The latest update for The Sims 4 is now live. Click
here to read the latest notes.
Its time for the final screenshot thread! Show us what ya got
here!
Forum Announcement,
Click Here to Read More From EA_Cade.
Wasn't the last pack released half a year ago?
Return to top
Comments
The 4 year wait until TS5 Seasons comes out?
It's a weird hangup for me, but I just don't enjoy the Sims games all that much until they get the EP with seasonal effects and weather.
I do get what you're saying about the joy of a new game. I plan to buy that other game whose name starts with P.
But I also still like to play my old favorites. I still play TS2 and TS3, though not TS3 all that often since TS4 got seasons.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
I wonder if the reason why I feel like this is because of how I play and the games that I play. I often play games as a one-time experience like action-adventure games who often don't have much different to offer except playing the game again on a harder difficulty. And I rarely go back and play old games again.
I have often found things in the sims like playing different households over and over again difficult. I get bored and move to another household back and forth.
Yep, pretty much it has to do with one's approach to the game.
If your main goal is seeking 'new experiences' there is just a limit to what you can get out of a game before you need to move on to another one. A steady stream of new content with new gameplay might keep you engaged for a while, but it all will still start to feel 'samey' eventually.
I used to be a gamer where that was what I was seeking from my games and I played a game once then uninstalled it. I spent a fortune on a steady stream of new games to keep me engaged. For some reason, as I got older, my viewpoint shifted and now what I seek is enjoyable-yet-familiar experiences...so I replay a lot more games and rarely buy new ones. Hell, I have all the EP's and GP's for TS4 and haven't even done a lot of what is in many of them yet, despite having a few thousand hours of playtime.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
Thank you Stormkeep, you have given me something to think about.
Not only that, they used to put little advertisement flyers in the physical disc packages that told us what was upcoming ..... it would say "Coming Soon" Or "Coming in November" or something like that.
At least we knew what the next pack was going to be and had something to actually look forward to. Now they treat us like we're little kids and that we can't handle knowing what is upcoming. Or, maybe they're afraid we'll lose interest if it's a pack we don't care for.
I know for myself, the way they do things now does not excite me. Of course, that could be because I've come to expect very little from any packs they release.
Maybe in the past their development cycle was a lot more advanced than it is now. When they released the flyers there were definite features listed with pictures and stuff and that happened about 6 month ahead of release. Now they release a teaser just one month before release.
I played the original first iteration of The Sims from 2000 to 2016 (without CC or mods). Would have been longer, but Windows 10 does not allow many many of my old favorite computer games to launch or even be installed. I then researched between Sims 3 and Sims 4. I got both Sims 3 and Sims 4 in 2017 at decent discounted prices. The loving care I had seen in the first iteration is not seen with the future iterations (both require mods to be considered playable). If Sims 5 is really launching soon, I am not the guible simmer who will buy it at launch. It will be 2+ years after it launches before I will even look into a new iteration of the franchise.
Same here
Yes because imo TS2 & TS3 are better games. ts4 is already lasting way longer than them both, nearly a decade. 2014 to 2022 is a very long time. And I still buy content for TS2! I can only wish the game lasted a few more years. If they were still making content for TS2 now id still be buying!
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
Instead we get these constant kits.
No the kits are the trivial stuff between packs that I was talking about. We have still been getting bigger packs every half year it just doesn't feel like that because we're used to them every couple months (it was only just over half a year between Snowy Escape and Cottage Living, and it's only just over half a year since the last EP and we're getting a game pack soon, albeit not EP size but still larger content) so we're not as majorly starved as we think we are compared with old games it's just not what we're used to with 4
As long as we don't know how the next game pack will be it is all speculation. I need new gameplay and regarding to this the last two game packs were very disappointing for me. I bought both primary for CAS and build&buy. The last game pack with really good gameplay was Realm of Magic published 2019!
I like having a lot of variety in my game. I get bored if all I have are the same old outfits, BB and worlds to visit. I know even the base game comes with a variety of clothes and furniture, but I don't really care for a lot of it and am always looking for more. The more stuff I have, the happier I am. Yes, I know I could get more by loading CC, but I don't want to go down that particular rabbit hole.
Also, I've gotten spoiled by having actual occults in the game. While I was satisfied enough in the early days of Sims 1 to pretend I had a vampire, it is sooo much more satisfying in 4 to have a sim who can actually turn into a bat and bite people.
It is food for thought! It reminds of the movie as good as it gets with Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. Jack hitting rock bottom, steps in to a group therapy room. Looks at the assembled patients ands says "What if this is as good as it gets?" What if you recently started playing Sims 4, invested big in this gane just to realise that it will not be any better, no great EPs like for example Seasons, no more occults, no better interactions, no generations, cars, horses or whatever. Just more Kits until Sims 5 arrives. Kind of depressing I would say.
That might be a bit depressing yeah. I think the best way I would describe the content that Maxis makes is that it can both disappoint you and surprise you, in both positive and negative ways.
I don't think one should wait for Maxis to release the next big thing like generations or something else. It's better to look back at what they have released and set your expectations from there. And also try out some of their old stuff if you are a new player.
And if what they are releasing is not satisfying you, then I think it's for the best to decide how invested you should be.
As far as new content goes, I am more open to it than I was before because some years have gone by but I still judge products based on what I see not speculation. Also, in the past, I kept playing the old version for a while before moving over. This time, it'll really depend on whether the new version interests me. Maybe is probably the most accurate label for me.
I enjoy my TS4 game a lot but we'll have to see. Cottage Living was great so if they release substantive packs like that and fix more bugs, they will keep me interested. I've kind of been on a break lately but a lot of it is for personal reasons, I still intend to play.
X more years of TS2, with those X more years of additional content... what a wonderful thought! Come to think of it, I'm not sure the TS3 well was dry, either. Maybe game life spans should be more on flow of creative ideas and player demand rather than an arbitrary life span.
I haven't bothered with the last couple of kits and have no interest in the next.
I want to know what's coming with the next Game Pack and Expansion pack and I would rather have a stuff pack than these kits.
Kits are too small to support their theme.
They even seem like a waste of theme if it's something new to the game.
I've set TS4 aside, despite having something fun going on with my Hogwart's sims.
This is highly subjective though. In my eyes at least, ROM is the GP I get the least use out of (besides Batuu).