The Great, the Mediocre, the Poor, and the Destitute
Ok Sims fans! It's here! That's right, Sims 4 came out on September 2nd or for the lucky pre-orders at 10 PM on September 1st. I can't even begin to describe to you the sheer effort I had to exert on Sept. 1st not to just go crazy from anticipation. When I saw the clock on the Sims page counting down from 10 hours I was beyond excited. Stoked, happy, overjoyed, whatever word you'd like to use. As the day wore on, so inevitably did my patience. Hour by hour the cords of my sanity were pulled as I watched the minutes tick by. Whoever thought of countdowns should be shot.
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/b8/b8e26345aa1d0e7f32557efd8deafe47e3c8c9b0e495fd5e49139b8d1b99a64e.jpg
My friends were beyond annoyed as I kept them constantly updated via Ventrilo (computer speaking tool) on how many hours were left, how excited I was, and how many new and exciting things on the Sims 4 I would soon discover. I'm pretty sure I drove everyone one of them partially crazy with my absolute boredom. I had the day off my work, everyone was at school and my husband was at training. I was left to twiddle my thumbs. The house was clean, dinner was in the crockpot, and the cats refused to be loved. I was at a loss.
Finally finally FINALLY!!! At 10:00PM I logged into Origin and opened my pre-downloaded game (thanks EA for that).
I was immediately able to log online and use my previously created character to start my game (thanks AGAIN EA for create a sim demo). Soon I was enthralled and I think my friends were happy that I was finally quiet.
Now first of all, EA is getting so much flack about toddlers and pools that I just can't help address this issue or lack there of. Pun intended. First of all, we all know toddlers were annoying as hell. With babies you feed them, change them, cuddle and put them back. With toddlers you have to actually teach them all this stuff. So your sim plus the toddler has to be in a good mood. Then you spend hours potty training, teaching it to talk and walk. Let alone the fact that you have to do this while both the parents AND toddlers are happy.
So what did they do to try to rectify this and meet in a middle ground?
Additional baby options between parent and child!
So let's start from the beginning. Conception. You can still use the age old adage of "Try for baby" but there was no music...but I ended up pregnant so it must work. Now while researching this I learned that you can use a pregnancy stick the next morning if you click on the toilet! Fascinating. You can also adopt for 1000.
Another plus for Sims 4 is you can go to work leading up to the baby and the day after! No more of this waiting six days until you work again. People! I'm on a time frame here! I have short adult lives and only so many days to reach max career!
One cool thing to be noted that I found out myself is that you can breastfeed your child! This is made even cooler by the fact that it makes the relationship higher even quicker...was that English? *sigh*
https://gigiplays.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/baby-sims-interactions.png
The coolest thing about children in this game? You can click on them and have them age up. Or at anytime you can whip up a quick birthday cake and blow out some candles. Need that teenager to grow up before mom and dad die? Tired of feeding that pesky baby? Annoyed at the prospect of having to actually nurture your child? Just age them up with the click of a button. This seems to have no known impact to the Sims or their family. Just poof.
This is just one of the many reasons why Sims 4 is better than Sims 3. Tune in later for more reasons!
Sims 4 - New News and Old NewsSo what did they do to try to rectify this and meet in a middle ground?
Additional baby options between parent and child!
So let's start from the beginning. Conception. You can still use the age old adage of "Try for baby" but there was no music...but I ended up pregnant so it must work. Now while researching this I learned that you can use a pregnancy stick the next morning if you click on the toilet! Fascinating. You can also adopt for 1000.
Another plus for Sims 4 is you can go to work leading up to the baby and the day after! No more of this waiting six days until you work again. People! I'm on a time frame here! I have short adult lives and only so many days to reach max career!
One cool thing to be noted that I found out myself is that you can breastfeed your child! This is made even cooler by the fact that it makes the relationship higher even quicker...was that English? *sigh*
The coolest thing about children in this game? You can click on them and have them age up. Or at anytime you can whip up a quick birthday cake and blow out some candles. Need that teenager to grow up before mom and dad die? Tired of feeding that pesky baby? Annoyed at the prospect of having to actually nurture your child? Just age them up with the click of a button. This seems to have no known impact to the Sims or their family. Just poof.
This is just one of the many reasons why Sims 4 is better than Sims 3. Tune in later for more reasons!
Also Used News?
I
get my information from a variety of sources. Some I get from youtube
video mammoths such as Curtis Paradis and some I get from the Sims
webpage, etc.
That
being said, I'm not always ON TIME with my information. Get over it. I
have. Others, might not view this information as it comes out too, so I
feel ok about being late.
Ok
on to news. Remember what we talked about in the last blog? About
different things that the Sims 4 would be leaving out and what they
would be adding. Here is a post which explains WHY they decided to forgo
some of the more popular aspects of Sims 3 in Sims 4 such as pools and
toddlers.
Read it here
Picture is taken directly from linked webpage.
Don't
want to read it? I'll give you a quick summary. Basically, Sims 4
wanted to focus more on the Sims themselves, their emotions, and how
those emotions change their interactions with both objects and people.
