It looks like their business plan is pivoting to a customer base ignorant of how good the franchise used to be. Mostly children. They've given up on trying to please longtime fans.
Its so unfortunate because it looks like EA doesn't care about their loyal fan base, they only care about how much money they can make. Honestly I think they are just marketing to kids who play mobile games and forgetting about their older audience :(
@@SinNeighbor Until kids get in there and realize their characters look like mountain yetis and back pedal from all the horribly ugly looking characters.
@@SinNeighbor It's not just the rough looking graphics, it's the aesthetic of the characters themselves. Like basic smells like hotdog water. They're unattractive and their personal style looks dry and corny.
Several sources point to Project Renee FORMERLY being the Sims 5 including notations found about it being cancelled. You don't cancel something that doesn't exist. Project Renee was clearly pivoted and rebranded so they could experiment with this multiplayer Roblox style garbage heap without harming the mainline game. But they have been trying to get a multiplayer Online micro transaction monster Sims game going since Sims 4 was project Olympus. They only changed course cause SimCity 2013 failed so badly. Now they are pivoting this into Sims Online 2.0.
The state of The Sims can be encapsulated in one word: messy. It's clear that EA is trying to hone in on the 'Fortnite/Roblox' experience which personally is not my cup of my tea and is not what The Sims is fundamentally about. I'm getting the impression that the gameplay is going to be fairly shallow, not to mention the looming threat of microtransactions and the 'mobile app game' energy and aesthetic this is emanating right now. I'm fearing the continued Sims 4 legacy may be a mistake, but I'll wait and see on the potential game fixes/enhancements to come that can hopefully improve the game overall in conjunction with all its DLC.
I don’t know if anyone has said this yet but I feel this is exactly why the sims mobile has shut down, because they want to make room for project Rene.
And it shouldn't be shutdown, it was good, all it need is new updates like cars, pets, more hobbies, etc. even the designs and graphics were better than this project rene 😅, freeplay too and all the sims pc games as well, maybe they're just testing it you know, their first try like pilot from a tv show, hope it don't look like this when they release it
Exactly I bet all the simmers that were shiting on life by you are upset now bc life by you was going to present ten times more more items and content than what the sims 4 has ever did .
nah for all the things wrong with Sims 4, how the characters look isn't one of them. Show a picture of a random Sim to a random person with no investment in Sims and they will find most of them pleasant to look at. And I play Maxis Match or Vanilla so it isn't like I am looking at Alpha or reshade all the time. Now my gameplay mods, couldn't live without some of them but I see no huge issue in how the game looks overall. I could nitpick things here and there but it really would be mostly nitpicking. Sims 4 biggest problem isn't how it looks, plenty of modern cozy games don't look much different than Cozy games looked 10 years ago. It's problem is it's 10 year old foundational building blocks that break with every new pack and really are stuck in a loading screen format that I don't think it can escape.
@@TheDawnofVanlife Well, as a PC gamer who doesn't use mods or CC at all-not even a shade-TS4 is OUTDATED. Will I play it? Sure, but does it fit within today's standard of graphics? No, it does not. I hope that they'll do a TS4 refresh.
@@bratsssI was more commenting on the graphics not being worse than LBY. The LBY characters looked pretty last gen, like pre-Sims 3. What we’ve seen if Vivaland characters even look better than what LBY was brimging. With some lighting adjustments and better shadows I think the maps would have been fine. But the character models were atrocious for the PC specs they were requiring. While i want a next gen Sims game, I still feel like LBY was running in circles and not getting there.
They literally said it’s ‘The next generation of the sims’ when they announced project rene. Saying it’s not the sims 5 is a stretch imo. They just changed their minds and backpedaled. The cancellation of the PS5 version also said TS5 behind it I believe. I strongly still believe that Project Rene was a code name for Sims 5, which isn’t uncommon at all during development but that they are now scrambling for excuses to make up for this mess.
My opinion is , I think they were going for ts5 but saw competition like Paralives and Inzoi and knew what they were doing wasn’t as good as these upcoming games so they scrapped and turned it into a full weird online game. Keep in mind EA is known for scrapping projects then rename it. I don’t trust that project cause none of their online games worked , Sims online was a flop , Project Olympus ( a 2008 online sims game that got replaced by Ts4) got scrapped and Sims social didn’t work well. The Truth about the sims is that it’s not made to be an online game , it’s made to be a solo life simulation game like Will Wright wanted to be and they try too hard to make it be something else knowing that’s not what sims lovers wants…..
Okay my theory is that they are trying to compete with Inzoi with switching project Rene from sims 5 to sims online, because they saw it would create less resources for them!
