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Godleyjeans's avatar
2 years ago

Open for business update/Blast from the past content update

Watching too many videos of old sims games takes you down a long, nostalgic road for things we once had in our games that the sims 4 quite shamefully lack while being in its seventh or so year of existing.

The fact we only just got infants is painful---BUT! I digress.

-Content, the past, old sims series, items and things we had back in the day our games don't have now, that is the point of this post and frankly I'm praying someone on the team sees this and throws another curve ball to surprise us in the best way, or some of us because no everyone wants to look to the past and thats cool.
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Anyway, Sims 2-, Sims 1 you can add in the comments because sadly I was too young to play that series and have no idea of the lore/catalog but would love to see items/families/events from that make a comeback,-Sims 2 gave us many fantastic ways to play our games and if it'd had Story Progression, we'd have been golden, but here we are and so here's a list of content I'd like to see come back either through kits/packs or hopefully through a big update.


Open for Business, miss, miss, MISS the option to run business from home with Florence where she got to meet people and make flower bunches, arrange everything to how she liked and still have time to run the house between that, plus the fact you could run your own toy store and build in the back while staff pestered grown ups to buy their little ones all the expensive handmade presents even though you barely paid anything to get the stuff to make them!

Also am I wrong but could you run a restaurant? properly, I mean, waiters, chefs and all, unlike sims 3 and sims 4 with dine out (That barely works).

And excuse the poor categorizing, working with ADHD and Autism here so bear with.


Not an item but things missing: burglars, burglar alarms you had to put BY EVERY SINGLE DOOR ELSE YOU RAN THE RISK OF LOSING EVERYTHING.

Genies, match maker, social bunny, that weird doctor when you had a breakdown, flour sack baby, imaginary friend, animal control, proper police, mime, mystery man (No idea who he is but I wanna know! BECAUSE MYSTERY!), all the Sims 1 and 2s NPC's we lost to the ages.
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I'm writing from a list for ease here because trying to remember every item we don't have is going to make my plumbob just explode:

Thinking Cap, Love Tub, Genuine Buck's Famous Counterfeiting Machine, old style telephone, telephone booth, toy ovens and lemonade stands for making a quick buck, sewing machines, ant farms, more exercise stuff, the dance sphere, That thing the Beakers use to shock Nervous in all the trailers.


I am missing so much which is where you and the comments come in, there is so much missing and with the team bringing back old families why should we miss out on reliving the glory days of business from home or our sims spinning themselves sick!?


Not everything will come back and thats obviously fine, but a couple pieces (Like burglars who decide to break into Vlads house and get locked in the basement for snacking on) would be nice


Catch you later, Simmers
  • "Golem1323;c-18285834" wrote:
    I would love to see an option for all jobs where you can select classic or modern options. Classic mode for careers would remove all daily requirements for all jobs and raises would be based off of performance and skill.


    Oooo i like that, so slacker sims with barely any ability wouldn't get higher in their job level until they actually did something
  • "Golem1323;c-18285853" wrote:
    I had another idea for this as well. We should get some of the older careers back. I was thinking Journalism, Music (Rock Branch, Symphonic Branch), Professional Sports, Stylist, Architectural Designer, Firefighter, Rework Film to be a actor or director, Daycare, Acrobat, Magician, Singer, Sports Agent, Art Appraiser, Lifeguard, Astronomer, Bookstore Clerk, Mausoleum Clerk, Receptionist, Spa Specialist, Alchemist, Bot Builder, Inventor, Scuba diver, and Sculptor.


    Didn't think about careers to be honest, should've, forgot how many good ones they had and don't leave out pet careers!
  • Forgot to mention the love bed we get as decoration in the basement pack! And the easy bake oven for kids and lemonade stand.

    Proper slides, not just for toddlers.
    Diving boards.
    Did I mention the sewing machine from freeplay?

    I know they’re not item items but imaginary friend dolls which could later on be updated to become NPCs.

    Dog houses.
    Smaller pets which in older games were basically objects.
    Bar bell weight machines.
    Rocking horses for toddlers and maybe kids.

    Active daycare career and maybe make the baby sitter career optionally active for teens.

    More throwback families on the gallery.

    Bigger jingle gyms like the ones simmers had when they were little that were always way too high and nobody worried about falling apart but looking back now you realise the danger and maybe sim parents could panic if they have the paranoid trait or their kid is knew to climbing
  • "mollie1998;c-18288141" wrote:
    Will the sims 4 horse ranch have horseback riding for people who don’t own horses?



    Doubt it but you never know, it would make sense especially for families to take their little ones horse back riding for the day. Or teens to freak each other out by seeing who can stay on longest. Maybe have a petting zoo lot for the farm animals and they have a little area for sims to try horseback riding, be hilarious if they have the horse fear the gurus mentioned and just passed out from the idea of riding a horse
  • "LeGardePourpre;c-18290203" wrote:
    Please bring back Ticket Machine, the sims should pay to visit a lot.



    Can’t remember the ticket machine but it sounds good for venues and spots like the lounge. Could pretend you’ve paid for parking or joke you’ve parked your horse outside if they’re a mode of transport after the pack release

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