Seasons my point of view

I expect disappointment, because as I've said before, I think it's suicidal for Sims 4 to tackle ANY of the concepts that Sims 2 or Sims 3 have done since it seems clear Sims 4 simply lacks the budget to match them. The only way Sims 4 will sell a hit is by exploring new concepts or finding new spins on existing concepts. I personally don't think weather is something you can easily put a new spin on, so I just expect we'll get weather and....weather. I'd keep your hopes low for any additional features.

"DeservedCriticism;c-16345190" wrote:
I expect disappointment, because as I've said before, I think it's suicidal for Sims 4 to tackle ANY of the concepts that Sims 2 or Sims 3 have done since it seems clear Sims 4 simply lacks the budget to match them. The only way Sims 4 will sell a hit is by exploring new concepts or finding new spins on existing concepts. I personally don't think weather is something you can easily put a new spin on, so I just expect we'll get weather and....weather. I'd keep your hopes low for any additional features.

Sadly I have to agree. Everything that has been successful in the Sims 4 revolves around newish concepts, or at least more fleshed out ones. Like parenthood, vampires, city living. They're new flavors of the old, which is great; however, they are vastly different from the previous series releases on similar titles/concepts. I think an isolated world with one "new" season would be great. We already have, what would appear to be that is, spring, summer, and fall. We have spring in Willow Creek, summer in Oasis Springs, and fall in Windenburg. So all we really need now is winter. I do think rotating weather would be great though. Rain, hail, wind, would be perfect additions. I just think rotating seasons would be extremely taxing on the game.

I would like the different Seasons to be optional for each world as it is in TS3. Some of us want our deserts to be real deserts - i.e., no snow, for example. TS4 can be frustrating with its lack of user-selectable options.

"Jordan061102;c-16345259" wrote:
But I'm not right with the fact that they should be only rain in OS. They should have all Seasons.

snow n desert world...hmm ok i just wanna se seasons changing and to swim in ocean

Based on what The Sims 4 has released so far, my expectations for a Seasons expansion pack are as low as possible. I don't expect holidays, festivals, etc... especially after the disappointment of Cats & Dogs not even including other small pets (such as birds, hamsters, etc). A Sims 4: Seasons expansion pack will be just that... Seasons and Weather (honestly, that's probably going to be the name of the pack). The only difference in gameplay the developers are going to add is the fact that seasons will change and weather will be added. That's it. Everything else in the pack will just be one new table, a new chair, a new couch, a new bed, some new clothes (mostly for adult female Sims, of course), and one or two hairstyles that are simply a copy of one that we already have in the game. This seems to be the pattern with The Sims 4. Also, let's not forget that even Sims 3 didn't introduce a new world for Seasons, so do you honestly think Sims 4 would end up adding one? LOL

Also, as for seasons not happening in Oasis Springs, I disagree... honestly, the player should be allowed to choose which seasons and kinds of weather occur in each world of their game. After all, The Sims 4 is supposed to be about "You Rule"... then again, my previous paragraph kind of already explains how that slogan isn't even legit. But regardless... I think they should just give us all the option to choose which seasons and weather will occur in each world per save file. That way we can all play the way we want.

I don't want seasons, I like that my sims can have breakfast outside, and my outdoor sims can actually live outside all the time. Without worrying about rain or snow. no this is one EP I probably wont be buying. I enjoyed it in the other game. but I don't want it for this one.

"sillyangel0906;c-16345537" wrote:

"thesimsserbia;c-16345263" wrote:

"Jordan061102;c-16345259" wrote:
But I'm not right with the fact that they should be only rain in OS. They should have all Seasons.

snow n desert world...hmm ok i just wanna se seasons changing and to swim in ocean

Yes snow in a desert world - its beautiful and should be a thing in Sims 4 too.

(not my pic)

https://i.imgur.com/3PxQPbk.jpg



*sigh* Now I wanna play 3 again for Seasons.

Sometimes, and I mean sometimes, in January it will get gold enough at night with the timing of rain that it ends up being a slight dusting of snow in the Valley, but out here in the Mojave we don't see anything that looks like your pic. First, it's usually too warm. Second, as you may have heard its a desert. That means its dry. Our weather generally is what most of you would consider summer and then a six-week stretch of cooler and slightly wetter weather.

