Forever Free Packs for Everyone
The Sims 4 is a 10-year-old game with over 100 DLC packs (110), and EA will likely keep releasing more for years. Competing life-sim games like Inzoi and Paralives offers much of this content in their base game. For example, Inzoi can provide content equivalent to 30–40 Sims 4 packs in its basegame for the price of just one expansion pack(40$) and we already have 21 of them. To stay competitive and keep players engaged, EA should make some older packs permanently free—such as Seasons, Cats & Dogs and Get to Work. Giving 2–4 free packs from each pack category would greatly benefit new players so they can complete other packs without pirating. For players who already own these packs, EA could offer new Kits free for a month (like they did with Desert Luxe Kit when The Sims 4 became free). I think forever free packs should be; 2 expansion packs -> seasons, cats and dogs (out of 21 eps) 2 game packs -> dine out, get to work (out of 12 gps) 4 stuff packs -> cool kitchen, bowling night, backyard, spooky (out of 20 sps) 5 kits -> throwback fit, industrial loft, blooming rooms, carnaval streetwear, moonlight chic (out of 43 kits of excluding 12 creator kits and 2 spongebob kits, total 57)
stop giving us new content and PLEASE fix your game.
I wanted to make a more in detail post (TLDR at the end for anyone who doesn't want to read my yap session!) on this forum because I feel like it needs to be talked about as more than a frustrated vent, but the sims 4 team needs to slow down on new content and focus on fixing their game. I understand the devs work really hard and no game is 100% bug free but this is genuinely starting to feel excessive and it's making the game really difficult to play. I've been playing the sims 4 since 2018 (which i know isn't the longer but I'm a younger simmer lol) and in all the time I've been playing this game, I don't think I've ever had this many bugs. I'd have maybe one bug for a couple of days but even then it'd be some minor thing that didn't effect my enjoyment of the game. However, recently, I've found myself using EA's gameplay support forum excessively. I'm come here almost every time I open my game because I'm always having some sort of issue with my game. My farmer and rancher sims crops disappear/turn invisible the second fall hits (and NO i don't mean an out of season crop dying, I mean my fully grown, in season fall and winter plants being invisible for the entire duration of the seasons) and while sure I can still use the gameplay mechanic, after a while (and many weeks) it's very visually frustrating to look at a large field of invisible plants that are still very much in season. Mind you visual issues like this have been bugged dating back to 4 years ago (though my specific issue seemingly only dates back to 5 months ago which is still a long time but a lot shorter of a time frame than four years ago) My sims can not getting married at wedding arches because it says that both engaged sims must be around (even if both of them are right in front of the arch), so I'm forced to do the manual engagement through the romance category which defeats the whole purpose of having wedding arches. With this issue also comes not being able to renew wedding vows because said archers are broken, This issue also seemingly dates back to a minimum of 5 months ago. Another issue I, and a lot of other simmers have, is disappearing terrain paint, and this issue has been happening for YEARS. The only way for me to somewhat circumnavigate is to build whatever im building first, save, leave to manage worlds, go back to the lot, do the paint, save again, leave again, and then load back in. That is absurd, again this has been happening for YEARS. Ever since EA introduced ads into the sims 4 (The opening screen ads and the splash ads) many people have found themselves not able to close or dismiss the ads, again another bug that has been around for a hot minute, that makes the game unplayable, that hasn't been fixed. Or what about the eyelid glitch that makes sims not able to close their eyes all the way? Again, I understand no game will be 100% bug free, but so many of the bugs have been around for months, sometimes even years, and they still aren't fixed, and it's truly ridiculous to see. It's incredibly frustrating to see SO many longstanding bugs be put under the tag "under investigation" when it honestly feel like nothing is being investigated. Or, at the very least, communicate with your community more. Even a vague "Hey guys, we hear your issues with the bugs and we're trying to fix them!" is more reassuring than radio silence or a moderator linking us to another forum for 8 months ago with a person having the same issue as you. If your game is so buggy it's putting people off and stopping you from attracting more people to it, maybe it's time to take a break from being a cash hungry corporation. Please, STOP PUTTING OUT NEW CONTENT AND FIX YOUR GAME. or at the very least shift your focus onto to fixing common bugs that make your game nearly unplayable. I love the sims, it is truly one of my favorite games of all time, but it's disappointing and frustrating to see 6 new expansion packs, 3 new game packs, 2 new stuff packs, and 12 new kits come out in one year while me and hundreds of other simmers have been begging you to fix a bug that first showed up in your game 2 years ago. So, EA, sims dev team, PLEASE FIX YOUR GAMES. TLDR: This game has so many bugs its nearly unplayable (or at the very least VERY frustrating to play) but ea keeps putting out new content instead of fixing month(s)/year(s) old issues and it's getting irritating.Your Sims 4 2025-2026 Wishlists?
