A couple of days ago, I asked the following question over on the Sims Community Forums followed by a tweet on our Twitter.
What feature(s) would you still like to see added to The Sims 4?
Although this question is very open and I have my own answers I wanted to see what the community felt The Sims 4 was still missing. I had a great variety of responses. Some very similar ideas and others that completely stood out on their own.
Many Simmers hope to see the return of Seasons, University, Generations and Supernatural expansion packs in some description at some point in the games time. Another popular feature that Simmers found is missing is Pets although currently there is a lot of speculation around Pets being the next possible expansion pack for The Sims 4.
The Sims Superstar got a mention which I think would be a wonderful addition if a pack was created for The Sims 4. It had many great features and set the foundations for the later The Sims 3 Showtime expansion.
Makin’ Magic as well was another that appeared a couple of times. There was a handful of responses that had variations of the more mythical and magical packs including seeing a combination of Supernatural and Makin’ Magic in one pack. A new pack but with mythical and magical Sim types we have and haven’t seen before.
Some Simmers just wanted to see some smaller features added to the game like terrain tools, bigger lot sizes, transport, curfews, burglars, strollers for babies and toddlers, new careers, better clothing options, spiral stairs, multi-level tools and to see the return of the design tool. There are many features that although they could be considered small they could add so much to the game.
Another popular feature and one that many Simmers have wanted since The Sims 4 launch is having a better open world. This has been a highly debated topic but currently, the only open world we have is in our immediate neighbourhood.
Of course, there was mention of some new ideas that The Sims 4 could feature like amusement parks, new vacation locations, shopping centers, high school prom and graduation. New skills like gymnastics, ice skating and the addition of more sports to the game.
There are so many things that could happen to The Sims 4 in 2017. In the first month and a half we have seen Vampires grace our games, as well as the highly-requested Toddlers, make a triumphant return to the game. Everyone who responded to my forum post or on the tweet, thank you. Each and every one of your responses made me think about how it would possibly look and work in The Sims 4. I’m sure many of you feel the same after reading this.
If there are any features not mentioned in this article that you would like to see in The Sims 4 then let us know in the comments section below. Alternatively check out the original forum post here.
Tbh, the whole school with teens thing could have been introduced with Get Together since they introduced the clubs, those same clubs could have had high school specific ones as well. When sending your teens to school, it could have followed them around and you had to control their “teen years” by having school activities/social interactions play a bigger impact to teenage development.
Ignoring Pets and Seasons, which are as inevitable Vampires were last quarter, I would love robotics, stoneworking, burglers, and attraction.
Robotics wouldn’t be just Servos, it would include RC toys, drones, Roombas, and security bots.
Stoneworking would be similar to woodworking, but would result in special items (a stone guitar and Pet Rocks being examples) but requires a special table, higher skill, and more money. You can also choose from different stone types (granite, marble, etc).
Burglers same as previous games but with added features. Thieves come more frequently the day after a party (to steal your rewards!). Also, you can call an officer to come arrest them while return stolen items (and the same could happen to your klepto-Sims that are caught).
Attraction would be like TS2 but with a few more specifics (like gender or traits). Teenagers could also “come out” -essentially telling them their chemistry- to their friends, something that could result in a very good moodlet or a really, really bad one, or you could learn a Sim’s chemistry like you do with traits.
We have tablets in game now but seem to have no remote controlled items (aside from TVs and for some reason my Sims won’t sit down to watch it?) I’d love to see a return of the cars and flying helicopter from Sims 2 where they were controlled by sims 🙂
round/cylinder room shape tool, round roof, rounded/curved wall, round/curved pool.
Hi, I would really really really like to add bunk beds and skateboards (with skill) to that list. I don’t believe I noticed any of them when I read, but it’s possible I missed.
A bunk bed mod exists in the game.
