We need a Chinese themed expansion pack

I really love china. I want to say yes to this but I really don't want anymore real world places. I don't want their creativity to be limited but cultural controversy and the fear of offending anyone. Then we just get dumbed down happy happy land. I want more gritty things along side the happy world. We need multiple ways to play. Evil sims really don't even get anything to do lol

However, real world based places seems to be the direction they are going in. So if they must bring them may as well add China. It's lovely ?

New activities and skills can include:

Guzheng,Chinese zither/ 古筝 skill:
https://youtu.be/zfgqHwBdsXw

Ping pong/table tennis/乒乓球


Caligraphy skill. Can also be a return of handdrawn art which seems missing in TS4

"Babykittyjade;c-17924269" wrote:
I really love china. I want to say yes to this but I really don't want anymore real world places. I don't want their creativity to be limited but cultural controversy and the fear of offending anyone. Then we just get dumbed down happy happy land. I want more gritty things along side the happy world. We need multiple ways to play. Evil sims really don't even get anything to do lol

However, real world based places seems to be the direction they are going in. So if they must bring them may as well add China. It's lovely ?

I think its only a few people who actually have a negative reaction to inspiration from real places, it only get magnified when others who arent bothered see the controversy then it gets bigger than what it was. Besides they have to pull inspiration from somewhere so why not here? Like you say there new expansions are pulling from real life places, like with cottage living. I want more noneuropean/northern american worlds and i hope they can do a chinese inspired one ?

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17924274" wrote:

"Babykittyjade;c-17924269" wrote:
I really love china. I want to say yes to this but I really don't want anymore real world places. I don't want their creativity to be limited but cultural controversy and the fear of offending anyone. Then we just get dumbed down happy happy land. I want more gritty things along side the happy world. We need multiple ways to play. Evil sims really don't even get anything to do lol

However, real world based places seems to be the direction they are going in. So if they must bring them may as well add China. It's lovely ?

I think its only a few people who actually have a negative reaction to inspiration from real places, it only get magnified when others who arent bothered see the controversy then it gets bigger than what it was. Besides they have to pull inspiration from somewhere so why not here? Like you say there new expansions are pulling from real life places, like with cottage living. I want more noneuropean/northern american worlds and i hope they can do a chinese inspired one ?

Agreed. Definitely want more non American worlds and exotic places!! Would love to see this.

Some of this is already in the game, for example, sweet and sour pork and vegetable dumplings came with City Living. Ping Pong came in DU.

However, I would be a fan. I like having different cultures represented in the worlds. Since the places are still fictitious, it still seems like you can do what you want with the location at least in my opinion. I also generally like traveling and experiencing different cultures. It was something that was in previous games as well. TS4 has added some different locations and they are among my favorite packs. It's a good idea to have different types of content but that is definitely a playstyle both for people who want their cultures represented and those who want to send sims to different locations.

The controversy over the shrines was unfortunate but I think that if the reaction is to say, "We shouldn't incorporate different cultures," that would be the wrong attitude. Obviously, there are other things that people want to see in the game but keeping a percentage of cultural activities seems to make sense.

As far as a Chinese world goes, yes, I would be interested. As far as food goes, there's so much variety that I am sure we have only skimmed the surface. I actually also think they should release some Korean content as well. Religion could be addressed in some kind of general update if it is at all. Aside from the different immersive worlds, I agree that they need to focus on "more to do".

Kung Fu!

oh I would love chinese palaces and all the ancient build/buy stuff

also they could add some instruments and traditional dance and dragons

Hmm... It would be interesting. While we do have dumplings, it would be great to have more variety (dim sum, dumplings with meat etc).

I liked the world of Shang Simla in The Sims 3. I'll put the link to the wiki page to it for more ideas here: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Shang_Simla
Plus it made me interested in egg rolls.

This actually would be great fun I think. It'd be a good way to add more representation for players and their culture, and hopefully there will be more stuff to do as well. Although I wasn't a big fan of the World Adventures pack, Shang Simla back in TS3 looked nice, and I think as you suggest, having both the rural and urban side of things would be pretty neat. Big city lights in one part of the world and the beauty of nature on the other. All this said, this is one of the more interesting world suggestions for me so far.

Yeah I dont have all the packs so im sure some things are already ingame. But Chinese history & culture is so rich theres still much that can be explored ingame ?