"Oldeseadogge;c-18037539" wrote:
This has been a disappointment for me since CL launched. Although I live in a small town, and prefer it, there are times when I visit a city, and I am close to a real first class one. Boston. Everywhere I walk there are shops of all kinds, restaurants large and small, parks of every size and description, historical sites to visit, theatres - both stage and cinema, music venues... the list goes on and on. Don't get me going on pre-hurricanes New Orleans, especially the French Quarter, or Honolulu, or British Hong Kong (loved that place - the Brits were wonderful and gracious hosts). By comparison, San Myshuno is a hollow shell, all window dressing but almost no substance, yet another example of missed opportunities
Going to a city should be full of hustle and bustle; things to see, do, and go to should be everywhere you turn; you should feel immersed in something much bigger than yourself and that is pulsating with life, a place with much to offer with many options to choose from. EA promised a lot when they introduced San Myshuno, but delivered little. A theme that unfortunately has many variations world by world.
One thing I give to Sims 3 is the open world aspect. You're literally in world surrounded by buildings rather than feeling like it's just a background. Even when you had buildings you couldn't fully go into, rabbit holes fulfilled those desires quite a bit. Sitting outside at a bistro was nice because you'd be able to watch the cars go by and feel the world was alive.
I'm a sucker for rabbit holes and believe adding more would add so much more depth to the game. Imagine having an apartment that set sort of in the middle of the city "neighborhood" and you would have buildings all around it. These buildings would be of varying sizes, a park between them, and most of the buildings would be rabbit holes while the rest could be your average nightclub/bar/etc that you'd go through a loading screen. That way if you were at one of those buildings that require loading screens, you'd still have a park and a ton of other rabbit hole locations to utilize.
