So apparently the development team are not actively working on updating whims and as far as I know from today’s livestream they are also not planning on updating them anytime in the future. I find this news so disappointing to the point that I’m considering ending my time with the Sims 4 altogether. This is a huge game play feature for me. As long as I have been playing the Sims games I have always used the wants/whims system to drive how my sims lives will go. Does the core gameplay of the game mean actually nothing to the developers because that is sure how it seems to me. They don’t seem to care at all that live mode is lacking in game play as long as they can keep selling expensive B&B/CAS packs. It seems that the game has become nothing more than just a building simulator and I am actually so very sad about this.I very much hope at some point in the future they will come to realise the sims community is full of players that like to play the game in different ways. We aren’t all builders or story tellers. Some of us need a game that directs us in how our sims lives will lead and the Sims 4 is failing miserably at this at the moment. I honestly can’t believe that the developers have let this wonderful game franchise fall so low in quality to the point that it’s almost unrecognizable of what it once was. :'(

This is really disappointing. The lack of new whims was one of the reasons I left the sims 4 because I felt like they had abandoned my play style. I guess I’ll stick with the sims 3.

I feel your frustration! I don’t know why they don’t care about the Whims, they actually help to illuminate a Sim’s individual personality when done well. Some thing I’ve been thinking about is how if they just took the checklists in Aspirations and transformed them into Whims, that would help feel like the Aspirations meant something. In my mind, Aspirations in TS2 and 3 are also just made up of a list of similar type things that are in the TS4 lists, it’s just we don’t actually see the lists in the previous games because they’re behind the scenes tied into the personality mechanic. And then idk maybe they could change the way they present the Aspirations so it didn’t feel like just a list to follow. But, I feel like the template and information they need is literally right there in the UI. They also need to add something to counteract the Whims like a Fear mechanic so it’s not just a gain/advancement for the Sim but also there is a chance of regression too. I still keep the Whims on now even though they aren’t updated because I still prefer that to not having some sort of indicator of what my Sim wants in life. Idk, on one hand I have changed my expectations on The Sims as a robust life sim game so I can still enjoy it, but on the other hand...man, if a more deep/complex life sim game came out, The Sims 4 would move very far down my list of games that I play on the regular.

"Chazzzy;c-17883613" wrote:To tell you the truth, once they let us turn off Whims in Options, the writing was on the wall about them not updating them any further. I guess they thought if we could turn the feature off, no one would complain or notice we aren’t getting any new ones. I personally disabled it as I always found them sort of annoying in this game. But I feel you. Not only that, but they turned whims off by default. That said it all.

I didn't use whims that much because they felt random, buy something, or do something related to your emotion until it suggests you to travel to another lot. But instead of improving them and updating them they just removed them so that sucks for people that liked to use them.The game has become too much of a dollhouse at this point. I guess the next thing they will do is remove aspirations.I have reached a point now with this game where I still play it but I would not really say that I "play" it. I barely do anything story related anymore. I just mess around in CAS or live mode and often find myself just pausing the game and doing something else. Hopefully future updates will be more focused on the sims being more of a game. Because I can't keep myself entertained with a dollhouse for 7 more years.

I don't care about a whim update, I hope they focus on adding wants and fears, I liked whims, but we need the negative side of things too.

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Chicklet45368
Rising Traveler
4 years ago
"filipomel;c-17884270" wrote:
I just don't understand how this team continues to prioritize content like star wars, snow sports and haunted houses over features present in the game that are quite literally unfinished. People paid for whims when they purchased the game, and it's a broken, unfinished mess of a feature. How can they possibly be proud of that?

Edit: I will say, in the stream they did mention how they opened up more recourses for base game additions, followed by "we hope you the community have taken notice, especially with the recent base game additions," and I will say yes I have noticed the recent trend of more substantial/highly requested additions lately. Skin tone overhaul, scared emotions, sentiments, bunk beds, more hair colours, sectional seating, a mysterious new trait slot, they do seem to listen, it's just frustrating that after the game being out for so long that their priorities are still not in the right places.

I don't have those in my game, did that come in this month's patch?

I saw them mention the hair colors coming, but when I checked I still had the same original colors.

I also didn't have any options for sectional seating, although I saw the speculation for it coming.

And I did watch the stream yesterday and they pointed out the new trait slot, but never went into detail of what it is or when it's coming.
texxx78
4 years ago
"Babykittyjade;c-17884483" wrote:
I could be wrong but I think it's going to be replaced with a better system in the future. It was very basic and over simplified which is why I never really used it. They hear people want wants and fears so maybe something better than whims are on their to do list. ?‍♀️

That'ld awesome but im not so confident...
comicsforever
4 years ago
"SimsLady2000;c-17884756" wrote:
I don't mind that they aren't adding any as long as they allow us to keep the ones we have at least. I use Little Miss Sams Whim Overhaul so that makes the whims we do have more meaningful which makes using them a lot more enjoyable.

yes but I want more and so does miss sam
FriendlySimmers
Seasoned Rookie
4 years ago
why fix something thats not even broken i relly do not get it as a player of the sims 4
MstyBL95
4 years ago
"texxx78;c-17885030" wrote:
"greydonn;c-17885024" wrote:
Guys, they said that they're not working in it now, but that they'd like to revisit it later. That's...a positive thing, ain't it?

It is. Better then all this years, when they never even mentioned them. Anyway devs still seem more focused on bb and cas upgrades. I'm not against those, but bb and cas are 4's greatest strenghts. At this point they should be more enthusiastic about gameplay updates imho.

I don't think they have a team that has the experience or expertise to update the gameplay. Every time they try, they add more bugs. I think that's why they focus on aesthetics rather than anything meaningful. I'm hoping that their hiring spree results in at least one person that can fix the broken engine and resulting bugs.

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