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Two Clear Hints at Hotels Found in Snowy Escape
SappySifaka
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I found two unique references to bellhops in Snowy Escape build/buy text. The first, the Scandalous Snow Dreams Nightstand, can be found in the standard buy catalog and references a bellhop. The second, found either via a Simi Vending machine or in buy debug is a bellhop Simi. Screenshots of both can be found at the bottom of this post. In the past, I've found most speculative text and hints to be quite open to interpretation. But in this case, a bellhop has a very clear definition and a very clear association with hospitality. The fact that they are referenced twice in Snowy Escape does not seem like a coincidence to me. Of course, it could be, but given past surveys, the new ability to vacation to any world, and general player demand, I think these references paint a clear picture.
I certainly do think hotels/resorts are coming in 2021, how they arrive is the real topic for speculation in my opinion. I'd imagine they could arrive in game pack in early February, alongside a romance overhaul (another frequent player request), just in time for Valentines day. This could give the team a fun chance to include items like the Vibrating Heart-Shaped bed that would fit well with both themes. Strangerville arrived on Feb 26, 2019. If they were to keep a somewhat similar release schedule, moving the date up by just two weeks, such a pack could release on Feb 11, three days before Valentines day.
At any rate, I would love for hotels/resorts to arrive in a GP without a new world. I'd much rather have a thorough and exciting hotel experience that caters to those wishing to run a hotel and those wishing to stay at one, instead of a so-so hotel experience that comes with a micro-world too small to create any real sense of community.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
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I certainly do think hotels/resorts are coming in 2021, how they arrive is the real topic for speculation in my opinion. I'd imagine they could arrive in game pack in early February, alongside a romance overhaul (another frequent player request), just in time for Valentines day. This could give the team a fun chance to include items like the Vibrating Heart-Shaped bed that would fit well with both themes. Strangerville arrived on Feb 26, 2019. If they were to keep a somewhat similar release schedule, moving the date up by just two weeks, such a pack could release on Feb 11, three days before Valentines day.
At any rate, I would love for hotels/resorts to arrive in a GP without a new world. I'd much rather have a thorough and exciting hotel experience that caters to those wishing to run a hotel and those wishing to stay at one, instead of a so-so hotel experience that comes with a micro-world too small to create any real sense of community.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
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The quality of the GP is always better when they come without a world (or a super small, simple world like Vampires). The gameplay seems to be underdeveloped when they have to put part of the GPs budget into creating a really pretty world. Glimmerbrook and Batuu may be small, but they have a lot of detail in those worlds, which is part of the reason I think the gameplay is lacking compared to other game packs. The budget for a gamepack is sure to be smaller than the budget for an expansion pack, so if they put a lot of those funds into world creation and graphics, the pack suffers elsewhere.
Very much agree, especially regarding Realm of Magic. I would have much rather had a few more gameplay objects/dynamics in place of Glimmerbrook/the Magic Realm. I'd even go a step further and say that I would have even preferred more general build/buy and CAS stuff instead of the world. I get that the vibe of the pack was heavily inspired by contemporary witches (i.e. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) but they didn't even give us a classic witch/wizard hat. Still out here stuck with that goofy one with the spider hanging off the back from Spooky Stuff, unless you use CC.
My hope is that a hotel pack without a world will be able to properly impress without any caveats or short cuts.
The new toddler outfit with the gymbag got farm animals on them.. Farming hint?
Me too. If the pack came with a well thought-through hotel/resort system it would add so much to the game. Also that one 50x50 lot in Yukimatsu just screams 'build snow resort here' to me.
Funny you mentioned that, I also tallied roughly five references to crime/theft and roughly seven to romance. There were also two very specific references to medieval themes in other simi figures, but they were slightly less compelling. I was going to make a separate post for these later with all of the respective objects listed. At any rate, I do suspect that hotels, romance, and theft will return in some form in 2021.
- Instead of a host/hostess stand a check in desk to request a room.
- Doors could function like tables in that when they’re on the hotel lot type you could click on them to request a specific room, request room service, request maid service etc.
- Bars could still function in hotels just as they do in restaurants.
- Restaurants could still function inside hotels.
- They could add machines that vend snacks & “off brand” soda, & ice.
- The retail system could maybe work to have gift shops.
More or less it seems like all systems are in place to make fully functional hotels and resorts without having to develop a ton of new technology or animations. I really do hope we get them soon, because while renting a house on vacation is fine, staying in a hotel is a totally different experience that I would love to add for my sims without being dependent on a mod.I agree about the hat! We need a real witches hat...... wish they would give us one, one of these Halloween’s..... but I love Glimmerbrook! My disappointment was in the types of spells we got, and the witches realm and how easy it is to achieve the the spells ....... i have few people show up to the witches realm ... and when they do they are wearing turbans, fine in San Myshuno, but the witches realm??..... I’d rather see people in the realm wearing witch and warlock robes....
But, I would love to see a world with hotels....and I hope, like rentals we will be able to make our own hotels in whichever world we want them in. With however many stories, hotels being a lot type.
Something similar to Dine Out, where there were prebuilt restaurants and preset menus; it also had no new world. Now that we can have rentals in any world, it would make a hotel (or maybe even something smaller, like an inn or B&B, more feasible.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Completely agree with all of this.
I have no idea if it all really means that hotels are coming, but i do know one thing: as soon as we have hotels in the game i won't be using rentals anymore.
It's just a personal thing... For me, vacations are in hotels. I never use air bnb or stuff like that irl. And it feels more of a vacation if you see other people where you're staying, if you get to know people that are vacationing at the same location...
The rentals feel too much like staying at home. I'ld prefer an option that would feel different, that would make me feel like my sims are actually in vacation.
I feel the same way. No dirty dishes, fresh towels every day and room cleaning lady makes your bed even if you don't want it made.
Hotels could add more pool items and would be realistic to put in Sulani.
I wont even blame EA for the mess in Sims 4 anymore as the latest issues can be seen it came from the Maxis itself. (JtB pack)
Pool items, casino stuff, breakfast item buffet, would all be good to add.
The breakfast buffet is cool, but I think I'd prefer a buffet that can be set for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. I grew up in Las Vegas, so I associate buffets with breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner
I would love to see the return of the swim up bar from Sims 3. The hotel my mom used to work for had a water slide and waterfall. I've also seen swim up poker and black jack tables. We already have Spa Day and Dine Out, but a lot of fancy hotels have spas and fine dining. Las Vegas has night clubs in some of their hotels. MGM used to have a small theme park, but they got rid of it when I was a teenager. I guess I'm thinking of hotel resorts instead of the standard hotel (Holiday Inn, Days Inn, etc.).