Idea: New Worlds + Cultures (Japan example)

"Cynna;c-16531260" wrote:

"catitude5;c-16530927" wrote:
I think this idea is better as a vacation destination. I wouldn't want it as a world.

I hate to say it, because I'm all about diversity, however, I tend to agree.

In a game where Sims can basically blink from one world to another, it's really hard to reconcile the differences. How can a Sim visit a desert town one moment, and later that day be in a place that looks like Japan?

That's part of the reason that I don't utilize all of the towns in the game. I mostly stick to San Myshuno, Willow Creek, Magnolia Promenade, and Newcrest. Because, it's possible to believe that those areas are within the same local area. Windenburg, Oasis Sprins, and Brindleton Bay are very different and so, I use those for "business trips" or vacations.

I would very much like to see a Japanese world, as pictured above. As well, I wish that we could have a Scandinavian world. However, I'm really trying to figure out how it will fit in the scheme of things.

My fondest wish is that EA made it possible for the players to Choose-Your-Own-World. We decide which worlds that we want to involve in our every day play and what's left over could be treated as vacation destinations. That would be the most equitable solution. In this way, non-American players would get a fair chance to create a world that feels most familiar to them.

Anyway, it was just a thought.

@Zara, I love your signature animation. I wish that's how gazing at the stars really looked. :)

In Washington State, USA, it is easily possible to go from a seaside town to a desert town in one day. It takes 3-6 hours, but it is possible. From Seattle, WA to Spokane, WA is only 300 miles. The western side of the state is evergreen forests, the eastern side of the state is sagebrush desert full of rattlesnakes, and irrigated farmland. Once you get to the cities, you see more evergreens again, but different types. I could see doing a "Chinatown" style neighborhood, since many big cities here in the USA tend to be very multicultural, and have areas where there are lots of Asians, or lots of Italians, or a whole section of the city with pride culture (especially cities like San Francisco), or a whole section of the city dedicated to local monuments (Salt Lake City, Washington DC) and so on. A lot of it has to do with how the cities were built up historically.

I'm not sure how a Scandinavian world would be different from what we have.. for one thing, I've never actually been to a Scandinavian country, and for another, mainly I could see adding new foods (ie pickled herring on rye, asparagus soup, and Swedish meatballs), and new decorations, and then we might get something similar to a Scandinavian neighborhood. I could definitely see a Scandinavian stuff pack, but I doubt it would merit a whole new neighborhood. I would rather see another empty buildable neighborhood like Newcrest added, since many of my saves have all the lots filled with Maxis restaurants, spas, bowling alleys, pools, parks, and Gallery content.

I would also love to see a Create A World tool come back for Sims 4. This would let players create their own buildable neighborhoods.