What Needs to Be Done to Make Sims 5 Great

[@brandoniswhoiam]

“People shouldn’t turn to mods for a solution.” THIS.

[@BooDotBoo]

Exactly! Mods should be there for those who want extras and new bits of stuff, it should not be used to fill in ALL that is missing and to just make the game playable.

[@AlabasterJazz]

I agree that the base game should be mostly "feature complete" at release and that we shouldn't have to turn to mods for solutions, especially when gameplay options should be much more robust, but mods will always exceed the possibilities of a single development team and should be celebrated not avoided

[@Riverneedsdinner]

@@AlabasterJazz right then didn't say mods were bad but they should be necessary

[@annafebland4460]

I’ll say it loud for everyone to hear: BRING BACK CREATE A STYLE

[@cathemist]

i downloaded like 10 mods & its still kinda boring tbh

[@najmaht.a.1314]

I didnt know Sims 4 is already over 6 years old, feels like the game hasnt evolved at all

[@pedro6720]

Is hasn’t at all

[@lexyking1952]

sometimes it feels to me like it just came out because the evolution of the game just isn't there

[@nyxnightmare3542]

It's definitely evolved, but evolution isn't always a good thing. In the animal kingdom, evolution can actually cause the extinction of an animal because it doesn't always happen in good ways. Video games are the same. Evolution itself is just about a change, not necessarily a good change. And Sims 4 is *not* a good change from the past Sims games

[@Qrtuop]

It's a bad game

[@Smsweet220]

I REALLY hate to agree but yeah honestly :/....

[@Marshiethemarshmallow]

One thing he forgot: seasons and holidays should be base game. I shouldn’t have to spend $32 just to have snow.

[@_avisualz]

Literally

[@_avisualz]

This needs to be talked about more

[@Inkedalic3]

Yeha I think seasons need to be base game and then add a holiday game pack

[@Marshiethemarshmallow]

@@Inkedalic3, actually the Holiday game pack could be a good idea. 🙂

[@deathdrop6628]

@@Marshiethemarshmallow a holiday game pack could be done, and is an amazing idea!

[@BremiiXO]

If we don’t have open worlds we should have open neighborhoods! I shouldn’t need a loading screen to go across the street

[@loyael]

The problem with open world is that it wouldn't work on every engine. But it would be nice to have the option to turn it on/off for players with a good pc

[@Sapphire-dw7sd]

@@loyael thats why open neighbourhood would be nice

[@warzshadow9701]

Other games people play just fine that are open ... Assassin's Creed, Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Black Desert Online, Guild Wars 2..If everyone and their brother can play these. WHY can't EA/Sims build a decent game??

[@Lady.Marmalard]

Or down the hall to visit my neighbor in the apartment right next to me....

[@pedro6720]

Yes!!! But better a full open world. Like Sulani (open) then to travel to Winderbug a loading screen and then an open world again

[@davidkonevky7372]

I'm ready to watch EA do absolutely none of these

[@rialance8887]

Ikr

[@ThisIsGlamboy]

😂😂

[@VirtualVictoryTM]

True. Lol.😂

[@animeangel1983]

Of course they won't do it. Putting in challenges and goals to achieve makes people "feel bad" if they don't do it, which is why it's not in Sims 4. The result of a Participation Trophy generation, everyone wants something to make them "feel good" without actually working hard or putting in any effort for that feeling. No risk, all reward is the common mentality these days. That said, EA will just shove something out for Sims 5, unfinished, full of bugs and glitches, for a quick cash grab and continue to grab more and more cash because they know it will sell, that's the corporate mindset. Just like how Sims 4 is now. I'll stick with 2 and 3.

[@DominicMV]

I'd argue EA likely watched this video, and are using it as an idea bucket "don't make it required always online" Ea: well it wouldn't hurt if we tried always online we can patch it out if we don't make enough money out of it

[@itiswhatitis_842]

If sims 5 isn’t a drastic improvement I’m sticking with Sims 3 forever

[@myiapapaya7122]

Likewise! I didn’t even buy sims 4

[@daslisachen5901]

@@myiapapaya7122 same! and every single cent I spent on the sims 3 was worth it (even though it was a lot lol)

[@naomisav5738]

Sims 2 & sims 3 are my childhood, and I swear I will do the same if sims 5 won’t impress any of us

[@martafonseca5475]

That makes two of us!

[@xLadyRaine]

Same

[@justameenaaa4775]

just gonna say this... *MODS SHOULDNT HAVE TO FIX EVERYTHING, THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE INCLUDED IN THE GAME!*

[@vatzfu]

And for TS4 : "If a game sucks, DLC's won't make it better"

[@Xertaron.]

Tell THAT to Bethesda. But seriously TS4 feels like it never really came out of beta. Things work, but are either unfinished or lackluster.

[@clewrites]

The crashing after snowy escape update, and one of my mods causes an infinite load.

[@AlabasterJazz]

I agree that the base game should be mostly "feature complete" at release and that we shouldn't have to turn to mods for solutions, especially when gameplay options should be much more robust, but mods will always exceed the possibilities of a single development team and should be celebrated not avoided

[@2Scribble]

That shouldn't be a problem - knowing EA? There won't BE any modding... Think about it, Sims 4 already made it IMPOSSIBLE to have custom worlds - what ELSE will they remove for Sims 5?

[@shadybrain3424]

so basically you want sims 5 to be sims 2 in personality, sims 3 in the world, and sims 4 in build/buy and cas? i pretty much agree im also interested to see something new as well.

[@kiteride8674]

100% yes

[@pedro6720]

And is missing with the sims 1 expansions and corkyness

[@GAshoneybear]

I would say Sims 3 in CAS as well. The complexions have always been a problem in sims 4.

[@genericname2747]

@@pedro6720 You know what I want from the sims 1? I want the burglar music, and I want the weird, creepy phone calls back.

[@DoveJS]

@@GAshoneybear But CC/upcoming update fixes skin tones. Sliders for fine-tuning is all it needs. :)

[@alannakruger2710]

They need places like grocery stores and shops yk

[@kitty1328]

yess!! and restaurants in the base game

[@kayleigheldridge5354]

Yes, also I have always said there should be dentists, pharmacy, general stores etc

[@tammysheppard4210]

Totally agree i would love to take my sims to buy food snd actually get to interact with them at the store filling up a shopping cart

[@idkanymore2183]

Yes this should be in base game too

[@kaylinport7581]

Bruh I'm tired of picking strawberries or fishing everytime I want to make a specific recipe or make my sim have a boy/girl

[@wlk3607]

please don’t remind me how much money i’ve wasted i’m already so sad about it bro

[@sherrynchin3987]

Same.... It wasn't cheap either.. It still kind of hurts how easily I torrented the complete Sims 4 (that's not even fun without mods) without paying a single cent

[@shlimthugga]

I just bought 2 packs the other day they were on sale but I still wasted some money :/ I think I’m just gonna stick with pirating which I know it’s really bad but cmon sims 4 packs are so overpriced

[@LucyMusic1999]

@@sherrynchin3987 I have to pirate Sims 3 and all dcl because all my sims 3 dlc has dissapeared from my origin game library some time during Sims 4 launch

[@sherrynchin3987]

@@LucyMusic1999 That's just plain horrible :(( ... Never again supporting EA tbh, so many years has passed and this game isn't even nearly 1/5 as complete as Sims2 or 3

[@krustyburgers3839]

for real :( ughhh

[@mygetawayart]

The worst thing about the sims 4 is that, yeah, ok they released an unfinished product...but they could've fixed it later, they could've redeemed themselves And instead they released the most lackluster packs from the whole saga, every update broke the game in some way and mods have become more and more essential than ever before. They did absolutely nothing to turn that unfinished product into a finished one. And then they complain about the hate they receive....

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Yeah, after 6 months go by without fixes or improvements to a pack ti starts to feel hopeless. I guess money talks more so than anything so while it still sells well, we won't get the action desired.

[@lexvstee]

I think they're working on the basis of 'people will buy it anyway because we have the monopoly'. Sad state of affairs.

[@akinajackson7573]

@@CarlsSimGuides exactly.

[@GothCharlieBear]

Im a console player who is very poor (so no new pc on the horizon for me) but that also means...no mods 😭😭😭😂 It just sucks...and for whatever reason... The pets and first pets thingy pack can only be bought in bundles, not individually!!!? Wtf even is this anymore

[@Kattywagon29]

I feel like the Sims 4 has just been one big experiment, like they're trying out stuff on us - We're their unpaid testing department. They give us little tidbits of things here and there to keep us coming back, but never the full meal. We should not be 6 years in still wondering why we don't have bunkbeds, cars or spiral staircases. It's insulting.

