EA Play - New Sims 4 Experience Speculation

"Erpe;c-16476941" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16476914" wrote:

"LiELF;c-16476854" wrote:

"Erpe;c-16476841" wrote:
@LiELF The word apocalypse has different meanings as you can see on http://www.dictionary.com/browse/apocalypse But it usually means divine interference or in games more often universal destruction or disaster. It has more and more mainly come to mean the earth after a huge Third World War where all the nuclear weapons were used (a post apocalyptic world).

Believe me, as a longtime fan of apocalyptic and dystopian themes in fiction, I'm well aware. ;)

I was merely pointing out that artistically, it can be changed or expanded or focused to be whatever the creator wants.

Exactly. In fact there's a recently released movie that focuses on the aftermath of some type of apocalyptic event and no where in the movie is there any mention of exactly what happened.

This still doesn’t seem appropriate for the Sims games though. Also it would quite strongly contradict TS4’s main theme about (almost) eternal happiness.

I don't think whether or not it's appropriate matters. What exactly is so far-fetched about an apocalypse compared to time-traveling (Sims 3), Superheros/Villians (Sims 2), or Supernatural Sims running around a modern world, co-existing freely with the average Sim?

We have Vampires that break into other Sims' homes and feeding on their life essence without their consent and aliens having the abilty to kidnap and impregnate male Sims without said consent. What's so innappropriate about the possibility of a desolate world or land in which a Sim may have to struggle to survive?

EDIT: I also fail to see how Aliens have always been "peaceful" like you say on page 7 of this thread when they can abduct you. Especially considering the impregnation, one could argue that's a form of assault.