UUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH GOD, here we go. (ļ¼āøį)
TS5 better not have multiplayer, EA, donāt you even try it. Simport was a hot mess in TS3. Your own frikkin townies are annoying AF, EA! Yāall remember the WA tourists, SN zombies, random wildlife (and that effing Ice-cream Truck) from Pets, and those obnoxious LN paparazzi? Well, imagine all thatā¦with other effing peopleās sims invading your world, too. O_O Absolutely not.
Stop tryna make The Sims your next live service microtransaction riddled franchise killer, EA. SimCity TANKED, and for a reason: EA keeps effing up perfectly good games, cuz theyāre not about gaming, theyāre about trend-chasing and maximum profits with minimum effort.
There are wishlists upon wishlists of missing and lackluster features in TS3 & TS4 that have gone ignored or not delivered. EAās āinnovationsā always seem to come at the cost of sacrificing something precious to what made The Sims such a quirky game in the first place. TS3 had open world & CASt, but EA charged and piecemealed every effing thing cool from TS2 in Store DLC, or spread across a dozen EPs. TS4 runs better, and the push-pull effect in build/buy & CAS is its best addition, but the worlds are effing microscopic, the gameplayās boring and thereās barely any EPs even after all these years, even though theyāre on their billionth SP filled with useless clutter.Ā
The Sims isnāt moving forward as a franchise ā EA keeps regurgitating the same EPs, while removing all the freaking CONTENT from them (just compare Bon Voyage to Castaways to Island Paradise to Island Living). Theyāre not taking any fresh ideas seriously at all ā theyāll start out with a great concept, like Tiny Living, and ultimately do NOTHING with it. T_T
EA, I challenge you, I DARE you: Add these, and watch The Sims be a better game for it, BET:
playable/liveable boarding schools for KIDS in a Generations/University crossover for frikkin once
more interactive professions/careers (stop with the effing rabbitholes!)
WAY more content for ELDERS
more hobbies/skills/group activities (boardgames, cardgames, Bingo, birdwatching, knitting, square dancing, storytelling, WAY more musical instruments, new sports, etc)
more balanced CAS & build/buy content catered towards MALE SIMS (yāall stay giving females aaaaaalllll the effing content and Iām sick of it; pick up a effing MAGAZINE since yāall like trends so daggone much, and find some frikkin inspiration!)
more options for PREGNANCY (babies in TS4 are a joke, and yāall didnāt even have Toddlers until the community nearly pitched a dang fit for years on end), like interactive lamaze classes, throwing gender reveal parties & baby showers
making Zodiac signs frikkin mean something again
more multiculturalism and lifestyles represented as new WORLDS ā whereās Japan, Africa, Native Americans/Inuit, Australia, India/Cambodia, Greece, Poland, New England, (Old) England/UK ā where š are š the š new š CULTURES? World Adventures couldāve been the start of a whole new Sims series, Bon Voyage style, where sims just jetset to different places ā and time travel, too!
different/alternatives to technology ā EA has YET to make Sims live off the grid, or fully green. Where are the rustic/medieval FARMS? With actual farm animals, animal husbandry, horticulture, hydroponics, and more? Buggies and wagons with horses, donkeys, and LLAMAS. Itās a crime against nature that The Sims hasnāt had pet llamas, EA.
And keep embracing Supernatural Lifestates! Iām so TIRED of simmers who complain that the game should only be realistic ā did you mofos even play TS1?! What effing planet do yāall think sims live on, where Grim Reapers, ghosts, aliens and cowplants are BASEGAME (in the earlier titles at least), and yāall think these effing sims are living realistic lives? Come on.
And bring back CASt/Color Wheels, open worlds & transportation. Yāall were out of your GYATDYANG MINDS when you left them out of TS4, with NO GOOD REASON stop the lies, EA.
I swear, this is why Iām just sitting here waiting for Paralives (and you watch those scummy EA mofos go and copycat every good idea from Paralivesāand make it worseājust you watch!). The Sims needs some freaking competition. Maybe if everyone jumps effing ship EA will realize just how badly theyāve been letting down the community & get their act together. And for crissakes someone get rid of Graham Nardone; ever since he showed up The Sims has been just spiraling in the wrong direction.
Fix your current mess, EA, before you start mucking around in a whole other sandbox. Jfc.
