EA confirms The Sims 5 will be free-to-play and co-exist alongside The Sims 4

Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@sh.itjust.works – 82 points – EA confirms The Sims 5 will be free-to-play and co-exist alongside The Sims 4
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4968815

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Free to play with all items available at DLC

hard pass

It's days like this that remind me I'm not a typical gamer.

When Sims 4 came out, I put Sims 3 away thinking it was time for something bigger and better even though I'd had wishlisted DLC unpurchased. When Sims 4 clearly had basic content locked behind future DLC, I quit and didn't go back to anything because playing the old version when the new version is out "didn't make sense". Went from being a Sims player to not a Sims player, not in protest but because their business model "failed to monetize" me. Obviously, if I were the base case, EA would have backpedaled.

Reminds me of the "mini-outrigger and story collection" thing with fantasy literature. I've gone from being a diehard fan to no longer even reading simply because I didn't have the bandwidth and research hours to take it all in (Dresden and Iron Druid, lookin at you).

If you enjoyed the sims 3 I think you should check out Life by You. It looks like a bigger and better sims 3

I am cautiously hopeful for Life By You. My favorite thing in the Sims was to set up crazy soap opera dramas and see what happens, but Sims 4 sims are so docile and boring, it feels a lot more like just playing with dolls and decorating the house. I'm not judging if that's the part you like, but it's just not for me.

Life by You

Leave it to Paradox to make a Sims clone ;). I'm going to add this to my wishlist and keep my eye on it. Thanks!

I'm sorry, could you explain the last bit? Did you stop reading those series because they had too many short stories or did I misunderstand?

Pretty much.

With the namedrops in the main stories on things I didn't recognize and my not being able to keep up with side stories, my interest waned and I moved on. I still haven't read anything after Peace Talks, and I don't recall what's going on in Iron Druid anymore.