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Fencers, what will EA have to show to persuade you to buy?
SimsesWithJake
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How much wind will EA need to blow you off the fence onto the "Sold" grass of TS4?
What an odd way of putting it.... people on the fence, what will EA need to show you to convince you to consider buying TS4 once again?
What an odd way of putting it.... people on the fence, what will EA need to show you to convince you to consider buying TS4 once again?
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... I'm buying the game anyway, just wanted to make that joke. Bad joke.
Tom and Annabelle
No worries, I was amused. :P
I wanted Sims 4 badly, I absolutely love the style. I like gameplay, I like simulation. I like better AI, more realistic play, and better pathfinding. I like playing in rotational. I like families and generations. Things like CAST and Open World, or even loading screens are not important to me, I'm a Sims 2 player.
What I don't like is NO TODDLERS. I also don't like the missing things which make me think this is a botched online game. I don't like the restrictions on world/terrain editing, causing the lack of pools. That makes me think, online world recovered and edited for single player use.
I don't like missing toddlers and stretched teens, cause that shouts... online play made for only adult avatars, that's why there's problems with the younger sims. All of this makes me wonder, what in the heck are people buying. The future is bright, the future is orange, and that makes me sick. I'm worried about how much DLC will be pushed to actually play this game. I don't like the Sims 3 store or the expensive worlds, that's just treating me like a blank cheque.
Only thing now that will move me, is a proper unscripted video done by someone I trust, maybe somebody like LGR. He knows about online, and he knows about Sims. If something is lacking or strange to him, hopefully he will tell me. But I must admit, apart from all it's problems, Sims 4 definitely has a ton of nice things in, but not sure if I can do without the toddlers and teens who look like adults.
I have a second preorder for my daughter through Best Buy. I like to have at least one disc copy and they haven't released system specs, and I may cancel that one at any time.
To be honest, all the confirming and un-confirming seems like a bait and switch to me. I've considered contacting the Better Business Bureau. See in my mind, all the builds that have been shown were in Alpha. When obviously the game is already in Beta. Otherwise, it would not be ready to go to press. Which should be right about now if they want to make their deadline. Many things were confirmed then un-confirmed just a couple of months before release. It's misleading at best and fraud at worst. And their flippant attitude toward their customers has also given me pause. I've considered cancelling both and purchasing Dragon Age 3. Another EA game. I own a lot of them. I have been a loyal customer through many EA franchises. I think it's foolishness to disregard their customers feelings in this manner personally because, I can take my money for all their products somewhere else.
edited to add one more point:
I was prepared for things to be different and like many of the things I see personally. All the previews were in Alpha and I never imagined they would remove a life stage of all things. Cast and they color wheel gave me a pause. But, I never would have imagined Toddlers not there. In my previous posts, I even said it would take them really messing up the game for me not to purchase. They have reached that point with me. I'm just trying to convince myself to spend the time on the phone with Origin, which never usually goes well for me.
I am also what you might call a stick builder(a type of home we call "building from the ground up"), and from what I am seen with what EA has done with the building options ... "well" it looks to me like they are taking after the Pre Fab type of home. (Type of real homes that are built in a factor)
I am sitting on the fence because, I am not sure if I am going to really like this new way of building that EA is going with so I will just wait and see. I don't think EA can do anything to make me come off the fence with this one. I think I will have to wait and see what other simmers have to say about it first.
Although this thread was directed to people who will not be "buying the game anyway", thank you for your input, me too!
Not gonna let the 4th gen of The Sims Franchise slip through my fingers that easily (my poor toddlers though
This too^^
-Add a new stage between children and teens to offset the near-adult teens
-A create-a-style tool of some kind.
-Show that the new sims are really fun to play and emotions aren't annoying
-larger neighborhoods with 10-20 lots in them.
-dance clubs full of sims like the Late Night trailer.
I don't expect it all at once, but at least 3 or 4 EPs into the game. One of those EPs has to be Seasons. Then I will consider buying in.
(At the top of page 2, as usual. It no longer surprises me.)
-toddlers
-ghosts (haven't seen them yet so i'm putting them on! )
-teens that look like teens and can tell at first glance it's a freaking teen without some prompt saying "hey its a freaking teen don't go flirty with it"
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-pools (duh)
-some gameplay footage so i can see what the ui looks like >:/
-i understand the loading screens... But no teleporting sims between neighborhoods. I don't want my sim to be magically whisked away to another place/zone/building/whatever
-no bugs (heh, thats a joke by the way... we all know thats not gonna happen XD )
First since I don't really know what is actually going to be in it and how the game play will look I can't say for sure. But price will be the big factor for me. I don't doubt I'll get the game eventually, but the cost will decide when I get it.
Leave them alone
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I think this was an innocent enough question. It wasn't trying to convince them to buy it, it was just asking them what they wanted to still see, what might change their minds. Basically, it was a question of being open minded. No reason to bash on either side. The OP doesn't seem to actually care what they do, they are just curious as to what the other players might want to see change about what we've heard.
1) Toddlers, with more interactions like maybe a toddler can crawl or walk over to their dad and raise their arms to be picked up or show mom the sippy cup is empty and a refill is needed, lol.
2) If not CASt something like it or maybe even better. It would be awesome if they gave us something where we could create our own flooring or our own wallpaper or wall paneling, even our own sim clothes and we could set our own preset colors for it and share it if we want. That's just wishful thinking on my part though.
3) CAW. And hopefully I can place more lots in neighborhoods. That's not something I'd expect with the base game though.
Depending on how actual gameplay is then those three would do it. And if they want to throw in more sims per household, an extra floor level or two, pools, and an assurance that a Pets and a Seasons EP will be more expansive (maybe with some of the ideas floated on this forum by others), then I'd be happy to jump off the fence and onto the buy side, lol!
Maybe show me a full career with all its levels and reward structures?
I'd still be angry with EA and its business methods, and I would still miss toddlers and pools, but at least I'd agree to watch someone else playing it to see if there was any decent gameplay.