Small suggestion: Individual Sims bio

I liked this from The Sims 2.

I also liked the "Story Book" for each neighbourhood. I used to update it strictly with a new photo and bio each time I rotated to a different household.

"Alwe1507;c-17722869" wrote:
I liked this from The Sims 2.

I also liked the "Story Book" for each neighbourhood. I used to update it strictly with a new photo and bio each time I rotated to a different household.

This. EXTREMELY USEFUL for story-focused players. I'm aware of TS4's "memory" / screenshot system... but it's too crappy, tedious, and overall not implemented well

The memory system is just a waste of space, I would love a place to add individual bios.

It wouldn't appeal to me. I don't do storytelling, and a backstory doesn't matter much when Sims pretty much have the same personality

I would love that! I heard of the memory system, but I think they need to adapt it better. The screenshotting or whatever the memory system requires is difficult for console simmers.

I also want them to bring back wants and fears. That system said so much about a sim with so little!

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17722909" wrote:
It wouldn't appeal to me. I don't do storytelling, and a backstory doesn't matter much when Sims pretty much have the same personality

If you think about it, my suggestion is kinda useful for this. Regardless of how bland the Sims themselves currently are (which they are, arguably), I think it'd be nice if we can write stuff about them so that when we continue to play with them and their household, we remember what kind of Sim they are.... and their experiences.

Yes! I've been trying to figure out what sim guru to tweet this idea to, but it hasn't worked out so far. I simply don't know enough about game design to know who goes over these things.

Can't we start a petition?

"thatpinkcoconut;c-17723034" wrote:

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17722909" wrote:
It wouldn't appeal to me. I don't do storytelling, and a backstory doesn't matter much when Sims pretty much have the same personality

If you think about it, my suggestion is kinda useful for this. Regardless of how bland the Sims themselves currently are (which they are, arguably), I think it'd be nice if we can write stuff about them so that when we continue to play with them and their household, we remember what kind of Sim they are.... and their experiences.

I liked the biography systems because it was always fun to go in and see what experiences the sims had. The Sims 2 memory system was perfect for this, because once you paired that with their biography, you found yourself being something of a detective trying to piece their lives together, and they are vague enough for you to fill in the blanks, but specific enough that you knew precisely what the team was going for when they were creating them (i.e. The Pleasants)

"AteezinWonderland;c-17723040" wrote:

"thatpinkcoconut;c-17723034" wrote:

"Nate_Whiplash1;c-17722909" wrote:
It wouldn't appeal to me. I don't do storytelling, and a backstory doesn't matter much when Sims pretty much have the same personality

If you think about it, my suggestion is kinda useful for this. Regardless of how bland the Sims themselves currently are (which they are, arguably), I think it'd be nice if we can write stuff about them so that when we continue to play with them and their household, we remember what kind of Sim they are.... and their experiences.

I liked the biography systems because it was always fun to go in and see what experiences the sims had. The Sims 2 memory system was perfect for this, because once you paired that with their biography, you found yourself being something of a detective trying to piece their lives together, and they are vague enough for you to fill in the blanks, but specific enough that you knew precisely what the team was going for when they were creating them (i.e. The Pleasants)

I couldn't have said it any better. This is perfect.

Where do we submit this idea? How do we start a petition or something? Haha @Duvelina