I personally will get Sims 5 as I would love to see the direction it leads.
What I do not want to see is micro transactions. For me this would absolutely ruin the game experience for my own personal game play. I do not mind buying Expansions, Game Packs or Stuff Packs however the idea of constant advertising and nickel and diming on a daily basis would be an immediate turn off.
I would love to see an 'option' for multi player where we can control who gets to join our game. For instance making a private game and then inviting 'friends' to join it but have it locked with a password etc. If the games were to be wide open for the public then for me, I would only play multiplayer if I could make a private game with invites. I would still want the option to play single player. I think having different gaming modes would appease everyone as some simply just want to play alone or have social/anxiety issues. To give different options to players would almost be a necessity. To piggyback on this idea .. having a Sims friends list would be great but for times when you simply want to be alone having an option to 'appear offline' while still accessing the 'online' features would also be a necessity. Privacy and Safety measures would need to be built into any multiplayer options especially if young teenagers are playing the game. This leads into my my other concern. This happens in other multiplayer games that I have seen on Xbox where young teens are lured and preyed upon. Please please .. make private games and invite only/solo options if this does go multiplayer and means to protect our players.
I also do not mind if social media was integrated into the game, however would like this to remain an 'option' and not forced on the player. Not everyone wants a Facebook account or other social media accounts for privacy reasons and certainly do not want to be forced to log in with such accounts. For some who use these platforms it would be very useful, but once again I would hope it would remain optional and not required. That would be an instant turn off.
So with the list of what I do not want to see, I will say I am looking forward to see what Sims 5 will bring. I hope there would be an opportunity for some game players to test this out before it goes live to ensure immediate bugs etc. are taken care of. I do not mean just a couple weeks prior to launch but over months of testing and providing feedback through non disclosure agreements etc.. I am sure there are many people that would love to test it out even in its unpolished infancy stage, to ensure a polished end product is released. I certainly would.
Anyhow those are my 2 Simoleans
