What are your thoughts on Traveling to the Future? We want to hear from you!!

MeTheSherbster · July 2013

Well I actually really like this expansion pack but nothing can top Showtime :roll: but we'll see

. In my opinion I think maybe that they should probably, ya know... about the robot. well its complicated what if a sim dies maybe besides dieing and turning into a ghost the ghost, a top scientist should probably take the sims brain and turn them into a robot.

McG6K · July 2013

First I would like to point out like a lot of other people I was disappointed that the game won't offer to travel to the past too. I would have loved more options to simplify a sims life, such as the old style outside toilet with a hole in the ground, which would have been a nice addition to a lot of venues where you don't want to have a to build a toilet or use the horrible looking public one or the expensive all in one bathroom from the last expansion. A forge and maybe a few of the Sims Medieval interactions would have been great fun to add to the regular sims game and would have been great in the Dragon Valley type of setting. Stoneage sims would have been great too! You could have taught them to communicate or paint prehistoric murals, hunt, made some caves that work a bit like igloo or tent, I'm writing all this stuff down because you never know it might show up in the store instead but since this is about travelling to the future, I've put down a few of the random ideas I had
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• What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?
I think there are two possibilities, sleek looking object with crazy shapes, or very simple box designs in modern materials. maybe some more technology , hovering cars and crazy looking food. I wouldn't sacrifice greenery if this is supposed to be a Utopia. I would imagine houses have a lot of transparent greenhouse look. Could be interesting to have some walls that bend inwards or out. I think most things would be automated like sliding doors. Some of the walls might be made of material that can switch between opaque, particles or transparent. Sims could have special "sleeping pods" like some hibernating chamber. I think it would be interesting to have a completely interactive lab venue where sims can do some future activities.Would be nice to have an outerspace pod that you can teleport to, or even a "space-house" kind of like the houseboat system where your sim can take on space cruises through asteroids and stars.

• If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time?
Exchanging knowledge with aliens, and probably in futuristic venues trying to get new technology/learning technology related skills. Maybe trying to become a cyborg or android. I like the idea that was suggested where a dead sim can be redesigned into a robot or android.

• If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?
Could be interesting to have a transforming robot that changes shapes depending on its task. A bit like a bonehilda: you have a box shaped robot that transforms into a Nanny robot to look after the kids, a machinery shaped robot to garden, etc.

One thing I want to insist on, if you make a butler style robot, please don't make one that constantly cooks even when there are 500 leftovers in the fridge... in fact it would be nice to fix this thing with the actual butler, it's cooking ALL THE TIME so I never use it... It just annoys me when the butler is constantly cooking food. Make it only cook if a sim is about to die of hunger and the fridge is empty of leftovers, or only if you ask it PLEASE Actually it would be nice if the sims didn't constantly cook something new when there are fresh leftovers in general...

• Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.
Hmm, few random ideas would be Terraforming agent, Interplanet interpret, Robot trainer, Time or Interstellar Spy, Hovercraft designer. Maybe as a self employed you could be a space bug invasion exterminator. Saw some interesting suggestions from other people like Genetic Engineer too.

• In the future setting, what activities would you like your Sims to partake in?
hover- kart racing, laser sword sparring (yes it would be a reference to famous movie) , experimenting on other sims inside special labs(as in previous comment) maybe change them into special life forms (from previous expansions, or special new hybrid life states, particle sims that can go through walls and teleport instantly to a new plac, cyborg and android sims etc). Similarly to dive spots, if you can't have a space house it would be great to have special Space venue: you go to a place that teleport you to an outerspace lot where you can float around and do some fun activities in space.

• Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.
Hibernation chambers, Upright hibernation chamber for one or two sim, laser weapons (either for zapping burglars, enemies or trash and spoiled food), Levitating chambers, basically fed up with the regular bed options... I wouldn't mind a hammock actually for a change, especially for the castaway type sims..

• Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?
Not necessarily only related to the expansion theme, I really hope you push the DJ table where you can use custom music + DJ npc that you can hire for parties or venues. Also would be nice if more items of this type were included in the resort amenities from last expansion, I couldn't believe that the coffee bar wasn't counting for instance (although since it's terribly glitchy maybe it's for the best).
OR maybe get robots to fill in those spots that weren't covered so far with npcs... such as make nectar drinks with the regular bar, DJ, etc. Some of the items from premium content would be far more interesting if you could use them in a venue. You've got robots dealing cards in the casino items which is an awesome idea, shame you didn't push the option to assign a robot to the massage table, the teppanyaki grill and a bunch of other stuff, I would definitely buy those items if these options were offered because it would make such awesome venue options. Currently I feel that most the venues are rather limited and "just another boring sims hangout" where my sim will make a drink at the regular bar, get hungry or tired and go home and it feels like a wasted trip. In the end you feel like you might as well just put all those items in your house anyway, and goodness gracious there are so many different home bars VS. two sims VIP bars, and yet the regular bar is such a BORING item... Please do something about this...

