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The Sims 4 in 2018 - what do you still want simmers?
TOLKIEN
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Coming into its 4th year this September (yes it will be 4 years!) I was thinking back on what the Sims 4 has done and want I still want for it (realistically speaking). So assuming this is the Sims 4 final year for the sake of this discussions - it came down (for ME) to these five things.
Expansions:
1. Seasons...not only do they add weather, environment changes and game play - they add the passage of time into the world.
2. Grade 1-12 School expansion....I've had enough university...I'd like to see something new and I think this would be a lot of fun.
Game packs:
3. Medieval or renaissance fair game pack world...there is so much amazing medieval user content and items in-game, I'd love a proper place to use them.
4. Beach Sports game pack...I'd like to take my sims to the beach, get a tan and enjoy some beach volleyball or throw a football...
Stuff Pack
5. The garage...as a free update the game finally adds cars to pick our sims up or drive them away. A stuff pack for more "unique" cars, activities would make sense then to follow up the patch.
Bonus : A color wheel for hair, because I will always want this.
Pretending this is the Sims 4 last year (and I'm not suggesting it is) - what would you still want for it?
Expansions:
1. Seasons...not only do they add weather, environment changes and game play - they add the passage of time into the world.
2. Grade 1-12 School expansion....I've had enough university...I'd like to see something new and I think this would be a lot of fun.
Game packs:
3. Medieval or renaissance fair game pack world...there is so much amazing medieval user content and items in-game, I'd love a proper place to use them.
4. Beach Sports game pack...I'd like to take my sims to the beach, get a tan and enjoy some beach volleyball or throw a football...
Stuff Pack
5. The garage...as a free update the game finally adds cars to pick our sims up or drive them away. A stuff pack for more "unique" cars, activities would make sense then to follow up the patch.
Bonus : A color wheel for hair, because I will always want this.
Pretending this is the Sims 4 last year (and I'm not suggesting it is) - what would you still want for it?
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and possibly another couple of personality trait slots
1. Witches
2. Werewolves
3. Spiral Stairs
4. Ladders
5. More Art Deco inspired furniture
6. Aspirations! I so want to see more aspirations
7. New careers
8. Seasons
9. Vacation spots that don't involve fishing and camping
new careers and aspirations
More events to plan ie family reunions, sleepovers for children and teens
More interactions for grandparents and grandchildren
more crafting items
I am sure there are more but can't think of them at the moment
1) Terrain/pond tool
2) Witches
3) Werewolves
4) Police/firefighter/robber NPC
5) Seasons EP
6) Farm GP
7) Education GP
8) Cars/transportation
9) Family tree extension update
10) Color wheel
University and possibly more school options.
Witches and I think other supernaturals will come also.
More crafting and hobbies hopefully with a farm pack and in that theme.
More vacations ... snowy/skiing and tropical. I've seen some great ideas also that would be fun.
Singing career associated with some sort of superstarish pack. I want these careers to be active somehow.
Funerals or other life/death events expanded on.
Birds if we do get another pet type pack.. especially bigger ones like a parrot or cockatoo.
annnd much more.
- More npc's like a firefighter, police and burglar.
- A stuff pack/game pack that's focusing on small pets.
- Seasons.
- Cars. (I know there's no open world, but we don't need open world for cars. Just look at Sims and Sims 2. I'd much rather want a car that drives off the map than my sims disappearing into thin air.
- More careers.
1. More musical instruments/being able to make money by recording music
2. For your sims to be able to have jobs like 'Gym Trainer' or 'Librarian' that NPCs can have
3. Seasons
4. Birds (as pets)
5. More events (prom, funeral, christmas party, etc.)
6. a few more careers that make really small amounts of money (for a bit of a challenge)
2. Improvements to Sim AI
3. Firefighters, cops, burglars, and other NPCs which affect gameplay
4. Build mode improvements/additions, including terrain editing/pond creation
5. Challenging gameplay redesigns and additions... overhauled lifetime goals?
6. Many more careers
7. Cars
I'd, of course, like to see packs such as seasons, but I really wish they'd take all the time in between expansions to address these important things first.
