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I'm saying "All the Things" but I think more accurately my story could be considered like modern Gothic? It revolves around four orphaned siblings who inherit their grandmother's manor in Windenburg. Their grandmother disowned their mother after their mother broke off her engagement with a wealthy trust-fund type of guy…
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Is anyone else just getting like massive second-hand embarrassment? Like I knew this was a bad idea back a few weeks ago when I realized the speculation was right, and I was really angry myself. But now that a HUGE swath of other people are angry and seeing the Sim gurus try to defend themselves, my face is just constantly…
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I mean, at this point I wouldn't be surprised if at Gamescon, Sims 4 told us their next gamepack was A Lie. It's a major first, because they've never told us before that there was a gamepack and then be like "We were lying about there being a gamepack!" Ooo, or even better. Maybe the next gamepack is a survey of ways the…
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No, no, no. The scrolls have text on them. Like...scrolling text. Like the beginning of every Star Wars movie.
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@lulicanales Okay? We have aliens now and vampires and witches. Star Wars isn't the same as aliens or sci-fi. Star Wars is Star Wars. Think if EA had tried to boil Harry Potter into a game pack instead of making a twist on witches with Realm of Magic. The idea that someone else's specific intellectual property would now be…
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@crocobaura Yeah, the build and buy would be intense. Unlike Realm of Magic, Strangerville, Vampires, etc., you wouldn't believably be able to incorporate base game elements or really elements from any other pack. It would be such an out-there style that you would have to have an enormous build buy catalogue to make it…
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@Dakota88 I mean, I hope so. I just don't see Star Wars fitting into the rest of the Sims well. Maybe if it's their own spin on Space Travel, I could see it. But first of all, Star Wars without the myriad of creatures and locations would be so weird. And having Star Wars and vampires in the same world does not make sense…
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@Dakota88 Okay, sorry!!
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@Dakota88 Whoa, don't bite my head off, I was agreeing with you. Obviously Denmark isn't impoverished.
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@Dakota88 On that topic, the style is said to be of Danish influence.
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Look I'm all for fantasy and sci-fi gameplay, but even fantasy gameplay would benefit from things like hotels, personalty updates, attraction systems, and fears/wants. No matter what story you're telling, the Sims lacks basic tools needed for an immersive experience. Good realistic gameplay should improve fantasy gameplay,…
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@alanmichael1 Okay, but space gameplay is not the same as Star Wars gameplay. Star Wars as gameplay does not belong in a sandbox game. Star Wars has its own lore and its own rules; it is very much someone else's story. Again, if you want to feel like you're living in a Star Wars world, there are multiple games out there to…
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How would Star Wars and Batuu relate to a French pig chef though?
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First of all, please don't be a Star Wars pack. There are literally Star Wars video games for that - lots of them. If you want to play Star Wars you can 100% do that already. Even if you like Star Wars, only having a game pack dedicated to the entire franchise would be in no way satisfying. Second of all, whatever this…
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Game packs are usually announced four weeks before launch, right?
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Next future cube hint: SOON THE BOX OF TIME TO COME WILL RELEASE ANOTHER UNHELPFUL, SUPER VAGUE MESSAGE
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@elelunicy I have a VERY ominous feeling this may be it. So excited for our sims to act like even more cardboard cut-outs than they already are. A Reality TV pack would just be the icing on the guacamole.
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I mean, there's no reason for them to be showing up with future cube hints if they're going to wait until the end of August to announce it. That would just be super weird. Although, it's already weird given there aren't really any new future cube hints except one that maybe suggests bunkbeds. Sims' marketing strategies…
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I mean... not to sound like a cliché, but is it farming?? Is farming really a major first though? I mean, even if we said it was a first, is it really a *major* first? Major to me definitely suggests either something thematically significant (like representing people via wheelchairs or prosthetics, etc.) or a significant…
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@simgirl1010 @babjayne My point, though, isn't about if the story is good, it's just that the judges have never been clear about what kind of story they're looking for. Just because something doesn't have a climax doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. But, for instance, while Team Llama's story doesn't really have a climax, the…
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@simgirl1010 A resolution is only a resolution when it resolves the climax. A climax can't exist without obstruction. For instance, a story where a hungry man drives to a fast food joint to purchase a burger does not have a climax unless there is some obstruction to his getting to the fast food joint. Should the actress…
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@Gordy Or...are you?
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@babajayne It might be clever, but it's not a climax or a resolution. The story breaks down to an aging actress wants to reclaim her youth, so she finds a witch who transforms her into a vampire. She nows kills people to keep her youth. Traditionally speaking, that isn't a complete story. With the judges emphasizing over…
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Okay, watched the second episode... Some thoughts... 1. The players definitely had a much better bead on how to go about the competition. That said, I definitely do think it would have been better in episode 1 if that episode had just been a practice round. You can tell the GameChangers are a lot more confident in…
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@Scobre I 100% agree with you, and I think people have really said what I wanted to say. I have a few final thoughts. A contest is not the same as a competition. People submitting movies and builds and characters and having one selected - no one has a problem with this. This is not really competition or, at least, it's not…
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@Ravenna I've been pretty outspoken in my criticism at the point, and it's probably time I shut up about it. But I do think your post hits some essential points. There's a lot I think could be forgiven in this gameshow. Is the time-limit really great for showing off what build buy and CAS can do? No. Are the challenges…
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SimGuruNinja, I'm not letting you off the hook on this one. I've taken voice lessons for eight years, been a main character in various plays, got my degree in creative writing, been in music writing workshops, etc. Across the arts, the point of good criticism is not to compare people to each other, but to compare people to…
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@LissyK9 Agree, 100%. I think the worst part for me is the thought that the gurus thought we'd like this. That we'd enjoy fun, creative people forced into an extremely stressful environment (that we'd also find extremely stressful) and then nitpicked with awful criticism by people who are not their artistic equals.…
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@garapoes Yes, I definitely agree. I think, too, this show is being watched by simmers who know exactly how daunting these challenges are and feel it vicariously. We're not models or superstar singers, so we don't have to fret that much during America's Next Top Model or American Idol. Most of us don't sew elaborate gowns…
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