New Official Sims 4 Expansion Pack Survey

JesLet40 wrote:

Monarchy never interested me, and the word modern made it even worse. Historical monarchy would give me items worth using in historical game play, but modern monarchy doesn't make me want to jump up and down with joy. 

I think you would still get historical items you can use with historical gameplay because palaces are old and full of old stuff. I think modern monarchy means that they will still use their cell phones and not use old methods like couriers or messenger pigeons.  The only issue I see is that you can only have one king or queen and there's no job adverts to fill that position. Or maybe in true sims style you advance in that top position by starting as a junior butler or something, 

There were several promising ideas in there, though some sounded more like GP content than EP content. But here are my general ideas: 

• Monarchy never interested me, and the word modern made it even worse. Historical monarchy would give me items worth using in historical game play, but modern monarchy doesn't make me want to jump up and down with joy. 
• Van-life sounds fun, and I'd assume that has to come with cars? Still the entire idea sounded very GP-like. Not sure it would appeal to me. 
• The kids camp sounded very GP like, an addition to parenthood and a non-existent school pack. Would probably buy on sale for more kids stuff, which we desperately need, especially clothes. 
• The underwater world sounds like a mermaid GP. If done right it could expand on Sulani and be a good compliment, but mermaids never really interested me in the first place. 
• Retro world - well I do love history, but the 80/90s perhaps not so much, also it's not that hard to create. GIve me good decades-kits instead or possibly SPs and I'm good. 
• Cyber punk - looks cool but not my thing. 
• I can't even remember the adventurous exploration. Sounds sort of cool, but we do have packs for foraging and outdoor living. 
• Gritty City sounds a lot like a suggestion I made a while back for a really cool GP, and this was one of my favourites IF (and that is a major if) it comes with an update of the GTW Detective Career as well as a revamp of the Criminal career. Another must for me in a pack like that is consequences. Real, severe, consequences. Hefty fines, jailtime, the option to rat out other criminals but suffer their wrath instead, injury, possibly even death. Would they be able to go dark enough for this to be interesting and not just dirty decor? 
• My favourite is the Post-Apocalypse, but again with a major reservation. I don't know that I'd enjoy it if this was just a one world thing, I'd want to be able to turn all worlds into a disaster zone, all with their own challenges in the environment. And it would have to come with settings to severely limit NPC-creation. I don't want people in colorful clothing walking their dog outside my "sole survivor" home or knock on the door with a piece of fruitcake. How would they handle the game mechanics to assure this?  

Simmerville wrote:

If there are several ways to be a Sovereign, I'd gladly embrace one crazy King with a lot of weirdness added to it.

I am sure they won't advertise the job in the newspaper. 😁 Maybe one day your sim receives a call that he is the only heir of the recently deceased king and his entire family and does he want the job? Or maybe he can serve him bad pufferfish nigri at a banquet and then marry his widow? 😁 Or give up on his true love in pursuit of fame and power and marry the king's daughter? Or maybe become an army general and declare a coup?  Or you could accidentally switch the royal baby after you seduce the nanny? 😁  I think that could be fun, if they add a lot of drama and stuff. 

While I do agree with your over the top statement, we must also remember that a new EP will be added to everything that we already got. The existing package includes very realistic themes like Eco lifestyle and Cottage living. I think a weird monarchy game would be fun, but maybe better as a stand-alone?

That said, it should be possible to add both by just giving us the tools and we can all add and develop what we prefer. Even a realistic monarchy might have room for a weird member of the royal family ;) Maybe the weird aspect could be mainly connected to one of several forms of Monarch styles/politics? If there are several ways to be a Sovereign, I'd gladly embrace one crazy King with a lot of weirdness added to it.

I long for create a world in sims 4 ... but it is a distant dream

Okay so I took the survey and while I think some of the ideas are interesting none of them wee incredibly exciting to me. I still want the open world and larger neighborhoods of Sims 3. MAN I MISS THAT! Because while the Sims themselves in Sims 4 are superior to the Sims in Sims 3... I REALLY find the worlds disappointing. Consequently, I don't play 4 anywhere near as much as I played 3.

I took the quiz yesterday. I love some of the ideas there. My ranking would be:

1. Modern Monarchy
2. Retro World & Malls
3. Sleepaway Camp
4. Post-Apocalyptic Survivor
5. Cyberpunk
6. Van Life
7. Adventurous Exploration
8. Coastal Town & Ocean World
9. Gritty City

I imagine a modern monarchy would be more like the political career but with ballgowns, palace intrigues, helicopter rides and stuff. They said there could be exotic pets, so maybe we could finally get our big cats in game and cool cars. All those desert princes seem to have one. 😁 We already have horses for the European style royals.

I wish rather than “modern monarchy” they’d consider just a really funny and imaginative Royalty pack with over the top princesses and castles and things.

I think Sims is at its best when they remember it’s a game and embrace the funny things like Grim and the Easter bunny and stuff.  So less realistic and modern monarchy and more fantasy fictional royal family.

Ok, I understand. Yet I value the gameplay the most. That's why I am not interested in Kit packs at all. In terms of gameplay, Perfect Patio stuff (base game) and Luxury Party stuff (My Wedding Stories & High School Years) have lost all value in terms of gameplay, but in terms of build mode objects and CAS items, it still has value.

Value is subjective, I agree.

Yet what I worry about the most is the shallow nature of expansion packs. Yeah, it could be nostalgia speaking though...

On anger, yeah, some people are passionate about the series. While it can be annoying, I'm sure, sometimes it can help things improve, give feedback. Most of the time it's there to let the developers know that they want to see the game improved. There are reasons why it's irrational, I agree. Yet "if you're angry, go play a different game" advice is just... telling someone to give up protesting. Nothing's going to improve, better give up and move on. While sometimes it can be sound advice, there are players that haven't played other games besides The Sims who have no other game to go to (yet). And then there's also a topic of autistic special interests preventing from trying out other games.

So yeah, people have grown up with The Sims and they'd just hate to see the series potentially doing fatal decisions.

But yeah, for now, I can play The Sims 3 or The Sims 2 for example.