Why having Sims 4 continue indefinitely is a bad move.
Why I understand not ending a game and have more broad games is not bad.Still continue four to be the main sims game is a bad move.This is not me attacking the developers.This is me writing my concerns Sims 4 is over ten years old.The game while good is dated.Players want something new and part of the reason of playing because they were waiting for Sims 5 or a new game.Sooner or later players will get sick of the sims 4.We have already fans getting tired and want something new. This game is limitited.They said they can give us a Sims 5 without replacing and having updates?All I can think of is how?Are the new updates going to switch engines? Are the new game updates are going to get us open world?Dual lots ? No loading screen? Create a style? Create a world?How are the updates going to modernized and keep it not being dated? I remember playing Inzoi demo.How awe I was because of its features and being new?How are you going to top that?What new inventive features are you going bring to the base game? Sooner or latter this game will eventually need to be replace.The Sims 4 does have the foundation to be a forever game.
So when are we getting any trailers?
The hype and information available for NHL 25 is the worst I've seen in 5 years. No beta and no trailers except for 1. What we have been shown in these trailers is terrible, especially regarding the new graphics 'overhaul'. In the small clip they showed of the new players they couldn't even showcase it correctly, stamkos didn't even have half his visor rendered in! ( I'll attach a Screenshot) I don't even know why this is a marketing point anyway, the game is played at a overhead angle and we can't even see the players face. If presentation is going to be a big seeling point (for the 3rd time in 5 years mind you) you may as well show us something. EA_Aljo told us we were getting a trailer but it looks like we're just getting a blog. 1 period of gameplay that's it. That's all I want to see. So far we are paying 70 dollars for a scoreboard and some new animations which could be an update by the way. This is genuinely a slap in the face to the NHL community from a billion dollar company. For the love of God please wait till this on sale for 20 bucks during the holiday. This is not a 70 dollar game.
Some "good" X-Factors do literally nothing. (Proof)
Ankle Breaker and Puck On a String animation comparisons. Linked above is a quick short I made comparing two animations that you would expect to work with the respective abilities, based on the ability descriptions. A loose puck deke with and without Ankle Breaker, and a Toe Drag with and without Puck on a String. For the comparisons, both builds have 90 deking, the clip on the top screen has no deking Superstar or Zone abilities, and the bottom screen has the Zone ability. I then overlay them as best as I could to show that the animations start and stop at the same time. This isn't the only test I've done, it's just the only easy to consume comparison I've created, but I went through and counted frames for multiple different animations with multiple different deking attribute breakpoints and it was consistent that the only thing that seemed to affect animation speeds was the deking attribute itself, and not the X-Factors. With Puck on a String I tested just simply moving the puck from backhand to forehand, same frame values regardless of X-Factors. My assumption for a while now about Ankle Breaker is that if it does have an affect, it only has an affect on CPU Players, but I'm not really sure how to test that. If that is the case, it being included in World of Chel is pointless for like 99% of scenarios. As for Puck on a String, I have no idea if this does anything online or offline, in both the online Free Skate and the offline Team Practice I saw zero difference in deking speeds with or without the abilities, this seems like it's probably a bug. One more thing I noticed about another ability some people think is really good, Shutdown, is that it doesn't seem to behave how you'd expect based on the World of Chel Description. The World of Chel Description says it helps in 1-on-1 situations. However, if you go into the Create-a-Player it says it helps defend rush chances. I tested in Free Skate and in the Pro Am (I haven't tested this in actual online games yet), but it seems how it works is that Shutdown will pretty much always activate if the puck is NOT in your Defensive Zone. Once the puck is carried into your Defensive Zone, it will continue to activate for a few seconds, regardless of how many players are near you or in your own zone, but after that few seconds pass, it doesn't seem to activate again until the puck is cleared. This leads me to think it was designed with the Create-a-player description in mind, to defend rush chances. If that's the case, a simple update of the description in World of Chel would at least fix any confusion. Anyway, hope this helps shed some light on some things that I think might be bugs that could have gone under the radar and can lead to some tweaks and confirmation that abilities are at least helping in some way/doing something akin to what their description says.
Franchise questions
What additional access will we have to edit our franchise experience in NHL 25? Really hoping for the ability to edit strategies, player positions and players attributes in general. Bought every version since 2001 and want full control back. The other EA titles do it? Why not NHL?
Why you should lower your expectations for NHL 25
I’ve seen a lot of people saying things like “I think NHL 25 could really be a good game”. For your own sake, please lower your expectation. If you think about it, what do we even know about NHL 25? We do know we’re getting new game presentations, but only in rivalry games. Also, these presentations won’t be realistic, which is the only thing the community asks for. We do know player AI is getting an improvement. However, as seen in the gameplay deep dive, the AI players are still just skating around with no plan on the ice and it’s all just a big mess. Some people want an updated franchise mode, which actually will be coming this year, allegedly. We are less than two weeks from release day and still no news about the “new” franchise mode, which probably will just be a slight change in the menu. I don’t know what you think, but I’m pretty sure we can expect the same cutscenes in Be A Pro. For how long have they used these cutscenes? 5 years in a row maybe? These are just some of the reasons why you should lower your expectations on NHL 25. Myself, I won’t be buying the game. If we all don’t buy it, EA will get the wake-up call necessary to develop a game that is actually ok to play.
