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7 years ago

Ghosts need major improvements

You know, when ghosts were announced in a patch for the Sims 4, I was to believe they would be the best ghosts yet! To my disappointment I was wrong. Here are a list of issues or ideas that I think the ghosts could use some work on!


-For starters, STOP CALLING ME ON THE PHONE INVITING ME TO A PARTY OR RESTAURANT, YOU'RE DEAD. -Phew this one was the biggest issue, ghosts I have no idea about just start calling me on the phone and somehow the afterlife has very good cell service.
-Second problem is that ghosts shouldn't walk, they should always float. This is common knowledge and makes literally no difference between a ghost and a normal sim.
-Third, make it so ghosts are limited in what they need, they should only have Fun and Social needs. Ghosts who died of hunger should be the ones who are hungry however.
-Make them "scary" I know it's a big stretch but I thought every ghosts in the sims were scary to some degree, the ghosts in the sims 4 feel more annoying then scary. Hence they are just colored transparent sims. The ghosts in the Sims 2 were the most ghost like than any of the others. They would dissapear at will, terrify others, and even terrify the player. The ghosts in 3 weren't too bad but at least they didn't destroy your bathtub or toilet every night. This is a big issue with 4, they always destroy our appliances, making them more annoying then scary.


I'm hoping that the Sims 4 can really improve ghosts in the future with some sort of supernatural pack, and another idea is that if there are random townie ghosts then you could banish them with one of those ghost hunting devices.

-Please no more ghosts in public like nightclubs where everybody acts like it's normal. This is what really annoys me the most. Ghosts used to be one of my favorite life state but now they have become the worst. Make ghosts sound spooky and not just an annoyance who likes to destroy our fridges and toilets.


Thank you.
  • "Gecko420;d-932608" wrote:
    You know, when ghosts were announced in a patch for the Sims 4, I was to believe they would be the best ghosts yet! To my disappointment I was wrong. Here are a list of issues or ideas that I think the ghosts could use some work on!


    -For starters, STOP CALLING ME ON THE PHONE INVITING ME TO A PARTY OR RESTAURANT, YOU'RE DEAD. -Phew this one was the biggest issue, ghosts I have no idea about just start calling me on the phone and somehow the afterlife has very good cell service.
    -Second problem is that ghosts shouldn't walk, they should always float. This is common knowledge and makes literally no difference between a ghost and a normal sim.
    -Third, make it so ghosts are limited in what they need, they should only have Fun and Social needs. Ghosts who died of hunger should be the ones who are hungry however.
    -Make them "scary" I know it's a big stretch but I thought every ghosts in the sims were scary to some degree, the ghosts in the sims 4 feel more annoying then scary. Hence they are just colored transparent sims. The ghosts in the Sims 2 were the most ghost like than any of the others. They would dissapear at will, terrify others, and even terrify the player. The ghosts in 3 weren't too bad but at least they didn't destroy your bathtub or toilet every night. This is a big issue with 4, they always destroy our appliances, making them more annoying then scary.


    I'm hoping that the Sims 4 can really improve ghosts in the future with some sort of supernatural pack, and another idea is that if there are random townie ghosts then you could banish them with one of those ghost hunting devices.

    -Please no more ghosts in public like nightclubs where everybody acts like it's normal. This is what really annoys me the most. Ghosts used to be one of my favorite life state but now they have become the worst. Make ghosts sound spooky and not just an annoyance who likes to destroy our fridges and toilets.


    Thank you.


    I must admit, I don't play with ghosts, nor do I have to do with them because I play with aging off, but what you described sounds really annoying, and I couldn't agree more with this. I never played TS2, but the ghosts there seemed to be the best yet.

    What I want to add, I don't really like the color changing depending on their current emotion. I liked it in TS3 that I could see their cause of death based on their color. Now, it's just guessing. Sometimes you can see it with water puddles or smoke etc, but it's not enough in my opinion. Let alone that it seems a bit silly that they change color just because they're happy or angry.
  • "Gecko420;d-932608" wrote:
    You know, when ghosts were announced in a patch for the Sims 4, I was to believe they would be the best ghosts yet! To my disappointment I was wrong. Here are a list of issues or ideas that I think the ghosts could use some work on!


