We NEED Occults!

I so want Fairies, Genies, Mummies & Werewolves.

I like both normal sims and occults. And also sci fi stuff. I agree with you, we need more occults. I wish that in the next gamepack we can get some weirdness, considering that the last two packs haven't added any...

"Chazzzy;c-17517517" wrote:
I don’t like occults. In fact, I believe we need MORE things for the folks who like to play as you say “normal lifestyles.”

I have no doubt that the game will continue to come out with content for realism play, but those who enjoy enriching and not watered down occult play would like to be thrown a bone once in awhile. Even if said bone has little meat on it when compared to the amount of gameplay that caters to realism.


On topic, kids need occult things to do as well! I almost have no reason to play occult families since kids can't do anything relating to their heritage. Im not saying they should have full access to their powers, but sheesh they should be able to do things that normal kids can't do. I for one am I little miffed that child spellcasters can't even play pretend with their parent's wand, and that the only instance you see them doing some form of active magic is in CAS.

Since I'm also an occult player, I wouldn't be against werewolves and fairies to come back, plus some new ones so long as there's an opt-in/out feature to protect unplayed households/townies/NPCs from automatically becoming an occult when I trigger it. Or at least to protect those my sims already met since I would need them for my stories. I also don't like how they neutered aliens and vampires when a simple option like that could have been implemented for realistic players who bought the pack (even if I don't understand why they did if they don't want occult in their games).

I absolutely need occult gameplay in my game. The kinds of stories that I enjoy the most are fantasy and sci-fi, the stories I write are fantasy and sci-fi, and the scenarios I like to play through the most in any Sims game involve the fantasy and sci-fi elements of the franchise. I'm currently waiting anxiously for werewolves to finally make a return, better, cooler, more customizable, and more fleshed-out than ever before. Believe it or not, there are a lot of directions you can go in with werewolves and their abilities: Being able to control and hone their shapeshifting abilities versus having it be something beyond their control, giving them the ability to talk to canines, tweaking their levels of superhuman physical abilities, unlocking skills related to stealth and trickery, determining to what extent their wolf half influences them even in human form, etc. And that's not even getting into all of the werewolf form CAS options we really should be getting: tail or no tail (yes, I want an option for freaking tails, because I hate when designers go the tailless route); Old Hollywood "woflman," new-style manbeast (muzzle, wolf ears, often a tail...think J. Talbain from Darkstalkers), or kemonomimi (animal ears and tail, and maybe some other details like animal eyes or paw-like hands); plantigrade (flat-footed) or digitigrade (up on the tip-toes like an actual wolf) feet; fur accents or full coat; orc underbite or actual lupine dentition...Werewolves are ripe for expansion and development, it's just that they never really get it in mainstream media because they either focus on "the curse" or trying to make them more like vampires in the name of marketability. It's time to do them and do them RIGHT!!!! With how they did the power progression system for vampires and developed a whole system for replacing a sim's entire lower half for merfolk, plus the fact that they now have large dog models and animations to base a full wolf form on, I say they have everything they need for building werewolves now...so no excuses.

And, yes, after werewolves, fairies and genies and such can be brought back too...but to have vampires without werewolves is like having a bagel without cream cheese, or a "chocolate cake" that's just plain yellow cake with chocolate frosting, or Batman without his rogues gallery...fundamentally incomplete.

"RenRochelle;d-976318" wrote:
We have so so so SO much stuff for people who play "normal lifestyles". When are we getting the next occult? Do you think we even will? It feels unfair to anyone who plays with occults, we have aliens, vampires, witches, mermaids, and plant sims. Are we getting the short end of the stick? I feel like everytime a new pack comes out its for people who like to play with "human like" sims. Tiny living, eco living, dogs and cats, seasons, university, ect. Dont get me worng I like some of the above packs, I just feel like occults arent being represented as much. I want every occult we have ever had in past games, and then some. I miss my fairies, I crave for werewolfs, I love ghost, I like genies, I want fortune tellers, I want zombies, I want yetis to come from a winter vacation spot. Do you need occults to be happy?

I like occults (vampires and aliens are my favorites) but I tend to just mix them into normal gameplay. So my old-save supersim Alestaire MacAdams went to University, hooked up with a vampiress who came out of nowhere and rocked his world, then turned him, and then fell head over heels for an alien lady he met at a club, and they have twins together now: one's a redhaired vamp like her daddy, the other is an alien baby girl like mama. And they just moved out of Britechester and into Newcrest in an adorable Tiny Home with a nice big yard for toddler toys.

So you could say I play occults leading ordinary lives despite being different. Anyway, Alestaire seems to attract them despite having been a normal plain human before he got turned: in addition to the vampiress with the Reaper-black skin and wild golden mohawk who decided she wanted a piece of him for keeps (and had a son by him but made it clear that was the extent of his contribution...she's noncommittal), he also caught the notice of L Faba at a bar, who decided to take him for a spin, and also had a kid by him, and also wanted him to just move on..

So Alestaire's lucky he's from money, because he actually cares about his kids and has 4 of them now, just no relationship with 2 of the moms. The alien lady and he were engaged when she fell pregnant with the twins, but they decided to put off the wedding til they could do it in style and include their adorable daughters. Maybe they'll even have it on Sixam.

So I'm pretty happy with the occults I have, though I would enjoy werewolves if it meant the people so affected could actually turn into wolf-form. And I used a mod for fairies that worked really well, though who knows if it still does.

But if there aren't supposed to be fairies in the game, why is there fairy-proof fencing from REalms of Magic?

I love all things supernatural and I agree we need more occults. I especially want werewolves as my game just feels incomplete without them. My vampire needs a pet worthy rival. I also really want hybrids so my vampire can learn magic, more occult gameplay for younger sims, and ghosts to be developed further. I would really like fairies and changelings too. The more occults the better!

It is a life simulator... I think occults are cool but I would much rather that they maybe add one (I really want fairies) and improve the existing ones then add a whole lot more mediocre occults.

I THINK OP SHOULDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE MY PLAY STYLE IS MORE IMPORTANT

...that's you. That's what you all sound like.

Why not a new occult, AND some more realistic play?

"kwanzaabot;c-17519874" wrote:
I THINK OP SHOULDN'T GET WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE MY PLAY STYLE IS MORE IMPORTANT

...that's you. That's what you all sound like.

Why not a new occult, AND some more realistic play?

Were not saying you cant get your realistic play, were just saying we would like to have more occult play. We have less occult stuff then there is realism stuff. Their is nothing wrong with wanting equality of content, were not saying you should get less, we just want the same amount. This is a discussion about wanting more occult's, because we see an inequality.