I discovered the female Sims wardrobe screen today. Being unfamiliar with female fashion designing, since I'm a guy, I slowly transformed an inactive gal friend into what I think looks pretty feminine with nice patterns for clothes, shoes and jewelry (handy tip: you can save custom colors and color patterns along with your new costom content for later use). It was frustrating at times, but I'm glad I'm learning these kinds of ideas.

There wasn't much EA content to work with since I'm not into the princess and homemaker type styles. I'm not quite sure what some of the other stuff was supposed to be.

I was browsing through the 'Outfits' section and happened upon some "things" that creeped me out. It seems the clearly-sinister-at-this-point-in-time-I-believe EA Sims department crafted some truly pranced up stuff for female Sims to optionally wear with the latest EP. I saw a costume that looked like something light years away yet similar to the costumes used in films like Star Trek and Tron...combined...

Could EA be mindlessly slapping together a futuristic scifi "opera" for a Sims EP as you read this? Since they've connived their way into going totally medieval on us, as they've subliminally injected the crap to mass quantities of gullible Simmers' minds with the base game's release, I have a hunch that it most likely is transpiring.

I've been attempting to come up with a generic title for that EP. I just keep drawing blanks.........

Anyways. None of the gal friends I know who have rational minds would ever wear something so prancing ridiculous. Not even to a Halloween party.

The temptation to jump off that really, really tall cliff I've thought about here and there grows a bit bigger every day that passes. In the meantime, I'd really enjoy reading your opinions on what should be avoided like the plague and not focused on so much anymore in your kind of EPs, in your classy, modern Sims Worlds.

A few of my opinions:

Materialism.
Commercialism.
Simple-minded gameplay.
And the totally pranced crap I had the unpleasant experience of viewing today in the female Sims wardrobe screen.

The outfit might have been from the time machine, dunno.

Some people like making their Sims into FemSheps, though.

Actually, the one that really worries me is the one everyone else wants, and that is weather.

Since every expansion has managed to totally bork up everything remotely connected with the new items:

Beds now cause negative moodlets because they added a new bed
Windows no longer work because they can move pictures up and down
Blue lots because the kleenex box was somehow used in a tomb

I can forsee weather fouling up game play to a point where it's no fun at all. For example, in the summer your sim gets overheated and needs to shower or drink something if they are out and about for 3 hours or more.... much like they did in sims2..... how long does it take your sim to get somewhere in Bridgeport, switching from taxi to subway to taxi to running to subway to elevator?

Also, is it me or are most of the clothing options just plain ugly (especially with High End Loft Stuff)?

They really need to get some fashion magazines or read the Sartorialist!

I like most of EA's clothing, some of it is really weird though (like most of HELS)

I never really use much ultra-modern/sci-fi clothes, but I don't really hate them that much... and I'm a girl XD (with a pretty weird sense of fashion, I should point out )

However... I hate outfits which include *also* the accessories. Like that lovely tailleur for females that came out with Ambitions... which includes a bag. I mean... wtf? I don't constantly walk around with a bag attached to my clothes and it looks just plain silly when sims are at home ._____. They could have made the bag as a separate accessory, instead of sticking it to the outfit itself.
Aaaaaand... I think they should really stop focusing ONLY on adults. There are also other ages, really. With Late Night, we got a lot of nice clothes for adults... but nothing at all for kids, teens and elders

And... uh, less childish gameplay would be nice, too. Sims are all too nice and happy and... chaste. I want more disasters, more ass-grabbing, more madness... more DRAMA!

Honestly, the only stuff I would consider as scifi looking in the clothing catalogue is from HELS. I don't think you can use that as a predictor for future ep themes.
And I don't think the medieval theme was 'connived', CC creators have been making medieval themed stuff since Sims 1, so I think it could be more of a response to popular demand than something being sold to 'gullible' customers.
If you want to predict what future ep themes will be, look to the past eps for TS1 & 2. Seasons, Pets, and Magic in some form are very likely.

Yeah HELS clothing are very ugly. I only used one outfit from HELS and that was for an alien I created.

And I agree with Astraea, why the hell are they leaving children and babies in the dark, they are part of the game too EA!! I find it fustrating to make my sim kids, because there aren't any great outfits or hairstyles etc, and once I finally make them, they have barely anything to do!!! The only thing which I do with the children is the bake sale table.

And if they ever make either a Pets or Seasons EP, they better not screw them up with generic interactions etc.

