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Positive Thoughts Thread: The Sims 4 Lovestruck EP

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    mightyspritemightysprite Posts: 6,211 Member
    edited June 28
    The thing I'm most excited for is coming to basegame??! I can have truly poly sims now! Even if I don't buy the pack!
    @LiELF I'm excited about the romantic boundaries too! I wonder if that will be part of basegame update or no?

    I'm pretty sure it will be part of the pre-pack update.πŸ™‚

    I love the romantic boundaries. I'm on the other end of the spectrum. I have been using Chingyu's Faithfulness mod to keep my couples from flirting or starting relationships with someone else. Then WonderfulWhims added a faithfulness trait in a recent update. But it's only open to married couples. Chingyu's mod covered dating couples as well. Looks like I'll be able to take Chingyu's mod out. WW has been one of my must haves for years and has plenty of useful features beyond just attraction.

    I'm excited for the turn on's and turn off's. The part I'm happiest about is it isn't all about superficiality. It includes appearances but it goes deeper. It's great that things like traits and interests will be things that can attract sims to each other too. Add that to the compatibility feature we alread and include things like personalities too and this is game changing stuff.

    @DaniRose2143 See, that's how you know it's a good feature(*), if it can be used to enrich various people's gameplay!

    I do have way more monogamous than poly sims. But to me the occasional flirty moment/feelings of attraction to someone other than one's monogamous partner, followed by deciding not to act on those feelings any further, is a realistic part of life and it would be weird not to have it in game. I've never minded it.
    Even if the mechanic is a bit weird: my sim is flirty because she's around her husband, so that makes her want to flirt with someone else?
    But. If I'm allowed to have my werewolves and plantsims, other people should be allowed to have their perfectly monogamous couples, un-realism is fun too!

    And completely agree about the turn ons and turn offs being better than TS2 because they go deeper, or can, depending on what the player picks. I love that interactions are part of it!

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    CK213CK213 Posts: 20,559 Member
    edited June 28
    The one thing that did perk me up is the lot trait for singles wanting to mingle.
    Finally my dance club will be full of single sims and not married adults who should be at home with their partner.
    Also, I hope the "attend counseling" feature extends to all fears. That would be an Expansion feature.
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    telemwilltelemwill Posts: 1,811 Member
    I'm definitely not into poly relationships in the Benedict Bridgerton fashion. But I do like the idea of dating different people at the same time. My Mom dated in the fifties. Looking through her photo albums, she has a picture of herself as a teen at my Dad's family reunion. She also has a picture of him at the reunion on a different year with her best friend! Strangely enough, she and her best friend often dated the same guys. At some point you got serious with one and went steady.

    In Sims 4, I like to use the serial romantic aspiration for teens as it makes sense then to experience a variety of relationships. Then I switch them to the soulmate aspiration later on when they're ready to settle down. I want my married Sims to be absolutely faithful though. No random flirting!

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    catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,701 Member
    I like the look of the dating app, as that is something I have wanted for ages. As usual (IMO) the video was pretty shoddy and didn't give enough of a wow factor to draw people in, but the blog sounds more appealing.

    This bit has definitely caught my attention:
    You might even have your Sim renting a room at β€œBeso RΓ‘pido”, to get some much needed sleep or take their steamy date for a little tryst.

    I hope that isn't a rabbithole.
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    catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,701 Member
    edited June 28
    My favorite objects are back heartbed,lip sofas and bear rugs. The lip sofas were finally shown. Also I'm liking the heart chair although only one sim can use it unless their coding single chairs for couples now.
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    EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 7,471 Member
    Last night when I was trying to sleep I was thinking what to do with some single sims in my main save, and I would have never in my life believed I say this, but here it comes:
    I cannot wait to try the Dating App :smiley:

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    elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,662 Member
    @catloverplayer oh no, I never even considered it might be a rabbithole! That would be a real disaster.
    @Ellupelluellu lol, me too, I really like the look of the dating app.
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    nasch_katzenasch_katze Posts: 197 Member
    I never really paid attention to the romance in TS4 before because it was just a "spam romantic interactions" thing until baby to me. I'm glad the whole thing is finally getting an overhaul (although behind a 40€ expansion pack but eh).

    I'm getting huge Sims 1 humor from the trailer with the funny costumes, sexy dances and silly woohoo blanket animation, I am glad things like those are included.

    Also, the blog post seems to mention a rentable room in a motel kind of thing. This isn't hotels but it's close enough B)
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    Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,584 Member
    The general theme isn't completely my thing but there is something about this pack that makes it sound promising. It feels similar to growing together in the sense that it feels like a collection of smaller features around a specific theme which changes behaviour and relationships between sims. Growing together had a family theme, this new pack a love theme. The growing together trailer didn't sell the pack, but the pack turned out to be a good addition to the game.

    I am interested in the round pools, a new round bar and what looks like a new single tiled bar.

    The picnic blanket sounds awesome, though I hope it can also be used for friendly picnics or family picnics, not only for steamy woohoo picnics. I wondered how blanket woohoo would look like and the answer is soo typical sims, just great.

    A new world with a penthouse lot is exciting. I just hope it will feel more alive than toomarang which feels like a city in lockdown. I want to see more of the world, especially the amount of lots and their sizes.
    I never really paid attention to the romance in TS4 before because it was just a "spam romantic interactions" thing until baby to me. I'm glad the whole thing is finally getting an overhaul (although behind a 40€ expansion pack but eh).

