush about crush, Talk about social media etc.
- more interactions for children. Proclaim sim has cooties, Cheese touch, Complain about adults, mean interaction during argument "I know you are but what am I", Create imaginary world, Create secret language, more games like tag and playing pretend, Talk about gross things, Complain about gross relationships etc.
- more interactions for elders. Share wisdom, Talk about youth, In my time... (rant), Talk about life, Talk about death, Talk about memories, Talk about favourite moments, Tell life story, Teach life lesson, Teach baking/knitting, Give important advice, Lecture about times, Express gratitude for family and friends etc.
- interaction "Introduce to ... "
- interaction "Find light in situation"
General
- different chests/bookshelves only containing what you put into them. Current system is highly unorganized and makes me unwilling to collect things bc of this storage issue.
- can put photos on tables and desks, not just on the wall, like in TS3
- better system to control off-lot sims. Things like do homework, build skill, complete daily work activity, Clean home, build relationship with ... , Prepare meal etc.
- sims meeting other sims at work/school and building relationship with them if "socialise with co-workers / friends" is chosen
- option to build required skill at work, as in TS3
- certain requirements for sims to get promoted like in TS3, ex. must be level 3 logic, must do extra reading etc.
- optional opportunities like in TS3 concerning other sims, work, school and skills. It's a great way to give direction in the game and create stories.
- more consequence. Detention, demotion, being fired, enemies wrecking havoc like kicking over trash cans and spreading rumours etc.
- overhaul of Children skills. If my child sim spends HOURS practicing an instrument but doesn't gain any skill in that instrument bc it goes directly to Creativity, it feels like a waste of time.
I would love for it to be able to control the pets again, I know you guys have said you didn't put this in the game with a reason, but it would be nice if it would still become a cheat at least like in the previous Sims 2 games. Now we kind of have to rely on mods which not all of us can.
"When the Ashes are two, a flame alighteth.
Thou'rt Ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."
Oh! And I would also love for the babies to be able to be carried around again like in the previous games. It was very cute and a lot of fun to do... Even if you could just leave them on the floor haha.
"When the Ashes are two, a flame alighteth.
Thou'rt Ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."
New Careers are a must. How about bringing back the Architect Career and Interior Design, using a level 10 Artist paintings to decorate. Giving the Art work an environment score before you hang it in the clients house.
Can We have the Family relationships fixed. Like it shows Mother-in-law/Father, or Step-Mother, Uncle, cousins. These relationship connections are very relevant to story line progress and it is part of Family life and legacy's.
Can we start having "Retire" for elder Sims instead of just "Quit Job"? They should have retirement salary too, after master the highest level of that career.
Can we start having "Retire" for elder Sims instead of just "Quit Job"? They should have retirement salary too, after master the highest level of that career.
I would love to see more traits like over-emotional, brave/dare-devil, good sense of humor, vain.. ect. More emotion based traits that provide more moodlets/preferences. Also favorites would be COO to bring back.
Return of NPC characters such as firefighters (or ability to BE one!! woo), npc police (or townies in detective career that appear on lots when burglers show up) and of course the burglers..
Also since the option of an open-world has been ruled out by the engine TS4 runs on, I would love to see sims drive out of the neighborhood when going to work (bikes, skate boards or car pool if your sim does not own transportation and ability to select type of transportation) And for the kids having a school bus pick them up or parents can take them to school.
More life-stage interactions for example I saw someone mention an interaction for elders to share wisdom or offer inheritance to selected sim (to be given to their household.
After-school activities for kids and teens.
Part-time jobs for adults
Also I would love a teaching career and more jobs like those of doctors, scientists, and detectives currently in the game (firefighters, sylist...)
im enjoying seasons if there's one thing that displeases me most it seems sims stop going out during winter and come spring there not seen out and about. especially your own np's. secondly every time my sim goes ice skating I think wow they could add the olypics to this y'know competition on ice. but I guess if u could do that there'd been football and ice hockey. but its to bad they couldn't have raced on the ice lol a lot of wipe outs.
I would really love to get back the apartments from The Sims2 and option to build them.. even improved than in The Sims2. Those flats in San Mychuno are fine. But I would really fancy some way to build terraced houses or semi-detached even small blocks and play each family separately.
Also would be great to make more business options :smile:
More color/pattern options for everything. Some hair styles with a bow:currently the hair color determines bow color, how about a color choice to coordinate with outfits? As many others have stated, it would be great if we had more staircase options, current options are very limiting. And stair railing options to add some fancy looking staircases to our homes. Stair railings do not come in as many colors as the fence/rails right now and that limits your color options. Windows and doors do not come in enough colors.
