April 2020 Survey

"Hermitgirl;c-17472852" wrote:
I don't want story progression in my game ... but if it comes with an option to turn it off I think it would be a good thing. I wish there was something in the survey about that. I had to vote it low because of that but would have voted certain things higher if I knew they were thinking of optional possibilities though.

I chose more of the vineyards/countryside/beaches and less city stuff on the lower ends.
It was interesting to see a nod at babies in that survey.

I really want bands so that was number one for me then heists, and cheerleading was up there (sorry, not sorry). Anything to move them all together with fun animations and group possibilities. "Modern" romance scared me because of the modern catch.. but still voted it kind of high because we just need more actual in person couple interactions, just hope I didn't vote for only cell phone interactions.

It was a hard survey. This thread is bearing out that we all want different things.

I have similar feelings regarding story progression. On the one hand, story progression as it existed in TS3, where it universally applied to your entire save file, would be a very unwelcome addition. (In fact, story progression was one of the main things that left a sour taste in my mouth regarding TS3 as a whole.)

However, given that TS4 can differentiate between played and unplayed Sims when it comes to aging, I would hope that the same would apply to any story progression features as well. As long as I can tell the game “Do what you want with the townies, but leave my households alone”, I’d be ok with it.

Personally I ranked story progression near the middle-I was much more interested in the options for connecting with off-lot family. But I totally understand why others would rank it higher.