The Sims 5? Maxis Recruiting for “Exciting New Game in the Sims Franchise”

"luthienrising;c-16723340" wrote:
Given what we've been told about the future of Sims 4, I find it hard to think that this would be a Sims 5. I'd expect something more like a side game.

We’ve been told there are three years planned for content production. Not too far out of reality that they develop the successor alongside the current title, like they’ve done every other time.

Sims Online part 2 incoming

If it's for TS5, they can recruit me.

"Sk8rblaze;c-16723471" wrote:

"comicsforlife;c-16723459" wrote:
maybe its a new my sims game

I think this is very telling that it is a new The Sims entry (if you ignore everything else):

Create, model, UV, and texture fashion assets such as t-shirts, jeans, jackets, shoes, etc. in a realistic style to a high level of aesthetic quality.

Of course, this is all speculation based off phrasing, but from what it reads as, it looks like they are shooting to go with a more realistic art-style for the next game (perhaps like or beyond The Sims 3). The Sims 4, The Sims Mobile, My Sims, Sims Medieval, etc. all use a very unique, stylized art-style. Going for a more realistic approach in graphics is very time consuming, and costly. They would not take that approach for a spin off.

they might if it was sims online or maybe a spin off so they can say see the sims like you've never seen them before
Sims Medieval looks pretty real to me and it could be that they want to make an adult rated sims game as a spin off

"zamira82;c-16723572" wrote:
I'm up for any new TS series, but, I would feel incomplete. I would rather give lots of enhancement or features to TS4 first, before moving on to a new TS, until the developers feel that, it is time to move on to a new game which is way better and replaceable (which means, there is no regret for players to transition from TS4 to TS5. It will be selfish to leave the TS4 in the current states, without leaving the players a sense of satisfaction, albeit it is very subjective. It's totally fine working on the timeline for the new game, because I'm pretty sure it takes lots of time & careful planning, but it should not make the player feel the need to not enjoying the current game, just because we're expecting something new in the future.

Whatever this game is, it’s not going to be released for a long time. TS4 has a 3 year plan, so it’s getting new stuff for at least that amount of time.

I hope it's The Sims 5 and I hope they put alot of time and effort into making it.

They said The Sims 4 was going to be in production for atleast 3 more years, so here's to hoping they spend these remaining 3 years producing a high quality sequal.

Edit: I hope it wont be an online game like The Sims 4 was going to be.

It'll probably be something we didn't expect it to be and what no one asked for.

They have NEVER recruited publicly about a Sims sequel, it’s all very hush hush.

And they say “new game in The Sims Franchise” and when you put in perspective that it includes games like My Sims, it doesn’t really mean anything at this point.

SimGuruGrant and SimGuruLyndsay aren’t obviously part of this project as they’re hiring for a new Executive Producer, which sounds to me like Grant and Lyndsay will stay on Sims 4, and this will be a whole new project.

I have a feeling we will be seeing a game like “Sims Online 2”, or a franchise like “My Sims” or even a spin off like “The Urbz”

I doubt very much it’s The Sims 5, if they’re only just getting started on the Sims 5 base game, they don’t need an Executive Producer, they’re usually hired just before a game gets ready to be publicly announced.

An Executive Producer isn’t really needed for the initial development of a game, more when they actually have a game ready and need decisions on what to do next, how to promote etc.

"drake_mccarty;c-16723595" wrote:

"zamira82;c-16723572" wrote:
I'm up for any new TS series, but, I would feel incomplete. I would rather give lots of enhancement or features to TS4 first, before moving on to a new TS, until the developers feel that, it is time to move on to a new game which is way better and replaceable (which means, there is no regret for players to transition from TS4 to TS5. It will be selfish to leave the TS4 in the current states, without leaving the players a sense of satisfaction, albeit it is very subjective. It's totally fine working on the timeline for the new game, because I'm pretty sure it takes lots of time & careful planning, but it should not make the player feel the need to not enjoying the current game, just because we're expecting something new in the future.

Whatever this game is, it’s not going to be released for a long time. TS4 has a 3 year plan, so it’s getting new stuff for at least that amount of time.

I hope so, because I recently started to play TS4 after a long break from playing TS, and it makes me feel so excited as if like I'm getting a new toy. The talk of developing TS5 (although, I know that it is important & critical to have it in the plan, especially for this franchise), makes me feel like I'm buying the 'obsolete' product, though it is still relevant & needs a lot of improvement in comparison to the predecessors. I would like to stay positive & excited while enjoying the current game despite the lack of features, bugs, etc. I hope that EA would make use of their '3-year plan' so that the players will always get excited for whatever new or direction this franchise will take in the future. Perhaps, the 'transparency' & engagement needs to be improved, so that the players will always stay informed & critical in expressing their feedback for the game development.

Lol I love how y'all expect its Sims 5 its probably new cartoony game for mobile or console
Or new lame cartoony game for PC that's even much more cartoony than sims 4
I wonder when we'll ever get a good realistic sims game, probably never
Players who wants to play cartoony have tons of options but players who wants to play realistic has zero
Yes I know I can go with sims 3 but I cant enjoy the constant lag on my gaming PC and bugs
I just want a realistic optimized sims game for PC, why is that impossible