User blog:Nikel23/Announcements for TS4 CAS Demo and gameplay footage

The no toddler & no pool debacle has left many Simmers complaining and upset at EA. On July 7, 2014, Rachel Franklin, the executive producer of The Sims 4, has released a blog, What's Out and What's In, in response of the angered Simmers, as well as "explanation" of why toddlers and pools have been eliminated:

So, rather than include toddlers, we chose to go deeper on the features that make Sims come alive: meaningful and often amusing emotions; more believable motion and interactions; more tools in Create A Sim, and more realistic (and sometimes weird!) Sim behavior. Instead of pools, we chose to develop key new features in Build Mode: direct manipulation, building a house room-by-room and being able to exchange your custom rooms easily, to make the immediate environment even more relatable and interactive for your Sim.
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If you didn't make it to read the whole news blog, the second thing to note is that EA has officially announced The Sims 4 CAS Demo! The demo is going to be available for free, and the Sims can be shared in the Gallery.

I don't know about you, but I really don't think this could make up for the loss of toddlers, pools, story progression, and whatever restrictions they've made to the game. Also, I don't really trust them completely. Who knows if the demo would have time limit or any other catch. But still, it's a demo. Who's ready to shape their Sims w/o sliders?

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Last thing to note is that EA mentioned that in two weeks, they will release a 15-minute-long of "actual" gameplay footage with complete UI. Again, what's the catch? Pretty sure if this gameplay footage isn't a livestream, it'll be 120% scripted. Who knows?

-  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  11:23, July 8, 2014 (UTC)