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The Vampire Look
Jordojord
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The new GP trailer looks promising to me and I'm excited for it to come out!
My only thing is that I wish they were promoting modern vamps.. Like vampires from shows like True Blood, Vampire diaries, or Twilight. It just seems that they're always going with the victorian type vampires like in the Sims 3 Supernatural and Sims 2.
Granted in the Sims 3 Late night the vampires were modern but for the most part its these vampires frozen in a time period.
My only thing is that I wish they were promoting modern vamps.. Like vampires from shows like True Blood, Vampire diaries, or Twilight. It just seems that they're always going with the victorian type vampires like in the Sims 3 Supernatural and Sims 2.
Granted in the Sims 3 Late night the vampires were modern but for the most part its these vampires frozen in a time period.
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But yeah I understand you. But if we put the vampires in modern clothes, they would be "modern vampires"
Want a modern vampire? Stick some City Living items on and move them to San Myshuno.
Want a Victorian style vampire? Use the new CAS items and move them to the new world.
I can't wait, looks like this pack is going to be great for me!
Yeah I know we can and I know they are.. I'm just pointing out that theme (outfits and decor) is of an older time period when vampires are always current with the time period
but @CupcakeWitch made a good point to emphasize immortality (when we already know they are)
University
Seasons
Bonvoyage style (Loved those hotels)
I know you can.. I'm just talking about the advertising of the theme being in the victorian age lol
University
Seasons
Bonvoyage style (Loved those hotels)
Oh yeah, I see what you mean now! It did look very old style themed. I guess that's the more traditional Hollywood style vampire look that they went for as I suppose it's what a lot of people are used to. And @CupcakeWitch makes a good point about emphasising immortality by using the "Ancient" vampires as the trailer example.
People hated the Sims 3 vampires they were weak and pathetic Twilight copies
Well based on the name of the new hood "Forgotten Hollow" it sounds like an area that has been hidden from the modern world and most likely has been a haven for the vampire that inhabit it. It would make sense for them to be frozen in time if they have avidly been avoiding the modern world. I good story line could be a vampire who grew up in Forgotten Hollow who out of curiosity has decided to leave their home and explore the outside world only to discover that the outside world is nothing like home.
Also it isn't that hard to make modern vampires with the cas the comes with the base game alone and if you have previous packs your options are much greater. I'm kinda glad that they decided to go with the more classic/Victorian vampires as it makes it easier to make an ancient clan of vampires. It also seems that this pack will be adding some modern cas options but not much.
With all the period outfits, you could easily make sims who live in that period and are not vampires. This would be great for story tellers who want to flashback to their ancestors as part of the story they are telling.
It's Forgotten Hollow....it's been forgotten.
I think I saw a few things that fit this description. A couple of the female vampires are wearing some edgier stuff in the trailer.
(Haha - "fit"
Well since there seem to be different id of vampires . Like Moral, and Rebellious . I think we are going to see ore trailers in the future .
I don't want to be rude , but reaistic speaking . If you live for hundreds of years ? You would probably not be wearing clothing from the 1900 s .
Since vampires are pretty much ,,anchored'' in the past (they're immortal, some of them are very old) they usually are portrayed in more oldschool, gothic, or victorian surroundings. I'm actually happy about vampires coming with all these old-fashioned clothes and stuff, because I find it useful in my game. Still, you can make a vampire look as you wish and make it live a very modern life in modern surroundings.
Edit: also, we have so much modern themed stuff now, I'm completely excited to get things from another era! I do get what you're saying, though.
I want to play a group of old school vamps pit against a different " generation" of vamps so I need that old style look.
I actually made Mavis from Hotel Transylvania and I am currently building a small "hotel" and going to build a similar club from Fish Mooney (Gotham) and that theme is actually right what I need.