[@NATCHEE1]

I feel like we’ve been begging them to improve the babies for years.

[@mollytodd785]

There not listening instead there like here have a Star Wars pack and a paranormal pack that nobody wants

[@lordjoejoe4637]

@@mollytodd785 Yeah, I‘d rather have more realistic gameplay before these supernatural packs!

[@PissyPants111]

Like in Sims 3&2 you can actually like pick up the babies and bring them places! In the Sims 4 they're just objects :/

[@crazygulrot]

@@PissyPants111 I totally agree!

[@arui6143]

@@PissyPants111 Not to forget: If you use the showhiddenobjects mod, you can literally place the debug object “baby” ...

[@taliac5206]

Sims 3: open world and cars!! Sims 4: watch your sims get on and off a bike 10 times

[@pedro6720]

Si bugged

[@Burnin-U]

It's all a ploy to publicize the Liberal agenda (green new deal). 😂😂

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@Burnin-U Yep, I was so pissed when they made eco lifestyle.

[@samanthafisher3308]

And get up and down from the bar and dinner table!

[@noldocelu3326]

The bike is often slower than walking because of those bloody animations.

[@persephonehades850]

Bring back LORE!!!

[@rosenia5409]

It’d be nice to create lore too!

[@pedro6720]

It’s not my priority, but gotta admit that’s so much fun when well done

[@royalblanket]

Am I the only one that doesnt really care about lore? But I also never played 1-3

[@KagamineRinVocaloid]

I need more mystery, as in The Sims 2 and 3

[@justsomeokami8867]

Real lore not that sh*t being fed to us in a trailer and never actually used!!! *realm of magic* *vampires*

[@alyssaandrews3779]

my favorite sims 3 expansion was late night hands down. it came with celebrities, vampires, high rises, clubs, lounges, new careers and so much more. the fact that i have to buy city living, get famous, AND the vampire expansion/game packs separately to get the same effect is a bit frustrating. i hate comparing the two but it’s bound to happen.

[@Naromuffy]

I spent YEARS playing ts3 with late night as my only expansion pack and I never got bored. But with ts4 even after getting most of their packs I still got bored after a few days and eventually went back to ts3.

[@kalisworl]

@@Naromuffy i feel like this comment alone is super telling

[@zoe_nerea]

ABSOLUTELY THIS omg!! I only bought the base game for TS4 because everything else felt like throwing money into a dumpster on fire. I wasn't about to spend $100 for my sim to be able to be a famous vampire living in an apartment...

[@on3zt2ey9c]

btw i think it's inevitable and kinda needed to compare the two. sims 4 was supposed to be a step forward, to take all the good stuff from previous parts and add new, cooler stuff, so in comparison the game itself would be considered up to date and fresh, yet also familiar for those who've played previous ones. without comparison, sims 4 actually is a decent (im really, REALLY stretching the term right here) game! if you just play sims 4 and don't think about how much more fun the experience could have been, it, uh, yeah, it still got massive flaws, but overall feels like something that looks and sounds fun to play, especially with advertising and all that. also at this point im really impressed and kinda scared of people who choose to pay for this burning pile of scam. like. why would anyone give ea money at this point

[@mauryjasminedelprete4135]

Why not compare? It is inevitable... I even compare ts4 with the 2! In TS2 I had "open for business" and I could have whatever business, sell whatever I wanted, own a restaurant and go to dinner! But TS4 needs get to work to have a store and dine out to have a restaurant 😑

[@cheesybreadweas6813]

I just want my neighbours to stop getting in my house just to rush into my room and play videogames in my computer without my permission. They don't even let me play The Sims

[@prettytgirl4446]

@@battlebeauty8217 that never works for me they always ignore it

[@langustajableczna]

@@prettytgirl4446 lock doors exxcept for household

[@adynugroho791]

You can lock the doors so only your households can enter

[@veronicalott59]

Lmfao....lock the door.

[@PissyPants111]

@@veronicalott59 As in, they come to "hang out", get let inside to hang out and just instead rush over to the computer

[@robertluky16]

I would like to see story progression/telling like the sims 3. I really enjoyed watching random sims grow old, get married, and have kids. It made the game feel more real, like the game would age along with your sims.

[@joaoguilhermesaraiva7070]

yes!!! fortunately we have mccc to save us... god save the modders...

[@ayitseden]

Wait is that not a thing anymore !? WHAT

[@jaymeeleighjx1x]

You do know this happens in the sims 4? You can turn it on and off in settings

[@simplyslow_]

@@jaymeeleighjx1x without mccc it's just sims aging and dying

[@indianacatherineandemenlav8162]

@@jaymeeleighjx1x Please tell me how and where exactly

[@itsuplike9947]

I want graduations for teens.. they litteraly have a birthday and quit mid school year... like wth

[@itsuplike9947]

@Kenny McCormickissoocute ohh i think that's only for the college pack.. i don't think I'm gonna waste anymore money than i already have. Thx though.

[@fredrikaanger4364]

And prom!

[@miaalmeida4787]

@@itsuplike9947 man yall spend money on ts? lol download it from internet

[@tammysheppard4210]

Grad party woukd be cool

[@itsuplike9947]

@@miaalmeida4787 i have a console unfortunately.. i wish i would've waited for paralives, that way all the money i spent on sims, it could've went towards a new pc..

[@llincoln]

Honestly I wouldn't mind if sims 2and 3 were remastered instead of a new game

[@amandaagnew6787]

I would be the happiest person on the planet if they remastered sims 2. They really had something awesome with that one.

[@sandrapenrod7927]

Sims 2 doesn't even work on my new computer. I still have all of the packs but have to have a computer built just for the game if I want to play it again.

[@cestalia]

Same bruh. Just fuckin remastered sims 2 or 3, we'll buy it...

[@tang3151]

YES. Remaster it with sims 4 build/buy/CAS.

[@CedricCaffa]

They should remaster the sims 4.

[@msSweety]

I'd like for my sims to have memories again. Wants and fears are great too, but to me their memories are more important. I want them to remember important events in their lives.

[@Hallmark44]

Woohoo Woohoo Made grilled cheese Fire! Visited the park Woohoo All in a day 😂

[@stephmetc53]

and sims 3 controls would be the best

[@Fe-go2jw]

YES

[@emmasophia6416]

I just discovered if you take a screenshot in game you can turn it into a memory, and either a happy or sad one.

[@PissyPants111]

@@emmasophia6416 TS3 or TS2?

[@susabobus]

Sims used to be an actual game, sims 4 is shallow interior design simulator

[@ednaoverboard1052]

I remember playing sims2 for hours and hours and hours as a kid. There was so much to try with our without cheats. But i just can't get myself to play sims4 for more than 20 minutes.

[@clared1867]

@@ednaoverboard1052 SAME!! Sims 4 is the first Sims game I haven’t been able to binge for hours. I either get bored or frustrated every time I play!

[@tblmoon]

Fr. That's why I prefer sims 2 and 3

[@DiggandDugg]

@@ednaoverboard1052 I've installed the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection and it still stands as such an amusing game that you can play for hours. I've had people with random lifetime wishes I can't control, a good attraction system and interests that push what they want to do and unlock more interactions about hobbies, plus a lot of random things that happen (getting abducted, very often getting demoted or even losing your job, Sims being smart enough to get proper angry when cheating is involved even if they weren't physically in a room when you did it). It's challenging, has so many things to do and every sim actually feels different. As an example in a household with nerds who all work in the science field you have three brothers, and although they work in the same place, their interests and personalities are completely different so they feel like different people. People with different aspirations also get completely different wants and fears, which obviously makes sense. Overall the Sims 4 gameplay seems so empty in comparison and I use it just to build 😂

[@JP-sx7fq]

@@DiggandDugg Building was better in SIms 2 as well. Use your cheats. Constrainflooelevations will be your best friend to creating unique designs. The ability to change floor and wall tiles opens the door to split levels, basement garages, working windows and exterior doors in basements, cathedral ceilings in one room and normal height in an adjacent room and maybe even a sunken floor in that room or an attached garage while the house is on a foundation. It could also be used to create twisting stairwells and hidden levels between floors for those family vaults ... only your imagination could limit you because the tools are that much better. ... Not to mention that the Sims 2 was the only version where you could make your own maps or edit existing ones, and you could change simple ini values to allow you to place lots on cliffsides and build homes into the side of them. We can't even change the neighborhood decorations anymore let alone edit the actual map or change the size or location of lots. The only thing the Sims 4 has over the Sims 2 as far as building goes is the round wall tool ... and that can be faked in Sims 2 with mods or you can embrace the octagons.

