Ew, I'm sorry but this is just so bland! The current cover arts were pretty nice already. Now Expansions won't have unique colours to help differentiate them??? The text is smaller, especially for the pack type and the icons are just tossed in the upper right corner... I've loved most things the Sims team has done, but this... WHY??????
Loading screen is bland too, the current one is so much nicer!
I actually quite like the design of the main menu though, but I'm hoping it doesn't carry over to console, because having all this clutter in the way of my game starting options will be annoying (probably for PC users too).
Alright, this is getting ridiculous. The game needs MANY things to be fixed, but the one thing that wasn't even broken, the one thing that wasn't negatively affecting the experience of players, they're deciding to overhaul. For seemingly no reason. And it's not even good. In just a few hours of studying graphic design, I could probably recreate this "new" look. And I'm not a graphic designer.
Granted, it's not the studio itself doing this redesign, but I'm wondering who thought this was something that was absolutely required.
I like the new look, though I would have maintained the EP colours. The initial design started to look like 1976. However, this midway change is not good for people who are collecting the boxes.
I happened to be around in 1976 and if anything, it’s this new art style that reminds me of those days
Can anyone post screenshots? How is the new loading screen, main menu and cas?? Theres a story mode???!!!!
Yes instead of creating a Sim from scratch you can answer some amusing questions and then the game will create a Sim with fitting traits and a career for you.
Haha, as an Elder Scrolls fan that brings back memories of character creation in Daggerfall and Morrowind (not sure if Arena had it, too, I started with Daggerfall)! Sounds like a fun addition. Nothing deep, but fun.
In reality it's really not a big deal, but to me, it is. It looks terrible. The plum bob looks like it took 2 minutes to make, and I am definitely not a fan of the blue. The main menu looks really empty and has a lot of wasted space compared to the one we have right now, not for long though. And they just gave us the ability to change the main menu picture, now they take it away. Also, I am not a fan of the new people on the cover art, I want the other people back. The pack art... I liked the pack art the way it was. It looks bad now. There is just so more they could do than a dumb redesign to spice things up. Everyone in the community (Well, not gonna speak for everyone but I'm gonna say most) were happy with the way things were. This redesign just upset people, including me. SOOOOO much more that needed to be done to the game. This was just unnecessary...
I don't know why people think TS5 is happening. They have said repeatedly that they still have years worth of content for TS4.
Yes, this. Although I know there were positions advertised last year for a Sims type game, I have felt for some time they have not even really started on Sims 5. I actually think Sims 5 is not even in the works... instead they will drag Sims 4 out indefinitely and it may be the last in the series.
Ew, I'm sorry but this is just so bland! The current cover arts were pretty nice already. Now Expansions won't have unique colours to help differentiate them??? The text is smaller, especially for the pack type and the icons are just tossed in the upper right corner... I've loved most things the Sims team has done, but this... WHY??????
Loading screen is bland too, the current one is so much nicer!
I actually quite like the design of the main menu though, but I'm hoping it doesn't carry over to console, because having all this clutter in the way of my game starting options will be annoying (probably for PC users too).
It's coming to the consoles as well. Its been confirmed from SimGuruLegacy.
Only thing I don’t like about the new theme is all the blue and how the EP’s no longer have dedicated colours. Other than that I think it’s alright, I’m not mad, I don’t play sims for the menu and pack art, I play for the game.
The changes to the menu, pack art and loading screen doesn't bother me. It's a non-issue and not worth complaining about. I'm more miffed at the fact that they didn't add new traits with the new story mode, lol.
I'm glad The Sims 5 seems further and further off. I've put so much money into TS4 that I am not even close to wanting to have to start all over again.
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I hope my Sims and lots aren't too terrible!
The current loading screen hurts my eyes if I sit through it at night but the new one is worse, there's nothing to break up the blue background. I can manage the current one because I'd just stare at the progress bar. Hopefully they kept that otherwise travelling in this game is going to be headache inducing during all hours of the day.
I would like to point out that it's only really an issue because the change highlights that issue for me and I can't be the only one instinctively reeling from that loading screen.
Please whoever designed it, make it a darker shade of blue...