How about a beach vacation venue? camping is fine, but my sims cry when they go camping. Chaise lounger for the pool/beach is necessary, and volleyball would be fun for them.
BUNKBEDS! How can we build the cutest, most functional kids rooms without them? Also more selections for color choices on the current beds.
I would love the ability to build split level homes, just go up a few stairs to the theater room, or down a couple of stairs to the living room. (I know you can do it now by removing the floor on a home with a foundation but those houses never save correctly and I miss platforms and the ability to have different levels)
Others have mentioned we need the ability to "sort" our sim personal inventories. My sim goes to a fishing spot where frogs are the best bait, and I have to scroll through all the herbs he has collected, all his produce from gardening, all the fish he has caught etc. and all I need is for that stuff to have a tab at the top to click on frogs. Or if he is trying to fertilize his garden, a tab separating fish from produce from pet poop would be so helpful!
I cannot stand sims going into the bathroom to prepare food on the counter. Or going in there to wash dishes when I have put two sinks and two dishwashers in the kitchen, they prefer to go upstairs and use the bathroom sink instead. Maybe we could have counters that are for the bathroom only, or the sims just "KNOW" better than to prepare food in the bathroom. And more sink and counter styles.
Careers that would be nice to have, teachers, counselors and principals.... and..pet trainer/obedience expert...teens could be dog walkers. If you own your own animal hospital, you could include a pet grooming area and have groomers.There are so many smelly pets running around, a groomer would be a nice addition! Since we have police and detectives, we could have a courthouse with a judge, lawyers, jury. My sim with the cooking skill maxed out would enjoy being a chef in a fancy restaurant, but even if I build her a restaurant to own she can't be the chef.
These babies that are currently in the game are being deprived of being held, rocked in a rocking chair, or taken outside to see the beautiful world they live in. Toddlers would benefit from being rocked by their grandma before bedtime. Rocking chairs are a must for retired sims to sit on their patio and enjoy the gardens they have tended, and watch their grandchildren play outside.
I think walking the dog twice a day should prevent my sims from getting fat...it should count toward fitness. Swimming shouldn't give elders that dangerously fatigued moodlet, swimming is good for elders and low impact on their aging joints.
Designated room types could address the dish washing problem. Now that the game does recognise the concept of "room" (or is that only the build and light rendering process?) it may work to prefer sink within room type for certain interactions.
I'd like to see all options when you "ask to see outfit." Currently, you can only pick between the outfit categories. If you'd like to see a sim's 2nd outfit for a category, you can't have them change into it unless you are playing them. Alternatively, there could be a cheat where you can shift-click on an unplayed sim and change their outfit.
Sometimes I have sims with a fancy outfit for party outfit 1, and an outfit more suited to going to a nightclub for party outfit 2. Then, those sims show up to a nightclub in party outfit 1 and I can't change them. That is why I'd like this to be implemented in the game.
Can we have "invite to stay" back. I don't only mean for romance purposes but I have families separated all over my worlds now and I would like them to stay for Winterfest, for example. Provided we make enough beds for them of course.
I want some of the old controls back. I was really hoping Seasons would include some of these fixes. I want a "Fertilize all" feature, clicking large gardens one by one and scrolling down to my stack of fertilizer is monotonous. I also want better stack control. When my gardening sim died before I could empty her inventory to someone else', it was a huge pain in the butt to move 80+ mushrooms (fertilizer) to the floor from the household inventory and have to drag them one by one to her daughter's inventory. I also want to be able to just move like 20 apples from someone's inventory in a stack into the fridge, so I can sell the rest and not have to drag and drop 20 times over. And it would be nice if the wash machine had a "wash all" feature where they would collect all the laundry from all the hampers and put them in the wash machine and start it, as well as "move to dryer and start", my sims are in such a hurry to get away sometimes they are half way up the stairs with wet laundry in the washer before I send them back down to actually turn on the washer/dryer.
Hi, Thanks to those very brilliant ideas already shared. I can see that some of those ideas have indeed been heard and implemented. Nice job!. I have been playing The Sims since 2009. I feel in love with Bob's tutorial house and I was hooked from then on. I have faithfully played and purchased just about everything under the sun and, I can tell you that I pretty much know what we still need to tie the bridge between 3 and 4 that I believe players really, really would like. I also want to make mention that I am fully aware of TSR4 and TSR3. I know the mods and cc are important for people who enjoy that in game play. Keeping this in mind I hereby make the following recommendations and with my humble opinion...here goes:
In Build Mode Base Game Allow more access to NEW floor plans. Specifically looking for the game's ability to allow the player to "choose" the size of the room. Allow the player to "move certain sections of a room's area" half room sizes or full room sizes. This will allow players to pick and choose half of one style and half of another style to mix and match.
