For “The Next Evolution of The Sims”
So I was reading EA basically confirming the rumors in PR speak about what is likely Project X. I would like to make a few suggestions for the upcoming project. Presuming it will be a Sims 4 replacement (which is still undetermined) I have my wishes, which I made into a magnum opus post about a year or so ago. I'll give the abridged list.
Here are my prioritized wish list
Base Game
- Open World
- Should be big enough to add lots when new packs come out
- Open Water for Swimming & Boating
- Color Wheel & Sims 3 level of Customization for objects
- Seasons Basics
- Similar to Sims 2 - planned climates per world
- Temperature - That effects Sims & Pets
- Basic Weather - with new weather types introduced in subsequent pack as it pertains to the pack.
- Desert - Sandstorm
- Moon Cycle - Of minor importance, but if its in Base Game early on, there can be all kinds of fun things quirky things added that the moon can effect over time
- Burglars choosing the New Moon for break ins over Full Moons
- Celestial events for telescope observation
- Several Occults and magic in general are effected by the moon
- Maybe some things are hidden until the Full Moon
- Old wives tales speak of interesting behavior by the mad during a full moon
- Zombies appear in force on Full Moons
- Moon Bathing
- Werewolves automatically change
- CAS
- Body Details
- Beauty Marks
- Body Hair
- Freckles
- Hair - Similar to Sims 3 broken down by section for color customization
- Root
- Shaft
- End
- Eye Color Customizable
- Finger Nails & Toe Nails
- 5-10 Basic Colors & Shapes and French Manicure are fine in BG with new and more interesting designs and colors in later packs
- Colors sets per outfit
- Make Up & Jewelry
- Set Per Outfit
- Watches are Separate from Bracelets
- Rings set per finger
- Rain Gear & Cold Weather Gear are SEPARATE CLOTHING CATEGORIES!!!
- Traits & Preferences
- Diet should be separate from all traits
- Omnivore
- Pescatarian
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Basic Preferences - More can be added later
- Book Genres
- Color - Pick 2
- Favorite Food - Pick 3
- Gem Stone
- Music Types
- Weather Type
- Diet should be separate from all traits
- Professional Titles
- Doctor - Dr.
- Military - Ranks
- Police - Rank
- Teacher - Prof.
- Attorney - esq.
- Family Relationships
- Mother, Step-Mother
- Father, Step Father
- Siblings & Step-Sibling
- Grandparents
- Aunts, Uncles
- Cousins
- Romantic Relationships - Please give ALL the accepted terms for Romantic Partner and let the player make their own choices. If you want to be "inclusive" this is what it looks like.
- Wife, Husband
- Spouse
- Partner
- Boyfriend, Girlfriend
- Fiance, Fiancee
- Body Details
- BG Skills
- Athletic/Body/Fitness
- Swimming - 5 level mini skill that improves Athletic Skill simultaneously
- Almost any physical activity should improve this skill including Dancing
- Baking - An absolute must. It’s a pain in Sims 4 to find particular recipes between this and Cooking/Gourmet Recipes
- Charisma
- Cleaning - Hidden Skill
- Cooking - No Additional Gourmet Category just set the recipes according to an established level of skill. Some recipes are more difficult that others that is just common sense
- Computer Programming
- Dance
- I think this is a form of exercise that should improve Athletics simultaneously
- I’d pick two Dance Styles and add new ones in later packs so that we have variety
- Viennese Waltz should be one
- Driving - Mini Skill
- Fishing - All Styles
- Deep Sea Fishing
- Ice Fishing
- Spear Fishing
- Gardening & Horticulture
- All Planting and Harvesting Improves this
- Handiness
- Electrical, Appliance Repair and Plumbing are apart of handiness as is traditional
- Tuning Instruments should improve Handiness
- Bring Back Upgrades
- Automotive Maintenance should be a separate but related skill
- Woodworking should be separate but related skill. This should be in another pack though
- Logic
