The purpose of Newcrest was?

"drake_mccarty;14238135" wrote:

"luthienrising;14218205" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;14218189" wrote:

"lovebypondside;14217209" wrote:

"drake_mccarty;14217194" wrote:

I'm not against blank worlds, I wouldn't pay for one, but if they were to produce another for free I have no qualms with that.

I do wish they would have gotten a little more creative though, it's a little disappointing that every location in Newcrest is an revision of willow creek neighborhoods. I guess that's just one of the downsides to the way they make worlds now.

Oh yes, I agree. I wouldn't want to pay for a blank world.

I get what you mean about wishing it looked different. I would have liked a different style, but to be fair, Newcrest has some differences in the backdrop being more city-like, and I just noticed yesterday for the first time that there's a golf course lol. And also, it was free. But, I feel you.

I just don't think that was a sufficient solution. It's smaller than the base game worlds, and it's also structurally the same.

I think it would be more beneficial for the team to develop a world creator. That way players play a role in creating new neighborhoods, however that would undoubtedly take potential money that Maxis would otherwise charge players for. As gracious as some people believe the team is, it's all about profits. The Sims 4 is far beyond a best seller, so they are going to capitalize on areas that only they can provide. Like worlds.

Not sufficient, perhaps, in the long run, but it was probably waaaaay sooner than they could get us another option, and that mattered. Many of us didn't want to way an extra year or whatever for a world creator that might never come.

The fact we still don't have a world building tool is an issue with the development team. For the past 2 games we have had a way to create our own neighborhoods either at launch, or shortly after. The fact we can't do that well over a year after the game launched says the developers honestly dont feel it's a priority.

I said before Newcrest was a temporary quick fix to a much larger issue. My guess is that there probably won't be a world builder, solely so Maxis can try and capture as many sales as they can. Creativity used to be a major part to The Sims, especially in The Sims 3 with CAW, but Maxis has removed the entire aspect of world building and left players who built worlds in the dark.

I agree that creativity has been diminished this time around. I never got around to using CAW but I did use the world editor a lot. There wasn't a world that was safe from editing and rebuilding so that I could make it my own.

Yes TS4 has improved some things in building but not including a world editor, terrain tools and CASt they've made it harder to really change a neighborhood.