New Expansion Pack "Late Night"

[Leto85]

Just back from vacation and I've already have missed a lot I see now. Good to know there is going to be a Hot Date clone. Now I finally will be able to update my selfmade city to a real city. With skyscrapers!!!

[Pam]

Welcome back, Leto! 

[TollingBells]

Hey, does anyone know how the buildings will work in the cities? I mean, it would be nice to rent apartments and such, and maybe have multi-leveled business buildings with different companies on each floor.

[Saltypaws]

Welcome back Leto.  Missed ya.   The articles have not really gone into much detail about that sort of thing yet.  I am just excited about the hot tubs and instruments, lol.  I am trying to get into building, not quite sure why I find it so distracting.

[Leto85]

Thanks Pam and Saltypaws, I've missed you to. Without joking.
@TollingBells: I think we have to wait a little while until someone can succesfully answer that question.

[Sushi101]

I remember seeing in the Q&A tweet post that someone asked what the buildings were going to be like and I'm pretty sure you will be able to rent apartments. I'll have to go find it again and look over it to make sure.

[Leto85]

I remember seeing in the Q&A tweet post that someone asked what the buildings were going to be like and I'm pretty sure you will be able to rent apartments. I'll have to go find it again and look over it to make sure.

Then I will wait for your response over here.
I really hope we can now live above stores, too, or in a terraced house.

[Caitie]

I remember seeing in the Q&A tweet post that someone asked what the buildings were going to be like and I'm pretty sure you will be able to rent apartments. I'll have to go find it again and look over it to make sure.

I believe this is the quote you were talking about:

GameGuru: Fun – an integral part of the night life of any big city. Does this mean that Simville become a metropolis in The Sims 3 Late Night EP? Can your sims change their cozy houses to modern city apartments?

Grant Rodiek: Yes! Trust ready to come off your last night! Cozy cabins and cottages still remain, but also you can choose a city apartment flats or even penthouse!

Please note that this version has been translated from Russian, hence the awkward syntax.  Still, it seems pretty clear that we definitely will be renting apartments!

If that isn't your source, Sushi, please share what you were thinking about!

Edit: forgot to mention, in that article, because of awkward translation, they refer to Sims as your "Trust".  I'm assuming it's the closest English translation to a Russian phrase indicating a guardian-charge relationship.

[Pam]

Quoted from SimPrograms.com:

Sims 3 Nieuws picked up on SimGuruNita’s post about ‘apartments’ in The Sims 3 Late Night.  Here’s what she had to share with us:

We do not have apartments in the same way Apartment Life had an apartment. Your Sims are able to live in high rise like structures, some luxurious, some a bit more middle class. In them, your Sims are limited in how and where they can build (like an apartment). There’s a lobby downstairs with a callbox and elevator. You may see other Sims move in and out, but your active Sims are the ONLY ones who really live there.

We focused on the coolest part of living in an apartment – the view, the limited space, the elevator entrance, but do not have complex gameplay built around communal living.

[Caitie]

We do not have apartments in the same way Apartment Life had an apartment. Your Sims are able to live in high rise like structures, some luxurious, some a bit more middle class. In them, your Sims are limited in how and where they can build (like an apartment). There’s a lobby downstairs with a callbox and elevator. You may see other Sims move in and out, but your active Sims are the ONLY ones who really live there.

We focused on the coolest part of living in an apartment – the view, the limited space, the elevator entrance, but do not have complex gameplay built around communal living.

That's a shame.  I really liked in Apartment Life interacting with your neighbors, possibly even finding that Special Someone right down the hall.  Not to mention the awesome block parties!  Oh, well, with this EP I suppose our Sims will have better things to do on a Saturday night than hang out with their landlord.

[wildredchild]

Then I will wait for your response over here.
I really hope we can now live above stores, too, or in a terraced house.

The full Twitter session is on page 17 of this thread if you want to look it over.  Grant answered 110 questions in under 2 hours about this new expansion pack.

[Asleep]

Can teens form bands? You know, like those typical heavy metal garage bands you always see in comics?

[TollingBells]

That would be so awesome, Sinstar. I'd like to be in a Band Class through the school for teens, so you'd have kids lugging around their instruments to school for practice, and concerts at the school. I'd also like to see the actors to be able to do a play, like musicians do concerts and symphonies.

[Sushi101]

I believe this is the quote you were talking about:

Please note that this version has been translated from Russian, hence the awkward syntax.  Still, it seems pretty clear that we definitely will be renting apartments!

If that isn't your source, Sushi, please share what you were thinking about!

Yes, that is the quote I was referring to. Thank goodness you found it because I never have much luck retracing my steps. Especially after I spent such a long time looking up the new EP on so many different websites!

[Caitie]

Yes, that is the quote I was referring to. Thank goodness you found it because I never have much luck retracing my steps. Especially after I spent such a long time looking up the new EP on so many different websites!

No problem!    It was actually in this thread, just a few pages back.  Actually, this thread has become very convenient as a dump for all information Late Night -related, links to articles and quotes from official statements, all in one place.