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Do we no longer get free updates?
coldplay2233
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I would like to compare 2017 with the year 2015. Take a look at all the free updates we got inbetween paid content.
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But to be fair here we only got free content last month.
The image is a png image which is ridiculous in itself.
This.
And also, basements and swimming pools, dishwashers etc were all things that should have been in the base game upon release. It is good that they added them in the first year, but it was not groundbreaking new content. This was the reason I did not buy the game until December 2015.
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That's why I quit after a month and just came back 4 months ago, lol. Well, mostly because there were no toddlers and kids had no option to meet other kids except look around the neighborhood hoping to find some...
Now the basegame is almost "complete" with the Toddler Patch.
Compare 2015 to 2017 is like comparing a 25% basegame to a 75% basegame
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionRight now, it seems that they're prioritizing other things. They might be working on some other free content, but probably not as much, and they probably started from scratch so it'll take longer from our perspective.
Btw, the infographic looks really nice.
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..., car patch, seasons patch, terraforming patch, spiral stairs patch, ...
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionRealistically, only ghosts and pools were in the works before the game released. Genealogy (family trees) took 6 months to be added. They specifically said that the two new careers and the move objects cheat (December 2014) were added based on player feedback so they were the beginning of the non-base game holdover content. Everything we have gotten since was started after the game was shipped. Even toddlers.
the toaster patch, the fix sim autonomy patch, the advanced relationship interaction patch, the school patch...
Yeah, that makes sense too. The new careers were probably easier for them to make.
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And, of course since it's EA, they created the illusion that all these patches were a good thing, when realistically, they were playing a huge game of catch up.
They aren't already patient to wait for a new EP during one year.
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionFirefighters
Burglars/Cops
Varying terrain altitude
Cars/driveways
Granted, I personally don't pay attention to the free updates. They kinda rub me the wrong way because the result is always that people say "wow it's FREE!!! We should be SO GRATEFUL," even in cases where the supplied content was stuff that should've come with the base game.
Well... if you buy the Base Game now it'll come with it.
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Yeah, I don't see how anyone should be grateful for anything. We paid for the base game, and they sold the game with the promise there would be new ways to play every month (which did not fall through) and there would be frequent patches. I can understand giving them positive feedback for this, but I, nor anyone else, must provide EA with our gratitude for this.
I'm still waiting for firefighters, burglars, etc. myself. They removed much of the important content that not only made The Sims what it was known for, but also content that made the game feel like an actual game. Right now, I feel like whenever I play The Sims 4, I'm essentially making my own goals, and then I lose interest because I would rather play a different game where the developers/publisher gave proper support for the game they were making. But, as I was saying with The Sims 4, I've done it all. It's strange. The Sims 3 still has not given me that feeling. The Sims 2, even after 10 years, still feels fresh and new after a good break.
If you're talking about new stuff, we got two additions to the holiday patch last year -- Diwali content in October and holiday content for those with warm weather Christmases in December.
Not all that interested in burglars unless they patch in burglar alarms; I'd be interested in fire fighters. I don't want terrain tools (though being able to build houses with variable foundation heights would be nice). And cars/driveways are of no real interest unless we could do car upgrades to help build Handiness skill. A small thing I'd like that I'd like is more TV channels to help build skills. We have the cooking channel but I'd like to see the Gardening channel return and maybe add a DIY channel to build Handiness.
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I'm pretty sure that was the case with pools, but I think they'd never considered adding ghosts till the community outcry over their absence. (Ghosts are still a bit problematic especially with the culling issues that finally got solved to a certain extent with the My Households and Other Households mechanism. I do still need MCCC in order to manage ghosts (plus aliens and vampires).
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I figured ghosts were originally planned as DLC. I remember the unintentional leak from before launch (Ryan and Graham’s play through) where they went in the gallery and showed an ad for camping, spooky “stuff”, and a party pack (the first and last realized as Outdoor Retreat, and Luxury Party Stuff). I don’t think the ad was in reference to the spooky stuff pack that released over a year later, and ghosts were the very first content addition so it wouldn’t be too far out. Pools were also mentioned in a survey, so I could also see that feature too as something that was in development as a paid feature but was later released for free in response to backlash. Just speculation on my end though.