The Sims EA so greedy they're even ripping off our sims in-game

EA so greedy they're even ripping off our sims in-game
On the topic of EA being greedy, they literally put the same fence in two different packs. Among other things I'm sure, plus you can find debug items in the base game from other packs. All this and I went on a spree not too long ago and spent at least a good $100 ��‍♂️
I am just gonna leave this video here. She is spitting facts y’all (yt:Amandabb)
It’s my birthday so I created this Strawberry Cake House with lots of frosting and cherries on top! :)
Why I Dont Care For Batuu
Slowly turning Oasis Springs into a fancy little resort town
Nothing better than being in my happy place.
Running a Sims 2 bakery! (excuse the pixels, these are just in-game snaps)
Just the sims 2 being wholesome.
Played for 8 hours last night after finally getting The Sims 2 to work on my laptop!
Sims 3 Team Priorities vs Sims 4.
So sims in TS3 CAN look cute, even with lower graphics settings!
Urbz: Sims in the city is the drunk family member that everyone pretends not to notice at the Christmas party
The holy trinity
Um why are y’all sleeping outside on the porch ��
Sims 3 - milking cows, Sims 4 - milking the franchise
My new sim :)
I think it's a good idea. ��
EA creating Star Wars after various community surveys be like
she do be lookin cute doe :)
The Sims 1 townies are real
So this is what happens when you add "cast spells" as an activity of a club
Beachy Boho Bedroom! What do you guys think?
Can we talk about swatches be added in packs? This is sometimes why some builds and sims say they have a pack installed, and then it turns blank when you look at stuff used. This hat used to be gtw exclusive, and it's nice it's in the base game, but it doesn't have all the swatches.

EA so greedy they're even ripping off our sims in-game

Posted: 03 Sep 2020 01:18 AM PDT

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On the topic of EA being greedy, they literally put the same fence in two different packs. Among other things I'm sure, plus you can find debug items in the base game from other packs. All this and I went on a spree not too long ago and spent at least a good $100 ��‍♂️

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 01:53 PM PDT

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I am just gonna leave this video here. She is spitting facts y’all (yt:Amandabb)

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 03:37 PM PDT

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It’s my birthday so I created this Strawberry Cake House with lots of frosting and cherries on top! :)

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT

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Why I Dont Care For Batuu

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 01:09 PM PDT

I will be blunt. This new expansion bothers me, a lot. Enough that Sims 4 just doesn't seem worth investing in, and invest in it I have. But thats not the purpose of this post. The purpose is to articulate exactly why I hate this Star Wars expansion before it even comes out. It'll be cathartic to me, and maybe it will help articulate what some other people are feeling.

To start, I actually like Star Wars. My wife likes Star Wars. We really enjoy Star Wars: The Old Republic. We have seen all the movies in the theaters, and we own them all. We need out discussing the minutia of the movies, the setting, the Force and the characters. We also enjoy The Sims. We have both been playing the franchise since it's inception. This should be right up our alley, right? Two beloved franchises coming together to deliver something unique and cool!

Except it's not. Therein lies the first flaw, and perhaps my biggest gripe. I don't think this will satisfy me as a Sims fan or a Star Wars fan. Why? Because it's Batuu. Which is to say, it's a place that doesn't actually exist in the Star Wars setting. It's a place created soley to give Disneyland/Disney World a Star Wars location they can drop any Star Wars characters or rides or attractions they want with no regards to the actual fictional setting. It's fine for a Theme Park attraction, because it gives guests a chance to interact with Kylo Ren and Rey and Darth Vader and any other characters you like. Characters who would never really interact within the setting, but it's okay because if you are going to Disney Land and visiting the Star Wars area, you want to see Darth Vader!

But this is a video game. They aren't constrained to simple accessibility. They could take us anywhere in the Star Wars galaxy, take us somewhere unique and interesting and fitting to the setting. We could go to Tatooine, Hoth, Bespin, Nar Shadda. They could tell a story that fits within the greater setting. But instead they send us to the virtual version of a Disneyland Theme Park. Thats the first complaint. It's a place that doesn't really fit with Star Wars. But there is more.

What activities can you engage in there? You can forge a lightsaber, build a droid, join one of three factions and increase your reputation by doing side missions. Am I describing Journey to Batuu the game expansion, or Galaxy's Edge the Disneyland theme park? Yes! Both! I have a sinking feeling this expansion isn't going to be a real expansion designed to expand The Sims 4 and give us more tools and toys to play with. It is looking like it is going to be a $20 advertisement for Galaxy's Edge. The features listed in the expansion are the same listed in the Augmented Reality Game experience for the theme park. We aren't getting a new, unique Star Wars story, we are getting a soulless virtual version of their amusement park.

But they aren't acknowledging it as an amusement park. If they were, that could be really cool. They could add amusement park things, like buildable rides and games and things that Sims 3 touched on. It could be an Amusement Park pack, that happens to be Star Wars themed. But it's not. Just like it isn't a Space pack that happens to be Star Wars themed.

Thats my next big gripe. What will it actually add to the game? It's not a space adventure pack. And it also probably precludes ever getting one either. I doubt we will see the likes of Lunar Lakes or Into the Future for Sims 4, because now we have Star Wars for our big Sci-Fi pack.

Finally, and this is probably the biggest issue. It's just not original. Nothing about it is. It isn't part of the existing Sims universe. It isn't Sixam, or anywhere that grows the setting. It isn't really part of the Star Wars universe, because I am pretty sure Kylo Ren and Rey never WooHoo'd at some cantina on the edge of the Galaxy. It doesn't create an original setting for either franchise, since it's based off the theme park. It exists in it's own little irrelevant, isolated bubble of shameless marketing and cash grabbery.

And because it's isolated, I really doubt it will integrate seamlessly into the Sims 4 games. I don't see myself thinking of cool ways I can incorporate aspects from one pack to another with Star Wars. With University and Realm kf Magic, I used the secret society in Britechester to form a little secret coven of spellcasters, using the club system from Windenburg. Three packs intertwined to create a cool story that tied things together. I just dont see The First Order setting up an outpost in San Myshuno. Or the Rebels having interactions with vampires. It is very much a content island. Even Strangerville, with it's linear story could interact with the rest of the game in a way that made sense for The Sims. Bizarre Fruit makes a sim great at pulling all-nighters, so you can do a ton of pre-exam cramming if you don't mind being possessed for an hour. And Aliens investigating The Mother Plant and dodging government agents makes sense.

But Batuu has too strong an identity that doesn't mesh with the rest of The Sims. And I doubt it will have the depth to make it a very good standalone pack. It doesn't deserve it's own game, because it is just a shallow advertisement for the Disneyland theme park that you get to pay $20 for.

So I won't be getting it. If I want to play a Star Wars game, I will log into The Old Republic or play Fallen Order or any other actual Star Wars game. And if I want to play The Sims... well, I guess I will play Sims 3. Because I think 4 has gotten all the money it is going to get out of this whale.

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Slowly turning Oasis Springs into a fancy little resort town

Posted: 02 Sep 2020 11:18 AM PDT