As cool and beautiful as they are, I found that the mermaid occult is a little lacking. Granted I also found the expansion to be nothing but an over priced game pack but I digress. I overall enjoy the pack just find it lacking game play wise especially since mermaids just seem to swim around, call on dolphins, and change the weather. I suppose a power tree similar to vampires would be more fulfilling.I am super excited for Realm of Magic, I cannot wait to have some witches/wizards in my game (assuming that's a new occult we'll get unless it will be a skill). However, I cannot help but to feel worried since our last occult was so lacking.I'm sure since this will be a pack focusing on nothing but magical beings it will be more well rounded but how many occult's will we get? Sims 3 Supernatural gave us everything but no occult really felt complete at least not compared to Sims 4 Vampires that polished them up and felt whole.I am craving information on this pack and would love to know how other Simmers feel! Do you want to see more than one occult or focus on magic? Think this will be similar to the beloved Sims Makin' Magic?

IL was not really called ''Mermaids'' so its rather understandable its not as deep as vampires isbut I like the things they did add though (at least they got some use unlike ts3 counterpart)my biggest worry for realm of magic would be that they go too one genre with it(would prefer some variety rather than making just witches pack)But I don't think its going to be much like makin' magic with the overall theme (since they never revisited it)I can always hope for some parts to be put in though like dragons or something (really if there just is dragons that ain't just bird on shoulder im already fine with it)this been found in concept art archives as early concepts too but not sure if it relates or nahhttps://simsvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11260287_1631119987127699_279684517_n-600x600.jpg

I'm worried - I'm always worried with Sims 4 stuff, and I'll especially worry over my absolute favorite theme. But I don't think mermaids are that big of an indicator, since a) they were vying for content with everything else in the EP, b) mermaids have less potential than witches or vampires, and c) one of their biggest problems came from a lack of real ocean exploration, rather than how they themselves were handled. They got most of the things I've seen people ask for (control over weather, influencing emotions, songs, drowning sims, communicating with dolphins), it's just that they suffered from being in one of the most horribly-executed Expansion Packs of the franchise.Witches are in a much better state than mermaids: they're getting an entire pack dedicated to introducing them and fleshing them out. All the content of the pack will revolve around them. Plus they would have learned more about developing a power tree from their work on Vampires, so this pack would have a more experienced team behind it."Simmingal;c-17181128" wrote:I can always hope for some parts to be put in though like dragons or something (really if there just is dragons that ain't just bird on shoulder im already fine with it)Eyyy. ?

I mean besides Vampires, if you're an occult player, the TS4 has not been kind to you. Aliens were okay but not being able to stay on Sixam sucks, ghosts are meh, and the plant sims are garbage.I really am trying to prepare for the worst but hope for the best when it comes to RoM. If they follow the vampire route it could be amazing but who knows.

I think mermaids were done better than sims 3, but they are still disappointing due to no underwater gameplay! It could have had SO MUCH potential. Island living was definitely a disappointment, and I do hope Realm of Magic is better because I've also been waiting for all these years to have witches in my game! I hope they add spiral staircases, cool and fun powers, dragons, broom flying, elemental spells, spellbook, secret bookcase door, cauldron, etc. And in depth spell system similar to vampire skill tree!

I wouldn't worry about Realm of Magic, Game Packs usually do a good job at delivering a good amount of content for the theme.

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SilentK008
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"simfriend1968;c-17226608" wrote:
"Echova;c-17225926" wrote:
"simfriend1968;c-17187701" wrote:

PlantSims were poorly done, but they were part of a free patch/ challenge. So it is my hope that they could some day be revisited/ revamped, maybe with another free patch or as part of a Farming Expansion pack. To tell the truth, I am the least concerned about them since they are a made up being unique to the Sims franchise.

They’re not, actually. The concept of a plant person isn’t new at all in gaming culture, much less mythology. DnD/Neverwinter has the dryads which are based off of dryads from ancient Greek lore. DnD has had them since before The Sims was a thing. Guild Wars 2, while much younger than The Sims, also has a plant person race called the sylvari. There’s also the floran of Starbound. I can go on but yeah, it’s not unique to The Sims.

Well yes but they weren’t called dryads or associated with trees in the TS2. I love dryads (and naiads, and other mythological creatures from the ancient world) and would love to see something like them in TS4, as I think I said elsewhere in another thread. In TS2, plantsims were created chemically as a consequence of the overuse of pesticides. They were a very unique lifestate in how they reproduced asexually, had their own narrower range of needs and lived shortened lives compared to ordinary sims. So they have their own lore, quite different from that of dryads and other plant-based creatures etc. I would love to have them back in TS4 in full form in future but I don’t care much for them now as a temporary state.

Yes, it is the temporary status that disqualifies plantsims for me. I am a rotational player and it would irritate me to no end to always see my poor plantsims walking around in the wrong state. Which the sim would do very shortly after switching household. Part of the charm of rotational play for me is interacting with my other favorite sims. With my plantsim I would have edit the sim back to it’s original state every time. Less fun, more irritating. Easier just to ignore them for the time being and hope that they will receive an update at some point.
Anteros994
4 years ago
Being a huge sucker for Mermaids I'll give credit where credit it's due: In The Sims 4, unlike The Sims 3, you can actually create Mermaids in CAS, the designs of tails and upper parts are much better and the way they swim it's much cuter and well designed.
However, I do feel like they were an afterthought in the expansion pack... cause you can't really get them to do anything relevant, unlike in Vampires. And they could have had so much fun with it. I just wish they come up with an expansion pack only about Mermaids, with a fully underwater world with building mods designed after underwater things. It would be super cool if they researched on merfolk lore (which is huge!) and added more of that into the gameplay and make actions like "mermaid's kiss" for example make the sim that you kiss fall in love with you? It's kind of what mermaids do... have like interactions with pirates and/or with more marine creatures?... I would happily pay for a game like that! And, considering how little representation Mermaids have in video games, other gamers in love with these creatures would too!
EA_Leeloo
4 years ago
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