Can we also have the ability to see a feature added in the build room floor plans area to allow us to choose hallways?
There is a dire need to add more stairs and we are looking for half stairs to move all directions. We are looking for fences and gates to move in different directions. We are looking for them to be versatile with different directions just like the roofs are in the game. Elevators would be nice.
I would like to be able to decorate the ceiling with various tiles or patterns.
Do you think it is possible that the eye dropper (feature used to copy items) could also have a additional use to allow patterns to be copied and in game play allow players to use these copied patterns to add them to items? ( as wallpapers, furniture or items that are changeable in game play).
Unrelated to anything but is it possible that Sims can pick raspberries and blueberries?
STORE MODE I know that this will be a really crazy idea is it possible to make this change to the game. first, on our main gallery page, for example my page is theoctanepumpkin it can be seen by others if they see my items or look me up. What if we add an additional feature on the page called "points" and for all the votes or comments a person can earn a point. Or if I myself post a downloaded item for the gallery. I get a point. The idea is to save up points to "earn" enough to buy something from the STORE. Create a store that works not with real money but with sim points. Much like the EA did with Sims3 Store. They had points. I realize this is complicated but it does allow those really talented people to showcase special featured items that are only accessible at the Store. I think its a cool idea. Maybe do a survey about this online?
Stuff/Genre & Misc Thought or Ideas: I look at magazines for gardens, houses and kitchen and bath. I often get Birdseye view of popular color schemes and or styles. Could we do more themes in the game? I like having a touch of many items combined and not going with just one genre but I can say I am grateful the game makers are adding more vintage items. I say THANK YOU!!!! much praise:) I am looking for high vaulted ceilings and better DOOR and WINDOW options. I doubt you will see what I mean but if you happen to have House Beautiful the August 2009 addition (Heartst magazines 7547008458 or CMG08458. If you have magazine like this or similar then you will see clearly just how close we are as game players to have acquired items with such pizzazz. My request is better choices for wallpapers, light fixtures and types of wood furniture items. I love the idea of being able to mix flowers, plants and books within my furniture and inside them as well. Do you think you can privide the giant globe hanging light fixture with the chain attachment to the ceiling? Could you also bring back the palm ceiling fan? Could we have built in book cases with items that look like they are stacked differently and the back inside is paintable? Meaning if up against the wall , we can change the background of the back of the inside of the bookcase? I wish I could show you a picture. I also am looking for more and more vitange items. Have you ever looked at Long Island? Consider the subtle, casual and colorful sky and grasses. *Back-painted bookshelves, *The fresh blue and green palettes or fresh green orange or blue palettes. Green welting on a blue chair or vise versa. Huge photos over the game tables. Antiques!!! Can we please have the giant Chrystal chandler? You can't have vintage without Antiques. I love the fact that we have antique rugs already in the game as well as some dressers or end tables. I require nic-knacks. Clutter! We already have great items but lets bring more so we can make our rooms look even better. screened porches! Nautical wallpaper Beach wallpaper More tiles! Can we have a lot more!!!! Especially requesting to tile stairs.
Looking for huge light fixtures with glass or steel of various sizes and shapes. Are you familiar with the furniture called Lillian August? www.lillianaugust.com The cabinets are to die for. Bedside chest item 1430971 item looks like darker wood with opal or shell on the face of the front 3 drawers. the legs are covered with gold to protect the bottom. cabinet 1383997perfect for storing beverages fits perfectly in dining or livingroom. Old scientific globe light fixtures! Arched hallways! Can we have more textures on the table clothes for the round tables? Can they look more cloth like with new colors? Is it possible that the french doors can be left open? It's the cool look that we would like. Can we have a bed with a Chinese headboard made of silk? one that we can choose three different colors?
Can we have sunflowers in a vase? can we have potatoes, carrots and other veggies in a big bowl? Or other places to store or decorate? Can we have blue and white dishes and vases?(Colbolt) Can we have the ASHLEY HICKS COLLECTION tiles (PATTERNS) studiumnyc.com Can we have the filtration faucet? Perrin and Rowe Through Rohl at rohlhome.com Can we have English Ivy Leaves? Strands or bundles in three's? Can we have tables for outside that have fire? They light up with fire. Can we have more succulents that are built into cement furnishings for patios? or walls?
