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For the sake of the purpose of this thread, let's keep political comments out of here.
I think most know the purpose of this thread, but I will go ahead and copy the original text again:
WHAT IS THIS THREAD FOR?
An actual place for us simmers to only and freely be negative, complain, worry or whatever you want to call it about this new upcoming pack and be freed from other simmers who then 'complain' about the complainers. Got it?
So everything goes here. It does not matter whether we have all the information or not, that we just only saw a trailer or that we are just a bunch of 'whiners' as others like to call us. You are free to say whatever you want here. Get rid of what's on your chest and share your dark thoughts with other simmers. We DO NOT attack each others opinion no matter what it is or no matter how 'ridicule' or unconfirmed it may be. Let your frustrations on the loose
For the sake of the purpose of this thread, let's keep political comments out of here.
I think most know the purpose of this thread, but I will go ahead and copy the original text again:
WHAT IS THIS THREAD FOR?
An actual place for us simmers to only and freely be negative, complain, worry or whatever you want to call it about this new upcoming pack and be freed from other simmers who then 'complain' about the complainers. Got it?
So everything goes here. It does not matter whether we have all the information or not, that we just only saw a trailer or that we are just a bunch of 'whiners' as others like to call us. You are free to say whatever you want here. Get rid of what's on your chest and share your dark thoughts with other simmers. We DO NOT attack each others opinion no matter what it is or no matter how 'ridicule' or unconfirmed it may be. Let your frustrations on the loose
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Sentiments, sounds like a memory system of some sort. I do like to have some sort of "hey I remember this guy, he beat me up and said my mom was a llama before, man I'm still so angry at him" type system but we'll see how much that changes up, it could also be shallow as well.
The announcements talked about new traditional Japanese music, probably a new station. I was looking for an expanded S-Pop selection, what we have currently is so small, with like only four music and you'll hear the same ones again and again extremely quickly, even if I really enjoy their pieces. I mean, every update seems to add something new to the Pop and Alternative stations, so I don't see why we can't have more S-Pop music.
As usual, the best stuff is coming in the patch: platforms, rentable lots in all worlds, and sentiments.
What’s left in the pack is just fluff and recycled content from other packs.
The only new content is skiing, sledding and snowboarding, but how many times can you watch the same animation over and over again?
Bathhouses and zen are a rip-off from Spa Day.
The Lifestyles look like glorified Traits and look boring.
People are just being fooled by the advertisement. It’s all just smoke and mirrors. People will complain about it after they spend $40.
Island Living 2.0
Remember Sims 2, when you had to cram Mechanic into your skull for college and suddenly a hobby maven welcomed you to the tinker fold? That was jarring, but Sims 4 is the least subtle of the family and might ramp the irritation up to eleven. Ever tried getting Juice Addict on your celebrity sim or avoiding Refined Palate without using cheats?
There better be a real tight safety net in form of unlock-and-equip cheats as well as the option to lock a given sim's lifestyles. And I don't even want to think about sentiments. With the A.I. being allowed to choose conversation topics for my active household sims that could go downhill very quickly.
I wish they'd reserved the personality improvements for a social pack, not the winter sports pack I have been waiting for so long.
Thanks for listening.
so sentiments will be in the patch?? yes please
I felt exactly that with the fame points in Get Famous. I was forced to make my Sim go on their phone to update their status like every day, and so many times I had my fame drop, only for it to get back up again and they get all of the negative buffs associated with the constant drops in levels. I found that part of micromanaging to be tedious and unrewarding.
Having said that, this pack seems like it is a capstone EP that brings together disparate features from various packs into one pack.
And my one complaint is the drink the koolaid crowd - wah wah this is ONLY for positive and we determine what is positive -- wah wah this is only for negative don't say anything positive -- wah wah
Yes, I believe they will be. Someone posted a description of it on another thread. They sound more interesting than Lifestyles, almost like a memory system.
omg true, hopefully we get them in the patch
I don't disagree, but let's show respect for the OP and avoid discussing the elephant in the room, and keep topic on non political complaining, so this thread doesn't get removed.
Well then it's another EP that can wait til 50% off. What good is it aside from a new world and a few new activities? That game play trailer was extremely underwhelming.
So onto the complaints! After seeing today's trailer, I'm unimpressed. I am hoping that the traits will at least determine autonomous actions. It's too early to tell how shallow or deep they are. I can see mod potential for sure if it's possible to mod some in and if they do affect autonomous actions. NAPs had mod potential as well in theory, but apparently new ones really can't be modded in so yeah.
So the trailer really did nothing for me -- I'll wait for the reviews to come in. If lifestyles are just another way of making moodlets happen, that's an easy pass.
I will however complain about the previous two big packs journey to Batu and eco living which I don’t even know why they made?
Terrific Family Play
Too fun
The sims 2 forever
I want Sims 2 styled hotels and hospitality features!
Also, the fact that they basically ripped 'Seasons' by including snow and cold weather, is another huge peeve I'll never get over... something tells me the snow activities featured in 'Snowy Escape' were originally meant for 'Seasons', but were delayed for future profit.
Also, another thing about the gameplay trailer... EA is furthering their anti-gay male bias by featuring ANOTHER lesbian couple... I'm becoming annoyed by this. We only have ONE gay male couple in the game, while we have many lesbian couples... their bias is showing.
Also, EA is notoriously known to remove any negative criticism their packs get... it happens A LOT on these forums alone. Since the Star Wars pack didn't sell well (which should've been obvious from the start), they're strict about making sure 'Snowy Escape' and upcoming packs will sell, so they're likely censoring any negative feedback to this pack for the sake of protecting their profits.
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
Journey to Batu, I get the huge amount of disappointment, but I thought Eco Living had quite a bit of neat ideas that I don't think were executed well. I wanted to see a trashy Willow Creek for starters.
Exactly my point. Thank you!
I obviously don't expect every single Sim to be gay or every couple to be representative of gay men, but the fact that we've only ever gotten ONE gay male Sim couple (without any children), while we've had several lesbian couples (all with children), is ridiculous. I don't think it's unreasonable to feel suspicious about this.
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
Also the lifestyles look no different than regular old traits to me. I'm really not sure what's supposed to be so special about them, and I'm going to need to see them in action to see that they're more than just adding moodlets.
I'm still not sure about the zen stuff. It really seems pointless to me. The hot springs and everything looks no different than the spa day relaxing stuff. I don't see why this is part of a snow vacation themed pack.
Overall, still not impressed.
How about a gay couple for the next big trailer. And put some thought into them the next time around. Maybe a gay guy that has a kid from being married but decided to come out and fell in love with a younger guy.
It was shorter too. Most gameplay trailers are 2 minutes 30 seconds. This one was 1 minute.