5 years ago

A friendly Request to EA: Fantasy Mayhem

So I don't wanna be pushy and demand something I as a fan of Sims (I played 1, 2, 3 and 4 now) only wanna request something.

So while I know everyone voted for the knitting stuff and the latest is eco life but there are plenty of us simmers who like supernatural mayhem. I believe our best efforts were affording the seance stuff pack theme a close second to the decided arts n crafts. So I wanna ask that the next pack be something a bit more esoteric.

Defense of us Fantasy Simmers: A lot of people argue that Sims don't need fantasy elements because the sims is a realistic game. Well, that's a bit... Of a misnomer not even counting the unrealistic things like how fast relationships work, how fast they dress there are rather wacky unrealistic elements like for example Jungle Adventure has magic totems and skeleton servants. Also, you can adopt a ghost golden retriever in Cats and Dogs. Now everyone can like and dislike what they want but I get the sense that a lot of people seem to feel that fantasy elements like ghosts and summoning skeletons is 'wrong' and there is quite a vocal community against fantasy elements heck it was the main argument over a STUFF PACK for crying out loud. A lot of people were with the mentality of "Well if they add the seance pack to the game I have to buy it and I hate magic elements but I'm a completionist so they shouldn't add a pack I hate cuz I'll buy it but won't like it." Or "Fantasy elements just the wrong thing for The Sims we should only have purely realistic packs." It's really frustrating that everyone argued and like begged their friends to vote for anything not Seance just to make sure 'their' Sims wouldn't be 'corrupted' by fantasy elements... Now I like real stuff my first Sims 4 dlc was Get to Work of all things. But there are plenty of options for fantasy stuff and plenty of ways to make everyone happy.

Ideas that don't require new Life States: The Seance idea was a great idea and the idea to be a Grim Reaper was epic and one of the coolest ideas I ever have seen from Sims Team! But it didn't win but maybe by the grace of good fortunes for us fantasy simmers we might get a compromise and get something.

Seances, tarot cards, and grim reaper as an interactive job.

Pet Dragons like the dragon valley dlc from Sims 3.

Voidcritter tamer pack. So like a stuff pack to actually have voidcritters in game.

Whatever Sims Team might add lol

All I'm asking is there can be more opportunities for fantasy packs. There doesn't have to be just Realism Players to cater to.

Idea

squirreltail15
5 years ago
"JADETIGER;c-17583300" wrote:
I like fantasy and anything that can help take me into a different world. I wouldn’t mind going medieval or any era pre-modern technology (would need to find a good alternative for the cellphone though). Having at least one world pre-modern technology could make for some very interesting gameplay and storylines.

Yes. Yes yes. Yes yes yes, yes yes.
cassieb95
Rising Newcomer
5 years ago
@WolfNate very well said. I totally agree with you. I hope EA takes these into consideration and include more fantasy elements in future packs. And for those who prefer realism, there should be a possibility in the options menu to turn off any supernatural elements. It's that simple!
WolfNate
5 years ago
"Cassieb95;c-17583373" wrote:
@WolfNate very well said. I totally agree with you. I hope EA takes these into consideration and include more fantasy elements in future packs. And for those who prefer realism, there should be a possibility in the options menu to turn off any supernatural elements. It's that simple!

Or add more packs with fantasy elements and have ability to turn it off I guess kinda defeats whole point of buying it I'm not crazy and never buy a pack for decorations if I have no intention of EVER using it's main mechanics
Sharooonia
New Spectator
5 years ago
I like some fantasy elements in the game mostly the kind that blends in with the realistic. All the occult's we have so far do that well I think. What I don't want to see in my game is unrealistic out of place stuff like dragons. If they were ever to add dragons in a pack I think it would probably have to be the first pack I would skip buying which would actually make me sad as I like having a full collection. :D
Jaystar420
5 years ago
Bring it on! The dragons were one of the best features about sims 3 store and possibly one of the greatest things about sims 1. I had my own ideas on how they could make a dragon/medieval game pack that gave you different elemental dragons including fire, ice, electric, dark, and nature ability to customize them as pets would be nice.