Another great thing would be to remove some of the clothing restrictions ingame, even if with a cheat. currently we have to use a whole bunch of mods or programs to copy some clothing between categories. There are a lot of warm looking clothes that would work great as outerwear which are locked to everyday option, etc. Would be nice to have an option to restrict some clothes to the user creation too because even if it makes for some funny gameplay sometimes I don't particularly want my babysitter to show up with a witch hat...

• How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?
Gain some skills, life extended have a few new interactions related to the future (maybe similar to brain power, have a slower depleting energy that can be used to do things)

Tentagami · July 2013

Futuristic Ninjas and robots sounds nice.

As for the objects, I would like to see laser swords, laser guns that changes sims, and hover boards.

murfeel · July 2013

McG6K wrote:

First I would like to point out like a lot of other people I was disappointed that the game won't offer to travel to the past too.

• What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?
Some more technology , hovering cars and crazy looking food. I wouldn't sacrifice greenery if this is supposed to be a Utopia. I would imagine houses have a lot of transparent greenhouse look. Could be interesting to have some walls that bend inwards or out. I think most things would be automated like sliding doors. Some of the walls might be made of material that can switch between opaque, particles or transparent. Sims could have special "sleeping pods" like some hibernating chamber.

I think it would be interesting to have a completely interactive lab venue where sims can do some future activities.

Would be nice to have an outerspace pod that you can teleport to, or even a "space-house" kind of like the houseboat system where your sim can take on space cruises through asteroids and stars.

• If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time?
Exchanging knowledge with aliens, and probably in futuristic venues trying to get new technology/learning technology related skills. Maybe trying to become a cyborg or android. I like the idea that was suggested where a dead sim can be redesigned into a robot or android.

• If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?
Could be interesting to have a transforming robot that changes shapes depending on its task. A bit like a bonehilda: you have a box shaped robot that transforms into a Nanny robot to look after the kids, a machinery shaped robot to garden, etc.

One thing I want to insist on, if you make a butler style robot, please don't make one that constantly cooks even when there are 500 leftovers in the fridge... in fact it would be nice to fix this thing with the actual butler, it's cooking ALL THE TIME so I never use it... It just annoys me when the butler is constantly cooking food. Make it only cook if a sim is about to die of hunger and the fridge is empty of leftovers, or only if you ask it PLEASE Actually it would be nice if the sims didn't constantly cook something new when there are fresh leftovers in general...

• Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.
Hmm, few random ideas would be Terraforming agent, Interplanet interpret, Robot trainer, Time or Interstellar Spy, Hovercraft designer. Maybe as a self employed you could be a space bug invasion exterminator. Saw some interesting suggestions from other people like Genetic Engineer too.

• In the future setting, what activities would you like your Sims to partake in?
hover- kart racing, laser sword sparring (yes it would be a reference to famous movie) , experimenting on other sims inside special labs(as in previous comment) maybe change them into special life forms (from previous expansions, or special new hybrid life states, particle sims that can go through walls and teleport instantly to a new plac, cyborg and android sims etc). Similarly to dive spots, if you can't have a space house it would be great to have special Space venue: you go to a place that teleport you to an outerspace lot where you can float around and do some fun activities in space.

• Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.
Hibernation chambers, Upright hibernation chamber for one or two sim, laser weapons (either for zapping burglars, enemies or trash and spoiled food), Levitating chambers, basically fed up with the regular bed options...

• Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?
Get Robots to fill in those spots that weren't covered so far with npcs... such as make nectar drinks with the regular bar, DJ, etc. Some of the items from premium content would be far more interesting if you could use them in a venue. You've got robots dealing cards in the casino items which is an awesome idea, shame you didn't push the option to assign a robot to the massage table, the teppanyaki grill and a bunch of other stuff, I would definitely buy those items if these options were offered because it would make such awesome venue options. Currently I feel that most the venues are rather limited and "just another boring sims hangout" where my sim will make a drink at the regular bar, get hungry or tired and go home and it feels like a wasted trip. In the end you feel like you might as well just put all those items in your house anyway, and goodness gracious there are so many different home bars VS. two sims VIP bars, and yet the regular bar is such a BORING item... Please do something about this...