- Many sources improves this skill
- Musical Skills
- Guitar
- Piano
- Violin
- Painting
- Main Skill in Painter Career
- Writing
- Main Skill for Education, Journalism & The Writer Career
- Athletic/Body/Fitness
- Avoidable Annoyances to spare us by putting them in the Base Game
- Automobile/Vehicle Ownership
- Set whose vehicle (Car, Motorcycle) is whose
- Setting Bed Ownership
- Sleeping Positions, who sleeps on the left, who sleeps on the right
- Includes Pet Beds
- Bed Quality
- You can use any frame you like for beds & and you pay to upgrade the mattress
- Gate & Door Locking
- Who gets in Who stays out
- Set Door Type
- Business Door
- Front Door
- Back Door
- Interior Door
- Setting Sink Type
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Setting Sound Effects
- Door Bells - I miss that Sims 3 feature
- Grandfather Clock & Cuckoo Clocks - Miss that SFX too
- Phone Ring Tones
- Gate sound - I think a Creaking Gate SFX you can turn on/off
- Automobile/Vehicle Ownership
- Automobiles
- Cars, Motorcycles & Scooters
- Learning to Drive
- Automotive Maintenance Skill
- Build Items
- Garage Door - That Raises & Lowers like Sims 2
- Driveway
- Straight & Circular
- Parking Spots
- High School Spots can Be Decorated
- Harvestable in BG for Food
- Apple Tree
- Grafting to get Green Apple Varieties
- Carrots
- Celery
- Cherry Tree
- Cucumbers
- Lettuce
- Onion (Sweet)
- Grafting/Cross Breeding for Red
- Parsley
- Peach Tree
- Portobello Mushrooms
- Potatoes
- Grafting for Sweet Potatoes
- Rosemary
- Spinach
- Strawberry
- Thyme
- Tomato
- Apple Tree
- Collectibles
- Metals - Can we please just call them conventional metal names and save the weird stuff for Sixam. EX:
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Copper
- Gold
- Iron
- Platinum
- Rose Gold
- Silver
- Titanium
- Gemstones - Same conventional naming with Crystals, Gems & Semi-Precious Stones. EX:
- Amethyst
- Aquamarine
- Blood Stone
- Citrine
- Diamonds
- Emeralds
- Garnets
- Jade
- Lapis Lazuli
- Malachite
- Moonstone
- Morganite
- Onyx
- Opal
- Peridot
- Rose Quartz
- Rubies
- Sapphires (Blue Ceylon)
- Smoky Quark
- Tigers Eye
- Topaz
- Tourmaline
- Turquoise
- Metals - Can we please just call them conventional metal names and save the weird stuff for Sixam. EX:
- Build/Buy Must Haves
- Build
- Basements
- Bay Windows with Seat
- Closets - Easier to put them into Base Game and incorporate them into house builds them try to add them to existing builds later.
- Clothing
- Coat
- Driveways
- Driveway Gates
- Garage Doors
- Outdoor Kitchen Equipment
- Pools & Hot Tubs
- Pantry
- Buy
- Claw Foot Tubs
- Bar Backs
- Exercise Bike
- Washer & Dryers
- Water Coolers
- Build
Future Expansion Notes
- Pets - Should be at least the first pack.
- Cats & Dogs should have clothing categories of their own
- Rain Gear
- Cold Weather
- Collars
- Should have a Lot of Fun Designs how about doing a collaboration with Foggy Dog
- Costumes
- Work Uniforms
- Dogs should come in 5 breed sizes
- Xtra Small - Chihuahuas & Yorkies
- Small - Cavaliers, Mini Schnauzers
- Medium - Standard Schnauzers
- Large - Labradors, German Shepherds
- X-tra Large - Great Danes
- Temperature should effect pets in interesting ways
- Cats & Dogs loving the Fireplace when its burning
- Snow being enjoyable to some pets and others are like, nope
- Pet jobs should make a come back
- Acting
- Farm & Ranch
- Military
- Police
- Search & Rescue
- Therapy
- Veterinarian should be a Medical Career
- Sims 4 had as a skill and that was dumb
- Community Lots we should have Associated with Pets
- Cat Cafe
- Dog Park
- Grooming Spa
- Pet Store
- Vet Clinic
- Cats & Dogs should have clothing categories of their own
- Occults - I don’t mind them being in different packs as long as they are thoroughly fleshed out. Powers and abilities being a learned tiered things was genius
- Vampires - Sims 4 was just about perfect in terms of powers, weaknesses, and look. Here is the only suggestions I would make.
