Island Living Pack Refresh

i definitely agree with your thoughts, maybe a secret world for mermaids too
even maybe an underwater houses for mermaids only

mermaids definitely needs to have their own skills like most occults have

edit: this pack definitely needs to add atleast 1 aspiration/goals like they did with dine out refresh
like how to become a mermaid aspiration or something

Truthfully, I feel like Island Living and Mermaids should have been separated. So much gameplay was put into environment conservation that it was likely impossible for EA to put more into mermaids. If they had been given their own pack, then I could see the power system being possible. It would be nice if they did make an actual Mermaid pack, really. Island Living could still have mermaids for those who'd just like to have them around or create in CAS but don't intend to use them much for gameplay. But a Mermaid pack could finally give us a completely underwater world, have a power system, lore regarding mermaids and maybe a small world they can go to above land - it would work like how Outdoor Retreat has the deeper part of the forest where you find the hermit.

If that were done, then I could see the things listed under Island Activities being more possible.

I like the underwater pictures idea and the cave exploration.  They could do rooms with a rock texture paint.

I'd rather have some of the Sims 3 stuff that they left out.  

Underwater area

collecting underwater

underwater shark/octopus interactions

possibly a tent, seaweed hut, or something that mermaids can live in underwater.

underwater diving we can see 

I'd love to see actual underwater dive lots for scuba diving, like we had in Sims 3. It doesn't have to be anything huge, even something the size as the hidden worlds in Willow Creek would be awesome. Sims could search the sea bed just like they do on land with beach combing, maybe grab some fish, and even find spawn points for collectibles ie fossils, gems, metals. Mermaids could stay underwater as long as they want, but regular sims on scuba tanks would be on a timer. This is probably what I miss the most from Sims 3 Island Paradise.

These are all great ideas, and I'd like to add that I would love for them to add hula dancing or other Polynesian dance. We just got the cowpoke dance with Horse Ranch, and it looks like there's going to be some kind of local dance included with For Rent, so if they do wind up doing an Island Living refresh, a local dance for Sulani would be nice, too.

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