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Wasn't there already a medieval sims game?

The point the OP was trying to make, I think, is that Sims Medieval wasn't like The Sims - you were limited to the goals of the game, instead of simply creating Sims and directing their stories. I didn't buy Sims Medieval for that reason, and I wonder if it might have been more successful if it had been more like The Sims games - there are a lot of people creating custom content for Sims set in the past, so there is obviously a market.

It might be a fun idea for a game pack for Sims 4 - a world full of thatched cottages, with period clothing and objects appropriate to the time. (You'd have to have some sort of computer, since it fulfills some basic functions in the game engine, but perhaps that could be done with a special notebook or magical rock.)

It sounds wonderful. I am a subscriber. I also want The Sims Castaway in the same matter for PC gaming.

Yes!! I did play Sims Medieval but it was too linear for me. I had really hoped it would be like a regular Sims game, just in a medieval setting. So I would totally love a remake.

I also think it would be cool to have a "Kingdoms" expansion pack with a new map of a variety of medieval neighborhoods that are designed to neutralize technology so our Sims can't use phones or computers or anything. Maybe some new lot traits? For the map layout there could be the large lot area with the castle keep and highborns, a merchant neighborhood for commercial lots, a commoners farming area and then the peasantry. There could be official titles and new traits and aspirations and rewards as well as some kind of status system. Maybe we could have punishments and a way to actually imprison Sims like the way we could lock them in the stocks in Sims Medieval. It would really help if we had horses, then we could have a jousting ring and knights could battle for honor or the hand of a beloved. Maybe some new romance interactions. Some new skills could be Swordplay and Regency. There could be a lot of possibilities with this as an expansion pack.

OR....we could have a game pack that's more focused on building your own style of Kingdom. It could include a plethora of build/buy and CAS for a diverse style of old era cultures. We could have castle builds and decor and medieval outfits, but also builds and styles from Asian, Russian, Middle East, etc. from old eras. We could still have some new lot traits and maybe a new hierarchy system, but the new map would have to be somewhat neutral for building your own dynasty.

In truth, I'd personally love to see any of the above, or my own personal preference would be an entire stand-alone Sims game of Myth and Magic, set in a fantasy era with pirates, wizards, dragons, fairies, gods and other mythical beings. For the supernatural/occult enthusiast, I think it's time for an independent project. :)

"LiELF;c-16439113" wrote:
Yes!! I did play Sims Medieval but it was too linear for me. I had really hoped it would be like a regular Sims game, just in a medieval setting. So I would totally love a remake.

I also think it would be cool to have a "Kingdoms" expansion pack with a new map of a variety of medieval neighborhoods that are designed to neutralize technology so our Sims can't use phones or computers or anything. Maybe some new lot traits? For the map layout there could be the large lot area with the castle keep and highborns, a merchant neighborhood for commercial lots, a commoners farming area and then the peasantry. There could be official titles and new traits and aspirations and rewards as well as some kind of status system. Maybe we could have punishments and a way to actually imprison Sims like the way we could lock them in the stocks in Sims Medieval. It would really help if we had horses, then we could have a jousting ring and knights could battle for honor or the hand of a beloved. Maybe some new romance interactions. Some new skills could be Swordplay and Regency. There could be a lot of possibilities with this as an expansion pack.

OR....we could have a game pack that's more focused on building your own style of Kingdom. It could include a plethora of build/buy and CAS for a diverse style of old era cultures. We could have castle builds and decor and medieval outfits, but also builds and styles from Asian, Russian, Middle East, etc. from old eras. We could still have some new lot traits and maybe a new hierarchy system, but the new map would have to be somewhat neutral for building your own dynasty.

In truth, I'd personally love to see any of the above, or my own personal preference would be an entire stand-alone Sims game of Myth and Magic, set in a fantasy era with pirates, wizards, dragons, fairies, gods and other mythical beings. For the supernatural/occult enthusiast, I think it's time for an independent project. :)

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"invisiblgirl;c-16438910" wrote:
The point the OP was trying to make, I think, is that Sims Medieval wasn't like The Sims - you were limited to the goals of the game, instead of simply creating Sims and directing their stories. I didn't buy Sims Medieval for that reason, and I wonder if it might have been more successful if it had been more like The Sims games - there are a lot of people creating custom content for Sims set in the past, so there is obviously a market.

It might be a fun idea for a game pack for Sims 4 - a world full of thatched cottages, with period clothing and objects appropriate to the time. (You'd have to have some sort of computer, since it fulfills some basic functions in the game engine, but perhaps that could be done with a special notebook or magical rock.)

"invisiblgirl;c-16438910" wrote:
The point the OP was trying to make, I think, is that Sims Medieval wasn't like The Sims - you were limited to the goals of the game, instead of simply creating Sims and directing their stories. I didn't buy Sims Medieval for that reason, and I wonder if it might have been more successful if it had been more like The Sims games - there are a lot of people creating custom content for Sims set in the past, so there is obviously a market.

It might be a fun idea for a game pack for Sims 4 - a world full of thatched cottages, with period clothing and objects appropriate to the time. (You'd have to have some sort of computer, since it fulfills some basic functions in the game engine, but perhaps that could be done with a special notebook or magical rock.)

