Listen I'm not saying it's not okay to critics or be disappointed. I just feel like the community kinda jump the gun here. Why I want witches. There was no proof we were getting them next. (They might not even put them in a game pack)As for university that would be an expansion. We get those later in the year. As for babies that would be from a different team.Im saying maybe we should not get our hopes up.Without more evidence

Well, it's been 2 whole years since we last had an occult sim. Occult Sim fans are just starved for more occults, especially Witches/Magic as that's always been the most popular I believe. Hype will be hype ever since the occult poll last year.As far as proof, we don't usually get any when it comes to new content besides dev tweets or obscure/secret rare in game references, I guess. Though from the moment Strangerville was announced you could wager it was going for a sci-fi theme rather than magic/fantasy. And while I appreciate it, I suppose some just got disappointed that it was a completely random pack over something that has been requested for years, and a staple of pretty much all Sims games.

"SimsBro;c-16974656" wrote:Well, it's been 2 whole years since we last had an occult sim. Occult Sim fans are just starved for more occults, especially Witches/Magic as that's always been the most popular I believe. Hype will be hype ever since the occult poll last year.As far as proof, we don't usually get any when it comes to new content besides dev tweets or obscure/secret rare in game references, I guess. Though from the moment Strangerville was announced you could wager it was going for a sci-fi theme rather than magic/fantasy. And while I appreciate it, I suppose some just got disappointed that it was a completely random pack over something that has been requested for years, and a staple of pretty much all Sims games.Basically this.Ofcourse there was/is no evidence about what the next pack was/is going to be, but Strangerville (to me) seems very random. While I do appreciate the fact they are trying to throw some new stuff in the mix, I personally do not want this game to become some MMO where we have to fight bosses and continue a prefabricated story. I mean seriously, I don't care about it at all. And I don't know if I understood this correct, but I remember @SimGuruHouts saying that you can ignore the story element if you don't want to engage in it, but for it to completely turn to normal you have to go through the story at least once per save file. I mean, IF I understood this correctly, why? Why can't we turn off the story completely and make the town just behave like the others with no weird Sims and strange stuff going on.Do I really have to play through the story every time I decide to make a new save? That's not my definition of having fun at all.Back to the original topic; I am 1000% sure that we are getting Witches, we are getting University and probably more fan requests and new things, but the point is that a lot of people (at least If im speaking for myself) find the releases extremely random. People waited for years for a new occult to come out, and then they come with something like this.This basically means that players have to wait even -longer- for their requested pack to come out.I don't expect another gamepack so soon again. It will probably take months for a new chance of getting Witches or anything supernatural themed to come out. Heck, maybe it doesn't come this year at all.That is, I think, where most of the disappointment comes from. From all the waiting all the time, while they know exactly what this community wants.Same goes for different stair types. They know for years already we want them, but they are still not here, same with cars. They started flaunting the cars all over the place in the worlds, it was bad with Get Famous, but now with this new town it's car extravaganza all over again. Yet here we are still waiting....At this rate they will (if they ever introduce said features) add these features when the game is almost done and we can start the whole cycle over again. I think stuff such as cars and spiral/U/L shaped staircases should have been base game material, not some after thought years and years down the line.

I agree with the OP. I understand why some people are upset, but try to understand EA's perspective. If the ONLY packs we got were ones we've had in the past, people would complain that TS4 isn't unique, doesn't add anything new, is a waste of money... They're stuck at this point where they need to create new content, but also have SO MUCH great past content to live up to. I'm sure that's a really hard balance for them to achieve.I also respect the devs for giving us something off the wall that they thought we'd like. Remember that when Will Wright (the creator of The Sims) originally proposed The Sims concept, most people said it sounded boring and they weren't interested. It turned out to be a great success, though! Sometimes its hard for us to understand the concept in someone else's head until we experience it ourselves. I'm grateful the gurus are giving us this new experience :)

How do we know it's going to be the next iteration of the sims, for all we know it could be Spore 2.