- I'd also enjoy a social event themed pack with wedding planners (active career wise) and funerals etc.
- Perhaps some small pets? Hamsters, guinea pigs, bunnies and even snakes as some have suggested...
- A career pack including a lot of new careers but also some "simple" jobs that don't offer promotions.
- An expansion pack containing hobbies like ballet and such (+ beehives, I love that idea!).
- Something socialite themed maybe?
- Of course we all crave vacation destinations which hopefully will include hotels and enough things to do.
- Maybe a theme park of circus sort of destination they can travel to?
- Also something fashionista themed, a lot of new hairstyles and clothing + at last the addition of nail polish and walk in closets!
- ...
There are so many directions they could take, I don't have a clue what's next and I'm not sure what I want (except for seasons which really is the number 1 on my wishlist).
- Some more occults as Vampires & Aliens aren't nearly enough. Personally, not sure I want werewolves myself though... They get too naturally hairy and ugly for my liking.
But I'll take whatever they offer for more intriguing occults!
2. Seasons!!
3. Bunk beds omg
4. Color wheels
5. More building options (think spiral stairs, ladders, varying foundation levels, etc..)
6. More occults/Place like Moonlight Falls, rather than individual occult towns like Forgotten Hollow
2. Seasons
3. werewolves, fairies, witches (I'm over the vampires)
4. I would love spiral stairs.
2. Seasons
3. A romance ep/gp including wedding etc
4. A medieval pack
5. A spin off castaway sims 4 version with a snowy destination option alongside the classic.
6. Hobbies
University/homeschooling/school activities
Witches
Find love
Tropical vacation world
Funerals/graveyards
Either way, we need more vacation spots... just having Granite Falls in that section is honestly pathetic, sad, and cringe worthy... I feel like the developers may have forgotten all about the "Destinations" tab... which is embarrassing on their part.
Another feature we absolutely need is a cemetery! And this needs to be included in a FREE patch! I'm honestly sick of having my Sims from different households die and never being able to obtain their urn/gravestone... just because I wasn't playing them at the time of their death. Again, it's cringe worthy. We need cemeteries back in the game... and they need to work in a similar way as in Sims 3 (with the mausoleum). I would definitely prefer them to give us the option to customize and create our own cemeteries, but I honestly wouldn't mind if it simply worked the same way as the police station, hospital, and science lab... just as long as we can actually ACCESS it and finally be able to obtain the graves of our Sims who passed away!
We also need more traits, aspirations, and careers... honestly, the developers have been extremely lazy when it comes to traits in this game. We only get like one or two (if we're that lucky) in each pack... sometimes we don't even get any. Meanwhile, in Sims 3, we got several in each pack... and a lot of the aspirations are jokes as well. Especially the ones that require your Sim to constantly change jobs, build a rocket ship, and do a lot of other unrealistic things. I wanna see more realistic aspirations that don't require our Sims to do ridiculous things that would never happen in real life (again, this is a LIFE SIMULATOR... I like realism). And finally, the careers... while I'm definitely more happy with what we have now VS what we had when the game first launched, there are still many good careers missing... such as the Education and Law careers (not to be confused with law enforcement).
The Sims 4 is a good game, but it still lacks A LOT of things that previous games had. As of 2018, it's obviously a lot better than it was four years ago, but there are many areas it still needs improvement on.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
1. A tropical island for vacations and living
2. Carnival stuff pack with games, prizes, Ferris wheel, etc.
3. Jobs for pets again
4. Magic expansion with witches & fairies
5. Unicorns
But cars, garages, passing of time to get special events during anniversaries, sports activities, drum set
I would say a new vacation world but if it’s anything like Granite Falls they can keep it.
Everything else that comes to mind I already have a mod for so I’m good.
Actor & Musician jobs that you can control (much like the Doctor, Cop, & Scientist jobs; also like that Sims 1 expansion pack)
Additional careers (Lawyers, teachers, etc.)
Pool Tables and other bar games
More Music Genres for radios (Perhaps the Metal or New Wave genres fro The Sims 2 re-appear)
Different heights for sims
Jobs that teens have being available for adults and/or seniors
More Neighborhoods to build on and/or Create-A-Neighborhoods available.