We just need a fixed and expanded Sims 4. Because Sims 4 looks great! And most modern hardware can run it. We don't need another half-decade of a thousand dollars of spending on packs, we need Sims 4 to have story progression, deeper emotions and more quality of life updates to the basegame. We don't need Sims 5, because it's been 20 years and it's time to stop abandoning games with perfectly good content and replacing it with a shell that has just houses and families, and nothing else.
And most of all, we don't need Sims 5, because if it sells poorly, Maxis will be gone, just like BioWare might also be gone in the next couple of years.
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Its a shame too because I think they did a great job with Sims 3, but whatever team they have working on Sims 4 is just awful. The game has potential too, but I don't think the team will ever hit that mark.
That's the thing though, I see so many people clammoring, like on Twitter, about Sims 5, and if this how people are feeling about Sims 4, how do they see Sims 5 being any better
You dont need Sims 5.
I do however. Sims 4 cant improve the way I see it. Its a done deal. I hope for Sims 5
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
I want to you uninstall all of the packs you've got for Sims 4, and then play just the basegame, and tell me then if we need that, again, with different graphics.
I've been playing The Sims for 18 years and I'm not keen on buying another iteration of Seasons, Pets and University for the third or fourth time just yet. I'd rather we get to explore some other facets of life simulation before we jump over to a new one. Or even some other basic stuff, like slow dancing, freed babies, werewolves, burglars, etc etc.
Build mode and Create A Sim are great in The Sims 4 - but for me, the problems mainly come down to the sims themselves. As an example, sims don't remember anything so relationships don't really matter as much. But they could either add a memory system or more advanced relationships, like what we've seen with the Parenthood pack. A version of the chemistry system from Sims 2 would be great, but that came from Nightlife. We sort of already have a favourite's system from Seasons (weather preferences) and Movie Hangout (favourite movie) but favourite music genre, food and others could be implemented.
Oh god, why would ANYONE want to play just the base game...it's like...the most awful base game ever in the series..
Agree with this too...
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Also I think this title should be changed to "I don't need the Sims 5."
There are alot of people that is on board with the 5th installment, myself included.
I think it is an interesting game and there are some unique aspects of it, and the graphics are great!
I just think a fresh take on the series will be a good way, considering the complications with missing features and lack of, say, colored world views and toddlers, it was just an unfinished and rushed game to begin with. I think if we want another addition to the series, the whole community needs to be patient and understanding of the time it takes to work on it.
That said, I think that the Sims 4 still has more potential and THERE ARE people who want more expansions for it! I think that the Sims team can work on more content for the Sims 4 and perhaps just listen to the community as a whole towards what we would want in the Sims 5 as well. (:
For me, personally, the Sims 4 has gotten stale and just feels flat, the emotions don't seem to have much of an impact, I can have a sim go from sad from a death to happy from a combo of moodlets in minutes!
But, like I said, there are still people who want more for the Sims 4, and in that sense, I don't think the Sims 5 would be a good idea financially for the company. Why spend money developing a whole new game when you can make money adding onto a preexisting one that is still selling well?
For The Sims 5, I think that it would be wise to wait, as much as I want it, I also want it to be the best it can be, even if that means waiting longer and letting the Sims 4 get more content! Think about it this way, more content for the Sims 4 = more income for development of the Sims 5! Try to be positive.
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TS1, TS2 and TS3 have great basegames! Once in a while, I will play TS3 with just the basegame, no EPs, no SPs, and no mods and I still have a lot to do and have fun! I also had a lot of fun when I just had the basegame for TS1 and TS2 as well.
If EAxis learned anything, they need to make the TS5 basegame a strong foundation that is rich in gameplay and fully featured as TS1 through TS3 have been.
The bad thing about TS4 is that it gets its players into a restrictive mindset. That's another reason why I won't play it.
They say it's selling well, but evidence show it isn't. Everything for TS4 is constantly on sale and the basegame has been given away free more than once. Now, the game itself will remind its players to buy the packs they haven't bought yet! This means that no one is willing to buy it at full price. TS3 and the other iterations before it have NEVER been constantly on sale, their basegames have never been given away free and people were and still are willing to buy them full price!
Another indication is the poorer quality of the more recent packs for the past couple of years. You can see that EAxis hasn't poured much money into the development of the packs (where did it go?) - reused animations just labeled with different names, lots of recolors, sometimes using the same lot buildings in the newer worlds.
So you ask, "Why spend money developing a whole new game when you can make money adding onto a preexisting one that is still selling well?"
That's the problem - more and more people are giving up on TS4 and have stopped buying new packs. Meanwhile, the development of Paralives and Paradox Tectonic's game are gaining more and more support. If EAxis keeps things going as they are and drag TS4 for more years, they're going to lose the fanbase.
That's why EAxis needs to spend money developing a whole new game, TS5, and dump TS4 already.
Even if they would change some things that they mentioned in the survey, they are going to be limited by how the game works. They are not going to change the hundreds of tuning files they have to improve the sims personalities and behavior, they are going to walk around and practice singing, ignoring conversations and smile when someone is angry at them because that is how the game was built.
A fresh start could open up new possibilities.
I am bothered by buying a new base game and waiting 3 years to have weather again though.
What „other stuff“ though?
Maybe EA should concentrate on giving simmers the most animated humorous action filled game play rather than doing all these votes. Themes are fine but when people voted for Eco did they have any extended game play in mind? Perhaps simmers should think more deeply about what "activities and actions" they would like added to the game play and not just what "stuff" they want to add. A theme with no new added game play is just theme stuff.
Don't get me wrong I love Sim stuff. I love the modders who make it, There are great mods out there. Beautiful CAS items for the sims and beautiful items to build with and beautiful items to add to the sims world and homes. What we need from EA is not more stuff but game play which is plot and animation.
Like many simmers I'm happy with Sims 4 and think there is still a lot of room for Sims 4 to improve and grow,
It's not yet time for Sims 5
Wouldn't take me long, ive only got one game pack because the core of the game is so shallow. I wouldnt mind buying expansions for Sims 5 if the base game was actually engaging and fun, with personality, depth, consequences and the expansions still are engaging and fresh, I see no problem with it. This is why i still buy Sims 2 and 3 expansions.
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
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OH believe me, it's been FAR time..actually overtime.
I feel there is so much that can be added to TS4 base game and its packs with what we already have. And it's easily patched in. I would like to see more continuity between packs and the other worlds in the game. It bugs me to no avail of how annoying things are in all worlds, but things like stray pets are limited to just the pack with which the game ships.
Let EA finish up Sims 4,then they can give us Sims 5.
the sims 1 (first game) introduce us to the sims franchise as well as challanges
the sims 2 sequel added to the challanges of the first game plus introduce toddlers and aging as well as supernatural
the sims3 sequel added more deep as it introduce us to open worlds and challanges
the sims4 sequel introduce us to emotions but lacks the challanges sims1 sims2 and sims3 brough exemple dealing with buglars repoman seem everything is like everything is done like magic (*i apolige for sharing my tough as a player)
now its time for the sims5 new storys better emotions and challanges for players that went some challange in there game and i apoligise for the french article here but its proof sims5 is in the work https://jesuisungameur.com/2019/11/20/les-sims-5-date-de-sortie/
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