Theory: postcard date, significance

I would like a farming ep AND a horse gp.

I’m going to sound like a horse conspiracy theorist but hear me out. The pack released just prior to November 2019 was realm of magic which had equestrian clothing that was pointed out in the live stream. We got all excited about that hint/leak but nothing came of it. My theory is that this pack has been in the works longer than usual maybe because of the difficulty of programming horses. It was meant to come out as an earlier EP but development took way longer than expected. But I also desperately want horses in the game (had a dream about it last night lol) so I’m extremely biased.

"mmb_abr;c-17904696" wrote:
I’m going to sound like a horse conspiracy theorist but hear me out. The pack released just prior to November 2019 was realm of magic which had equestrian clothing that was pointed out in the live stream. We got all excited about that hint/leak but nothing came of it. My theory is that this pack has been in the works longer than usual maybe because of the difficulty of programming horses. It was meant to come out as an earlier EP but development took way longer than expected. But I also desperately want horses in the game (had a dream about it last night lol) so I’m extremely biased.

You're definitely not alone in that wish. It would be very exciting if true.

"mmb_abr;c-17904696" wrote:
But I also desperately want horses in the game (had a dream about it last night lol) so I’m extremely biased.

Same, I've been going back and playing RDR2 again. I basically just play that game as Horse Simulator. I just want my Sims character to be able to have a horse and bond with it already. I'm sick of always trying to make sure I leave a slot free in the household just in case horses suddenly come out.

2019 was also when people found horse code in the game: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/965944/holy-horses-batman-theres-more-in-the-code/p1 So the timeline definitely fits. And horse riding in the English countryside is definitely a thing. Maybe it's more of a countryside life EP than farming? 'Bond with nature' definitely makes me think some sort of animal's coming - you don't really 'bond' with anything else - but I'm not sure which I think yet. I'm a little torn, because there are so many horse breeds out there and so much potential interaction, I think they would be limited by squeezing them in an EP alongside farming. But on the other hand, I love Shire horses, and I can't think of anything better than putting heavy horses in a farming pack, so they can do the work they're actually good at.

In a way I hate speculating, because I fall in love with every idea I come up with, and they can't all be in the same pack (given the past track record of Sims 4 DLC). But on the other hand, if the features I love aren't in the game, this period of dreaming is all I'll ever have!

"mmb_abr;c-17904750" wrote:

Reedfish wrote:
In a way I hate speculating, because I fall in love with every idea I come up with, and they can't all be in the same pack (given the past track record of Sims 4 DLC). But on the other hand, if the features I love aren't in the game, this period of dreaming is all I'll ever have!

This rings very true. I’m trying not to get my hopes up but I may be too late for that. And I’ve heard people talk about RDR2 as a great horse game. I’ve been trying to find something to scratch my horse itch; Farming Simulator did not. If this doesn’t include horses, I may have to finally invest in RDR2.

RDR2 is a very odd game - I genuinely don't think it's a masterpiece, and there's a lot of stuff you have to do before you even get to a point you can start getting horses, and it's not very fun to play moment-to-moment, in my opinion. I don't know if I'd recommend it as a pure horse game, just because of all the stuff you have to do aside from that - but if you don't mind that stuff, or can get through it, its horse game is superb.

I’ve had to content myself with AC:Valhalla for riding around the Anglo-Saxon countryside on a horse. I’ve got Sims 3 so I can play with horses there, but I don’t do it that often because I prefer Sims 4 graphics-wise. I just want something that looks vaguely like a fat golden pony and I’m happy.

"kokoro80;c-17903799" wrote:

"kemowery;c-17903498" wrote:

It's possible we could get horses. I'm hoping we do, and that it's not some weird, walled-off part of the game world where you can only do horse things on a horse lot, which is only found in Henford-on-Bagley. I want my sims in every world to have horses that they ride around the neighborhood on.

See I feel the exact opposite to you, I do NOT want horses running around randomly all over the streets in San Myshuno or Del Sol Valley or anywhere else they don't make any sense. I am hoping that if horses are included that they are confined to rural settings where they make logical sense or it just destroys my game play.