As for the happy haunts stuff they should totally make that a game pack. I’d be so excited to finally get fantasy themed jobs there literally aren’t any occult oriented jobs in the sims 4. I think they could also find a way to properly reintroduce zombies with this pack but make it so they don’t eat plants or pop up at night. Also revamping voodoo and adding seances, ghost summonings, tarot cards, are all things I’d like to see and it would be a perfect opportunity to do so considering there are lots of people who like to practice Wicca and stuff related to that. Also being an oracle or psychic medium would be nice.
oddRebelisaac13
5 years ago
I really like to think they read these posts & consider the stuff that fantasy simmers would like. It sadness me that there isn’t a lot of fantasy element in this game. I’m tired of the family play or typical basic people packs.
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"@EnkiSchmidt;c-17581063" wrote:
Same with dragons, they can be cloned dinosaurs gone weird or real dragons.

"@Gordy;c-17581083" wrote:
Maybe rhe skeletons are animatronics, and the totem you built simply houses the remote control you put inside it?

Haha, great stuff!
But folks, the problem is...a lot of realism players don’t even have that kind of imagination.
Keats_san
5 years ago
I'm all for any content that takes us away from dreary reality. Content like Inventing, Supernatural, and Into The Future is what has made Sims 3 one of my favorite games of all time. If I want to be a normal person, with a normal job, living a normal life, well, I don't need a video game for that. I think Vampires and Realm of Magic are a step in the direction I'm interested in. I especially liked the addition of bloodlines in RoM.

I think time travel to the past would be a great addition, because it would appeal to people who want historical content, and people who want fantastical content. Would be fun to be able to change the past and have it change the present. Kind of like ITTF, but more like BTTF.
Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
@WolfNate A topic like this should probably be posted here: The Sims 4 Ideas Corner instead of in General Chat. You can ask a moderator to move it.
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"@WolfNate;d-978914" wrote:
So I don't wanna be pushy and demand something I as a fan of Sims (I played 1, 2, 3 and 4 now) only wanna request something.

If realism players can be so demanding, the fantasy player should be too! So let’s gather all our powers and roar! ;)

"WolfNate;d-978914" wrote:
The Seance idea was a great idea and the idea to be a Grim Reaper was epic and one of the coolest ideas I ever have seen from Sims Team! But it didn't win but maybe by the grace of good fortunes for us fantasy simmers we might get a compromise and get something. Seances, tarot cards, and grim reaper as an interactive job.

In another thread I already mentioned that there are two kinds of winning. One is the kind of ‘winning‘ the whole community can observe from start to finish (Nifty Knitting) the other is the ‘winning’ that happens behind the scenes.

Personally I voted for Happy Haunts, but I didn’t find it realistic for any of the content to fit in a ‘mere’ stuff pack. I’m sure the devs must have thought the same after seeing how popular it was.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the devs themselves pushed for knitting to become the winning vote, so the game pack developers could give Happy Haunts the amount of content it deserves.

SGNinja already hinted (long ago on twitter) that a lot of the content that hasn’t been voted for as a stuff pack, eventually finds a way to get into future packs.

"WolfNate;d-978914" wrote:

Pet Dragons like the dragon valley dlc from Sims 3.

Not just pet dragons, but Enormous Beasts!

"@Sharonia;c-17583585" wrote:
What I don't want to see in my game is unrealistic out of place stuff like dragons. If they were ever to add dragons in a pack I think it would probably have to be the first pack I would skip buying which would actually make me sad as I like having a full collection. :D

I can see the inclusion of dragons similar to Planet Sixam and Realm of Magic. They are hidden worlds, so realism players can completely avoid the Portal that leads to them and still have all the fancy BB and CAS to complete their pack collection. Any one who wants to play with a pet dragon, can travel to The Realm of Dragons, find an egg, bring it home and hatch it in their fireplace. Boom. It’s a win win. Easy Peasy.