Multiplayer on sims 4

Multiplayer is not accepted by the majority of Sims players. That is accepted as fact.

The day they announce a multiplayer Sims game is the day that players abandon the series for good.

"king_of_simcity7;c-17576738" wrote:
Multiplayer is not accepted by the majority of Sims players. That is accepted as fact.

The day they announce a multiplayer Sims game is the day that players abandon the series for good.

Wouldn't they make it an option to play online or not

Would honestly love being able to share my Sim's world with friends. Even building things together. I think that would make the experience so much more rich community-wise. It just seems like a fun experience all-around. I just have no clue on how they'd implement it. If there wouldn't be a pause button, or such. I don't see the downside to it if it's toggled on/off. The people who don't like multiplayer don't have to play it. It shouldn't be a big deal, honestly. Don't play it if you don't want it. It's not like it's subtracting your experience from playing the game offline.

"HeckinGodzilla;c-17578736" wrote:
Would honestly love being able to share my Sim's world with friends. Even building things together. I think that would make the experience so much more rich community-wise. It just seems like a fun experience all-around. I just have no clue on how they'd implement it. If there wouldn't be a pause button, or such. I don't see the downside to it if it's toggled on/off. The people who don't like multiplayer don't have to play it. It shouldn't be a big deal, honestly. Don't play it if you don't want it. It's not like it's subtracting your experience from playing the game offline.

Why not stream your game over zoom or something so you can chat with your friend while you build and decide together what the lot should look like?

It's not logical to me to say something like if you don't like it, just don't play multiplayer mode. Or something like it won't hurt your experience of the single player side. None of us know that. It's possible it could. In theory any money or time spent on building a multi player side to TS4 or even TS5 will take away from the money and time spent on a single player side of a game. That can't be disputed.

Could it hurt the single player side of TS4 right now? maybe. Something you have been wanting might wind up being multiplayer, we don't know. Like maybe you wanted a bunkbed (just as a crazy example) but the only way to have one in your game would be to do something in multiplayer mode. See, there, that could happen. We have no idea how things would work, so saying as if it's a fact it can't hurt your game play as a single player is just not honest. It can. And no there are no pause buttons in multiplayer live mode in the bigger multi games, so I doubt there would be one in a TS5 or TS4.

Any time and money spent on this only weakens a single player experience in my opinion, because the money that so many wanted spent on the things that need fixed, corrected, improved, changed, or implemented went toward it. So, unfortunately the whole thing only weakens the experience of the single player.

"Cinebar;c-17578901" wrote:
Something you have been wanting might wind up being multiplayer, we don't know. Like maybe you wanted a bunkbed (just as a crazy example) but the only way to have one in your game would be to do something in multiplayer mode.

Something like this would be a very scary prospect. I hope it is not the direction they’re willing to take.
I can imagine Jasmine Holiday on an Emotional Blackmail Mission saying: “if you don’t go play with the other children you won’t get this fancy new toy.” A scary time for loners indeed...

Lol, some of the worries in this thread reminds me of something I said in another thread.

"Ivyeyed;c-17565256" wrote:
But sometimes it feels like the sims community treats all hypothetical speculation as a kind of monkey’s paw. Like, “don’t SAY THAT! They might HEAR YOU!” Like the only way it’s okay to want (or even think about it long enough to decide if you would want it or not) something is to like, phrase it perfectly like a wish to a capricious genie, or else it’ll get corrupted and be added to the game in a dark sinister way.

And I get it, sort of. EA have certainly brow-beaten the community into fear of ideas. ?
But I promise the things you don’t like about the game right now aren’t bad because someone on a forum somewhere said something you don’t like. ?

And like, sure, it’s easy to imagine things going badly. But isn’t “what would make you think this was a good idea? If they were to do it well, what would you like that to look like?” also an interesting question? Just? To think about?

"HeckinGodzilla;c-17578736" wrote:
Would honestly love being able to share my Sim's world with friends. Even building things together. I think that would make the experience so much more rich community-wise. It just seems like a fun experience all-around. I just have no clue on how they'd implement it. If there wouldn't be a pause button, or such. I don't see the downside to it if it's toggled on/off. The people who don't like multiplayer don't have to play it. It shouldn't be a big deal, honestly. Don't play it if you don't want it. It's not like it's subtracting your experience from playing the game offline.