The flower pots that are square. Is there a possibility that we can joint three together with tighter game play and not have to do cheats? Can we have fushia flowers and trees please?
Could we have better waterwise tapestry for times of the year that we experience dry seasons. Catilina is red-orange and blooms in California Fushsia. It grows naturally in rocky areas or on dry slopes. looks at home against the gabion walls also goes great with gravel. It would be nice to have more flowers to reach ground levels too. I love southern charm. So if I could pick a genre. That I would ask you to add. It would be more items for that and Antiques. I love the decorative mill work and lavish fixtures. The curtains are so very pretty. I would like to see a fireplace with built in shelving that has small tucked in shelving. for little vases or small votive candles. Made with pretty two toned types of stones or bulky square looking shapes.
could you please do something Nantucket for the ceilings. I am so waiting for the ceilings to have beams and squared off sections and painted wooded looks with nice moldings. We are pretty low on outside house fixtures that are European looking or Antique. Okay finally request. Cabinets under the stair cases.
I'd like a few more options for the calendar to make holidays, like the things to choose from. I'd like sleeping added, relaxation added like where you watch a movie with family, skip your chores and have family chat day, have an explorer day where you go find collectibles around the house or out on vacation, catch frogs, go fishing and tell adventure stories to each other, add cooking and eating to go along with the baking and drinking that's already there-add another street sale savvy and you can combine those for a county fair type cook and bake stuff to sell and even have a pie eating contest of some sort. Could also work like a Farmer's Market by selling produce and everyone would come. Would also like one centered around showing off your pets so could make a pet show of sorts, and maybe a Bear day since there's bees in the game now, they could cook things with honey and eat honey dressed as bears, add the sleeping to make them "hibernate"and other things like going fishing, because, bears LOL. There's more I had thought of I'll add later, I can't think of them all right now.
Comments
While the graphics, the updated game play and modernized building and objects options are pretty great, there are still some larger factors that override this making original simmers going back to older games.
I know I'm not alone when I say one of the major factors that make Sims 2 and 3 so great are the large worlds you can create and build. The lot additions, the ability to create the Town and not just a neighborhood. Sometimes the best part about this game is getting lost for an entire weekend in creating more than a home. Another factor is the ability to see your world as a whole and watch your Sim travel around it. This isn't something that's easily overlooked for people who have hung onto YEARS of this game play. While I see that new and fun is key, it's not just about converting some of the expansions. Please consider this for your fans that have invested years into this game. We're originals. Unfortunately, I cannot get my money back for a series of games I really cannot find joy in, but I know I'm not alone in asking for increased world control. It MAKES your town more alive.
You certainly hear your fans and it's obvious when you bring favorite expansions or added SIM features.
Some other GREAT sims 2 and 3 additions to roll over:
Careers that have you do missions
MORE career options that have you interact with the town
Supernatural (lets face it the witches are JUST as great if not better than vampires)
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Also, I'd find it great if the alien disguise would be more similar to the dark form of the vampires. Like being able to copy some features such as the body shape, clothing, face structure, hair et cetera.
English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.
Info on the pack
Playing as the Grim Reaper
There is always only one Grim Reaper at a time per game. You can play as the Grim Reaper by either:
1) Starting a new game and choosing to play as the Grim Reaper
2) Playing as a normal Sim who becomes the Grim Reaper
Becoming the Grim Reaper
You can play as a normal sim who becomes the Grim Reaper. Once Sims have met the Grim Reaper once (by witnessing a death), they can then call the Grim Reaper and ask him to hang out with them. They can therefore build up a relationship with the Grim Reaper.
If a Sim becomes good friends with the Grim Reaper, they can ask the Grim Reaper to “transfer his powers to them”. If the Grim Reaper agrees, your Sim will then become the Grim Reaper. The original Grim Reaper will become an ordinary Sim.
The Grim Reaper can be male or female
A New World: A Ghost Town
When you become the Grim Reaper, you move into the Grim Reaper’s mansion in a new world: The Afterworld/Ghost Town. The Afterworld is just like any other world: it has houses, a park, a cinema, bars. But, it is inhabited only by the Grim Reaper and dead Sims (including dead pets). The dead Sims appear as ghosts, but live in houses there, have jobs etc.
Ghosts have their permanent home in Ghost Town, but if they have an urn or grave in a living Sim World (e.g. Oasis Springs), they can travel back and forth between worlds. They can also choose to move in with a living sim family in a living world.
Living Sims cannot travel to Ghost Town, unless they are the Grim Reaper/the spouse or child of the Grim Reaper.