(......I also second ass-grabbing ;P)

I think this LN top falls in the category of weird sci-fi wear too: http://club-crimsyn.dreamwidth.org/41444.html

So true, kids activities are very few, too! Also, why can't kids play any instrument? D: I began playing guitar at 11... and I was already on the "old" side, since many kids start to play instrument even at younger ages!
Kids usually have a lot of fantasy, build crazy stuff they use as toys, interact a lot with other kids and can invent thousand of games even with just the simplest objects they find at home!
EA kids can't do almost anything, instead ._____.



I always thought that fits more the goth kind of clothing :D

The childrens' inability to play instruments is SO ANNOYING!!!

And yeah, why can't children have their own interaction on simple stuff like "Play with Food" or "Jump on Bed" and have simple games with other kids like pretending to be in a fantasy world and battling each other with cardboard swords? Come on EA......

I would love if EA put a new "Build Fort From Bed Sheets" interaction for kids, and give kids endless hours of Fun!! :D

Something I've wondered about is the Victorian clothes set from the Store. I've used the dresses for my female sims, but no way they look like Victorian clothes, except for the top that looks like a Victorian shirtwaist. And I don't understand that because maybe they couldn't make the hoop skirts of the 1860s but after that the shapes got much narrower, similar to the long dresses they already have. And they included modern looking riding breeches. There aren't any horses in the game and everyone has probably seen the typical Victorian or Edwardian riding habit. I usually don't like to be overly critical as it's just a game, but sometimes I don't get EA's decisions.

Did we see the same wardrobe screen?

Okay, some Simmers made Simgerbread houses and Simderellas. They may very well be pleased with Simdeival...as long as they don't have to harm Puff the Simjac Dragon to collect one of his sparkly scales for some Sim who must have it for no apparent reason.

Of course EA wants to keep as many of their fans as entertained as possible to keep the green stuff piling up. They lust for more and more, though, as they have alot of green matter in their brains. Icky.

While a majority of EA's fans are female, it's clear to me Simdeival is geared more towards a male audience. Yeah, a few gals will get into it because they enjoy the wizards and warriors type of gameplay. I'm guessing most Sims gals aren't into holding staves or wielding swords...unless they're extremely sparkly. That kinda stuff, along with super powers, can be very tempting if a game with that particular formula gets it moderately correct.

World of Warcrack has a fanbase in the millions range, and most of them are males. Mark my words, they desire lots of sparkly stuff, too, and they're really into massive powers and conquering realistic and mystical worlds, futuristic inner and outer spaces to eventually assume control over the entire universe to put alot of sparkle in it. That's quite the sparkly fantasy.

EA desires multiplying their numerous piles of green stuff. They have the casual male WoWer in their target zone and are going in for as many kills as possible. They may or may not succeed, although I happen to see much WoW in Simdeival. Both games have lots of sparkle and plenty of cheese. It's just the casual WoWer is turned off by what--it seems to them anyways--centuries to get lots of sparkly stuff. And it's an MMO...but that's a tragic story for some other day, so I won't go there.

Simdeival. Rewards in one and a half seconds. Sparkly massive, too. Brilliant idea on EAs side. I think it's prancing retarded and filled with cheese I don't find the least bit pleasing to my smelling kinda senses. Others, the gals, might go there if there are sparkly locations filled with Sim Charmings and sparkle slippers so they can live an everlasting life of sparkly happiness...not for Puff the Simjac Dragon...

EA has lots of popular, green stuff they're implementing into their sick and twisted, half-assed projects for Sims 3. Look at vampires in Late Night. They have Twightard written all over them for the gals (and a few guys) who obsess over the revolting monstrosity I call Belldward. End of story.

More of my opinions of what should be avoided and not focused on as much in my types of EPs:

-The Dark Ages, Futuristic Worlds: They have absolutely nothing to do with the modern Sims world because they're in the past and the future. It's idiocy by breaking immersion.
-Simbots that look like something out of a prancing 70s popcorn flick (and not even nearly as sparkly).
-Keep the vampires and celebrities in minor parts of gameplay (and deepen the prancing crap, make it more, or less for those who prefer, challenging).
-Animations: I don't want to watch my Sims do stuff, as it's somewhat boring, when I have the ability to be the architect, the designer, the artist from within my Sims.
-Sparkly emptiness.

