New EP & still no Hood Editor!
Bouncing Pink Ball:
Quote from: Budgie on 2009 August 05, 19:47:51
Quote from: Uleria on 2009 August 05, 17:12:32
Given their track record to date, we're deluded if we think they actually care about letting us make our game truly our own.
That's the ridiculous part of it. So many people (including myself) were drawn to the Sims because of the ability to make the game into whatever you wanted, whether it be a medieval themed neighborhood or a Prosperity neighborhood, or whatever. By forcing players to adhere to one style of gameplay, it makes the game boring for basically everyone but the sheeple. And without CC, EAxis is eliminating not only the creators, but anyone who doesn't play exactly the way they want.
I think this has been what's kept me less than enthused as well. I liked being the overlord of urban slums, Victorian towns and vampire-infested cottage hamlets. I don't want to be limited to rural suburbs with inappropriately large athletic centres and art galleries, not to mention the one abandoned warehouse where all the criminals hang out. I love the ability to switch textures in game and enjoy the idea of unique personalities from assigning traits but am bored, and occasionally frustrated, with much of the rest.
For my style of game play, proper customization utilities are far more appealing than all this junk collecting (such as picking up seeds and rocks) and population shuffling. I really miss weather. I sort of miss pets. I want my vampires, werewolves, aliens and other assorted strangeness back. I need a neighbourhood editor.
Spacerox:
Quote from: Krib on 2009 August 06, 15:59:15
Perhaps the next EP will be a joint venture with Abercrombie & Fitch - visit their stores in-game!
Of course. It's the next logical step beyond the Fanta Fridge, the Prius, and the JCP-teen inspired line of clothes they've already tried to cram down our throats. :-\
Next up it'll be Motorola cell towers and Roto-Rooter vans for that extra-tasty bit of ad culture to your happy little town.
It's not a new town map, but if you're really hard up for that do-it-yourself approach there's always http://bogsims.com/sims3/ under "buildings"...clean Riverview and Sunset Valley maps with or without community buildings. Admittedly, it's just a tide-you-over as we all sit here hoping that they'll release the Neighborhood Editor sometime in the next lifetime or so, but it's better than hanging out with the 'dozer tool all night.
Sita:
I REALLY miss the Hood editing, it was something I did a lot of for Sims 2. And pets, yes... weather is the thing for me, and hobbies. I want my lightening and my sewing machine! (wails). But as has been said, now that Wright and Maxis are out of the loop, all we can probably expect is the console-style "games" rather than the TOY we aer used to. I'm finding it impossible to even BEGIN to make a story involving more than one family, let alone do anything else. Still struggling even to learn the cheat codes, and AM adds a whole new set of cheats.
The problem is that we are ADDICTS and EA is the dealer.... even if the quality is degraded we will still come back for more, because WE CANNOT GET OUR FIX ANYWHERE ELSE! I Still say, we need an open source version of Sims. With all the knowledge in the community, why can't we build one?
tizerist:
I'm waiting for Cities XL.
It looks pretty complicated, but thats a real town editor.
J. M. Pescado:
There's never going to be a neighborhood editor from EA, but elements in the community are making good progress towards the capability, from what I gather.
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