Wish sims 4 was multiplayer

"Scobre;c-17388554" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388526" wrote:


Are you saying that the fault is not through the game or method of delivery itself, and rather through a fault of the community that has sprung up around it for the past few decades? I might agree with that.

The community. They don't play well together. Why do you think so many Simmers have to hide chat just on the Sims streams alone?

Am I supposed to imply "weakness"? Will this get me a seat at the lunch table?

I don't think the community is "bad" per se. Petty, not bad -- too much obsession with forum status, not enough joy.

"OEII1001;c-17388538" wrote:

"Felicity;c-17388532" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388530" wrote:

"ScarletSimEater;c-17388528" wrote:
Google "sims 4 multiplayer mod". It's a thing that exists, although I can't comment as to how well it works.

It seems silly to me, especially with the lot-based nature of sims 4. You could hang out with a friend virtually instead of just talking on the phone with them, but without objectives it sounds like it could get boring fast. (You'd have to have invite only neighborhoods. Open public ones would be a PR nightmare waiting to happen.) So while it would be nice to have the option to let someone else have control over another household member sim, I'm not sure what feature it'd be worth dropping to free up programmer time for that.

Well, it may or may not work, if it is even intended to become multiplayer. At the same time, your sim that you control is forging relationships with other sims controlled by other human beings. In the end, isn't that the ultimate "Sims experience"?

Not for me. Not at all. If I want to forge relationships with other human beings, it's certainly not going to be in the Sims.

"For me" is the key element. There are people who would disagree, and I don't just mean ignorant fence-sitters like me. I think it would be beneficial for all of you to take a wait-and-see approach. The information is from a blog notorious for click-bait rabble rousing, and a theoritical Sims 5 is a long way off. They're going to do what they want to do anyway; no point in tearing the "community" apart while waiting.

I was answering your question about that being the ultimate sims experience. It wouldn't be, and I'm not even sure how it could be.

I don't really care about the source of Andrew Wilson's quote. I just don't. He has been very clear about his feelings of multiplayer, and it's obvious that he wants it to come to the sims. If Sims 5 is in development, it's already been decided, and he likely could just be planting that seed so people get all the arguing done early.

I realize that not everyone is a deviant player, but one thing I do know is I don't want to be griefed, but I do want to continue to be able to grief. It's great in a single player game. The ultimate sims experience for everyone is different, so no, in the end, chatting with another person on line with a cute avatar is not the ultimate sims experience. It is an experience you can already get in many other games, though.

I can't think of anything worse than multiplayer sims.

"OEII1001;c-17388567" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17388554" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388526" wrote:


Are you saying that the fault is not through the game or method of delivery itself, and rather through a fault of the community that has sprung up around it for the past few decades? I might agree with that.

The community. They don't play well together. Why do you think so many Simmers have to hide chat just on the Sims streams alone?

Am I supposed to imply "weakness"? Will this get me a seat at the lunch table?

I don't think the community is "bad" per se. Petty, not bad -- too much obsession with forum status, not enough joy.

Ugh that is what I would hate in a Sims online game, is its need to be utopian. Bad enough dealing with totalitarianism American ideas just with the Sims 4 as it is. I'm a pyro deviant. Sims 5 creating another "safe space" would not appeal to deviants like me.

What did you do on split screen sims??

"Scobre;c-17388506" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388502" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17388501" wrote:
I wouldn't. Sims community is so split now, I couldn't think of a worst time to introduce it in especially with the world conditions today.

That's okay, you don't have to want this. The beautiful thing is that we can want different things and all be Simmers (TM).

I doubt you would last long on one anyways. If you think people don't like you here, imagine not being able to escape them in a MMO game and even survive on one. Imagine the Sims becomes Fornite.