The Job
The Grim Reaper’s job is to reap souls, for which they are paid Simoleons. They will receive a message when a Sim is dying which tells them where the Sim is dying and of what. The location of the dying sim will also be marked on map view.
The Grim Reaper must go to where the sim is dying and perform the reaping ceremony. If they fail to do so, their work performance will drop. They can increase their work performance (and therefore earn more simoleons per reaping), by performing successful reapings and increasing their “Reaping Skills” (see below).
Your Sim’s work outfit will be the same as that currently worn by the NPC Grim Reaper.
Given that it cannot be expected that Sims will be dying more frequently than usual, the Grim Reaper will not be constantly performing reapings. However, when a sim does die in game (in any of the worlds), they must perform their job. Nevertheless, they will be paid lots of money per reaping, so they can live off the infrequent work. They can also get a different day job if they want something to do.
Reaping Skills
There will be a new skill: the Reaping Skill. You can increase your Reaping Skill by reading up on Reaping, performing Reapings, talking to ghosts about death.
Powers/Abilities
When your Sim becomes the Grim Reaper, their aging process stops and they become immortal.
They also acquire a new power: the power over life and death. With this power, they can instantly kill Sims that they don’t like (this will be a new death type and produce a new form of ghost). They can also choose to save dying Sims or to revive the ghosts of dead Sims.
Relationships & Children
The Grim Reaper can marry normal Sims. When the Grim Reaper marries a normal Sim, the normal Sim will move in with the Grim Reaper in Ghost Town. The Grim Reaper cannot move in with the normal Sim.
The Grim Reaper can have babies with normal Sims. Their children will be mortal, but will have a special trait “child of death”, which gives them the power over life and death. With this power, they can kill Sims that they don’t like, successfully save Sims from dying, or bring ghosts back to life as normal Sims.
Retiring
To stop being the Grim Reaper, you must find another Sim willing to take your place. Become a good friend with that Sim, and ask them to take on the job instead. If they agree, that Sim will become the Grim Reaper instead, your Sim will stop being the Grim Reaper and will move back into one of the worlds for living Sims.
When your sim stops being the Grim Reaper, they become mortal again and continue to age, they lose the power over life and death. But, they keep the reaping skill at the same level. If they decide to become the Grim Reaper again, they must begin at the first level of the career.
A New Holiday
There will be a new holiday: Death day. On this day, Sims remember their lost loved ones. The ghosts of dead Sims may cross over into the living Sim worlds and tell your Sim a secret or ask them to do something for them so they can be at rest. The Grim Reaper will also be around on Death day, so that you can interact with him.
Vlad The Dad: A 100 Baby Challenge, Vlad as ‘matriarch’ *COMPLETE*
Breed Out The Weird *COMPLETE*
Like a lot of people, I would love to see more 'go-to-work-with-your-sim' careers added in future packs. One I would really like to see added would be a fashion design/salon/stylist type profession and as part of that, I would love it if we could save the fashion 'looks' we put together ourselves to the 'styled looks' category and even share them on the gallery. I love being able to dress sims with one click, but I would love it even more if I could add more ensembles of my own making to that category.
- neutral eyeshadow in soft and subtle tones
- modern style eyeshadow (darker at the outer corner and lighter towards the inner corner)
- more lipgloss
- softer nude lipsticks
Build/buy:
- 1x1 coffee tables in various shapes and styles
- more 1x1 dressers (especially built-in closets)
- more stair styles, and option to place diagonal stairs! The current straight stair placement is very limiting.
- stage/platform tool
- more matching sets of furniture and windows/doors!
- more fancy panelled wall textures (TS3 basegame has many examples)
- more fancy floor patterns (wood and stone. Similar to Vampires pack and TS3 base game).
- pond objects in various styles, some with bridges. Fish can be stored and displayed in them.
- way more flower terrain paints. The pink one looks like sprinkles and the white one like weeds.
- portable laptops
- small teddies (like in TS3)
- more curtain sections like in Vintage Glamour (for flexibility)
- small telescope and microscope
- more table lamps
- more flowers and plants
- more neutral rugs
- sectional sofas
- more small decor (tiny modern statues of animals, bowls of fruit, groupings of elegant vases etc.)
Gameplay:
- turn-on/off system (specific and customizable!)
- likes/dislikes (ex. likes tea, dislikes coffee; likes fishing, dislikes gardening etc.)
