It most probably lacks any advertising for autonomy, so, even though it is autonomous, it will not happen.

If EA is so proud of making The Sims like a sitcom, why not make an actual sitcom using the Sims 4 engine? Since they're now trying for over-the-top humor...

Oh, that's right, it will be as lame and unfunny as "Heil Honey I'm Home" and the show about the Geico cavemen.


Preventing-a-double-post Edit Spectacular:

I used to hate the Stir Crazy moodlet from The Sims 3. Now I realize it was the Sim telling me "Hey, there's an open world! Be grateful you have it! Take me out to play in it!" Can't really do that in The Sims 4 because of the tiny worlds...

This was my only problem with TS2 toddlers. Even if every other need was full, the minute they woke up in their cribs, they'd let out the most annoying wail. I've had parents take them out of their cribs, before their energy is completely full, just to avoid that. And when they learn to walk, I just give them a proper bed (thanks to the previously linked CC) so they can let themselves in and out

Thanks for the link to the toddler beds, they are adorable! And useful!

Unrelated but hey those were my favorite eyes replacement in TS2. I'm using them currently for my TS4 simmies as well.

Expanding on a previous thought:

TS4 tries to get the player engaged through a series of goals and character skill building, like an RPG.
It also tries to get the player to laugh by providing contrived situations, like a sitcom.

The equivalent is if KFC replaced their chicken with a taco sundae. Of course, Taco Bell is Yum's taco division, not KFC.


And another Double Post Prevention Edit Spectacular:

They shut down a thread due to perceived insults to EA staff: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/dis...-and-wishes/p10

Sounds more like Lucy/Rachel found out and threw a tantrum over it, the likes of which would make an average toddler cringe, until the thread was locked.

This is making me miss toddlers so badly :c i want them back in ts4 but it's not going to happen if the problem with babies that are free from their cribs is that sims can magic away held objects. That same problem would obviously be present for toddlers, and i'd assume even pets? At least if they don't plan on fixing it. What were they thinking?

I don't miss toddlers. I have a whole bunch of them in my TS3 sessions. And I even have two new worlds for them, with lots of lots and stuff. A beautiful rendering of Barcelona by Nilixis, and a new one from My Sims Realty, SimLau Isles.

No need for any of that, they can use a sleep mat or a toddler bed as soon as they turn into toddlers. No skills needed. Or if you mean you don't want them in a bed if they can't walk, use the mat, that's what I tend to do from a game play stand point for newly turned toddlers. Seems more realistic then a bed if they can't walk.

What to expect of the official forums?
The thread you linked is one of the few where you can see logical facts and reasons why sims 4 sucks (no just random wow, I love this game - sims 4 is perfect because it's the sims 4!). I totally agree with the one who talked about the game direction by Rachel and Lucy.
Rachel and Lucy can sit and enjoy on their throne while the sims series future disintegrates.

They can't take any criticism either. Boy, I thought professionals were above the fray and could take anything a customer dishes out..(except for physical violence..a big no-no!).

So they were hurt by all the bad stuff the posters wrote? Maybe their consciences are getting a battering-like not having any.

The moderation over there has become more draconian over the last month or two. Yet still, the "I love Sims 4 and all you haterz should GTFO!!11oneoneeleventyone" threads are often allowed to remain open.
Funny that.

Personally I agree with what was said in that thread. Neither Rachel Franklin or Lucy Bradshaw should be anywhere near a sims PC game. It's quite clear they have absolutely no bloody idea what they're doing, and no understanding of their playerbase. Even Lyndsay what's her name has admitted on occasion that she has misunderstood what family play means to some players or something equally clueless along those lines. When the people who create the game apparently have such a little to no understanding of their players, and they have tunnel "vision" in how their game should be infected with social media concepts like hashtags and selfies, and the emphasis is on bro's, ho's and shallow exploits at the local bar over things like proper family play, the charming NPC's that used to be included, sandbox play and amusing humour vs stupid and unfunny potty humour, then I think the series has probably just about hit rock bottom.

I'm so happy to see the success of Cities: Skylines. Hopefully their success will pave the way for another company to pitch a life sim. Someone out there has to realise just how many of us would buy a well-made sims game.

Well, just remember, Lucy might have gone a bit astray with the vision thing with TS4, but she still made ~$1.3 Million on her stock options for 2014. Wish my bonuses worked like that.

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this here but:

Former SimCity artist is modding buildings into Cities: Skylines

http://www.pcgamer.com//former-simc...ities-skylines/

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/dis...mysimsvision/p8

See the last post...Hopefully, the higher-ups will see that their "vision" goes against what the fans wanted.

Not to toot my own horn or anything like that, but I made a thread on the Paradox forums asking if they'd make a life sim. It could use some signal boosting and support.

Link here

I'm often quite skeptical of what will come of those little "survey" things, where they thousands what they wants. It never feels like the criteria generate useful results. It also tells me EA doesn't really know what they want to do with the series outside of general ideas, It's like a mish-mash of trying to satisfy fan whims and producer demands.

Meh. I don't work there - not my problem.

http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/dis...style/p3#latest

The use of EAxis is now considered censored on the forum. I am the guilty party for that. Oops!

LOL! lol.... Oh man.

(I have never used that word, but now they tempt me.)

That's a great way of explaining what they did with TS4, DrChillgood.

This message, posted by SimGuruBChick explains exactly why TS4 is so dumbed down:

"Sorry folks but this thread is now closed. Posting disparaging comments about EA staff is against the Rules."

If they don't know what the word, disparaging, means, then there is no way they could know how to make a good life simulation game.

Per Dictionary.com: disparaging: that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon:
"a disparaging remark." Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disparaging?s=t

There was nothing disparaging in kimjo313's post:

"Just another disappointment. Can not say I was surprised. I have issues with a number of things in GTW, and it looks like lack of emotions is another. At this point I have basically given up on TS4. RF and LB have a vision for the game and they are not going to change it. Add in the shoddy coding and other poorly designed aspects and it makes for an expensive coaster for my desk.

kim"

Nothing in Kim's post belittled or brought reproach on anyone. I have to agree that RF and LB must have been having a tantrum that caused this thread to be closed. For some reason, they just cannot accept what is the truth. I believe it has to do with the fact we've reached the age where too many people are told that we have to say everyone is special, even when they are not, so mediocrity becomes AWESOME, in the words of many of the Gunots.

See now I don't understand that. If a thread is closed due to statements a moderator disapproves of for any reason - especially if they are seen as defamatory or slanderous - wouldn't the correct action be to delete the thread and remove the statements? Closing it and leaving it there just kind of cements the thread as a record.



Copycat! :P

That would be too obvious, so they leave the topic there just to make as if the topic was closed due to a rule infraction.

Well look, if someone posted a message inciting race hatred, they'd delete it, because the post was against the rules? I would hope so. Surely any post that breaks the rules should be removed. The only reason to close a thread and leave it in situ would be that it was getting too long, or going off topic, and the thread on the whole contained useful info that needed to be preserved. Even then I'd prune the off topic stuff before locking.

I don't think it was kimjo313's post that got the thread closed. Have you looked at the page before the last one, where users demand Ms Franklin and Ms Bradshaw to be either fired or transferred to other departments? I think it was these that caused the Guru to close the thread.


And if I'm not entirely mistaken a similar rule exists here at MTS, too, and I'm actually surprised that the two users I quoted above haven't been sent to the simsforum jail yet and their posts deleted.