What you think we could use in the sims 5?

I'm not new to Sims. I've been playing since Sims was first introduced on my birthday (Feb 4th 2000) *I was 27 at the time*
I've been playing Sims for 20 years!! I love the game. I am an "obsessed fan" you could say. I have EVERY game package (on my computer, for my PlayStation and even mobile) The HUGE things i miss the most... is the personality traits. (Like Sims 2-3) and the "open" world concept where we can build out own worlds/properties and characters. (I actually made a WHOLE town based on my book series within Sims3!) but can't even edit it anymore because Windows 10 doesn't support the platform for editing anymore. The next big thing I miss... Sims Apartments. Building an apartment building with separate units for more than 8 sims to live on. This 8 only per property, personally, I think sucks. (there shouldn't be a limit. I wanted to make my own actual home with my kids and partner but couldn't....why? because there are more than 8 people in my family. (I have 4 kids of my own and my partner has kids of his own and we have foster kids too...) so I couldn't do it unless I split the homes. I just couldn't do it. :S so yeah. I love sims but the concept of open worlds/cities/families etc along with better personalities needs to be a new factor thought of for Sims 5. If it is better and more open then you bet your bottom I will buy every single addition/game/stuff pack like I did sims 4 :D

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17467079" wrote:

"Myeuh;c-17463556" wrote:


I don't know what I am doing.. I just want them to let it have a multi-player option.

"Barney111;c-17463915" wrote:


That wouldnt be a bad thing to add to it!

No, a multiplayer option would be bad. Especially for EA when most of its players leave for Paralives and Paradox Tectonic's life sim games that aren't multiplayer. EA will lose the profits that could have been made if they kept it offline and single player. If it hasn't dawned on the EA CEO yet, the life sim genre is no longer EA's monopoly!

I don't particularly care for multiplayer but it's good thing you'll have options if EA decides to go that route.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17458241" wrote:

"PlayerSinger2010;c-17452797" wrote:
I don't want to be stuck in the same world. Being able to travel from Sulani to San Myshuno is amazing to me and I would hate to go back and be stuck in JUST Sunset Valley (unless you want to erase everything about your Sims relationships) for eternity.

In TS4, since the neighborhoods are so small with only a few lots and a only a few things to do in each, you would HAVE to go neighborhood jumping. Also I wouldn't even call it "traveling" in TS4. You just disappear off-screen in one world and pop up in the next after a loading screen. Pretty boring.

Since TS4 simmers keep lying about TS3, I don't mind telling the truth about it. Even without mods, your sims can still go to France, Egypt, China, the university town, and three versions of the future world, Oasis Landing. And there is actually a way to go other worlds besides those without a mod. With the Traveler mod, it's even easier to go to all the HUNDREDS of TS3 worlds made by Maxis and TS3 fans.

But I want to go on a different angle from what I've written before concerning worlds. One of the greatest features of TS3 is that almost everything can be customized and you can create your own worlds. So let's take the basegame's own world, Sunset Valley. Because of TS3's powerful editing and creation tools, Sunset Valley can be totally renovated.



Sunset Valley
(basegame original world)
https://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/screenshots/sunsetvalleyview.jpg


Here are some examples of TS3 simmers' work on this world....



New Sunset Valley 2013
by SimFans.de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkP-8lJunQ


This renovation of Sunset Valley is pretty amazing, because not only did they add new lots and added all the features from all EPs (including my favorite - diving lots!!!), they added new terrain and islands!!! I freaking love this world!

Here are more great versions of Sunset Valley....



2016 Sunset Valley
by Tunzz
(Sunset Valley "city-fied")
https://i2.wp.com/thesimscatalog.com/sims3/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-7-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C578&ssl=1

Sunset Valley Makeover
by Mark Connor
(Sunset Valley modernized)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kGiwzWcrNQE/UksB5wc7CyI/AAAAAAAEIVA/qv8XAY8RJQg/s1600/Screenshot-5.jpg

Sunset Valley 2020
by Jaga Telesin, MrsFlynn, FlynnArrowstarr
(Sunset Valley optimized, with all EPs, including diving lots!!!!)
https://www.sunset-valley-2020.com/images/bagallery/gallery-2/watermark/Screenshot-38.jpg



So even if you don't want your sims to go anywhere else, you can still do pretty amazing things with just one world to make it totally different in so many ways, making it fresh again. This is why so many people love this game and still play it after all these years.

Can you do that with TS4?, That's a big, fat NOPE!!! Lol!

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This is what I want for TS5 - to make everything customizable so that people can be as creative as they can be and even more so than with TS3. Why would I want TS5 to be anything like TS4 that wouldn't allow you this much creative freedom????