Online playing IS a big deal. If Sims 5 did become multi-player,then people would be having to constantly deal with spammers,exploiters,hackers,cyber-bullies,scammers posting "free Simoleon " scams.....beggars constantly begging people "Give me Simoleons! I'm poor!..and there's also a good chance the game could end up as bad as SimCiy 2013 if i were online.

EA should keep Sims 5 as a single player game.

"Lady_Ballora;c-17583018" wrote:

"HeckinGodzilla;c-17578736" wrote:
Would honestly love being able to share my Sim's world with friends. Even building things together. I think that would make the experience so much more rich community-wise. It just seems like a fun experience all-around. I just have no clue on how they'd implement it. If there wouldn't be a pause button, or such. I don't see the downside to it if it's toggled on/off. The people who don't like multiplayer don't have to play it. It shouldn't be a big deal, honestly. Don't play it if you don't want it. It's not like it's subtracting your experience from playing the game offline.

Online playing IS a big deal. If Sims 5 did become multi-player,then people would be having to constantly deal with spammers,exploiters,hackers,????-bullies,scammers posting "free Simoleon " scams.....beggars constantly begging people "Give me Simoleons! I'm poor!..and there's also a good chance the game could end up as bad as SimCiy 2013 if i were online.

EA should keep Sims 5 as a single player game.

You do know there’s a difference between locally hosted multiplayer between a couple friends and an MMO, right?

Multiplayer and MMO are not synonymous.

"Ivyeyed;c-17579143" wrote:
Lol, some of the worries in this thread reminds me of something I said in another thread.

"Ivyeyed;c-17565256" wrote:
But sometimes it feels like the sims community treats all hypothetical speculation as a kind of monkey’s paw. Like, “don’t SAY THAT! They might HEAR YOU!” Like the only way it’s okay to want (or even think about it long enough to decide if you would want it or not) something is to like, phrase it perfectly like a wish to a capricious genie, or else it’ll get corrupted and be added to the game in a dark sinister way.

And I get it, sort of. EA have certainly brow-beaten the community into fear of ideas. ?
But I promise the things you don’t like about the game right now aren’t bad because someone on a forum somewhere said something you don’t like. ?

And like, sure, it’s easy to imagine things going badly. But isn’t “what would make you think this was a good idea? If they were to do it well, what would you like that to look like?” also an interesting question? Just? To think about?

lol, monkey's paw is funny. However, didn't you know I have always seen Maxis as the evil genie? How many times has someone asked for something to be added to the game for it to only be the opposite of what they meant, or asked for, and or with an evil hook to it? If you want a more recent example how about Laundry Day pack. It started out as eco living off the grid. It has been stated it turned into laundry day for Sims by community vote. But is that really true. Wasn't laundry already planned at some point and or possibly discussed before in meetings and this would be a good chance to add it into the game (laundry) with a bucket/off the grid twist. But in truth there is very little in a stuff pack that the theme is/was living off the grid and technically all about laundry.

ETA: Another example, there were people asking to visit other people's games in TS3. Not my cup of tea but that also had a few threads. What did they get? Simport. What was wrong with Simport, the game couldn't be turned off if you accepted a request of another to perform at a venue. You had to build a venue right away if you didn't already have one in your world, you couldn't save during the wait (24 hrs) when expecting the visit, your Sim had to be present at the performance (maybe they were too busy right at that moment or route fail) for the other player to get the credit for going to your world, and worst of all, if you were listed as accepting others into your world, you were hit with thousands of friend requests, who eventually took over your own Simpage, and you had no idea who any of those people are/were, so any conversations on your own Simpage was pointless since it was now being run by total strangers. And during the wait (time zones) of the real time 24 hours, the game lagged to the point of not being able to move around much. EA doesn't have a good track record nor does Maxis of building a fun filled, bug free, problem free MMO nor Multiplayer.

ETA: Simpage where you invite a few to see and talk about your Sims or download your Sims or homes etc. and where you accept request to join your Simpage. Great right, but Simport friends and their friends and their friends and their friends having conversations in your chat feed where you no longer know anyone on your Simpage, don't like the discussions and didn't have any idea what the heck was going on inside your own chat Simpage.