A burglar came and my sim started watching TV
It’s things like this that ruin the entire immersion of Sims 4 Gameplay.
Of course I love the builds, and the ideas and inspiration that come with DLC, but on a raining Sunday morning when I wake up and think about playing a bit while I drink my coffee, I am consistently disappointed by bugs, repetitive animations and just unrealistic scenarios. I understand we don’t play sims for the logic, but the fact that every scenario and situation I find myself a part of, takes me out of it completely. I end up just drinking my coffee and typing this rant.
Do EA actually play the game at all?
Do they experiment with the combination of different packs? Do they complete 100 Baby Challenge or the like just as their players do?
All are they all just a bunch of NPC’s?
I was so thrilled for burglars to return to the sims and for one to finally come to my sims house! I got that same pang of dread when I realised I had forgotten to install the burglar alarm, the same feeling from the old days of playing Sims 2. But then for my sim to wake up, and non-chalantly call the police as if she were chatting to a friend, and then watch TV, with no reaction to an intruder, is just bizarre. Not only did the police not end up showing at all, but my sim didn’t even manage to fight off the burglar. She went outside to where the burglar was, and then reacted positively to the rain. Now with the typical glitch of the umbrella, she attempts to engage with the man. Finally she reacts (same mad frenzy as if there were a fire) and she ran back through the house and out the front door? Like hello, I asked you to fight the guy.. not run away??
The burglar made away and my sim continued with her morning. Her high confidence moodlet completely overshadowed any sense of urgency in the matter. There was barely in reaction to her having been robbed. In my head I’m trying to fill in the gaps myself like ‘perhaps she is so confident that she is unbothered by burglars’, but then why did she have that little freak out? I just don’t buy it. Additionally, with the recent implementation of ‘Luck’ from Enchanted by Nature; my sim was supposedly as ‘lucky’ as can be. So then why did a burglar target her? I imagined initially that luck is supposed to have some sort of control over what happens to sims, but I guess that’s just in my head.
Am I playing the game wrong?
I feel so disinterested and so disheartened by this franchise. Each time a new EP is released, I get giddy and imagine what it would be like to play, and after spending such a lot of money on yet another pack, I’m completely withdrawn after 10 minutes.
Perhaps it’s time we realised that Sims is dead. Best I just stick to Stardew Valley.
Am I alone in this?
Can anyone similar experiences of unorthodox gameplay, uncalled for, illogical behaviours that completely remove you from the game?
I don’t mean like sims doing pushups on a date, I mean sims doing pushups while their mum is dying in front of them.
OR, does anyone know how to rationalise these situations and find interest in such gameplay?
