The I'm Bored Thread

"ApparentlyAwesome;c-17369761" wrote:
Paralives does have my attention more than The Sims at the moment I'll admit. I look it up every few days to a week to see if there's anything new about it.

On the topic of The Sims, I didn't click done on the survey. I just wanted to read through it first. Some of the ideas sound generally interesting though I did note they stressed the word potential before the survey got started so of course some of the changes wanted may never come.

Some of the suggestions I liked or even loved (shared experiences, relationship tone, shared personal history, more relationship types, define lifestyle, go on an outing and more), but with some of them clearly what I'm thinking of and what they're thinking of don't quite match up based on the descriptions they give after the bold print. Then also I'd read them and before I'd get too excited I'd think 'picture them implementing them in the game' and think :confounded: 'Nah...'

If I vote based on what I want to see a number of them get high scores but my mind always went to how they would do it and what will the final product would look like and that would lead to things I'd vote a 7 or higher on getting a 5 or lower and it makes me unsure how to vote. Like if I could give my honest response then they put a little box down there for further comment so I can go into detail about why would've been great lol.

It's sad to say but I don't trust them to do these things justice. It's the game of missed opportunities and potential if only. I want these things, it's just that in this iteration can it be done well? If this were to get ideas for The Sims 5 I'd feel slightly more comfortable answering based on enthusiasm because at least they're starting over from scratch.

Also, the which EPs/GPs would we like to see have some extra polish or additional development (you could only select 3 in total) had me wondering if those will be in the form of another pack if gone through with. Seasons would be one of my selected ones so reading all those ideas for winter... :expressionless: Resorts, mountain climbing, ice fishing, all those winter activities and more for different types of climates could've gone into beefing up the Seasons pack and so could vacations and get aways with a few out of town getaways for sims to choose from based on each season. Or just have a Vacation pack on its own that provides mutiple vacation destinations.

I think the only questions I didn't immediately overthink on were what would make it easier to create the sims you want, what brands do you want The Sims to work with and how satisfied are you with the game. All that being said though I did like this survey better than the last ones they gave us. I just wish we were allowed to give the reason why or go into detail rather than just leaving them to assume based off how we rate or what we choose.

Just wanted to comment on some of these survey questions you mentioned.

Shared Experiences, who knows what that even means? Memories? I doubt it. If Sims had memories then they would know they already have shared experiences. If they mean players (I haven't read the survey other than glance) NO.

Relationship tone? Shouldn't they already have one? In love, crush, close, distant, solid, comfortable, familar? Odd one considering they have been building this game for 20 years.

Shared Personal History....TS2 did this so much better, it's a little late to fix the core.

Define Lifestyle: I don't even know what is meant by that one. Wouldn't this all fall under Traits, such a Hubris Sim might have more personal awards and mirrors etc? Their box of ideas sometimes doesn't reflect the great work they have done in the past games. A technophope possibly not wanting any electronics in the home? This is probably not even in the realm they mean and have no idea what hippy/yuppy idea they are trying to convey. Slapping clothes on a Sim and some Bohemian furniture in a room? I start to wonder where are the gurus who worked on traits in TS3 did they all quit?

Go Out On An Outing? Can't even believe this is one, it's been done to death since base game. Half the time Sims run off so why pay for it again?
Surely they aren't going to call this new.

And the most laughable, what brands do we want them to work with to bring to The Sims. What happened to all those players who had scrupples back in the day and hated advertized- sell out in games? Guess they no longer play this series. Again more catering to those who love CAS and logos.

If they want to build a better experience why don't they concentrate on gameplay. For instance TS2 shows you the name of the Sim your Sim is talking to while chatting on line. It also tells you who logged on etc. Your Sim can invite those Sims over, if you decide to do that. See, deep connection to actual gameplay. TS4 is shallow on this level and pretends to talk on line. (with unknown somebody)

Why not go one better and add Sim Skype, Sim Snap Chat or something so your SIm and the other Sim can talk face to face on line. Instead of going a few better steps forward with brilliant ideas and code in TS2 they just ditch stuff and swear it's too hard. Players would appreciate when their Sim chats on line they can see a real Sim in their pjs talking back to their Sim. More layers of depth to an already great interconnection in TS2. Instead of the shallow 'busy fill' of TS4. Nothing means two cents in TS4.

The Sims Skype would be enjoyable to see my own Sims in a different lot interacting with my current Sim. I would see their living room in background or maybe he or she is out in the desert when I made my current call them up. See, depth, Maxis. It's the details that matter to players, not the 'going through the motions'. At least to those of us who know you used to be better at building this series than your current team is now.

Just draw a pie. Split it down middle. The left side is the size of an EP in older games. On the right side draw fifty little sections, that is the size of packs and how many you will need to get the gameplay of one EP from TS1, TS2, TS3, and still no meat, just empty crust.