Looks like a lot of new worlds are being planned

Worlds with few lots for us to actually play on it looks like. When they cut out lots it cuts out half our gameplay as we need lots to be creative after all seeing we can't edit a single world - all we get is lots and now they are being cut back drastically. When they said they were extending making the Sims 4 - well it made me happy - but had I known this would entail removing even more of our creativity gameplay - I can tell you I wouldn't have been thrilled at all. Bad enough for the first time ever we were already so limited in creativity as it was with no way to work anywhere but on lots - How could this idea to cut them even further be expected not to further disappoint the creative players. It makes giving us a terrain tool that we have waited so long for almost an insult when they take away from the lots we even get to work on.

I just don't get this train of thought...

Sometimes I find myself thinking this is more like - The Sims the movie and less like the Sims - the game.

"Writin_Reg;c-16801128" wrote:
Worlds with few lots for us to actually play on it looks like. When they cut out lots it cuts out half our gameplay as we need lots to be creative after all seeing we can't edit a single world - all we get is lots and now they are being cut back drastically. When they said they were extending making the Sims 4 - well it made me happy - but had I known this would entail removing even more of our creativity gameplay - I can tell you I wouldn't have been thrilled at all. Bad enough for the first time ever we were already so limited in creativity as it was with no way to work anywhere but on lots - How could this idea to cut them even further be expected not to further disappoint the creative players. It makes giving us a terrain tool that we have waited so long for almost an insult when they take away from the lots we even get to work on.

I just don't get this train of thought...

Sometimes I find myself thinking this is more like - The Sims the movie and less like the Sims - the game.

Well, at least we can now act it out through Get Famous...

"Writin_Reg;c-16801128" wrote:
Sometimes I find myself thinking this is more like - The Sims the movie and less like the Sims - the game.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Many of us actually want to play the game, not watch it be dictated to us by people who don’t even know what the majority of fans find fun about a sims game. It’s not fun at all being constantly teased with all the backdrops, set dressing and wasted space you can’t even interact with every time you load up the game.

Why is it that simmers had more freedom 14 years ago placing lots wherever they wanted in TS2? Now all of a sudden we can’t be trusted to place any lots because someone somewhere complained that their Compaq laptop from 1995 can’t run Sims 4 on Ultra settings?? Boo...?

What’s the point of making the game accessible to lower end machines if you have to cripple and excise every ounce of fun and creativity in the process? Even those of us with potato laptops are well aware of how limited the game is. We don’t need ultra settings to figure that out.

"BingBangBingBong;c-16803233" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-16801128" wrote:
Sometimes I find myself thinking this is more like - The Sims the movie and less like the Sims - the game.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. Many of us actually want to play the game, not watch it be dictated to us by people who don’t even know what the majority of fans find fun about a sims game. It’s not fun at all being constantly teased with all the backdrops, set dressing and wasted space you can’t even interact with every time you load up the game.

Why is it that simmers had more freedom 14 years ago placing lots wherever they wanted in TS2? Now all of a sudden we can’t be trusted to place any lots because someone somewhere complained that their Compaq laptop from 1995 can’t run Sims 4 on Ultra settings?? Boo...?

What’s the point of making the game accessible to lower end machines if you have to cripple and excise every ounce of fun and creativity in the process? Even those of us with potato laptops are well aware of how limited the game is. We don’t need ultra settings to figure that out.

Because Will Wright would actually play what he and his developers would build then change it or improve it, he was just as much a player as he was a producer and a developer. Others in the 'office' didn't understand why he played out anything he created but that's why The Sims and The Sims 2 base are so loved. He wasn't part of the EPs for TS2, but he was still overseeing what happened.

That would be awesome! I definitely want more new worlds - more empty lots!! I would also love if there were more large lots, so I can build for community shares and my own use and not be concerned about only a few possible choices for loading the lots.

This will be even more important to me when I want to experiment with the new terrain tools when they're released soon! I feel that I will need a big lot to have much fun with terrain variations/interactions while also being able to add a usable/practical home/building(s) for the lot that all makes sense together. This could really be fun!

"Pegasys;d-949908" wrote:
So I know a lot of people are disappointed with the few buildable/empty lots in the upcoming EP, but this screenshot (from the Sims Community video) seems to indicate that a lot more worlds are planned, with the way they've resized and spaced out the World menu.

Your thoughts?

Agreed and I like the look of it a lot better.

"Pegasys;d-949908" wrote:
So I know a lot of people are disappointed with the few buildable/empty lots in the upcoming EP, but this screenshot (from the Sims Community video) seems to indicate that a lot more worlds are planned, with the way they've resized and spaced out the World menu.

Your thoughts?

That's one new world, right? The last one? Is there a chance it will release with the terrain tools, or is it a 'Get Famous' thing. Any idea?

"Cinebar;c-16795838" wrote:
I don't see it. I just see it depends on someone's resolution for the game how those world icons are placed on the screen.

I believe, it is one of the new features in the next patch.

"JoAnne65;c-16799037" wrote:
I must be overlooking something but aren't there 8 worlds now (including DSV)? I see 9 here. Wouldn't that mean 1 more world instead of a lot?

I think they mean the sims team are planning for a lot of worlds.

And there are 8 world's now without DSV
Magnolia
New crest
Willow creek
Oasis springs
The vampire one
San mysuno
Brindleton bay
Winderburg