Let me start with my list; ▪️Updated Neighborhood Stories 1-Marry 2-Divorce 3-Join/Move Out+Create another household options ▪️More Eye and Hair Colors ▪️Improved Genetics Dominant/Recessive Genes or Taking Treats/Genes from Grand Parents or Updated Hair Color Percentages: If you can get green eyed child from a hazel-eyed parent(currently you can), that logic should also work for dark blonde and light brown hair, dark copper and light copper hair, dark brown hair and black hair etc.. getting same genetics are boring especially in long legacy gameplay ▪️Realistic Pregnancy + Infant Stuff Pack 1- Pacifiers 2- Strollers 3-Bottle warmer 4-New cribs and bassinets 5-Plain white default onesie for newborns(green one with butterfly looks so bad) 6-Infant clothes/accessories/headbands 7-Ultrasound Scan 8-Pregnancy cravings 9-Abortion 10-Chance of Miscarriage (it can be optional) 11-Chance of Unexpected Pregnancy (it can be optional) (woohooing can cause pregnancy rarely) 12-Infants can be calmer with pacifiers. 13-Baby bottles with realistic interections including different types of milk (formula, breast milk) 14-We need strollers even if it's not functional and works just like crib i want them. 15-New career : Nanny (we can go households and take care of babies when parents are gone.)16-Shop for baby (parents can buy clothes, pacifiers, onesies etc.) 17-Swaddling blankets for newborns and infants ▪️Pet Kit with Dog Kennels and more Pet Beds (fancier ones) or add these items to cats and dogs with an event award ▪️Free Kits for Culture/Diversity(Turkish,Kurdish,Iranian,Greek,Italian,Arabian,Caribbean,African etc.) or basegame update ▪️Selecting More Than One Household in Manage Households Screen ▪️Interchangible CAS Columns and Hide Option 2-3-4-5 ▪️Updated New Cas Background with Mirror ▪️Gallery Fix with News Tab (gallery is so broken, i cant even see my friends newest creations or my favorited items in full) ▪️4 New Hair Style Kits / Creator Kits Straight, Wavy. Curly and Afro hair kits ▪️Elder Hair Color Change Fix Dark hair colors should keep transition to grey in elder state as it is, while lighter hair colors such as red and blonde should turn directly to white. ▪️Updated Family Trees ✅ (they can update even further because zooming causes blur) ▪️Natural Looking Eyelashes for Every Age Group ▪️Burglars in base game ✅ ▪️Arabic World ▪️African World ✅ (Kinda.. but we need proper one) ▪️Medieval Royalty Expansion Pack ✅ [Royalty and Legacy Pack] ▪️Medieval-Themed Clothing Kit for Occult and Royalty Gameplay ▪️Enhanced Eye and Skin Textures ▪️Seasonal Sharper World Maps ▪️Better Textures Especially on Foods (they look so blurry) ▪️Baby Hairs, Hairlines, and Bangs Addition (in head accessories) ▪️My Plastic Surgeries Game Pack Successful & unsuccessful surgeries, bandages, solarium for tanning, recovery operation, original genetics are protected for children ▪️Cars in basegame Cars like in The Sims 2. We'll place them on the road or in the garage, then get in when going somewhere, and there will be loading screens . Taxi, school bus, police car (for burglars), ambulance car (for pregnant woman) also should be in basegame ▪️Better and modern looking phone (Iphone looking phones) ▪️Slower Farm Animal Needs ▪️Better Looking Default Underwear for Female Sims ▪️Creator Mod Kits