JOB POSTING: Multiplayer Gameplay Software Engineer

"celipoesias;c-18274642" wrote:
Guys, how much drama. The development conditions for The Sims 4 were different, the game was conceived on a low budget. The Sims 5 is a high-budget triple-A game, as every job opening has indicated.

Online multiplayer will be optional, as guaranteed by grant. He said that if you want to play online, you can do it whenever you want, and if you want to play offline, you can do it whenever you want.

It’s not causing “drama” to be skeptical about the development of Sims 5 Rene. You don’t have to share our skepticism; please don’t suggest we are being dramatic.

To address the points of your comment: being a high-budget, triple-A game does not make the game immune to poor decisions. I’ve also never heard of Sims 4’s base game being low budget…only that the game was built as a heavily multiplayer experience under Project Olympus before being quickly changed last minute due to Sim City. Do you have a source you can share on the low budget bit?

Moreover, people are aware that multiplayer is optional. Some don’t want any development of multiplayer at all. Pointing out its optionality is going to do little to sway people’s feelings on the matter. Again, you don’t have to share our skepticism. But it’s becoming a common refrain on these forums to challenge people’s skepticism by pointing out that multiplayer is optional.

Speaking for myself, I have no problem with an optional multiplayer IF and only IF the core single-player is fully fleshed-out, treated with care, does not cut corners, or lack core base game features of the previous games. My skepticism lies in the possibility of that.