"GoldenBuffy;12990557" wrote:
"nanashi-sims;12990533" wrote:
They are listening. Otherwise SimGuruRachel wouldn't have posted that excuse about leaving stuff out to focus on the foundation. They had originally stated that *all* life stages would be in the game, so they were working on them before. I understand the frustration of them being mum, but they always go mum during the development stage. I doubt EA could have ever made it this far as a company if they would miss something as obvious as there are a ton of simmers who want toddler-inclusive family-oriented play.
I'm not so nervous about toddlers not returning. I'm more anxious about the baby stage that already exists. I hope that they update bassinet monsters to make them more like TS2 babies but improve upon them so that sims don't drop them on the floor every other second. Unfortunately, I don't think the babies will improve, so let's hope the toddlers will make up for the failed TS1 in 2014 baby life stage.
See, I get that they can't talk about it or they will have to be killed. LOL But at little heads up would be nice. Let us know besides the "We hear you." Okay, you hear us. You've said it before. Their past actions have shown us that they have not heard us. Look, don't get me wrong, I enjoy the Sims 3. The biggest selling point for me was the open world and CASt. I remember when they announced the game I literally was jumping out of my seat. I couldn't wait to get the game, silly me thought that Sims 3 would be a continuation of the Sims 2 only better, and an open world.
They said back then they heard us. So again, I figured Sims 4 would give us a truly wonderful base game, the sims would return to being their awesome selves with their many layers, made more awesome with their new more advance emotions. And the game itself, with current technology would also include a smoother open world, better CASt, and more blended graphics, etc. But again, I have been let down. So can you understand why I'm giving EA the side eye right now? :( If they had listened to us from the start they never would have run out of valuable time work on the game, instead they wanted to make it an online game. Remember TSO? We did not want that to happen again. Yet they ignored us. So then they had to rush to meet their deadline and we got a bootleg version of a base game.
YES! I would LOVE an improvement on the babies. Why did they have to turn them back into objects? That was a huge peeve of mine with S1, that and the fact that they turned into kids which never grew up. I love how in S2 the babies are so cute. I utilize that swing and baby mate. LOL And I love how in S3 your sim can sit and watch T.V. while holding the baby. In S4, I figured with multitasking they'd be able to hold, eat, talk on the phone, etc. with their babies. And no longer placing them on the ground! Could you just picture them walking around the hood in a stroller? So cute, if done right! And more interactions between older kids and babies. Like they should be able to feed their siblings too, and maybe play with a rattle with them or something. I miss bathing babies (and toddlers) too!
Yes I totally agree. I *thought* they were listening to the community while in development-we all know how much effort people in this community put into giving them ideas-especially with dlc. They should have used that to understand the fan base.
@nanashi-sims I felt the same way too initially, but the further we go down the line the more nervous I get because we've heard about all these other patches to bring us to a finished base game, but still have no more info on family stuff. I also don't happen to believe the stable base thing-since having 4 I've had more bugs than I had in 3, and even had to reinstall after the pool patch because I got jumbled command code on pool tasks instead of the correct words.
I totally agree with you on the baby stage too-multitasking has the opportunity to be fantastic with raising children from baby, toddler, child and teen and sadly so far it's missing out on how amazing it could be.