Creator Mod Kits would bridge the gap between PC and Console players, allowing the entire community to enjoy high-quality popular gameplay mods safely, officially, and without the risk of errors/broken games after patches. ▪️New Voice Types, Accents, and Improved Singing Voice ▪️Bundle for Kits ✅ [Kinda but they should make bundles likes 5 kits for the price of 4 etc.] ▪️Forever Free Packs (They can free some older 2-3 packs from each pack type) ▪️Owning more than 1 house ▪️Supermarkets and Grocery Stores ▪️Spiral Staircases ▪️Mermaid Crib ✅ and Mermaid Skill Tree ▪️Functional Broom that can work with Bust the Dust kit ▪️Cottagecore Dress Kit ✅ [Prairie Dreams Creator Kit] ▪️Cas hairstyle update (corrected hair texture categories, straight, wavy, curly and afro) ✅ ▪️Noise Sensivity Sims should react to noise or loud activities around them (waking up from sleep when tv is open or when vacuum cleaner is working etc.) ▪️More Drama ✅(kinda with the royalty and legacy pack but we need more) ▪️Bath House / Hammam Kit Build kit with Thermal Springs inspired by Turkish hammams and Roman thermae ▪️Skin Swatch Placement Needs to be Changed Skin tones should be arranged from light to dark but some are incorrect [for example neutral 7 and 10 should be in top 5 because theyre light shades], because of this sometimes u can get much darker baby when parents are white or u can get light skinned baby when parents are dark. ▪️Better Looking Randomly Generated NPC Townies (rn they look so bad) ▪️Sheer Curtains ▪️Turkish Language Addition Please, comment your list.
🎂 12 years ! And now ?
Hi, Maxis already delivered over 101 pieces of the puzzle but the picture is not complete yet. I hope the new packs will be about : TS1 Livin' Large (Casino and Genie) TS1 Vacation (Carnival games) TS1 Unleashed (Reptile pets and Spiral staircases) TS1 Makin' Magic (Circus) The Urbz (Urban life) TS2 Nightlife (Cars) TS2 Seasons (Plantsims) TS2 Bon Voyage (Hotel, Unsavory Charlatan NPC and vacation gameplay) TS2 FreeTime (Hobbies) TS Castaway Stories (Shipwrecked) TS3 World Adventures (China, France, Egypt and Mummies) TS3 Ambitions (Firefighter and Tattoo Artist careers) TS3 Late Night (Band) TS3 Generations ( Imaginary Friend , Party Dancer NPC and Walking Cane) TS3 Showtime (Magician and Acrobat careers) TS3 Supernatural ( Fairies and Zombies) TS3 Into The Future (Time Travel) TS3 Store: Lunar Lakes (Exoplanet colony) TS3 Store: Dragon Valley (Dragon) TS3 Store: Roaring Heights (1920s to 1940s) ✅ TS Medieval (Royal family) [NEW] Childhood (More games for children) [NEW] Millionaire Life ( Old money vs New money) [NEW] Ancient Greece [NEW] Superheroes [NEW] Cyberpunk
Suggestion: Swimming in Ponds, Rivers and Lakes in Base Game Worlds
Hello Sims Team! I would love to see the ability for Sims to swim in natural waters (ponds, rivers, lakes, beaches) in more worlds such as Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, Windenburg, Brindleton Bay, San Myshuno, Del Sol Valley, Evergreen Harbor and Granite Falls. This would make the neighborhoods feel more alive and give us more gameplay options, especially in older worlds that don’t have much to do outdoors. It would also connect the different expansion and game pack worlds together with a consistent feature. Thank you for considering this idea!