Definitely don't want them running around randomly, but I want the ability for other sims to own horses in other worlds.

"Haflinger;c-17904863" wrote:
I’ve had to content myself with AC:Valhalla for riding around the Anglo-Saxon countryside on a horse. I’ve got Sims 3 so I can play with horses there, but I don’t do it that often because I prefer Sims 4 graphics-wise. I just want something that looks vaguely like a fat golden pony and I’m happy.

Look ... From everything I've been reading and looking at, it seems like they will deliver something we've been asking for for a long time. It would be easy to deduce that they are horses for country life and connect with nature, although it could be anything we ask with the same intensity. To my mind come (better babies - horses - story progression - semi-open world - cars) (although I discard the cars option because a guru said no this time, I think George)

"ChocoSulSul;c-17904986" wrote:

"Haflinger;c-17904863" wrote:
I’ve had to content myself with AC:Valhalla for riding around the Anglo-Saxon countryside on a horse. I’ve got Sims 3 so I can play with horses there, but I don’t do it that often because I prefer Sims 4 graphics-wise. I just want something that looks vaguely like a fat golden pony and I’m happy.

Look ... From everything I've been reading and looking at, it seems like they will deliver something we've been asking for for a long time. It would be easy to deduce that they are horses for country life and connect with nature, although it could be anything we ask with the same intensity. To my mind come (upgraded babies - horses - story progression - semi-open world - cars) (although I discard the cars option because a guru said no this time, I think George)

It was Frost, regarding the cars, I believe.

Just gonna have to wait and see. Not gonna hope too hard, but will be willing to be pleasantly surprised. I'd be disinclined to think that something like updated babies or story progression would be something exclusive to a pack, as that seems more like it should be base game updates -- unless of course, the "finally" thing that's being discussed is coming in the pre-pack patch (although one wonders why it might be in a EP trailer then).

19 hours. We'll find out then. Gotta sleep for at least 8 of those. Take the pony out for a ride and do all my evening barn chores, so that's probably another 2 or 3 hours there. Morning feed is another hour. What .. only 8 hours to fill the time left then?

"Haflinger;c-17905003" wrote:

"ChocoSulSul;c-17904986" wrote:

"Haflinger;c-17904863" wrote:
I’ve had to content myself with AC:Valhalla for riding around the Anglo-Saxon countryside on a horse. I’ve got Sims 3 so I can play with horses there, but I don’t do it that often because I prefer Sims 4 graphics-wise. I just want something that looks vaguely like a fat golden pony and I’m happy.

Look ... From everything I've been reading and looking at, it seems like they will deliver something we've been asking for for a long time. It would be easy to deduce that they are horses for country life and connect with nature, although it could be anything we ask with the same intensity. To my mind come (upgraded babies - horses - story progression - semi-open world - cars) (although I discard the cars option because a guru said no this time, I think George)

It was Frost, regarding the cars, I believe.

Just gonna have to wait and see. Not gonna hope too hard, but will be willing to be pleasantly surprised. I'd be disinclined to think that something like updated babies or story progression would be something exclusive to a pack, as that seems more like it should be base game updates -- unless of course, the "finally" thing that's being discussed is coming in the pre-pack patch (although one wonders why it might be in a EP trailer then).

19 hours. We'll find out then. Gotta sleep for at least 8 of those. Take the pony out for a ride and do all my evening barn chores, so that's probably another 2 or 3 hours there. Morning feed is another hour. What .. only 8 hours to fill the time left then?

I actually felt like they showed him all that was missing until late summer. I think they also saw the update but who knows? I do not give many points to those options either, what resonates with me the most is horses next to farms, or farms without horses.
If I think that's why some of us are here, to pass the time. My baby sleeps so I have no choice but to speculate :p

Glad you have such a nice homework! I would love to work with horses, it was always my dream. The less we wait for it, the faster the trailer will arrive. The difficult thing will be to wait the 2 weeks until it comes out