The Sims 4 Shows Off its Home Building Tools

This actually does look legitimately awesome. Still not a fan of the core Sims-gameplay though.

I can't wait for this. Also personally I'm in camp "don't kill my Sims", but hey play the game however you want right? That's the beauty of the medium.

I don't mind paying for expansions unless the expansions are just a couple of new furniture and 3 pieces of clothing like they used to do.

I like what I'm seeing. :)

yay, more sims. 3 was great but it always gets old when all they do is work. oh wait, this is probably going to be origin only... fuck that.

Bella Goth is an attractive young woman... I might have to look at this game closer.

Looks cool, liking the tools they've shown off so far.

Too bad their greedy ass business model was created in the depths of hell, with full price (overpriced) expansions every 6 months, massive cash shop, stuff packs, basic features held back for expansions etc, which ruins a good series. Fuck Maxis/EA.

Alexis is gonna love this.

As cool as it is that there streamlining everything with the creation stuff, if the new AI stuff cant hold up there is no reason for this game to exists other then $$.

The next EA fiasco, I'm so giddy I can't wait.

I seriously might buy this game just for the house building alone. Pretty much all I did in the original sims.

whats your problem with origin? sims 3 is already origin..

Bella & Mortimer eh? Or should I say Morticia and Gomez!

The one who designed those characters is clearly an Addams Family fan.

You can still get Sims 3 on Steam. Sims Medieval too, in case anyone forgot that turd still exists.

@mrcraggle: Sims games haven't really launched effed up traditionally. The issue I had with Sims 2 and Sims 3 were that after all of the expansions for the first game, only having the base game feels like you are being ripped off. Like, who could really play a Sims game and NOT want pets? Well, you still have to wait for an expansion to get that every time.

In reality though, I always felt the base games had a ton of content for what they were.

I never realized you could MAKE houses in these games. I thought you were 'issued' houses. I'll admit my ignorance is due to not really knowing what sort of game play is part of playing the Sims. I assume there is some sort of quasi narrative/achievement progression in such games?

I wonder if Sims 4 will include the 'careers mode' that was an expansion last time in 3? Maybe it will be another expansion as well, in any case that would probably interest me more than just plain Sims.

I'm still waiting for a game that expanded upon Brenda Brathwaite's Playboy: The Mansion which was a fairly good 'business sim' for putting together a magazine, employing the right people for each part of the magazine, and hob-hobnobbing with celebrities in the Mansion you built. I really just want the building the magazine bit...someone could do it about Vogue magazine or Wired for all I care....I just like 'The Sims' but with business bits to manage.

I still find it annoying that they require expansions for things that were already expanded in previous games, like pets, which was an expansion for 2 and again for 3. It should just have been in 3.

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Looks good!

Of course you can! In the Nomadic Peoples Expansion ($30 25.99 Origin Exclusive!), you can build teepees, yurts, wigwams, and even itinerant cave dwellings!

Goddamnit, I don't want to play this. I totally will though. I'll recreate my guy that sleeps with every random girl and works out all the time. Live life to the fullest.

Dude. I fucking miss The Sims. Looking forward to this.

This looks surprisingly great. I wish EA would release the Sims' building tools as a standalone for 30 bucks or something. They did it with the Spore creator tools, and they were undoubtedly the best parts of that game.

Wow!

Can these features be used to murder your Sims in new and interesting ways?