If you want to sell a Kit or Stuff Pack for Christmas next year I would buy it BUT…..
I would need these things in it: Sending Holiday Cards You choose one of several styles You select the Sims to send to You watch the Sims sit down and write the cards for a few minutes They walk the Cards to the mailbox and put them in Your Sims gets a small relationship boost from all recipients There is a chance you will get a card in return Holiday Place Settings for the Dining Tables and New Tablecloths for Buffet Diwali Easter - With Bunnies or Decorated Eggs Hanukkah Love Day/St. Valentine's Day Lunar New Year New Years Day Oktoberfest Snowflake Day/Christmas Spooky Day/Halloween St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Traveling Carolers Can go to Community Lots on Snowflake Day Can be hired to sing at a party much like a Barbershop Quartet Sing five familiar carols in Simlish before departing Deck The Halls Good King Wenceslaus Jingle Bells Let It Snow 12 Days of Christmas An Update to Doors Doorbells - And you can set the tones including ones for holidays Auld Lang Syne Deck the Halls Fog Horn Gong Jingle Bells Ode to Joy Wilhelm Scream Witch Cackle Wolf Howl Set as Front Door Set a Wreath - One for each type of holiday Poinsettias - in the various color varieties that includes their names Cream & Bright - Red "Jingle Bell Rock" Pink - "Candy Cinnamon" Pink & Gold - "Golden Glow" Purple - "Plum Pudding" Red - "Christmas Eve" White - "Alaska White" Poinsettia "Tree" A couple of Updates to Fireplaces Auto-light to light ONLY during Fall-Spring when temperatures reduce to 40 degrees F or below Choosable fire color Cleaning Ashes Adding Stockings to Fireplaces with Mantles Stockings Design & Colors Buffalo Plaid Gold & White Red & Green Red & White Silver with Gold Santa Throne at one Community Lot per town with NPC Santa for the Kids Add Winter Holiday Sheet music to the Piano just having a couple of new things to play on the piano would be nice . Deck The Halls, 12 Days of Christmas, Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslaus https://s3.amazonaws.com/halleonard-pagepreviews/HL_DDS_1090144105s04WJa7.png Lighted Topiaries Lighted Garland Laser Projector Update to Staircase Handrails Decorate for Christmas Decorate for Fall http://www.digsdigs.com/photos/cozy-fall-staircase-decor-ideas-15.jpg Decorate for Halloween https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/42/ff/c142ffd399a23ca043ca7506fc14525a.jpg Decorate for Weddings https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/84/ca/1784caa294d492fc683994e1ac5622a3.jpg Lighted Deer https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/1ca4ea11-d6c2-462c-aee3-9243d85eb5b7.76f95718d23693d1778b85b2bd465fdf.jpeg Holiday Decorations for Mailbox https://alwaystheholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/traditional-holiday-mailbox.jpg http://www.victoriamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/02Mailboxes.jpg Christmas Lighted Wall Swags https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/9a6aff10-652e-4ec9-b9c7-cb7a327ecd09/svn/home-accents-holiday-christmas-swag-bowothd173b-64_1000.jpg Christmas Tree Train Track Holiday Place Setting for the Dining Table Real World Holidays used here Christmas Easter Halloween Lunar New Years New Years Eve St. Patrick's Day St. Valentine's Day Thanksgiving Christmas Sweaters for Pets Holiday Costumes for Pets during parties Holiday Collars Updates to Cooking & Baking Recipes Candied Sweet Potatoes https://dinnerthendessert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Candied-Sweet-Potatoes.jpg Christmas Goose https://www.dartagnan.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-dartagnan-Library/default/dwf9d4169b/images/content/the-christmas-goose.jpg Coq au Vin https://www.tasteofhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Pressure-Cooker-Coq-au-Vin-_EXPS_TOHON19_237444_B06_05_1b-1.jpg?fit=700,700 Hot Turkey Sandwiches -For after Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkey Lasagna https://www.modernhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Classic-Lasagna-14-scaled.jpg Tamales Roasted Boar for a Boar Feast for Yule https://www.masslive.com/resizer/JwBnovpOZY1aQaxdYfvTyCzEm6s=/1280x0/smart/image.masslive.com/home/mass-media/width600/img/entertainment/photo/boars-head-festival-7481c42f0162456a.jpg Christmas Baking - International Recipes Christmas Plum Pudding - Great Britain https://inspirationseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Delicious-Christmas-Pudding.jpg Gingerbread House - Assembly Required for Spooky Day & Snowflake Day https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/12/06/dining/06GINGERBREAD2-copy/06GINGERBREAD2-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/60/6a/81606a5efb818484027f7109991ed604.jpg Gingerbread Men https://www.onceuponachef.com/images/2016/12/Gingerbread-Men-2-1200x871.jpg Mince Pies http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t4AZamUfZZg/VFxBizt4R2I/AAAAAAAAAKc/HeM6g9qkDv8/s1600/christmas%2Bmince%2Bpies%2B1a.jpg Panettone - Italy https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https:%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F43%2F2019%2F12%2FGettyImages-1184132601-2000.jpg Pecan Pie - American South Stollen - Germany https://recipes.timesofindia.com/photo/72966294.cms Struffoli - Italy Yule Log Cake - Bûche De Noël- France http://www.japanesecooking101.