What I'd want to see in Oasis Springs is three seasons of hot-and-dry followed by a sort of spring with rain. That'd be closest to the real thing.

Hotel with (buggy) retail system: that's gonna be fun. Also, lesson learn from CL: limited confined amount and not customizable. Expect either to work like restaurant system or the apartment system. Honestly OP I'm putting my bets 60-80% of your ideas are just pie in the sky. That's not because I have anything personal towards you, but by just looking TS4 era through its retrospective we sure will know it will bring a disappointment wagon along the way, especially If this theme came in Expansion Pack. Swimmable beaches was a pre-patch thing to base game in TS3, so they could have already done and still do it without the expansion pack which everyone is pretty much begging for such an offer. Haunted House - chances are it will be a off-screen rabbit hole (without a building/lot). Picking leaves, building snowman, ice skating and snowboarding: could you imagine in one of those would have cut or zero animation If team ran out of budget to animate those things xD I mean, what a laughing stock it was that dogs no longer can't scratch things, elevators as of yet still have no animation, laundry and dishwashers have automated doors, sims can't even bend to pick up physically plates (they just teleport them in their hand). What else do I expect? Maybe the whole season concept will exist in a new world they will offer, thus meaning the weather and seasonal changes exist there (again, retrospective back to C&D where pets were prisoners of the new world). Either Umbrellas would be more intuitive (sims will not put them back when socializing, walking downstairs and etc, basically actual multitasking which is a plus) or they will be omitted due to sims team's financial or time restraint reasons. Maybe we won't be able change cycles of seasons and adjust weather conditions, because If we couldn't pets due to guru's (il)logical reasoning what makes us positive we will be able to manipulate the weather/seasons as the player? In real life, we can't control pets, neither can't we change the weather duh. Death by lightning/hail/combustion? Dream on. Hysteria is now the future, so expect your sim to literally die laughing because oh boy summer is coming and a storm (pun intended) of happy moodlets will approach overwhelming the sim.

OP might want to change the title as this is speculation and as it is it could be misleading.

"Jordan061102;c-16345621" wrote:

"DragonCat159;c-16345572" wrote:
Hotel with (buggy) retail system: that's gonna be fun. Also, lesson learn from CL: limited confined amount and not customizable. Expect either to work like restaurant system or the apartment system. Honestly OP I'm putting my bets 60-80% of your ideas are just pie in the sky. That's not because I have anything personal towards you, but by just looking TS4 era through its retrospective we sure will know it will bring a disappointment wagon along the way, especially If this theme came in Expansion Pack. Swimmable beaches was a pre-patch thing to base game in TS3, so they could have already done and still do it without the expansion pack which everyone is pretty much begging for such an offer. Haunted House - chances are it will be a off-screen rabbit hole (without a building/lot). Picking leaves, building snowman, ice skating and snowboarding: could you imagine in one of those would have cut or zero animation If team ran out of budget to animate those things xD I mean, what a laughing stock it was that dogs no longer can't scratch things, elevators as of yet still have no animation, laundry and dishwashers have automated doors, sims can't even bend to pick up physically plates (they just teleport them in their hand). What else do I expect? Maybe the whole season concept will exist in a new world they will offer, thus meaning the weather and seasonal changes exist there (again, retrospective back to C&D where pets were prisoners of the new world). Either Umbrellas would be more intuitive (sims will not put them back when socializing, walking downstairs and etc, basically actual multitasking which is a plus) or they will be omitted due to sims team's financial or time restraint reasons. Maybe we won't be able change cycles of seasons and adjust weather conditions, because If we couldn't pets due to guru's (il)logical reasoning what makes us positive we will be able to manipulate the weather/seasons as the player? In real life, we can't control pets, neither can't we change the weather duh. Death by lightning/hail/combustion? Dream on. Hysteria is now the future, so expect your sim to literally die laughing because oh boy summer is coming and a storm (pun intended) of happy moodlets will approach overwhelming the sim.

All my fears are in this post.

No worryits not gonna be like that. i know it will be somthing missing in Season pack becouse -hend on hart -somthing always mising in sims 4,i have that filing. but its not gonna be like @DragonCat159 wrothe i m shure