What I'm suggesting is that they bring BACK couch co op multiplayer like they had with sims 2 . Like split screen play. But if online was the thing I very much doubt it would be like that with random people. I imagine it would just be with who you wanted to play with and youd play a few households or lots or whatever each but that's just a guess on how they could implement it. Ea would never make a free for all anyone play worlds like ur suggesting with fortnite

I would love to see multiplayer in the form of connecting to a small world with my friends. I'm just wondering how much interaction would exist, unless you played individual Sims in the same household, does it then no longer become a Sims game? I'm not sure. But I do really like the idea of seeing my friends Sims out socialising whilst I hide away in my basement making apps and coding :D

"Scobre;c-17388587" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388567" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17388554" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388526" wrote:


Are you saying that the fault is not through the game or method of delivery itself, and rather through a fault of the community that has sprung up around it for the past few decades? I might agree with that.

The community. They don't play well together. Why do you think so many Simmers have to hide chat just on the Sims streams alone?

Am I supposed to imply "weakness"? Will this get me a seat at the lunch table?

I don't think the community is "bad" per se. Petty, not bad -- too much obsession with forum status, not enough joy.

Ugh that is what I would hate in a Sims online game, is its need to be utopian. Bad enough dealing with totalitarianism American ideas just with the Sims 4 as it is. I'm a pyro deviant. Sims 5 creating another "safe space" would not appeal to deviants like me.

I understand. I'm something of an iconoclast. It is a pity that we couldn't be friends; I feel we could have gotten along well.

"OEII1001;c-17388538" wrote:

"Felicity;c-17388532" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388530" wrote:

"ScarletSimEater;c-17388528" wrote:
Google "sims 4 multiplayer mod". It's a thing that exists, although I can't comment as to how well it works.

It seems silly to me, especially with the lot-based nature of sims 4. You could hang out with a friend virtually instead of just talking on the phone with them, but without objectives it sounds like it could get boring fast. (You'd have to have invite only neighborhoods. Open public ones would be a PR nightmare waiting to happen.) So while it would be nice to have the option to let someone else have control over another household member sim, I'm not sure what feature it'd be worth dropping to free up programmer time for that.

Well, it may or may not work, if it is even intended to become multiplayer. At the same time, your sim that you control is forging relationships with other sims controlled by other human beings. In the end, isn't that the ultimate "Sims experience"?

Not for me. Not at all. If I want to forge relationships with other human beings, it's certainly not going to be in the Sims.

"For me" is the key element. There are people who would disagree, and I don't just mean ignorant fence-sitters like me. I think it would be beneficial for all of you to take a wait-and-see approach. The information is from a blog notorious for click-bait rabble rousing, and a theoritical Sims 5 is a long way off. They're going to do what they want to do anyway; no point in tearing the "community" apart while waiting.

I know there's no point in jumping to conclusions but its easy to do with how a lot of game companies have been doing things of late
@OEII1001

"Scobre;c-17388621" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388613" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17388587" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388567" wrote:

"Scobre;c-17388554" wrote:

"OEII1001;c-17388526" wrote:


Are you saying that the fault is not through the game or method of delivery itself, and rather through a fault of the community that has sprung up around it for the past few decades? I might agree with that.

The community. They don't play well together. Why do you think so many Simmers have to hide chat just on the Sims streams alone?

Am I supposed to imply "weakness"? Will this get me a seat at the lunch table?

I don't think the community is "bad" per se. Petty, not bad -- too much obsession with forum status, not enough joy.

Ugh that is what I would hate in a Sims online game, is its need to be utopian. Bad enough dealing with totalitarianism American ideas just with the Sims 4 as it is. I'm a pyro deviant. Sims 5 creating another "safe space" would not appeal to deviants like me.

I understand. I'm something of an iconoclast. It is a pity that we couldn't be friends; I feel we could have gotten along well.

I thought you called yourself a deviant recently? "I may be a deviant". Are you changing tunes already? https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17388574#Comment_17388574

"Deviant" with tongue-in-cheek. I don't think things are as big a deal as others, I enjoy The Sims 4, etc. That makes me a "deviant", as far as the boards go. You know, not a Real Simmer (TM).