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  • I'd like to see how all of the new features work with the existing apartments in San Myshuno.
  • I'm glad that customizable apartments have finally arrived. Still, the manner is very disappointing. This system would have been great nearly ten years ago. Now, all I can feel is, meh. The new world still feels like the 'burbs. Will all of the options to customize and manage apartments be available in San Myshuno, the…
  • You're not wrong. TS franchise has had over two decades of mastery of the life sim genre. Over time, EA has taken full advantage of that fact. Especially with TS3 and TS4. Eventually, they're going to have to work harder for their market share. A lot of players will remain due to brand loyalty. Others are simply waiting…
  • I'm predicting that "support" means that they'll keep making more kits. I'm not convinced that they'll bother to put the time or the effort into creating better systems, stomping bugs, or introducing gameplay that is actually new. Also, the fact that they intend to keep TS4 going alongside the new game convinces me that…
  • I agree. I love the way that TS3 handled themes. TS4 seems to keep drawing ideas from the same well. I would also appreciate more multi-Sim activities that don't require sitting around a table or walking along a predetermined path. For a game where complete strangers regularly interrupt private conversations, many of TS4's…
  • Oh. Thank you for catching my mistake. I typed fountains, but what I meant was waterfalls, yes. Super Soakers is a brand name for water pistols. This version draws water directly from the pool:
  • The pack is okay. But two things. 1. I'd thought that EA/Maxis had gotten over the severely low-poly, poorly textured objects. Recent objects have been so much better than when the game first released. As a result, Hustle and Bustle feels like backsliding. The wallpaper is especially muddy and blurry. Why? 2. It would have…
  • I suspect that TS4 is very near to its end and I won't be the least bit sorry to see it go. The developers have managed to do a lot with very little. They deserve credit for that. Yet, TS4 has been frustrating. I kept waiting for the game to wow and excite me, as other games in the series have done. But that moment never…
  • Spring riders... ::wistful sigh::
  • I get what you mean. It's sort of like the dog course. I tried it a couple of times, just to see. But it wasn't actually an agility course that a dog would run through at a go, it was just a bunch of phases, as directed by the Sims. I imagine that the horse obstacles are very similar. It would be a pity if the only way to…
  • Nice place for a vacation home.
  • It's too bad that the dancing couldn't be part of an overall culture that one can learn, as with Selvadorada. That would have been interesting.
  • I would love to see your suggestions officially added to the game. I was disappointed that no new fitness equipment has been added to the game. However, if you're amenable to mods and can make us of them, you might find these helpful. The animations on the functional items are quite good, nice for screenshots and…
  • The horses are beautiful and animated so well. I don't understand why they require a separate 40 USD purchase, though.
  • Very much so. Constantly nagging the end user is not the way to go.
  • Sound quality and attention to detail has always been a strong point of The Sims franchise. It's good that hasn't changed.
  • The problem with Journey to Batuu is that TS4 already had aliens that are woefully underutilized. Instead of introducing more alien costumes and a theme park world, EA could have spent that time and money fleshing out the aliens that have been a big part of The Sims franchise from the beginning and expanding Sixam, their…
  • Me, too. Although, I have a feeling that what we might have been shown is what the multiplayer portion of the game may be like. It was nice to see residences above businesses, though.
  • To me, making the Sims seem as if they live and breathe is most important in any life simulation game. It doesn't make sense to have to wait years for particular emotions or trait types. For example, TS4 is nearly ten years old and a shy trait still doesn't exist. (Shy and loner traits are not the same at all, if that is…
  • Thank you for the link. It's was pretty tone deaf of him to even include The Sims franchise in that list. Those types of games might be a good fit for networking, socialization, and competition but not The Sims. At least, not without turning it into something entirely different. That was the perfect explanation. Thank you.
  • This is concerning. Would you mind linking to the article where this is addressed, please? I haven't been able to find anything regarding 10+. All I've seen is discussion of a new generation of Sim players (which could be any age, honestly).
  • I share the same concerns. My biggest concern is how impaired the PC game will have to be in order to sync with a mobile app. We've already seen how TS4 suffered for the PC lowest common denominator. Imagine what happens when the lowest common denominator is a phone. Unfortunately, it seems as if we won't get answers to…
  • If that is the case, thank goodness. That's good news for gaming, as a whole. Hopefully, EA is reading the room. However, some of the things that EA/Maxis has been doing with TS4 leads me to believe that they are stubbornly forging ahead, regardless.
  • That video was fascinating. Thank you for pointing it out.
  • If EA/Maxis keeps on in the direction that they're headed, I won't be buying TS5. Still, I dream. I would like: * appliances that are completely under-counter, except for their fronts, of course... * winterwear that doesn't leave a Sim's chest and neck completely exposed to the elements (especially for the children)... *…
  • As they create the newest entry to The Sims franchise, it seems that EA is going after bigger fish -- whales, so to speak. They want a player base that is already accustomed to a "pay-to-win" scheme. In the case of the Sims, I'm guessing that 'winning' will entail having the most exclusive clothes, furnishings, homes,…
  • Free to play means that TS5 will likely be nothing more than a framework. It won't become an actual game until many, many purchases (read: years) later. TS4 was the proof of concept and has been spectacularly lucrative, despite it. Now that EA is aware of how willing the community is to be squeezed, there is no longer any…
  • I refuse to buy games that insist that I must always be online. I also have an odd habit of allowing the games that I am currently playing to run in the background when not actually in use. That way, when I'm ready to go back to it, I don't need to worry about logging in. However, you do have a point about permanent…
  • It does makes sense, yes. If you'd like a Sim with a certain style of everyday hair to have variants for, say, formal, or athleticwear, it's very hard to find something that matches in color and texture. Even similar hairlines are difficult to find.
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