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8970.jpg Updates to the Punch Bowls Egg Nog https://foodtolive.com/healthy-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/Vegan-Holiday-Eggnog-2.jpg Wassail https://foodchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/78/2017/06/christmas-wassail.png?w=797 https://images-gmi-pmc.edge-generalmills.com/55b2e37d-bee3-41bc-818f-0d22592ee51f.jpg Updates to Mixology Snowflake Day (Also Spooky day) Cocktails https://www.buzztime.com/business/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/christmas-cocktails-750-x-340.jpg https://cdn.diys.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Sleigh-Ride-White-Christmas-Cocktail.png
Relic Mats
Does anybody else think there should be maybe a small icon in the bottom right corner of the gear pieces that show what relic material they relate to or some sort of item list when the piece of gear is clicked on, there's all that empty space under the gear description that could be used to show this and it for me would be a massive quality of life improvement for the game, even if it's not so graphic maybe some sort of way to 'favourite' a material so it puts a coloured dot or flag in the top right or even another row under the "needed by" (characters) ticker when you click a gear piece. I know it's not rocket science farming for these materials but i think it would go a long way to keeping the work flow when your working on a big project streamlined and easy to keep track of. What are your thoughts on this and is there a better way this could be done that doesn't involve using external tools taking away from the immersion of the game?
How Are Maxis Curated Items Selected Now?
Hi all 💜 For years now, I've been an avid supporter of the Maxis Fav Nomination process. I would regularly visit the forum nomination threads to recommend the talented creativity I would see week after week in the gallery. I enjoyed putting things forward for the curation reviewers and was honored when some of my nominations got selected. It seems, in these past several months approximately, that the promoted ways to share nominations are possibly not getting considered. At least, I haven't found any rhyme or reason as to how items are getting curated lately. I and others have tried on Twitter X, on the official Sims Discord server and I did even find the migrated forum threads so I've recently tried there too. Will you please explain the future of Maxis Curated Content and how to officially nominate the creations of others? I also recommend starting new threads for households, rooms and lots. It's a fresh, new forums so let's freshen up the Maxis Curation Process please. Thanks for reading and considering! 💜Just a couple of requests for Christmas Updates
I have just a few requests for some potential free Updates for Christmas Update to SOME of the fireplaces with mantles - Add Stockings Interaction Poinsettias - Would prefer to grow them. Available in most colors Cream & Bright Red "Jingle Bell Rock" Pink "Candy Cinnamon" Pink & Gold "Golden Glow" Purple "Plum Pudding" Red "Christmas Eve" White "Alaska White" Poinsettia "Tree" Cooking Updates Candied Sweet Potatoes https://dinnerthendessert.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Candied-Sweet-Potatoes.jpg Christmas Goose Coq au Vin Lasagna https://www.modernhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Classic-Lasagna-14-scaled.jpg Open Face Hot Turkey Sandwiches- A little something for after Thanksgiving or the Christmas Turkey Baking Updates Bouche De Noel - Yule Log Cake Christmas Plum Pudding Mince Pies Gingerbread Men https://www.onceuponachef.com/images/2016/12/Gingerbread-Men-2-1200x871.jpg Gingerbread House - One for Snowflake Day One for Spooky Day Panettone https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https:%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F43%2F2019%2F12%2FGettyImages-1184132601-2000.jpg Stollen - German Christmas Bread https://www.daringgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Stollen-2-square-edited.jpg Updates to the Punch Bowls Egg Nog Wassail NPC Traveling Carolers - I think having them show up on community lots like a bunch of merry little flashmobbers would be rather cute. http://www.oldetownecarolers.com/images/og/audio.jpg Sending Holiday Greeting Card You first pick one 2 - 4 designs for the card Same sort of interface as sending a party invitation where you pick who the cards are going to Gives a small boost to relationship and a chance at getting one in return New Snowflake Day Mixology drinks https://christmashq.com/assets/images/food-and-drinks/christmas-cocktails.jpg Being able to play on the piano or sing carols http://christmasmusicsongs.com/images-songs/TwelveDaysImages/twelve-days-of-christmas-sheet-music.jpg
