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"ANNETTE1951;c-17636850" wrote:
A star wars pack, SERIOUSLY? What happened to hotels, farming, schools, weddings, babies, I could go on and on.
Don't get me wrong, I love star wars, BUT how does this concept connect to Sims 4? It doesn't. in my opinion.
I can see the development of such a pack as a different game from Sims 4 but I just don't buy into how this deviation will meld with my current gameplay. Sorry, I am completely lost!
Not to be rude but how does farming connect to the sims either? This isn't farmville. I don't think there's ever been a proper farming pack in any of the games, it's not a staple of the franchise nor has it ever been just the same as star wars isn't a staple of the sims universe.
I'm just a bit confused how farming is suddenly a sims essential that everyone needs to be in the game, in terms of essentials I'd say finishing the occults is more of a priority as theyre an essential which has been with the franchise for years and isn't fully in this game yet.
For example, zombies have been in every installment of the franchise but aren't in Sims 4 yet (they were in 1, 2 and 3), werewolves have been part of the game since Sims 2 and Fairies have been part of the game since Sims 3. None of which are in this game as of yet.
(Sorry this is a bit off topic from the thread btw)- CAPTAIN_NXR7Seasoned Hotshot
"Onverser;c-17638755" wrote:
"ANNETTE1951;c-17636850" wrote:
A star wars pack, SERIOUSLY? What happened to hotels, farming, schools, weddings, babies, I could go on and on.
Don't get me wrong, I love star wars, BUT how does this concept connect to Sims 4? It doesn't. in my opinion.
I can see the development of such a pack as a different game from Sims 4 but I just don't buy into how this deviation will meld with my current gameplay. Sorry, I am completely lost!
Not to be rude but how does farming connect to the sims either? This isn't farmville. I don't think there's ever been a proper farming pack in any of the games, it's not a staple of the franchise nor has it ever been just the same as star wars isn't a staple of the sims universe.
I'm just a bit confused how farming is suddenly a sims essential that everyone needs to be in the game, in terms of essentials I'd say finishing the occults is more of a priority as theyre an essential which has been with the franchise for years and isn't fully in this game yet.
For example, zombies have been in every installment of the franchise but aren't in Sims 4 yet (they were in 1, 2 and 3), werewolves have been part of the game since Sims 2 and Fairies have been part of the game since Sims 3. None of which are in this game as of yet.
(Sorry this is a bit off topic from the thread btw)
I think what folks mean by farming is that they’d like to see some of the gameplay objects back that are available for the sims 3:
Cows
Chicken coop.
Harvesting tractor.
Woohoo in hay.
BB stuff like barns and barn doors etc.
Horses?
A world that focuses on country/ farming life like Appaloosa Plains.
I feel that this is more suitable for an EP though, whereas fully fleshed out concepts for fantasy gameplay like Star Wars or Werewolves etc. is restricted to Gamepacks. Unless werewolves are part of a farming EP, which wouldn’t do them justice. - There are other ways to get more people into the sims. Using a cash grab will only upset your main fanbase who have been around for years. As big as the sims is, using another title like star wars to draw others in is a problem. Your own game and it's game play should be able to draw new players in, not another franchise. Clearly marketing isn't cutting it if they had to use starwars. After you got that specific group of people's attention to buy the pack, who's to say that's going to keep them interested in the franchise/game in the long run? There's been plenty of times when I was drawn in to buying something from a company but after that I was no longer interested...in my opinion that's how it is with this pack. Some of them will think "okay that was cool/fun but I'm gonna move on to other games now" unless they're already a fan of the franchise. Another thing, if this was already in production, then there was no point in giving us that poll what so ever. Why even put star wars on the list if the pack was already being made? It shouldn't been placed there at all. This pack could of just stayed a surprise while they used that poll to create one of the many highly voted for packs. Now if their doing that, that's great but it's completely backwards cause you upset your fanbase for no reason, if they do release one of the packs people wanted off the poll, they might be hesitant in buying after this cause they don't want to be disappointed again.
- Horrorgirl6Seasoned Hotshot
"Onverser;c-17638755" wrote:
"ANNETTE1951;c-17636850" wrote:
A star wars pack, SERIOUSLY? What happened to hotels, farming, schools, weddings, babies, I could go on and on.