• How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?
Gain some skills, life extended have a few new interactions related to the future (maybe similar to brain power, have a slower depleting energy that can be used to do things)

Can I hug you? :oops:

cmartin18 · July 2013

Future kinda sounds cool, could the future world also be like the worlds in adventure you know with the tombs, i actully really enjoyed that expansion pack and wish there were more worlds added on to them.

cmartin18 · July 2013

symbiotic Sim practically a ghost sim with really cool florescent veins throughout it's body.has special ability's that evolve technology.

LeGardePourpre · July 2013

Into the Future, the sims don't walk anymore, they use the teleportation every time.

All the routing issues are gone :P

murfeel · July 2013

LeGardePourpre wrote:

Into the Future, the sims don't walk anymore, they use the teleportation every time.

All the routing issues are gone :P

That would be a great future indeed.

murfeel · July 2013

cmartin18 wrote:

symbiotic Sim practically a ghost sim with really cool florescent veins throughout it's body.has special ability's that evolve technology.

Holographic ghosts, too. :twisted:

jannishal · July 2013

Never answered so here goes:

In the future I would like to see advanced career machinery options like;

An advance flower machine that allows you to make flowers and floral arrangements and sell.
Or a high tech sewing machine that allows you to make new clothes and sell as a business.

Or even high-tech workstations that allows you to make revolutionary inventions such as new types of jewellery, toys, plants, improve sims lifestyle, pottery, candles, control time, musical instruments and new food creations.

Luis12twilight · July 2013

well i would like something like the real time travelling you know somewhere we can go back to the past and go to the future you know?
like for example in the past it would be nice to go back to the stone age and be able to have little dinos like pets, you know? something like the little dragons and living in caves and all that stuff, where our sims will need to search for food or even hunt!, fight to sruvive.

and in the future it would be cool if instead of cars, sims would be able to move with flying machines, and also in the sky you'd be able to see like mars? and the other planets something like aurora skies.

YellowJane · July 2013

To be honest I cannot see how you could put in much more that isn't available on the store. Once you have Lunar Lakes, and the Futurestock sets, surely there isn't anything NEW you can really add?
You can get time machines and robots with Ambitions, so I cannot see anything new will come of this EP. And with the Sims 3 so soon to be out of date, I won't be financially able to buy it
Sorry

However I'd like to suggest some kind of teleportation sims will use autonomously. Like the LLAMA with Supernatural, but Futuristic, and zappy. And something sims will use like steps to get from A to B.
Maybe they could purchase a pocket teleporter? Then you can teleport without cheating!

~YellowJane~

Hello83433 · July 2013

YellowJane wrote:

To be honest I cannot see how you could put in much more that isn't available on the store. Once you have Lunar Lakes, and the Futurestock sets, surely there isn't anything NEW you can really add?
You can get time machines and robots with Ambitions, so I cannot see anything new will come of this EP. And with the Sims 3 so soon to be out of date, I won't be financially able to buy it
Sorry

However I'd like to suggest some kind of teleportation sims will use autonomously. Like the LLAMA with Supernatural, but Futuristic, and zappy. And something sims will use like steps to get from A to B.
Maybe they could purchase a pocket teleporter? Then you can teleport without cheating!

~YellowJane~

i dont know why everyone is so focused on the future. It's too late anything BIG! Maybe a few more sets and one more EP or SP. This is why they need to STALL the RELEASE of THE SIMS 4!

ciennasim1 · July 2013

I'm not at all interested with the theme!! All of the other themes that you all could've used as an expansion pack and you pick a "traveling to the future" theme!! Actually you could've made the "Traveling to the Future" something that can be brought in store and made "Business As Usual" an EP! That would've made more sense!

I won't be purchasing this like I didn't Katy Perry and Supernatural! However, I'm kind of glad that it's the last EP because now I can work on trying to make all of the other ones work with no problems!!

lataya24 · July 2013

My thought is they can travels to the future and there's carnivals and the abilities to drink wine/water/juice with their food at the table. but seriously I don't care for it bc we are missing the basic stuff that camed with sims 1-2 I thought making something better meaning adding more to what already in the game not taking stuff out bc u thought it was meaningless.

sam123 · July 2013

Please reconsider making this EP! That's all I have to say.

tomyjay · July 2013

I was thinking that the EP should have something with the butterfly effect (Doesn't necessarily have to be small) in it. Like, before sims time travel they get asked a question, and there answer affects what the future looks like. Example Question: "What do think Sunset Valley's (or any other city) goals for the future should be?" Example Answers: "Sunset Valley should progress there technology as fast as possible, no matter how much it could pollute." Or "Sunset Valley should use natural resources wisely , for later generations. Keep the the environment clean!" and "Wipe out the rest of the planet for world domination!(Couldn't think of a better one :P)" I was thinking that you guys could change Sunset Valley (or again another city) into three or two different options. Depending on your answer of course. I also don't mean barely change it, you have to totally have two or more, DIFFERENT, re-vamped Sunset Valleys. With only a few small similarities from original. You could even have some ancestors of the old townies.

