"Karon;c-17517233" wrote:
"PhoenixArrande;c-17516311" wrote:
"EgonVM;c-17515824" wrote:
Belladonna Cove, because there's so much flat land and you can also place a lot of beaches. Plus there's a secret tucked away from the camera's reach. Desiderata Valley comes in second.
"PhoenixArrande;c-17515419" wrote:
Pleasantview just has this charm to it...I can't really explain it! Lol! :D Veronaville would be second. They both have a storyline that's "alive" (if you get what I mean). I still play the other hoods, but only Pleasantview gets me super excited every time I think about it!
I get what you mean. Not only the fact that families have memories and have their photo album filled with pictures, but there are also things that happen within first days you play with them (Cassandra getting left by the altar, Mary-Sue getting a chance card that either gets her fired or demoted etc) and wants that roll (Daniel's want to woohoo with the maid etc). Plus Pleasantview is full of drama (there is a huge "love network" where even a maid is involved).
Yep! It's too bad the devs didn't really do all that with the other hoods, but I guess they were trying to leave room for the player to drive the story.
@PhoenixArrande I think the downfall on the quality of premade families/neighborhoods started during Sims 2 expansion pack neighborhoods. In the base game everything is perfect, there's scripted events, they have friends, enemies and lvoers outside their households, etc...
Then the EP neighborhoods don't have ANY classic premade family from Sims 1 (I WISH the Mashuga's were in Sims 2/3/4, I loooooved that campy family). They could've brought back the Hatfields, the Charmings, the Hicks, the Roomies (lesbian couple?!), the Maximus, the Snooty Patooty, etc...
Then in Sims 3, most households don't have relationships outside their households, and I think after the 4th world they stopped adding skills, careers, the age is always at the beginning of the bar, they don't know anyone frm other households...
Then Sims 4... Everyone is a sim fresh out of the CAS (at least Evergreen Harbor seems to add families with relationships outside their households).
Oh dear i never noticed that it was a pattern except with TS4! I never knew what it was that felt missing, but you just pointed it right out! I loved their Pancakes family trailers/pictures and expected it to be just like that in game. You're right they shouldve added more TS1 families...the Snooty Patooty family is my favorite. I tried making my own version in TS2, but it just isn't the same :cry:
To stay on topic: I forgot to mention that I recently became addicted to the Stories games hoods. Riley Harlow and the gang needs more love! :heart:
