The Sims 4 Discover University - Gameplay trailer

"mika;c-17301024" wrote:

"Ancaryvan;c-17300765" wrote:
1st time ever, a sim can speak language we, real world, can all understand. BUT... her sims friends cannot understand what she is saying at all! :D
Lawyer: Rabbithole job?
Engineer: Another Rabbithole?
Professor: Definitely Interactive.

Pretty sure her friends did understand her, they were just stunned by her wild story. Simlish is the sim equivalent of English.

For me simlish is the equivalent of language in general, any language not only English. I thought that was the point of using simlish in the first place, to have one language to be heard for all simmers in all languages. My sims in my game are not pretending to speak English.

I rather consider the trailer to be simlish speaking actors who are dubbed for the English speaking viewers who don't understand simlish. ;)

could y'all just imagine the trailer being narrated in simlish, i mean it might be a great fun treat for players, but i think it's gon be stupidly childish and unprofessional. it's like ur presenting a ukranian trailer on an english audience.

besides, i don't think anyone on earth could really understand a full simlish sentence other than phrases.

No new factories? Bummer. Are we ever gonna see new factories? Like a candy factory or a soda bottler?

I watched my first horror movie in my media studies class. My teacher was delighted that I'd never seen it before.

"ListentoToppDogg;c-17300362" wrote:
I think that was easily the cringiest Sims trailer I've ever seen :# We get it, this game is for the hip and cool teen girls of the world, but geeeeezzzzz, the 'hashtags' and other weird slang and the way the voice actress spoke were so off putting.

Hilarious how this is the 2nd trailer, the GAMEPLAY trailer, and yet still nothing showing anything to do with classes. Is this a university pack or a "my life is so #crazy and so #weird, but so #fun, and and I love to #party, oh and I also just so happen to be in #school" pack? Seriously, they glossed over anything that actually related to school just to tell a story about this obnoxious girl. Where are the actual details about what's offered in the pack? Where is the schooling? What about the degrees? Jobs? The campuses? Literally all of that was ignored. This was supposed to be the trailer to tell us about what's new and interesting about this pack, but instead they just rushed through everything and used it as mere background for the unnecessary story.

Doesn't make the pack look appealing in the slightest In fact, it just makes the pack come across as void of content.

I dont know why y'all think they should appeal to you instead of the newer, younger generation. It makes complete sense for TS4 to mostly target teens and young adults as they have the most spending and staying power and are what brings attention to the game. Nobody cares what kind of music or things the 30+ folks are into for a reason. It's basic marketing. As cringy as it seems, this is what the target demo responds to, especially on social media platforms as I see many young women all over twitter and instagram referring to it as the "best trailer" yet.

Hate to say it, but the majority is all they're concerned about and the majority of Sims 4 players are young people / women. And the devs only come on the forums for ideas of what unique objects/mechanisms to add to the game, not really for our overall opinions and critiques. They're more active on twitter.

@Camkat EA might think they have a new, younger fanbase, but that isn't what I am seeing among the group of players I know. My granddaughters are very disappointed in Sims4. And they're all teens. They all fall within EA's target demographic. But they prefer Sims2 and 3. I am also seeing this with the children and grandchildren of people I introduced to the Sims franchise years ago. So when EA and the gurus talk about this 'target demographic' I have to wonder where their information came from. Did this info come from polls done only on certain web sites that cater to just teens? Did someone wander around the streets of Seattle, LA, Chicago or New York with a clipboard and stop teenagers to ask certain questions about their gaming preferences? I just have to wonder why and how EA came to the conclusion they needed to alienate the players who have been with the franchise since it began. When is it ever a good thing to do that?

The one thing that is totally different in Sims4 that was not in the previous iterations, is this obsesssion with social media. The fact we must be involved in some form of social media during the course of day to day life has been blown out of proportion, and has become the focal point in Sims4. My oldest granddaughter said she went back to Sims2 because of the emphasis being placed on social media in Sims4. She said she plays her Sims games to take a break from texting and reading about what other people are doing every minute of their day. Coming from a sixteen year old, that says a lot about where society is right now. That is the target demographic EA wants. EA wants to take the Sims franchise from being a sandbox game and create a multi-player online game with it. This was their plan while Sims4 was in development but the uproar from the Simming community stopped it from happening. So they went with another tactic. Sims4 mobile and Sims4 on consoles. The success EA has had in these two new markets will change how the Sims franchise goes forward. It has already changed Sims4 as we have seen with the last few packs, and I don't expect it to change for the better any time soon.

So, when is it ever a good time to alienate players? Right now. While they have the attention of many new players, who are heavily involved in sharing everything in their life, with anyone who will pay attention to them. That's my take on why Sims4 lacks depth and why so many of us feel as if we don't matter now. I don't want to share my gaming time with other players. But there are many who do want that choice. Did EA set out to deliberately make Sims4 a disappointing game so we'd quietly leave the franchise? There are times when I believe that is exactly what EA wanted.

2020 will be an interesting year. The first new pack of 2020 will give us a clue as to what they will do with the Sims franchise. One thing I am hoping for now, is for DU to be a good EP. The uni players have waited a very long time for it and I want it to be a good experience for them. So perhaps once this pack is released, the teams will get to work on adding more things for the kids to do. I hope so. I forgot about the pillow fights. Those were fun. The expressions on their faces were hilarious. And the kids jumping on the furniture. So darn cute. <3

"Hearts4u;c-17300996" wrote:

I pre-ordered when I watched the first trailer and one of my favorite Sims youtubers. Yet, I really liked this trailer as well. That is the beauty of the Sims 4 in my opinion—you can create your own reality and variety. Yet, you’ll always have varying views that will always make one LOL. Looking forward to Discovering University during my own gameplay. Happy DU Simmers!

I agree with this! People complain this showed no gameplay but the sims was always about creating your own reality with the provided tools. Atleast I thought so?
I know I'm already plotting to design my own cafeteria. Since there are no active classes like I wanted I am going to use these custom school desks I have and design my own class rooms with activities to complete. And use whatever tools provided to create my own reality and stories I'm going to come up with. I think this pack is going to be a blast combined with everything we already have!???

And for people open to mods and cc, I'm sure they will come up with awesome enhancements!

I know from my personal experiences chatting with various simmers over various sites, servers, and forums, a lot of them tended to be middle-aged women in their late 20s-early 40s or gay men in their 20s, and I don't encounter many teens as much as I would've thought. Many of these older simmers I've bonded with and became great friends! :D

@mika i have to agree, i don't want this pack to focused mainly on classes and lectures, i need more mature drama too, plus, i actually find the trailer entertaining or what not.

however, the only reason why some people complain about TS4's young demographic is cebause of the game being dumbed-down, simple, shallow, at too cartoony. simple as that.

@Paigeisin5 Just because your granddaughters are in the target demo doesn't mean they represent it. As I said, the majority are not of your opinions. As soon as toddlers were added, there was nothing stopping TS4 from making money. You can come on here and cry all you want about it not being like the old iterations, the complaints are irrelevant and won't change a thing, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. The old iterations are still there, nothing is stopping you from playing them. I strongly disliked TS3 so I mainly played TS2 until TS4 came out. This iteration is new and should be original anyways, not a rehash of what we've already had. Tell your granddaughters to wait for TS5 because if you don't like TS4 at this point already, you never will.

At the end of the day, for all the complaining people do, 80% (probably more) are still buying the packs. Money is all that matters when it comes to this, not our nostalgia or whatever unless it matters to the target demo (like University does). And once you accept that reality you'll be much happier .