Where are sand beaches!!?

My mind has been going crazy with ideas for a tropical beach destination pack since I saw the first stream for JA. I've nailed down new harvestables, collections, music...everything lol. Now I just wish I was a game designer so I could make it :D

I have to admit I don't understand the hype about beaches. I like beaches, sure, but is it the gameplay aspect (building sand castles, swimming, etc.) or just the beach environment itself that so many people want?

"Pegasys;c-16347123" wrote:
I have to admit I don't understand the hype about beaches. I like beaches, sure, but is it the gameplay aspect (building sand castles, swimming, etc.) or just the beach environment itself that so many people want?

For me, it’s BoTH :smiley:

"Pegasys;c-16347123" wrote:
I have to admit I don't understand the hype about beaches. I like beaches, sure, but is it the gameplay aspect (building sand castles, swimming, etc.) or just the beach environment itself that so many people want?

I don't get it either! As someone in real life born, partly grew up there, ( and went to boarding school) in Florida who now lives on the Maine coast -

Other than some decent views and perhaps some nice inspiration for painters, I can't see it either. I could maybe understand it for real people - but for Sims 4 in particular - it is hardly something I look forward too - especially after teleporting on the boat in BB.

(ETA - I also don't get is how people see jungle and think beach. That boggles my mind actually. )

"paradiseplanet;c-16347006" wrote:
I know some of my Sims have been waiting for a tropical beach destination ;)

Maybe it'll be the GP after Seasons -- after all, we'll have all those Sims who will be looking to get away from the snow. :)

"Writin_Reg;c-16347786" wrote:

"Pegasys;c-16347123" wrote:
I have to admit I don't understand the hype about beaches. I like beaches, sure, but is it the gameplay aspect (building sand castles, swimming, etc.) or just the beach environment itself that so many people want?

I don't get it either! As someone in real life born, partly grew up there, ( and went to boarding school) in Florida who now lives on the Maine coast -

Other than some decent views and perhaps some nice inspiration for painters, I can't see it either. I could maybe understand it for real people - but for Sims 4 in particular - it is hardly something I look forward too - especially after teleporting on the boat in BB.

(ETA - I also don't get is how people see jungle and think beach. That boggles my mind actually. )

It could be like me and snow -- I can drive just right over the mountains (about 1/2 hour drive if there's no traffic) to reach the nearest beaches, but about 4 hours drive for significant snow (distance to closest ski resorts). So for me, snow holds a bigger priority. But if you live somewhere far away from the ocean or in an area that gets a lot of snow then maybe you're sick enough of snow that you want a warm and tropical climate. A beach vacation isn't high on my priority list, but it would add features (sandcastle building, seashell collecting, etc.) that would be fun for my Sims.

"paradiseplanet;c-16347908" wrote:
Personally, I was never really interested in beaches. I mean as a Sim, a beach would probably be great for some of them but me, I never found the appeal of beaches, even though I live on a small strip of island on the coast, where the beach is only a 20-minute walk from my house, and now I currently work on the beach, at a restaurant on a pier lol.

Artists love them though - so that aspect is good. I painted and sketched some of my best work in the Old Orchard Beach and Bar Harbor beaches of Maine. So in that respect it is fitting in Maine.

That worked well for Sims 3 painters that could paint what ever they saw. I do not know if Sims 4 artists have that same ability as most of my sims in Sims 4 have the game Careers. LOL.

If we get beaches, I want houseboats and snorkeling. I miss being on a boat in a raging thunderstorm. I still go back to TS3 for that.

"keylimepiesims;c-16345697" wrote:

"catloverplayer;c-16345679" wrote:

"keylimepiesims;c-16345673" wrote:
Assuming a beach world would come with a vacation GP, I wouldn't expect it until at least next year. I doubt they would do 2 vacation packs in a row, and I don't see a beach world fitting in any other pack. :sweat:

I sure hope we don't have to wait another year for a Tropical Beach Destination.

Me too, I suppose it could come with a Seasons EP this winter.

Not likely as vacation is a gp pack and Seasons is an ep.

Given how we have a whole screen for vacation spots and only two destinations I don't see why they couldn't release two vacation GPs in one year. At any rate I would love to be able to swim in all this shoreline our sims are surrounded by.