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

"bunny-gypsy;c-16724820" wrote:
Wait, how “realistic”-looking are we talking about here?

I REALLY do not want ultra-realistic uncanny valley faces in my games. (Sims 3 and Medieval are not ultra-realistic to me. They still seem somewhat stylized.)

For ultra-realistic )like triple AAA Nathan Drake from Uncharted games kind of realistic), the devs would need to do some serious motion capture to make it look natural and not creepy. This may require a big budget or limitations. The Sims are not scripted cinematic games like those games with the realistic graphics (like Uncharted and Tomb Raider, etc).

I have not seen an ultra-realistic simulation game that had good looking characters (that aren’t creepy and are motion-captured well) that is customizable and has a big sandbox like the Sims.

The sims could never be as realistic as Uncharted 4 @bunny-gypsy Uncharted 4 is able to achieve that because they have a very specific character in a very specific story limited world. Everything is accounted for in that game that's why it's possible to have such detail in graphics. Uncharted doesn't have as many things working, in the background, in tandem, things with multiple possibilities and reactions. Drake's facial animations and motion capture acting are staged for that game's cutscenes and environment.

Hey, guys. I have a project called "Let's Discuss Sims 5" here. Every week i am choosing a theme to talk about how we would like things to work in SIms 5. The first discussion was about how we wanted the worlds/neighborhoods in the game, the second theme was about traits, personalities and zodiac, and i'll be posting the third theme later today. Feel free to add to previous themes, to suggest next themes or to talk about the topic of the moment.
Now is the time for us to tell the devs what we want in the game, before its the release date and its too late!

"vikixc;c-16723600" wrote:
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.

I really hope that the spend more than just 3 years producing the bas game, cuz all the other Sims games took at least 4 years developing... Even SIms 4 took the entire Sims 3 lifetime to be produced and it was released undercooked.
THere is a phrase by Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of many Nintendo games, that i always post here in this forum and i always will that says "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever."

"Sigzy05;c-16724879" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16724820" wrote:
Wait, how “realistic”-looking are we talking about here?

I REALLY do not want ultra-realistic uncanny valley faces in my games. (Sims 3 and Medieval are not ultra-realistic to me. They still seem somewhat stylized.)

For ultra-realistic )like triple AAA Nathan Drake from Uncharted games kind of realistic), the devs would need to do some serious motion capture to make it look natural and not creepy. This may require a big budget or limitations. The Sims are not scripted cinematic games like those games with the realistic graphics (like Uncharted and Tomb Raider, etc).

I have not seen an ultra-realistic simulation game that had good looking characters (that aren’t creepy and are motion-captured well) that is customizable and has a big sandbox like the Sims.

The sims could never be as realistic as Uncharted 4 @bunny-gypsy Uncharted 4 is able to achieve that because they have a very specific character in a very specific story limited world. Everything is accounted for in that game that's why it's possible to have such detail in graphics. Uncharted doesn't have as many things working, in the background, in tandem, things with multiple possibilities and reactions. Drake's facial animations and motion capture acting are staged for that game's cutscenes and environment.

Yeah, exactly. It’s why I’m wondering how realistic some simmers are talking about.

I remembered there were several threads on this forum where some simmers wanted Sims 4 or Sims 5 to be like Uncharted or other AAA ultra game graphics levels of realistic (not just environment, but in the Sims faces as well), and I always thought that would be very hard thing for any devs to do for a game series as expansive and as complex as the Sims.

I’m also wary because the more realistic it becomes, the harder it is to do things like torture and kill them. (Whether it makes you feel bad, or if it makes it look, well, unrealistic or creepy, because it’s so uncanny valley.)

I just don’t see ultra-realistic for Sims in that way. Now, graphics better, yes. But the sims themselves were always somewhat stylized, even in the Sims 3 and Medieval. I feel really good game graphics have a combination of realism (or detail) and stylization. The graphics in Disney, Pixar, and Dreamworks movies are like this combo.

"keekee53;c-16723391" wrote:
Sims Online part 2 incoming

part 3 actually

"jackjack_k;c-16723656" wrote:
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.

They mentioned that its an AAA game, all of those that youre citing are not AAA, they are spin-offs

"@Sigzy05;c-16723898" wrote:

"jackjack_k;c-16723884" wrote:

"icmnfrsh;c-16723777" wrote:
Speak for yourself. I still think TS2 looks alright and I still play it sometimes. And I think GTA V looks okay too. The Sims doesn't have to be extremely realistic. It's just that TS4 is too cartoony for me

They’re better of doing cartoony with realistic elements, rather than realistic with cartoony elements.

The Sims 3 at times was a little bit too realistic when it came to Sim design. Child/Toddler Sims especially needed less realism and more cartoony aspects they were scary at times :joy:

And yet, TS2 and TS3 did as good if not better than TS4.

It’s likely that the 10M badge the Guru’s posted means 10 million sales which already puts the Sims 4 above 2 & 3 on PC/Mac.

Sims 3 hit 10 million but that figure included everything from PC, Mac, console, handhelds and smartphones. We already know the Sims 2 did 6 million on PC, and 13 million on all platforms.

Also, The Sims 2 and 3 were considered outdated and at the end of their shelf life in 2008 & 2013, people were expecting a new game,

Yet The Sims 4 came to console at the end of 2017 and is still selling like a brand new game, obviously the artsyle is working and EA are able to continue to push the game as a AAA game.

Imagine The Sims 2 in 2010 for example, of The Sims 3 in 2015 and EA still releasing DLC the public would not care.

I can still see the public caring about the Sims 4 in 2020 and that’s mostly due to the fact it still looks current.

"bunny-gypsy;c-16724451" wrote:
One thing I hope Sims 5 would be advanced enough to handle? Lounge chairs. :tongue: I can’t believe we still don’t have those, lol.

YES. I was surprised to see that it didn't have any when pools were patched in. Is it too much for the multitasking system to handle? Aren't they similar to chairs but with their legs up?

"Sk8rblaze;c-16723096" wrote:
I certainly hope this is The Sims 5! They sure are starting development a bit later than usual, but at least it's (presumably) being worked on at all!

Here's to hoping they start The Sims 5 by planning it the way The Sims 4 should have been planned before development began: as an offline, single player, open-ended life simulator, carrying from where both The Sims 2 and 3 left off.

Here's to hoping they start The Sims 5 by planning it the way The Sims 4 should have been planned before development began: as an offline, single player, open-ended life simulator, carrying from where both The Sims 2 and 3 left off.

Here's to hoping they start The Sims 5 by planning it the way The Sims 4 should have been planned before development began: as an offline, single player, open-ended life simulator, carrying from where both The Sims 2 and 3 left off.

Here's to hoping they start The Sims 5 by planning it the way The Sims 4 should have been planned before development began: as an offline, single player, open-ended life simulator, carrying from where both The Sims 2 and 3 left off.

Here's to hoping they start The Sims 5 by planning it the way The Sims 4 should have been planned before development began: as an offline, single player, open-ended life simulator, carrying from where both The Sims 2 and 3 left off....

That cannot be said enough times. :)

Also with toddlers. :#

I really don't want the sims 4 coming to an end soon. There is many packs that we would get. It's just not enough now. I need more.