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What expansion would You vote for next if these were the options 2020
SeanBobbyG
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I read the August 2015 expansion pack survey that was published which featured great ideas for expansions to vote on (the first 7 in this list are from that) and the popular comments and trends people want as the next 3 and I thought it would be fun to see what expansion would get the most votes now if the following 10 were the options. Happy simming 
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What expansion would You vote for next if these were the options 2020 274 votes
On The Road (cars and vehicles gameplay)
4%
12 votes
Get Real (3 different reality shows gameplay)
0%
2 votes
Find Love (enhanced dating and weddings)
10%
28 votes
Vacation (adding winter world gameplay)
5%
16 votes
Power up (adding superheroes)
2%
8 votes
Rebuild (adding apocalypse, rebuild and survival gameplay)
4%
13 votes
Generations ( adding more gameplay especially for babies and elders)
30%
Supernatural (adding werewolves, fairies and more occults)
12%
35 votes
Into the past/future (time travel pack with medieval world)
7%
20 votes
Country Living (adding farming gameplay)
20%
56 votes
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Comments
I like Occults but I feel they are more game pack then expansion pack level.
2. Generations (but I don’t really care about elders or babies. I want more kid and teen specific things)
3. Vacations( but only if they included the ability to rent lots in any world)
4. Country living
I need to sit down.
Supernatural
On the road.
My gameplay style is mostly real life stuff with some super natural bits thrown into the mix for funsies and variety. I would love carpools and cars but I think more family play is needed before cars tbh.
Too Good at Goodbyes forum thread
Too Good at Goodbyes blog
I was torn for a second between country living/future/supernatural/generations, as they're all things I desperately want, but tbh, everybody except ya/a needs content & gameplay like yesterday. I think generations has the potential to make other expansions better too, if they treat it like ts3 or eco-lifestyle and develop for cross-pack compatibility.
1 supernatural- I love the wacky and I love occults in the sims. Real life boring, give me fantasy.
2 Generations- play outside of young adult/adult is lacking. Babies are objects, toddlers lack diversified game play, children need something more, teens play like adults but their main job (high school) doesn't pay and need something all there own, and elders play exactly like adults, retirement should be a thing.
3 Into the past/future- medieval castle stuff built/buy would make me so happy, and again I love the wacky.
4 Power Up- I like superheroes, I am like wacky, I just question gameplay.
5. Find Love- Cool if they add more consequences for things like cheating. That is needed.
6 Rebuild- Cool concept but how would you add it without ruining regular gameplay? Still if it came out I would buy it.
7 Country Living- love me some cows and chickens. But I prefer the fantasy gameplay or the fix to the lacking gameplay of base game the packs above offer.
8 Vacation- now we are getting into things I have little interest in. We have two vacation world already and we have winter. Not that interested.
9 On the Road- What is the point? We don't have an open world. The worlds roads aren't designed to have cars as a useful transportation system to get collectables or anything. I just don't see the point, except as decorative objects. That can be had with cheats and could be added with any pack or as a base game patch without.
10 Get Real- please for all that is good and holy keep reality TV away from the game. The only pack listed I would 100% avoid buying. Yeah I don't see the point of cars, and I hardly use the vacation worlds already in the game already, but at least the thought of these packs don't make me cringe. Less then zero interest in this one.
But generations or new travel destinations would be nice too, after werewolves and time travel.
1. Into the past/future (time travel pack with medieval world)
Future, specifically. I would seriously love a pack set on Sixam!
2. Supernatural (adding werewolves, fairies and more occults)
Long needed! I really miss fairies, seriously.
3. Rebuild (adding apocalypse, rebuild and survival gameplay)
Sounds intriguing, really!
4. Vacation (adding winter world gameplay)
Especially if they include hotel/resort management, or vacation lots in other locations.
5. Power up (adding superheroes)
Could be fun!
6. Find Love (enhanced dating and weddings)
If they include poly relationships and better orientation things, I'd be game for this.
7. Generations ( adding more gameplay especially for babies and elders)
Yeah, I guess. Probably be useful.
8. Country Living (adding farming gameplay)
Only if there's an option to liberate farm animals and save them from becoming dinner.
9. Get Real (3 different reality shows gameplay)
Not at all interested.
10. On The Road (cars and vehicles gameplay)
...and go where? Seriously, endless car travel was one of the most boring parts of TS3!