[@NHarts3]

I was playing sims 3 yesterday and some random woman shower up to my sims birthday party, got up onto a tabletop and started dancing wildly. Then I realised she had the party animal and excitable traits. Now that's personality!

[@joshingspace]

In sims 3 all kind of strangers showed up to parties. It was strange but I didn't mind having a bit bigger party than I originally wanted to

[@Acquaintance6336]

I always got so pissed when strangers showed up because they'd always mess with my toddlers. Trying to get the parents to stop, grab the kid, and have them blow out candles was hard enough, but adding in a total stranger who won't stop picking up and setting down the kid is infuriating

[@nannybells]

my greatest wish is for the devs to play ts2 and study what worked so well then, but i don't think they even play ts4

[@12wer3wer9]

Yeah, actually have them play 1,2,3 and 4 and pick out the best aspects to put into 5. That's also important for them to realize what TS4 was lacking and what worked with the game.

[@nannybells]

@@12wer3wer9 right? it's a franchise and even though ts4 brought a lot of new players a lot of us have been here from the start, so we know what the other games offered and it's strange that things don't just keep changing for the better, the franchise has regressed in a lot of ways. take the strengths of past games, make references etc, small details make for a better experience for players.

[@JaysMissingKidney]

TS2 was released in '04 and in development for a few years even before that. So many details that are important and present in the base game. Even genetics from the grandparents could factor into a sim's child in 2, unlike 4. TS2 formula worked. TS3 also explored new avenues and worked, too.

[@grease_monkey6078]

trust me they know how to do it but they choose not to because EA is a very greedy gaming platform, this is the company that puts in game unskippable ads in Madden games

[@pedro6720]

Better the sims 1

[@justkeepsmiling9896]

Can we have a better way to build relationships, I’m sorry but I think it’s weird that you walk to a stranger and 5 min later you can get married

[@gult5203]

Haha true

[@ellaella5693]

That’s what I’m sayinggg

[@lunaloynaz-lopez2318]

That's kind of sims tradition though

[@marycanary86]

take three selfies are your best mates

[@diggyshovel]

Maybe a option where you could switch between more realistic and not realistic, so like realistic would take longer to form relationships

[@plumfrogvic]

“Watch them ski” “there saved you $40” 😭😭

[@love4grace66]

Hmmm?

[@royalblanket]

@@love4grace66 Snowy escape costs 40$ and watching them ski was a big part of it

[@plumfrogvic]

@@love4grace66 CSG wrote that on the screen during the video.

[@nyxnightmare3542]

Literally the only good thing about that worthless pack are the lifestyles, and of course those of us would never have them without the pack. Instead, we get useless "Sentiments." Things they constantly pop up as notifs every few seconds to tell you that you, once again, are sharing "happy memories" with *every. single. sim. around. you.*

[@ihatebananas5719]

@@nyxnightmare3542 i don’t like lifestyles, i don’t have snowy escape but from what i’ve seen they don’t do much except for making the game easier in some aspects which does not help cause this game is already TOO easy, no matter what lifestyle you have sims always ger perks, (i wish they(and celebreties and spellcaster as well as ever other ocoult) were more like vampires where sims can have negative effects by being a vampire, it’s more balanced as you become a stronger vampire you also become weaker in some aspects, which makes the gmae harder) lifestyles don’t even give your sims any personality, the sims act the same before and after getting a lifestyle Even though most of the community askes for them to make the game harder, the sims team keeps giving us ways to make the game easier, the same thing happend with tiny living(in my opinion it has the same problem occoults, lifestyles and celebreties it gives you an award and makes the game easier for absolutely NO reason, and don’t say that tiny homes are balanced cause you get perks for living in a small area which makes the game harder, MOST starter homes are under 100 tiles, living in a small place does NOT make the game harder it even EASIER cause tiny homes give you perks) anyways thanks for comming to my ted talk and sorry for waisting your time by making you read this bye

[@micaylalynn9281]

They absolutely need to release with all relevant life stages, and make them meaningful. They can't pull another Sims 4 where they didn't give us toddlers and only half-assed teens.

[@GAshoneybear]

And crappy elders.

[@clewrites]

Sims 4: Babies with no gameplay, no toddlers at all, okay children but a bit too immature when you're representing 12 year olds, teens that are young adults that go to school and can't marry or get pregnant(and there are mods that do all of those), okay young adults, adults that are carbon copies of young adults, and elders that behave just like adults. Life stages: Object Child Young Adult 4 times

[@trixieagustina6163]

Exactly. The jump from child to teenagers is way too unrealistic and large, there should at least be a pre-teen life stage. And babies shouldn’t have to be glued to their cribs...

[@jalapeno1119]

I personally don't care for toddlers - but I wish they had a tween stage.

[@trixieagustina6163]

@@jalapeno1119 Both are needed

[@lyn3667]

"Restricting others isn't the solution." YES. Bring back my season length and age length sliders!

[@Inkedalic3]

That exists in the sims 4

[@OurLadyOfSorrows4]

@@Inkedalic3 You can set the length of the sims' entire lifespan to "short", "normal" or "long" and can set the length of seasons in general. But you can't have sims be toddlers for longer than they are kids for instance, or have winter be longer than spring.

[@lyn3667]

@@Inkedalic3 Not in the way that it did in TS3. I had lifespans of over 1000 days, and my season lengths were tailored to match. I don't have the kind of control that they are discussing in this video, and there's no logic for not having it since (without mods) we don't even have story progression for NPCs.

[@ratpunk2895]

and pls bring back create a style too

[@jbrown5955]

I really hope they stop making pets, seasons and possibly university. How can you play a life simulator without pets or seasons? It’s stupid that they haven’t incorporated them into the base game.

[@yukiakia7731]

THANK-YOU! I’ve been saying this for years and have never seen anyone else mention it. The stuff added in expansions should be in the next base game. It’s such a greedy move to make people pay for content that’s been in the game since sims 1! Expansions should add things we’ve never had before.

[@aulanitafoya3011]

I never thought of it like that...you are so right!!!!!

[@Vyansya]

Money money money

[@anakyangbudiman8497]

Maxis say yes EA say no

[@ailahmashod]

@@anakyangbudiman8497 Both of them say yes, or maybe reversed it

[@Simtimistic]

The Sims team loves having everyone on an emotional rollercoaster.

[@pedro6720]

Yeah and that’s nasty

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@emmm_5787 I did just that except I've been playing Sims 3 :) so much fun!!!

[@Saihyou]

This time, we're the Sims. And our emotion moodlets affect us as deeply as we wish they affected our Sims. I'm feeling more & more hot-headed...!

[@danielles7766]

Everyone needs to make up their mind to seriously cancel EA 2020 and their paid influencers.

[@exosproudmamabear558]

I think at this point they trolling people and laughing at the angry mob.

[@rainyrya]

I’m still upset that horses were left out of pets, they had the best gameplay in sims 3 of all the pets/animals. And finding wild horses and the rare unicorn was always so fun. I hope they give us a farming expansion with horses in sims 4, and if not... I really hope we see them come back in sims 5. The equine community is constantly scraping for good horse games and sims 3 had us all hooked for a while...

[@12kitykat]

I was so upset horses were left out!! I would love to see them come back!

[@rainyrya]

@Shawnie Harris me too! I feel it’s such a common lifestyle too I really don’t see why a life simulation as in depth as the sims would pass on the theme...

[@clairebarrass6179]

The hidden world in willow creek would have been the perfect place for a unicorn

[@rainyrya]

@@clairebarrass6179 omg yes 😭

[@engeline7688]

This! I combined huge lots in sims 3 to build dream stables and farms, loved that

[@bilgeseloyun]

EA didn't even lower the price of sims 3 in black friday. Keep your expectations low on these stingy guys.

[@lunacouer]

Lol, they're trying to pad their quarterly projections numbers for Sims 4, to "prove" it's still going strong. It's kinda sad, all the sales they're having, considering video games are at their peak because of the pandemic. Yup, can't expect anything now.

