> @Erisine said:
> I see a lot of people being glad about losing the open world (and along with it, exploration, collecting, horses, building and placing your own lots for custom neighborhoods, beautiful scenic maps, and a realistic gameworld feel) because of rabbit holes and the possibility of going into restaurants. What I find puzzling is where are they going to put all of these brand new walk-in venues, when you consider how hopelessly small the actual worlds are now going to be; and with the lots actually being significantly smaller, it's not like you're going to build two venues in one lot (tastefully) like you could do with Sims 3. I also fear a return of the 'virtual Sim' who "appears" but actually has no home lot.
That's what new worlds are for. One of the things I loved about TS2 was that you didn't have to build new lot types in your home neighborhood because you could just visit the Restaurants in Downtown and return home without needing to edit town. I absolutely hated the fact that you could not do that in TS3. In that game, the only way you could get go scuba diving was if your sim lived in Isla Pardisio. Tough luck for Sims living in Bridgeport, Sunset Valley, Twinbrook etc. TS4 is going to be like TS2 in that regard. There will be no need to worry about where the new lot types are going to go in your save, because you'll just be able to visit the world that contains the lot and you'll be able to build the lots yourself.