- favourites (food, drink, colour, music)
- let likes/dislikes and favourites influence sims' lives. Ex: clap hands before favourite meal/drink, feel slightly cheered up if sad after ingesting fave meal/drink, wishes to own objects in fave colour/wear fave colour clothes etc, compliment colour scheme of house/colour of clothes. Happier when conducting a liked activity and unhappy when conducting a disliked one.
- option for automatic memories (tickbox). Better memory capture system!! I don't even bother trying to capture memories bc all my screenshots appear and it's a mess.
- game recognising if certain sim is often directed to preform certain interaction, then occasionally automatically directing sim to do it (ex. drinks coffee in certain chair every morning, feeds fish certain time of day etc.)
- funerals and cemeteries!!
- more activities. Playground equipment, hopscotch, picnics, going on walks (alone or with sims), more boardgames (majong, checkers, snakes and ladders) etc.
- more hobbies. Digital art, More instruments (upright piano, cello, clarinet, drums, saxophone, bass guitar, ukelele), Jewelry-making (from gems and metals found in world; also cutting jewels into shapes and sculpting small statues from gems like birds and flowers), sculpting (TS3 style), inventing (separate from Science career. Things like toys, kitchen appliances, robots and computers), Knitting (sweaters, beanies, scarves, blankets, small teddies), Canning food and making jam and juice, Nectar making!
- more careers, some of them active. Interior decorater, Stylist, Teacher, Military, Singer, Actor, Marine Biologist, Self-employed, Hotel-owner etc.
- more entertainment. Bands, old-fashioned dances (ex. Jane Austen dances, ballroom dancing, jazz dancing, tap dancing), acting on a stage (similar to puppet shows), ballet, opera singing
- milkshakes
- candy
Interactions:
- Interaction to remove specific sims from a conversation (ex. during a romantic convo)
- more romantic interactions. Slow dancing, more types of proposals (dinner proposal, picnic proposal, dramatic proposal, shy proposal), more types of kisses and make-outs, TS3-style relaxing on bed instead of just sitting
- more trouble-making interactions. Talk dirt about ... , Spread rumours about ... , Gossip about ... etc.
- more interactions between acquaintences. Small talk, chit-chat, inquire about family, Talk about news, Ask about home town, Ask about Alma Mater
- more interactions between friends. Talk about hopes and dreams, talk about future, talk about (romantic interest), Give advice, Ask advice, Talk about good times, Convey unrealistic scenario, Chat about day, Chat about work, Chat about family, Tease about ... , Exchange secrets etc.
- more interactions for teens. Giggle about nonsense, Gush about Feelings, Complain about parents, Complain about life, Complain about school, Complain about crush, Gush about crush, Talk about social media etc.
- more interactions for children. Proclaim sim has cooties, Cheese touch, Complain about adults, mean interaction during argument "I know you are but what am I", Create imaginary world, Create secret language, more games like tag and playing pretend, Talk about gross things, Complain about gross relationships etc.
- more interactions for elders. Share wisdom, Talk about youth, In my time... (rant), Talk about life, Talk about death, Talk about memories, Talk about favourite moments, Tell life story, Teach life lesson, Teach baking/knitting, Give important advice, Lecture about times, Express gratitude for family and friends etc.
- interaction "Introduce to ... "
- interaction "Find light in situation"
General
- different chests/bookshelves only containing what you put into them. Current system is highly unorganized and makes me unwilling to collect things bc of this storage issue.
- can put photos on tables and desks, not just on the wall, like in TS3
- better system to control off-lot sims. Things like do homework, build skill, complete daily work activity, Clean home, build relationship with ... , Prepare meal etc.
- sims meeting other sims at work/school and building relationship with them if "socialise with co-workers / friends" is chosen
- option to build required skill at work, as in TS3
- certain requirements for sims to get promoted like in TS3, ex. must be level 3 logic, must do extra reading etc.
- optional opportunities like in TS3 concerning other sims, work, school and skills. It's a great way to give direction in the game and create stories.
- more consequence. Detention, demotion, being fired, enemies wrecking havoc like kicking over trash cans and spreading rumours etc.
- overhaul of Children skills. If my child sim spends HOURS practicing an instrument but doesn't gain any skill in that instrument bc it goes directly to Creativity, it feels like a waste of time.
Pirates!! http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/906481/pirate-gp-smuggling-dueling-live-on-ship-or-build-own-and-more#latest
Thou'rt Ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."
Thou'rt Ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."
We have this already.
Return of NPC characters such as firefighters (or ability to BE one!! woo), npc police (or townies in detective career that appear on lots when burglers show up) and of course the burglers..
