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

If it is a TS 5, I hope they bring back the color wheel for clothes and furniture. I hope you have to buy each piece of clothing and accessories. I don’t like the way we put together entire outfits, I want to go to the dresser or motor and pick out piece of the outfit every time they change clothes. Not have the outfits already planned. When retail comes about I want to pick out pieces of an outfit including makeup, shoes, shirts, pants, full piece outfits (such as dresses, or a suit, or costume). I want to be able to pick out and buy each piece of jewelry and scent too. too. I want to be able to put an outfit together on the spot. With pieces I have bought and owned in any combination. I want to be able to buy clothes off a rack, hats out of a hat box, shoes from a shoe box, jewelry from a counter and/or jewelry box, makeup from a counter and/ or vanity. It is just so much more realistic and fun to play that way. I don’t like the mannequin idea or planned outfits. Give me a sewing machine that makes clothes, bed spreads, curtains and stuffed animals, maybe even doll clothes for a sims dolls, lol. Make my sim children be able to play non object games like hide and seek and cops and robbers.

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

I don't really see people anywhere begging for the base game to not have toddlers, pools, basements, ghosts, dishwashers, family trees, party invitations, sliding doors, only one type of stairs, no color wheel, teens the same height as adults/ya/elders and so on again. Even less asking for more emotions and goal oriented stuff. But if you do, point me in the right direction.

"GamingTweety;c-16725264" wrote:
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 meed more.

It is never enough though...

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Feedback on the forums from 2014 says otherwise :wink:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

With Sims 5, I feel that even Sims 4 fans will want more and more varied content than the previous edition. Why else would I buy a new game sequel if it’s not going to add on top of previous game—or even provide the base stuff from the previous game?

For example, I would expect Sims 5 to have toddlers at base game.

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726932" wrote:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

If the next Sims game has an open world then we would know that they listened to feedback. At the moment I am not convinced

"king_of_simcity7;c-16726936" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726932" wrote:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

If the next Sims game has an open world then we would know that they listened to feedback. At the moment I am not convinced

Well, I didn’t really care for open world in Sims 3, and I’m more of a Sims 2 fan, so I’m not bothered by a lack of a fully open world myself. Open world is not usually on my list of priorities for some types of games. Not every simmer is into full-open worlds.

I’m more concerned about toddlers and creative tools and options at base game. Those would show me more of the feedback.

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726939" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16726936" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726932" wrote:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

If the next Sims game has an open world then we would know that they listened to feedback. At the moment I am not convinced

Well, I didn’t really care for open world in Sims 3, and I’m more of a Sims 2 fan, so I’m not bothered by a lack of a fully open world myself. Open world is not usually on my list of priorities for some types of games. Not every simmer is into full-open worlds.

I’m more concerned about toddlers and creative tools and options at base game. Those would show me more of the feedback.

If they don't include toddlers in the next game I would laugh. Not because I would find it funny, but simply because no one usually makes the same mistakes twice right? :no_mouth:

On a serious note though I would be surprised if they omit toddlers again, the feedback in the community was huge. It took too long to amend that but they did it in the end. There was community spirit behind it but more should be done and I feel that only in the next game would The Sims ever see a worthy successor to TS3

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726939" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16726936" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726932" wrote:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

If the next Sims game has an open world then we would know that they listened to feedback. At the moment I am not convinced

Well, I didn’t really care for open world in Sims 3, and I’m more of a Sims 2 fan, so I’m not bothered by a lack of a fully open world myself. Open world is not usually on my list of priorities for some types of games. Not every simmer is into full-open worlds.

I’m more concerned about toddlers and creative tools and options at base game. Those would show me more of the feedback.

TS4 doesn't have creative tools in my view. The biggest said innovations just didn't work at all. Emotions and multitasking were the biggest points of attraction, as well as the supposed "smart sim engine". Things like emotions and multitasking seem wonderful on paper but TS4 proved they just don't work at all.

Emotions and multitasking slowed down development and made it super expensive. Devs that left EA have commented on this, and current gurus are constantly talking about how hard it is to work through the new multitasking system regarding animation on new assets for the game, it's the reason there are no lounge chairs in the BG and why they have to be left for a bigger budget pack to make them, because otherwise they'd be considered an entire new gameplay object. I hope TS5 ditches all of them, multitasking, emotions and moodlets, and has a more concrete mood system, even if it means going back to the mood meter.