[@pedro6720]

Cringewe

[@samanthafisher3308]

Game prices r only going to go up so no way sims 5 will lower any prices

[@emilia1650]

They lowered the price for that star wars pack that no one wants

[@noldocelu3326]

Sims 3 isn't even a game anymore, it's a "starter pack" where you can get bonuses for sims 4. And all sims 3 expansions is still the same price as when they were released.

[@noaharc1]

For those who started from the sims one until now like myself this is a huge let down it’s been over 6 years and so many players are begging for Generations! I miss how the game felt so realistic, how the environment around my sims grew(sims married, had babies,passed away) and I enjoyed how the sims interacted with one another, like going to see grandma actual felt like seeing grandma but now it’s like just seeing a another random sim. And let’s be clear! They want us to believe we “voted” on these packs...come on people knitting?

[@mrsb50]

Okay but... the community did vote on knitting as the theme for the pack. Wasn’t my own choice, but it’s not like it came out of nowhere...

[@GAshoneybear]

I had more issue with the Star Wars pack (and that is coming from a Star Wars fan) because that was something barely anyone voted for. They should have just been honest and said "we're contractually obligated to make a Star Wars pack".

[@MsFluffy99]

Omg yes, my sim has a step-dad and he just straight up forgot his step-dad existed when he moved away. Like this dude helped raise you since you were a toddler and you're just going to forget he's a thing cause you aren't blood related???

[@itkahsramal4983]

@@MsFluffy99 right that happened to my sim and I was more sad than she😭

[@OurLadyOfSorrows4]

@@GAshoneybear I don't mind the Star Wars pack existing as long as I don't have to buy it. They can make five more Star Wars packs for all I care.

[@Vekcrazah]

For starters, people shouldn't break their banks just to get 1/10 of the game's content

[@empyrean94]

Some years back, I remember thinking about how The Sims 4 had gone on for about 4 years, the average time the previous three main games had lasted, and hoped The Sims 5 would be announced soon (and be an improvement), then read how they had a couple more years of content planned for The Sims 4, and I was just so disappointed that the objectively worst entry in the series is the one receiving the longest attention.

[@maxwellwinters5792]

@Jason Rose Of course, they refuse to admit it because in the business circle admitting that you messed up means that you are weak. Investors don't appreciate it.

[@pedro6720]

Couldn’t say it better

[@Gonder999]

It's a joke. The greed is so apparent.

[@teagenius7379]

The star wars idea they insisted on really seemed a slap.

[@DoveJS]

@@maxwellwinters5792 IDK, Square Enix did this with Final Fantasy 14. Of course, they trashed the first version and rebuilt it... that makes a difference.

[@ichbinben.]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Give me a remastered Sims 2 with the open world and expansions of Sims 3 and CAS and build mode of Sims 4 and I'm happy. Put in all the aspects players love most, generational gameplay, difficult challenges, actual life simulation, lore, and give us those things right on the day the game is released. Patches are for fixing bugs, not so you can bring out an unfinished game. I will not buy Sims 5 just because it's The Sims, if it doesn't give me what I want, I won't waste my money on it on the promise that it will get better over time, like I did with Sims 4. I hope enough people will do the same, so EA's strategy of relying on name recognition and their (current) monopoly on the genre will stop working, but my hopes aren't high. I have more hope in Paralives than in Sims 5.

[@bribri6566]

Right

[@imperialstar227]

THIS!!! I play TS2 religiously because of how amazing it is and how much thought they put into the game. This would be such a step up.

[@xXPirate-KittyXx]

Nailed it.

[@Zandalorscat]

Exactly this!

[@endermanfan6975]

just me that misses the sims 2’s ”memories” seriously. that is one of the best things they added to the sims 2 and it seems like a easy thing to add-

[@Hannah-wx7er]

Yess!! It gave the Sims an actual back story and lore, now it’s like they are all just random NPC’s

[@ratpunk2895]

and the sims 3 story progression too

[@itsmeliska1186]

I really want moodlets instead of emotions... I know some of you won't agree but I'm sick of my sim feeling inspired, sad, uncomfortable, happy and flirty at the same time.

[@vatzfu]

A sim sees another fall dead before them, but they are happy because the room is "Well Decorated"

[@shelleyburr3988]

@@vatzfu Oh my god! You are so right!!!

[@rainbow_slayz]

@@vatzfu and what happened to me is (I have get famous) and a have a large family, and the oldest sim died, everyone got sad. And everyone received the emotional bomb trait, because they were sad BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY DIED. it was so anooying

[@comradesillyotter1537]

@@vatzfu dwarf fortress moment

[@andrek.2786]

@@vatzfu I mean i totally get being happy because of that, but irl i feel like it would get old after about a week, but in sims it doesn't

[@Blessed_Sound]

We should be able to go to high school, middle school, etc. and interact with people instead of just letting time pass. Even with jobs, we should be able to at least watch them work.

[@PissyPants111]

Yeah we shouldn't need to be able to do that with CC

[@inlovewithmuffyfromacnh]

yeah heck i cant even get cc i try alot so my sims are ugly like i want them to add cc built in the game so that sims aren't ugly :/

[@tblmoon]

Yess. I've always wanted this

[@inlovewithmuffyfromacnh]

omg i found out how if u are on computer go to chrome or microsoft edge or any browser you use and search up sims resource click it then click something you like scroll down alot until you see the green download button dont download the ads also u dont have to sign in to get cc your welcome i found out that so ill tell you guys about it too!

[@YourMom-yp6ev]

@@inlovewithmuffyfromacnh you ever figure out how to do cc or do you need help?

[@s.c8318]

sims 5 should definitely have better clothes.. I feel like the starter clothes arent really that great.

[@OurLadyOfSorrows4]

The Sims 3 starter clothes were also pretty boring from what I remember

[@Wexory]

@@OurLadyOfSorrows4 Yeah but you could change colors and patterns... Or was it sims 2? Anyway, bring the color wheel back 😂

[@davezar1720]

Hair sucks too

[@beyootiful433]

tbh i feel like the style of the basegame clothes in ts4 just looks like what adults would wear. teens doesnt have the same style yk

[@inlovewithmuffyfromacnh]

there are hideous to me and the bad thing is i cant even get cc

[@marina_Iuna]

OH, also, please make actions a reasonable length of time. peeing for an hour, showering for 2.. homework for 8 hours!! Plots should be able to integrate into the neighbourhood, too.

[@Jade_West2010]

....maybe only an hr for showering and I only do homework for 30 min. Idk about other people

[@mandizz_me2316]

What if you could decide How long You want to shower pr do Your homework like you do in real Life!

[@jayney11]

Pls no, it would make a gameplay more slow, and compared how little a lifetime of a sim is in a normal option, it would be boring

[@tammysheppard4210]

Way to long doings things i have troublem getting tge home work done putting them to bed then eat before school

[@tammysheppard4210]

@@mandizz_me2316 u can choose a quick or brisk shower not show how its put

[@annabellenicole5654]

I miss ts2 wants, fears, and memories ): sentiments aren’t enough for me.

[@KreeZafi]

The Sims 2 memory system was pretty great! I know the introduced memories in TS3 as well, but honestly that was a pretty lousy system that mostly just caused annoying pop-ups (don't get me wrong, TS3 is by far my favorite game, but that memory system just ain't it)

[@bribri6566]

The sims 2 was the best one

[@Momo-po5tn]

An attraction system is needed too

[@KreeZafi]

@@Momo-po5tn HELL YES!!! Even if it's a relatively basic one I really want there to be one. TS2 had a super basic attraction system and I thought that was a lot of fun, so even if they just did something kinda like that (but perhaps with more options) I'd be really happy!

[@Kateeren]

Yes, the sims where truly unique. It was hard to replicate a hole life placed in their memories, if even possible

[@avaniia9961]

I would want to be able to design clothes or furniture how I want them to look (like in the sims 3) and not picking between 10 designs that don't match other furniture I already have

[@emmii7248]

yes omg this is bothering me SO much

[@autumnroxielynn2423]

THIS

[@zejzild]

Yeah, I miss the color wheel, too :(

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

This but for clothes was one of the things I thought they could improve in Sims 5. I had literally no idea that it was a thing in Sims 3 that was cut out of Sims 4.

[@roguethetiefling2585]

Or maybe a drawing feature so you don't just edit colors you can edit the design as a whole.