"AuronoiChieftain;c-16975170" wrote:How do we know it's going to be the next iteration of the sims, for all we know it could be Spore 2.They said it was going to be a Sims game, and it will be an AAA game. They were also looking for people who can create realistic style.It is probably sims 5.

I think the community jump the gun

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doomataru
6 years ago
Yeah, I really don't see University happening as anything but an EP. I also truly believe it's going to be the next EP and actually the next content we'll get this year post Strangerville.
catloverplayer
Legend
6 years ago
"Freygea;c-16981581" wrote:
I really like the new pack and want more similar to it. That said, I really really want everything added to the base game that the simmers have been asking for. I hope to see more packs like StrangerVille along with the types of packs that make all simmers happy.

I hope they make enough money so everyone can get what they wish and hope for. This includes fixing bugs, adding things that simmers feel should already be in the game as well as new stuff, game and expansion packs

The game really needs to revamp the romantic system. We need chemistry and attraction as well as slowdancing,online dating and other features. Right now I'm having to download mods for this stuff eg the Slowdance.
kittenwalrus
6 years ago
> @SimsBro said:
> Well, it's been 2 whole years since we last had an occult sim. Occult Sim fans are just starved for more occults, especially Witches/Magic as that's always been the most popular I believe. Hype will be hype ever since the occult poll last year.
>
> As far as proof, we don't usually get any when it comes to new content besides dev tweets or obscure/secret rare in game references, I guess. Though from the moment Strangerville was announced you could wager it was going for a sci-fi theme rather than magic/fantasy.
>
> And while I appreciate it, I suppose some just got disappointed that it was a completely random pack over something that has been requested for years, and a staple of pretty much all Sims games.

I like that they are working on new ideas. BUT I want witches really plumming bad. I feel like if they make another "unrealistic" pack next family players will be upset so that's a letdown since it lowers the chances of them coming this year. This sucks, frankly, because we've been waiting SO long.
AleSims95
Rising Scout
6 years ago
"kittenwalrus;c-16983291" wrote:

I like that they are working on new ideas. BUT I want witches really plumming bad. I feel like if they make another "unrealistic" pack next family players will be upset so that's a letdown since it lowers the chances of them coming this year. This plum, frankly, because we've been waiting SO long.

You're so right. I think that this year they should focus more on occults and not just unrealistic. Occults fun really are starved and we have to play realistic, and I still see people saying they don't want occults they want realism. Like, really? Sorry if realistic players get upset, but those who want occults have been upset for years. :)
Fluteline24
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"BewitchingСаша;c-16983359" wrote:
"kittenwalrus;c-16983291" wrote:

I like that they are working on new ideas. BUT I want witches really plumming bad. I feel like if they make another "unrealistic" pack next family players will be upset so that's a letdown since it lowers the chances of them coming this year. This plum, frankly, because we've been waiting SO long.

You're so right. I think that this year they should focus more on occults and not just unrealistic. Occults fun really are starved and we have to play realistic, and I still see people saying they don't want occults they want realism. Like, really? Sorry if realistic players get upset, but those who want occults have been upset for years. :)

Exactly this. Occult players haven't had a pack in 2 years, so realism players can sit down and let us have our fun. And no, Strangeville doesn't count as fun for us.
kathdeline
6 years ago
"BewitchingСаша;c-16983359" wrote:
"kittenwalrus;c-16983291" wrote:

I like that they are working on new ideas. BUT I want witches really plumming bad. I feel like if they make another "unrealistic" pack next family players will be upset so that's a letdown since it lowers the chances of them coming this year. This plum, frankly, because we've been waiting SO long.

You're so right. I think that this year they should focus more on occults and not just unrealistic. Occults fun really are starved and we have to play realistic, and I still see people saying they don't want occults they want realism. Like, really? Sorry if realistic players get upset, but those who want occults have been upset for years. :)

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