> @Quasiattractor said:
> I made a comment expressing my disappointment in this pack, but then I realized that we are living in a very negatively impacted country and world right now. So, I would just like to say that every pack is different and some will love it and some won't. I love the knitting pack and even laundry. I love to have my sims involved in interactive activities, things they can do together and knitting is really a great addition to that theme. Finding the positive when there is so much negative maybe is more helpful than the alternative. Thanks to all of the creators who design and produce the content of a game that has endured for many years.
You see, The Sims franchise has always been like an escape to positivity for a lot of people over the years. Its a tiny little world where everyone can have everything they want. Its a parallel world. But when your little world is attacked by the real world, that's when the problems start. And it started with Eco Lifestyle. Its the current real world problem that was brought into the game. Yes, it might raise awareness but at the same time, why not bring politics? World wars? Economical wars?. This latest game pack is an attempt to get Star Wars fans to play The Sims 4 which, in my opinion, is a rather cheap attempt. How about bringing Counter Strike? Or maybe Call of Duty as well? No?
Instead of concentrating on what most of the people want (like bug fixes and stuff), they spent their time building a game pack that majority of the fan base didn't even want. Look at the youtube announcement trailers. Every trailer for every expansion had majority of likes and 1/10 or 1/20 of dislikes. What happened with Eco Lifestyle at the release? Majority people disliked it when it was announced. Comments? "We want something that's missing from the previous games and are essential in the game". Star Wars? 41k likes and 105k dislikes. Bring some items from Star Wars but do not try to bring another franchise into the game.
And another thing. Everybody knows that this game heavily relies on custom content. This is why a lot of people still play this game. Its a generalisation but it holds a lot of truth. Look at youtube streamers. Most of the ones I watch use custom content. That is what drives this game. People help each other by trying to fill the holes that the game creators leave. However, instead of realising this potential, the game creators keeps throwing spanners into the wheels for all these amazing custom content creators. Most of the "patches" break custom content. Every time guys who build tools that enable people to create that content have to work around the clock to find ways to fix the broken content. If EA/Maxis would really care about this community, they would be like "right, guys who make these apps, lets us know how we could contribute to help you fix the issues". Or even better - create an official tool that helps to create that custom content. They did this a while back with a (broken) create a world tool. Yes, the argument could be "we cannot guarantee that cc works in our game" but at least they could help the community instead of releasing The Sims 4 Star Wars expansion. Over and out.
EA Staff (Retired)