[@laorille]

This video is just making me nostalgic for Sims 2 and 3 and how good we had it back then

[@pedro6720]

There no a more nostalgic feelin that the sims 1 soundtrack

[@lindawilliams1933]

I have all of 2 and 3 and my updated computer won't let theses disc work on it

[@89toy4wd]

@@pedro6720 I don’t know if you know this but the soundtrack is available in iTunes!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Go play them :D I have been hehe.

[@NHarts3]

@@lindawilliams1933 if you have the disc version of sims3 with the game codes you can redeem the codes on origin and it will load the game to your library. That's what I did with our old games and I've been enjoying sims3 again 😊 unfortunately you can't do the same with sims 2, but if you have a mac you can get the complete sims 2 with expansions for around $20 I think from the apple store. You can also find a free download link for sims 2

[@devstorm8764]

This is EA we're talking about. Before they gobbled up the Sims, there was innovation. But EA has a tendency to devour other gaming developers and leach all the good out of them . So I will be surprised if indeed 5 comes out and it isn't just more of the same tepid bland oatmeal that Sims 4 is.

[@pedro6720]

This is harsh but the truth

[@BlackJar72]

Well, EA were the ones that actually agree to fund making The Sims in the first place, so it might not exist without EA -- but that was an irl generation ago, and I don't think EA is the same company they were then. They have become a company that notoriously milks games for a quick profit and lets them die.

[@najmaht.a.1314]

probably gonna we even worse than sims4, i reckon

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@BlackJar72 I wish Maxis could branch out and be their own company again :)

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@najmaht.a.1314 I hope not :(

[@niataylor9092]

I just never understood how they decided to go backwards. The Sims 3 was THE BEST !

[@aldeywahyuputra5719]

Money.

[@ThisIsGlamboy]

I agreed.

[@TS-jc3fc]

Still play sims 3

[@maddiethemad]

I never had the sims 3 ;-;

[@Xonatirose]

@@maddiethemad you’re missing out

[@taliac5206]

2020: we have cars that drive my themselves Sims team: *find excuses to not make an open world or even neighborhoods even though technology has advanced and they can make a semi open world for snow escape but you have to pay like $40*

[@JV-un7qw]

they are too greedy, dont want to spend few bucks on new "seamless" engine

[@chrissimpson9398]

@@JV-un7qw i think that mostly Ea being gready and don't care. Not the actual developmers cause Ea overbearing to all there Studios have a history of making them cut Corners where it doesn't make sense look at what they did to Star Wars

[@Pkfn720]

they should've just copy pasted the driving system in ffxv instead

[@taliac5206]

@@chrissimpson9398 very true!! I think the sims team would love to do all of these things but EA has a different agenda. Like the Star Wars game. IDK WHAT TO BELIEVE. I wanna think it’s EA doing but the sims team has me sketched

[@zebimicio5204]

@@chrissimpson9398 I think we need a different company to buy those studios. I'm just surprised Maxis didn't end up dead yet considering what happened to victory games and westwood.

[@elizabethb4168]

Sims 4 sims don't have more personality, they just have more wAcKy animations Edit: also! I want them to bring back interests separate from skills

[@GAshoneybear]

I agree. Can't i have a boy who enjoys playing football but is not particularly skilled?

[@KreeZafi]

Ughhh, the cartoonish style of TS4 makes me want to yeet myself. EA straight up went "hey guys we took away everything that make The Sims franchise good, but we added eMoTiOnS* and GoOfY aNiMaTiOnS!!!1!" *ignore the fact that emotions don't actually impact the game nearly as much as we made it seem, it just gives you more goofy walk animations and stupid emotional interactions such as "pee like a champion"

[@noname-vd9rc]

I played ts4 only once and never ever ever ever fing again. And I continued with ts3 because it's like the top and best they could do in ts series. Ts2 was also great. But ts4... I do not even count it in the series... Like it never happened and after ts3 they just stopped. So I am still waiting for a proper ts4

[@regularfern]

Some of the expansion packs should just already be in the damn game.

[@tammysheppard4210]

Agree but its how they make a profit of the sims

[@inlovewithmuffyfromacnh]

and they already are loaded with money they should just lower the mod prices because maybe i'd buy them more and also they should add more cheats and i really just wish that cc was built in game because sims are hideous without cc and every cc i download doesnt even fucking work

[@lunaverseI]

I really hope they add cut scenes to special moments in the sims 5 like they did in the sims 2. It would be so much better

[@SirSquigglemarz]

Yes!!! Maybe make it optional though

[@maqxene2599]

@@SirSquigglemarz yeah, in sims 2 you can choose if you want those special cut scenes or not

[@Jade_West2010]

Yes I agree cause I bet sometimes the cut scenes might be annoying

[@terezasimanovska2934]

Ou yea....I miss them So much

[@Hannah-wx7er]

omg forgot about the wooho cut scenes and the rejected proposals too 😆

[@marandaburnett8267]

I request a petition for Carl to be hired as Head of Development for The Sims 5.

[@edwardduda4222]

It’s unfortunate that one of the worst companies in gaming owns the rights to this franchise. EA purposely releases half-assed titles so you buy expansions. They did this when they released Star Wars battlefront where it only had 4 maps and you had to buy the other ones.

[@Z3t487]

Wow.

[@Penelope416]

Indeed it is a shame. I miss when Maxis was the main group in charge of the Sims franchise.

[@vincentabraham5345]

Right now all the big conpanies are doing it... if i look at bethesda im gonna cry

[@rainbrowz]

I highly recommend people who can buy sims games to not immediately buy The Sims 5 when it comes out, wait and watch for a week or 2 how it looks fully and _then_ make a decision. [Edit:] Alternatively: Sit down and think of *_everything_* you want from The Sims 5 base game and write it down, *_be very specific_* . Pull it back up when it does release and compare. If it doesn't match up, by what you've seen in others' playthroughs & etc, don't buy it. [Edit end] Tell EA exactly what you think with your wallet. _We're_ the consumers of their games. They serve us, not the other way around. Make _them_ work for _your_ hard-earned money, limited time in this world, and attention. If far more people stop following blindly for every release, they'll start paying attention.

[@e.1506]

Trust me, they won’t. They know that eventually everyone will buy it. They’ll get their money anyway

[@rainbrowz]

@@e.1506 I know that's what EA thinks. I'm just hoping to urge enough people to start thinking and use their limited resources wisely. If enough people wake up, these companies will be forced to work harder. Last year has already given them a taste, as wandering eyes look elsewhere for ears that will actually listen.

[@rodneyhatepage7121]

@@rainbrowz tbh i hope they add in a couple expansion packs maybe a game or stuff pack especially if they raise the price

[@AS-fn9oj]

@@rodneyhatepage7121 Don't you see that that is already the wrong way of thinking? You shouldn't think "They should add an expansion pack", you should want them to release the entire game without throwing around weird packs afterwards!

[@DudeWheresMyCar69]

I Agree fully, but EA will jump to content creators to throw out some big features the game has and market it until people buy it. Simple enough the game will more than likely be an online game piled with micro transactions through the roof.

[@Charlotte-jq9xt]

Really good list, Carl! Personally, if the Sims 5 has even a slightly disappointing launch, I'm not going to buy it - I'll wait for Paralives or something. EA has taken enough of my money for an unfinished product and I'm not going through it again

[@pedro6720]

I’m definitely excited for Paralives

[@aturchomicz821]

based

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I feel the same way :) not going to purchase 5 until I've seen some gameplay. Am interested in Paralives for sure.

[@sweeety969]

I feel the same way. The money grabbing was bad in sims 3 but this? This is ridiculous. While there were way too many dlc options for the sims 3 at least they felt like they had some substance and we didn’t have to grovel for things that should have been in the game at launch like babies and toddlers. I’ve completely lost faith in EA. Catch me playing paralives or whatever. I’m done with EA’s greed. Like literally every console game you can wait and pick up with all DLC after a few years. Sims 4 is over half a decade old and instead of making any affordable bundles they keep releasing full price content that costs an arm and a leg. That expansion/game pack/stuff pack thing is ridiculous when there’s a gazillion stuff packs and so on. You could spend $100 a year on Sims 4 content and still not catch up. Forget it. I’m done. It’s a shame but their sims franchise is headed the way of their basketball games.

[@aturchomicz821]

@@eyocabbage8649 And you could have absolutley played Sims 3 on low end hardware on launch day too... lol

[@kelynnbarden9778]

I’m not sure why in Sims 4, the other households won’t get into relationships and start families on their own. It’s so time consuming trying to pair sims together, and give them kids so that the town stays populated.