Don't get me wrong, I love star wars, BUT how does this concept connect to Sims 4? It doesn't. in my opinion.
I can see the development of such a pack as a different game from Sims 4 but I just don't buy into how this deviation will meld with my current gameplay. Sorry, I am completely lost!
Not to be rude but how does farming connect to the sims either? This isn't farmville. I don't think there's ever been a proper farming pack in any of the games, it's not a staple of the franchise nor has it ever been just the same as star wars isn't a staple of the sims universe.
I'm just a bit confused how farming is suddenly a sims essential that everyone needs to be in the game, in terms of essentials I'd say finishing the occults is more of a priority as theyre an essential which has been with the franchise for years and isn't fully in this game yet.
For example, zombies have been in every installment of the franchise but aren't in Sims 4 yet (they were in 1, 2 and 3), werewolves have been part of the game since Sims 2 and Fairies have been part of the game since Sims 3. None of which are in this game as of yet.
(Sorry this is a bit off topic from the thread btw)
People want farming for a few reasons.
A we want more animals in the game.Such as chicken, sheep, cows, and horses
B We want more hands stuff for our sims.A farming pack gives us more options for our sims.
C Other ways to make money it
D More crops like strawberries,
F A representation of country life . "MaggieMarley;c-17638781" wrote:
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638774" wrote:
Another thing, if this was already in production, then there was no point in giving us that poll what so ever. Why even put star wars on the list if the pack was already being made? It shouldn't been placed there at all. This pack could of just stayed a surprise while they used that poll to create one of the many highly voted for packs. Now if their doing that, that's great but it's completely backwards cause you upset your fanbase for no reason, if they do release one of the packs people wanted off the poll, they might be hesitant in buying after this cause they don't want to be disappointed again.
@BrittanyChick22 that poll was not carried out by EA. It was an independent poll carried out by Digital Spy in January 2020 when the star wars pack was most likely already in the making anyway.
As Digital Spy says in that article:Last week, we compiled a list of 21 different ideas for packs in 2020 and, just for fun, asked readers to vote up as many of their favourites as they liked. There was a total of more than 170,000 'upvotes' across all options.
I am just pointing this out because so many people seem to believe that this poll was done by EA - that EA asked if people wanted Star Wars, found out that they didn't and went ahead and made the pack anyway. That isn't the case.
Maybe EA should have asked if people wanted Star Wars before steamrollering ahead and making a Star Wars pack anyway. But the results of that specific poll could never have influenced whether or not EA made this pack.
I know you already told me, the point is I'm pretty sure EA saw the poll and saw that Star wars was dead last and still went with it anyway.- Horrorgirl6Seasoned Hotshot
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638790" wrote:
"MaggieMarley;c-17638781" wrote:
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638774" wrote:
Another thing, if this was already in production, then there was no point in giving us that poll what so ever. Why even put star wars on the list if the pack was already being made? It shouldn't been placed there at all. This pack could of just stayed a surprise while they used that poll to create one of the many highly voted for packs. Now if their doing that, that's great but it's completely backwards cause you upset your fanbase for no reason, if they do release one of the packs people wanted off the poll, they might be hesitant in buying after this cause they don't want to be disappointed again.
@BrittanyChick22 that poll was not carried out by EA. It was an independent poll carried out by Digital Spy in January 2020 when the star wars pack was most likely already in the making anyway.
As Digital Spy says in that article:Last week, we compiled a list of 21 different ideas for packs in 2020 and, just for fun, asked readers to vote up as many of their favourites as they liked. There was a total of more than 170,000 'upvotes' across all options.
I am just pointing this out because so many people seem to believe that this poll was done by EA - that EA asked if people wanted Star Wars, found out that they didn't and went ahead and made the pack anyway. That isn't the case.
Maybe EA should have asked if people wanted Star Wars before steamrollering ahead and making a Star Wars pack anyway. But the results of that specific poll could never have influenced whether or not EA made this pack.
I know you already told me, the point is I'm pretty sure EA saw the poll and saw that Star wars was dead last and still went with it anyway.
Yea,but in their defense.The pack was already probably being made.So sadly scrapping it was not option. "MaggieMarley;c-17638794" wrote:
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638790" wrote:
"MaggieMarley;c-17638781" wrote:
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638774" wrote:
Another thing, if this was already in production, then there was no point in giving us that poll what so ever. Why even put star wars on the list if the pack was already being made? It shouldn't been placed there at all. This pack could of just stayed a surprise while they used that poll to create one of the many highly voted for packs. Now if their doing that, that's great but it's completely backwards cause you upset your fanbase for no reason, if they do release one of the packs people wanted off the poll, they might be hesitant in buying after this cause they don't want to be disappointed again.
@BrittanyChick22 that poll was not carried out by EA. It was an independent poll carried out by Digital Spy in January 2020 when the star wars pack was most likely already in the making anyway.
As Digital Spy says in that article:Last week, we compiled a list of 21 different ideas for packs in 2020 and, just for fun, asked readers to vote up as many of their favourites as they liked. There was a total of more than 170,000 'upvotes' across all options.
I am just pointing this out because so many people seem to believe that this poll was done by EA - that EA asked if people wanted Star Wars, found out that they didn't and went ahead and made the pack anyway. That isn't the case.
Maybe EA should have asked if people wanted Star Wars before steamrollering ahead and making a Star Wars pack anyway. But the results of that specific poll could never have influenced whether or not EA made this pack.
I know you already told me, the point is I'm pretty sure EA saw the poll and saw that Star wars was dead last and still went with it anyway.
Ok I got confused because you said:"BrittanyChick22;c-17638774" wrote:
Another thing, if this was already in production, then there was no point in giving us that poll what so ever. Why even put star wars on the list if the pack was already being made?
That made it sound like you were talking about EA.
Regardless, as I said the poll was done in January 2020. The pack has probably been in the works for a year or perhaps even longer, definitely it was in the works by January 2020. Agreements would have been made, work already done. Even if they had seen the poll it wouldn't have stopped them.
You're probably right about them making the pack in advance, but it shows how out of touch they are with the audience. Even if the poll was done in 2020, I'm sure ea knew this pack was something most simmers would not be happy about when they've been asking for other features for the longest. I wouldn't doubt they didn't know about the poll and the lack of positive responds about a possible starwars pack.- Are we forgetting eco lifestyle was in production for over 3 years (which btw was a fan base request, imagine the betrayal the devs felt who worked on this pack for us to tear it apart on release)?? Toddlers took 2/3 years.. I seriously doubt they only started working on The Star Wars pack this year!! They obviously plan out the packs/ updates they are working on wayyyy in advance, at least a whole fiscal year. So if they only asked us about farming and hotels etc recently... You are gonna have to practice some patience in getting these themes.
Honestly, people are just mad and making no sense... The Sims always do crossover packs, maybe stars wars is a little random, but it seems like a decent effort at least. Remember that Katy Perry pack?
Maybe the SW pack isn’t even random? How many people loved when they added a couple of SW cas items yearsssss ago? Could it be that the team decided then and there a full pack was a good idea, and they’ve been working on it since? I mean pleasing both EA and Disney with this pack, would probably take extra time (from a devs POV).
PS not a good look for the people resorting to attacking the girls physical appearance in the video/ thumbnail.. Like yikes.. what even is this community ??? "BrittanyChick22;c-17638790" wrote:
I know you already told me, the point is I'm pretty sure EA saw the poll and saw that Star wars was dead last and still went with it anyway.
Has EA/Maxis ever included a Star Wars theme in any oftheretheir surveys? Admittedly, I've taken a few of them, but not all. Has anything even close to a Star Wars theme been put up for consideration in the past?- marea_a_moonNew Spectator
"Cynna;c-17639033" wrote:
"BrittanyChick22;c-17638790" wrote:
I know you already told me, the point is I'm pretty sure EA saw the poll and saw that Star wars was dead last and still went with it anyway.
Has EA/Maxis ever included a Star Wars theme in any oftheretheir surveys? Admittedly, I've taken a few of them, but not all. Has anything even close to a Star Wars theme been put up for consideration in the past?
I think the closest was them asking what brands would you want to see them collaborate with. Some people say they wrote down star wars and/or disney. I have no idea how long ago did that survey get puplished tho. Maybe they were working on this pack way before that.
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