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PugLove888's avatar
PugLove888
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago

Re: Enter each other’s Sims game

@Laurarayxxx, while I like the idea of limiting who you can interact with in your game (by only accessing friends games or with a password 😎 🙂 ) as opposed to a general online game that is a free-for-all , I don't think EA would implement this into The Sims 4.  Like @jpkarlsen stated, the Sims 4 wasn't made to be played with other people or online.  While I guess they could do it, I just don't think they would add this feature.  What they would more likely do is to either make a stand-alone version that has the features you mentioned, or they might enable these features in the Sims 5 (if they ever make a TS5!) 😉  

I think one of the biggest challenges is that in TS4 you can control up to 8 different Sims at a time -- but this would be extremely chaotic if you are playing with someone else who is controlling up to 8 Sims !🤨  It might work better if you could only control 1 or 2 Sims when playing with other people. 

I can see how many people might be interested in this, and I do like the idea of more security than an actual online version would give.  I think this would especially be nice for people who either have a lot of family members who play the game, or have a lot of real-life friends who play the game.❤️  (But this wouldn't be an option for me since none of my real-life friends play the Sims, and only one relative play it, but they play on the Xbox while I play on my PC! ☹️ )  But I wouldn't hold my breath for EA to add this to TS4.  I think if they were to go ahead and do it, it would be in some future version of the game! 😉

Happy Simming! 🥳

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    Thank you very much for your response, a great one too.

    I agree with your statement, how the Sims was not made to be played online, but EA are constantly looking for ways the widen their game and this would be the perfect lure for marketing and sales. Don't forget, the Sims was never meant to even go as far as it is today. It started out as a sort of simulator for architects when they were designing buildings and its progressed to how we see it today, giving reason to how it will expand ahead during the future.

    Yes, I agree with your points there, with a strand version or a Sims 5 version with this feature. 

    You would still control your own Sims and family, you would not have control of another players Sim, but you can influence their Sims life by interacting. For example, my sister joins my world, via password controlled. She is living in my neighborhood, I am able to see  her family on my computer screen and vice versa. I can interact with her Sims and she can interact with mine, though, we cannot control another persons Sim, just our own. 

    I agree with your point there, how it maybe an issue for people who does not know anyone else who play Sims. This would have to be looked into further, taking into account that it still needs to be safe and family controlled to maintain the same age rating. We don't want to turn the Sims into some online chat room. That would completely ruin the game itself. 

    Thank you very much for your wonderful points.

  • draqonin's avatar
    draqonin
    7 years ago

    You simply cannot play "your" game in someone else's computer.

    For this option to be available there needs to be a common server hub, meaning you would build your house on a EA server (not in your computer) where other people access your assets.🙂

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    Yes, i’m aware. 

    I’m just saying, imagine if the option or the possibility was there to do this. 

    Allowing you to in corporate your own game into others just from your own computer. 

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

    @draqonin, thanks for stating the logistics of creating such a type of game. 🙂  While @Laurarayxxx was aware of this, and I was sort of aware of it, I'm sure many others were not. 😳

    @Laurarayxxx, I totally agree that I wouldn't want the game to become an online chat room! 😮🤒  I like that your idea tries to avoid that! ❤️  I wish if they try to do what you are proposing, that there would be a way to visit each others games across platforms so that my relative who plays on a console could interact with my PC Sims! 🥳 But I doubt they could do this easily! 🤭 )  At any rate, It would be interesting if EA were to decide to do this.  😉

    Thanks for your reply! 🙂

  • SheriGR's avatar
    SheriGR
    Hero
    7 years ago

    @Laurarayxxx I'm on board with this one. I think it would be awesome if we could save our current/local game to a cloud library (even if that version was stripped of some of the detail) - or even create a different house for that game (would be cool if you could import your fully-developed sims - or meet with them at a public venue or something). There are many creative ways to approach it realizing the limitations.

    The person who is visiting a household could have to come alone, to reduce chaos. When someone visits another house or has a visitor it's a rather goofy process currently, and you have no control over the other(s), so I think it would be more fun if someone was controlling the other party.

    We all know that Sims on 'autopilot' leave something to be desired at times, so it would have to be a step up from that! (And for that matter, it has potential to be rather cool!)

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