It looks like Snowy Escapes is bringing a personality overhaul!

Hot diggity!

https://twitter.com/luthsthings/status/1318577774521667587?s=21

https://twitter.com/luthsthings/status/1318577841739616257?s=21

Link to the press release:
https://ir.ea.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2020/Bundle-Up-For-The-Ultimate-Winter-Getaway-In-The-Sims-4-Snowy-Escape-Available-November-13/default.aspx

"bellagoth_;c-17694914" wrote:

"musteni;c-17694884" wrote:

"bellagoth_;c-17694832" wrote:

"izecson;c-17694816" wrote:
I guess that will come in a free update

"CK213;c-17694780" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;d-982611" wrote:
I am very intrigued by this bit of the blog posting because it looks like we’re getting an overhaul to the personalities, finally!
https://i.imgur.com/lpHXCxk.jpg

This would make me reinstall TS4.
I am very intrigued by this.

you and me both

you two & me as well, but those changes better come in the pre patch.

"Define your lifestyle" is listed as one of the key features, so I seriously doubt that it would be patched in free. Personally I'm just really happy they're doing some personality improvements, will take these over hotels any day!

we don't know yet what it's about but if it's a personality overhaul it can very well be in the pre patch, as it should be. then if they want to adapt it to the ep go ahead. we shouldn't get used to devs hiding essential features under paywalls, or you rather wait till the day you have to pay to get pools in your game?

Unfortunately, if they're listing it as a feature of the pack, it is probably exclusive to that pack.
Similar to how the Reputation feature in Get Famous and the Family Values in Parenthood were advertised.
Patched in items are not advertised with the pack. Ladders were not advertised with Eco Lifestyle.
Which is really *plum* :(

The sticking point for stuff like this is the big picture of how it's handled, not just that they give it to us.

With some of the design logic and implementation decisions we see come to this game, the kind of logic they attach to these decisions will have significant impact upon our game. Couple that with the fact that the game is most often unsupported - what if it's really bad? What if it misfires? Would it ever get fixed or just ignored? Would it end up like NAPs, and turning off rain in Seasons, and so many things before?

It sounds like great news, but it's probably best to wait and see how it actually works out before getting too excited about it.

"bixters;c-17694939" wrote:

"bellagoth_;c-17694914" wrote:

"musteni;c-17694884" wrote:

"bellagoth_;c-17694832" wrote:

"izecson;c-17694816" wrote:
I guess that will come in a free update

"CK213;c-17694780" wrote:

"Pamtastic72;d-982611" wrote:
I am very intrigued by this bit of the blog posting because it looks like we’re getting an overhaul to the personalities, finally!
https://i.imgur.com/lpHXCxk.jpg

This would make me reinstall TS4.
I am very intrigued by this.

you and me both

you two & me as well, but those changes better come in the pre patch.

"Define your lifestyle" is listed as one of the key features, so I seriously doubt that it would be patched in free. Personally I'm just really happy they're doing some personality improvements, will take these over hotels any day!

we don't know yet what it's about but if it's a personality overhaul it can very well be in the pre patch, as it should be. then if they want to adapt it to the ep go ahead. we shouldn't get used to devs hiding essential features under paywalls, or you rather wait till the day you have to pay to get pools in your game?

Unfortunately, if they're listing it as a feature of the pack, it is probably exclusive to that pack.
Similar to how the Reputation feature in Get Famous and the Family Values in Parenthood were advertised.
Patched in items are not advertised with the pack. Ladders were not advertised with Eco Lifestyle.
Which is really *plum* :(

if it's something like the features in packs like parenthood or get famous then i won't care. they have no real impact on the gameplay

dude i'm getting confused with all the threads talking about the same

It has to be something deeper.

If it's just "If player pets dog then +1 to personality_doglover" it's not really a personality system, but more... pardon the pun, a dog training system. They will always become what we want them to become. So no, I reckon it has to be deeper than that and people innately get some kind of personality. (though probably can be turned off as an option and selected manually)

This is the first pack I’m excited about & I’ll be buying it so wether personality overhaul is tied to the EP or not doesn’t really matter to me. But I’m sure they will introduce something similar as pre patch.

Whelp, I guess I might have found my one thing to complain about with this pack.

While that is an awesome feature (even if it is very similar to a really good mod that already exists) It's kind of a **** move to put something like that behind a $40 pack, that not everyone might want, when better personalities are something simmers have been asking for from the start. So hopefully they're not completely tone deaf and this is a free update like ladders were for Eco Lifestyle.

I suspect they may have been working with certain modders. Earlier this year, they talked about doing partnerships with the community that will influence packs, and someone in another thread pointed out Kawaii Stacie's 16 Personalities mod in Slice of Life that a lot of people praise. I think they might have utilized her system into the game because it's one of the more popular mods.

If this is the case, I have a very optimistic outlook for the game's future.

I really hope they give more information on this change.