Hiya, thanks for the opportunity firstly.
Question 1 - Flare Features and Lore
I was just wondering what the thought process was behind the gradual erasure of typical "Sims Franchise" flare features and lore?
By this I mean things like babies being "objects", Classic NPC characters like Social Bunny, Therapist, Mrs Crumplebottom, Bigfoot, Unsavoury Charlatan, Pollination Technicians(etc, etc) - Or the severe downgrade of the classic Sims 2 Plantsims to what they currently are in TS4.
But also things like meaningful story/lore related to the in game characters - the memory system from TS2 was an amazing example of that, and I feel like with the introduction of sentiments and lifestyles in Snowy Escape it would be a perfect match to create that slight bit more "meaning" and "connection" with players and their sim families.
I can't speak for everyone else, but personally I've always found it extremely hard to "connect" to a family I create in Sims 4.
Was that intentional or just something that sort of.. Happened?
THANK YOU Re; Trait Updates
And I do want to quickly say thank you for the updates adding quirky things to sims personality traits, they've been a great addition so far and I've really enjoyed seeing and discovering new things with different sims in game, it makes them more unique - so that's something I'd LOVE to see more of, and that I think you've done really well in improving, just please don't stop there! :)
Question 2 - Further Expansion on Traits/Aspirations
Lastly, I also still feel like traits/aspirations have been severely neglected - I love how some traits are being addressed, and I'd really love to continue to see that expanded upon - So my final question is; Will you be looking into making current aspirations more meaningful at all?
As of right now, they're mostly just tutorials for each new expansion - And following from that the reward traits as well could do with some improving.
Traits and aspirations in general need a bit of a overhaul. Is that something on the radar or that's already being looked into? Or is that something that could be put on the list?
EA Staff (Retired)