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Rennegadez
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5 years ago

SIMS 5 HOPE AND DREAMS (GAME PLAY EDITION)

SIMS 5 IDEA GAMEPLAY EDITION



Since it’s been 6 years since the Sims 4 has started and we’re going into a new era I want to share my thoughts on what should the next big step in the sims franchise the sims 5 my opinion on certain aspect have change and development and I want to go through want I feel will be needed to make the sims 5 improve on what we had previous and why. I will be going through aspect I think will be best for base game and expansion pack, plus a few ideas for functioning. I further outline the aspect for the Sims 5 better improved experience from what is missing from the sims 4 and can be added in the future sims 5 of new ideas and concepts.


GAMEPLAY:
- Open water in all worlds
- Open neighbourhoods
- Calendar system for seasons
- Banking system: have split household fund based on so each sims has their money what they earn they can split the money they earn from their career give half to the household and half to the household or keep it to themselves your choice. Transfer money to another sim from household or from own bank.
- Roommate system: being able to choose own roommates either friends, family or stranger can have a family as a roommate including the children. You can ask anyone to be a roommate on the street or who the sims know it doesn’t matter. If the sim lives with a child your sim is given the option to let them move in their family as well.
- Renting system: A Sim if they have enough money can buy another lot then resident lot or business lots then rent it out (with expansion can buy and rent out vacation lot)
- Can own more than one property lot: Sim can buy multiple lots (rent them out) and decide between the lot they own what is their main home so sims will automatically go that home lot. When family member moves and want to rent a lot that their family already own the family can decide to charge them cheaper however the cost they should pay will go back on the main household.
- Small pets in base game (gecko, rabbits, hamster)
- Aging: Age groups should be baby, toddler, child, preteen/tweens, teen, young adult, adult, elder
- Knowledge: Joining in schools and jobs should be apart of base game.
- School system: kids, tween and teen get an option to join at school at school or not
- Can only join in school if school are placed in a world. There are three options of public private or boarding school. Based on parent/guardian’s money/(fame in expansion pack) or child’s smarts, if they will get into the private school or boarding school.
- Depending on how many private, public or boarding school you put in the game will depend on how many option will be available to choose from if you only put in publics the only public schools will be available
- With the boarding school you can switch to only just playing in a boarding school if it is a premade boarding school or you build your own. While your sims are in boarding school the rest of your household does action when you’re not their and can switch back to them anytime.
- You can go to school from the teacher or the student’s perspective.
- You can choose to home-school child and hire tutor (or if educated with university pack can tutor them of have the right degree)
- Homework boosts skills depending on what homework task you choose to do. (e.g. fitness homework, writing homework, art homework etc. For kids’ creative homework, mental homework etc)
- You also get to go to college, but it’s rabbit hole in base game you can choose a curriculum)
- Afterschool clubs a rabbit hole for kids, preteens and teens. Its divided into two sections: activities and study. When your teen become a young adult, they can choose to go to university (as a rabbit hole option) by going to university they start off a bit above in the career path
- Job system: get an option to join a job but can only join if that specific job lot if place in a world.
- Careers: There are there are 5 type career option Join-in, Active, Part-time, Odd jobs and Teens. Your Join in career (like get to work; doctor, science and police careers) you get the option to your go to your workplace lot if it is place in a world or choose not to go. Active career( like social media in city living or style influencer) you can do task outside of going to workplace but a rabbit hole when you do go. Part time job give the ability for sims to more than one job and odd jobs do a single one-day job by ad listing occasionally (this applies for gigs and freelance work) and teen jobs for teens.
- Teen job are accessible for all young adult and above as well
- Expansion packs can add new pathways to existing jobs
- Random generated townies place holder jobs are available as a cheat if you want sim to be in the same job as you for example (like NPCC mod)
- Join in jobs: Teacher, Doctor, Government - pathways: Politician and Officer (levels: secret agent, police)
- Active Jobs: chemist, dentist, Social media, Mechanic, Stylist – pathways: Make-up stylist/barber hairdresser, Critic, dentist, Musician, Criminal, real-estate, Culinary, Painter, Writer, Tech guru, Banker,
- Part time: mailman/mailer, deliverer, Server, Landscaper, Cashier, Construction worker, Librarian, Coach, Barista, Restaurant counter server, Nanny, Curator Receptionist,
- Teen Career: Babysitter, Server, Landscaper, Cashier, Social media, Stylist, Tutor, Food Deliverer, Barista, Receptionist, Restaurant counter server
- Odd jobs: Driver, labourer, Tutor, Deliverer, Fisherman, Nanny
- Not all Active Part-time will have a progression pathway. Like; mailman/mailer and Food deliverer
- Being able to choose to go to class or work early
- Be able to set alarms on clock for when to school, work on time or early
- Being able to work from home
- You can own a business though like café, bar, shop etc. but won’t be able to run it just get a weekly payment of cash. When you go to work depending on your manager performance depends on how well your business does. You can work from home by chatting and email colleagues from home and doing paperwork
- All join in career lots are accessible
- Odd jobs can have criminal jobs
- Certain jobs can fit into multiple career categories
- Grim reaper hidden career option after death
