I will be updating this as new things are announced but I just wanted to have a place to write down my opinions on everything.
Iāve watched it so many times. I actually paused while writing this sentence to watch it. I think it looks great! Apartments have always been one of my favourite things. I pretty much always play in them when I play The Sims 2 or The Sims 3.
I would always build my own and make my apartment the fanciest/biggest. Iād build it so I had enough room for my family, maybe make it two-storey while making the others just one. They were my favourite thing to build. I remember building this adorable semi-detached house in The Sims 2. It had green siding, a little garden out back, a garage! I just thought it was the coolest thing because I had a āproper houseā but also a neighbour on the same lot. Awesome, right? Iād see them go to work and come home and I loved it. In The Sims 3, I would always use one of the big skyscraper shells and build my apartments inside. I used to build a communal area that had a gym and a laundry room, maybe an entertainment space if I felt like it. It was so much fun, having this whole building for me to create!
I adore how diverse this EP looks. All the new build and CAS items look stunning, and thereās so much of it. Iām sure thereās so many more things I havenāt realised were there. I feel like the movie hangout stuff pack will go PERFECTLY with this pack, too. All the bright colours, it just makes me so happy! My favourite item(s) in trailer keep changing every time I watch, so just know Iām excited about all the stuff!
The festivals sound really fun too, it reminds me of the seasonal festivals from The Sims 3 which I enjoyed. Honestly, though, these sound better to me. Geekcon? Yes, please! A romance festival? I always need more places and events for my sims to go on dates too. In my mind, there can never be enough options.
Basically, this post is about 9 ways apartments are different to a regular house in The Sims 4, so I think the best way for me to do this part would be to go through each point and tell you what I have to say.
This isnāt too different from previous games, youāll see them in communal areas and they may pop round to visit/tell you to keep the noise down. While thatāsĀ pretty standard for apartment living, itās very important otherwise you may as well live on a regular lot.
This relates to the first point really. Pretty much if you can hear them, they can hear you. Keep it down or risk annoying your neighbours. Again, pretty standard.
This I like, it says they were inspired by their favourite TV shows and that these are some of the strangest Sims theyāve ever made. Iām so keen for some outrageous Sims to come knocking on my door. I think it adds more to the storytelling aspect of the game and I canāt wait to see what theyāre like.
Probably one of the most exciting things Iāve read so far. Very, very keen for this. One of the guruās said there are around 20+ traits for the apartments. Basically, you pick 3 and I believe some apartments (the cheaper ones) will have ones you canāt change such as being cursed or haunted.
This one kind of goes with the previous one. Basically, the cheaper apartments will have problems such as leaky pipes, bad electrics and pests which are not associated with the traits. These are the things youāll be dealing with your landlord about. I think itāll be fun and will definitely give that first apartment vibe. Iām already planning on having a struggling artist start off in one of these.
Pay your rent on time, stay on their good side. Pretty common knowledge. Cool to see a landlord, I just wish you could be the landlord. I think that would be a really nice feature for them to add. I havenāt heard or read anything yet but who knows.
From the trailer this looks beautiful, Iāve always been a sucker for a nice view, and the city does look stunning. It would be super cute to have a romantic meal out on your balcony, looking over the city.
I like this, gives me a bit of a challenge trying to fit everything into this small space. This post says that the low-end apartments really do feel low end, which is exciting. I think like the āproblematic apartmentsā itāll give it the budget vibe while giving you the motivation to get a better apartment.
Hop in the lift, push down, and there you are. In the middle of the city. Not much else is said at this point but hopefully, weāll get some more info soon. Sounds cool, though, having things actually happening in your little āneighbourhoodā, unlike our current ones where on a good day someone BBQās some hot dogs.
This trailer goes more in depth about how apartments actually work, and they sound amazing. As I mentioned before there are traits for each apartment such as good schools, party place, romantic aura, chefās kitchen, and more. It talks about moving up into bigger and better apartments, which as Iāve said before will really help with storytelling. We get to see a bit more of the community living, and thereās even a new interaction of giving your neighbour a key to your place. We see some more gameplay of the gaming console which Iām excited for. Overall this is a great trailer and itās making me super excited for this pack.
Honestly, I donāt really care about penthouses. I think I might be the only person to think that but to me, it just looks like a regular house on top of a building, and while I will admit the idea is semi-cool, it looks kinda weird and out of place. I mean I know you can make it look however you want but you canāt say the ones shown so far look like theyāre meant to be there. Will I play in them? Maybe. I would definitely re-decorate so it looks like itās part of a building rather than a random house has been plopped there if I do.
See what I mean? To me, it just looks like a random house has been placed there.
So we canāt build our own apartments.
I know so many people that were excited about building their own. People, including myself, have already started creating their own. I know we can change the layout of the apartment itself, but itās not the same. I wanted to create my own townhouses, I wanted to recreate my semi-detached house from The Sims 2, and I wanted them to work like apartments. Not only is that limiting things we can create, but if we canāt add our own creations to the world wonāt that mean theyāll all look the same? The same building in the same lot for every player? What happened to the customisation? I want my world to look COMPLETELY different to other peoples. I want to see the kind of buildings other people create. For me, The Sims is about creativity and sharing your creations with the community, and I feel like we wonāt be able to do that with apartments.
I also want to say that I know why we canāt build them from scratch regarding the shells. From my understanding the shells are different shapes to what weāve had, so having them be placeable by us would be difficult (please correct me if Iām wrong regarding that), but Iām fine with that. I get it. I know theyāve put a lot of work into this pack and you can tell. All I askĀ is that we maybe be able to build āmini apartmentsā on regular lots like in The Sims 2. Iām cool with not having a highrise, I would just like to be able to build some townhouses in Windenburg, or a small apartment in Newcrest.
Theyāve said this world is the biggest so far, so Iām really hoping that itās going to amaze me into forgetting I canāt create my own build.
The new careers coming in this pack sound really cool! They are politics, critic and social media! Iām very happy with these, they sound like so much fun! I really hope that theyāre like the jobs from Get To Work so we can go and experience everything. Iām having trouble deciding which one i want to try out first.
So keen for them. I feel like we need a lot more gameplay in The Sims 4. Basketball, karaoke, gaming, festivals, street art, busking! Iām very happy with these and I canāt wait to play with them!
So overall Iām super excited, thereās just that one little hiccup, but even with that in mind Iām really looking forward to this and from what Iāve seen The Sims team have done a good job.
My thoughts on The Sims 4: City Living soĀ far I will be updating this as new things are announced but I just wanted to have a place to write down my opinions on everything.
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