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

I don't want vast emptiness around... and I don't want to fill it in myself for every world and every save. I like to work with the themes/styles presented and use the backdrops to tell my sims stories. It looks lively and I'd say real but that's not the word I want. It looks full and right to me... and runs beautifully to boot.

Beautiful landscapes is preferred.

In TS4...I think it's a necessity. Otherwise the worlds will look like how lots were in TS1.

With the exception of Newcrest, which is supposed to be a blank slate but isn't truly, I really like the FX buildings, without an open world like Sims 3, the buildings add a lot of character and depth to the worlds. I like for example the highway in Oasis Springs with the dinosaur a lot.

I go with option D : sometimes, I like FX houses (like in CL for example) because they can help build atmosphere. I also enjoy them in Del Sol, BUT I think Del Sol should've had at least 5 of those shells be actual, livable houses because the amount of shells versus livable lots is downright depressing. But in some places, I want to see a LOT less of them, or even none at all. Like I'm extremely happy Glimmerbrook & Forgotten Hollow don't have any, and I wish Sulani didn't either (except for the community lot one).

So yes, it really depends. It can help give an area more character and fill in empty space (especially because we can't fill it in or build worlds ourselves), but sometimes it just destroys whatever vision you had in mind.

I would appreciate to be able to customize the shell houses in the background--not build them myself, but it would be cool if there were an extra layer of customization where you could be like "all modern shells in the background" or "all one specific type of architecture."

It especially bothers me in Newcrest, which is supposed to be a completely blank canvas of a world, except there is a definite style for the shell homes in the background.

I don't care. Either there will be FX houses which I can't visit, or some other terrain that I can't visit. I really don't care about what the backdrop is. I wish they would add more lots in place of the FX houses, but I already know that won't happen.

It will never happen in a million years, but I think it would be interesting for players to have the option of what style of shell house they see in the background of a neighborhood.

American Northeast, American Southwest, American West Coast, South American, UK, Scandinavian, Germanic, North African, Middle Eastern, South Asian, East Asian, Pacific Islander - etc.

Ofc this could end up with strange(ish) results, but while I don't think Sulani styled background houses in Forgotten Hollow would look nice personally, someone might enjoy tropical looking vampires so who am I to judge.

It's such a tease. They give us these tiny neighborhoods, they have mainly tiny lots available for us to build and play on by default on a fresh save...and then they give us all of this "world" beyond that we can't even touch. I want my sims to go over to the big dinosaur at Oasis Springs! I want them to be able to ride the river boats and cross the water in that one neighborhood in WIllow Creek! I want WAY more Windenburg and San Myshuno!

I just learned a new term today. It's called "breadcrumbing," and it's the act of stringing a person along with a series of minor rewards while promising them something bigger. That describes a lot of things in a nutshell--a bad relationship with a partner who refuses to commit but keeps you thinking they're close to considering it, America's entire K-12 education system, that boss who keeps promising you a promotion and that they never intend to give you and keeps you working your butt off with a small raise here or an award there--and The Sims 4 is one of them.

If it is in the game it needs to be usable except for distant horizons period. Do not put it in the game if it is close enough for a sim to walk to if it can't be used. If i wanted a picture book I would buy one. The game is a game and needs to be playable if there are building etc in the game I expect to use them.Get rid of useless FX.