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DudeX44's avatar
3 years ago

Xbox Series X, Add Character Spoken Language English And Others

Recently I played Sims4 on Xbox Series X and had a ton of fun, however the gibberish spoken drove me nuts. So I searched 'change Sims4 to English on Xbox' and finally realized the gibberish is Simlish. This is a complete downer to me because I was going to buy expansion packs, but unless it's actual English it's very doubtful. I read on a couple of sites that the actors completely made it up and the developer did it so the game would have 'universal appeal'. English is universal, and not to mention, actors speaking other countries language could be added.

I noticed the PC version offers '18 languages', but is that just the text and are the characters still speaking Simlish? I hope it means the characters are actually speaking a different language than Simlish.

Please EA, on consoles, Xbox Series X and Playstation 5, update and add English and the 18 languages with characters speaking it rather than Simlish.

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  • @DudeX44 One of my favorite bands, The Hu (Mongolian Heavy Metal), Has a simlish cover in game. I was so Shocked to hear it start playing while my sim was listening to Metal!
  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero (Retired)
    3 years ago

    @LathyrusLoon , That is so cool!😄 I didn't even know that Mongolian Heavy Metal existed!  But isn't it great when you hear an artist you like make a Simlish versions of one of their songs?!?🥳🤣🥰

  • DudeX44's avatar
    DudeX44
    3 years ago

    @PugLove888
    Ah so I'm not the only newb thinking the game characters speak in their language then. :D  Thanks for acknowledging it being an important and valid point. No problem on sharing my newb point of view in this situation. I was really scratching my head that day and quite frustrated, so I knew reaching out to other Sim players would get the answer needed. Keeping my fingers crossed that EA will include that bit of info for future players. 🤞

  • DudeX44's avatar
    DudeX44
    3 years ago

    @LathyrusLoon
    I actually know who that band is, and they are awesome! In fact metal and rock are my top favorite musical genres. Definitely gonna watch that vid. Wow, so how did it start playing in the game? One of the three Sims I've created is quite frankly at this point, a musical genius and quite proficient in playing the guitar, violin and piano. Also there's a jukebox, old phonograph, and Bluetooth outside speakers near the pool. Anyway, so far I've not seen any metal choices nor rock except for acoustic rock choices on the guitar. Perhaps I've got to upgrade and buy an ax and that will come later, but then that doesn't explain why the jukebox, phonograph and Bluetooth speakers have a wide selection of all other genres but no metal or rock. I will figure it out I'm sure. So much to do, so little time. 🙂 

  • PugLove888's avatar
    PugLove888
    Hero (Retired)
    3 years ago

    @DudeX44 , glad we could clear up the confusion for you! You will eventually get used to Simlish, and will sometimes catch yourself repeating Simlish lines (and your family will thing you have become nuts unless they also play the game!). 

    A few Simlish terms to know:
    Chum chum = pizza
    Sul sul =hello

    Dag dag = goodbye

    Nooboo = baby

    I have even named my Sims whatever the first thing they have said when I was making them in CAS.  I have one Sim named "Jeanie La Rey" because that is what she first said, as if she was introducing herself to me! 😄 

    Also, I read your other post directed to @LathyrusLoon , and there is a Metal station in the game, but it comes with the Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack! 😄

    Happy Simming! 🥳

  • PacifistFox's avatar
    PacifistFox
    Seasoned Newcomer
    8 months ago

    English is NOT universal, not everyone knows it, and there are hundreds of diffrent languages out there 18 DOESN'T cover all of them

    Simlish keeps inclusion, the voice actors don't have 18,000 years to make proper conversations in every language and understandable pack dialects and tones/different accents.

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