One of TS2's biggest points was that you could finally change the color of certain assets in an object in the BG. Coming from TS1 it was a huge deal, and having a color wheel later on TS3, including pattern changing was colossal for creativity. TS4 took away all of that and replaced it with color presets, similar to TS1, talk about going back in time.

I hope TS5 includes layered clothing for both tops and bottoms, outer clothing, inner clothing and jackets and gets rid of the full body outfits entirely, with the exception of perhaps costumes. That way we can combine multiple pieces of clothing and put together our very own outfit combinations. Put that together with a color wheel and you have the best creative system yet for clothing.

From TS4 CAS I would only keep hats with every hair, the tuck in boots and pants and the push and pull sim feature. Everything else can go into the trash can. Hell in TS4 you can't even have separate ear accessory assets like in TS2 and TS3 or choose what hand bracelets go onto.

"Sigzy05;c-16726963" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726939" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16726936" wrote:

"bunny-gypsy;c-16726932" wrote:

"Brindleton;c-16726369" wrote:
With the success of Sims 4, I honestly don't see EA attempting to cater to Sims 2 and 3 fan bases anymore.
I know it sounds harsh but it's just not feasible for many reasons. It's the natural process of a long running franchise.

Whether it’s Sims 2/3 fans or Sims 4 fans, there did seem to be a backlash on the lack of toddler thing...And the devs did end up including them, eventually. And the gurus did say they are listening to feedback, and I saw lots of feedback that was similar, whether a Sims 4 fan or whatever.

A life simulator / sandbox game would still have all sorts of fans demanding for the same kinds of stuff: toddlers, seasons, pools, retail, restaurants, pets, etc.

I really didn’t see a difference in the feedback. Many simmers, old and new, seem to want some similar things and want lots of content in a Sims game, regardless of whatever iteration it is.

If the next Sims game has an open world then we would know that they listened to feedback. At the moment I am not convinced

Well, I didn’t really care for open world in Sims 3, and I’m more of a Sims 2 fan, so I’m not bothered by a lack of a fully open world myself. Open world is not usually on my list of priorities for some types of games. Not every simmer is into full-open worlds.

I’m more concerned about toddlers and creative tools and options at base game. Those would show me more of the feedback.

TS4 doesn't have creative tools in my view. The biggest said innovations just didn't work at all. Emotions and multitasking were the biggest points of attraction, as well as the supposed "smart sim engine". Things like emotions and multitasking seem wonderful on paper but TS4 proved they just don't work at all.

Emotions and multitasking slowed down development and made it super expensive. Devs that left EA have commented on this, and current gurus are constantly talking about how hard it is to work through the new multitasking system regarding animation on new assets for the game, it's the reason there are no lounge chairs in the BG and why they have to be left for a bigger budget pack to make them, because otherwise they'd be considered an entire new gameplay object. I hope TS5 ditches all of them, multitasking, emotions and moodlets, and has a more concrete mood system, even if it means going back to the mood meter.

One of TS2's biggest points was that you could finally change the color of certain assets in an object in the BG. Coming from TS1 it was a huge deal, and having a color wheel later on TS3, including pattern changing was colossal for creativity. TS4 took away all of that and replaced it with color presets, similar to TS1, talk about going back in time.

I hope TS5 includes layered clothing for both tops and bottoms, outer clothing, inner clothing and jackets and gets rid of the full body outfits entirely, with the exception of perhaps costumes. That way we can combine any 3 pieces of clothing and put together our very own outfit combinations. Put that together with a color wheel and you have the best creative system yet for clothing.

From TS4 CAS I would only keep hats with every hair, the tuck in boots and pants and the push and pull sim feature. Everything else can go into the trash can. Hell in TS4 you can't even have separate ear accessory assets like in TS2 and TS3 or choose what hand bracelets go onto.

This!

It got better and better per every release and then it just sopped Fell own, went backwards and has since then only done a few spins and the odd trick here and there but no way has there been any hints of moving forwards.

I mean you cannot even place your own lots, that is back to TS1 standards only neighbourhood view looked better in TS1 so it is almost like going back to a game in the 90s only with out the Old Skool charm. I am not sure what they where thinking with TS4 but I hope that next time they think again...