[@gaming_xp_ua]

They added an advises system that's sux so much but better than nothing

[@Grand_Kitchen]

It's so frustrating, my sims will have kids on their own but for some reason, they won't get married on their own

[@pinkopat]

I just need the open world back, I never go anywhere in the sims 4 because I can only go to one lot at the time and I can't stand the loading screens. In the sims 3 I'm always out and about, my sim will be out having an affair with the neighbor while the kids are out at the park, that's the way it should be, let me go places! I would rather have the game freeze for a minute every hour than sit through two minutes of loading screen every time my sim goes somewhere.

[@DoveJS]

Yeah, my problem is how limited the AI is when I'm gone. Nothing else gets done by my other Sims. I also miss being able to send everyone off on their own adventure and that could work fine if we have big open neighborhoods where you can access multiple lots without a loading screen, but I don't need the entire world to be open again so that the lots are empty and everyone is late to work/school because traveling takes so long. XD

[@NightShadow154]

The problem, I think, isn't so much the loading screens as it is the fact that there's nothing fun beyond them. Why go through a loading screen to visit practically empty lots and do things you could do at your sim's home anyway? Sims 2 at least made going out worth it.

[@pinkopat]

@@NightShadow154 yeah, that too, sims can piss themselves at home, no need to sit through a loading screen

[@DoveJS]

@@NightShadow154 That's true. A lot of the community lots are wanting and the things you actively need but can't find room for, like the rocket ship, microscope, and telescope aren't on any of the pre-existing lots (except perhaps the Hospital or Science lab?) So you have to shove it into your yard/fake garage, add it to some random lot or create a dedicated lot, or wait for Geek Con if you have City Living (for the rocket ship.) That reminds me, I like the festivals but some of them also feel rather empty and if you play one of the City Living careers where you can work from home but don't live in San Myshuno, it can be a pain to get a task done in time. The events in Sulani and Mt. Komorebi also seem rather lackluster although Komorebi at least has one devoted to kids. I think it's all really good ideas, I loved the festivals in Sims 3, but in Sims 4 the execution could be better. This is also why the Secret Lots fell out of favor... it's a great idea but there's not much to do there.

[@NightShadow154]

@@DoveJS That's my biggest disappointment with TS4. There's cool ideas and legitimately good new things that I love, but the execution lacks so much in so many areas that I can't help but see all of the wasted potential.

[@ShawFujikawa]

Sims 2 gameplay, Sim 3 open world, Sims 4 build mode, next-gen graphics for modern hardware. That's your Sims 5 cheat sheet.

[@greenthumb373]

This is precisely what we need

[@oop8244]

also Sims 4 CAS. It is so much more advanced than the limited amount of customization of Sims 2 and Sims 3. I do think they should have the coloring options from the Sims 3, where instead of swatches you can color any articles of clothing and build items as you want.

[@aasajoh]

but for build mode, also include the swatch system from sims 2, with different swatches for different parts of the furniture

[@Waterbelonxd]

I hate game packs. Stop. Game packs are literally an excuse to have smaller expansions and to split up packs (magic and vampires) and dont get me started on my first pet stuff, a pack should only ever need the base game

[@The_I_of_the_Angel333]

Yup. EA is so greedy, they made DLC for a DLC

[@hannahi9355]

They need to just fire the whole team and start again. The problem is that the people making the game don't really care and it really shows.

[@chrissimpson9398]

Its Ea not they develop in time before Max's was bought by a they did much better games for The Sims

[@outroai502]

I would love to be able to turn off vampires and other occult, its so annoying to see Vlad in the snow, jungle, beach etc doesn't make sense

[@tsimkins1960]

I use TwistedMexi's vampire toggle mod now. Vlad is just a regular sim who eventually dies of old age...he doesn't come creeping to my house every freaking night anymore.

[@laziestsloth8166]

I would like to add something more to this list: more things toddlers and kids can do, and being able to control or at least see what you're animals needs are

[@Inkedalic3]

To see the animal's needs they have the "what's wrong" option, but I think they should have an option to enable viewing your pets needs or disable it, because alot of people want this and alot of ppl dont. Personally I dont because it would be weird for me to control the pet, because the point of pets is you cant control them like a sim.

[@NsTheName]

Yes! I hate that I have to guess what my pets need. It's so stupid.

[@hannahi9355]

I would love to see more inheritance based gameplay: traits, money, lifestyle and also functioning apartments in other words, not just more rentable lots 🙄 and a tax system would be dope.

[@marisaengbrecht847]

Yes literally like deepen gameplay for people playing with generations. I want to be invested in my sims not get bored 4 generations in.

[@edgarnello9165]

They could remake sims 3 and i would be fine with that.

[@somegenerichandle]

When they announced they were rereleasing it for Macs I got excited they'd do the same for Windows. I'd definately replay it if they otimized the game.

[@edgarnello9165]

@@somegenerichandle me too. I thought it was gonna be a whole rerelease. Like maybe a bundle with all the packs.

[@hannahi9355]

That's what they should have done in the first place. The game was supposed to be sims 3 with better graphics and someone just dropped the ball. The brookheights mod is what we were supposed to get. I know it. Whoever messed up needs to be fired already.

[@shelleyburr3988]

I still go back to Sims 3 when I'm sick of waiting for Sims 4 to release something good. In other words, I play Sims 3 a lot.

[@debbiezigwati495]

Sims 3 is my favorite

[@Hadraniel94]

When I learned sims 4 didn’t have an open world or horses, I didn’t even bother... sims 3 was better.

[@Inkedalic3]

If you want that and you're on PC just get mods.

[@yati_xox]

@@Inkedalic3 You should have that already in a game if it costs so much. Sims 3 doesn't need mods and it has a lot more than sims 4.

[@Inkedalic3]

@@yati_xox true, I think the only reas on I dont care much is because i got it for free but almost anybody can pirate the game.

[@yati_xox]

@@Inkedalic3 I got it from my friend's account but uninstalled it after three days It takes so much space And is just boring

[@arui6143]

Not to forget the unicorns!

[@Princess_0f_Trees]

I would love to see robbers again. I miss getting worked up about seeing a masked sim rummaging into my home.

[@iiyahl5407]

same and it was funny having the option to fight then robber if you wake up in time lol

[@JoPlaysSims]

Let us pick which 4 seasons we want in a neighborhood!

[@lapislarka]

As much as I liked the themes of SE, all the way leading up to its release I could not help making off handed remarks that if I could have picked the seasons I would have already made plenty of winter worlds.

[@JoPlaysSims]

In the Sims 2 seasons, you could and it was awesome

[@samdog23]

Yep Sims 4. I would also just have summer, being from Australia and all

[@JoPlaysSims]

My favorite was spring/summer

[@madd6976]

Yeah. It’s irritating having to wear coats in the world of Sulani

[@Varphi_]

IDK how no one had said this yet ........ we need more VOICE OPTIONS!!!!

[@Yaberlee]

YES OML

[@latitude01]

For me, The Sims 5 needs a Steam Workshop equivalent of sorts, a unified Gallery for finding, installing and enabling mods and CC. It's something that needs improvement but has stayed relatively the same for decades now, and the modding community is what has kept their games alive.

[@waretaSL]

They'd better bring back proper occult sims in the sims 5 (e.g werewolves and witches that aren't boring like they are now) or i'm going to throw a fit

[@BadgerPride89]

seriously, i want my fairies and genies back. and ghost babies

[@greatgamingendavour]

Remember in sims 3 using nras mod u can make hybreed sim , my sim is mix of Allian + fairy + Witch and Genie

[@dominiccenteno1233]

@@greatgamingendavour I still do that these days, I'm even trying to make plumbots look like humans 😆

[@oblivionaire8730]

I just want my werewolves and been waiting years

[@greatgamingendavour]

Making sims werewolf kinda breaks there normal voice into a growling one also if make sim vampire they loose the ability to taste food means no more those unique food moodlets also mer peoples always swim into ocean meaning if u need to go bit distance in ocean then is far more time consuming .

[@Sheena5212]

I want more color options for the god damn carpeting!

[@maearcher4721]

Yes! We need a return of that tool with the colour wheel from the Sims 3!

[@midnightmisssuki6832]

Color wheel was so amazing to me. Just hands down incredible, no idea why they took that away.

