6 years of Shallow Sims
This is a post just to remind people that after 6 years of this game, sims are still as shallow as ever, and that there have been no attempts to fix it or improve it. 1. Not enough substantial tra...
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Absolutely agree with everything, but ESPECIALLY whims. They should absolutely be on by default. Not only that, but they need to be more substantial and worth more points. I don't just want to do the Aspirations for points. I've done all of them at this point except the ones added in expansions because, well, I'll get onto that. They were a core mechanic of the previous game, why they've been retconned so hard is beyond me.
Freetime is also probably the best The Sims 2 pack, and The Sims 4 is in DESPERATE need of it. Give children more activities to do it in, and more hobbies for all sims that aren't just surface level.
I don't like the aspiration system at all in general. I feel like it's almost like a step by step guide on all the things you can do with the skill in question, but the ones in City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Discover Uni, Vampires and Island Living are the absolute worst offenders of this.
Let's not even talk about Cats & Dogs' ONE aspiration, and how it's essentially just "befriend a ton of random stray cats you find on the street", instead of about being a good pet owner, or being a vet despite the perfectly good vet clinic they made.
The fact that Get to Work came out, and there was no aspiration for business owners is insane to me?? No aspiration for the controlled careers either. Shrug. Yet they give something like Outdoor Retreat a whole aspiration when it's a camping pack? I'm sure there's someone out there with a lifelong dream to make the most out of their camping trips, but I feel like becoming a doctor or a opening a business is far more common and substantial dream. Dine Out has no aspiration either, even though again, it's so obvious. Build a 5 star restaurant.
I don't know, the aspirations in The Sims 3 made way more sense and utilised everything the game added.
Freetime is also probably the best The Sims 2 pack, and The Sims 4 is in DESPERATE need of it. Give children more activities to do it in, and more hobbies for all sims that aren't just surface level.
"bixters;d-974119" wrote:
The developers have been reluctant to add more to the game at all, and most of the time when they are added to a pack, they are simply tutorials for how to play that specific pack. In Island Living, for example, one of the goals of the Beach Life aspiration is to "get a suntan" and to "eat a coconut." How is this interesting gameplay?
I don't like the aspiration system at all in general. I feel like it's almost like a step by step guide on all the things you can do with the skill in question, but the ones in City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Discover Uni, Vampires and Island Living are the absolute worst offenders of this.
Let's not even talk about Cats & Dogs' ONE aspiration, and how it's essentially just "befriend a ton of random stray cats you find on the street", instead of about being a good pet owner, or being a vet despite the perfectly good vet clinic they made.
The fact that Get to Work came out, and there was no aspiration for business owners is insane to me?? No aspiration for the controlled careers either. Shrug. Yet they give something like Outdoor Retreat a whole aspiration when it's a camping pack? I'm sure there's someone out there with a lifelong dream to make the most out of their camping trips, but I feel like becoming a doctor or a opening a business is far more common and substantial dream. Dine Out has no aspiration either, even though again, it's so obvious. Build a 5 star restaurant.
I don't know, the aspirations in The Sims 3 made way more sense and utilised everything the game added.
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