Meaning they just didn't have the time or energy to add additional
items/toddlers to the game and then create how all of those interactions
would occur. Some people are plain pissed. Why release an unfinished
project. I don't really find this unfinished. Many games choose to
format their base version without many items and include this later
through patching or further expansions. I think people are really pissed
because Sims 4 will release expansions with this content that they will
buy. Because if you aren't going to buy it? Why give EA grief about it?
You wouldn't. You're going to give EA crap because you KNOW you're
going to buy it. I'm sorry, but whether or not you like what EA
does...they release a product you still want to play whether or not you
spend all your time being salty about it or not. Ok sorry, that was my
little rant.
Also
included in this blog is a little pic that I linked above showing some
of the new changes that were made in Sims 4 to build/buy. Essentially
the smart tool that they use for blueprinting rooms and adding/removing
rooms to houses. I saw the Sims 4 demo where they added an entire house
and room from their new gallery and honestly I'm in love.
Ok so to continue with the recent blogs from the Sims 4 news page.
What about the new neighborhoods?
Ok.
So basically what they've added is two neighborhoods. Willow Creak and
Oasis Springs. Willow Creek is probably really similar to Sunset Valley
while they describe Oasis Springs as being a mixture between Lunar
Lakes and Lucky Palms. They describe that there are reasons to venture
to different neighborhoods. Different collectibles thrive in the
different enviroments. They even go so far as to say the avenues and
architecture of each neighborhood is different. A new experience per
neighborhood. How is this different than Sims 3? Well apparently your
relationships, history, family tree, skills, etc. will also travel with
you if/when you move to a new neighborhood.
Now
look at the above picture. HOW freaking gorgeous is that!? The view is
spectacular, the graphics for the items is chill. And frankly, the food
looks like actually food. I've been waiting for that for a long time.
Yea..I know.
To continue...
This
one they describe the new and old faces we'll see in Sims 4. I'm
excited to see how these characters interact with the new ones I will
make :D.
Ok
so if you're curious on how changing Sims and their interactions in the
Sims 4 is so much work, then check out this link. Honestly, it was
boring to me because I just don't care. But I know a lot of you are
curious to know what actually goes into the Sims and challenges the
designers face.
Sims 4 - September 2, 2014
Yep in a little less than fifteen days the Sim community will be seeing the release of this highly publicized supposedly epic game. Now a lot of speculation and uncertainty has surrounded this exceedingly anticipated game. What will it be like? What is and is not going to in this new version?
What we will know for certain is EA has refused to let reviewers and gamers around the world review the game ahead of time.
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news-main/pc-2/ea-isnt-allowing-the-sims-4-to-be-reviewed-until-after-release/
What does this mean?
Via Twitter - Dan Stapleton says the following -
"Looks like there'll be no The Sims 4
reviews until after it's out. EA tells me no one's getting access ahead
of release. I'm nervous."
The
article mentions the Sims 4 fiasco and also the deletion of certain key
items and/or parts of the game they have taken out such as Create a
Style and pools and toddlers.
Will
EA add those things back in when they add multiple expacs? Maybe, it's
always a possibility. Toddlers and pools probably for sure. But they
took Create a Style out for a reason and I think it might be something
they continue to leave out.
To
sure, some people are pissed about the major changes to the game and I
think in all this negativity, we've forgotten all the things they HAVE
added so far. I mean come on, this game is much farther developed than
any other Sims. They have much better versatility and have added
upgraded UI systems to make the process of building your own house pain
free. The graphics themselves look 100% better. I also believe the
general direction the Sims franchise wanted to go was less about
material things and more about the Sims themselves who now interact with
a variety of new objects/sims/and other social interactions thus
affection how THEY themselves respond.
Again, what does this mean?
This
means smart, more intuitive Sims. This gives you a completely different
interaction with your Sim and how they live their lives.
New Emotions
You control the mind, body,
and now the heart of your Sims. For the first time, you control your
Sims emotions.The Sims you create are full of life defined by their
unique personalities and their emotions.
Unique Personalities
The Sims you create have big
personalities that are uniquely defined by their traits, aspirations and
skills. The Sims you create influence what you can do for greater
possibilities in the game.
Now how do you counteract this? How do you find out about this game before you shell out $59.99 or $69.99 for this game?
A couple weeks ago you could sign up through Origin for a free Create a Sim demo but now it's open to the public.
GO forth and make your really weird looking Sims!
http://www.thesims.com/create-a-sim-demo
Watch me create myself! Sorry for the seriously deplorable audio :(
To Continue!
So
that's how you can go around (at least a bit) of not having reviews
before hand. As you can see in the video I have several things that I
detest about their create a Sim process, one being I can't make my
forehead larger!!!! But all in all I did like it. It is a bit clunky and
the graphics and they way they created the Sims are definitely a little
different. But they are still unique and that's the real point of any
Sim game right?
Want to pre-order Sims 4?
This
is not a promotion for Sims 4. I'm not saying go out and buy the game
it's going to be so cool yadda yadda. What I am saying is that it's
going to be different and as humans we all seem fairly adversed to
change. But that doesn't mean the game is going to be terrible. I will
be buying it. Maybe I won't like it, maybe I'll love it. That's for me
to decide and you will make your own decision.
Go forth! Happy Simming :D
No comments:
Post a Comment