"marcel21;c-18024760" wrote:
I think they have treated Occult players pretty well so far
Not really. We went from getting an occult in almost every pack during TS2 and TS3, to maybe getting one occult every two years. 2019 was an exception, and we didn't get one for 2021. And aside from vampires, there are a lot of flaws with the occults we have.
Most spellcaster spells are just reskinned cheats, the familiars are worthless in practice, potions are horribly imbalanced and largely worthless, and the Magic Realm is just one lot with very little exploration. They can't use magic outside of the Magic Realm unless you have a club for them, and they're not properly tuned so they'll only just set things on fire. We don't have any Lot Traits for them like we do vampires. The BB/CAS for the pack was dedicated to punk clothing and Art Nouveau B/B, with no witch hats or robes.
We can't have ghost babies like in Sims 3, and they can't be made in CAS like they could in Supernatural. They're also horribly-tuned. They at least get unique powers and looks, but the flaws make them hard to work with and not particularly fun to play.
Aliens were much more complex in 3, and had some cool powers 4's aliens lack. We can make them in CAS and disguise them now, but we also lack the spaceship ride because we have no cars, and the alien world we can visit is one lot of barren space. It's a mixed bag as to which one is better. Also, we have no alien Lot Traits.
Mermaids are better in Sims 4, but the lack of in-depth diving seriously hampers what they can do. They can do more on land than they can at sea. The devs also didn't give them a unique bassinet or any Lot Traits.
PlantSims went from an in-depth system with unique powers and gimmicks to a temporary Life State that lacks much of their previous functionality.
Past games also had more options for hybrids. I get that there's a functionality issue here, but it's negligible.
So not only have we gotten far less occults despite the game having much more time, most of them have glaring flaws & missing features, or are arguably worse than what we had before.
"LeGardePourpre;c-18024766" wrote:
Actually TS4 have :
Ghost
Alien and Half Alien
Vampire
Mermaid
Spellcaster
Servo
Plantsim
Skeleton
PØŞŞ€ŞŞ€Đ (Infected)
I don't count Night Wraith because it's a NPC.
Possessed isn't a life state. It's a moodlet that makes your sim act weird for a little bit. And I don't think we should count temporary states.
