Have you noticed that so far, everything that has been shown about Project Rene is about apartments? We've already seen that some people had the opportunity to play the demo and furnish apartments.
Okay, it's a game in development, almost nothing has been shown so far, but still, don't you think it's weird? Especially if we consider the fact that this game will be available on mobile devices?
In one of the simulations that were shown on Behind The Sims, they showed what would be Sims traveling through an environment, and around them were what? Apartments
I don't want to be pessimistic, but this really is weird. Will we not have the usual build tools? Will we not have houses? Will it be just apartments at first?
In the images shown of the world, it appears to be a reduced environment, just like the image from one of the simulations.
Will we not have an open world, as the community wants so much?
To make matters worse, in one of the job openings to work at Project Rene, they talk about the game, and they once again highlight only the apartments.
"In this role you will be part of the Project Rene team building out the next generation game and creative platform. Project Rene is a Mobile + HD cross-platform that allows players to play The Sims alone or with friends, without barriers, for the first time ever. Explore the dramatic lives of your Sims in the most accessible, dynamic Simulation to date. Players can create characters, customize furniture, design apartments, and more using accessible tools. We’re excited you’re interested to learn more about how you can join our team and dream big."
Would it be something bad?
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The job openings details does not look good for this game at all apartments make me think we will be getting a heavily designed city like world in which we decorate our shell lots and nothing more the game being playable on a phone is making a lot of sense now.
I have no desire to predict the Sim future, but that one interview with Lyndsey did seem like they were trying to set expectations as low as possible so the reaction won't be like that to Sims 4's lack of everything at launch. For myself, though I was interested in seeing where they were going with the experience gained from Sims 4, I now expect nothing and that really does make me sad. This Project Rene sounds a lot more like EA's version of SecondLife and not in any good way.
Now that I think of it, that's sort of how The Sims Social (which I played via Facebook) worked back in the day, except there wasn't even an outside common world.
That's what I'm afraid Renee will be. Creative people and anyone who wants to see what the latest technology can do for a game like The Sims as we've known, loved and spent money on it will have to seek out EA's competitors.
If we cannot edit the outside then I am not interested
Also, I've always known The Sims to be a game for the masses. Back in the days of The Sims 3, I remember the developers saying they wanted to make the game accessible for a wide range of configurations, and yet this never bothered simmers - many still consider this game to be one of the best in the franchise.