archery, fencing, and martial arts

yes i do

"comicsforlife;c-15729448" wrote:

"comicsforlife;c-15727880" wrote:

"BeJaWa;c-15727660" wrote:

"Neia;c-15719910" wrote:
I think archery would be kind of fun, a bit like bowling, but with a more outdoor vibe, and not too expensive in animations hopefully. I'd like climbing too and judo ! I'm afraid fencing might feel a bit repetitive, I'm not sure they could make enough animations to make it feel fun to watch.

Judo mixed in with some parkor, kickboxing, and a punching focused unarmed combat style (boxing & karate perhapse) would make for some interesting unarmed combat animations (if a spar isn't just a cloud of action) or at least I think it would cover a decent amount of fighting styles. (If they would separate them all into individual skills that would be cool Imo but not needed)
For your suggestion of climbing I think rock climbing and gymnastics would also be sweet, although I would put them with different theme. (Rock climbing for a mountain vacation pack I'm thinking and gymnastics if they ever do just a generic sports pack mixed in with fleshed out tennis badminton biking etc.) If you ment parkor or climbing then cool.
I've done fencing as a sport before and I can think of many actions that can be used to keep it from being repetitive , mind you I've done saber fencing taught a little bit and judged it so it might just be easier for my eye to catch the details. Anyways I think I could find some moves to make it as variant as say archery would be even with out the eye for the sport hopefully the development team could as well or if they can't get some guidance from those of us who know where to look.

They could also broaden the scope of a fencing skill. I would suggest having different sword types (the foil used in Olympic fencing, katana, broad swords as my basic three to save research time but the more the merrier :) ) and have Sims adopt that weapons typical combat form when it is used (in training and/or if they actually animate a spar instead of having a cloud cover everything up) that would bump up the different animations by a large amount.

Also I don't think I need to say it but I support this! I am a history geek and love martial arts I would buy this without a second thought.
If they made a Gp for it (I know in wishful thinking land now but humor me) I would like it if they gave us the three skills mentioned above with sword play having the different weapon/combat styles I mentioned (maybe some quarterstaff added as well) then I would also like some jousting maybe with dragons added in, but if you have pets also with horses.
Anyways main idea is just the weapon skills. Pulling on the history/fantasy game play is really niche I think and while I would die of excitement at that pack I also am really not expecting it.
We need the martial arts though, I miss my super ninja vampire from ts3 :p

Edit: so many typos and auto cucumbers :D

your ideas would be wonderful I hope the gurus see this @SimGuruGraham @SimGuruNinja
I hope you guys could work some of these things into some packs

I don't think its as niche as you think it is. I think almost everyone likes at least one story where someone uses a bow or sword or does martial arts. and I think there are a lot of people that wish they could do archery, fencing, and martial arts but didn't have the time or the opportunity.
I think it would sell like hot cakes if they made it for sims 4.@bejawa

Not the martial arts stuff. I meant the dragons and jousting fantasy/medieval theme were more niche. If they aren't niche either though then that's great means I'm more likely to get the pack :)

"MySakuras;c-15769304" wrote:
I think it would be cool just to have sports in general! like, tennis and soccer, basketball and football etc...

We have basketball in City Living, but granted it's not as developed as it could have been.

archery fencing and lets replace martial arts with kendo

Archery, I'm not sure I completely agree with, but fencing and martial arts, I do.

Sims can either customize their sword ( if fencing is going to be actual fencing or instead, replaced with sword combat ) with a forge or even a unique CAS system. Create-A-Sword. You can choose what kind of sword it could look like, a double bladed sword or a katana. The color of the blade and hilt would also be able to be customized.

As well as the size and length of the blade itself, but within realistic parameters. Up until modders come up with a mod that can make a sword as big as a school bus, if you really wanted it.

The fighting shouldn't have the smoke, but instead animations that worked like the Sims 3 Martial Arts, though with a bit less predictability. I don't know about you, but I could tell which Sim was going to win in the TS3 Martial Arts. Same with Vampire Sparring. To win, the Sim must disarm their opponent. Obviously, they can't do actual cutting in this game, so the winner can knock out their opponent's sword away from their hand.

Sheathes could also be customized and chosen if the Sim was wearing it on their backs or hip.

As for Martial Arts, I don't see how they could implement multiple fighting styles without having to do SO MUCH animating. If say, a Sim experienced in Judo was fighting a Boxer and in another match, a Boxer is fighting a Kung-Fu master, ( Or Sim-Fu, for the Sims ) those two fights should look completely different, right? If they all looked the same, what would be the point of adding multiple styles?

However, since the game isn't open world anymore ( and I'm certainly not complaining ), I propose a more hands-on tournament. When your Sim is signed up for a tournament, they're transported to an arena where Sims can compete. With a crowd watching, of course, and cameras moving around to imply your Sim is on TV.

Just some ideas. I fail to see how Archery could be interesting enough, though.

I can see someone already had some of the ideas I mentioned in my comment, but still, they stand.

I want archery, fencing, and martial arts too!

Count me in, especially on the archery and fencing/swordfighting. Not only is there the sports/adventuring aspect, but the archery would fit into the eco/live off the land thing the pack project is about.

If they end up doing the witches pack there is so much talk about and making there be a magic town which looks old fashioned like is requested in the forums, these things would be time period appropriate with that style as well.

I'd love martial arts! It would be a great new way for storytelling.