Will they get Fame right this time?

You don't have to be an actor to be famous. Also, they said they looked at the complaints about fame before, and tried to improve it.

Based on game changer testimonial building fame this time around is much harder then ts3 version of fame. You can't just become friends with a celeb and become famous. Celebs are harder to interact with and most will brush you off or just take you as a fan. Not sure if it is confirmed but I believe I saw in one of IronSeagull'a video his sim got a notification that his time in the spotlight was fading so this could mean that if you don't put effort into it your fame will fade.

Should you have a sim who becomes famous but didn't want them to you can have that sim just give it all up. You can also go into options and make it so that no sims in the world will become famous and even freeze fame for inactive households.

Edit: As your sims becomes more famous they will be followed by more paparazzi and fans and can earn perks and develope quirks. Perks give your sims more power and help them build fame faster while quirks give your sims more personality for the better or worse.

With the things I've read about the Fame & Reputation System Perks & Quirks, I think they might have done it well this time. If it's expected to be how I think it'll be, I'll be satisfied. :)

The fame system seems really well done. I haven't seen anybody complain about the fame system itself, everybody so far seems to really like it.

What people are unhappy about is the world size. 11 lots is pathetic. Some people feel this should be a gamepack, but as for the actual fame system itself, people seem content with it.

We should be able to pick our own quirks, just like we pick vampire weaknesses. Not keen on yet another example of EA deciding for us how we play our sims.

"Oldeseadogge;c-16802821" wrote:
We should be able to pick our own quirks, just like we pick vampire weaknesses. Not keen on yet another example of EA deciding for us how we play our sims.

Then use cheats...

It also seems like getting certain quirks will be easy just do the trigger action over and over again.

"Oldeseadogge;c-16802821" wrote:
We should be able to pick our own quirks, just like we pick vampire weaknesses. Not keen on yet another example of EA deciding for us how we play our sims.

You can take notes of what trigger the quirks and try to do that thing until your sim has that quirk.
And as told before, you can also use cheats. Just enter testingcheats on, shift-click on your sim, choose "Public image" and you can choose the quirks you want.

"VentusMatt;c-16802897" wrote:
It also seems like getting certain quirks will be easy just do the trigger action over and over again.

I agree with this, not to mention some of the quirks are the most annoying game play features like sims getting juice (Similar to the endless glass of water ) and sims being on their phones all the time.

The fame perks just seem a way to make friends, money and skill build even easier and there’s not much of a challenge as it is.

"MidnightAura;c-16802918" wrote:

"VentusMatt;c-16802897" wrote:
It also seems like getting certain quirks will be easy just do the trigger action over and over again.

I agree with this, not to mention some of the quirks are the most annoying game play features like sims getting juice (Similar to the endless glass of water ) and sims being on their phones all the time.

The fame perks just seem a way to make friends, money and skill build even easier and there’s not much of a challenge as it is.

I think the juice quirk is gonna be hilarious since now the Sims get dazed when they’re drunk (juiced). >:)