    I'm getting huge Sims 1 humor from the trailer with the funny costumes, sexy dances and silly woohoo blanket animation, I am glad things like those are included.

    Also, the blog post seems to mention a rentable room in a motel kind of thing. This isn't hotels but it's close enough B)

    I really hope we can get proper hotel as lots our sims can visit. I loved sending my sims to a hotel in sims 2 and always thought sims 3 was lazy by adding them as a rabbit hole. I'd love to get hotels like we did with restaurants (properly working of course). I would be disappointed if we never get hotels and only rabbit holes.
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    Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,584 Member
    edited June 28
    I'm really glad I read the blog before I watched the trailer. There so much more to it than was shown (although, Don being Don was rather funny ;) ). Which is nice. If all these new systems work wel (and integrate well with other systems we have), it will really up the game.

    I do hope some of the romantic things will be added to the basegame though. Like bed cuddling.

    Also, I agree on the wallpaper, I need it like yesterday.

    I don't think that was Don. I think it's one of the new premades and some competition for Don.

    i think its new versions don and katrina kissing where the sim dies of heart break but the other guy with flower shirt is not don

    That's why I didn't recognise him. I still have the original Don in my save. And the original Goths as well. I prefer the first version. Except for the caliente sisters who already got a make over by me before EA replaced them. Thanks for everyone who pointed them out.
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    DaniRose2143DaniRose2143 Posts: 9,396 Member
    @mightysprite It's not about making all sims in my saves monogamous. I'm fine with some of my sims being players. It's just when I wanted a couple to be monogamous I didn't want to babysit them to keep it that way. Or have to worry about them while I'm spending time with another household in the rotation. Those mods gave me peace of mind. πŸ™‚

    I have some sims I want to be unfaithful and outrageous flirts. 😁
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    SimmingalSimmingal Posts: 9,333 Member
    edited June 28
    Atreya33 wrote: Β»
    I'm really glad I read the blog before I watched the trailer. There so much more to it than was shown (although, Don being Don was rather funny ;) ). Which is nice. If all these new systems work wel (and integrate well with other systems we have), it will really up the game.

    I do hope some of the romantic things will be added to the basegame though. Like bed cuddling.

    Also, I agree on the wallpaper, I need it like yesterday.

    I don't think that was Don. I think it's one of the new premades and some competition for Don.

    i think its new versions don and katrina kissing where the sim dies of heart break but the other guy with flower shirt is not don

    That's why I didn't recognise him. I still have the original Don in my save. And the original Goths as well. I prefer the first version. Except for the caliente sisters who already got a make over by me before EA replaced them. Thanks for everyone who pointed them out.
    I have original Don, Calientes and Goths too with my own makeovers :)
    but I have new Katrina with makeover since I had not shown her in my story yet and I liked her new face
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    CaerfinonCaerfinon Posts: 900 Member
    and they call it Puppy Love...

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    simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 36,556 Member
    @Caerfinon that post seems like a candidate for the negative thoughts thread. πŸ˜„
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    simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 36,556 Member
    Death by heartbreak. πŸ’” So sad. πŸ₯Ή

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    ULIBABA66ULIBABA66 Posts: 2,088 Member
    Death by heartbreak. πŸ’” So sad. πŸ₯Ή

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    I'm happy (not sure if this is weird to say :lol: ) that they keep adding new deaths with the EPs, I just hope that heartbreak death won't occur everytime someone cheats on the Sim, for example.
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    Horrorgirl6Horrorgirl6 Posts: 3,396 Member
    Death by heartbreak. πŸ’” So sad. πŸ₯Ή

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    It is ,I hope to revived her and make her a love.
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    SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,795 Member
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    That is amazing!!!

    I hope our sims can add their A+B on that wall, would make for a great memory whether they become a couple or not :)
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    SERVERFRASERVERFRA Posts: 7,237 Member
    I love the new maid, butler & cupid costumes. <3<3 But what's with the peach & eggplant costumes. :D .
    As for the poor girl dying of a broken heart, I think Grim should've taken Don & not the poor girl.
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    SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,795 Member
    I love that we're getting a city. I think I saw a new game. I'm always up for that. I'm very interested in learning more.

    I think I need to process all this info! Right now I have so many questions. Can't wait until we get to see some playthroughs!

    I assume the new table game might help discover our date's turn-ons/offs :)
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    DaniRose2143DaniRose2143 Posts: 9,396 Member
    I hope our sims can add their A+B on that wall, would make for a great memory whether they become a couple or not :)

    It would be great if you could leave offerings for romantic success there.πŸ˜ƒ

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    telemwilltelemwill Posts: 1,811 Member
    I love that we're getting a city. I think I saw a new game. I'm always up for that. I'm very interested in learning more.

    I think I need to process all this info! Right now I have so many questions. Can't wait until we get to see some playthroughs!

    I assume the new table game might help discover our date's turn-ons/offs :)

    That would be cool 😎
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    EllupelluelluEllupelluellu Posts: 7,471 Member

    LOL :D I'm so glad I was not drinking anything, would have lost yet again another keyboard :DB)
    My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
    Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
    My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
    Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
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    crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,711 Member

    I wonder if we can invite these costumed people to dance/entertain at parties and such? Or is it a strictly private eyes only activity.
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