Superheroes, Post Apocalypse, Gameshows, and Time Travel are all pretty worthy of full EPs considering the scope of content that could be added to revolutionize gameplay. To an extent, I'd even argue that elements from a Post Apocalypse has already been used to create Eco Living.
A decorative car with no game-play is not an option for me.
Instead of a purely romantic GP, I'd like a general Relationships GP that fleshes out ALL relationships to make them more meaningful - friendships, enemies, family ties etc. It would be great to add in one-sided relationships, a chemistry system (determines how sims get along in general, not just romantic) and a turn on/off system (romantic). Ways to sabotage other sims' relationships and lives should be added as well (spreading rumours, talking smack, giving bad advice, manipulation etc) and the gossip mechanic from TS3 would be amazing.
But above all, life stages should be fleshed out and family play made more interesting via a Generations-like pack. I think a lot of the boringness from family gameplay is bc of the boringness of children and teens (nothing to do and could use a lot fleshing out in general).
For children: more playground objects (that teens can interact with too), more play interactions that aren't tied to objects (tag, make believe etc), games like hopscotch and jumping rope etc. Board games that the card/DWTL tables can be switched to and the whole family can enjoy. Play bake ovens and the ability to "help out" with cooking/baking under adult supervision. Functional piggy banks, small stands to sell anything they made or found, not just lemonade (but definitely including!).
An update to school to include field trips, extracurricular activities (sports, ballet, debate etc) that interact more with the actual school instead of being a mini career, participation trophies, studying for tests etc.
Teens get more angst, interactions, mood swings, acne from low hygiene instead of it just being aesthetic, obessive phases (crushes on sims, celebrities and fictional characters), PROM, rebellious activities, existential crises, more visual differences from young adults etc.
Pranks, prank calls, slumber parties.
Toddlers are great, and I hope they get some extra stuff to do to make them even better (tea parties with toys, TS3-sized teddies etc).
For elders, I hope they go all-out, since they have been largely ignored in general in the sims. Stereotypical elder activities (not limited to elders but there if you want it, ex. knitting, bingo, scrapbook making etc), canes, reminiscing with others, on photos, on their own etc. Special "grandma/grandpa's cookies", special advantages and features to mentoring others, pension, special cranky elder interactions like scolding youngsters, ranting about good old days, chasing sims off their lawn etc. Also, some sims might get an existential crisis in their elderly years about having regrets, while others might get a satisfied buff about not having regrets.
Babies are freed and have more interactions, stations, toys etc. More cradles and bassinets, toys that can be slotted into them, and ability to change their outfit (even if it is limited to picking the colour of their onesies and diapers). Vomiting.
Adults get more gameplay like mid-life crises, enhanced work performance from experience, balanced with slower progress in learning new skills completely from scratch etc. Stressing about new wrinkles and checking them out in the mirror, enjoying partying etc less (except if having certain traits or a mid-life crises), back pain, ability to put away a nest egg for when they're an elder (ex. hiding money under the bed or "opening a nest egg account" via their cell phone/computer).
More family identities: cousins, nephews/nieces, step brothers/sisters/parents etc. and the ability to set these relationships in CAS.
And: better mourning!!! Funeral home lot that functions as both a cemetery and a destination for funeral "parties." Proper funerals with speeches, eating appropriate foods, discussing sims and their lives, mourning (or celebrating if a sim had a bad relationship with the deceased) etc.
Pirates!! http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/906481/pirate-gp-smuggling-dueling-live-on-ship-or-build-own-and-more#latest
Supernatural EP: Im always gonna support more fleshed out occult life states.
Finding Love: Weddings need some work. And I'd really really really REALLY love it if guests actually sat down before the vows begin. By the time vows are said, guests are either just getting to their chairs or are just crowding the bartender. I'd love if there were wedding parties (bridesmaids, best man, flower girl etc etc etc) as well as bachelor/bachelorette parties! More wedding dresses would be loved, plus veils! How can you have a bride without her veil? Come on now. And can't forget about the honeymoon, which leads me to my next point.
Vacation: I think its time we had another vacation world. With HOTELS we can build! Ive got hotel and motel ideas just sitting around waiting to be used! Plus, I still say Sulani would've been a perfect vacation world and would love to drop some fancy hotels there.
Rebuild: It would depend on the concept, but I'd be all for it if it came with BB that was really grimy and busted and broken. Maybe its because Ive been building alot of dilapidated lots lately.
That being said... Rebuild would be AWESOME.