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What core mechanics are you expecting to be implemented into TS4?
nasch_katze
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Hello,
With the inclusion of milestones, compatibility and improved liked/dislikes, our sims are going to be given more uniqueness and individuality which is a good thing imo.
Which caught me thinking, what other "core mechanics" do you think could be implemented? Be it something that already existed in previous Sims game or something entirely new.
As for me, I'd love to see a "long term aspiration" of some kind. "Multiple small objectives" aspirations as they exist now in TS4 are fine, and the game expects you to complete multiple of them anyway so them being simplistic by design is okay, but I'd love to have one big goal to work toward over the whole Sim's lifespan.
With the inclusion of milestones, compatibility and improved liked/dislikes, our sims are going to be given more uniqueness and individuality which is a good thing imo.
Which caught me thinking, what other "core mechanics" do you think could be implemented? Be it something that already existed in previous Sims game or something entirely new.
As for me, I'd love to see a "long term aspiration" of some kind. "Multiple small objectives" aspirations as they exist now in TS4 are fine, and the game expects you to complete multiple of them anyway so them being simplistic by design is okay, but I'd love to have one big goal to work toward over the whole Sim's lifespan.
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Generally I think growing together is going to add a lot and it’s hard to think of many more systems. Perhaps we’ll see tweaks of existing ones instead.
Example: One of my Sims live in a hut on a secluded island. He's completely hopeless in the kitchen and with said limit, he'd never surpass level 2. Or I would just let it take him five times as long compared to his chef friends. He's an immortal Werewolf, he has the time.
We want: Faeries, with a good ability tree, hopefully before summer 2024.
What do we want to get rid of: The holiday bug, the constant showering and the weed glitch.
Talents & Weaknesses—a hybrid of Lumpinou’s mod, The Sims 2: Freetime, and the ideas posed by NightwalkerArkanis and JustinB above.
In essence, there should be a random (or player-influenced) chance that your sim is either really good or really bad at certain skills. Not everyone is perfect (unless you want them to be).
As a talent:
Your sim gains the skill faster, produces better products/items/art, and can “overmax” the skill and gain additional benefits or enter “the zone” where their need decay slows down significantly while doing that skill so they can focus on it.
As a weakness:
Your sim gains the skill slower, produces worse quality items more often, and will have a hard cap on the level they can reach in that skill.
This allows for telling unexpected or really dynamic stories, like the sim who loves to sing but will never be good at it no matter how much they practice. Or the sim who is just strangely good at painting, and nothing else.
I love this idea of limited skills. Often times I use cheats to skill down certain sims.
A system of (genetic) talents?
Most of all I wish most careers were built differently. Anyone can easily get the same promotion, in RL many of us do not end up as CEO. We should need to apply for a job, just like we apply to University. A job should claim your sim to have multiple skills (or other factors, relevant). Whenever there is a promotion it could be an option - yes or no. I don't mind promotions to come often if there is a way to slow down by turning down the offer. Maybe there could be added specials like "you are offered a promotion, but it would need you to move to Oasis Springs before accepting. Interested?". Or "We offer you the job as our Tourism Manager, but we must ask you to visit Selvadorada before accepting". Or - "Want to become our next top chef? Bring a top quality xxx dish, and the job is yours!". These extras would of course get tiresome if they were on every promotion, but a couple times per career would be fun.
I'd also like a system where a sim got a possibility to switch careers by applying for a higher job in a different career without starting from scratch. I think we had that in TS3, no? It would also be cool if not all careers were hiring at any time. Make it a tad harder
actually, I really hated that we were locked in one world in Sims 3 and I love that we can travel to any world we want and so can other sims in sims 4. In real life people also travel from city to city, country to country. It gives so much more options
I like chikdren to be able to play with each other without having to use toys, like play tag, cops and robbers, et, I’d likd to see a family game if volleyball, and a pool table.
I want to see Hotel's, Casino’s, and Cars
I’d like to see world packs…..
I want orange tree’s, juicers, and smoothie makers, an electric skillet, and stationary bikes
I want to see more small animals and horses….
I want to see more hobbies, toy making, pottery, tinkering and working on cars. Jewelry making, glass blowing ( including jewelry pieces ). Classes for children like Ballet and Karate.
I want to see get to work get a refresh with being able to buy anything off a rack, jewelry box, hat box, shoe rack etc. I also want to see a simple clothing lot trait where you have to buy clothes to open them up in a household..
I also want to see more active careers with work places with the choice of following sim to work, staying home to do the job or taking the day off. I’d also like to see unpaid leave of absences for all jobs, including active careers.
I would like to see all children, toddlers and infants who get taken away or whose care givers pass away sent to the adoption agency to get adopted.
I know these aren’t all Mechanics, but they are things I’d like to see in the game before it’s finished.