During today’s Sims 4 livestream, Maxis revealed some details on the new features coming with The Sims 4 Island Living Expansion. In game footage and commentary below.For the first time in The Sims 4 our Sims are going to be able to walk right into the open water. Just like you see in the trailer, she walks right in, our Sims can do just that. You can snorkel in the water, there’s swimming, floating, and there’s also those pretty awesome AquaZips if you’re in a hurry to get where you’re going.
We’ve take the sims to many different world and places, but we hadn’t yet really played with the idea of where the land and the water meet and really bring you into an ocean environment which is a great addition to the game.The Island of Sulani really is the perfect place to unplug and enjoy this natural feel. So you can explore all these little alcoves, you can live closer to the coast, or you can live higher up towards the hills. So we had to put this active volcano in there and you don’t have to live next to it, but riskier Sims may choose to live nearby.
How do I make a sim look like me? I'm sure this is covered somewhere but can't for the life of me figure out where to find it. I want to create sims that look like people I know. But just can't get the hang of it in the sims 3.
They just have to watch out for those lava bombs. Beautiful locale, slightly dangerous.
It wouldn’t be The Sims if we didn’t let you befriend some of the animals, so in this case the one we are excited about it the Dolphin. They are very cute and you become really good friends with them so maybe they will do some tricks for you or squirt water in your face. We also added a bunch of Tropical Fish to the water too. We really wanted to get those coral reefs around the island to feel lush and full.We wanted to capture what it would be like to live on that island. It’s not just a place where you vacation, but we wanted this to be a place that’s home for your Sims.
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There’s lots to do on the beach. You saw suntanning, sun burning, building castles (mischievous Sims will knock them down), the whole family can go out together and play or find seashells. You will have to take time to explore it all.We’re very excited about a new thing we are introducing and that’s the Conservationist, where Sims will be able to clean up and take care of the island. Their job is going to be to keep this ecosystem looking beautiful. Certainly, one of the big goals was a way for your Sims to care for their world and make it a better place. Something new we’ve also added is that the island changes over time.
So if you’re taking care of the world it will become more lush with more greenery and brighter beautiful flowers and more butterflies. In order to make this island a place to live we had to add a way for Sims to make some extra simoleons. So we added a couple odd jobs where you can work whatever hours you want, so they added the ability to make fishing more rewarding, and also added the Lifeguard career. If you want to spend more time in the water you can be a Dive Instructor, and there’s a lot of ways to just pick up a job whenever you want to earn a little bit of money.Being that this is a place you live you need to learn a bit more about local culture. The locals are super friendly and will even come and help you out with all sorts of things as you explore the island. If a fire breaks out your neighbor might even bust in and help you put out that fire. Locals also have their own activities that your Sims will also be able to join.
You might stumble across a barbecue that started in town, or a festival that celebrates things going on. You may also stumble into a Cava Party. Cava is a special island drink that Sims can learn to make and share with their friends on the island. This is one of the many delicacies Sims will learn exploring life in Sulani.We wanted to give sense of history being present on the island so there are traditions that are unique to Sulani. There are elementals around the island – these spirits – who are ancient and care a lot about Sulani and they want to see their world taken care of. When you do good things they might get really pleased and if you’re bad to the island they may not approve. We also added some new traits with this pack.
Sims 3 Vs Sims 4 2018
If your Sims are super in touch with the land they can use the special trait to unlock some new behaviors.
Having played Sims 4 more extensively (I bought the game recently after deciding to give it another try) I can safely say that I like them both equally. Sims 3 has way more content and you can play as different life states, it has toddlers, etc but lacks in an emotional way that makes the Sims less realistic. Sims 4 is better graphically and the various emotional states your Sims can reach are just. Sims multitasking is effortless and makes up for where Sims 3 lacked. However, there's not so much content and the worlds aren't as big as Sims 3. I can't say anymore though that I prefer one or the other. Both make up where the other lacks.
Give it a go and see what you think, you can always request a refund if you don't like 4. The Sims 3Pros. Open world. Once you load in a map you can move to any building on it without loading screens.
Create a style exists as a feature that allows you to change both the color and patterns on most objects and clothing articles. Even without custom content or DLC this game can be played for hundreds upon hundreds of hours. There is much to do and the replayability is extremely high.
Most of the expansions (not stuff packs or store content) is worthwhile. They add in new ways to play as well as many new locations, buildings, objects, etc. Easy to pick up and play. It's fun for both casuals and hardcore gamers alike. Plenty of mods to add to your game.Cons. While load screens are not often they are EXTREMELY long.
I'm talking at least 2-3 miuntes to load a world for the first time you start the game up. I have a fairly decent PC (albiet no SSD), but the only game I've seen with load times this long is The Sims 2 and Fallout 4. Expansions seem to make the load times longer which is a bummer. There is a lack of timers on events such as dates and parties. Also sims will be saying they are having a bad time and you're not entirely sure why because they'll be dancing, eating food and socializing. What more do they want?. Moodlets can be glitchy at times.
The amount of DLC often scares people away. It did for me at first. However being a owner of all the expansions I can tell you that most of them while good are not even close to being essential for the game to be fun.
The Sims 3 store items are overpriced. It's one thing to have a bunch of xpacks and stuff packs that cost money. It's even worse when they add in a ton of microtransactions shoved in your face (Unless you turn the option off). The Sims 4Pros. Talking to other sims is so much more intuitive than The Sims 3. They can have conversations with several people at once and social events are timed and goals are clearly stated. The load times while more frequent are much faster.
This may change if they continue to add in more expansions (Which c'mon we know they will). Lifetime wishes are much better. They give you steps to complete them. You can also change them at any time. Also the rewards are both easy to obtain and give better perks. It feels more polished than The Sims 3. Some people disagree, but I find the game is much more fluent.Cons.
No create a style. No open world.
Tons of content ripped from the base game. Pools weren't even a thing at launch. You thought 20 dollars was a lot for an expansion? The content while it is decent is NOT worth 60% of the games retail price. If The Sims 3 was the king of cashgrabbing, then the Sims 4 would be the emperor of the universe of cashgrabbing (despite the fact they removed the store filled with microtransactions).
Mods don't work too well. Origin only.I would personally start off with The Sims 3 base game. If you like it consider buying The Sims 4. Play both and compare them for yourself.The Sims 3 is a better game in my opinion. The Sims 4 is still a decent game, but it takes many steps back.
I like both for different reasons, but to put it shortly Sims 3 is non-linear and Sims 4 is linear. Sims 3 is open world and there's a lot of customization to it, but the objectives are not quite set in stone and it's really up to you what you want to do. In Sims 4 it isn't open world and there's far less customization, but fulfilling your 'lifetime wish' requires you to do certain objectives in a certain order, and even things like throwing a party will give you goals that you can complete to earn rewards.Personally I enjoy Sims 4 more as I'm a completionist and like to have objectives to focus on, but if you're looking for an experience with more freedom, then Sims 3 is your game.
I tried the sims 4 recently. It´s worse in so many ways than sims 3.
The smoother scripts and some new feature really don´t make up for the lack of others for which i love Sims 3. (Lack of cutomization options for clothes is just one thing that comes to mind.)Matter of taste i guess, but after trying it out, no thanks.
And no way i´ll support them with even more ridiculous pricings than Sims3, that´s bad enough:PI´ll probably stick to Sims 3 until something can really compete with it. My honest opinion.