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Things you DON'T want in the game
GrumpyGlowfish
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We always talk about things we wish to see in the game, or features that could be expanded. But is there anything you don't want to see more of, or at all?
For me, it's more food options. We already have so many and they all serve the same purpose. On my old PC, the game even used to freeze for a few seconds whenever I clicked on a fridge because there was so much to load. So unless we get food likes and dislikes at some point in the future, or something else that requires having many food options, I can go without them.
For me, it's more food options. We already have so many and they all serve the same purpose. On my old PC, the game even used to freeze for a few seconds whenever I clicked on a fridge because there was so much to load. So unless we get food likes and dislikes at some point in the future, or something else that requires having many food options, I can go without them.
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Fantasy, science fiction, world adventures, martial arts, cars, secret labs, crime, extreme sports, etc. Just anything interesting.
Heck, in most expansions we only see one actual feature mentioned in the description, with the rest just being lame stuff like wearing a new style of clothing or stuff like that. It's not a selling point, it offers no new gameplay.
I also don't want zombies. The other occults, yes please, but not zombies.
I also have no need for more food options. I wish the recent food menu update had gone further with a search bar and filters for packs, cuisine (American, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, ...)
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I am the rare person that would like to buy DLC for DLC. I am willing to pay for extra gameplay and rabbit holes added to worlds that I already own. I would like all bars to have special themed foods. I would like to shop at the shell buildings. And swim and fish in the waters. I would like spa stuff added to my gyms and restaurants added to some of my worlds.
I am getting lag when I click on "cook". I don't want more random food added to "cook", but I do want more food in my game. I want a toaster.
I won’t try to dictate the kinds of packs that should be excluded based solely on what I want. The game isn’t just about me. I like fantasy play. I want to see more fantasy pack options for the game. It’s fine if others don’t like it. That’s the awesome thing about this game. It’s completely customizable to our own styles of play. Major occults are already isolated into their own packs, giving players the option of having them, or not. There are also in game toggles for most occult interactions, which, when applied, means you’ll rarely see them. Why deny simmers who play a different style of game something they enjoy? I’m not a family player. I don’t want preteens, but there are those who do. When/if they release a preteen pack, I just won’t buy it. That’s how I avoid having content I don’t want. Folks who don’t like occults should try that.
Having said that, in a general sense, I don’t think we need any more “on trend” youth clothing. We have enough crop tops and ankle pants in game, as it is. They only work for the teen and young adult life stages, and some of the “fashion forward” clothing from earlier packs are already starting to look dated. Give us some more classic styles that work for a variety of ages and body types, that won’t look ridiculous in 2 years.
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Generally I really would prefer the sims to take a more timeless approach to everything, especially since we are dealing with generational gameplay here. We have sims here wearing the same high fashion stuff as their great great grandparents, using the same phone as well.
To me it's just more jarring when they jump on every silly trend that most people never cared for to begin with.
Sims 3 already had a stronger lean towards this stuff, Sims 1 and 2 felt generally a bit more timeless with more limited quickly dated items in there.
I'm not an occult player so while I know a bunch of players are into that, I'm not. I probably would not be interested in a zombie pack but others would be so I'm not going to tell them not to make that. If it were to skew all occult, I'd lose interest.
I'm going to stick with the answer that just because I don't want something, that doesn't mean they should leave it out if other players want it. I don't need disabilities or major illnesses, for example, but some players probably request that for representation and I'm not going to say they shouldn't. Also, I don't intentionally murder sims. I know some players love doing that but I don't so I don't need anything related to it.
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-Imaginary friends
-Real life illnesses
-Party lifestyle stuff
-More adult clothing for the sake of more clothing. Clothes that fit a unique style, sure (fantasy, historical but there's enough regular stuff.
-Constant reliance upon modern tech (some of us like playing other themes now and then, as above)
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Cars...
I should probably clarify that I did not make this thread to encourage anyone to tell the developers what not to make, or as an attempt to deny other players the content they like. It's only meant to get people talking about their personal preferences and what they don't want or need in the game, in contrast to the many times we discuss things we want. You said you're not interested in zombies or occults in general, and that's fine. No apologies or justifications necessary.
