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shivlestru
Rising Traveler
11 months ago

Bring back burglars

Anyone else really want burglars back? I long for the days of my childhood, hearing that music and watching the burglars fight the police. It's such an iconic part of the Sims, I really feel they should bring it back but make it optional for players who find it anxiety inducing 

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  • Bearpal64's avatar
    Bearpal64
    Seasoned Ace
    11 months ago

    I thought when when Get to Work came out we were definitely gonna get burglars but we didn't. Then after we got both repair persons and fire fighters I thought we were gonna get burglars next! But we didn't. When we got the repo person I thought now for sure ... But nope lol.

    After For Rent I was so sure that break ins were also gonna reintroduce burglars but once again disappointed lol..

    I feel like everything is there for burglars to come back but for some reason we still don't have them and I wonder why.

    They are iconic.

    They provide challenge and consequence to the game.

    It could be an interesting career type

    There are lots of storytelling ideas it could give players.

  • wasikm007's avatar
    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    11 months ago
    @shivlestru Yes! Count me in too please. The game seems so empty and less "risky" without them. I too keep listening for that spooky music hoping he/she will come sneaking up to our properties. Then I have to stop and remind myself... oh yeah... this is Sims 4. Just not the same. I miss too in seeing the newspaper kids delivering papers to our properties.
  • Not really. I like the game where yo can control everything. Although of they ever did decide to put it back in, I'd prefer if there was an option to toggle burglaries. I feel they'd just get in the way of playing.

  • wasikm007's avatar
    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    11 months ago
    @MJTiny I Would agree with that, as everyone's taste of how the game is played varies. We shouldn't be be able to turn off vampires, werewolves, thieves, etc. Sometimes they are fun to play with... other times... you need break from them or you just like the objects/worlds of the game, but not have to deal with these.
  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    11 months ago
    @MissNenne Literally had tons of this today when playing, I was looking after the child, turn the camera around and there was a whole crowd of Sims just stood in the living room chatting and poking each other, I was like, who the hell are these. Every interaction was to introduce myself, never seen them before but they knew the full layout of my home, and wanted me to vacant the bathroom so they could use it 😱😱
  • MissNenne's avatar
    MissNenne
    Seasoned Hotshot
    11 months ago

    I feel your pain the worse part is when you have the door locked at least that is what it says but .. still.. 

    There is a downside even if i find the bug funny sometimes 🙂  it all depend upon the situation that is being played out .. if your sim is paying a visit to another household that your sim knows; i will pull an example : the sim i am currently playing got a partner and they were having a get together with movies and popcorn at his place, he still lives with his family and my sim crashed 😳 she was so tired and it took less then a second then the rest of his family stood next to her all of sudden and yelled at her ☹️

    They told her to get out of the house and she really knows them  😞  so there is a gap that doesn't connect with the rest..

    it was plain sad.

    But if your sim use the break in option then it's fine, they can eat and sleep and do whatever.

    The perfect situation if you want to play a burglar or any criminal with dark motives 

    This is also the perfect option if you got a story going on and got this sim who is senile or being erratic or simply annoying.

    You can have lots of fun with that 😛

    But yes i mean if you are on the other side then you got nothing to lean on, 

    That sim is without protection

  • @shivlestru I miss the vibe from the sims 2 and sims 3 just like you. If anything, there is a modder called sacrificial right now, he has great mods, and in one of them he brought back the robbers with his own hands, only they are much more frightening because he has an accessory that can instantly turn your sims into ghosts. There are also cops. If you want them, of course, and yes, I am not canceling the idea that EA should bring them back to us, partly because they add surprise and at least some zest to the lives of our characters.
  • shivlestru's avatar
    shivlestru
    Rising Traveler
    11 months ago
    @dmitriy_podolny that's so cool a modder has done it! Unfortunately I'm on console 😅 which is another reason they should be in Base game, not everyone can access mods

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