This would actually be an idea for the Sims 5. Merge the Sims with the SimCity. You can imagine the joy it would bring. Create and manage cities, create and manage houses, create and manage characters, all in one. The size and computer requirements for such a game could be lowered by lowering the graphics. Lowered graphics could be made to look cute, and to leave more space for smooth gameplay.

you could call itsims city...i'll show myself out

"Chazzzy;c-16624457" wrote:You lost me at “This could work by lowering the graphics”. Same...

Maybe as a spin-off game or something but not as a mainline Sims game.

"dirty_milos;c-16626922" wrote:"Chazzzy;c-16624457" wrote:You lost me at “This could work by lowering the graphics”. That was just my assumption, that the first criticism of the idea would have been the graphics and overall computer requirements needed for such a fusion of two games, because there is already no open world in The Sims 4 because of the heavy graphics, and that The SimCity 2013 has very limited cities in size because of the heavy graphics.It is still a graphics vs. gameplay debate, where some people prefer better graphics, while some other prefer better gameplay, that is probably why some still prefer The Sims 3 over The Sims 4. I am not a hardcore gamer, and I don't have a powerful gaming computer, as probably the majority of the people who play The Sims. But if The SimCity and The Sims would be merged in one game, then I promise I would buy a new and powerful computer just to play it, lol.It would be awesome to have a possibility to create a city, with roads and streets, and different types of buildings - residential, commercial, and industrial - and then you place the Sims to live in residential areas, and to go to work in commercial and industrial areas, even if it is a very limited city like in The SimCity 2013.For the price of 2 EPs you can get a decent video card (on sale usually) from $300 down to $100. I would put my money into a better machine and play the better graphically intense games rather than a watered down version of The Sims and Sim City hybrid.

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kuhpflanzen
7 years ago
i'd give it a chance.
Magdaleena96
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
you could call it

sims city

...i'll show myself out
Angeleytb
7 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-16624457" wrote:
You lost me at “This could work by lowering the graphics”.

Same...
- ttuthill
  New Traveler
  2 months ago
  That was the thinking with SIMCITY 4! 2.5D instead of remaining fully 3D!
  Back then it kind of made sense as PC's were not common and high-end PC's were few and far between! That is no longer the situation. Today most people own a system thousands of times more powerful than in the early 90's.
  If it was possible then it is more than possible now.
3KNPen
7 years ago
Maybe as a spin-off game or something but not as a mainline Sims game.
Cinebar
7 years ago
"dirty_milos;c-16626922" wrote:
"Chazzzy;c-16624457" wrote:
You lost me at “This could work by lowering the graphics”.

That was just my assumption, that the first criticism of the idea would have been the graphics and overall computer requirements needed for such a fusion of two games, because there is already no open world in The Sims 4 because of the heavy graphics, and that The SimCity 2013 has very limited cities in size because of the heavy graphics.

It is still a graphics vs. gameplay debate, where some people prefer better graphics, while some other prefer better gameplay, that is probably why some still prefer The Sims 3 over The Sims 4. I am not a hardcore gamer, and I don't have a powerful gaming computer, as probably the majority of the people who play The Sims. But if The SimCity and The Sims would be merged in one game, then I promise I would buy a new and powerful computer just to play it, lol.

It would be awesome to have a possibility to create a city, with roads and streets, and different types of buildings - residential, commercial, and industrial - and then you place the Sims to live in residential areas, and to go to work in commercial and industrial areas, even if it is a very limited city like in The SimCity 2013.

For the price of 2 EPs you can get a decent video card (on sale usually) from $300 down to $100. I would put my money into a better machine and play the better graphically intense games rather than a watered down version of The Sims and Sim City hybrid.
GloomyKittie
7 years ago
Nope.
manakochi
7 years ago
*runs away from lower graphics* anything but that! :s
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
In sim city 4 your sims from the sims 1 could be brought to your city. You couldn’t play as them but you could give them a house and choose if they walked, cycled or used a car. You could ask them for feedback on your town and they will get jobs and give you updates on their lives. You could also create maps for the sims 2.

As a huge fan of sim city 4 and the previous games and as someone who was horrified as to what they did to Sim City, I hope EA never ever touch a city builder game again. Leave it Cities Skylines please.
- ttuthill
  New Traveler
  2 months ago
  That was the mentality that allowed them to lose one of the greatest franchises in history.
fruitsbasket100
New Vanguard
7 years ago
While it seems like a good idea at first, I think it would wind being too much for the devs to focus on. One or both parts of the game would probably suffer as a result. Plus any game that would need to have lower graphics to work is a no for me.
NikkeiSimmer
Seasoned Adventurer
7 years ago
With Sims 3 they were on a path to go this direction, but unfortunately they decided to throw everything out with Sims 4 and go back to a relationship-simulator.

I don't think that there would be any sort of success with this kind of thing by mixing TS4 with Sim City. You're taking two drastically different concepts and trying to fuse them together.