Would you like to have grocery stores in TS4 ?

No thank you. I don't like chores in the game.

"Beardedgeek;c-17423069" wrote:

"fullspiral;c-17422987" wrote:
One of the first retail establishments I built when we got Get To Work was a grocery store. I had cc shopping carts and cc items for shelves and I made all the aisles with all the things on the shelves (which took forever btw!) and it was a pretty cool looking grocery! But the Sims 4 retail set up is extremely lacking and as a shopper at any retail venue in sims 4, it leaves a lot to be desired. You click on an item, buy it, and the experience is over.

I don't know. I think it would just be another let down in terms of how they implement anything in this game.

Personally I never liked the retail stuff in Sims 2, either. When whatever it was called came out, I tried two stores. First an electronic store that was just too annoying to restock, and then a used car lot which at least was better, since more expensive items, the fewer you needed to restock per simolion earned. But at the end of the day the whole idea of owning and running a store was just boring to me. So the only thing I used from that pack, really, was the Servos (I am SO glad they are back, btw, they are my favorite non-human lifestage).
In Sims 4 I have never owned any kind of store, or restaurant or vet clinic. It just seems so... grindy. I MIGHT try a vet clinic at some point because I love pets but you only get to see the sick ones and never spend time with them, so....

I never built or ran a shop in sims 2. But the shopping experience was at least, a bit better. The only thing I did in sims 2 was use the ticket machine on an amusement type lot that my sim ran. People could pay to go explore the pirate ship, the tibetan fountain to make wishes, etc. There were food booths and photo booths and other things that sims could buy tickets for at the ticket machine.

Actually, I have that lot in my TS2 game right now and am working on getting my sims set back up and the owner of that lot will be moving in to an apartment complex I am currently building.

I’m not saying they should suppress the current options we have for buying food or books, just that I’d like it if they added a grocery store lot.

They could add an “order online option” and you could also order groceries from your computer. That way those who don’t want to go grocery shopping don’t have to.

And I would love to have a movie theater too!! In fact, I was very disappointed we didn’t get one with Get Famous.

"ButteredToast;c-17422988" wrote:
Personally, no. I would rather have my sims do other things other than grocery shopping or having to go to a bookstore to buy books. I actually like that I can save time by buying things through phones or bookcases. I have GTW, and Dine out and restaurants are the only "retail" places I send my sims to.

Non-rabbit hole movie theatre is what I would prefer.

"Beardedgeek;c-17422861" wrote:
Really? More boring pointless chores?
Absolutely NOT. I still remember hating you had to go to a store and BUY your new outfits in Sims 2.

Really? I love that about Sims 2 you actually had to play the game you want new clothes go to the store unlike Sims 4 which has clothing stores for some reason but your Sim owns everything already how boring.

So yeah I'd love grocery stores only if they actually fixed this game and made you either have to purchase food at the fridge or go to the store if its just empty game play where you go shopping but your fridge has a endless supply of free food I'd pass.

Yes please! But it's useless fluff unless they then make it so that the fridge isn't just a magic box that carries all the types of foods without you purchasing it first.

How it is now, is convenient, but I really wouldn't mind the added hassle back of actually having to have the ingredients on hand. It would give more purpose to gardeners and add a little bit of depth and realism that is sorely missing from this game. It is 2020 though, so it would be nice to see an online order for your groceries too.

Yes and no! Already I buy vegeatbles, herbs and fruit in San Myshuno. I also buy fish in Brindleton bay down by the harbour. Now should my sims use up their inventory instead of just having them, I would not like to this into a daily task since it is quit time consumming.

100% yes. I don't like how the food appears to be in the fridge out of thin air. I would love to have grocery stores.

As a long time sims 2 fan, I still like how it was handled in that version. Fridges had a capacity that needed to be filled. If the counter hit zero, a sim could no longer cook because the fridge was empty. Besides going to a store there was an option to have groceries delivered (delivered in a basket by a npc, not magically appear in the inventory).

Groceries and actually paying for clothes would add so much realism to the game.

"Atreya33;c-17424257" wrote:
100% yes. I don't like how the food appears to be in the fridge out of thin air. I would love to have grocery stores.

As a long time sims 2 fan, I still like how it was handled in that version. Fridges had a capacity that needed to be filled. If the counter hit zero, a sim could no longer cook because the fridge was empty. Besides going to a store there was an option to have groceries delivered (delivered in a basket by a npc, not magically appear in the inventory).

Groceries and actually paying for clothes would add so much realism to the game.

I wish sims didn't take an hour and a half (game time) to make something that only takes me 20-30 minutes (including prep) Real time to make (Chicken Stir Fry, I'm looking at you.)

Realism only goes so far in terms of practical game application.

I miss having those things that I had in Sims 2- shopping for clothes, phones, groceries. Or ordering groceries online and having them delivered. Or learning to sew clothes so you didn't have to shop. I would love to have those things back for the added depth.

But, we had shopping in Sims 3 and it was useless. Because you could get food from the fridge and the grocery was a rabbit hole, it was completely pointless. If these features were brought back to Sims 4, it would be just as useless. We can get clothing from any dresser and groceries from the fridge. There would be no compelling reason to shop. (I deleted the mall they put in Magnolia Promenade because there was no reason to go there.)

I would only want them back if there was some way to do either/or. If you could make it so you could continue doing it the way you were OR you had to go shopping. I have no clue whatsoever how that could be implemented, but that is what I would want.

I would like if you could choose whether to go to grocery store or have the items ordered home.