If we were to in theory get freed babies, what gameplay would you guys hope for?Personally, I'd want babies to be like pets in the sense that you take care of them, but you can't see their needs (Idk I like the challenge of it, but I understand some would objects). I think the stage should be defined by milestones that you can work towards your baby reaching. All I can think of is working towards the first word. The older sims can talk to the baby, and if the player does it enough, there will eventually be a notification of the baby's first word. Some other gameplay could be the option to give the feed the baby soft food (not required but could be a way to simulate the baby being involved with the rest of the family instead of being confined to a room only to be remembered from time to time), playing peek a boo, strollers.

Like the milestone idea. Or Baby AspirationOne could could be a motor skill. Rowling, standing up, crawling.When strollers then... TWIN strollers.Ability to wrap the baby up while doing other things... MULTITASKINGBaby Mat/cradle that is portable and can be put on any lot.Just the ability to go somewhere with your baby really.Babys with personality... Baby that screams all the time, baby that smiles a lot, quiet baby and easy to take care of.CASBabys with genetics. Eyes. Hair (some have hair, some dont), more skin tones. I find the baby creepy looking. Thought the bebes from the sims2 were the cutest.I read that knifty knitting will have baby clothes which is cool. Always wanted that. Definitly a step in the right direction.But to be honest. Some differente looking Clothes and Accessoires should come with the Base Game too.

I'm just...You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.

"DaWaterRat;c-17555954" wrote:I'm just...You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.@DaWaterRat The way i see it is that you dont have to do it. I mean you dont get negative effects when you dont build up all your toodler skill, like in the sims 3. most of the time i dont even bother on some. But if you like the challenge then it rewards you with new and special animation... and you would see the baby sim crawl and such. Basically just optional for differente kinds of players.

"PreCiious;c-17556676" wrote:"DaWaterRat;c-17555954" wrote:I'm just...You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.@DaWaterRat The way i see it is that you dont have to do it. I mean you dont get negative effects when you dont build up all your toodler skill, like in the sims 3. most of the time i dont even bother on some. But if you like the challenge then it rewards you with new and special animation... and you would see the baby sim crawl and such. Basically just optional for differente kinds of players.I acknowledge that. if the mechanical rewards aren't great enough, then only the family players will bother with getting those milestones more than once - ever. And as long as those milestones aren't intrusive to normal play, that will be fine.

They grow up so fast though and taking care of their needs already takes some of their time, I don't think doing anything complex in that lifestage would be possible.

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NoNameGirl20
5 years ago
Like the milestone idea. Or Baby Aspiration
One could could be a motor skill. Rowling, standing up, crawling.

When strollers then... TWIN strollers.
Ability to wrap the baby up while doing other things... MULTITASKING
Baby Mat/cradle that is portable and can be put on any lot.

Just the ability to go somewhere with your baby really.

Babys with personality... Baby that screams all the time, baby that smiles a lot, quiet baby and easy to take care of.

CAS

Babys with genetics. Eyes. Hair (some have hair, some dont), more skin tones. I find the baby creepy looking. Thought the bebes from the sims2 were the cutest.

I read that knifty knitting will have baby clothes which is cool. Always wanted that. Definitly a step in the right direction.
But to be honest. Some differente looking Clothes and Accessoires should come with the Base Game too.
DaWaterRat
New Vanguard
5 years ago
I'm just...

You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.

I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)

I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.
NoNameGirl20
5 years ago
"DaWaterRat;c-17555954" wrote:
I'm just...

You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.

I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)

I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.

@DaWaterRat
The way i see it is that you dont have to do it. I mean you dont get negative effects when you dont build up all your toodler skill, like in the sims 3. most of the time i dont even bother on some. But if you like the challenge then it rewards you with new and special animation... and you would see the baby sim crawl and such. Basically just optional for differente kinds of players.
DaWaterRat
New Vanguard
5 years ago
"PreCiious;c-17556676" wrote:
"DaWaterRat;c-17555954" wrote:
I'm just...

You get three days (on normal lifespan) to play babies, so any goals or objectives for gameplay would have to be something possible within that timeframe. And I personally would prefer it to be something I didn't have to work on to the exclusion of any goals or skill learning I might have in mind for the rest of the family.

I mean, It's not a bad idea, but I can see it being really frustrating if you basically have to have an older sim tending to the baby for the bulk of the 72 sim hours that they're in the baby stage in order to achieve those milestones. Possibly to the point that only the family/baby players actually pursue it more than once (unless the mechanical benefits are clear and significant - like the toddler skill starting at 2 or something.)

I play on long life, so the milestones would probably be achievable for me - but I'd have to see how they were implemented to see if such a thing was actually *fun* for me. (I recently had a household with 6 toddlers/children at the same time. I learned then that I am never, ever, going to try the 100 baby challenge because I hated it. Not my definition of "fun" at all.) I also get really tired of the baby crying track and tend to age up babies quickly because of it.

@DaWaterRat
The way i see it is that you dont have to do it. I mean you dont get negative effects when you dont build up all your toodler skill, like in the sims 3. most of the time i dont even bother on some. But if you like the challenge then it rewards you with new and special animation... and you would see the baby sim crawl and such. Basically just optional for differente kinds of players.

I acknowledge that. if the mechanical rewards aren't great enough, then only the family players will bother with getting those milestones more than once - ever. And as long as those milestones aren't intrusive to normal play, that will be fine.
SimmerGeorge
5 years ago
They grow up so fast though and taking care of their needs already takes some of their time, I don't think doing anything complex in that lifestage would be possible.
AedanStarfang
New Spectator
5 years ago
I was just thinking that a potential "Generations" pack could include those little chair/scooter things that babies sometimes use to eat and move around in before they're capable of walking by themselves. I'm not sure if they're purely an American thing, but I could see babies being freed in a mechanism like that and when they're toddlers of course they can learn to walk.
SimAlexandria
5 years ago
I want to see them learn to crawl and have baby playmats and go for walks in strollers
I also want baby wearing with baby carriers and that Sims can take them to places like restaurants etc while wearing them and interact with them there.
Cinebar
5 years ago
I think I would vote for freeing babies from the cribs. Because we have toddler stage where they learn to crawl, stand up, try to walk, and move on to food in a bowl (I assume baby food) rather than always a bottle etc. TS4 doesn't have many of these stages for it's toddlers but the other games do. So, I would vote for being able to take a baby out into the community far away from home, stroll with a tram, etc. Since if people play on normal lifespan aging in TS4 (I played in long life mode) it would have to be things you can accomplish in three days. But it's funny, in the other games, we only get three days to teach a toddler to walk, sing, talk, skills, potty and other things. I don't know why baby stage should be any easier. Perhaps those Sims who have a job and the player wants them to skill etc. could put off those things like in the older games and take time off from work to accomplish these things like in TS2 your parent can take off from work until you send them back and still be paid.
I wouldn't want to know their needs since irl they can't communicate very much to a real parent so maybe a parent could learn some skills while pregnant of how to clean and feed and fill emotional needs better before it's born.
DeniseNJazzy
New Spectator
5 years ago
"LeGardePourpre;c-17561610" wrote:
Go outside with the baby

https://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/15/54/71/55/blancc10.jpg

OMGeeeeeeee YES!!! This would be the best. So darn adorable.
Briana2526
Seasoned Traveler
5 years ago
I want baby like in Sims 2 and 3 especially Sims 2 where you can take them around the house I want a stroller for both baby and toddler so we can stroll around the neighborhood. I want to rock baby in rocking chair to help baby go to sleep same with toddler but toddler is laying on lap. I want a swing for the baby, a baby play mat, changing table, baby bathtub.