"Masters_In_Simology;c-17046689" wrote:
Option 1: No, only because I think seeing a strange object in my house would confuse me. But with regard to online purchases, I do believe Sims should be allowed to have credit cards and the possibility of debt should exist.
Options 2 and 3: Yes, weather we agree with it or not, these things happen in the real world. Thus, I believe it should exist in The Sims.
Option 4: The first thing I do for any Sim family is hire recurring maid services, but I prefer to build my Sims skills and that does include Handiness
Options 5 and 7: Yes, decorate as you see fit. I am in the minority here, but designing rooms and houses always drives me nuts.
Option 6: Yes, provided it still builds the respective Cooking skill.
Option 8: No, because where is the limit? A pet is one thing, but I do not want a zoo for a house.
Option 9: Yes, provided that they are studying towards my predetermined Career Aspiration. Though I suppose the option to "Change Majors" could also be added in order to reset this Aspiration.
Option 10: What would happen when a Sim moves out? Would I still have any control over that character? Typically we have lost that ability when Sims move out in past games. I would need more information before I pass my final judgment on this option.
EA is building a new AI if you haven't heard about it that would make any of their games more intuitive. The character or maybe even a Sim will be able to think for themselves, react more effectively, scan an area and be able to think ahead of what they should do. I can see how this could possibly benefit or harm a game like The Sims. They have talked about how this new AI will change what happens in a player's game. Such as returning back to the game to find things have changed because of real world events, or whatever the flavor of the month is (anything happening) in the real world. Their world and lives (any of their games) would be changed every time you logged in. That made me think about a Sim, and how this AI could be used to smarten up Sims, and how it could affect what has changed (much more than story progression) since the last time we played our games. Thanks for answering the questions. I am curious to know if players would like any of this in any game, or the Sim having more control than they do. Or if we would enjoy the Sim thinking ahead for days at a time.