Bunk beds would be great, especially for siblings who share a room 🙂 I’d love for kids to be able to have birthday parties with themes like a slumber party, a circus or amusement park party, a pool party, and maybe a bowling party 😉 I remember Sims 2 Freetime that came with a lot of new hobbies 🙂
I’d like roller skates with which you could skate around the neighbourhood and not just on a skating rink. Plus it could also be a skill. Pool slides and wading pools for toddlers, and more than anything, a CAW tool…
Pets and pranks
I think there should be beach party expansion, swimm in the sea, dive, windsurfing and moree, I miss the open world 🙁
I want swimmable sea or lake so much. No need for open world. Sims 2 had swimmable sea and no open world. I just want to be able to do water sports 🙂
Same here!
I long for beaches where the sims can swim in the ocean… I hope we don’t have to wait for the Sims 4 equivalent of
mermaids for beach parties 🙁
I just want them to fix the bookcases! Tired of non-alphabetical. Tired of trying to figure out which books are suitable vis-a-vis skill level.
If I were to list all the items I’d like to see in TS4 we’d be here all day… (Most of the items/features I want are from previous sims games)
The main features I’d like to really see in TS4 would be octagonal & cone roofs (#1 thing I most want). Greenhouses, not like how they did it it TS3, but actual proper greenhouses and sprinklers. Carpeted stairs and wood stairs that actually matched to at least one wood floor, cause none of the wood stairs actually match any of the wood floors.
I’d love to see them put body hair back in for the male characters, as well as more facial hair options. The current ones are very limited.
burglar, season, and magical world
What I see many people wanting to come back, in mod the sims and other places is Wants and fears (specially for people that played Sims 2).
And more personality to sims themselves, like zodiac signs, attraction system, reputation, favs. Right now they are all the same.
it would be cool if sims developed likes and dislikes of their own accord. as much as it is cool to have control of your sims every move, I would like it if they were possibly more independent??? maybe.
The way sims are now, yeah they are basically all the same. And it doesn’t help that traits have little to no effect (imo) to the way sims act. The all act the same regardless of traits. It would be awesome if there were more ways we could give personality to our sims and have those have an actual effect on how sims act/react.
I think if traits as just something that the sims will automatically do and the emotions answer more in depth traits because they acthink more differently in different emotions
Seasons/natural disasters, university (or even education as a whole, travel to school/high school/university with your child/teen/young adult sims) seasons, pets, a superstar remake with all the things from superstar (modelling, acting, recording studio, runway), wants/fears, invite the head master over to schmooze/give tour/ serve diner to get your child/teen into private school, hobbies and interests, burglar npc, firefighter npc, daycare active career (on home lot) self employment, bigger lots sizes, Being able to take out loans out from sim city bank that you pay back/, imaginary friend, preteens, push chairs/prams, cars/ the ability to teach teens how to drive in cars, bicycles, motorcycles, more customisation options for worlds/neighbourhood objects.
I would love wants and fears, it as one of the things i felt made the sims 2 great.
well done i would like to see all these return in some shape
I agree with the possible new features/packages that could b added to sims 4, I just want to add what about transportation/ or car pooling.
I eagerly look forward to the return of some favorite packs and hope for new ones 🙂 I’m also hoping for more items for playgrounds (swings and slides) and more pool items (rafts, water slides, and wading pools for toddlers).
Along this note … I’d like smaller doll houses. The ones we have are so big I almost never use them 🙁 A cute non functional play kitchen would be a nice tough, too. And swings!
I feel the same, an addition of smaller dollhouses and other items for children and toddlers (things we don’t currently have in TS4) would be cool.
Side note: In regards to smallerness; we also need a smaller, normal sized telescope. I NEVER use the telescope in TS4 only because it’s way too big.
I would love to see a telescope similar to the one in 2 for the adults and a child version for the kids. It would be awesome to see child versions of some of the adult items (the stove, for instance) and for those items to generate excitement in the child with a notification that says something like ‘I really like stargazing!’ or ‘Cooking is my favorite!’ Does anyone else remember in Sims 2 Freetime when each Sim had a particular thing that they really liked and you could only find out what it was by doing something related to it? The dollhouses really are too big, they take up way too much room 🙁
Toddlers really need more play items 🙁 Even if they don’t build skill, I feel like the toddler play room is really bare in Sims 4 compared to Sims 2- though I really do like the tablet for the tots. In some ways, I do think the Sims 4 toddlers are the best so far in the series, especially compared to Sims 3 (from what I heard of the toddlers, never played that game long enough to get to toddlers). Another thing that really bugs me is that there are no ‘family’ interactions between the parents and their toddler. There’s nothing that the parents can do with the toddler that other adult Sims can’t do 🙁 Also, no Family Kiss option 🙁 I dunno why it bugs me so much, but I don’t like that there’s no special interaction within the family for the toddlers.
