What I'd like to see in The Sims Franchise
Murderdoll:
Ive had quite a few ideas of what id love to see in maybe the sims 3 but most of them seem to be things that kill the whole custom content side of the game (which i love)
Things like proper weight loss and gain. I don't know properly how mesh making works myself but im sure it would require a whole lot of work to make custom meshes work with something like that.
Also actually having to get dried after diving into a swimming pool, or getting in the shower would be quite good. Maybe your sims would have to style their hair again? It just isn't very natural to have a sim with spikey gelled up hair to get in the shower and it stay like that...
Also hair actually growing and having to get a hair cut. Although this could cause problems for custom hair meshes... Though this would bring in the point of actually having to grow your sims hair for them to have it long, which would be realistic, but pretty tiresome if you don't want to wait. Although men having to shave could be pretty good. Like having to grow a beard rather than it just popping up from your sim looking in a mirror.
Bejac:
Lots of good ideas above, and I may end up repeating some here, but my wish list goes like this:
- yes, more "mix and match" clothing options, especially shoes and hats. Also, perhaps, gloves, backpacks, belts, shoulderbags, sunglasses... you get the idea.
- Transportation within the neighborhood. Sims can walk, use a bicycle, or perhaps drive to other lots in the neighborhood. They would still need a cab or car to go downtown, but this would add more possibilities to a Sim's daily routine. Examples: kids could walk to the local playground and interact with other kids; adults could slip off to the corner tavern after work and hoist a few; a Sim could run to the neighborhood drug store or grocery for a quick shopping trip instead of waiting for delivery or upsetting the routine with a trip downtown. All this would happen in real time, of course.
- A "useable" inventory. By that I mean items that Sims could carry and also use while "on the go."
Dizi:
Most of the suggestions I've seen here are great and I think show a general idea of what most sims lovers want. However, I have to say that some are way out of the realm of reality. This is a game and if the programmers put too much realism into it the game would get VERY boring. Some of the problems have been pointed out (such as why it wouldn't work to "follow" a sim to their job or have time pass properly while on a community lot). Have to style their hair each time they take a shower or bath? That would get old after only a couple times of a 4 member family each getting clean. Sims having to mow the lawn? Thank goodness I hire the gardner because my sims can't keep up with the weeds and overgrown bushes!
Personally, I think some of you need to get out the sims1 game again so you can appreciate what sims2 has given you! We used to have set faces, no make-up, much less variety in clothing, no glasses, couldn't change the hair without changing the entire face, and they didn't age at all. Yes, we would all like sims 2 to be better, but lets keep in mind how far we've come. I'm sure the next version (I'm going to have to get a new computer before a sims 3 comes out) will be even more of an improvement.
I don't really understand about all the bugs people complain about but that's probably because I have no clue about "code" and couldn't create a mod or mesh or anything else to save my life. But I have to say that EA is a BUSINESS and will most likely only do as much as they have to so they can get the product out, that's life and the way it's always going to be. On the other hand, at the same time people say "take more time to work out the bugs", there are other people saying "hurry up and give me a new expansion!" Since either way they can't win, they probably go for the money, I would.
On a more personal note, for whoever it was who said they didn't like the "crazy stuff", I do. I love ghosts, zombies, aliens, vampires, and werewolves. Come the next expansion I will most likely love plant-people. But you know what I love most about them? If you don't want to have any of the above in your game, as a sim, you don't have to. Don't buy the big telescope, don't hire the grimreaper, don't make friends with the Count or Contessa, don't make friends with a Leader of the Pack, and don't worry about it.
This is turning into a rant and I didn't mean for it to. I guess my point is for people to remember how great it is instead of what its not, and don't get too caught up in it being "real" as too much realism is not fun.
~dizi
Tenshii~Akari:
Quote from: Dizi;489372
On a more personal note, for whoever it was who said they didn't like the "crazy stuff", I do. I love ghosts, zombies, aliens, vampires, and werewolves. Come the next expansion I will most likely love plant-people. But you know what I love most about them? If you don't want to have any of the above in your game, as a sim, you don't have to. Don't buy the big telescope, don't hire the grimreaper, don't make friends with the Count or Contessa, don't make friends with a Leader of the Pack, and don't worry about it.
~dizi
:icon9:...The only problem I have with them in my game is that they insist on showing up without these things either way (well, except the aliens and zombies). I mean, the grim reaper is funny and he was always cool with me, and all I think that the Pixie addition in the upcoming "Seasons" EP is a cute and great idea, but before any hacks were made to make them stop appearing, they were giving my sims a little more grief than I would've liked. For some odd reason, Grand Vampires were on most of my community lots, and frequently walked by my residential lots (but they were downtown, so they have a right to do that). I found it crazy seeing them every other night! Maybe it was just my silly game doing that to spaz me out a little. :D
It is just a game, but everyone has their own opinions of how a game should be, realistic or not. And it's not like any idea will be used anyways, so there's not too much worrying. Just something we'd like to possibly see!
Dizi:
Sorry, didn't mean to offend or be too forceful. I suppose I'm just really tired of hearing how bad the game is when I love it so much.
I totally suggest going to the message boards on the Exchange to have your wants be heard. Whether many believe it or not, they DO listen. They just listen to the majority. YOU might be one of the majority. I was and now I have Pets in my game.
~dizi
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