[@Jade_West2010]

I wish we could customize babies in build a sim and maybe play as them and teach them to crawl. Cause the babies are so boring and the only reason why I don't age them up quickly is because role-playing

[@grease_monkey6078]

Sims5, it won't happen but if it does expect... in game ads, same old loading screens, half assed neighborhood designs, game breaking scripts, microtransactions, twice the amount of over priced expansions, no open world, no cars and many more. We might aswel wait for paralives, the Sims died in 2014

[@pedro6720]

Hope is the last thing to die. But I’m definitely more than cites wit Paralives as much as I love the sims franchise

[@genericname2747]

The sims 5 makes you pay real money to buy things in the game. And if you get married in the game, you have to get married in real life. And if you die in the game, EA sends a hitman to your house

[@Wooplot]

@@genericname2747 😂

[@Burnin-U]

I agree totally. I'm just waiting for paralives

[@anomalytenacious]

@@genericname2747 At least it would be more exciting than sims 4 lol

[@kaitlyns.495]

MAKE SIMS 3 WITH SIMS 4 GRAPHICS AND BUILDING. BRING BACK SLOW DANCING AND ACTUAL DANCING AND BRING BACK CUDDLING ON THE BED LIKE DAMN.

[@tigersturm6644]

YAAAAAAAAAAASSS!!! I todally agree.Maybe with some aspects of sims2 too, but I LOVE sims3 so much and to be honest,u can play this game for hours but in the sims4 i get bored in 20 minutes. sry for my english XD

[@kaitlyns.495]

@@tigersturm6644 ur English was great!! I totally agree like sims 3 was addicting and sims 4 is fun

[@-ix-3152]

@@PissyPants111 But hopefully if/when it is, it will have the features they want

[@enenenergp]

I want secrets and surprises and hidden features and drama in the game! I feel like when I watch a trailer or like 1 10min review on a pack it just shows you everything you can do and that is it, there’s nothing to discover. Also I want a little inappropriateness and danger :D

[@adelaalexova6819]

Yes! I feel like the audience of sims is so spread out in terms of age and It’s frustrating that adults who are trying to enjoy the game have to play the kid-friendly version instead of this being something you could toggle in settings!! >:(

[@xlQueenOfCrowslx]

And we need a brightness setting too, cuz the game is so bright damn, is funny other EA games have the brightness settings and less performance issues than sims 4

[@birdgirl8390]

Agreed! They should give us the same sliders like any other game has. Brightness, contrast, gamma etc. hell I love Sims 3, but I feel like I'm about to get eye cancer.

[@edenicserpent]

hey u should install reshade! u can customize how the sims look better, adjusting the brightness included.

[@xlQueenOfCrowslx]

@@edenicserpent excuse me in console there's no mods mate

[@xlQueenOfCrowslx]

@@birdgirl8390 same xD

[@HughLlewellyn]

Do you not have brightness controls on your PCs or consoles? I do on my Mac. Adjust accordingly.

[@gamergaminggamesss]

The Sims Music + The Sims 2 Gameplay + The Sims 3 Open World + The Sims 4 Graphic = The Sims 5. I have spoken ....

[@oonah5853]

i actually prefer sims 3 graphics (sims2 with CC) way more realistic sims 4 is too cartoony

[@PissyPants111]

You missed out something... +inspiration from CC

[@newtys]

+sims 4 build mode and sims 3 customization (colour weels, ect)

[@lanteimonter3377]

I want sims 3 gameplay more than anything

[@ArthurDraco]

Also, the sims 2 soundtrack was really good too, i'd use that instead.

[@arielo9332]

For next game the sims shouldn't release new content while there's unfinished/broken ones! Like, Dine Out is still broken after all this time and the platforms are bugging a lot. Also, unfortunately I don't expect the sims 5 to be released before 2022

[@pedro6720]

Platforms are bugged too? Come on!!!

[@arielo9332]

@@pedro6720 yes, just to be clear: it doesn't work 100% and definitely need more work to clean its "Rough edges". However, it's usable and not as bad as Dine out.

[@shelleyburr3988]

Brings back memories of Sims 3 World Adventures. That was one of their earliest expansions in that version & it never worked right. Still loved Sims 3 more than any other version, tho.

[@ivanbarrena1545]

I really hope the sims team pays attention to your content Carl, bacause the feedback you provide is always on point and extremely valuable.

[@isabelletalin7932]

Open world of sims 3 was the most important thing for me. I want to go to the gym with one sim and with the other sim I learn a new skill or go to the bookstore at the same time. Only open world let’s us be able to play more sims parallel That we can open restaurants from sims 2 And traits and things which you are afraid of from sims 2

[@jaipower4667]

I strongly agree 👍. When Sims 4 first came out years ago, I was excited about their ads saying, "smarter Sims stranger stories ". I don't feel there was much improvement.

[@bree77749]

Smarter sims... stranger stories... I've never heard a bigger lie in my life

[@Youtubee-nd4je]

I love that you have subtitles in your videos ! Thank you!

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Of course! Since I do a script it 'd be downright lazy for me not to include them. Thanks for letting me know they're helpful.

[@pedro6720]

@@CarlsSimGuides you do scripts? Amazing! Couldn’t even noticed it

[@steve0sweet]

So many of these are exactly why I'm so interested in paralives

[@deceit9184]

I have 1000 hours on the sims four and that’s because I get so bored that I sleep with it on

[@katherinevallo2326]

Personally, I am waiting for Alex to finish Paralives so I can walk away from the Sims Franchise completely. I am tired of incomplete packs and the only thing decent is new items to build with and hardly ever any gameplay value. I shouldn't have to use mods to make the game interesting and do things that made Sims 2 and Sims 3 amazing games without ever touching a mod.

[@lunami5731]

Me too! But I heard the Sims team is waiting for Paralives to be realesed and see what features it has, what the players like/dislike & then basically rip off and steal a bunch of things and ideas :/

[@JulesJuno737]

I raise my arms- as Im broke- to give Alex Massé my energy every day

[@chrissik.2765]

The most important thing is missing... WE NEEEDDD to change the colour and pattern of all objects like in sims 3.

[@swimmyswim417]

Yeah. Like, even if they didn’t want to go full Create-a-style, being able to change the colors and patterns of furniture and clothing is a must. It’s ridiculous that I have to jump through so many hoops to find something like a neutral wooden frame bed with nice purple sheets that doesn’t make my eyes bleed.

[@zeinbotak]

8:49 "please use things from other games like Rimworld and Civilization" *Breaking News! The Sims 5 Will be a 4X Turn-Based Strategy Game*

[@CarlsSimGuides]

I'd ... probably give that a try.

[@pedro6720]

🤭

[@lapislarka]

After playing things like Crusader Kings 3 and Sims spinoffs like Medieval, RPG and life simulation options seem to fit fairly well with strategy if you blend it right. CK3 actually reminds me more of Sims 3 than 4 does sometimes. I would give anything with good gameplay a try.

[@DoveJS]

Sims 4 is already a Turn-Based Strategy... that's one of the reasons it lags. Waiting on the queue and other Sims to respond lol.

[@makoto8169]

@@lapislarka Yeah! I absolutely love how indept CK3's characterization goes - and you don't even move them around! The whole thing about life going on around you is amazing, your enemies and allies gain spouses and get children and sometimes they even die young. I remember that a neighboring petty kingdom had gone through a bloody war - AUTONOMOUSLY MIND YOU - and the 10 year old heir was the only surviving member. I had spent hours going head to head with this heir (who proved to be an amazing warrior and general as he aged). It really did feel like the characters around my own had personalities, giving me a childish glee that I got back when I played TS3 for the first time. I would definitely want that kind of progression in a sims game!

[@LordiAwa]

All I want is Sims 2 with the moodlets, colourweel and traits of Sims 3.

[@torilove622]

And CAS

[@stephaniepollard7372]

Omg how I miss the colourwheel!!!! 😌

[@jsophiamm]

This should be a 10 second video saying: “TS2 gameplay, TS3 open world, TS4 graphics and build mode”.

[@ednaoverboard1052]

Yes please 😩

[@mrsd1vine591]

naaaah!! Building mode out of ts3

[@ratpunk2895]

pls not the sims 4 graphics i hate them everything looks like plastic

[@MssLvgd]

@@ratpunk2895 thank you! Almost Everyone love the graphics in ts4, I think it looks like a cheap Disney version with clay hair

[@RottingDolll]

Me: sims 4 is boring Also me: almost 3k hours...

