The Sims 3 Expansion In My Head

[kemowery]

If I could tell EA to get to work on an expansion tailored to me, here's what I'd make:

Sims 3: The Horror

This would add vampires and werewolves back into the game, and give playable ghost sims the ability to do all the annoying stuff that ghosts did in Sims 2 (I don't know if they still do annoying stuff in Sims 3 when they're not playable, as the ghosts on my lots just seem to watch TV or sleep), as well as fixing ghosts so that they don't age independently (but can still be forced to age with the birthday cake).  Death by flies would also come back.  In addition, it'd add in a few new things:

* Zombies!  Not boring Sims 2 Zombies, which were just ugly, slow, immortal sims with bad personalities.  More like Frankenstein's monster, down to how they're created.  Sims have to go dig up bodies (new interaction) at the graveyard to get enough pieces to put together a body (pieces can also be sold or used to fertilize plants), then use a laboratory (buyable by anyone) to bring back the dead.  Reanimated Sims would have green skin, get a boost to energy from being electrocuted, and if they saw a fire would go berserk and start breaking items in the vicinity.  They don't age.

* The Murder Room!  I've never had Sims die from random events, and in Sims 3 it can be hard to intentionally kill them off.  In Sims 2, EAxis gave us the Cow-Plant, which was a great way to kill off unwanted Sims and turn them into immortality.  We don't have anything like that in Sims 3, so here's the answer.  You build a room and put a special "Murder Door" on it.  Sims that are directed inside are (probably) killed in a random way with an amusing animation.  There's a chance they'll escape, though, and become your enemy (based on the higher of Logic or Athletics).  Burglars are strangely drawn to it.

* The Cabin In The Woods!  It's a community lot of a cabin the woods, or maybe an abandoned summer camp.  Point being, it's kind of spooky, but there are beds on site and romantic interactions get a big boost here.  However, there's also a very small chance that an NPC Slasher (I picture him having a hockey mask, but there might be legal issues; making him a clown would be pretty easy) shows up and attacks a random Sim engaged in a romantic action.  The fight is decided as normal, except that a Sim who has never woo-hoo'd will never lose (this would necessitate adding one tiny piece of info to each Sim, recording whether they've ever woo-hoo'd).  Losing the fight, however, means death for a Sim, although the Slasher can be defeated but not killed.  (Dead sims can be brought back as normal).  Social actions can't be performed on the Slasher.

[Jelenedra]

Won't ever happen. Game is rated Teen, remember?

[Zazazu]

Plus, Humble is a supe hater.

[Sigmund]

I wouldn't be surprised if they kill off all supernatural stuff in TS3, period. At least the TS2 base game had aliens.

[GelatinousSubstance]

There are supernatural entities in the game; they're called ghosts.

[Lum]

There are supernatural entities in the game; they're called ghosts.

Yeah, but they kinda suck. For me, I'd do anything to get alien abduction back at least. I would also love something like Makin' Magic, but I know it'll never happen.

[Doc Doofus]

I'd like "The Sims 3 EP1: Now It Actually Works!"

I'll wait for the patched version of it.

[kemowery]

Won't ever happen. Game is rated Teen, remember?

Lots of stuff is acceptable for teens.  I figure if it could be in a PG-13 movie, it can be in a T video game.

But I don't anticipate them ever doing this.  It's just something I'd like.

[Mire Krisma]

I don't know if horror is what I want in such a cheery game.

I'm hoping to see a mash-up of OFB, Nightlife, and AL, to flesh out the "living city" component of the game. However, I'm sure EA will nickel and dime this into multiple EPs.

[geekgirl]

  I want my sims to be able to get a job as a street walker. There could even be different levels - Whorin' for Burgers, Lindsey Lohan,  Sidewalk Strutter, Two Dollar Whore, High Class Hooker, Escort, et c.   I think this would be a great way to meet new friends and such.

[chaos]

Not to mention that it would help you earn moar charisma skill points.