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I don't use MCCC.
I really wish they made the City Living tarpaulin functional so we could sell furniture too without starting a business.
Don't need any more chores
Don't need any more "Quiet Suburban Neighborhoods"
Don't need any more packs based on some mundane definition of "Normal Life"
Don't need any more US based worlds
Do need more stuff for kids and elders to do
Do need more active hobbies/activities for our sims that aren't a side hustle
Do need more worlds where exploring is more than just having your sim wander around a large map, no matter how beautiful.
Do need more worlds with adventure of some kind in mind
Do need more worlds based on ... well, pretty much anywhere that isn't the US. Cool landscape and/or unvisited parts of the world prioritized.
I really dont care for the lore cause I like making my own.
•limited time/exclusive nonsense
if you make something for the game it should be available to buy for everyone at everytime. even if you have promotion where it is free for x time it should ultimately be possible to buy if you missed the promotion.
same goes for events, should be possible to play through whenever the heck you want what is the point of adding gameplay that can't even be used outside of like some specific weekend?
•new food
I get it food is good but its just starting to seem like new food is excuse for no new gameplay, also most of my sims are occult or eat garden salad so, yeah. feels weird to have my game lagging over these big menus
• suburban lawn worlds
I think we have quite enough of those.
• rabbitholes
definitely enough of those
if its to buy thing make it stall we can put anywhere
if its just random cave let the sims at least use it as tent
but if its just text adventure, why?
• autonomous activity (especially phone use)
there is reason i play autonomy off and even with autonomy off my sims will still whip out that phone while in their freaking medieval castles, start making clay things in the freaking ballrooms and maybe throw in some pushups at throne room, why? I wish I had stocks to send them to...
•randomized townies existing
there is plenty sims for every role in the game by now
sims that actually have personality and dress the part
and then game just keeps spawning more and more nobodies to bloat my save and it drives me crazy like at least let me turn it off i'm so tired of the constant deleting
•decorative tea sets i can't use
•beaches I can't swim at
•things, in general, that seem useable but cannot be used
•crop tops and mini shorts
•ikea furniture
•social media influencer tiktok celebrity dystopia content
Call me Agnes Crumplebottom but please no
oh also
•Bugs
and
• Insects
both make my skin crawl
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I don't want to see any more of the high fashion clothing that only suits teen/young adult sims. There's plenty of that already in the CAS library if you want it but we seem to be lacking a more traditional style of clothing that might suit a 50 year old just pottering around at home. Most of my sims of that age group end up wearing CC clothing.
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Life stages (no preteens, no "mid adult", young elder, etc)
Big fat no. Like, I have even rejected otherwise good sounding mods just because they included rl sickness. I wouldn't mind if the current illness system had more consequences but there is absolutely no situation I want to see a "your sim has cancer" message ever in my Sims game.
More "trendy" social media influencer tik tok whatever modern tech nonsense
Enough. Don't care if it "reflects real life". It's annoying (both irl and in game), ages poorly, and makes for a boring gameplay. They already make me want to smash their stupid phones. And look... I myself might be bit of a tech-head geek in love with my PC but, bruh, I have zero interest to watch my sims sit in front of a computer while I'm sitting in front of a computer playing a game.
Same ol' generic suburban worlds
I want more Forgotten Hollows a.k.a worlds in which they went "all out" with a theme. The squandered potential of RoM annoys me. Like, yes, it has the magic realm which is gorgeous but you can't live there and the livable world itself basically has nothing magical about it and just looks like your usual quiet woodsy neighborhood (with weird humongous driveways in a game with no cars). Werewolves at least had that grungy aesthetic and some exploration.
RL brands, franchises, celebrities, characters, etc
Basically what @Flikka_Flikka said. I too am fine with unobtrusive parodies and subtle nods (e.g. "Game of Llamas" on TV Season Premiere Day), but I don't want to have my immersion interrupted by ads. That is one reason (among others) why I'll never get Journey To Batuu even though I actually really love Star Wars (the old school stuff especially). That pack is basically just an ad they forcefully pushed through against player wishes.