Sesons split

"Hermitgirl;c-16473248" wrote:
Yeah I just want Seasons all together. I want the actual weather.. maybe a world and some activities or harvest type stuff to go with depending on which direction they take it.
However, I wouldn't mind packs associated with certain Seasons to show up later like we have Backyard Stuff now.
For instance I can see a stuff pack called Snow Day showing up ... more coats, and some seasonal activity added in. It would be "gasp" DLC for DLC but depending on how it's done I'd be good with that. I want activities to be fleshed out than in the past .. as they have been coming... so more in other packs wouldn't bother me at all.

I think more likely we'd get packs that could stand on their own if a player doesn't have Seasons but have additional functionality when added to Seasons. I mentioned skateboarding becoming snowboarding in Winter; another could be if we got rollerskating in a pack it would become ice skating in Winter, or maybe if you put it indoors you could switch between roller skating and ice skating. (Since we don't get snow where I live there are a lot of indoor ice skating rinks.) An indoor rink that you can click on and set to "roller" or "ice" would be fun, and an indoor ice rink is a a great place to keep cool on hot days.

Another idea that just popped in my head: maybe a Romance pack that would add more features and content to Spring in the Seasons EP -- again, if you don't have Seasons the pack would work fine, but you'd get additional playabliity during the Spring season with the EP.

The packs going forward could work similar to the Seasons/Supernatural pairing where you got the Weather Stone if you have both packs installed (just not so dramatic), but either pack worked just fine on its own.

At this point most likely the discussion is moot anyway -- if Seasons is the next pack, it's far enough in production that the format has been set.

I can't deny that I fear how Seasons will turn out in Sims 4 as an EP, but spreading it to GPs would create huge backlash.

Seasons aren’t really Seasons unless they change. Releasing them as singles makes zero sense. I absolutely think we will get them all together. Might we see additional content based on Seasons? Sure. Their test with my first pet stuff didn’t go well, but “ski vacation” or “treasure island adventure” or whatever after Seasons that could be enhanced by owning Seasons...that, I can see

Seasons would be horrible separated I'd much rather get it all at once instead of waiting multiple years paying double and losing out on other themes we're talking about 4 packs that's 2 years of game packs. I'd much rather see packs later that work with Seasons enhancing it but Seasons not be a requirement to use any of its content like the recent worst stuff pack ever...

I'm fine with paying more than 40€ for all seasons content, and I'm fine with waiting a bit more to get everything.

I think the season system would most likely come in one pack but there could be some more to provide new activities, new skills, new clothes, new worlds, etc

"Akil;c-16475809" wrote:
I would hate for them to split up the basic weather mechanics into separate packs. That said I would love SP packs that build on the different seasons. A lot of people hated that MFPS did that (and I'm going to say I think the quality of that pack was extremely poor. Way too many recolors) but I personally don't have an issue with smaller packs building on bigger ones. I would hate for them to scrap cool ideas just because they didn't fit in the EP guidelines (which from all the live-streams and such seem to be rather strict).

Seasons is about more than just weather -- it's also about setting the full seasonal calendar. Sure, in the past you could turn off certain seasons and weather effects, but the programming is still there. I would imagine trying to separate the calendar into four separate pieces then integrating them would be a nightmare. And if we had to wait for 4 gamepacks to get a full Seasons experience, that's 4 gamepacks that wouldn't be able to be devoted to witches or werewolves or other supernaturals, or activities like a tropical vacation (I can imagine Sims wanting to get away from the snow!).

NO NO NO. this is what they want make gp's at least passable and only give sub-pare ep's what you get EA rolling in more of our cash for less work.
EXPANSION PACK (to expand on), not cut in to teeny little bits.
I will not be buying the next xp atm im going to wait and see..
EA is training us to like the gp's over ep's, wake up because its not a rose its a thorn up your noise

Their plan is working... :(

"Cupid;c-16472823" wrote:
Nothing wrong with having an opinion.... But I can think of several reasons why it doesn't appeal to me.

- Having to pay a total of $80 for all of the seasons.. which is something I'd never do no matter how fleshed out they were.
- Past experience shows us gamepack worlds are rather small and uninteresting, anyway.
- It would take about twice as long to complete as a regular expansion
- Since it'd come in different packs, the gameplay would feel disconnected since certain elements wouldn't be able to be tied together

I can think of a lot more, but these are just a few.
It's... certainly an idea, though.

I get that 80 bucks is a lot but if they were putting out 4 game packs per year, you'd pay that anyway.