I had a discussion with a friend on a potential prison pack, and the more we talked about it the more I actually started wanting it.Features would include the official return of Cops/Burglars, which would be patched into the base game. The pack would come with a new prison lot type. Doing actions such as starting fires, pickpocketing, breaking into a sim's home, severe pranks, starting fights, stealing, hacking, etc may end you up in sims jail. Sims Jail is an actual playable lot where you are assigned prison clothes, a cell and prison mates. Keep in mind, this is the sims, so it's all light hearted and silly. A new interaction is to ask your prison mates "What are you in for?" With silly dialogue options like "I washed the dishes in the bathroom sink.", "I fed my neighbor to a cowplant", "I said I didn't want free ear buds." etc. Your sim can serve their time, attempt to break out, start riots, bribe guards or judges to get away with things, or hire a lawyer to get you out.

I love playing prisons and, in historical saves, penal colonies! Ironically that's why I'd be sceptical of such a pack, because I enjoy setting my own rules. CAS and BB would be very welcome, the actual gameplay could be hit or miss. For example I wouldn't want the game to put pop up dialogue into the mouth of sims that are in my rotation. (The regular speech bubbles are already hilarious enough - I fondly remember one of my sims giving a defense speech in court and instead of defending them, he threatened the court with the image of a tank. The sim in question was a Hot-Head, so that left little to the imagination, lol.)Therefore a tentative "Yes, I might want this" from me.

only if i can turn off those features via game options but most of my sims ill behave

as much as I'd love thisI feel like this is something they should have done with GTWlike most assets already exist in that packalso another thing is I imagine other inmates would either be randomized sims (which I do not allow in my save)or random premades for random crimes which would bother me even more tbh since it be incorrectlike for example say Olive Specter was jailed (awesome!) but turns out she was just jailed for stealing someones pumpkin? (not something Olive would do)I would be very disappointed.for this all to work nicely for me there should be way to select which sims are jailed and for what

I play prison themes occasionally but I can never quite work out what the long term goals are. I started making the prisoners students with their university course loads determining the sentences, but it gets annoying with a full household so I get bored quickly.

Yes, I would buy it. I think it would require more work than some other themes, though. I would rather EA pumped out more of the easier to create themes than fewer harder to create themes.

Would you purchase a prison pack?

EnkiSchmidt
Hero
2 years ago
I love playing prisons and, in historical saves, penal colonies! Ironically that's why I'd be sceptical of such a pack, because I enjoy setting my own rules. CAS and BB would be very welcome, the actual gameplay could be hit or miss. For example I wouldn't want the game to put pop up dialogue into the mouth of sims that are in my rotation. (The regular speech bubbles are already hilarious enough - I fondly remember one of my sims giving a defense speech in court and instead of defending them, he threatened the court with the image of a tank. The sim in question was a Hot-Head, so that left little to the imagination, lol.)

Therefore a tentative "Yes, I might want this" from me.
FriendlySimmers
New Traveler
2 years ago
only if i can turn off those features via game options but most of my sims ill behave
Simmingal
Hero
2 years ago
as much as I'd love this
I feel like this is something they should have done with GTW
like most assets already exist in that pack

also another thing is I imagine other inmates would either be randomized sims (which I do not allow in my save)
or random premades for random crimes which would bother me even more tbh since it be incorrect

like for example say Olive Specter was jailed (awesome!)
but turns out she was just jailed for stealing someones pumpkin? (not something Olive would do)
I would be very disappointed.

for this all to work nicely for me there should be way to select which sims are jailed and for what
mariefoxprice83
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
I play prison themes occasionally but I can never quite work out what the long term goals are. I started making the prisoners students with their university course loads determining the sentences, but it gets annoying with a full household so I get bored quickly.
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
Yes, I would buy it. I think it would require more work than some other themes, though. I would rather EA pumped out more of the easier to create themes than fewer harder to create themes.
NightwalkerArk
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago
I would have to take a long look at it's feature - the so called punishment system. I have a feeling my vampire and werewolf would be arrested on a near daily basis.

But creating your own basement dungeon, bars as walls, ball and chains, chains hanging on the walls, and what else... that's tempting.
Also need specially enchanted prison bars to stop vampires and spellcasters from fleeing.
EneroDesyembre
New Spectator
2 years ago
I already have my chain link fences and gates from werewolves so I'm good
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
There are too many ways that this pack could get weird or glitchy. The mods would be extreme. I am sure that streamers would use it with great glee, but I think this is something that EA should skip. I would buy it if EA tried, but I would probably uninstall it after awhile.
BissenNess
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
I would want it to come with an active social service career.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
I would love it if it got tied to the occupations of Lawyer/Judge. Making playing those careers more fulfilling. Would be funny, too, if we could follow our prisoner/Sim into court. With all kinds of silliness going on, of course. Who will be the first to create a Sim version of Perry Mason, Ben Matlock?