Remastering The Sims 1

Sorry for the revival of the thread, however, I, for some reason, never found this thread when looking for like-minded people. I do check the interwebs every year to see if there are any news about the Sims 1. To your question:

I grew up with the Sims. I think my creativity was majorly influenced by the Sims because all I did was design rooms and houses. I’ve played Sims 1-4 and I have strong opinions about all of them. 

Sims 4 is definitely the weakest instalment. Its limitations regarding building space and story development make it unappealing to me. If we look at what YouTubers do in the Sims 4 it’s mostly designing, but do they actually sit for 10 hours and play their Sims’ story?

Sims 3 is one of the best ones. The moodlets, the story progression, the choices in wishes. With all expansions there is so much to do and I have for sure spent 500 hours in this game because I have used it on three computers now. The big downside is, however, that the game is laggy. It needs mods to run perfectly and even then you encounter issues. Island Paradise is one of the biggest disappointments as it had a story progression system and just doesn’t work.

Sims 2 is incredible. The plot design is unique as you can build your own world. I used to build supermarkets and shops and designed my space from scratch. I used to create endless family trees. The downside was that your neighbouring lots didn’t age. Which meant that you could have twin brothers - one would be dead and the other one still readily available. For story freaks, this was a huge letdown.

Sims 1 had a bit of everything, but it’s the nostalgia that makes it amazing. I still listen to the soundtrack in Spotify. The sheer amount of expansions and random events, the fact that it was actually hard (10 friends at the same time for a promotion?) gave you the real rags to riches experience. The holiday soundtrack is one of the best ones ever in my opinion. You could only have one spouse and your Sims got upset. You could become a superstar, but you needed to follow patterns. It was this story element that was so specific to this time that made it so great.

All Sims games are different, but we want a remastered Sims 1. I think you’d have an audience for it as well. I’d pay 35-40£ for a full collection (which is more than the average remaster on Steam). I don’t think you should change the graphics to 3D - think about other remasters and how they stayed true to their design flaws. The only add on I would request is the ability to age. It should be an option you can turn on because nothing was worse than having 5 children forever.

edit: autocorrect hates me