- Can become a criminal in any career depending on what action you take. A criminal pathway in your career will appear giving the option to continue with that path. Doing a suspicious action will increase your chances of getting criminal path option. You can change it back by doing good action, deeds and showing remorse for crime. Though if caught by either co-worker or other sims you could be sent to might in jail for a few sim days or fired if a co-worker tells on you depending if they like you are not. However, if you are a boss of a business, you won’t be fired but will pay a huge fine or go to jail and business closed for that time being.
- Have a pregnancy cheat to decide how many babies your sim can have in one e.g. twins, triplets.
- Couple interactions in romantic options: (Couple dancing) slow dance with, Holding hands interactions.
- More activities for kids, they can do more teen skill (because they are not stupid) guitar, cooking, gardening
- More relationship level options; love, hate, like, annoys, fear, disgust. And all should be able to view on screen.
- Growth spurt for tween to teen buff
- In the action menu be able to order the actions you want to do first because you may click on action, but something comes up, so you change the order
- The ability to put actions on hold: If another sim is busy doing an action that your sim wants to do with them, then their action shouldn’t just disappear they should put as a on hold action until other sim is available.
- The world map change to time of day it is in the sims whether its morning, midday, afternoon or midnight
- loading screens: loading screens changed for the time of day; morning, midday, afternoon oy midnight this will help the game not feel like it superficial and one-dimensional. When you’re travelling by vehicle, (like cars and vans, pickup truck, minivan etc). You get a special loading screen of animation from person point view of you travel past scenery as you are driving. The scenery loading screen changes depending on time of day and which zones you are going through so the game feel more immersive (if we don’t get open worlds then if thing this loading screen system could work).
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- Romantic interaction: couple holding hands, couple dancing, couple photo and selfies
- Relationship levels allows certain sims interactions like phone calls at any time, visits, staying night at with each other to bypass the dislike buff from the other sims but also depending on the other sim’s personality
- Shower woohoo
- Bouncing chest
- Weddings: When sims decide a wedding event, they also design the outfits of their bridesmaids, flower-girl, ring-bearer and groomsmen in CAS (similar system to the get to work retail)
- Funerals: When a sim dies, they get the option on if they want a funeral if they select yes they are immediately taken into the funeral event. The dead sims can choose its funeral can be; frozen, buried or cremated. They will on how they would like to share their asset and heirloom which are money and items within personal inventory. The will the dead sim made decide the shares of money and inventory items between friends, family, extended family, spouses, partners children, charity etc. (If there are wedding, then there are funerals)
- Neglected kid or kids without parents don’t just disappear they appear in the adoption agency menu. Tweens and teen can also appear as adoption options.
- Use umbrella a shade in the summer
- Travelling: Depending on what type of travelling method you use will determine how fast you get there. Walking being the slowest, 2nd skating, 3rd biking, 4th vans/minivans/pickup truck, 5th cars, 6th motorcycles. You should get one of each vehicle type: car, sports car, van, minivan, pickup truck, motorcycle, bicycle, (scooter, skateboard, roller-skates in an expansion pack).
- Transportation options: cars, vans, motorcycles, bicycles,
- Live in Vehicles: This option shows up in world panel menu and can choose a caravan to live in the upgrade it in game-play.
- In the manage household menu vehicle households comes up the vehicle household section wish you select the household and play. When a sim needs to go home, they go to the caravan spot. Every world has a caravan spot.
- Can place bus stop sign on pavement can use to take bus
- Train station underground in every world use to take the train
- Call taxi to pick sims up
- If seriously injured in a accident, sims can be in wheel chair (wheel chair interactions)
- Base on a sim’s personality bio will determine if sims will do certain action or interact with certain sim and how they will interact.
- Being able to climb out certain windows and open some windows
- Sleepover event
- Stargazing and cloud gazing
- When Toddler and Kid are scared to go in bed can jump in bed with older sims siblings or parents/Caregiver

See my other links where I talk about way I would implement these ideas (either for the sims 4 or 5):
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/969869/what-should-be-the-next-packs-in-sims-4
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948582/what-you-would-want-in-a-study-expansion-pack
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948097/what-would-you-like-in-a-fame-game-pack#latest
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/969869/what-should-be-the-next-packs-in-sims-4

The full link is here:https://simmote.blogspot.com/2020/01/sims-5-hope-and-dreams.html

If you agree with these ideas for the sims 5 please share and tell me you hopes for the sims 5 :) ;)


NOTE: I wanted to get this after before the new year so was in a rush to get it out. (I wasnt able to :( )

I had to divide this up in parts :#
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    I like the idea of loading screens. It's like in The Sims 1 where loading screens to community lots have the picture of the vehicle your sim is using to get there (or a picture of sim jumping into a hole). The Sims 2 also had the picture of the vehicle your sims were using (or a picture of sim walking).
    And the travelling thing. It reminds me of The Sims 2 Castaway (game released for consoles) where if you go to another place, the time will move on depending on how far it is. Yes, there were loading screens.

    I would also like to add the ability to age up sims with cheats. That way I have more control in games with aging off.
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