Also since the option of an open-world has been ruled out by the engine TS4 runs on, I would love to see sims drive out of the neighborhood when going to work (bikes, skate boards or car pool if your sim does not own transportation and ability to select type of transportation) And for the kids having a school bus pick them up or parents can take them to school.
More life-stage interactions for example I saw someone mention an interaction for elders to share wisdom or offer inheritance to selected sim (to be given to their household.
After-school activities for kids and teens.
Part-time jobs for adults
Also I would love a teaching career and more jobs like those of doctors, scientists, and detectives currently in the game (firefighters, sylist...)
Also would be great to make more business options :smile:
How about a beach vacation venue? camping is fine, but my sims cry when they go camping. Chaise lounger for the pool/beach is necessary, and volleyball would be fun for them.
BUNKBEDS! How can we build the cutest, most functional kids rooms without them? Also more selections for color choices on the current beds.
I would love the ability to build split level homes, just go up a few stairs to the theater room, or down a couple of stairs to the living room. (I know you can do it now by removing the floor on a home with a foundation but those houses never save correctly and I miss platforms and the ability to have different levels)
Others have mentioned we need the ability to "sort" our sim personal inventories. My sim goes to a fishing spot where frogs are the best bait, and I have to scroll through all the herbs he has collected, all his produce from gardening, all the fish he has caught etc. and all I need is for that stuff to have a tab at the top to click on frogs. Or if he is trying to fertilize his garden, a tab separating fish from produce from pet poop would be so helpful!
I cannot stand sims going into the bathroom to prepare food on the counter. Or going in there to wash dishes when I have put two sinks and two dishwashers in the kitchen, they prefer to go upstairs and use the bathroom sink instead. Maybe we could have counters that are for the bathroom only, or the sims just "KNOW" better than to prepare food in the bathroom. And more sink and counter styles.
Careers that would be nice to have, teachers, counselors and principals.... and..pet trainer/obedience expert...teens could be dog walkers. If you own your own animal hospital, you could include a pet grooming area and have groomers.There are so many smelly pets running around, a groomer would be a nice addition! Since we have police and detectives, we could have a courthouse with a judge, lawyers, jury. My sim with the cooking skill maxed out would enjoy being a chef in a fancy restaurant, but even if I build her a restaurant to own she can't be the chef.
These babies that are currently in the game are being deprived of being held, rocked in a rocking chair, or taken outside to see the beautiful world they live in. Toddlers would benefit from being rocked by their grandma before bedtime. Rocking chairs are a must for retired sims to sit on their patio and enjoy the gardens they have tended, and watch their grandchildren play outside.
I think walking the dog twice a day should prevent my sims from getting fat...it should count toward fitness. Swimming shouldn't give elders that dangerously fatigued moodlet, swimming is good for elders and low impact on their aging joints.
Sometimes I have sims with a fancy outfit for party outfit 1, and an outfit more suited to going to a nightclub for party outfit 2. Then, those sims show up to a nightclub in party outfit 1 and I can't change them. That is why I'd like this to be implemented in the game.
I have been playing The Sims since 2009. I feel in love with Bob's tutorial house and I was hooked from then on. I have faithfully played and purchased just about everything under the sun and, I can tell you that I pretty much know what we still need to tie the bridge between 3 and 4 that I believe players really, really would like. I also want to make mention that I am fully aware of TSR4 and TSR3. I know the mods and cc are important for people who enjoy that in game play. Keeping this in mind I hereby make the following recommendations and with my humble opinion...here goes:
In Build Mode Base Game
Allow more access to NEW floor plans. Specifically looking for the game's ability to allow the player to "choose" the size of the room. Allow the player to "move certain sections of a room's area" half room sizes or full room sizes. This will allow players to pick and choose half of one style and half of another style to mix and match.
Can we also have the ability to see a feature added in the build room floor plans area to allow us to choose hallways?
There is a dire need to add more stairs and we are looking for half stairs to move all directions. We are looking for fences and gates to move in different directions. We are looking for them to be versatile with different directions just like the roofs are in the game. Elevators would be nice.
I would like to be able to decorate the ceiling with various tiles or patterns.
Do you think it is possible that the eye dropper (feature used to copy items) could also have a additional use to allow patterns to be copied and in game play allow players to use these copied patterns to add them to items? ( as wallpapers, furniture or items that are changeable in game play).
Unrelated to anything but is it possible that Sims can pick raspberries and blueberries?