I really hope the upcoming bowling alley pack is kid friendly. Would be great if bumper lanes were an option for the kids if they went bowling with their parents 😀 I’m optimistic that more things will return to Sims 4 in time- we have basketball, bowling is coming, hoping that ice and roller skating will return, along with the previously mentioned playground and swim items.
I would like actual dolls for children to play with so like raggedy Anne dolls or barbie dolls or just porcelain dolls to collect
Please no raggedy Ann dolls, that doll creeps me out every since i found out the origin story of the horror movie ‘Annabelle’… The knowledge that it was a Raggedy Ann doll that was possessed by a demon really freaks me out 🙁 How about Cabbage Patch dolls? Or something like the Magic Nursery Babies 🙂
I think some people made new toys for children that look like dolls, maybe in Around the sims. I saw it. I think there was a doll.
Also there are ragdolls for sims 4 but I think they are decorative, just search Advent Calendar: Day 6 TSM to TS4 from Zx-ta in tumblr
Something very small and I thought it was nice touch is that in Sims University sims could drop their phone , and then you need to pay for repair. Made me think how this kind of small feature just made it more real
Was that in sims 2? I never even knew that lol
It was on Sims 3 University
This is great! i have the same feelings
I want smaller lots!!! I love tiny or narrow lots that are close together and I’m dearly missing them in TS4.
All of the above. Lol it would be nice to get more npcs in a patch though. Firefighter, Burglar, Social Work, etc.
I loved burglars lol
Wish burglars had returned with the Get To Work expansion, would have been a great fit with the Detective career 😀
I loved having to impress the principal in TS2 so your kids could get into private school (that they didn’t disappear to like in TS3).
I wish Sims 4 had the option of private/public schools again, I loved it in Sims 2 😀 The principal was hard for me to impress lol…
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I think they are going to implement that tool into the game.
I would like to see a some form of a banking system. I want checking and savings for individuals/families. I would like to be able to take out loans and have to pay them bank. This could also signal the return of the repo man and some new careers as well.
I also wish that you could give gifts to people on their birthdays and that going shopping was a bigger thing
I wish that the teenagers looked younger as at the moment there is such a big difference between children and teens and such a small one between teens and y. adults. i would also love more toys, and to be able to go to school with your teens.
I would like an University and some form of bands, sims actually playing the same music together
I want pets to bring the create a style tool (or whatever I don’t know what it’s called) with it, to make unique patterns so you can move stuff around. And more “wilderness” things because some of the main gameplay people do including me is island challenge, runaway teen challenge, warrior cats challenge, homeless challeng…. and there isn’t enough wilderness objects like Torn clothes, more trees and especially large rocks, bushes, wooden things, hammocks, stones that animals can sleep in and I REALLY need open worlds. I almost never travel to these “great new locations ” that came in outdoor retreat and get together because loading times take forever. If they would make a pets pack it would be awesome if a world came with it with more than , like, one neighborhood and like ~20 lots. Also in seasons they could make a beachy world where in the winter the ocean freezes but in the summer it’s beautiful
I agree with a lot of the smaller features mentioned in the article and the comments. I think a color wheel (or even a choice of any available colors in the game) would be more do-able than a whole design tool with patterns, though. I also just wish the game loaded all the lots in a neighborhood–I don’t need a full open world.
Something not mentioned that I’d like to see is the actual seasons and a couple of basic objects (like umbrellas) as a free update with an expansion that has two new locations for summer and winter holidays. In addition to a pets expansion, I think a small pets game pack would be really neat, too–especially with how in-depth I feel this game attempts to go with different sim types.
Also, stairs that flair out at the bottom to make mansions more glamorous because the basic stairs are killing me. Stairs are so underestimated in this game… Like beds (thank you, BrazenLotus, for ALL of the separates plus bed catalog hiders).
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