Also it’s very clear that they have scrambling for the past few months since the last update, because that literally broke my computer! I had to send it into get fixed and get my disk wiped
Expanding?? Girl, they can't even handle what they have right now. My thoughts and opinions? Treasure your child, Yin. A blessing given to you to keep you sane in the midst of this mess.
At this point all I want is for more indie teams to come out with life simulators atp. Sims 4 keeps breaking every new pack and update and it’s very tiring to deal with every month. A new game would’ve been a much better choice bc nobody want micro transactions in a damn life simulation. Also the game looks ugly now and I don’t think the style of the characters will change much.
Even if they add more life to their skin and make them more detailed, you know they're still going to keep the body types where they still look like knuckle dragging neanderthals.... God the purple haird girl looks like the Mucinex mucus guy xD For some reason western game companies keep trying to push for characters with that same doughy short round offensive shape. Great if you want to play that occasionally, but who the hell wants to play that all the time if ever?
I've been back to just playing the Sims 2 UC. The Sims 3 doesn't work for me on the EA app and lately I've been getting adds telling me to install the Sims 4 again for the events and sales. My theory has always been that EA purposely does not want to fix the Sims 3 or update the Sims 2 so they can force players to the Sims 4. That's why it's the "biggest" Sims game, it's the only one on the market that "works". I know the day is gonna come when the Sims 2 no longer works for me or EA takes it down completely for those of us that got UC years ago.
These characters are giving Life By You for sure. I'm not understanding the regression in graphics. I'm not optimistic about this, and it's such a shame. As much as I'm not a fan of EAs money grab tactics, I'm loyal to the Sims 4, but this direction here is very questionable.
Just wanted to say that the pose you hit in the video's thumbnail reminds me of that one iconic MatPat pose LMAOOAOAOA jokes aside, very nice video ! you're one of the main sources of sim news i watch and i like how informative these are
I have been playing the sims since the Sims first came out I don’t think the Sims four meets up with the Sims three I really think that they are taking all our money that’s why mods are used so much.
This game was ruined when it went from physically buying DLC’s which was better than using origin now that we can’t buy physical copies anymore now the game crashes EVERY TIME I LOAD IT UP
This is going to flop. We knew they would eventually kill off the franchise with their greed and stupidity... and this seems to be the case. And on a side note ---- Did that new senior game designer spell out BS in a tweet to The Sims?!? LOL Well, I am clutching my tween pearls. j/k I'm an old lady who has spent far too much money on the Sims franchise in 25 yrs.
How dare they exploit their fans. Im over The Sims, if this is what they’re gonna hit us with. Ive stopped purchasing Sims 4 packs. They seem sooo money hungry. I don’t even know If Im gonna buy Life and DeAth…
I do not get the reasoning of not wanting to start over as the basis for not replacing the Sims 4. The longer the wait is, the more content will be added to the game, so it will be worse the longer you wait. EA will say after another 10 years that you should not lose 20 years of content by having a new game
😂 they ain’t right for that lmao. I wouldn’t even buy that on mobile. Now I know that’s not the final version but the concept is giving mobile micro transactions game vibes. Now if they release that on PC 💀😭 Why don’t they understand that graphics should improve over years lol, it’s like they are going backwards. Or maybe they want to cater to a younger audience. I don’t have anything against the cartoonish games but in a life simulation like the sims I would think they could find a better balance between both but idk. You have some sims players who won’t play Inzoi because it’s too realistic so I get its hard to please everyone but that’s definitely not the answer 🤣
If this is what it really is... then im 💯 staying with sims 4 ....its not sims 5... but also i hope its not what sims 4 will turn into... i dont want my characters looking like that... they need to miss me with that bs 😂fr cause wtf?
What a shame they’ve given up on real exciting elements of the franchise. What’s happened with levelling up and upgrading the look and feel of the game. The Sims 5 should have been launched with a richer look after The Sims 4 like inZOI. I don’t want a Sims mobile game plus it just looks horrible. This is gonna flop 😮😢
It looks like their business plan is pivoting to a customer base ignorant of how good the franchise used to be. Mostly children. They've given up on trying to please longtime fans.
Its so unfortunate because it looks like EA doesn't care about their loyal fan base, they only care about how much money they can make. Honestly I think they are just marketing to kids who play mobile games and forgetting about their older audience :(
This!!! Scammy tactics to just go after kids
@@SinNeighbor Until kids get in there and realize their characters look like mountain yetis and back pedal from all the horribly ugly looking characters.
@@SinNeighbor It's not just the rough looking graphics, it's the aesthetic of the characters themselves. Like basic smells like hotdog water. They're unattractive and their personal style looks dry and corny.