That is exactly what I was talking about. And I like your idea of a special notebook of magical rock to fulfill those things. I dunno, I just like time periods other than the modern day, and while I love TS4 as it is now, it would be fun to play a version of it set in Medieval times. And other periods of time in different iterations, of course.

"Simburian;c-16438952" wrote:
I had hopes that they were going to add something like this to Sims 3? when they brought in a time machine and Sims sometimes came back in medieval clothes, instead they made an large expansion pack going into a future world and that was a bit too much for my PC to handle.

The game, because EA is a global game manufacturer would also have to accommodate all the medieval worlds of the time, China, India, as well as Europe so might be too big to handle.

Wouldn't have to incorporate anything if it wasn't based on anything in real life; much like the medieval game EA made, I imagine they would set it in their own mythical world.

"Dannydanbo;c-16439148" wrote:
The point of Medieval and Castaway is that they are linear and have an end point, goals to accomplish.

IMO, worlds placed in another time, like medieval times or a castaway scenario won't work for several reasons.
1. They would require new everything from clothes to build/buy to no electronics of any kind. That's a lot of reworking of objects.
2. There could be no walk-bys from other neighborhoods. Imagine seeing Nancy Landgrabb strolling by your castle.
3. You couldn't (or shouldn't) be able to travel to modern worlds.
4. Into The Future was different in that it was a future, tech filled version of the worlds we live in now.

All these things have been done in those stand alone games. I don't want a rehash of those games. I can play those games anytime and you don't have to follow the scenario. You can play your own game anytime. I waited until all the buildings and discoveries were done, just to have full access to them.

We are getting smaller (but better) versions of past Sims games so I don't see them adding in a huge pack for adding a stand alone Medieval world of Castaway island.

Hopefully, at some point, there will be an off the grid pack which will give you many of the fun features from Castaway. As for Medieval, I already build several castles that I place in the gallery. More build/buy and period clothing would help create a Medieval world. I could see Windenburg Island as either a Medieval or Castaway vacation spot for my sims.

Perhaps you don't want to see something like that really, truly fleshed out, but I don't think I'm alone in the idea. I don't expect EA to ever even try to make something like this, it's just an idea that I thought would be fun to talk and fantasize about with others. I often think about lots of different kinds of video games I would enjoy playing, and I know I'm not the only one. I just wanted to kick around some ideas is all.

"LiELF;c-16439113" wrote:
Yes!! I did play Sims Medieval but it was too linear for me. I had really hoped it would be like a regular Sims game, just in a medieval setting. So I would totally love a remake.

I also think it would be cool to have a "Kingdoms" expansion pack with a new map of a variety of medieval neighborhoods that are designed to neutralize technology so our Sims can't use phones or computers or anything. Maybe some new lot traits? For the map layout there could be the large lot area with the castle keep and highborns, a merchant neighborhood for commercial lots, a commoners farming area and then the peasantry. There could be official titles and new traits and aspirations and rewards as well as some kind of status system. Maybe we could have punishments and a way to actually imprison Sims like the way we could lock them in the stocks in Sims Medieval. It would really help if we had horses, then we could have a jousting ring and knights could battle for honor or the hand of a beloved. Maybe some new romance interactions. Some new skills could be Swordplay and Regency. There could be a lot of possibilities with this as an expansion pack.

OR....we could have a game pack that's more focused on building your own style of Kingdom. It could include a plethora of build/buy and CAS for a diverse style of old era cultures. We could have castle builds and decor and medieval outfits, but also builds and styles from Asian, Russian, Middle East, etc. from old eras. We could still have some new lot traits and maybe a new hierarchy system, but the new map would have to be somewhat neutral for building your own dynasty.

In truth, I'd personally love to see any of the above, or my own personal preference would be an entire stand-alone Sims game of Myth and Magic, set in a fantasy era with pirates, wizards, dragons, fairies, gods and other mythical beings. For the supernatural/occult enthusiast, I think it's time for an independent project. :)

I was definitely thinking of this as a stand alone concept, as it all ready annoys me a bunch that I've got oddly dressed vampires walking around my towns at night in TS4, and I don't need them to add a bunch of medieval clothing to that pile (though, honestly, I wouldn't object too much because let's be honest, I would sincerely enjoy dressing my modern day sims in medieval clothing). As a stand alone game, though, I think it would be a kewl idea. I think EA was onto something when they created the medieval game they did, but they didn't spend the time and effort to really flesh out the game the way players want to enjoy something like that. Maybe I'm delusional because I simply enjoy the concept, but I think if it functioned like a regular Sims game, people would be into it.

I know that right now the Dev team is too small to break apart and put people on this kind of a project, and it will most likely never happen anyway, but it's a fun idea to think about.

If they had build the game on a better engine, everything would have been possible. I seen a lot of simmers in TS2 creating worlds in medeival settings. Of course, they probably use a lot of CC, but having the vanilla tools to customize their world to that timeline helps a lot. Especally when sims are not forced to carry mobile phones that don't stop rigging (why Developers didn't implement "turn off" feature is beyond me). Newspaper also added that ol'd era an immersion. Surely they could create a stuff pack dedicated for decades (perhaps two split into medieval and sci-fi) so you dress your sim in apprioapte fashion, plot down literally old-fashion house interiors and architectural builds. Or in an expansion pack with a world that has it's own dress code for npcs and townies.