[Old Poll] Would you like worlds to not have FX Buildings?

They look so different from all the houses I build, or even pre-made houses. It's this really noticeable clash.

If it means we have to go back to TS2 where it's just a barren wasteland? No way.

"Gordy;c-17118460" wrote:
They look so different from all the houses I build, or even pre-made houses. It's this really noticeable clash.

yeah I'm not really fond of whatever that style is

"Writin_Reg;c-17117846" wrote:
-MasonGamer - We have an amazing gallery of talented Simmers who make every kind of lot you can imagine - even some I never thought of and you see a point of wanting an unusable - empty fx lot -when that lot could have been filled in with an amazing usable lot of any kind.

That makes no sense at all. Those who want to make their own lot can when no fx fake lots are there - or if they don't have time or feel their lot is good enough - well the gallery is there for very purpose. Option is the answer - not taking away our creativity and options that have always been in the Sims series. If some had empty lots in previous games it is because they did not fill them and could have easily through shared ones every game has always had. Or games content devs make need to be usable - not more and more fake. How many houses where any of you live has fake buildings? It does not count if it is a movie lot. But truth is; especially for reality players and all the builders who play and build in these games - and they will tell you their frustrations in this game and how in real life there is no real fake buildings that real people see everyday unless they are actors and that is only at their job. There is enough fake in this game - but adding entire fake buildings, transportation, fake roads, fake - fake - fake - needs to stop.

Pegasys - As for the bogus excuse we got for the Get Famous world being so small - well that was as bogus as they come. If you believed that - you really do not know enough about gaming and making games.

Funny the same game with way more activity and such in the coming pack has 14-15 lots - can you see through the wool they pulled over your eyes and made you believe that spill? But here we are next ep - this one puts that one to shame almost - plenty of lots we the player can use - not fake ones, content that is mind boggling - nothing YET has changed- so you tell me why it is different in this ep and some of the eps before it?

I think they're just trying to prevent players from stuffing all the worlds with so many households that things slow down to a crawl after all the worlds are added - if we have 3+ more years of Sims 4, then we have most likely several more worlds planned... if all the lots visible were "real" and playable, that might mean, hmm maybe hundreds of households? And our saves would come crashing to a halt.

That's my best guess, anyway, but then, who knows? Only the devs know for sure.

I totally get about having clashing styles, and maybe if they could give us one or two truly blank worlds, like Newcrest, but without even any decoration whatsoever... maybe that would be a decent compromise? They're not going to undo all the decoration in the existing worlds.

I don't mind it too much as one, we can hop and live in any world we like at any time now in this game and two, it makes each world unique and more fun to explore as it feels like they have their own culture and way of life. Some worlds could have a bit more lots; but other than that, I am o.k. with this. Also you can just remove most buildings and lots.

It would be boring without them imo

It depends on which world I am in. I remove them and add my own for the most part but leave them in in Windenberg, Brindleton Bay and StrangerVille and the holiday worlds where they seem to fit.

I used to live on a "mock" Tudor estate surrounded by modern houses in the UK anyway and there are lots of estates side by side there that don't match up. I like that but would have liked Newcrest to have been a town surrounded by trees and farming land like some lots in Brindleton Bay are.

I like them, they add 'life' to the neighbourhood and makes it look like my sim isn't living in the middle of nowhere. Besides, I can still make one of the neighbourhoods modern or different style since most of them are separate from the hoods with shell buildings.
I do agree tho that I'm a bit bugged by what they did in Del Sol Valley, instead of having functional lots there's a lot of fake buildings instead. I'd love it if at least some of these were rabbit holes.

I hated how you had to manually decorate every world in TS2 or else it would look like you're living in the middle of nowhere. FX buildings, even if they dictate a theme you can't escape from, make the neighbourhoods look more populated. Easy for me to say, anyway, since I've given up on building and tend to just download houses from the gallery that somewhat match their surroundings, but yeah, I like to have those decorative houses here and there.

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17120263" wrote:
I hated how you had to manually decorate every world in TS2 or else it would look like you're living in the middle of nowhere. FX buildings, even if they dictate a theme you can't escape from, make the neighbourhoods look more populated. Easy for me to say, anyway, since I've given up on building and tend to just download houses from the gallery that somewhat match their surroundings, but yeah, I like to have those decorative houses here and there.

yeah I think the thing with ppl who love fx houses would be they like populated worlds
and people who don't like fx houses again want to make own theme worlds or have rural areas

the biggest issue is that they are too hung up on making highly populated worlds
like I wouldn't complain about already existing worlds because what been done has been done
(tho i still feel newcrest doesn't need fx housing)

but also they really need to start introducing more natural/rural areas
and just making space for people to use their creativity to come up with building styles intead of following set theme

for example at the moment there is nowhere to put old asian style houses?
they do not really fit anywhere? maybe if u really try u can use island in windenburg
because it doesn't have anything man built on it but?

I just find it very restricting

also as magic pack is coming I keep wanting to make fantasy stuff but that also can only be put on that island
and I just have too many uses for 5 lot island and tons of populated areas I can't use and it annoys me