- Keep the all the Sims 4 Powers especially
- Speed
- Strength
- Bat Form
- Mist Form
- Vampires should abhor Silver. Wearing silver should make them smoke the same as sunlight.
- Cannot enter unless invited
- Evil Vampires should wilt flowers in passing and scare animals. According to lore hunters used to use pure white horses to find their graves. How about an aversion to white horses and unicorns.
- Eclipsing Fog from Sims 3 should be a Vampire Power
- The two different styles of teeth was perfect. Nosferatu Fangs vs normal fangs
- Vampire should have a boost in learning Alchemy like in Sims 3
- Evil Vampires should respond to the Question of where did you go to University with Scholomance, which is where Dracula is said to have been taught
- Keep the garlic, the wreaths and garlands, the scent and the Vampire Aversion
- Consider adding Bat Houses with bat animations at dawn and dusks with Bat SFX
- Always have a graveyard with tomb community lot with this pack
- Keep the all the Sims 4 Powers especially
- Spell Casters /Witches
- I’d make the spells/powers more exciting
- Spell Classes - Were a great idea just need more classes
- Add Enchanting & Divination
- Familiars should have had more going on with them. You couldn’t even talk to them or interact in a meaningful way.
- I think Alignments from Sims 2 should return along with spells and familiars exclusive to each Alignment. There can be other familiars bonded with (like family Pet’s) however the three listed are exclusive
- Owls - Neutral
- Ravens - Evil
- Phoenix - Good
- Dueling should not be exclusive to Witches, it should take place between all magic users.
- Sims 3 had the best Magic Store. I’m bored of kiosks.
- I think not only would it be cool to have a separate Alchemy Skill to make potions, I also think crafting and Enchanting our own wands would be more fun.
- I’d bring back the Fortune Teller Career back with any witch pack
- Caravan
- Caravan Radio Channel
- Fortune Teller Services
- Astrology
- Aura Reading
- Crystal Ball Divination
- Gris-Gris Bags & Charms Against Occults
- Love Potion #9
- Medium Skill
- Palmistry
- Tarot Reading
- Tasseography
- Werewolves
- I'd give a bit more flexibility to designing the Ears & Snout. Perhaps with allowing a bit more length to them
- Like Vampires Werewolves have an aversion to Silver
- Vampires - Sims 4 was just about perfect in terms of powers, weaknesses, and look. Here is the only suggestions I would make.
- Hotels
- Community Lot Type & Booking Window and a very basic Front Desk & Hotel Door and Concierge NPC should be added to Base Game. This is so that at least very basic hotels can be added to any vacation style world.
- All the perks of running a hotel should be in the game pack
- Maid Service
- Custom Room Service Menu & Bell Hops
- Themed, beautiful Front Desks
- Various kinds of Rooms, Suites and Villas
- Hotel Rating System
- Uniform Setting
- Hiring/Firing
- Amenities & Multi Function Capability
- Tropical Vacations & other Beaches
- Activities
- Beach Bonfires
- Beach Clean Up
- Beach Combing, Shell Collecting & Metal Detecting
- Boating
- House Boats
- Kayaks & Canoes
- Sail Boats
- Fire Knife & Hula Dancing
- Hiking toward the Volcano
- Hot Coal Walk
- Sandcastles for Children, Sand Sculptures for Adults
- Surfing & Windsurfing
- Scuba Diving & Snorkeling
- Spear Fishing
- Underwater Archeology
- Swimming with
- Dolphins
- Sea Rays
- Sharks
- Activities
- Holiday Game/Stuff Packs
- Should not be the end all be all of when we get Holiday Items. Update!
- All Xmas Trees should be trimmable
- Different themed looks
- New looks come free around Xmas time.
- Goth
- Rustic
- Mantles should be able to support Stockings
- Holiday Lights would be grand to get new color combinations for different holidays
