Why does everybody hate the idea of multiplayer in TS5?

What others have said. In my case, I'm concerned that more time and resources spent on multiplayer means less time and resources spent on what I love about the Sims--wants/wishes/whims, Sims with personality, goal and challenge oriented play (without having to rely on other people). All of these were either severely lacking (the first two, especially when we stopped getting new whims!) or reduced to a gimmick in future DLC (the last one, where aspirations became more like a tutorial and grew super easy).

I have never enjoyed online and/or multiplayer play in any of my favorite series. I don't really have a problem with their being an option, but I don't want it to come at the cost of making a good game overall. So while I'm not 100% against the idea, I have seen games, even other EA games, be devoured by multiplayer mode. It's just not something I want to happen to one of my favorite series.

I don't want it to be multi-player because this is EA, and if it becomes multi-player then it's going to be micro-transaction hell. Just look at Sims Mobile. I don't trust them to make a good multi-player game like Stardew Valley.

I've played enough MMORPGs to have a good idea of what a multi-player Sims 5 might be like, and I don't want it. It will probably have a bunch of situations where you have to either no-life grind to get a limited-time item/skill/career/etc., or pay real money for it instead. Or worse, it makes you pay a monthly subscription fee to play it, on top of buying the base game and expansions.

I personally dont want multiplayer, because of what i have noticed with Star Wars the Old Republic, another game i play... where you can play it single a long while... but then later levels you suddenly cant finish stories unless you team up with others... or you dont cant go further unless you join guilds and get high gear with them... or you pay extra money and that is not even enough... oh and on top of that you have to subscribe monthly if you even want to play the higher levels... and then all the new things they add cost more and you can only get it or put it on if you are subcribed... actually if you want to change the outfit to a better one suddenly you also need to be subscribbed. Oh and surprise EA rent the star wars brand for games at the moment.... so yeah it will either require extra fees for every single little hair thing... or it will force you to team up with others to get further in the game or have you wait and stuck for a long time... and then you allow others in your game because of the forced team ups, they can mess your game up a lot...

i feel like the multiplayer option doesn't suit the very core of the sims game. also considering how lacking sims 4 was in comparison to sims 3 and sims 2, i feel like the multiplayer option would just be a way of 'covering up' any potential lack of depth by making multiple players having to put up with each other if you will. like if it was executed well it would mean that the players would for better or worse be entertaining one another as opposed being entertained by just the game

I don’t want anyone mucking around in my saves, they’re mine. Everything is my way, exactly as I like it. As a caregiver for my mom who lives in her home amongst mostly her things, and drives her car, it’s literally the only space in the entire world that’s mine all mine, decorated to my taste and organized to my liking. I intend to keep it that way.

the main reason is that online killed the simscity franchise and most players are hardcore players and played since the sims 1and as a player when i play my sims game its to escape rl and have fun and would not went other players in my game showing up, to be honest i prefer the the sims game to remain an offline game

Multiplayer just simply doesn't make sense for the game. There would be tons of features that would have to adapt (conversations, romance, etc), it would most likely be very glitchy, and, from what I've heard from many simmers, it's not a wanted feature. I want to play on my own, in my own world without anybody else besides me and the Sims.

It's not a big deal to me as long as it's optional. I will not play with others but if some want multiplayer they should have it. (you can mod it now) I personally don't know any other people in my real life, outside of my family, who play games. I do not want my co-workers to know that I play. When I was younger I did have a lot of fun playing TSO though. Now I am older and I use The Sims to escape from my professional job and I avoid online games with a passion.

"CaptainElsa;c-17424645" wrote:
To throw my hat in, there already exists a version of the sims as an online multi-player. It's called Second Life. Not to sound glib but try playing that and then see why we don't want it.

That's exactly how I feel! A multiplayer sims game would be nothing more than a Second Life wanna be, a virtual chat room.

I honestly don't understand why any player would actual want it to be multiplayer when TS4 was supposed to be that game. Didn't anybody learn anything from that?

In Second Life you have griefers, people that deliberately go around to annoy, harrass, and destroy your land or buildings, sometimes it literally shuts your graphics card down to the point you would need to reboot your entire system. I know, I've had it done before, I played Second Life for about 8 years.

Plus, there's no undo function, there's no saves, it's in real time. It's not really a "game", it's an online environment

But, I'm not so sure that they are talking about a true multiplayer game, when I read what the CEO said, it could be interpreted many ways. He essentially stated "social interactions and competition", so maybe what they're talking about is like with the Spark'd challenges, that type of social interactions and challenges.

I just know that I won't be a faithful fan if it does turn out to be Second Life's new sibling.

There is this type of multiplayer where you only play with people you add as your friends, that is the type i want and not the very public type that many seem to think of when you bring up multiplayer.