STORE MODE
I know that this will be a really crazy idea
is it possible to make this change to the game.
first, on our main gallery page, for example my page is theoctanepumpkin it can be seen by others if they see my items or look me up. What if we add an additional feature on the page called "points" and for all the votes or comments a person can earn a point. Or if I myself post a downloaded item for the gallery. I get a point. The idea is to save up points to "earn" enough to buy something from the STORE. Create a store that works not with real money but with sim points. Much like the EA did with Sims3 Store. They had points. I realize this is complicated but it does allow those really talented people to showcase special featured items that are only accessible at the Store. I think its a cool idea. Maybe do a survey about this online?
Stuff/Genre & Misc Thought or Ideas: I look at magazines for gardens, houses and kitchen and bath. I often get Birdseye view of popular color schemes and or styles. Could we do more themes in the game? I like having a touch of many items combined and not going with just one genre but I can say I am grateful the game makers are adding more vintage items. I say THANK YOU!!!! much praise:) I am looking for high vaulted ceilings and better DOOR and WINDOW options. I doubt you will see what I mean but if you happen to have House Beautiful the August 2009 addition (Heartst magazines 7547008458 or CMG08458. If you have magazine like this or similar then you will see clearly just how close we are as game players to have acquired items with such pizzazz. My request is better choices for wallpapers, light fixtures and types of wood furniture items. I love the idea of being able to mix flowers, plants and books within my furniture and inside them as well. Do you think you can privide the giant globe hanging light fixture with the chain attachment to the ceiling? Could you also bring back the palm ceiling fan? Could we have built in book cases with items that look like they are stacked differently and the back inside is paintable? Meaning if up against the wall , we can change the background of the back of the inside of the bookcase? I wish I could show you a picture. I also am looking for more and more vitange items. Have you ever looked at Long Island? Consider the subtle, casual and colorful sky and grasses. *Back-painted bookshelves, *The fresh blue and green palettes or fresh green orange or blue palettes. Green welting on a blue chair or vise versa. Huge photos over the game tables. Antiques!!! Can we please have the giant Chrystal chandler? You can't have vintage without Antiques. I love the fact that we have antique rugs already in the game as well as some dressers or end tables. I require nic-knacks. Clutter! We already have great items but lets bring more so we can make our rooms look even better.
screened porches!
Nautical wallpaper
Beach wallpaper
More tiles! Can we have a lot more!!!!
Especially requesting to tile stairs.
Looking for huge light fixtures with glass or steel of various sizes and shapes.
Are you familiar with the furniture called Lillian August? www.lillianaugust.com
The cabinets are to die for. Bedside chest item 1430971 item looks like darker wood with opal or shell on the face of the front 3 drawers. the legs are covered with gold to protect the bottom. cabinet 1383997perfect for storing beverages fits perfectly in dining or livingroom.
Old scientific globe light fixtures!
Arched hallways!
Can we have more textures on the table clothes for the round tables? Can they look more cloth like with new colors?
Is it possible that the french doors can be left open? It's the cool look that we would like.
Can we have a bed with a Chinese headboard made of silk? one that we can choose three different colors?
Can we have sunflowers in a vase?
can we have potatoes, carrots and other veggies in a big bowl? Or other places to store or decorate?
Can we have blue and white dishes and vases?(Colbolt)
Can we have the ASHLEY HICKS COLLECTION tiles (PATTERNS) studiumnyc.com
Can we have the filtration faucet? Perrin and Rowe Through Rohl at rohlhome.com
Can we have English Ivy Leaves? Strands or bundles in three's?
Can we have tables for outside that have fire? They light up with fire.
Can we have more succulents that are built into cement furnishings for patios? or walls?
The flower pots that are square. Is there a possibility that we can joint three together with tighter game play and not have to do cheats?
Can we have fushia flowers and trees please?
Could we have better waterwise tapestry for times of the year that we experience dry seasons. Catilina is red-orange and blooms in California Fushsia. It grows naturally in rocky areas or on dry slopes. looks at home against the gabion walls also goes great with gravel.
It would be nice to have more flowers to reach ground levels too.
I love southern charm. So if I could pick a genre. That I would ask you to add. It would be more items for that and Antiques. I love the decorative mill work and lavish fixtures. The curtains are so very pretty. I would like to see a fireplace with built in shelving that has small tucked in shelving. for little vases or small votive candles. Made with pretty two toned types of stones or bulky square looking shapes.
could you please do something Nantucket for the ceilings. I am so waiting for the ceilings to have beams and squared off sections and painted wooded looks with nice moldings. We are pretty low on outside house fixtures that are European looking or Antique.
Okay
finally request.
Cabinets under the stair cases.
Thank you a million times over.
Sincerely,
Laura