20 years of The Sims and 6 years of The Sims 4... it's a celebration. An anniversary and a big nostalgic trip. What could have been added to The Sims 4 for this celebration? Burglars. Firefighters. Bonehilda - RoM GP Newspaper Delivery. Chinese Food delivery. Social Worker. Pool Tables. Love tub. Heart bed. More facial hair options. More tattoos. Body hair. More makeup - lipstick, eyes, etc. A fresh new world where we can place more builds and create new stories. 10 new traits. 5 new aspirations. El Bandito (Wild raccoon that rummages the garbage bin) - Cats & Dogs EP Henri LeStanc (Wild skunk that stinks up the neighborhood) - Cats & Dogs EP 2 new active careers, 5 new careers, and 5 new part-time careers. Expand at least 3 careers with more branches. New radio stations: Rock, Disco, Indie & Country. More clothing and hair options for toddlers and children. Stretching Expectations: Cars. Different gravestones according to how much Satisfaction Points are held. Create-A-World tool. Color wheel. Werewolf occult for Cats & Dogs EP. Memories system. Chemistry system (Turn on & turn-offs). Interests system. Fury system. Fix the family tree. Whatever happened to "Son/Daughter-in-law"? Great grandfathers/mothers, great-grandson/daughters, etc? Expand to at least 5 generations for a family tree view. The Sims 1 available for free to download on Origin. The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection available for free to download on Origin.

Anniversary Challenge. TS1-TS3 NPCs for limited time (unless, you get them to join the household).

Any one of these ideas would have been stellar! All about the same amount of effort as the hot tub and all not requiring something being taken away from an already paid for pack. I've thought many similar. The stretching expectations I would have never have expected except for the re-release of TS1 and TS2. I was hoping they would have put them back out there and I gladly would have paid for them again too. I miss playing them and the 20 years anniversary made me nostalgic and want to play them again. :'(

@Camkat I thought the hot tub was very cheaply made. It’s just a re-skin of the most pricey tub in PP SP with columns and a roof. I wouldn’t have minded if it were to be a completely different model... what about the love tub? That’s an iconic item.It was a nice gesture to give out for free but come on...

"Hestia;c-17394338" wrote:@Camkat I thought the hot tub was very cheaply made. It’s just a re-skin of the most pricey tub in PP SP with columns and a roof. I wouldn’t have minded if it were to be a completely different model... what about the love tub? That’s an iconic item.It was a nice gesture to give out for free but come on...Absolutely agree. The fact a game changer made it in less than 10 minutes with move objects (and it's functional) says a lot too. I never did buy PP but it still sits badly with me for those that did and I don't see how they expect to actually sell that pack now so it's kind of baffling from a business perspective that they did this. Bringing back the iconic love tub would have made the nostalgic people happy and it wouldn't have taken sales away from PP either since the love tub is actually kind of ridiculous, people wanting tubs for a more realistic build will still buy PP. It would have been a new mesh, yes, but the animations for the sims themselves would have been the same so it really wouldn't have been that much more work?! Thing is, it was a 20th anniversary for the franchise. Not just Sims 4. I feel like they forgot that point.

Any one of these suggestions would of been a better gift than the hot tub.

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x4m1r4
5 years ago
Anniversary Challenge.
TS1-TS3 NPCs for limited time (unless, you get them to join the household).
Peapod79
New Spectator
5 years ago
Any one of these ideas would have been stellar! All about the same amount of effort as the hot tub and all not requiring something being taken away from an already paid for pack. I've thought many similar.

The stretching expectations I would have never have expected except for the re-release of TS1 and TS2. I was hoping they would have put them back out there and I gladly would have paid for them again too. I miss playing them and the 20 years anniversary made me nostalgic and want to play them again. :'(
hestiah23
5 years ago
@Camkat I thought the hot tub was very cheaply made. It’s just a re-skin of the most pricey tub in PP SP with columns and a roof. I wouldn’t have minded if it were to be a completely different model... what about the love tub? That’s an iconic item.

It was a nice gesture to give out for free but come on...
Peapod79
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Hestia;c-17394338" wrote:
@Camkat I thought the hot tub was very cheaply made. It’s just a re-skin of the most pricey tub in PP SP with columns and a roof. I wouldn’t have minded if it were to be a completely different model... what about the love tub? That’s an iconic item.

It was a nice gesture to give out for free but come on...

Absolutely agree. The fact a game changer made it in less than 10 minutes with move objects (and it's functional) says a lot too.

I never did buy PP but it still sits badly with me for those that did and I don't see how they expect to actually sell that pack now so it's kind of baffling from a business perspective that they did this. Bringing back the iconic love tub would have made the nostalgic people happy and it wouldn't have taken sales away from PP either since the love tub is actually kind of ridiculous, people wanting tubs for a more realistic build will still buy PP. It would have been a new mesh, yes, but the animations for the sims themselves would have been the same so it really wouldn't have been that much more work?!

Thing is, it was a 20th anniversary for the franchise. Not just Sims 4. I feel like they forgot that point.
Sharooonia
New Spectator
5 years ago
Any one of these suggestions would of been a better gift than the hot tub.
SimsLovinLycan
5 years ago
Unnatural hair colors for Children and Toddlers (finally), the werewolf GP finally being announced, enhanced Babies with personalities and crawling and play mats and baby swings and parents only putting them on furniture or in the crib if they have to put them down, the return of burglars, the return of fire fighters, an official BodyShop-like add-on for TS4 for recoloring both CAS and Build/Buy items, re-balanced emotion system, spiral staircases and ladders, and paintable ceilings. Those would have been lovely gifts to go with that tub. I mean, the tub looks nice and all, and it's good to see that they finally realized that hot tubs shouldn't have been carved out of the base game and shoved into a stuff pack as the only way to get them in the first place...but they should have done so much more to celebrate the 20th anniversary of such an important franchise as The Sims. Even SEGA tries to celebrate Sonic's anniversaries with a big game...even if they don't always go particularly well...
cb2342z
Seasoned Spectator
5 years ago
Big thing for me would have been the adaptation of neighborhoods and worlds from older versions of the game, and their households into TS4. Maxis has already done official recreations of many TS2 and TS3 households in the gallery, and after playing TS2; have been meaning to move the Smith family into Strangerville.
TheRainBeatsDow
5 years ago
They could have added Will Wright's name to the credits. The Sims 4 is the only one to not thank him.
damageincracing
5 years ago
What could have been added to the game? Oh, I don't know. Open worlds. Bug and Glitch fixes. More aspirations and traits. Things to actually do. Scrapping the whole thing and starting over, giving us a game that DOESN'T suck unless you use mods and 3rd party content to fix everything EA won't...
Leaxxie
5 years ago
I have always wanted a create-a-world tool. In 3 I used to delete all the lots and recreate the whole town they way I wanted. But I always thought it would be so cool to put the roads in and all the neighborhood decorations.