Now I will answer the questions:

•What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?
- Well I kinda all ready answered that one.

•If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time? - Totally hanging out some cool tech-savvy hot spots. Or you could have like the shops, bars, ect. be holograms.

•If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?
- GARDENING!

•Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.
- I would love to see some cool jobs revolving holograms. (I want holograms!)

•In the future setting, what activities would you like your Sims to partake in?
- Well besides anything to do with holograms, It would be pretty neat to be able to have robotic transplants. Like have limbs, eyes, organs be replaces with robotic ones. Sims now could learn skills faster, depending on their transplant. This could even get into the new life state. Half Sim and half robot!

•Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.
- Fly cars of course, but it would be cool to have like objects floating. (Chairs, beds, desks, and whatever else.

•Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?
- Well the floating objects, but they aren't really a must. As long as they have a future look to them...

•How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?
- Well I would like it to correspond with their traits. Though again it doesn't have to. I am not that picky. You could have children in the future and they could back and meet there great-great grandparents. :O!

Also just one small detail that doesn't fit anywhere else: I don't know why, but I really want to see some cool futuristic names for the pre-made sims!

I know this is a little late, and sorry if my whole butterfly effect thing is confusing. That and any errors. I haven't slept in almost two days, and I am pretty sure there are plenty of mistakes.

jmanning19 · July 2013

I think that there should be two worlds One a Utopia and the other a Distopia

mattshaw13 · July 2013

I think you should have some sort of major back-story to the sub-world like you do with Store Worlds. I think it would make it more interesting. Also, embrace time travel by adding less rabbit holes and more in depth buildings so it seems it has moved away from Sunset Vally or any other world for that matter

apgdmb1028 · July 2013

Not interested.

janeDoe001 · July 2013

• What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?

I like to think I invision a Cybertronian vibe but really it's more like ReBoot meets Final Fantasy 10's Zanarkan(sp?)

• If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time?

Probably getting their hands on all the tech they can find, and possibly meeting their decendants.

• If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?

I can see them co-existing with my household but I honestly never thought about it.

• Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.

Lawyer! Definitely!
Also, Race car driver and jetpack/hoverboard messengers.

• In the future setting, what activities would you like your Sims to partake in?

hoverboarding, flying around in jetpacks, depends on my mood.

• Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.

I'll get back with that answer.

• Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?

Vehicles!

Hey, you said existing objects and transforming.
Seriously though, I'd say ovens, and canvases and gardening equiptment.

• How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?

Too much and they'd probably get motion sickness. Plus who knows what could happen if my sim should time travel too much.

jD001

dst193 · July 2013

Not interested whatsoever.

Davidray · July 2013

Wow! I'm kinda getting a LOT of what I was hoping for!

Davidray wrote:

I am also hoping this Future World will be a CITY!

Davidray wrote:

SimGuruSNelson wrote:

• What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?

I'd love a Future Utopia that extends the Future Shock/Lunar Lakes visuals as well as fleshing out the Atomic Age sets.

The Atomic Age vibe reflected in the curves & fluid lines of Architecture found in the Jetsons & Forbidden planet. A kind of 1950's/60's vision of the Future.

Perhaps extending that to the build items...Curved walls? Sloping arches? Circular doors & Windows?

A Utopia that has a balance of Nature & future tech- room for growing vegetables & flower gardens? A balance of metal & green & open air & water & wood.

Or areas that are all tech and sleek... antiseptic & metallic.

• If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time?

Assuming this is a Utopian future all our technology would free up Sims for creative pursuits- Science, Art, Exploration , Learning. So perhaps community spaces for painting, sculpting & performance. All that is pretty well represented in current gameplay- but perhaps Yoga and Dance Performance could be added as skills.

• If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?

Robot maids, robot chefs, robot "companions/spouses", robot "children", robot Performers (singers/dancers), robot NPC's police/fire etc.

Perhaps a Party Dining table with a Robot Chef? Robot bartenders?

• Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.

I'd love the astronaut career to be extended to Space Explorer.
Time Travelling Relic Hunter.

• Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.

