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Vicky03210's avatar
6 years ago

Multiplayer for The Sims 4 idea/concept

I think that the Sims 4 should have a multiplayer option so that you can play with friends. How I think it would work if it were a thing is that on the home menu there was an option for single or multiplayer. And there could be this new system where you can add your friends who also have the game. Once you choose multiplayer it's straightforward from there and you either choose from another multiplayer world or start a new one. I also think there should be a voice chat option so you can chat on the app with the person you are playing with. How I think the gameplay would work is that each person makes their own character and plays them like normal you can live in the same house or across the street or in a completely different world but anyway, you can only control your character and not the other person's character and they can't control yours either. Let's say one person's character proposes to the other person's character you have the option to accept or to decline, things like that. And if you have kids with the other person both of you can control the baby until it moves out.

Thanks for reading my idea. really appreciate it

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

    @Vicky03210, they have already tried an online Sims game 17 years ago.  It wasn't successful, and many who played it said it was very boring. 😞 It was called The Sims Online and ran from 2002 to 2008.  If you want to know more about it, we were just discussing this here last week.🙂  Here is the link: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-and-Feedback/Sims-Online-Multiplayer-MMORPG/td-p/8192081

    While a big online version of the Sims might not be ideal, it might work on a smaller level, which is what I think is what you are talking about.  With smaller groups it might work. 😉  And there is a rumor that The Sims 4 was originally supposed to be an online game, but that it didn't work out … therefore, if EA ever wanted to revisit this idea, it wouldn't be in The Sims 4 , but in another game, just as the Sims Online was not a part of the original The Sims, but a whole separate game.   But with a lackluster first performance and a possible 2nd time failure, I don't expect this to happen.  However....

    … there is The Sims Mobile, which lets you host a party and invite other players to your house!  So maybe you might like that ! 🥳

  • Check out this mod to play Sims 4 in multiplayer [edit: removed link]

    Please do not post direct links to The Sims 4 mods on Answers HQ. Thanks! - Ataashi