Let's start with this picture. It's summer and what's better than a beach?
Actually, I like that picture better than the one making the rounds of the Sims Universe now.
Quite the "controversy". This was "leaked" "accidentally" while EA was showing how to share submissions for the Sims reality game show. Yeah, that's probably worth a whole post on it's own. But let's stick to today's controversy. I think they knew this icon was there before sending out the information. It sticks out. I just can't see this being overlooked before sending it out to the public.
There's a lot of details about the look of it. But the big speculation is that it's....a Star Wars themed game pack.
Let me make my point very clear...NO. Not just in English, but in every language ever known to man in the entire history of communication. The costumes are fine. Baby Yoda , um The Child? No problem. Those are free updates to the game and you never have to use them. But to ask people to fork over $20 for something that is so narrowly specific? FUCK NO!
It doesn't fit with The Sims at all. Whew, enough anger. There's enough garbage going on in the world and I don't want that to come into my Sims happy place. Another thing I don't want is Star Wars.
Keep it long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
The more likely speculation is a future themed pack, Ehh. It's been done with Sims 3. I didn't play it much in that game and just not that interested.
Now honestly if it was a space themed pack, that would be more interesting. Even though the astronaut career has been there since Day 1 and aliens with their own planet have been around for awhile, too. I wouldn't mind seeing that expanded. Make it like a cross between the Magic Realm and the vacation worlds? With a touch of Strangerville and maybe Get to Work?
Ya got your town, let's call it Luna Bay. Home of a private aeronautics company. New career, private astronaut? I don't know how that will work, doesn't matter. Then there's a lot, like the lab in Strangerville where you can go for outer space travel. You take a vacation to the new planet...Llamaria. Introduce a new alien race spoiler alert...they look like LLAMAS! 🤯 You can learn the Llamarian culture. Negotiate business deals with the locals. Do a nice little refresh of some base game careers.
Anyway, it's all speculation until something is announced.
One last thought...if it's not space I'd be okay with a winter/mountain theme. Even though there's already Granite Falls. The three circles on the icon could be snowballs, the pointy thing on the right is a mountain and the building on the left is a lodge. What the hell, no crazier than STAR WARS!!!!!
That's enough for today. Until the next controversy.
Go 4th and Sim!
Simmer 4 Life!
