What do you want

"Scobre;c-17479805" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-17479790" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17479372" wrote:
Honestly worried when the Sims 5 comes out being online. Sims community isn't the friendliest or inclusive of places right now, so don't want a game where it would just be a warzone of fighting. There are already games like Fornite for things like that.

There will be a Single Player Version as well.

That will be more shallow than the Sims 4 because of the focus being online. It is like they are trying to turn the PC games into being like the mobile games full of microtransactions. I've played online versions of the Sims before, don't expect the offline version to be any good. That is what the Sims 4 was going to be like and it failed. Do people not remember what happened with SimCity 2013?
https://simcity.fandom.com/wiki/SimCity_(2013)

"Due to the severe backlash and negative reviews due to the always online requirement of SimCity, On May 6th, 2013, EA and Maxis revealed The Sims 4, released on September 2, 2014. Maxis stated in a video that the reason The Sims 4 will not require internet and will not have online features is to avoid another fan backlash, as EA and Maxis were not expecting such a huge backlash over the online requirement of SimCity. They also revealed in a video that The Sims 4 will use the same engine SimCity uses GlassBox, and hinted at the possibility of a feature SimCity 4 and The Sims 2 had, where the player could make a city layout in SimCity 4, and use it in The Sims 2. They hinted that may be implemented at a later date."

The reason why they were pushing always online for SimCity and the Sims 4: "EA has said the reasoning behind the 'always online' system is to prevent downloading the game illegally and playing single-player mode. On March 3rd Ryan Lashley started a petition on Change.org to make EA remove the connection requirement. Word spread across the Internet, quickly reaching Reddit and YouTube, where the petition gathered roughly 50,000 signatures in five days."
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2013-simcity-release-controversy

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/675337/the-sims-4-will-not-be-online-confirmed-by-ea-maxis

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/awwrnz/the_sims_olympus_originally_mmo_game_later/

https://lostmediawiki.com/The_Sims_4_(unresurfaced_prototypes_of_simulator_game;_2008-2014)

So are you ok with the Sims 5 going through what the Sims 4 again with unstable servers Maxis had with their SimCity series? I rather them not waste millions of dollars on that failed attempt again and risk another Maxis studio closing. I feel like history is repeating again and EA is going to treat the Sims 5 like a lab rat like they did with the Sims 4.

Hopefully they'll ditch the Online Version before it releases.

"catloverplayer;c-17479848" wrote:


Hopefully they'll ditch the Online Version before it releases.

I hope so. Makes me scared about the Sims future.

I'd like a sims 5, but maybe not until next Christmas.
Maybe it could be announced early next year, that would give about 12 months or so to release the final packs for ts4

I personally would love to see a combination of Sims 2, Sims 3, and Sims 4. All the things that made each game great into one big game!

"secretlondon123;c-17442334" wrote:
I'm not really sure what you mean by 'recode'. They are an odd set of questions.

In some aspects it mean remaster or redo the work that was done by new coding that would utilize new technology. However I would not hold my breath on that as EA/Maxis is not willing to spend money in redoing this game. The level of drawing power drawing me to this game has been over for some time and even if they redid the code I am too spoiled by the newer games to give Sims 4 an second look. I still have the game on my systems but I refuse to go in as it is dull to play and everything in Sims 4 is predictable for me less caffeine and more fluff. :(

I want the Sims 4 to carry on, I worry with the Sims 5 that the engine wouldn't be powerful enough yet for it to be a good game and it would just be a reskinned Sims 4 which nobody wants. TS4 should carry on until tech has improved enough for TS5 to be an improvement

Sims 4 still has more themes to go. Plus, with the freeze on the sickness quarantine throughout the world has slowed down everything to a crawl.

I just think they should take the framework of The Sims 3 and modernize the graphics and game play options to fit with a modern Sims feel. I don't think the graphics should be super cartoony like TS4 but some quality realistic graphics would be awesome. I think open world should be brought back as well as better developed teens and children. (IE the thread of learning how to drive and being brought home after breaking curfew)
TS2 and TS3 both had a degree of depth and realism that is missing in TS4.
I think TS4 has been drug on too long, especially with it being as flawed of a game as it is. I think that EA has just been churning out pack after pack as a way to generate more easy revenue instead of investing time in creating a game that will be as enjoyable and memorable as previous editions.
Those of us who've played TS2 and TS3 remember it and still enjoy them bc they were memorable games. If the YouTube base wasn't so TS4 geared and I could get more traction making TS3 videos I likely wouldn't play TS4 nearly as much as I do currently.

I DONT WANT ECO LIVING AS AN EP

I voted for 5 more years. I'm happy with what we have, though I'd love bunkbeds (now that ladders will be in-game, so will the climbing animation), cars, and garage doors. I also prefer the way Sims 3 did friezes as a separate intermediary space between floors. Simply extending the walls doesn't work in all situations. A real frieze allows for a sloped roof on a porch without interfering with window placement on walls on the second floor. Otherwise, I like the current game. We just been more content and a few building changes.