6/27 BTS Rene Reveal Discussion Thread

I am not sure what to make of the prototype room scenes. Are they just to showcase lightning? I like the colours used, but there are a lot of decor objects cluttering up the room. Maxis doesn't normally do clutter, so are we to expect a lot more clutter in TS5? Also, does one of the sims in the interaction picture appear to be a bit shorter than the other ones?

I like how the apartment (?) shown looks lived in. Previous basegames always had a sanitized look about them, so this is an improvement. Other than that I don't expect the aspects that really interest me (time flow, played sims and npc management) to be covered anytime soon.

The "late morning" makes me wonder whether they lost the gradual move of time and replaced it with an action economy, something like "5 early morning actions per sim, then the game proceeds to mid morning (Making breakfast doesn't consume an action for Family sims, Night owl sims will get only four actions)". That would take some getting used to.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-18282670" wrote:
I like how the apartment (?) shown looks lived in. Previous basegames always had a sanitized look about them, so this is an improvement. Other than that I don't expect the aspects that really interest me (time flow, played sims and npc management) to be covered anytime soon.

The "late morning" makes me wonder whether they lost the gradual move of time and replaced it with an action economy, something like "5 early morning actions per sim, then the game proceeds to mid morning (Making breakfast doesn't consume an action for Family sims, Night owl sims will get only four actions)". That would take some getting used to.

The little among us blob bit showed a classic sims clock so I'm not sure if they're gonna abandon that.
Also, I thought about what Lyndsay said in the summit in regards to Rene "Over the next couple of years" usually refers to 2-3 years, and this was in 2022 so maybe a 2025 release just in time for the 25th anniversary isn't completely off the table.

"kaiwrysims;c-18282512" wrote:
Wow the lighting looks nice and I like that they are doing different animations for each emotions. I hope they do different animations based on relationships too. Also looks like we are getting multi purpose lots which I'm excited about and possibly open neighbourhood?

I think possible which is cool.

"RoaringHeights;c-18282580" wrote:
A few things:

-It seems to be an open neighborhood setting kinda similar to what they had in the console version of The Sims 3.
-Multipurpose lots for the very first time in the franchise.
-Apartments in the base game but there doesn't seem to be any houses.
-Emotions are most likely gonna be shelved in favor of reactions.
-Premades are FINALLY gonna have scheduled lives that they live instead of wandering aimlessly around the neighborhood.
-The prototyped animations and characters look very disney-like. I'm not a fan but it's too early to judge.
-I know I initially said that it could be releasing in 2025 but it seems like late 2026 is a better estimate.

We had multi-purpose lots in Sims 1. I recall going to a lot in the downtown area to find a restaurant,a shop and a bar(I think it was a bar),and there were no checklists for any of the lots.

"Lady_Ballora;c-18282695" wrote:

"RoaringHeights;c-18282580" wrote:
A few things:

-It seems to be an open neighborhood setting kinda similar to what they had in the console version of The Sims 3.
-Multipurpose lots for the very first time in the franchise.
-Apartments in the base game but there doesn't seem to be any houses.
-Emotions are most likely gonna be shelved in favor of reactions.
-Premades are FINALLY gonna have scheduled lives that they live instead of wandering aimlessly around the neighborhood.
-The prototyped animations and characters look very disney-like. I'm not a fan but it's too early to judge.
-I know I initially said that it could be releasing in 2025 but it seems like late 2026 is a better estimate.

We had multi-purpose lots in Sims 1. I recall going to a lot in the downtown area to find a restaurant,a shop and a bar(I think it was a bar),and there were no checklists for any of the lots.

And the Sims 2! Lots were assigned by what special community lot objects were placed on it.

But having a store + apartments in the same building is a first!

"simmerorigin;c-18282505" wrote:
The mixed-use buildings in the prototype are INCREDIBLE.

Mixed use lots are really nice they seem to have done what I wanted them to do in Sims 4 and have select rooms be a "lot type" instead of forcing you to stick to one.

"sam123;c-18282627" wrote:
The hair especially looking like clay tells me we are going to have sims looking closer to that of TS4 which is quite disappointing.

Somehow the hair manages to look worse than Sims 4 hair that at least has some detail they moved onto shiny playdoh.

"Omri147;c-18282510" wrote:
I know it's still super early for this project but I reaaaally hope Sims won't stay in this art style. It still feels very cartoony and the hair looks like Sims 4 base game hair so I hope it's all a prototype that isn't going to stay when the game comes out.

The character movement and art style remind me of the clay animated show Gumby.

To be fair, the sims look may and probably will change over time as they make it. As said, those were prototypes and the people are usually the last stage process when creating a sim game because you need everything around them to exist in order for them to add animations

"SnaveXs;c-18282749" wrote:

"Omri147;c-18282510" wrote:
I know it's still super early for this project but I reaaaally hope Sims won't stay in this art style. It still feels very cartoony and the hair looks like Sims 4 base game hair so I hope it's all a prototype that isn't going to stay when the game comes out.

The character movement and art style remind me of the clay animated show Gumby.

Now that you mention it, it did give me clay characters vibe.