[@ADAOWO]

i had 14k

[@ADAOWO]

no flex. most of it was making fnaf characters when i was younger

[@RottingDolll]

@@ADAOWO that’s legendary 14K omg

[@TusharSundarka]

Sims 4 = 10 hours playtime max Sims 4 + WickedWhims = 999999 hours playtime

[@olakasen8140]

I spent more time doing characters and building-

[@felinecontrolled]

It's almost cute how you refer to EA as playing catch-up for the last six years. In truth, they're just milking us.

[@Allulathepoodle]

We need to make this video go so viral that EA sees it!

[@CarlsSimGuides]

It kind of is today and that's why you're here!

[@meenan1718]

i kind of hope they add the special cutscene like in sims 2, just watching my sim getting reject on the day they gonna get married. Is golden then they come back in taxi.

[@gothbunie4932]

Don’t they get repetitive tho?

[@meenan1718]

@@gothbunie4932 your able to turn it off in the options so if you didnt want it, you can turn it off

[@SUME1234]

@@gothbunie4932 I think that it’s way less repetitive than seeing the same monotone action over and over again!Cutscenes bring excitement. I remember the days old days of 8 y o me, when I tried covering my screen of a woohoo cutscene while my mom walking into the room unannounced.

[@crystallkingh3048]

The first thing the game needs is a new engine, build it up from the ground with the spesific goal in mind. Open worlds is probably my most wanted feature alongside colorwheels and a proper living world. These dont seem like the kinds of things the sims 4 can do without a new engine. I'd also like to see better facial animation with more of a focus on underlying muscle structures instead of just moving the lips a little.

[@shelleyburr3988]

I think I have a good Sim in CAS, then it smiles in live mode & I want to cry.

[@4GamingPaws]

No damn loading screens even if you want to go to another damn house, and horses and unicorns and other small pets like the sims 3!!! -_______________-

[@tammysheppard4210]

Is there just in computer virsion or on game system i have it for ps3

[@ScarletRedCrimson]

Oh my sweet summer child...this game is owned my EA, the amazon of game companies. None of this is going to happen, its going to get worse.

[@trecero5558]

At least amazon has proper customer service when they screw up. I have yet gotten my money back or so much a coupon from ea 😂

[@ScarletRedCrimson]

@@trecero5558 Atleats EA dosnt run on slave labour....not a great example there dearie.

[@Draconicrose]

Re: useless socials. I was shook when I went back to Sims 2 and there was a social literally called chat and another called joke. Just. Mind blown.

[@svetodd882]

Also back to Sims 2. Slowly getting used to everything, but having so much fun...damn is hard to make money and evolve without cheating, but i love it...family with two kids and two dogs - i can barely keep them from starving or peeing themselfs the whole time...love it 😁

[@Unni_Havas]

Sims 2 had so many hidden gems. Like washing babies in the sink, having 2 hungry toddlers fighting over a bottle. Having a kid walk in on his parents making out and feel so embarrassed, light a fire inside, and no matter how hard you tell them to put it out, they insist on running inside to save the toddler, only once the toddler is safely outside they will start putting out the fire. Sims 2 has THE best gameplay. What I really miss in both 3 and 4 is the album. Sims 3 and 4 is easier if you want to make a story online, but what if I just want a story for the families in my game? If I haven't played a family for a while, I want to be able to click on the album from that family and see all the pictures and the texts I wrote for them.

[@joaoguilhermesaraiva7070]

good old days...

[@playwithlife]

If open world "won't work" on every platform why is there a GTA game on every platform? It is possible

[@williamzeo2493]

Performance isn't an excuse when we have games like GTA5 (that's already a old game), to me they don't want to take risks. TS4 is the best builder and have the best fluidity by allowing your Sim to perform a lot of things at once (and honestly, once you get used to this it's hard to go back to the older games), but the game simply lack of any kind of goal.

[@12wer3wer9]

The Sims in 4 never experience things at once. The multitasking is just an illusion. It's just two things cued at the same time and Sims switching between them, but stopping one thing to do the other. They eat and then stop to talk or watch television and stop to eat then talk and continue watching the tv. Even the skill gain stops while they are doing something else in the multitasking part. In 3 and 2 we had some forms of actual multitasking. Like for example talking to another sim in the sauna and having a mud bath at the same time. Or socializing while doing homework. I've also run into more obscure instances such as the mother watching TV while her toddler was on the block table, and they were chatting to each other at the same time. But I agree that multitasking could be improved in 5.

[@svetodd882]

I got back to Sims 2 and i'm having so much fun...the dept of the Sims personality...even the graphics don't bother me...

[@Aeeeoi]

The main difference between GTA and Sims is that NPCs in GTA are just stand ins. They don't do anything, they are dumb, can barely drive, and just every now and then do scripted things. An NPC in the Sims is probably at least 15x more complex than any NPC in any other game because of what they are required to do. People should realize that the perfect version of a Sims game is the actual Matrix. So it's kind of impossible to ask for complex relationships, emotions, personalities...not even the best of the best AI programmers can achieve that today, forget about your average game dev.

[@12wer3wer9]

@@Aeeeoi I would totally agree with you if you were to talk about a TS2 or 3 NPCs. But TS4 NPCs are as dumb as they get. They stand around smiling, doing sit ups and joining every private conversation, with no sence of realism to them. I prefer GTA NPCs to those. When you talk to them on their phone and they tell you that it's late and they are sleeping you can still travel to their house and everyone would be awake cooking burgers at 3 in the morning every time. If you jump from one world to the next you meet the same annoying Sims you left in your home world, like Nancy Landgrab. This woman is even waiting for you at Batuu. 🙄 With TS3 they had an almost perfect system in theory. But it was not optimized well and couldn't take advantage of the hardware that was available to them. The whole game only uses 4GB Ram and you can't change that. But there are still a lot of possibilities there. With some Mods you can have an open world that cleans and fixes itself every night, by deleting random objects, stuck Sims and the likes. There was a mod to travel between worlds and move freely without losing progress and connections. The Sims around you all had jobs, hobbies and interests based on their personality. Those Sims would be at sleep at night, sometimes protesting their cause at the City Hall, in general living their lives earning money, getting married and progressing in live next to your Sims. You wouldn't meet a shy nervous Sim alone at a night club. If you wanted to you could spend the whole day watching the neighborhood living their lives, wittness their sscandals, achievements and heartbreaks. Of course you could switch it up and with another mod you could have a neighborhood like in TS2 where unplayed Sims didn't change. You could detail every little aspect of the progression, who was allowed to do what and with whom. How many supernatural Sims there were, animals, cars on the road and a lot more. Another big factor is that you could build your own world from the ground up, exactly how you wanted to play. There were options if you didn't want any rabbit hole too. If you had a bad PC you could live in a world with only a few lots or even on 1 if you really wanted to. If you had a beast of a machine you could play with 200 lots and as many Sims as your game could handle. Simmers are way more creative than EA, so there are 1000s of worlds with any style and look you could wish for. Making you able to play a realistic Zombie apocalypse, on the moon, another planet, underwater, in a major city, in real world locations, La La Land, tropical locations, worlds with zebras and much more. The biggest pro for me is that you could play EVERY Sim in you family at the same time. With a mod you could even switch to random unplayed Sims with 2 clicks, without loading screen. I hate how in 4 after I come back, my whole family is in the red and I can't see what they have been up to for the time I was away with one active Sim.

[@alyssaandrews3779]

i agree. performance shouldn’t be an excuse when the sims fanbase made a whole mod to delete unnecessary items and fix stuck sims to improve performance. and it made sense cuz why do all these NPCs have the sloppy jalopy car in their inventories?? i’m only half kidding but maxis could learn a thing or two from these modders

[@meemo506]

I just want a generations pack again honestly. It was great. And open world and live jobs! Firefighter job was so fun in 3.

[@KixngSims]

Sims 2 gameplay, Sims 3 open world, and Sims 4 build mode - perfect.

[@TheSimstress]

I know a lot of people hated the sims 3 store but I loved being able to buy special assets without having to get a whole pack.

[@CarlsSimGuides]

Yep, we were more aggressive about being negative on the money grubbing thing back then but in retrospect, knowing how much we've spent here, it was nice to be able to buy things ala carte and it gave them opportunities to make unique objects that do not fit in this or that pack, and without it needing to line up with launch dates.