Several sources point to Project Renee FORMERLY being the Sims 5 including notations found about it being cancelled. You don't cancel something that doesn't exist. Project Renee was clearly pivoted and rebranded so they could experiment with this multiplayer Roblox style garbage heap without harming the mainline game. But they have been trying to get a multiplayer Online micro transaction monster Sims game going since Sims 4 was project Olympus. They only changed course cause SimCity 2013 failed so badly. Now they are pivoting this into Sims Online 2.0.
This 💯
Yet difference there sims online didn’t really had microtransitions like roblox or fortnite had back in day
We have reached rock bottom💕
Lord knows EA will still keep digging.
The state of The Sims can be encapsulated in one word: messy. It's clear that EA is trying to hone in on the 'Fortnite/Roblox' experience which personally is not my cup of my tea and is not what The Sims is fundamentally about. I'm getting the impression that the gameplay is going to be fairly shallow, not to mention the looming threat of microtransactions and the 'mobile app game' energy and aesthetic this is emanating right now. I'm fearing the continued Sims 4 legacy may be a mistake, but I'll wait and see on the potential game fixes/enhancements to come that can hopefully improve the game overall in conjunction with all its DLC.
I don’t know if anyone has said this yet but I feel this is exactly why the sims mobile has shut down, because they want to make room for project Rene.
And it shouldn't be shutdown, it was good, all it need is new updates like cars, pets, more hobbies, etc. even the designs and graphics were better than this project rene 😅, freeplay too and all the sims pc games as well, maybe they're just testing it you know, their first try like pilot from a tv show, hope it don't look like this when they release it
So this has turned into my worst sims nightmare
i never understood the backlash Life by You received regarding the graphics. TS4 looks very similar as far as the age of the graphics is concerned.
Exactly I bet all the simmers that were shiting on life by you are upset now bc life by you was going to present ten times more more items and content than what the sims 4 has ever did .
nah for all the things wrong with Sims 4, how the characters look isn't one of them. Show a picture of a random Sim to a random person with no investment in Sims and they will find most of them pleasant to look at. And I play Maxis Match or Vanilla so it isn't like I am looking at Alpha or reshade all the time. Now my gameplay mods, couldn't live without some of them but I see no huge issue in how the game looks overall. I could nitpick things here and there but it really would be mostly nitpicking. Sims 4 biggest problem isn't how it looks, plenty of modern cozy games don't look much different than Cozy games looked 10 years ago. It's problem is it's 10 year old foundational building blocks that break with every new pack and really are stuck in a loading screen format that I don't think it can escape.
@@TheDawnofVanlife Well, as a PC gamer who doesn't use mods or CC at all-not even a shade-TS4 is OUTDATED. Will I play it? Sure, but does it fit within today's standard of graphics? No, it does not. I hope that they'll do a TS4 refresh.
@@bratsssI was more commenting on the graphics not being worse than LBY. The LBY characters looked pretty last gen, like pre-Sims 3. What we’ve seen if Vivaland characters even look better than what LBY was brimging. With some lighting adjustments and better shadows I think the maps would have been fine. But the character models were atrocious for the PC specs they were requiring. While i want a next gen Sims game, I still feel like LBY was running in circles and not getting there.
@@TheDawnofVanlife I never said TS4 graphics were worst. I said their graphics were similar.
They literally said it’s ‘The next generation of the sims’ when they announced project rene. Saying it’s not the sims 5 is a stretch imo. They just changed their minds and backpedaled. The cancellation of the PS5 version also said TS5 behind it I believe. I strongly still believe that Project Rene was a code name for Sims 5, which isn’t uncommon at all during development but that they are now scrambling for excuses to make up for this mess.
My opinion is , I think they were going for ts5 but saw competition like Paralives and Inzoi and knew what they were doing wasn’t as good as these upcoming games so they scrapped and turned it into a full weird online game.
Keep in mind EA is known for scrapping projects then rename it.
I don’t trust that project cause none of their online games worked , Sims online was a flop , Project Olympus ( a 2008 online sims game that got replaced by Ts4) got scrapped and Sims social didn’t work well.
The Truth about the sims is that it’s not made to be an online game , it’s made to be a solo life simulation game like Will Wright wanted to be and they try too hard to make it be something else knowing that’s not what sims lovers wants…..
Okay my theory is that they are trying to compete with Inzoi with switching project Rene from sims 5 to sims online, because they saw it would create less resources for them!
Also it’s very clear that they have scrambling for the past few months since the last update, because that literally broke my computer! I had to send it into get fixed and get my disk wiped
Expanding?? Girl, they can't even handle what they have right now. My thoughts and opinions? Treasure your child, Yin. A blessing given to you to keep you sane in the midst of this mess.
