Snowy Escape EP 10 Teaser

"Dannydanbo;c-17693238" wrote:
Well, it seems from the screen shot @lilsimsie kindly provided, that there will be three neighborhoods with five lots each and a common mountain area to explore and "play" on as per the pictures in the hint. It appears to be a world we can live in as there are house lots (but they could be rentals). In the lower neighborhood there are two visible lot icons, a lounge and a new icon, a star, that is unknown for now. In the middle neighborhood, we can see two lot icons, warning unfinished and a bar. The upper neighborhood only shows one icon and it is unknown at this time but, IMO, appears to be of the house shaped versions of residential and tiny home, so it could, hopefully, be a hotel icon.

On the mountain, there appears to be slopes for snowboarding and sledding. To the right there appears to be a possible "state park" where our sims could explore and maybe go mountain climbing and, if we're lucky meet a Yeti.

There is a definite Asian look which I like very much.

According to SimGuruGraham several gamechangers "helped" with this pack and, based on lilsimsie's leak, also are playing it to test(?) it.

If this is the next EP, it looks promising. It is a bigger world than I feared we would get. If it has fun game play, then maybe this collaboration with people who actually play the game they create, might be the way to go from now on.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50506844446_cbb2bf583a_k.jpg

That "star" looks like the icon used for rental lots -- look at the maps for Selvadorada and Granite Falls. So maybe they've figured out a way to combine rentals and residential in the same world? Maybe they wanted to do that for Sulani but couldn't get the game mechanics right, but now it works. Imagine changing one of the Sulani lots into a honeymoon location, or maybe putting a rental in Oasis Springs for Sims tired of the snow in Windenburg. If we can't get actual resorts, this would be a good second choice; almost like a Sims AirBnB. B) (I wonder if AirBnB and other services might be more popular now, as you can go somewhere new yet easily isolate yourself from others who might have the virus.)

"RememberJoy;c-17693367" wrote:

Things I'm hoping for:

- A nice mix of modern and traditional Japanese inspired styles for CAS and BB as well as some more winter clothing.
- Hotels, but I'd also be content if they unlock rental lots for all worlds.
- A hot spring we can place that sims can soak in
- Martial arts (I'm not holding out too much hope for this since it doesn't really fit the theme)
- A new fitness aspiration based on winter sports
- A new woohoo spot (igloo?) and a new death
- The ability to break bones if you wipe out
- Traits that are less world specific like Daredevil or Brave/Coward

We definitely need a new fitness based aspiration!

I'd like to see martial arts too, and tai chi. I thought they did the sparring in ts3 pretty well, though it would be nice to include solo training, like sword katas or something as well.

"Dannydanbo;c-17693369" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17693353" wrote:

"Dannydanbo;c-17693238" wrote:
n the lower neighborhood there are two visible lot icons, a lounge and a new icon, a star, that is unknown for now.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50506844446_cbb2bf583a_k.jpg

Actually @Dannydanbo , that "star" icon represents rental lots in GF ans Selvadorada and is the icon for vacation worlds.

IF that is the case, I wonder if they are maybe opening up that lot type to us to use. That would be AWESOME. We would be able to place one in any world for rental. Like Sulani.

When I was playing, I had a generic lot in each neighbourhood that was like a bed and breakfast for my sims to travel around.
It would be nice to have dedicated lots even in Brindleton Bay for someone who just wants a vacay, or where they want to stay a few days to collect things, or look around and check things out.

I did that because it just seemed too far-fetched to travel from San Myshuno to Windenburg on a whim for a few hours. lol

Thank you for the info. I had forgotten to check the Vacation Word lot icons. It would be great if we could place rentals wherever we wanted. I, also, have created a few generic lot hotels. What I really want is Bed & Breakfast programing so we can own, live and work there.

That would be nice, but honestly, I can't see it happening. It would need a complete overhaul at the retail level so our sims could own and live there too. And they've never done that. The game doesn't connect a sim as owner at all and you can see that if you send a different sim to visit a shop owned by another sim. That sim is no where to be found and it is manned by random sims. It's unfortunate that S4 does not have the level of detail of previous games.

I think it's possible we could get a Bed and Breakfast GP, possibly using a form of the roommate system introduced in DU.

As for the retail bit, where you don't see the owner on a retail lot, that's actually quite common in real life; most owners don't show up at their business which is why they hire managers. :)

"Marnetti;c-17693070" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-17692583" wrote:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruGraham/status/1318208993513197575?s=19

No hate. I just think it’s ironic how they went to people who live in areas where it doesn’t snow for help on this (Idk about Simlicy though). Kinda funny ?

How do we know though they went to them for climate related business? Maybe they went to them to create households or clothing. Or create a build. The climate of one country doesn’t exactly define a person’s ability to do something. they most likely went to ppl who actually know about the country.

Thank you @simgirl1010 for bringing this new pack info to the attention of the forum as I don't have a twitter or Facebook account so can only get new information on these threads :)

Like many have already stated I would love it to be a world where my sims can live as well as visit but I will take what I can get where winter sports are concerned as I love them..

looking at the map with those little squiggles drawn I am so hoping for skiing and snowboarding down a mountain as opposed to a ski pipe that would be so awesome..

The final cherry on the cake for me personally would be resorts and hotels coming back as I love to play those too..

I never watch live streams anymore but i will defo be watching this one :)

So good to see lots of positive comments for once! Getting sick of the negative people jumping on every single announcement. Super excited for this pack ☺ reminds me of TS1 Vacation!

"drake_mccarty;c-17693145" wrote:

"EmmaVane;c-17693123" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;c-17693093" wrote:
Sledding, snow boarding, and rock climbing is what I see on the teaser. Didn’t see any hotels in the leak, but it’s a vacation world from the looks of it (lot type icons)

If that map is legit then it looks like a mixture of Residential (no icon) and Rental (sun/starburst icon) lots, as well as other lots typically found in residential worlds.

There is a new lot type on the mountain but I can't make out the icon so it could be anything.

No icon could also mean occupied since it looks like she was playtesting it. Salvadora included lot types that at the time were typical of residential worlds (bar, museum) and a new lot type (tomb). I think this looks like a vacation world and I think that’s the right choice for this kind of gameplay.

Occupied rental lots still have an icon (it's the same icon, just with a plumbob next to it).

https://i.imgur.com/Bz94HNy.jpg

Only unoccupied residential lots don't have an icon.

"ExxCee;c-17693392" wrote:
So good to see lots of positive comments for once! Getting sick of the negative people jumping on every single announcement. Super excited for this pack ☺ reminds me of TS1 Vacation!

i mean we still have to see what's on it. so far it sounds good but devs always find a way to mess up but hopefully i'm wrong on this for once

"ExxCee;c-17693392" wrote:
So good to see lots of positive comments for once! Getting sick of the negative people jumping on every single announcement. Super excited for this pack ☺ reminds me of TS1 Vacation!

And I was sick of being given reasons to jump. Whether or not that changes is yet to be seen but so far I'm hopeful lol