Latest posts of: SashaSplat

I agree with most of the points made here. What I'd like to see is more ways for the Sims to die. For example, per say, a Sim had been shot or stabbed to death. Not that I'd wish that upon anyone but It'd make for excellent storylines. Concerning the Sim's deaths, wouldn't it be more realistic if the expired Sim wouldn't turn into a tombstone or urn, depending on where they had died. I'd like to see the deceased Sims get a proper burial, a public cemetary would be nice. Another option would be cremation of the dead Sims. The angry teens can still throw their urns. ;]

More BodyShop options would be nice. As pleased as I am with what I've been able to do thanks to BodyShop I can't even begin to imagine what could come in the future. Genetics, another issue at hand. Couldn't the genetics be more realistic? The Maxis skin is so blah, the hair looks fake and the clothes I wouldn't be caught dead in. Hire people with taste to design this stuff. Note; the eyes look like they have cataracts. Thank God for custom content makers. :]

Concerning the aging process of the Sims, I'd like for there to be more than six life stages. Even though we are spoiled by what we have at hand now, I'd like to see Maxis expand on their technology and soar to new heights. I'd like the aging to go like this; {note- each day is 24 Sim hours/24 minutes real time and each year of a Sims life would amount to 12 Sim days}
* Baby (0-1)[1]
*Toddler (to 3) [2]
* Young Child (to 6) [3]
* Older Child (to 10) [4]
* Pre-teen (to 12) [2]
* Young Teen ( 13-15 )[3]
* Older Teen (16-18) [3]
* Young Adult (19-24) [6]
* Adult (25-40) [15]
* Older Adult (45-55) [10]
* Middle Aged (55-70) [15]
* Elderly (70+)

Note; The aging of the Sims would be gradual, of course with Birthdays but do we need them to jump in the air and grow up. Maybe if it was just in a snap?!?

Different height ranges would be appreciated:

[1] 4'11 - 5'1
[2] 5'2 - 5'4
[3] 5'5 - 5'7
[4] 5'8 - 5'10
[5] 5'11 - 6'1
[6] 6'2 - 6'4
[7] 6'5 - 6'7
[8] 6'8 - 6'11

Different body types would be nice too: most of us are not built like Barbie and Ken, some of us are naturally slender and some larger. Why the cookie cutter people? Why don't the women have curves?

Here are more ideas that I don't know how to categorize:
[a] hair grows; men would need to shave, women shave legs, Sims cut their hair too.
karaoke singing; I miss it from the TS1 days. I miss the good old times going downtown and wreacking havoc with my Sim's unfortunate lack of singing talent
[c] the genie in the bottle; God I miss that guy
[d] more spontaneous deaths; examples being, a bomb dropping from the sky and leaving nothing but a crater and ashen dust where your Sim's house used to be.
[e] flooding and flood damage to furniture.
[f] fires having potential to burn down the house.
[g] weather, I am aware we are getting it in an EP. However it would be nice to have some days really hot like the dog days of summer and some are dreary and overcast and sometimes the weather can affect the mood of the Sims. How about heavy rainfall? I am not sure if some video cards can handle that however.
[h] Sims having unique speaking voices and even accents? British, Ugandan, Japanese, German, Russian, to name a few. Accents are cool and I want individuality, remember no more cookie cutter society.
Mayor of the city; mayor lives in mayor's mansion and administrates the city.
[j] follow the Sims to work (optional) say your Sim is on the police force? How fun would it be to follow the Sim to work and see a day on the field.
[k] more detail and attention to the smaller and trivial things, yet some would appreciate. The cracked eggs when concocting a delicious pastry? Pasta sauce spilt down the shirt? Burning fingers on trays.
[l] more television channels, one Science Channel, one for History, one for News, one for Music, and the list goes on...
[m] real threat of terrorists or supervillains and not so friendly alien invasions.
[n] Sims being able to move their own furniture.

Going to the supermarket and picking up groceries individually, and they will have more realistic prices. When a Sim chooses something from the refrigerator, the screen will pause and allow the user to choose which food the Sim wishes to take out of the refrigerator and eat/cook/whatever. Food spoiling and freezerburn would be realistic too.[/FONT]
[p] Making it easy to place furniture on 45 degree angles without going into cheat mode.
[q] whilst handling money the Sim actually holds a cash currency instead of the little ching sound. Sims can count how much money they have, they can invest it (even have a credit card and write checks) Sims have wallets, Sims give their kids lunch money. Money is important.
[r] No blue peepee puddles on the floor anymore. It's supposed to be yellow and hello people in real life do not assume mops out of nowhere to clean up their messes?
~~Female Sims get their periods.~~
[t] Sim parents can read to their children by their beds and even sing them to sleep.
Getting dressed and changed should be more realistic, yeah we wish we can jump and twirl in the air and voila, presto! We are in a new outfit. Why not have the Sim pick out what they want to wear by examining what they have in the closet, drawer, or floor that they want. The game would pause like it would for the refrigetor and the Sim dresses, pulling shirts over heads, zipping up jeans et.
[v] brushing teeth.
[w] The fur carpets from TS1 where the Sims would be able to lay on and cuddle with another Sim or chat simply.
- Burglars actually break into windows (if they are not locked) side-note, there should be more window interactions like clean, lock, unlock etc.[/FONT]
  [y] Campfires (but the Sims would actually build them) I miss putting campfires in the middle of living rooms on top of carpets and watching the Sims burn.
  [z] Sims can move with all their furniture and inventory when moving to another lot, and the different cities should be interconnected somehow. Maybe a president of the Sim world on the game? There would be a capital city, suburbs, ghettos, rich neighborhoods and in each different city or setting it is different reflecting different cultures and traditions. Such as ghetto=urban gangster, uptown=pristine and cultured, etc.
  
  It would be nice for a Sim to go to a neighbor's house by foot or car and actually follow the Sim there. The same for shopping and going to town or the city. The Sims can go anywhere they want. There can even be top secret government buildings, pawn shops, hair salons and barber shops, etc. Sims can try on neckelaces and stuff before they but it and they can buy CDs and preview them with headphones. Going to the movies is another thing, and we follow them to it and all as they buy tickets, popcorn etc. Etc etc etc. :d
  
  Vacation, all I ever wanted, yeah. Bring back vacations, either a Carribean island, a Siberian tundra, a Brazilian rainforest, an old city in Europe, high in the Alps, how about globalization and the Sims living in different countries? Of course all will speak in Simlish but with different accents. There can be Sims versions of the countries, as much as they can put in there. Long-distance phone calls'd be cool and traveling overseas and all. Maybe even moon plantations? Sims would be able to interract with everyone.
  
  Now I am a genius am I not?