I WILL NOT PURCHASE SIMS 5 IF…
Sims 4 is not completed. & if Sims 5 has less realism. I will be done purchasing the game and it’s packs if EA continues to ignore the sims community then I will continue to ignore their trash files �...
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I have a long laundry list of why I won't be purchasing TS5. I longed for the day they would start to work on this game, as I was tired of TS4 over five years ago.
1. I'm not interested in a game that may continue over on my phone. This means cloud servers and cloud saves. This means watered down graphics (if true) so a smaller screen can support the game. Less simulation animations. Possibly online requirements all the time. If it is cross platform, then I'm really out. Everybody cheer. :p
2. I'm not interested in a game that may be totally gender neutral. No. Why do a I believe this is possible? Because recently a guru apologized that the most recent update on this category wasn't enough, but they were working hard to make TS4 totally gender neutral in all areas of the game. (Basically, what was stated). So, I expect this to be a thing in the new game from the get-go. I won't throw money after a game that seeks to remove the majority of society. Demographics have changed in recent years to exclude half the population from gaming.
3.Competition and collaboration. Can be a good thing, but let's look at facts. The Sims community has always been a share and share alike community. When competition enters the scene and even collaboration in this franchise, people get huffy, they get their feelings hurt, they backbite each other, and jealousy runs amuck. Especially if Maxis intends for players to sell their works to others in the game. Let's look at the past history of modding and some collaborations we know about. Edit to add, just look at the hurt feelings and upsets in Maxis Favs. Or when someone goes off because someone upload their lot with changed clutter and deco and took credit for that.
Two major sites were at war with each other for many years because of accusations of stealing other's meshes etc. Some of it was true and proven. But Maxis supported one particular site that was found to be taking credit for meshes that were not their own. Go figure that. Most us old time players didn't support paid content sites. It just wasn't keeping with the spirit of The Sims to have to pay for content from modders. And most had a rule not to share with pay sites. There are many reasons for that.
But if Maxis wants players to create things and then sell it to others in the game (Like many MMOs) then I might remind some did they watch Sparked? Even in that collaboration exercise there was disappointment, infighting, and hurt feelings. Some felt others took over among the teams, others didn't like the story line or the time they were given, nor liked the other person or their ideas, nor did they like that others took credit for things, or their popularity didn't give any credit to those with less popularity. No thanks, Maxis, if you think the community is divided now into small cliques of popular and less known creators then just wait. It won't be pretty in the long run. I'm not into cliques, ever.
And I won't support a game that encourages cliques, tribes, and monetizing custom content or collaboration. The old saying ' Pay sites must die' was a good one for many reasons.
Let's look at what Maxis has already said about 'sketchy links'. Mod the Sims took issue with this...I don't blame them as I know they don't have sketchy links and every piece of work submitted to them is gone over with a fine-tooth comb, and any issues with any content is normally told to the player who wants to download it.
I'm not going to pay other Simmers for their work while those ads popup in my game to buy their stuff or Maxis stuff, and level up my Sim's status or whatever. Just no.
1. I'm not interested in a game that may continue over on my phone. This means cloud servers and cloud saves. This means watered down graphics (if true) so a smaller screen can support the game. Less simulation animations. Possibly online requirements all the time. If it is cross platform, then I'm really out. Everybody cheer. :p
2. I'm not interested in a game that may be totally gender neutral. No. Why do a I believe this is possible? Because recently a guru apologized that the most recent update on this category wasn't enough, but they were working hard to make TS4 totally gender neutral in all areas of the game. (Basically, what was stated). So, I expect this to be a thing in the new game from the get-go. I won't throw money after a game that seeks to remove the majority of society. Demographics have changed in recent years to exclude half the population from gaming.
3.Competition and collaboration. Can be a good thing, but let's look at facts. The Sims community has always been a share and share alike community. When competition enters the scene and even collaboration in this franchise, people get huffy, they get their feelings hurt, they backbite each other, and jealousy runs amuck. Especially if Maxis intends for players to sell their works to others in the game. Let's look at the past history of modding and some collaborations we know about. Edit to add, just look at the hurt feelings and upsets in Maxis Favs. Or when someone goes off because someone upload their lot with changed clutter and deco and took credit for that.
Two major sites were at war with each other for many years because of accusations of stealing other's meshes etc. Some of it was true and proven. But Maxis supported one particular site that was found to be taking credit for meshes that were not their own. Go figure that. Most us old time players didn't support paid content sites. It just wasn't keeping with the spirit of The Sims to have to pay for content from modders. And most had a rule not to share with pay sites. There are many reasons for that.
But if Maxis wants players to create things and then sell it to others in the game (Like many MMOs) then I might remind some did they watch Sparked? Even in that collaboration exercise there was disappointment, infighting, and hurt feelings. Some felt others took over among the teams, others didn't like the story line or the time they were given, nor liked the other person or their ideas, nor did they like that others took credit for things, or their popularity didn't give any credit to those with less popularity. No thanks, Maxis, if you think the community is divided now into small cliques of popular and less known creators then just wait. It won't be pretty in the long run. I'm not into cliques, ever.
And I won't support a game that encourages cliques, tribes, and monetizing custom content or collaboration. The old saying ' Pay sites must die' was a good one for many reasons.
Let's look at what Maxis has already said about 'sketchy links'. Mod the Sims took issue with this...I don't blame them as I know they don't have sketchy links and every piece of work submitted to them is gone over with a fine-tooth comb, and any issues with any content is normally told to the player who wants to download it.
I'm not going to pay other Simmers for their work while those ads popup in my game to buy their stuff or Maxis stuff, and level up my Sim's status or whatever. Just no.
