What will be new in Sims 5?

I'd like without the grid the most on this list. But more than that, I would like graphics like GTA, and a more grown up version than what we have now. This is just my opinion. I know others want something else. Been thinking about buying GTA6 when it comes out.

Better AI. The possibilities of AI have grown exponentially in the past decade. If we have cars that can drive themselves, at very least, we should have Sims that don't walk through the entire house to sit on the toddler bed to eat dinner.

washers and dryers in base game

I'm assuming expanded gender settings will be present from the beginning (it'd be a little weird to go backwards in that regards, right?) and our sims will be even better at multitasking and (hopefully) navigating around things. tbh I'm not super hopeful for anything else...

What I hope:
-Layerable clothing (like in TS2 for console, where you could chose jackets and shirts separately)
-Laundry in the base game (it's such a basic thing for me, and most people have washing machines at their homes, so I think it should be in the base game)
-Gridless build mode (there would be a grid for easy placement but it would be optional and you would be able to build walls and place doors/windows outside the grid)
-Diagonal walls of any angle (not just 45°)
-Curved walls
-Tattoos that can be placed anywhere on the sim's body, kinda like Create a Pet (and also resizeable)
-Stair landing tool so we can create our own L-shaped or U-shaped stairs

"lexus20;c-17177127" wrote:
What I hope:
Layerable clothing (like in TS2 for console, where you could chose jackets and shirts separately)

It's funny how that only went on PS2 even chest chair was on PS2 and fans act like this happened first time ever when it was released after TS3 generations.

However, personally I want more body adjustments, I am happy with the progress with TS4 had but however there is a certain, hip, leg, butt, waist that doesn't meet my standards the way I want it to have in my mind. Like if I want a big butt, it doesnt look well in other body parts that are thinner.

Sims 5 needs to actually focus on DEEP personalities. We need traits that are very in-depth and differentiate each sim from each other. We need the return of Wants/Fears. The game's primary focus should be on the Sims themselves. Master the Sims' behaviors first and work outwards. The environments should be secondary to the artificial intelligence of the Sims themselves. I want deep lot traits in the base game that actually show noticeable differences in the lots that have them. I desperately want Create-a-Style to return! Sims 5 really needs to be a huge step forward so the base game does not feel empty and be a meaningless sequel.

Gradual aging would be nice.

I really would like a height slider. I understand that one has never been included because programming interactions with so many different heights would be extremely difficult, but I have never been able to make a proper sim of myself because I'm a very short adult and all adult sims are quite tall in comparison. I would love the sims team forever if they made it possible to alter the height of adult sims!

"TomasGrizzly;c-17177548" wrote:
Gradual aging would be nice.

I don't think this is possible, and I still fear for TS5 to become Olympus 2.0 with no focus on a whole life simulation whatsoever including stupid online features nobody wants to use except for some tweens.

But putting that aside for the moment; what I would WANT for TS5 to be like:

I would like to have some things in base game that are - well - basic to me for a LIFE simulation: weather (it was planned to have been included in TS3 base game, but wasn't, do I remeber that correctly?), pets (cats, dogs, small pets), swimming in natural waters, pools, playgrounds with enough basic play equipment, and laundry.

Most important of all features mentioned: WEATHER! Come on, the fourth weather EP in TS5 after 3 years of sunny weather in game? No thanks. Please include weather in base game! I don't want to wait another 2-3 years until my sims can have some rain on their plants outside. And why not give us snow with basic interactions in base game (snowman building, snowball fights, etc.) and then a "snow fun" EP/GP with lots of fun activities such as snowboarding or skiing as new sports, new christmas stuff, sledding, snowhouse building, yeti sims for occult play, etc.. Wouldn't that be awesome?

Just build on the base game with gameplay enhancing features that provide replayability, and please stay away from "storylines" such as strangerville that get boring once you played them! I know lots of people loved strangerville and they could keep selling "story DLCs" for those people, but please don't make The Sims all about "stories" that can't be replayed once you're done with it. There are plenty of games out there which provide just that. The Sims was always a sandbox game to do whatever one pleases and "stories" are so much not sandbox.

They say "play with life", but it's not sandboxy enough to do that right now the way I would want to play. I do like the game, I'm no hater anymore since we've got toddlers, but I still feel there aren't many replayable features and there is not enough for my sims to do with each other.

As gradual aging won't be possible (I am pretty sure it's too advanced to program), I would love to have more lifestages: newborn, baby, toddlers like we have them now, Kindergartner/preschooler, children like we have them now, preteens, teens (still shorter and younger looking than adults), young adults, adults, elders; so basically there would be 3 more lifestages: baby, kindergartner/preschooler and preteens. And I'd hate teens looking like adults once again. I don't think any teen looks like YA irl, perhaps some that are around 18-19, but then they're almost no teenagers anymore. Teenage years go from 13 to 19, so our teens right now look like the last 2 years of those years. Just not realistic. And I would like the option to switch off those life stages if some people don't want all of them in their game.

And I want my sims in base game to have lots of things to do as a group of friends or as families. Basic things like cooking together, doing basic sports together such as ball games, jogging, etc. (not next to each other, together!), playing board games together, doing crafts together, playing in the snow/in water TOGETHER. I want them to know each other, I want them to have in-depth personalities, I want a nice genetic system.

If they do it like that, then it will be fun as everyone can work with their playstyles. It shouldn't be restricted to one playstyle only and it should keep it's sandbox features as a center aspect of the game.