At this point all I want is for more indie teams to come out with life simulators atp. Sims 4 keeps breaking every new pack and update and it’s very tiring to deal with every month. A new game would’ve been a much better choice bc nobody want micro transactions in a damn life simulation. Also the game looks ugly now and I don’t think the style of the characters will change much.
Even if they add more life to their skin and make them more detailed, you know they're still going to keep the body types where they still look like knuckle dragging neanderthals.... God the purple haird girl looks like the Mucinex mucus guy xD
For some reason western game companies keep trying to push for characters with that same doughy short round offensive shape. Great if you want to play that occasionally, but who the hell wants to play that all the time if ever?
Can't wait till they finally release this game, so they will stop messing up sims 4 and the modders can fix it.
only simple thing that comes to mind is yuck, both the graphics and how EA thinks about it players........
I've been back to just playing the Sims 2 UC. The Sims 3 doesn't work for me on the EA app and lately I've been getting adds telling me to install the Sims 4 again for the events and sales. My theory has always been that EA purposely does not want to fix the Sims 3 or update the Sims 2 so they can force players to the Sims 4. That's why it's the "biggest" Sims game, it's the only one on the market that "works". I know the day is gonna come when the Sims 2 no longer works for me or EA takes it down completely for those of us that got UC years ago.
These characters are giving Life By You for sure. I'm not understanding the regression in graphics. I'm not optimistic about this, and it's such a shame. As much as I'm not a fan of EAs money grab tactics, I'm loyal to the Sims 4, but this direction here is very questionable.
Just wanted to say that the pose you hit in the video's thumbnail reminds me of that one iconic MatPat pose LMAOOAOAOA
jokes aside, very nice video ! you're one of the main sources of sim news i watch and i like how informative these are
Looks like something Facebook would make, and i dont even use it.
I have been playing the sims since the Sims first came out I don’t think the Sims four meets up with the Sims three I really think that they are taking all our money that’s why mods are used so much.
This game was ruined when it went from physically buying DLC’s which was better than using origin now that we can’t buy physical copies anymore now the game crashes EVERY TIME I LOAD IT UP
no one asked for this and the sims team is gonna be so shocked when they hear about it
I’m getting whiplash from how often they change their minds 😭
What a Renaissance
Project Rene gonna flop, no-one wants this.
They played us. 😂
This is going to flop. We knew they would eventually kill off the franchise with their greed and stupidity... and this seems to be the case. And on a side note ---- Did that new senior game designer spell out BS in a tweet to The Sims?!? LOL Well, I am clutching my tween pearls.
j/k I'm an old lady who has spent far too much money on the Sims franchise in 25 yrs.
Ima stay with sims 4
im trying to be nice, but this is a chop, but I don't even play sims mobile so the ones that play it may love it
You can clearly see the shift in project rene from what they had initially 😂😅
I’m very confused at this point
If it has in game currency that you buy with real money I am out.
Other projects referring to the new movie?
How dare they exploit their fans. Im over The Sims, if this is what they’re gonna hit us with. Ive stopped purchasing Sims 4 packs. They seem sooo money hungry. I don’t even know If Im gonna buy Life and DeAth…
this has failure all over it, no wonder grant left
I do not get the reasoning of not wanting to start over as the basis for not replacing the Sims 4. The longer the wait is, the more content will be added to the game, so it will be worse the longer you wait. EA will say after another 10 years that you should not lose 20 years of content by having a new game
😂 they ain’t right for that lmao. I wouldn’t even buy that on mobile.
Now I know that’s not the final version but the concept is giving mobile micro transactions game vibes. Now if they release that on PC 💀😭
Why don’t they understand that graphics should improve over years lol, it’s like they are going backwards.
Or maybe they want to cater to a younger audience.
I don’t have anything against the cartoonish games but in a life simulation like the sims I would think they could find a better balance between both but idk.
You have some sims players who won’t play Inzoi because it’s too realistic so I get its hard to please everyone but that’s definitely not the answer 🤣
If this is what it really is... then im 💯 staying with sims 4 ....its not sims 5... but also i hope its not what sims 4 will turn into... i dont want my characters looking like that... they need to miss me with that bs 😂fr cause wtf?
What a shame they’ve given up on real exciting elements of the franchise. What’s happened with levelling up and upgrading the look and feel of the game. The Sims 5 should have been launched with a richer look after The Sims 4 like inZOI. I don’t want a Sims mobile game plus it just looks horrible. This is gonna flop 😮😢
Project Rene is supposed to work on mobile, so this could be it.
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project renee looks like a mobile game straight trash