2024 how would you feel?

@Chazzzy whatever it is you've seen from Paralives is not the final product. If you have good eyes and go back to everything that have been shared so far there's a lot of improvemente in texture, light and polygons. You would hate Sims 5 if you saw anything they done right now. I rememeber everyone hating SIms 4 leaked pictures back then, just like that.
And, honestly, Paralives can be a failure, but SIms 5 too. We just have to have faith in both, because I can totally play both at the same time.

I still play TheSims2, so I don't see why I wouldn't play TS4 in 2024. I am in absolutely no hurry for them to release Sims5 and to go back to a base game. In any case, I will probably do what I did for TS4 and wait for a little while for the first updates/patches/expansions/sales to be released.
I am also part of those who think expansions have been solid, considering I only bought those who fit my gameplay style and found interesting.

About Paralives, I honestly cannot jump on that hype train. The only images I've seen so far are glorified gifs or a few seconds long video on a loop of very small building details, suggesting the development is still at a very early stage. The biggest part about this type of game is the AI that will make it a life simulation, and so far there are only promises to every Sims4 fan whining about this or that missing their game that "of course" it will be avaible in Paralives.
It's a valid marketing strategy by the devs, but it also brings a lot of pressure upon themselves. I hope they do manage to make a good game though, don't get me wrong, and a little competition is always healthy in an industry, but it's still way too early to tell.
We'll have to wait and see.

"doogerie;d-971103" wrote:
How would you feel if by 2024 we still had no new game and just more half hearted packs.I mean I get it’s a good seller but are you really going to play a 10 year old game? When there a competition out there in the form of para lives

I can't say I would care one way or the other really. I still only own 3 EP's so there's plenty more for me to discover down the line when I feel like freshening my game. I was late to The Sims 4 so I've only been enjoying it for the last 3 years anyway.

Good thing for me is that overtime they have changed their pricing and introduced the bundles so I am getting better value than if I payed for all of them full price on release.

I don't think I'd realised that it had been 6 years since the release of The Sims 4 so I suppose this is the longest stint without a new iteration hinted at.

It seems quite a few people would be okay with The Sims 4 continuing if only to avoid having to purchase all of the additional content again. With the amount of DLC we've seen with The Sims 4 I can understand why they would feel that way.

Like another user here said, I would hope that with a possible The Sims 5, that they restructure how they make their additional content available. Any of you that have purchased every pack have definitely spent in the region of £600-650, not including special editions/bundles etc.

I suppose you can look at it from the point of view that is one of few games where you can probably come away feeling like you have gotten value for money purely through continued play-ability, but this is often based on our own creativity.

Between Paralives and Animal Crossing and Sims 5 going to be online, I'll probably be skipping it honestly. I tried the Sims Social, the Sims Mobile, and Sims Freeplay and got bored of it. I rather stick to a more mature Animal Crossing game than a "safe space" Sims 5 game.

been playing these sims games since 2005 so yes will still be playing in 4 years time.

"logion;c-17364882" wrote:
As much as I love the sims, I would probably convince myself to spend money on newer games made by other people. I try to play something different from time to time. Playing the same game over and over again often puts me in a state where I just play the game without really having fun.

Yeah, I am going through that at the moment. I play the game obsessively until I get fed up (and beyond, on account of my goals for the household(s) I'm playing) and then it's not fun and I have to take a break and play something else. I so wanted to do a 10 generation family but my concept got old fast because I over-played it to reach Generation 5 and I am inclined to give it a rest for a few weeks. A brand new Sims game is not going to change that.

The game engine would be ten years old.

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17364864" wrote:

I'd honestly rather have a new Sims Medieval with a better sandbox mode than Sims 5. Or Sims in a different time period altogether (Regency or Ancient Roman would be my preference but one or some others would work for me).

You got a point there do you think something like the sims set in the 20’s would be cool with the flappers fashion and lifestyle thing with the big band music and dance halls ( instead of night clubs) I think that could be a good spinoff.

"doogerie;c-17366425" wrote:

"Mariefoxprice83;c-17364864" wrote:

I'd honestly rather have a new Sims Medieval with a better sandbox mode than Sims 5. Or Sims in a different time period altogether (Regency or Ancient Roman would be my preference but one or some others would work for me).

You got a point there do you think something like the sims set in the 20’s would be cool with the flappers fashion and lifestyle thing with the big band music and dance halls ( instead of night clubs) I think that could be a good spinoff.

The 20s aren't really my thing because I like older history but I'm sure there is a market for it.

I’ll probably still be playing (building for the most part) and it wouldn’t bother me, because building functions regardless of how half-baked the actual game play is.

There’s a built-in limit to how “good” Sims 4 is ever going to get just due to the game engine and how it was designed. So everyone with high expectations of a miracle beyond the scope of the game engine are setting themselves up for disappointment.

That being said, there are still plenty of things that could be addressed from a game play perspective that would make the game feel less hollow. It’s just a matter of sticking it out and hoping they choose to work on it. In the absence of that, I’m content to take 4 more years of BB objects and let my sim set things on fire and zap annoying townies for my amusement. ?