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New Kit and Game Pack Refresh Coming
simgirl1010
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Can't wait to see what the GP update is too.
When does this season endsaccording to someone in the state where the devs live? Here it is generally said summer end on September 21st, so that would still be quite a while.
California is no different (seasonally speaking) than the rest of the world. Fall begins on the date you listed. But, it all depends, really, on what the devs consider, and what deadline they set for themselves, no?
As for what's coming, I'm both at once, excited and leery. It's taken way too long for me to fully resume gameplay due to the three months in a row of patches. As soon as the mods I use get updated or are deemed compatible, BOOM we're hit with yet another patch. Oi! While I do appreciate the Devs being on top of the fixes with patches, still, it is wearisome. I play my game to relax and right now the World is on fire. Just hearing on my radio (local news) there's been a shooting in my city. Yikes. Time to power up my game and lose myself to the Sims, for a bit.
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@catloverplayer should be glad.
(Of course I could be wrong, it could be a space related kit and those Sims are simply playing with the anti-gravity feature
Thank you for posting these @simgirl1010, I don't have so likely wouldn't have seen these, so it's very appreciated.
It may have just been a generic Summer GIF?
but they still keeping hush hush over what it actually about
dang it just tell already
well at least they confirmed kit is coming soon
To mess with us.
They could be going by the official end of summer. But for some reason, my intuition is telling me they might do it before Labor Day weekend, which is sort of the unofficial end of summer in the US, and I believe it falls on the first weekend in September this year. So maybe the Tuesday before that?
I have no really solid basis for thinking that, except from a project management point of view, they would be able to push out the last of the summer content, enjoy their holiday weekend, and then come back rested and refreshed to work on the last few phases of the new content for the fall.
I don't work in games development, but I do manage employees, and it's what I would do.
But…that would make me so happy… 🥺
Next kit please Gurus! Let's make @CAPTAIN_NXR7 happy!
Haha! That’s the spirit! 👍🏼😂
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Maybe they're refreshing Outdoor Retreat since it was the first Sims 4 pack released.
I hope so. It would make so much more sense for a refresh than Spa Day.
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They're probably associating the "end of summer" with kids going back to school (end of summer holidays for the kiddies)...?
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." ~ Mark Twain
I think that SimGurus use meteorological seasons when talking about development/releases. Meaning that autumn is September the 1st — November the 30th in Northern hemisphere.
Then again, just refresh Parenthood to include homeschool, change homework to Logic skill building & create the OPTION (toggle on/off) for all those kid advice popups. Not every sim wants to be the Super Parent.
A Logic Kit, while I'm on the subject, would make this skill more fun to master: games like Catan or Scrabble, small Lego set for adults & kids, jigsaw floor puzzles. Sims put them in their inventory to save house space or use at other lots. Maybe add a new TV channel or phone games like Sudoku or Monument Valley that play on all devices. When Sims 4 started, I could not believe that sims were unable to develop logic on the computer or phone.
Game Pack that needs the most help: Dine Out. Instead of enabling sims to bond with others over a meal, it's a stressful, lousy experience. Your sim goes to brunch & by the time the order has been cooked/eaten/paid for, it's 8pm? This time she goes out with friends, no one stays at the assigned table, no one eats their food, no one shows up? Better yet, she get asked out by her boyfriend, but she has to pay? And lastly, the perfect dinner served in a timely manner with excellent food & good conversation. She goes home happy & wakes up fat.
So, please Sims team, overhaul the meal/appetizer calories, total dining time and weird townie intrusion (the uninvited stalk your table, all meal long). While you're at it, a smaller gourmet chef station would be nice. So hard trying to fit the existing in home kitchens to serve experimental dishes. And let's refresh the Drink menu to include a champagne flute of bubbles. It'd be great for our brunches, promotions, receptions, graduations.