[J. M. Pescado]

This would add vampires and werewolves back into the game, and give playable ghost sims the ability to do all the annoying stuff that ghosts did in Sims 2 (I don't know if they still do annoying stuff in Sims 3 when they're not playable, as the ghosts on my lots just seem to watch TV or sleep), as well as fixing ghosts so that they don't age independently (but can still be forced to age with the birthday cake).  Death by flies would also come back.  In addition, it'd add in a few new things:

The only thing they did in TS2 was make sims pee their pants. Are you seriously saying you want the peeing BACK? I thought we wanted to get away from the peeing.

* Zombies!  Not boring Sims 2 Zombies, which were just ugly, slow, immortal sims with bad personalities.  More like Frankenstein's monster, down to how they're created.  Sims have to go dig up bodies (new interaction) at the graveyard to get enough pieces to put together a body (pieces can also be sold or used to fertilize plants), then use a laboratory (buyable by anyone) to bring back the dead.  Reanimated Sims would have green skin, get a boost to energy from being electrocuted, and if they saw a fire would go berserk and start breaking items in the vicinity.  They don't age.

I think they should eat brains. We could have Zombie Survival Horror, Sims edition, where in addition to going about their daily lives, they also have to protect themselves and their families from having their BRAINS EATEN BY ZOMBIES.

[Bass Junkie]

If only EAxis treated the engine running The Sims the same way Source is treated.

[kemowery]

The only thing they did in TS2 was make sims pee their pants. Are you seriously saying you want the peeing BACK? I thought we wanted to get away from the peeing.

I mean the haunting, the water ghosts leaving puddles, and so forth.  (I know there's a mod to allow for haunting random objects.)  

I don't know if horror is what I want in such a cheery game.

I chose it because a) forum title and b) I think it'd be kind of neat if they did expansion based on genres: horror, romance, sci-fi . . . I'm kinda morbidly curious how they'd do comedy.

[J. M. Pescado]

The haunting still exists. At least the peeing is gone.

But you know what else would be a great expansion in your head?
A WATERMELON expansion.

[simmilk]

I hope the next expansion has a child-sized, garbage disposal for our front yards to stop paper deliveries from getting out of hand.

[Jelenedra]

The haunting still exists. At least the peeing is gone.

But you know what else would be a great expansion in your head?
A WATERMELON expansion.

Pescado wins the internets for the rest of forevah.

[Emma]

The haunting still exists. At least the peeing is gone.

But you know what else would be a great expansion in your head?
A WATERMELON expansion.

Pescado wins the internets for the rest of forevah.

Watermelon avatars all round to celebrate! Hurrah!

(Well apart from me. I'm stuck with stupid Dead Goopy who is a victim of the apocalypse.)

[anyeone]

I want my university, pets and apartments back.

[Lorelei]

But you know what else would be a great expansion in your head?
A WATERMELON expansion.

WIN!

*roffles*

[kemowery]

I want my university, pets and apartments back.

Yeah, those things would be great, too. 

[bottles]

I really, really want pets. I had it for TS1, but not TS2. I want my loner sim to have four cats.

But I will be so, so sad if pets is only dogs, cats, birds, fish, whatever. I want sheeps! And rideable horses! Et cetera!

Modders did it! They even made flying horses and elephants. Why can't EA be as awesome as modders?

[kemowery]

But you know what else would be a great expansion in your head?
A WATERMELON expansion.

A new interaction allows you to forcibly put watermelons in other Sim's heads, turning them into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_heads">Melon-heads</a>?

Actually, an entire expansion just doing stuff with MATY memes would be kinda neat, too.

[Doc Doofus]

I really, really want pets. I had it for TS1, but not TS2. I want my loner sim to have four cats.

Heh.  Pets was the only EP I didn't have installed in my TS2, and that was only because I UNINSTALLED IT.  Because I hated it.

I didn't like the Unleashed EP for TS1, either.  The Sims themselves are pets.  They shouldn't have their own pets.  It's unnatural.  Like Goofy and Pluto.  You know there's probably a TMZ story there.

[Erry]

You forgot the 'Your mom' feature.