I feel like this is a last-ditch effort to make people forget the game came out nearly five years ago. A lot of fans (although I know it's not all of them) want to move on to the next iteration, so I'm thinking that this might have been done to try to distract them with a new coat of paint - especially after the relatively lackluster reception of Island Living. *edited for spelling.
Oh lord, as if the white screen didn’t already bother my eyes, now that blue loading is more hideous. The new main menu screen looks like something a child came up with. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
If anything it’s a hint they don’t care about existing players (something some of us - ahem - have been saying for a long time now). They just want new buyers and these buyers they have in mind are clearly very young. Kids. Going by this new style. I think that it might be that realization, be it unconsciously, what upsets people so much.
EA: “Nah, we don’t care about adding in depth gameplay you guys ask for, nor bugs fixes. We want new buyers, that’s all, and they’re a lot younger than you lot.”
Sure, they are planning to go on for many more years. Whether that’s good news? Not for a lot of us. I really think there’s nothing to be happy about in that respect.
I still think that the person or persons that are in charge of this rebranding are incompetent plum who should be fired. That looks so cheap and unprofessional, just like every EA game... This is the worst idea that The Sims team ever had. The loading screen is made literally in 2 minutes, the Plumbob was created by 4 years old and those game covers look like they came from the '90s to haunt us. And I won't even start about that starting screen. Everything looks like they have been made using paint and look lifeless. This is a MISTAKE!!
Harsh, but not wrong. lol As a graphic designer, I think the new design is disastrous. I love bright colors, but in my opinion, they only should be used as highlights and not like… well, whatever they did there. It's far too much for my eyes. And where's the white space to let things breathe? Ouch. I think they wanted to make the game appear more modern, but this looks like a downgrade. At least it's only the main menu in which I don't spend much time anyway. The loading screen is okay-ish, although I prefer neutral colors.
Also, why is everyone talking about Sims 5? lol I think they made it very clear they'll continue to spend the next few years on TS4.
Why is everybody talking about Sims 5? Because many many current and old players are totally ready for a successor. We don’t care about EA’s plans. We care about our own self-interest.
Why is everybody talking about Sims 5? Because many many current and old players are totally ready for a successor. We don’t care about EA’s plans. We care about our own self-interest.
I mean, I get that, but even if you don't care, EA is making the plans and there won't be a Sims 5 in the near future.
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Loading screen is bland too, the current one is so much nicer!
I actually quite like the design of the main menu though, but I'm hoping it doesn't carry over to console, because having all this clutter in the way of my game starting options will be annoying (probably for PC users too).
Granted, it's not the studio itself doing this redesign, but I'm wondering who thought this was something that was absolutely required.
Only thing that makes me a bit excited is that new hairstyle(the girl with the pink hair).
Haha, as an Elder Scrolls fan that brings back memories of character creation in Daggerfall and Morrowind (not sure if Arena had it, too, I started with Daggerfall)! Sounds like a fun addition. Nothing deep, but fun.
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It's coming to the consoles as well. Its been confirmed from SimGuruLegacy.
This was not done by the gurus. They are still working on things that will actually be in the game.
The Sims 4 hasn't introduced a new musical instrument since 2017
I'm glad The Sims 5 seems further and further off. I've put so much money into TS4 that I am not even close to wanting to have to start all over again.
I hope my Sims and lots aren't too terrible!
I would like to point out that it's only really an issue because the change highlights that issue for me and I can't be the only one instinctively reeling from that loading screen.
Please whoever designed it, make it a darker shade of blue...
If anything it’s a hint they don’t care about existing players (something some of us - ahem - have been saying for a long time now). They just want new buyers and these buyers they have in mind are clearly very young. Kids. Going by this new style. I think that it might be that realization, be it unconsciously, what upsets people so much.
EA: “Nah, we don’t care about adding in depth gameplay you guys ask for, nor bugs fixes. We want new buyers, that’s all, and they’re a lot younger than you lot.”
Sure, they are planning to go on for many more years. Whether that’s good news? Not for a lot of us. I really think there’s nothing to be happy about in that respect.
English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.
Nevermind you all ruin sims 3 for me