Cool, but I don't want to be stuck in the same world for all time, point blank period. Yes I want worlds to be bigger. Yes, I want worlds to be customiziable. But for the love of God, don't trap me there for all time. Let my sims go to San Myshuno for GeekCon if they live in Newcrest. Let them go live in Sulani if they're tired of the cold and snow.

But don't erase everything I've built for them like in Sims 3.

That is why I prefer Sims 4 over Sims 3.

I love the Sims 3 but I actually prefer the world setup in the Sims 4. I like to think of the worlds in TS4 as neighborhoods. I have certain community lots in each world/neighborhood and relatives and friends spread out in different worlds/neighborhoods. The location/proximity determines when I'm able to travel to a particular world. One of my fancy restaurants is located in San Myshuno and necessitates a weekend date night to the city. As does my spa which is reserved for Saturday visits or meet ups with the girlfriends. My one library is located in another neighborhood but close enough so that the kids can go to the library after school to study and do their homework or visit friends. Traveling to Sulani is a day long adventure of beach activities and meals at a seafood restaurant. I even have a working hotel so that a 2 day overnight visit is possible.

"simgirl1010;c-17467294" wrote:
I love the Sims 3 but I actually prefer the world setup in the Sims 4. I like to think of the worlds in TS4 as neighborhoods. I have certain community lots in each world/neighborhood and relatives and friends spread out in different worlds/neighborhoods. The location/proximity determines when I'm able to travel to a particular world. One of my fancy restaurants is located in San Myshuno and necessitates a weekend date night to the city. As does my spa which is reserved for Saturday visits or meet ups with the girlfriends. My one library is located in another neighborhood but close enough so that the kids can go to the library after school to study and do their homework or visit friends. Traveling to Sulani is a day long adventure of beach activities and meals at a seafood restaurant. I even have a working hotel so that a 2 day overnight visit is possible.

I'm with you on this. Sims 3 is a lot of fun and I still play it often enough, but I do miss the world set up of TS4 while I'm there.

And before I get jumped all over about mods. I don't use mods, I won't use mods. Maxis/EA should make those things. It's great what the modding community does and I'm glad people enjoy them but I can choose to not use them.

Greatly ideas. Hoping the Sims 5 will deliver everything you're hoping for. ?

Open World. This is a very commonly shared want in the community. You feel like a member of a town and community. Even if we just get open neighborhoods or something.

Better business integration. The way that businesses and shops were just dropped on us was horrible. They don't seem thought out at all.

Restaurants in base game... This one feels like a no brainer to me, Restaurants are SUCH a big part of life, and the fact that they weren't base game was so strange.

Better Builds. I know the sims team says building isn't their top priority, but the builds included in the game are horrendous. I know there's object limits, but the exteriors are such eyesores.

Bunk beds, Spiral Staircases, supernatural pack.

Better packs... The spa day pack and Bowling pack should have been apart of an expansion pack. Bowling could have been apart of university as opposed to its own pack. In the Sims 3 we got such full and fun packs, and in the sims 4... the packs seem so full of fluff and no real purpose.

Newspaper. This was such a good feature in the sims 3 that was lost in ts4. It would be good to hear about town gossip/ things like that. Also just having the kid bring you the paper was so cute.

CASt. This one is so obvious and it was so tragic that it got removed. Matching outfits and matching furniture is so hard. If I want my sim to be wearing leopard print, I either have to get cc, or use something in a style I don't like. CASt just adds such a strong sense of realism that is missed in the Sims 4

Real Glamor and Luxury. Sims 4 Get Famous was supposed to come off as luxurious and full of celebrities and glamour. Get famous had such ugly tacky furniture and the appeal of it was so tacky and cheesy. Celebrities come off more like clowns as opposed to socialites. This is a life simulation game, not a Saturday Night Live sketch. I want mansions to be glamorous and boujee, not full of cheesy tacky furniture.

No more story packs. I know for me at least, Strangerville is so pointless. If I'm playing a life simulation game, then why am I playing a pre picked out storyline.

More meaty packs. The sims 3 Packs were so full of things to do and the ts4 ones are very lackluster. Ex: Sims 3 Island PAradise came with houseboats, ladders, hotels, resorts, paddleboat, speedboat, snorkeling, lifeguards, mermaids, treasure, beach parties, poolside bars, and more. This list just puts sims 4 island living to shame. How are we moving ahead in time, where technology improves, and getting worse with packs.

Sims Shop. I know not everyone feels this way, but the Sims 3 shop was so good. You could buy certain items you liked, new sets, CAS sets, worlds. It was awesome to pick and choose what you as opposed to having 9365 stuff packs like we do in the sims 4.

More micro animations. The sims 2 had so many incredible, and realistic, animations. Cuddling, The Tv falling off the wall, Car details, Couches slumping as sims laid in them, hair animation, Opening drawers while cooking. The sims 4 animations seem so choppy and quickly done, which takes away from the realism.

