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Tropical Island GP Preferred Feature
RememberJoy
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If Tropical Island is released as a game pack and can only focus on a specific game play feature, which feature would you prefer them to focus on?
ETA I didn't put beaches and mermaids together because I'm interested in seeing what people want more, but admittedly mermaids wouldn't make much sense without swimmable oceans.
ETA I didn't put beaches and mermaids together because I'm interested in seeing what people want more, but admittedly mermaids wouldn't make much sense without swimmable oceans.
Tropical Island GP Preferred Feature 162 votes
Scuba Diving - Like the jungle in Jungle Adventure but underwater
12%
20 votes
Swimmable Oceans - Beaches which allow a sim to swim, surf, and snorkel
41%
67 votes
Owning a Hotel - Design, build, and run everything from a small B&B to a resort
25%
41 votes
Mermaids - A new life state fully fleshed out like vampires
17%
29 votes
Other - Please leave a comment
3%
5 votes
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Of course with beaches, you need the ability to tan or burn. These two ideas go hand in hand.
I really don't care for playable Mermaids. It seems pointless if you can't play them in any world. I would love to see them in game as interactable NPCs though that could offer gifts or be downright nasty critters.
I'd also love an island world my sims could live in.
If the pack featured either hotel owning or mermaids, it probably wouldn't be a vacation game pack as your sims would need to live on the island for those things to work well.
If we could get as expansion pack with all of the above, I'd be elated. But I have a feeling that's not going to happen.
All the things listed would fit in a non-tropical beach pack.
Why does it have to be tropical in theme, why can't it just be a seaside holiday?
Surfing is what I'd like to see. I don't think it's been done before.
Surfing around here looks a lot like this:
Wetsuits are often worn to keep you warm when surfing all year round, or to protect from the sun, cos you don't wanna look like a lobster at the end of the day. And yes, dolphins often come to the party.
Maldives.. with lots of lagoon.. and probably seaplane too..
And scuba diving sounds interesting because the Sims could probably own a license and starts exploring shipwrecks..
It will be an added bonus if the Sims can own a villa too..
You're right, it wouldn't necessarily have to be tropical. It could be fun to try a different beach location to make it different from the sims 3. I'd be down for that.
If they choose to focus on scuba diving, the Sim's version of the Great Barrier Reef would be an excellent choice.
My second choice would be scuba diving.
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Surfing would be fantastic! I agree with Movotti, we've never had that, that I can remember.
I'd love to have hotels, though I've no interest in running them.
What would a mermaid life-state look like, if it followed the Vampire gp model? I liked the idea, but didn't find them adding much to my game in TS3. Might be more useful/fun to have Sirens, with their singing & enticement abilities.
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If I remember correctly, it is used mostly in pools, but you had to manipulate it to use it in beach areas. It's been forever since I tried to use it so don't quote me on that.
You can normally place it on beach areas. It's actually one of my favorite store sets. It would be nice if we could see it return and maybe even have a separate Surfing skill.
The poll is a tough choice since multiple items are in my wishlist, but I went with swimmable oceans because it's thematically appropriate. Hotels can come in a different vacation pack.
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Swimable beaches do not have to be tropical
that's a bit too tropical.
The Abrolhos, off the coast of south western Australia would be a better source of inspiration.
They need to take the unexpected path, when developing new packs. Don't do exactly the same things that have been done before. Have an island pack based on the Outer Hebrides. Have an English seaside holiday pack. Have a Greek islands cruise pack. The tropics have been done, it's time for something new!
Perhaps if they're to add swimable beaches, they could also add a new trait: Blood of a fish, willing and able to go swimming in the sea, regardless of the weather.
There's that Seasons tradition Polar bear plunge - it would fit right in. Like those people who go swimming in the sea on Boxing Day!
I'm just really hoping it won't be a vacation world, though I know it likely will be
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