Alien adoption and other stuff it could've been...

Well, in short defense of the pack, there could be cool space objects that improve the quality of life for Sims. Without full object details, we can’t really know.

"NationalPokedex;c-17632841" wrote:
Well, in short defense of the pack, there could be cool space objects that improve the quality of life for Sims. Without full object details, we can’t really know.

That is one of my hopes along with a bunch of cool aliens to collect, but I really don't see it from the reveal. TBH, this time I don't think the object details will make it much better. It seemed driven more than Strangerville and they did show the regular furniture and all the stuff from SW part of it was, well, SW stuff, so I don't think there's much special there. I always wait to see if there is something there to make it worth it, but didn't see anything in that reveal.

I really don't like Star Wars, never have. I've never seen the films (any of them), never got the hype, it's just not my thing. The only way I could have possibly been okay with the pack being mostly SW themed was if they did it where it was a themed park/fantasy camp destination type place, and you stayed in a hotel or rental home or even a place inside the park/camp. Your sim could live out their SW fantasy life, and have a fun time and then go home and know it was not really an actual thing, but an experience.

I would've even let it slide if they didn't let us run the hotels we stayed in, cause they wanted to focus on the SW side of it, because then it might have made more sense for the invasion of this outside brand into the game. They could always make a pack for running hotels later on, and I'd be happy when that came.

I would have REALLY enjoyed a general space theme for the pack, with perhaps a few nods to SW in a parodied way. Why go out of the way to bring in this SW stuff and all of their lore, when The Sims has is OWN alien lore to play with? There's SO much that can be done with Sixam and the aliens we have to improve upon them. Sure, there'd be backlash about that too, since the aliens came in GTW and it'd be releasing DLC for DLC or the aliens would be taken out of that pack and put into the base game, but it'd still be the Sims' OWN lore that they're adding to and playing with, and not some outside franchise which many feel has no business doing in the game.

I really hope there's new Aliens & not just regular sims in masks.

"Sakuske1;c-17632945" wrote:
I really don't like Star Wars, never have. I've never seen the films (any of them), never got the hype, it's just not my thing. The only way I could have possibly been okay with the pack being mostly SW themed was if they did it where it was a themed park/fantasy camp destination type place, and you stayed in a hotel or rental home or even a place inside the park/camp. Your sim could live out their SW fantasy life, and have a fun time and then go home and know it was not really an actual thing, but an experience.

I would've even let it slide if they didn't let us run the hotels we stayed in, cause they wanted to focus on the SW side of it, because then it might have made more sense for the invasion of this outside brand into the game. They could always make a pack for running hotels later on, and I'd be happy when that came.

I would have REALLY enjoyed a general space theme for the pack, with perhaps a few nods to SW in a parodied way. Why go out of the way to bring in this SW stuff and all of their lore, when The Sims has is OWN alien lore to play with? There's SO much that can be done with Sixam and the aliens we have to improve upon them. Sure, there'd be backlash about that too, since the aliens came in GTW and it'd be releasing DLC for DLC or the aliens would be taken out of that pack and put into the base game, but it'd still be the Sims' OWN lore that they're adding to and playing with, and not some outside franchise which many feel has no business doing in the game.

I do like Star Wars movies. I just don't like getting a pack that I'm not going to be able to use in a majority of my games. I have zero interest in leveling up a saber and usually don't care for the bar scene at all, although the aliens made it nice. A bunch of different types of aliens would've made this pack a little bit easier to swallow. Or if the Star Wars happened on one hood while sixim is on another like they did with the two hoods in the ROM.

Also, if they wanted to copy an alien movie, Avatar's aliens have more of a Sixam look.

"SERVERFRA;c-17634274" wrote:
I really hope there's new Aliens & not just regular sims in masks.

Honestly from looking at the trailer, that's the only thing that might salvage it for me. I'm not into aliens, but it might be nice to add to some games or collecting wise. Nice Halloween masks for a Halloween party.