The smooth look of the sims 4

More different looking children. 90% of children in the sims 4 look the same. They look too cartoony.

Height difference

Younger looking teens. Teens and YA have no visual difference, when they should.

Pre-teens

Walk style is boring and looks too cartoony. The normal walking style should be in Sims 5

Heterochromia and Vitiligo. More personalized things. People are so diverse, and we want sims to be just as unique as us.

Layering jackets/coats

Less townie outfit possibilities. No more townies in fingerless gloves with bulky jewelry and sun hats.

More traits.

Better sims. The sims 4 big selling point was emotions. They overwhelm your sim and take over their personality. The way they affect your sims comes off as too cartoony. They override their personality and make the game more stale.

More traits/Favorites/Zodiac signs.

More random lore.

Bonehelda (more random lore)

Moodslets

More relationships from cas.

Less... lag? The sims 3 runs optimally on my computer but in the sims 4, my sims just stand around for hours before they complete actions. I spend hours of my sims day waiting for actions to happen.

Robbers/Firefighters.

More sim interactions. Sims 3 had so many different things to do between sims and sims 4 feels boring. The interactions between sims seem so unrealistic and bland, Holding hands while walking, Siblings fighting more, tag, Wallball, gender reveal parties, Putting report cards on the fridge.

"Myeuh;c-17463556" wrote:
> @Barney111 said:
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I don't know what I am doing.. I just want them to let it have a multi-player option.

I would like this as well but I know it never happened which is why I left . Playing by myself is a bit boring but bring that up and you get jumped on.

Definitely open world. That is a must for me. The game lacks a lot by not having it. I think also having more realism added back in. Just small details like being able to drive a car or get on the school bus would be so awesome. I also wish that they would bring back at least some form of customization to furniture and or Sims clothing. I can understand if they don't bring back the color wheel for Sim's physical appearance bc that is a lot and can be mitigated through cc. However being able to design custom patterns for furniture was always a little touch that I always enjoyed. I like the addition of social clubs to TS4 but, I wish that in TS5 it would be a standard base game feature. I wish they would bring back the mood scale from TS3 in addition to the moodlets from TS4. For example, you may be inspired but overall how are you doing? Are you inspired but not feeling the greatest bc your husband didn't clean up after dinner? I think it shouldn't be an either or but a combination of the two.
Finally more investment into making babies/toddlers, children, and teens more developed. I'm talking learning to drive, enforced curfew, interactions with babies, sleepovers, after school activities/clubs. The works.
EA, just spend time creating a good game from the jump. Don't give us a half built game that we have to either buy EPs and stuff packs to make enjoyable or wait for years of updates bc you are building the game while we play it.

"Chrinnie;c-17447823" wrote:
I'll echo a sentiment... story progression. Unless you plan to have one kid and only one kid per generation, a lot gets full quickly when three kids grow up, marry and stay in the same house. That leaves only two slots for kids. Moving them out just means they do nothing but age. They don't go to work, they don't earn money, they don't fall in love/get married/have kids without having to physically play it myself... or use MC Command Center. But even that mod doesn't quite work the way I'd prefer, but beggars cannot be choosers.

We need more personality development. Three slots is good, but unless you complete an aspiration with a bonus trait, buy one with aspiration points, or cheat to add one, you kind of get to a point where all the sims feel kind of the same. Yeah some are kleptomaniacs, some are romantic, but they all feel like they're the same person with a slightly different buff depending on the time of day/what they just did. The parenthood personality stuff is nice, but I'd love to see expanded personality traits and trait slots for more unique sim creating.

A deeper game. I've said this a few times in a few places recently, but there needs to be more depth to the game. I feel like the only real motives in the game are to grow up, have kids, make money, and keep doing that until you get bored and create a new sim to do it all over again. I just also feel that the aspirations need more depth. I can knock off several of them in a sim's lifetime. If this is someone's life goal, they're not all that easy to attain. And in TS4 it feels like it was made needlessly easier than it every should've been to attain these life goals. And the work from home feature isn't really working from home. It's basically do a chore and get paid. Expanding the game laterally is great, but deepening the game would be best in my humble opinion.

I agree on all of your points. Story progression is a must. And in a more controlled manner than what MCCC does. I don't want there to be a whole town of half siblings. I want to watch my Sims friends also fall in love and get married. I want their kids to have sleepover and grow up together.
I also liked the wider array of traits in TS3. What ever happened to traits like never naked and daredevil? Those were where it was at lol. I do tend to get bored when Sims in my games start to all seems to just become shades of the same personality.
Aspirations, in my opinion, were soooooo much better developed in TS3. I liked having to work my Sim's whole life to accomplish their overarching goal. It should be a process that takes time and work. I don't think you should be able to accomplish 3, 4, 5 in a single Sim's lifetime. Make them feel like real accomplishments again.