    -For starters, STOP CALLING ME ON THE PHONE INVITING ME TO A PARTY OR RESTAURANT, YOU'RE DEAD. -Phew this one was the biggest issue, ghosts I have no idea about just start calling me on the phone and somehow the afterlife has very good cell service.
    -Second problem is that ghosts shouldn't walk, they should always float. This is common knowledge and makes literally no difference between a ghost and a normal sim.
    -Third, make it so ghosts are limited in what they need, they should only have Fun and Social needs. Ghosts who died of hunger should be the ones who are hungry however.
    -Make them "scary" I know it's a big stretch but I thought every ghosts in the sims were scary to some degree, the ghosts in the sims 4 feel more annoying then scary. Hence they are just colored transparent sims. The ghosts in the Sims 2 were the most ghost like than any of the others. They would dissapear at will, terrify others, and even terrify the player. The ghosts in 3 weren't too bad but at least they didn't destroy your bathtub or toilet every night. This is a big issue with 4, they always destroy our appliances, making them more annoying then scary.


    I'm hoping that the Sims 4 can really improve ghosts in the future with some sort of supernatural pack, and another idea is that if there are random townie ghosts then you could banish them with one of those ghost hunting devices.

    -Please no more ghosts in public like nightclubs where everybody acts like it's normal. This is what really annoys me the most. Ghosts used to be one of my favorite life state but now they have become the worst. Make ghosts sound spooky and not just an annoyance who likes to destroy our fridges and toilets.


    Thank you.


    I agree with every word of this.

    But I’m not optimistic we will see any change, ghosts are going to be transparent sims probably forever.

    The sims 2 and even the sims 1 were the best for scary ghosts.
  • You're so right!

    You might like to check out my thread about all the problems with death and ghost mechanics in TS4 - link in my signature. There are plenty of Simmers there who agree with you!!
  • I agree with the post, but considering that most of this stuff is post and move on... I don't think there will be a change.
  • "DJrax;c-16247126" wrote:
    I agree with the post, but considering that most of this stuff is post and move on... I don't think there will be a change.


    in addition to what @Terra said, The Sims Team add features to the existing ones if there current pack relates to that feature. Say if they create a pack about death or Supernatural where ghost has a bigger role, then they can update that feature.
  • The only way I can see them improving ghosts is for a supernatural pack, yes it may come as a patch some days before said pack is released but that’s usually how it goes with EA, any big changes come before a pack and because we already have ghosts it’ll cause uproar to make us pay for new ghost content.

    I agree with what’s been said here and frankly I have some hope, not much but some, especially with winter brining two new packs regardless of how small they are. More time for patches and more time for feedback to be received.

    If they were to bring in a supernatural pack, I’d pray ghosts were given more things to do, similar to sims 3 where you could have a ghost family and maybe add some new things like a real graveyard and maybe even possessing sims for a short time as a prank or to mess with their lives, or to be cute and say a final goodbye.

    Stop the calls from said dead people. No offense but you’re dead....yah can’t dial let alone press it to your non existent ear.

    Personally I’d love to see a world similar to the alien one, however instead of aliens it’s all about the dead and supernatural, zombies and ghosts fighting it out for living space and you can work with them or move in and watch the battle
  • Sometimes the party doesn't stop even when you're dead ;)

    I play with ghosts more often than most would, but I can't agree with everything here, though I can say ghosts shouldn't need some Needs like Energy or Hunger unless starved ghosts, but I do agree that ghosts need a lot more to them than just transparent Sims that change color, especially more ghost-related actions. The closest thing you'll get in Sims4 in making ghosts scary is the Tense moodlet Sims get when they see ghostly actions.
  • "DJrax;c-16247126" wrote:
    I agree with the post, but considering that most of this stuff is post and move on... I don't think there will be a change.


    Well, after a lot of player feedback about the lack of tombstones, the devs made it so that every dead Sim generates a tombstone. So I have some hope that they might continue to change some of these mechanics.