New EP & still no Hood Editor!
Exiled:
Quote from: funnykid on 2009 August 05, 00:28:09
For TS1, they promised us they would release Edith. They never released it.
Can you elaborate on "Edith"? Google says that it was a tool for programming behaviors and editing houses and families, but when was this proposed and when did Maxis set a release date? Found a how-to guide dated May 31 2001, but the hits dissolve by page 2 and I can't find any concrete info.
Doc Doofus:
Edith was a program editor for TS1 that would let you reprogram the behavior of objects. It was EA's own game editing utility. There was a poor guy named Bil Simser in the mod community who apparently had some kind of contract with EA to write a user manual for Edith that would be sold simultaneously with the public released of Edith, once Edith was made available. So there WERE a small handful of people out there who had Edith but they were under non-disclosure agreements, and the rest of us just had to listen to them and drool about what Edith could do.
However, the release timing for Edith kept being put off and put off, and EPs passed by, the the point where, near the end of the TS1 lifecycle, Bil was still saying they would honor their agreement with him, and surely they would release Edith, only to have it not be honored, no Edith, and all the years of work he put into the docs tossed down the shitter.
Just more reasons to be bitter.
Edith, I was told, looked just like the base game Sims 1 .exe, but with some extra features that let you click on objects in the game and open the Simantics code in-game.
Mire Krisma:
EA's Mantra: If it won't make an instant profit, it isn't worth the time.
maxon:
EA were talking about the neighbourhood editor when they first revealed that there would only be one hood in the new game but I noticed they didn't mention it after 3 months or so before release. I guessed then they'd changed their mind. If they do release it, I would guess they would charge for it or release it as an EP - "NEW, you can now edit your own neighbourhoods! Give us yet more of your hard-earned money (or that of your parent's) for something that should have been in the game when it was released! And don't forget the Sims Store guys." Lame.
I've been playing Anno Domini 1404 obsessively in the last week (since I've completely lost interest in Sims 3) and I am being completely blown away by the depth and variety in the game. Stuff keeps happening and I think 'O wow, that's nice.' The depressing thing is, I remember when Sims was like that. Arseholes.
ProfPlumbob:
Quote from: PrinJess on 2009 August 05, 00:09:28
I just want my goddamn jacuzzi in this expansion.
I want my jacuzzi, pinball machine, remote control car, SOME kind of group game like Mashuno(sp?), a real aquarium(a game with all this fishing and collecting and all we get is a fish bowl?), a diving board, and about another DOZEN things that our sims could play with in Sims 2 BASE game and EVEN back to Sims 1 base game days(pathetic!).
bleck. This franchise is deteriorating in front of our very eyes. They care more about shoveling out mass product for mass profit than making an overall great product. I wish more reviewers were harder on this franchise and put the Sims 3 in the 7's range where it belongs. I'm even more astonished that the game industry isn't reporting or jumping on developers throats for all this micro transaction crap. I don't mind 10-20$ episodic content that's going to give me 6+ hours of entertainment. I have a problem with content being left out of games specifically so they can mass markup items at an online store. I HOPE game reviewers crap the living turd all over this expansion and bring light to this fact and of course we can all expect a few new sets to be on their store when the expansion is released.
I really think Sims 3 could hurt the series in the long run if they continue what they're doing. Only so many people could buy so many crappy games before they finally threw E.T. out and buried it with their Atari.
This ain't our daddy's Sims, that's for sure. I miss Sims 1...and the first year or two of Sims 2...I don't get the spark with Sims 3 that I got opening up the box and playing the past two. Everything started going downhill when sims on the console became a big seller. It really wouldn't surprise me if most of them are now working on the PC game. And I hate how most Sim sites you go to, any criticism get's smacked down as they all bow down and take it up the butt by EA. I only HAVE my criticism because I have been a loyal fan since Sims 1 and I expect so much more than this. It drives me bonkers that they have this WONDERFUL series and fantastic potential with Sims 3 and they're just phoning it in at the expense of their uber profits. "We sold nearly 4 million copies of Sims 3 and to give back, we're charging you 5x for items than a stuff pack AND we're going to throw in minimal effort just for your loyalty!"
*sigh* I want Will Wright back...and the damn neighborhood editor.
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