I am the centre of the universe: reason no. 85

[strangetomato]

The Sims 3 has been delayed until August because I am not even close to being mentally ready for it yet. I'm just that important. *snicker* The ego has landed.

Seriously, though, this wouldn't bother me in the least, and I think they should delay it to fix their countless, countless bugs, if they do exist (and, let's face it, they most likely do). However, I do feel bad for people who were getting really excited about it, and even pre-ordered it. *consoles cindyanne1* There, there. It will be okay.

I wonder if it's true? Seems likely to me. They delayed Spore for ages, didn't they?

Comments

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't surprise me that they pushed the release a few more months. After the creator camp's, a lot of people became disappointed by the reports from sites like Parsimonious. Sure, everyone expects the base game to be a bit limited, but they weren't even going to allow importing of new textures, let alone meshes. A lot of people get the game to create stuff, so that was huge problem for them.

That was a very stupid move. Did EA seriously expect that people would be satisfied just with the hue levels on their new CAS. They really forgot how one of the big features of the Sims 2 was the early release of Bodyshop. People were doing clothes recolors and alpha edits before the game came out!

As for me, I'm not moving to Sims 3, at least not in a long, long time. I confess I considered moving my Brokes to the Sims 3 (in case there was a miracle and the specs suited my laptop), but the base game lacks: A. Aliens and B. Pointy ears. It's impossible to recreate my sims in there! :(

This reminds of Twilight Princess (from the Zelda games). That game was delayed over and over again. I remember I almost preordered it, only to find out it was delayed almost a ANOTHER year! :P

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

they weren't even going to allow importing of new textures, let alone meshes.

OMFG!!! :o Are they joking!!???
I haven't read much blogs about the game or the camp itself(yeah, that much I'm in denial rofl), but one of the main things i thought to be interesting was that it looked like you could import/use your own textures with their supposedly new-ultra-customizable features for recoloring

and no new meshes either?? C'mon!!! They would totally kill the game if new meshes aren't allowed. why they did the famous 'creators' camp then?? to show players how to change the hue in cas?? (or however the thing works)

once again, the more I know about this game, the less i like it!! O_O

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought too. They were supposed to make it easier to recolor stuff in the game, that's what they said too! But I guess, they forgot to add "as long as you only use the patterns included with the game".

To be fair, meshing is not easy with the Sims 2 either. The game doesn't have an option to import or create objects, like we have with Bodyshop and the other program to make terrains and walls, and if we have so many neat options, it's thanks to the work of the geniuses from SimPe.

But the Sims 3 seems even more limited at the moment. Just one neighborhood, no options to import SC4 terrains (say goodbye to desert towns like Strangetown!), no options to make recolors of clothing or terrains. You can bet this delay is going to fix all that stuff!

The gameplay sounds neat, though. At least some elements I've read about. So I guess the Sims 3 will be a good title to play, but not to create or customize. At least not now.

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course, but with all the buzz about how better the customization system supposes to be, plus the camp and all the show, I imagined it would be more open for improvement than sims 2. Lets just hope something like simpe its even possible, if the game itself won't have a way to add new items to it.

Still my biggest problem is the way those hideous sim look (which hopefully could eventually be be fixed with CC or something), but aside for quality, i can't personally see anything outstanding on it, at the contrary, sounds very limited in most aspects and toooooo realistic for my taste! (wish they are planing to add some fantasy on the way, but doesn't look like either.)

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

With these games, I would suspect someone would create something similar to SimPE for Sims 3. I hope so, anyway. If they are limiting what we can do, I hope someone finds a way around it.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard much about this yet, though I knew there were issues around cc creation.

Wow. That's incredibly stupid. At least half of the appeal of the game has to be the custom content and the ability to modify the game. We're not here to play a linear game. So very many of us see it as a tool for creativity.

The alien issue could be resolved with cc, if it worked the same way custom skintones and eyes work in the current game (though your comments worry me that it won't - I hope they remedy that). I had hoped that ears were more adjustable than they are right now, so the lack of that option would be very disappointing to me.

I honestly wouldn't mind if it was delayed that long. I'd be happy if they did that, and maybe threw us another EP, or at least an SP. Or just lots more Sims 2 Store stuff... which would be even better for obvious reasons. ;)