Holographic chess or "TV"? Perhaps even a Holographic Performance Venue.

Computers that produce completed meals...or perhaps a refrigerator/oven... put in raw ingredients-out comes completed meal- Very Jetsons.

• Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?

Hopefully Schoolbuses, Police Cars etc could all get a futuristic makeover... Hover crafts, Monorails, Shuttle Tubes etc.

Hopefully a contemporary styled elevator or a Tube-style elevator would be available.

Perhaps some of the more rustic or contemporary items could get a sci-fi makeover. Things like the Inventing Table seem a little Low-tech rustic.

Perhaps Objects like the Skating rinks & Skateboard park could get some kind of Hover-Skate/Hover-board makeover.

Some kind of Zero gravity basketball?

• How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?

Perhaps the future Sci Fi style clothing could refect silhouettes of past era's. In the way that movies like Logan's Run had 70'polyester disco/ sci fi outfits that were kind of reminiscent of roman togas, or Hunger Games or the movie Aeon Flux had futuristic costumes that were reminiscent of the 1940's.

semichea · July 2013

• What does a future Utopia look like in The Sims 3 in your mind? How would you imagine the environment, buildings, and other visual parts of the world to look?
A: I think the future's aesthetics would depend on the course of your actions. Actions with good outcomes would promote lots of trees, flowers, and other things in nature as well as a healthy population that thrived as a community. Actions with less desirable outcomes might result in bad landscaping, more like a desert, where the population may experience some kind of rift.

• If your Sim is hanging out in the future, where would they spend most of their time?
A: I think a community lot with SimBot waiters/waitresses/clerks would be a nice use of the new SimBot life state. I would most likely send my Sims to places where they could build up skills and meet other Sims. Maybe if there were a community lot where Sims could actually build SimBots and design new chips to implant in their Bots to determine what tasks they would want their Bot to be most skilled at.

• If there were robots in the future and they could be part of your household, what would you like them to do?
A: As a part of my household, they should be able to get Bot-specific jobs, even if they are only part time. They should be able to function as live-in maids/nannies, artists/inventors/sculptors to bring in extra money, or maybe even be the master of the Sims they live with to go along with the idea of the Bots taking over. Certain traits for Bots could influence Bots to develop particular skills specific to Bots more quickly.

• Name a few of the new careers you’d most enjoy for your Sims in a future setting.
A: Definitely some kind of Engineering career, especially because new minerals and metals could be available in the future that would be beneficial to Sims but would require certain skills to manipulate in the design and build phases.

• In the future setting, what activities would you like your Sims to partake in?
A: Possibly racing futuristic vehicles. There could also be a new "Space Race" profession in which job performance is increased through upgrading the Sim's vehicle of choice, leveling the handiness skill, and, of course, winning races.

• Name a few objects you’d love to see in a Sims’ future.
A: I would love to see a Quxxn related item in this EP. Maybe something that was colored orange in a similar fashion to her logo and referenced her name. Like an orange space vehicle called "The Queen's Chariot." I would use that for all of my Sims! And it would be easily recolorable if someone didn't like the color.

• Are there any existing objects that you’d envision transforming in the future and if so, which ones?
A: A high tech Sloppy Jalopy! That would be so interesting and definitely a cute addition.

• How would you expect your Sims’ lives to be affected by traveling back and forth to the future?
A: Marriages come to mind with this. Say that a Sim and his wife visited the future and met their descendants, but they went back home and got a divorce. That Sim might go back to the future to realize that some have his descendants have different traits and looks or maybe don't exist at all. Also, a Sim might reach level 10 of their career track, own many businesses, and build up a good reputation for himself and either find that his legacy is being carried on or that a descendant has squandered the riches he accumulated and sold all the businesses to the Bots, who then take over the city.

shaleseJ · July 2013

Why havent i seen anything about new alien types? maybe pet/sim hybrids or even something entirely different other than the same old green skin black eyed sims we have been with for the entire sims timeline, maybe get cyclops, 3 eyed monsters or even alien pets, also alot of futuristic ******** of current in game stuff or even new things like sleep pods, things to conserve space seeing as over population would be a thing of the future and probably more npc's everywhere in general....and the future being a 'sky world' would be frekin awesome! and like maybe for once we can get enough future stuff to furnish all the rooms we could have in a house not just bedrooms and bathrooms also if you bring things from 'the past' certain ones could be worth alot more and seen as 'antiques' and for me, id expect to see alot of holograms, glass and very smooth metal, space travel being a normal thing and i would think aliens would be seen at all times of the day in the future

hope this sparked some ideas! have fun creating!

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