The Sims 5's Vice President Shares That the Game Will Feature Multiplayer
You'll finally get a chance to play the game along with your friends.
Image credit: Maxis, The Sims 4
If you are a fan of The Sims franchise, then we have some really good news for you. It seems that players will finally have the opportunity to enjoy multiplayer gameplay with their friends in The Sims 5.
Previous titles, such as The Sims 4 and The Sims 2, offered limited mod support for multiplayer, but there was no official multiplayer functionality. However, according to Lyndsay Pearson, the Vice President of Franchise Creative on The Sims 5, there are signs of this changing in the upcoming game. Pearson recently discussed the future of multiplayer in The Sims 5 on Radio Time's One More Life podcast.
"We definitely want to introduce multiplayer. And not multiplayer in the big, scary 'jump in a world full of strangers' kind of way. But literally, how do you and your friends want to do some play together?" shared Pearson during the podcast.
Image credit: Maxis, The Sims 4
She also adds that Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Among Us are games they are considering, appreciating its collaborative mystery-solving mechanics as a clever approach to introduce multiplayer. Pearson mentioned that the studio is actively exploring various options and determining how multiplayer will be integrated, but reiterated that The Sims 5 will not be an MMO, as was previously announced by the studio.
"And we've seen throughout the last few years of Animal Crossing, people inventing ways to play together that the game doesn't specifically support, but they've made up scavenger hunts or whatever, which is amazing. Or people who hosted talk shows on Animal Crossing, I think, is incredible, right?" she said.
Earlier this year, Maxis Studios shared the second episode of its Behind the Sims series, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming title.
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