Ep5?

"MrJessXD;c-16142411" wrote:

"Loanet;c-16142399" wrote:

"MrJessXD;c-16142381" wrote:
Seasons could be a game pack. All we need is weather and the various holidays to go with it. There you go, seasons. Then they could release 2 extra vacations world's snowy and beach with activities relating to each. Just make sure they include the cute season chooser thing they had for sims 2 for all of the world's we already have. I'd rather have the gameplay than another world. There is already so much to do with building but playing gets boring it's just family play over and over. We need hobbies and more vacation spots. Make it an EP and most of the effort is put into the world. The vampire game pack was awesome how it should be. Seasons doesn't have to be an EP.

Considering the algorithms required to trigger weather, and the vast number of visual alterations to anything when it's outdoors, but not when it's indoors, and new animations for playing in different types of weather, and reactions to weather, that's a pretty big 'all you need'.

It's almost insane to say it could be a game pack, turned out in less than a year.

Most of the effort for C&D, by the way, was put into the CAP and behavioural programming, not the world or objects.

Okay then a really really in-depth EP but it still doesn't need a world I'd rather have the vacation spots. The game packs seem to be better for your money and gameplay than the EPs anyway. And yes they seem to have done a very good job with cats and dogs but the sims themselves are hobby less and put them in a room together they just stand doing nothing or navigate to the pc. They don't interact and frankly not much to do other than run a business. A world seems to fill out an EP instead of adding new gameplay.

Worlds take less time than you'd think. They have the engine. All that remains is to position where the lots are, and make sure it looks good to showcase new items, in the same way we build a good house. We got a perfectly functional little world in Outdoor Retreat, but the gameplay revolved around vacations.

You're absolutely right that Seasons doesn't need a world to come with it. But worlds also aren't all that tough to build now that the engine is ready for it.