TS3 2.0

"Uzone27;c-15769180" wrote:

Let me ask you this.
If you woke up tommorrow and TS4 had Open world and CASt would you play it?

Yes (if they had placed Open World (with NO loading screens) and CASt (the colorwheel and the option of using the hexicode for the custom colors...)

If they also put in terrain tools, that would put me over the moon. And what you have stated...in that "If..." scenario would have made TS4 a true successor to TS3. I think most of us would have gotten used to the new style of Sims (the more "cartoonish" look) if they had kept Open World and CASt.

They do honestly have some good features in TS4, but as it stands now with the closed world and the limited customization options, it doesn't appeal to me.

The fact is that in "debate" there is concessions to be made - a give and take. I may not like all of the changes, but...as you asked, if they brought back CASt and Open World (and I mean true open world)...that would make me more open to playing TS4.

For me the selling point on my starting my Sims journey with TS3 was the open world (which caters to my style of play), I love exploring my world and having to be confined to one spot; not seeing story progression with other Sims, just didn't appeal to me. That's why I also intend to download CAW one of these days. Also I use CASt extensively as well. I also spend a lot of time (I'd say 60/40 split between building/gameplay) building houses. And I will rebuild a house from foundation to roof if I find that my routing has gone haywire. I've torn down a completed house because my Sim took fifteen sim minutes to get out of the house in the morning. I'd even go so far as to say I'm obsessive when it comes to building efficient houses that let my sims get out of the house in the morning to go to their rabbit-hole jobs as quickly as possible.

I also use terrain tools extensively. I grew up on a country lot on the side of a hill...so I can't seem to get away from enjoying some terrain differentiation in my lot. My view is that flat lots are for city neighborhoods. I also use ponds excessively too...but I guess I could learn to live without for a while...if I knew they would come back in an expansion or an update.

TS3 is far from perfect ... Blackened red snapper covered in crawfish etouffee over wild rice is not a menu option.
I am almost certain there is a nefarious conspiracy behind why they didn't fix that when developing TS4 ... :#

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