Future Development post My Wedding Stories

"logion;c-18068257" wrote:
It feels like development is going towards The Sims5 already, because there was not a lot of gameplay designers that worked on my wedding stories...

It would be nice to know more about The future of The Sims, and The Sims4 because maybe they should reduce content for The Sims4 or something if all their gameplay designers are gonna be so busy that they can't even release a game pack focused on weddings.

I mean, how are hotels or werewolves gonna turn out with the same amount of people working on it? Because the impression that I get is that our werewolves and hotels are going to look very pretty... but they are not going to be playable. :/

I feel the same way, it feels like a small skeleton crew of devs worked on the pack and a LOT of visual artists (map design, FX artists, object modelers, texture artists, etc), and to me even the mesh models were not that great in this pack (that one suit with the whacked legs?) and they re-used a LOT of assets from other packs in the world which you can find in the debug stuff.

I'm afraid that Hotels will be extremely disappointing, I don't think we'll ever see freed babies or a generations pack and if we do see a generations pack it will just be the same type of game play we currently have with a new name and look.

Werewolves? I'm frightened to imagine how they will be, probably just hairy vampires that howl. But the world will LOOK ah-mazing (with nothing much to do in it).

I have already decided TS4 is the end of the simming road for me. Can't even buy the wedding pack and it's something I really wanted. I'm waiting for an update to free the babies among other things, but I know it's unlikely. After MWS, the quality of TS4's future packs/content is looking grim-er. I think EA will stick to the safe/influencer space simulation going forward (TS5).

Do...people realize it's the same people working on the same game? Right?

I don't understand the want for S5 in some hope that it should be better. I keep getting this impending doom feeling like it may end up being like 'online play' and having microtransactions in the game. Less they expand more and do better with their past iterations, it'll probably end up being glitchy messes just like 3 and 4 with modders once again left to fix a lot of things.

If not for the content creators and modding people wouldn't have even been playing 3 or 4 (or able to for that matter) because there's so much wrong with in just vanilla play.

The sims franchise just never been the same since Will Wright left and I'll die on this ship still saying it. 8U

"LadyKyn;c-18068294" wrote:

I don't understand the want for S5 in some hope that it should be better.

We saw the same thing in the final years of TS3. A lot of people just wringing their hands and anticipating the release of TS4 due to the various 'issues' (particularly performance) they were having with TS3. I guess we (as a community) didn't learn.

"LadyKyn;c-18068294" wrote:

The sims franchise just never been the same since Will Wright left and I'll die on this ship still saying it. 8U

Amen to that.

To be honest, I have such low expectations for Sims 5 being anything I'd even remotely want to play that I think I'd rather go back to Sims 2 and figure out how to get it optimized on Windows 10. I have both the Ultimate Collection and still have all of my original discs and even the mods and CC I used to use. I know there's still Sims 2 mod content our there as well so I think it would be fun to re-explore.

I also plan to mod the heck out of Sims 4 when it stops being developed and there are some nifty Occult mods these days so I'm sure I'll be all set.

I see the franchise's direction for Sims 5 and, unfortunately, I'm pretty sure it's not for me or my play preferences. They have already completely changed not only the focus of the series, but its entire spirit, with Sims 4. And while that's their right to do, it doesn't mean I have to like it or support it in the future. Sad, but oh well, I'll probably save a ton of money, right?

I hate to say it, but the sims at this point.Dont feel like the sims.

I've only been playing Sims 4 for a few years. I didn't switch from Sims 2 until they added a lot of packs. I will keep playing Sims 4 even if they release a base pack for Sims 5, because it won't have much content like weather, kids, worlds etc. for many years after that.

I still want more family gameplay packs, personality updates, occult packs and refreshes of older packs for Sims 4. They will always have to work on bugs, no matter which game it is they are making.

Sims 2 became the most enjoyable after all the packs and updates were complete and they had moved on to Sims 3. If they release 5, I probably won't switch until almost time for Sims 6 lol. I can't play without things like weather, toddlers, vacation worlds, businesses, occults etc. and it takes them years to add all that, slowly, one pack at a time.

"Elliandre;c-18068310" wrote:
I've only been playing Sims 4 for a few years. I didn't switch from Sims 2 until they added a lot of packs. I will keep playing Sims 4 even if they release a base pack for Sims 5, because it won't have much content like weather, kids, worlds etc. for many years after that.

I still want more family gameplay packs, personality updates, occult packs and refreshes of older packs for Sims 4. They will always have to work on bugs, no matter which game it is they are making.

Sims 2 became the most enjoyable after all the packs and updates were complete and they had moved on to Sims 3. If they release 5, I probably won't switch until almost time for Sims 6 lol. I can't play without things like weather, toddlers, vacation worlds, businesses, occults etc. and it takes them years to add all that, slowly, one pack at a time.

I think they would not be foolish enough to launch a game without toddlers again.I hope they learn from Sims 4.

Why on Earth did a thread about TS5 get merged into a thread about Wedding Stories?

The mind boggles.

"elanorbreton;c-18068338" wrote:
Why on Earth did a thread about TS5 get merged into a thread about Wedding Stories?

The mind boggles.

I don't know I guess they feel like it fits .