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    Remember Simsville?

    Banksy33Banksy33 Posts: 243 Member
    edited March 2016 in The Sims (2000)
    Hey guys!

    In 2001, Maxis announced it was cancelling what was to be the next big entry to their successful Sim lineup...

    Come check out my new series "What Happened To?", where we'll take a look at some of the most anticipated sandbox games that either never made release or just couldn't live up to the hype!

    https://youtu.be/ELDJS80dwLs

    How did you feel about its cancellation? Were you excited for this game?
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      LaBlue0314LaBlue0314 Posts: 17,436 Member
      This was a game that I didn't know about, until now.
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      ShinobuTypeErrorShinobuTypeError Posts: 2,838 Member
      I never knew about that game until now, either. I guess it got canceled in favor of development of Sims 2. I will check out your video when I'm not on mobile.
      "It's like there's a pink elephant in the room and no one's allowed to talk about it."
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      Stormy_WintersStormy_Winters Posts: 127 Member
      Wow that looks cool.
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      MidnightAuraMidnightAura Posts: 5,809 Member
      I remember the trailer at the time and thinking it looked amazing.
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      Mrknowitall526Mrknowitall526 Posts: 386 Member
      Totally forgot about it until right now!

      But man, nothing could replace the feeling of getting Livin' Large. I still remember the excitement that that game brought to the base game, that I haven't really ever felt again in 15 years. Hot Date was a close second!
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      Leo_GruenLeo_Gruen Posts: 468 Member
      Personally I think this game turned into The Sims 3.

      The Sims 3 never felt like the other games in the series and the fact that sims 4 moved back to the formats of 1 and 2 sort of helps that point.
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      hellojewbyhellojewby Posts: 1,316 Member
      how did i miss this?! what?? want!!
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      LadysimPlayer8LadysimPlayer8 Posts: 775 Member
      I watched the video and the neighbourhood looks really good and does look a mixture of Sims3 and Sims4! :)
      I can't believe this was back in 2001/2002. :)
      I didn't play The Sims until 2005, so I think that is my reason for not knowing about Simsville - can't recall it being mentioned on Sims Forums before this.
      Wouldn't it be great if it was resurrected?
      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/789742/the-sims-4-create-a-world-petition-212-signatures-200-signature-celebration/p1]xyIcMqt.png
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      Banksy33Banksy33 Posts: 243 Member
      LadysimPlayer8 wrote: »
      I watched the video and the neighbourhood looks really good and does look a mixture of Sims3 and Sims4! :)
      I can't believe this was back in 2001/2002. :)
      I didn't play The Sims until 2005, so I think that is my reason for not knowing about Simsville - can't recall it being mentioned on Sims Forums before this.
      Wouldn't it be great if it was resurrected?

      The cartoon style looked really cool in my opinion, It looked like a fun town management game.. The trailer got me so excited! I hope we get something similar in the future, however I feel it's the sims style that really made it so interesting, also I was madly playing the sims 1 at the time so the thought of playing a whole town of sims blew my mind at the time haha.
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      LadysimPlayer8LadysimPlayer8 Posts: 775 Member
      Banksy33 wrote: »
      The cartoon style looked really cool in my opinion, It looked like a fun town management game.. The trailer got me so excited! I hope we get something similar in the future, however I feel it's the sims style that really made it so interesting, also I was madly playing the sims 1 at the time so the thought of playing a whole town of sims blew my mind at the time haha.
      I agree - the town looks really vibrant - more like Sims4 but with community lots e.g. City Hall, Theatre, Park etc. similar to what you would find in Sims3. I wonder if some of the buildings were going to be rabbit holes too?
      I am feeling inspired to try and re-create this neighbourhood on CAW for Sims3 - what a pity not to have a map of the neighbourhood! :)
      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/789742/the-sims-4-create-a-world-petition-212-signatures-200-signature-celebration/p1]xyIcMqt.png
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      CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      Banksy33 wrote: »
      Hey guys!

      In 2001, Maxis announced it was cancelling what was to be the next big entry to their successful Sim lineup...

      Come check out my new series "What Happened To?", where we'll take a look at some of the most anticipated sandbox games that either never made release or just couldn't live up to the hype!

      https://youtu.be/ELDJS80dwLs

      How did you feel about its cancellation? Were you excited for this game?

      Ah, man, yeah, I still want that game. lol
      "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
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      DcD2510DcD2510 Posts: 646 Member
      I really wish they would release an updated version, I think they still Play SimsVille, I wish I could play it!

      Here is my Discussion on SimsVille share your thoughts

      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/880180/simsville

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      Banksy33Banksy33 Posts: 243 Member
      DcD2510 wrote: »
      I really wish they would release an updated version, I think they still Play SimsVille, I wish I could play it!

      Here is my Discussion on SimsVille share your thoughts

      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/880180/simsville

      Yeah it'd be so awesome to find a test version of the game to play, from the development videos it seems they were pretty much finished.
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      Banksy33Banksy33 Posts: 243 Member
      Cinebar wrote: »
      Banksy33 wrote: »
      Hey guys!

      In 2001, Maxis announced it was cancelling what was to be the next big entry to their successful Sim lineup...

      Come check out my new series "What Happened To?", where we'll take a look at some of the most anticipated sandbox games that either never made release or just couldn't live up to the hype!

      https://youtu.be/ELDJS80dwLs

      How did you feel about its cancellation? Were you excited for this game?

      Ah, man, yeah, I still want that game. lol

      haha I know, I do also! it seems like it'd be such a fun game.
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      Romeo9Romeo9 Posts: 38 Member
      I personally wasn't very happy when I heard they cancelled SimSVille, from the day I saw it in the trailer during the Livin Large expansion I was hyped for it. However the reason given later honestly made sense. Maxis had already split their staff into staff working on Sims expansions and staff working on The Sims Online. So to split that group again would have been counter productive. At the time I didn't really care I was excited for both SimSVille and The Sims Online. Obviously now with The Sims Online completely dead I'd much rather wish they had worked on SimsVille instead. Oh well...
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