Meh, can't really agree with this whole sort of categorization of "games for males" and "games for females". I think that's a kinda old-fashioned vision. I, for one, am the first who loves fighting games, big NON-sparkly swords (I mean, been also playing live role-games just for the sword fights!), horror stuff and so on. Sims Medieval never seemed that much appealing to me 'till I saw the trailer, with fights and beer
And I'm a huge fan of WoW, too (I just wish I had the money to play it).
There are many other girls I know who are just more than occasional sparkly game players and are actually huge fans of all of those so-called 'male oriented games' and I know some guys who prefer sparkly stuff to fighting games. It's not really as defined as you seem to think.[/end clarification]

You don't actually know any women, do you?
The idea that females are only attracted to simple sparkly games is a sexist cliche. I'm a female gamer and I do like wielding swords, thank you very much, as well as assault rifles, depending on the game. I'm not interested in them being sparkly or pretty, I'm more interested in damage stats.
Personally, I'm not into either medieval or futuristic themes for my Sims games, but I'm not so full of myself as to think other players can't want that stuff without being mind-controlled by EA.
Classifying the medieval stuff players have created for their games as simjerbread houses and simderellas is incredibly ignorant. Some people go to great lengths to try to simulate medieval social structures and lifestyles.
Obviously, people want it badly enough to to try to force it into a game that isn't really built for medieval lifestyles, so, yes, EA is going to try to capitalize on that desire. If you read the Sims Medieval thread here, you'll see that many who want to play medieval Sims aren't very interested in the upcoming Sims Medieval because it isn't really Sims in the Middle Ages, it's some sort of light rpg hybrid. I'm not so sure it will attract a lot of the rpg audience who doesn't already play Sims, because it will be light on the combat and boss battles that rpgers live for.
And I'd really love to know exactly what items in the female clothes you think looks scifi, outside the HELS stuff. I'm not in love with everything in the clothes dept., but most of it seems pretty normal to me, especially compared to the costumes and hookerwear that made up the bulk of Sims 2 clothes for females.

What does 'prancy' mean?

So, you come onto a board for a game which you have said is mainly played by females and then proceed to insult all women by saying that we only like things which are 'sparkly'?! Not the smartest thing you could have done, that's for sure

You would probably faint if you ever laid eyes upon a Balenciaga fashion show. Oh, the horror of geometric and minimalist styling. The horror of the biggest trend from fall 2009 that is still making its way to the mall as we speak.

... I guess that makes me extremely sparkly, then.
*insert Twilight joke here*

So you think that all the female sims players like 'sparkly' stuff only, and you want all the 'sparkly' stuff gone? Someone's sexist...

You should meet my three daughters. They play DnD with a passion and have no problem 'wielding' unsparkly swords. They range in age from 10 to 22 so I don't think it is youth. I GM games full of horror, murder, and mayhem...no sparkles at all. In fact, I despise sparkles and I am a female. I don't seem to be all that different from the other female gamers I have met. Not only is it a bit sexist but its downright wrong! LOL

Funny thing..I really don't like many of the clothing choices in EA's game.

I would play Sims Medieval but it looks way to shallow and simplistic for me. The swords don't bother me..but the shallow game play that would last me probably a week before I was bored does bother me. I won't waste my money on shallow games..even for the swords. Are you saying that swords and violence are all men need to enjoy a game? I don't think so....

Oh..and where do you get your numbers of WoW? The fastest growing population in MMO's are females, many of them playing games like WoW, SWG, EQ, DAoC...etc. They probably play as guys though..I learned you get hit on less by the teen boys if you play as a guy. Honestly, you have no idea how many girls and women play games like WoW. We don't like to advertise our gender in games.

wasnt part of the glory of sims 2 that it had all KINDS of clothing?

there were even deep sea diving suits FFS.

if people start throwing a fuss just about different kinds of clothing being
implemented it leads me to believe that they dont really want a diverse,
interesting, and somewhat amusing game any more. you just want it to be
THIS and THIS and NOT THAT.

i just wish they had MORE weird clothing, different styles for different
themes and whatnot.

I play a female character on City of Heroes but she's about 10 foot tall and mean looking :D

Cool ideas. I'd love to read some more.

Btw, I thought of a slick and sweet idea. I'm completely hesitant to disclose it ('cause it's MY kinda slickly sweets candy) as I continue to wickedly laugh at what is the clueless EA skyscraper. Let them venture onward with their silly, prancing projects.

I think the clothes your're thinking off are a result of using the time machine from AM, they're supposed to look like something out of Tron.
And honestly, the idea that girls want to play 'sparkly' games and nothing violent is completely idiotic, ignorant and sexist. I agree with calisims, it seems like you don't actually know any women.

I Like Sparkles!