"Lomelindi7;c-16236432" wrote:
"Okto84;c-16235988" wrote:
It could be interesting, but then again debt would alter the game dynamic in some ways if you can just buy loads of stuff right away and pay for it later. There is for many players that progress of working up towards the better stuff.
I wish we had better money info though, a way to display income and outgoing money from the past week or something would help.
You can already do that... all you have to do is type the motherlode cheat. And of course, no one would have to put their sims in debt if they didn’t want to play that way.
I’m thinking it would be more like big things such as for buying homes and vehicles... and then a detailed financial summary for the household. Perhaps even something to do with home values going up and down could be interesting
That's true, but cheat codes are sort of an extra, not something the game directly encourages players to do. The sims has always been a sort of soft-rules game that is mostly about creating the world players want, but the game design also needs to try to direct players towards styles of play that are usually more enjoyable.
Personally, I tend to just motherlode it and spend my time in game making cool houses and things - but not always. My thinking is something of a game design angle. We can cheat our sims back to happy, but what if there was an easily accessible button to do it? I think it would be sort of saying "this is part of the game's intended play", and once you start many would just keep using it, then get bored.
However, debt doesn't have to be unconditional. It could have conditions, for example be based on their income or value of the house.
Yes, an income/spending summary would be good!
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