> @pixiejuice said:
> I actually quite like the semi-open neighborhoods of TS4. If you think about it, you're always going to need to have an inaccessible backdrop at some point. I mean, I'm not sure how else it would work, unless your sim is in like a No Man's Sky planet where you can literally walk every inch of the globe, or a Minecraft world where it's continually generated every time you move somewhere new. Even TS3 had far distance backdrops and unroutable areas. It wasn't completely open everywhere. Your sim lived in a finite town that was surrounded with unroutable mountains or oceans. And eventually you would build in all of the limited town space and then you'd be done because there was nowhere new to go unless you started a new save. I agree with @jackjack_k about how that made TS3 feel very isolating. Your sims were born and died in one place and could never really move around unless you ditched the whole town, never to return. I love being able to move my sims between towns.
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> But I really really really miss world building. Or even simple world EDITING. OMG, this game is killing me with its lack of world editing. I keep running into situations where I just don't have the lot sizes or environments I need for what I want to build and it is SO FRUSTRATING. All the worlds we've gotten are lovely enough, sure, but they're all so specific. If you're not trying to build exactly what they intended for you to build there, you're out of luck.
I'm the same. I like how the semi-open neighborhoods are filled with a lot more people and animals, which makes it feel more lively! I wish we could still have bikes and horses cause there is plenty of space to enjoy those with the size of the area's now.
