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So from what we can gather so far base game at launch (in 18+ months after early access is complete) - * Open world, with no rabbit holes * This means ALL careers are playable, any job you see you can do. * Complete world editor * Rent and landlords * Jobs so far include things like office work, working in a cafe, retail,…
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Me too, but even if it isn't, everything I've heard about it makes it sound like a game I would like! What we know so far (off the top of my head), from: job listings, tweets from employees, podcasts with employees, and the original creation of the studio: - the game is meant to be open-ended and sandbox-y, where "failure"…
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The game from Paradox Tectonic is finally going to be announced in one week on March 6! Paradox is having a 30 minute stream on their Twitch and YouTube where they're showing three new games (including the one from Tectonic) and a bunch of new DLC and news, so we probably won't get a lot, but we'll get something!…
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Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as accusatory, though I can definitely see now that it reads that way. I actually defended TS5 from dismissal. I think a fair amount of suspicion of EA's business practices is earned at this point, but that doesn't mean the game will be bad, and people are pretending to know things about…
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Games take a long time to make. Most AAA games aren't even announced to the public until years into their development cycle, creating a false impression they got made very quickly. Indie games have to announce sooner to get funding. There are reasons to be wary of Paralives but it's not a scam. Why don't you see him…
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I mean the way I see it is this. I find The Sims 4 lacking. I'm not a hater. I've bought a bunch of packs for it. I love it. But it's not what it could be. Right now we know of three potential upcoming life sims. 1. The Sims 5 2. Paralives 3. Unannounced Paradox Tectonic Game 1 is still going to be an EA game, and so will…
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News that I'm sharing here, because it's interesting to me and I think maybe three other people and I think two of them are probably here. There's a new job listing, this time for a technical animator. Things of note from this job listing: - They'll be using Motion Capture for character animation - They emphasize "good…
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Unfortunately, they say they won't be announcing any new games at PDXCon, which means if the game is announced this year, it'll be at some other time or in some other event. But they are definitely still working on the game. Amanda Forrest did a podcast interview with Goddess in Gaming - a podcast about women in the games…
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I know I'm responding to this months later, but the Paradox Tectonic studio is absolutely still going. Rod Humble announced he was taking a break from twitter to continue the project. The studio just posted a job opening for a 3D tech artist (for Unity, so we know what engine they're using). Amanda Forrest, co-studio…
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Back in September, Paradox Tectonic had a job opening for a designer on an explicitly new IP that said: "Our ideal candidate brings with them a deep understanding of a diverse and predominately female PC gamer audience". Which to me makes it pretty clear that it is going to be some kind of competition for the Sims. Or at…
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Yeah, adding 100 swatches with sliders is just going to further highlight how bad the hair color selection is unless they plan to follow it up with hair swatch additions as well. A beautiful brown skintone and improved afro texture aren't gonna help much if the afro still looks blue instead of black.
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That survey was in January though. For them to create the survey in the first place they would have had to have already decided the theme and had some first-examination meetings where they discussed different possibilities and gameplay and aggregated their discussion into lists and put together concepts - especially in a…
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Pretty sure the elope clue was just about them adding eloping in vacation worlds with the most recent patch. We’ve officially reached the points where all previous hints are accounted for.
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Predictions: I am probably wrong but I like doing this. EP: Winter/Mountain. Major features include: - A new livable world with a cold mountainous climate (as a counterpoint to Sulani). It’s snowy all year round. A lot of the winter activities from Seasons are available in the world and it makes people mad, lol. - A…
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Wasn’t the hotels and winter activities survey back in January? That seems like the right time frame of early development for a pack coming out at the end of this year. They also DIDN’T rule out winter world when they went out of their way to rule out cars and farming. If this next EP isn’t Winter World, I’m going to…
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A good way around this is to make “real” babies their own life stage separate from infants and then graduate them in. After the update any household with an object baby still has an object baby, and when clicking on that baby you can choose between “Age up to toddler” or “Release from crib” (wording can change, but you get…
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They showed the stairs in a stream beforehand as well. They also showed stuff from the Eco patch (like the improved inventory and bills, plus teasing firefighters) in the Eco Lifestyle gameplay stream. I feel like a vaguely remember a stream for the terrain tools update as well? But I don’t think the Star Wars pack is…
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Yeah between the game’s 6th anniversary, Frost’s redacted name, the windows in that one build... I just think we’re gonna get a pretty fun update. People point to the lackluster 20th anniversary as evidence against a big update, but I actually take that evidence for. The team is often pretty reactive to community uproars.…
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Cars would line up with speculation about a stuff pack. Add a couple basic cars to the base game in an update at the same time you announce Sims 4: Auto Stuff.
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SimGuruFrost changed his display name on Twitter to STILL REDACTED GuruFrost. So whatever that is about isn’t the gamepack (or at least not something we know yet about the gamepack).
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I don’t mind Star Wars as a theme conceptually (I mean, these kinds of crossovers will always be a little weird to me, but I can get over it), but I’m disappointed, if they’re going to do this kind of thing, that they don’t let us actually do it. To me, any hypothetical appeal of a Sims x Franchise or Sims x Genre…
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I’d also be down for an active school pack. More stuff for kids and teens in general.
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I do wonder how they will handle the aliens, especially with regards to genetics and stuff. Will they be playable? Date-able? Fertile? It also sounds like Kylo Ren and Rey are NPCs. Can our sims, like, marry them?
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I’d be happy to help. Then we can start a “What’s the next EP?” thread and speculate baselessly there. 😂
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So a week from today. I do hope it'll be a big(ish) one. I have a feeling... there'll be something to appease the not Star Wars fans? It is based on nothing but rumors and a vibe I get though. Waiting to hear if we'll get a gameplay stream or something. They sometimes show off patch features in gameplay streams.
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Given that the Star Wars pack comes out in less than two weeks, when do you think we'll get the pre-pack patch? It's coming sooner than I expected.
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My feelings on the pack are definitely "yep that's sure a Star Wars pack" - But I will say I am enjoying being right.
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(Pedantic nerd voice): technically those are blasters
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Sounds like (speculation) it's got the 1. Meet the locals and immerse yourself! of Jungle Adventure 2. Story mode of Strangerville 3. Hidden world like Realm of Magic Part of me isn't impressed with the CAS (don't we already have the cover character's hair? Or am I thinking of a similar one?), and then another part of me…
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That’s the first thing I noticed! 🤣 I played Jungle Adventure a LOT so I was like “hold on isn’t that door the one that’s in the jungle temple???”
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