I just saw the poll of what are favorite worlds are, and it made me curious why the ones used the least are used less often. It could be the size, the environment, the aesthetic, or something else. Share your thoughts. What world do you never use, or use the least and why?I would have made this a poll, but we can only have 10 poll answers, so there are too many worlds. :/ As for me:I personally never use Sulani except for vacations, and it is a popular world, which is why I thought this was interesting. For me, I am just not a beach person in real life, so I am not drawn to Sulani. I also use to never use the desert worlds, cause I don't like deserts. I actually have never played in a desert world in any past Sims games. But recently I started building in those worlds, and found some story lines that helped bring them to life for me, so I have a few households in them now. I haven't moved anyone into Tartosa yet, but I think I am planning a woman running a bed and breakfast to be there eventually.EDIT: MAY 10th 8PMUPDATESince this couldn't function as a proper poll, I went through a tallied as best I could so we could get a basic overview.Because people had commentary, I had to make some judgment calls.I skipped vacation worlds, since many people would use them if they were livable.If anyone said they only used a regular world for vacations, and barely, I counted it.Regarding Magnolia Promenade: If people said they used it for retail then I didn't count it as unplayed, unless they specified they had put retail there, but didn't use it.Batuu: 5Brindleton Bay: 2Britechester: 5Del Sol Valley: 6Evergreen Harbor: 9Forgotten Hollow: 7Glimmer Brook: 10Henford on Bagley: 3Magnolia Promenade: 9Mt Komorebi: 4Newcrest: 3Oasis Springs: 4San Myshuno: 2Strangerville: 3Sulani: 3Tartosa: 1Willow Creek: 1

I have never played in Newcrest or Magnolia Promenade. I'm not a huge fan of Oasis Springs either. Newcrest and Magnolia Promenade haven't been high up my list because they came as blank worlds and over time I forgot about them. I wasn't a builder when they came out and I didn't want the hassle of having to fill all those lots. Now that I'm into building the only reason I haven't done Newcrest is because it's still in that out of sight, out mind space in my head. I really do need to go to work on it. MP isn't on my radar because I have never really gotten into playing business owner storylines. And I can never get it into my head that I can place restaurants and shops there and let NPC's run them. Out of sight, out of mind again.Oasis Springs has always struck me as being really dull. It's probably the drab desert color scheme. That view of it predates me catching the building bug so I never did anything with it. I have grown fond of other worlds so I have no attachment or attraction to it. That's why I've never gone back and spruced it up.I love Tartosa and have a story with a romance novelist set there. But as I get set to bring other characters into the story aside from my novelist and the Maxis premades, I'm running head on into the realization that it is a very small world. I can't add many characters to my story and have them live there. Not unless I bin the premades or move them into the 'not in the world' category to free up a couple of lots. It is a gorgeous world but it has a claustrophobic feeling.

Im primarily a builder so I will happily build in every world!The only worlds I dont use are the holiday ones...and if they would only let you build there I would def use them too!I only I dont see myself ever using is Batuu. I loved alot of the CAS and BB in that pack but the world and gameplay just didnt do it for me.

I don't tend to play in Del Sol Valley, I don't really like that world. I don't 'play' in Magnolia Promenade as such but that is where some retail stores are so my sims do visit there once in a while.I have one family in Glimmerbrook but don't use it other than for them, it's so small. I haven't used Forgotten Hollow much either - I like the creepy vibe there but it's just too small. It would have been great if it was bigger and I could have had my werewolves and vampires sharing the spookiness but there's not much space to add in some werewolves.

I almost never use Evergreen Harbor. The only time I had any played sims living there was back when I first got that EP and was doing a couple of test saves. I'll probably eventually find story reasons to use the town; I already do on rare (very short term) occasions. But for now it's my least used one. Well, of residential worlds, that is. My very least used one is Granite Falls.

Are there any worlds you never use?

cyncie
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
"Chaotic_Moira;c-18106601" wrote:
"cyncie;c-18106448" wrote:
... I choose the world that my main sims live in based on the story I want to tell.
...
I wasn’t using the destination worlds much until I modded them for residential. Now they’re much more a part of the story.

Me too. My households are scattered all over. Where they live is based on who they are, although all of mine are in one save and I rotate.
I just downloaded that mod because I really want Sims living in Granite Falls.

I get this. In previous games, I was playing out one story in one or two worlds, so most worlds sat on the sidelines. In this save, I'm playing the world itself, and that makes a huge difference. The sims in this story live all over, depending on who they are and what they bring to the game. I rotate around as the story dictates.

You won't regret modding Granite Falls for residential. I've got all kinds of woodsy creatures moving in there.
ChaoticMoira
New Spectator
3 years ago
"cyncie;c-18106610" wrote:
"Chaotic_Moira;c-18106601" wrote:
"cyncie;c-18106448" wrote:
... I choose the world that my main sims live in based on the story I want to tell.
...
I wasn’t using the destination worlds much until I modded them for residential. Now they’re much more a part of the story.

Me too. My households are scattered all over. Where they live is based on who they are, although all of mine are in one save and I rotate.
I just downloaded that mod because I really want Sims living in Granite Falls.

I get this. In previous games, I was playing out one story in one or two worlds, so most worlds sat on the sidelines. In this save, I'm playing the world itself, and that makes a huge difference. The sims in this story live all over, depending on who they are and what they bring to the game. I rotate around as the story dictates.

You won't regret modding Granite Falls for residential. I've got all kinds of woodsy creatures moving in there.

Yeah in my past games I always wanted to have certain sims living in the appropriate areas for who they were, but I really wanted them to be able to interact with one another, so I had to make compromises. I would try to make an area of the world fit aesthetically as best I could to their story. But there were limits to what you could really do. I do love that in Sims 4 we can really put them right where they should be!
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
"Chaotic_Moira;c-18106597" wrote:
I totally forgot about Batuu! It is the second pack in all generations of The Sims that I never bought. Although funnily enough, someone got it for me as a gift, not knowing I wouldn't want it. So yeah, I have never played in Batuu, cause I never installed the pack.

"DaniRose2143;c-18106304" wrote:
I have never played in Newcrest or Magnolia Promenade. ... And I can never get it into my head that I can place restaurants and shops there and let NPC's run them...

I love Tartosa ... It is a gorgeous world but it has a claustrophobic feeling.

That is what I did with Magnolia Promenade. I put shops there that I know some sims will have to visit. I think the vet clinic was the first thing I put there.

I felt the same about Tartosa. It is lovely, but small. The lots are very spread out, so any sim's house will be sort of isolated. Sometimes I want that, but for some reason in this world I had a hard time deciding what I would do with it. It doesn't help that everything is wedding focused. Eventually I decided I am going to make a single woman running a B&B. But I haven't started her yet. I think it feels like mostly a destination world for me.

I've been mostly unimpressed with the premades in Tartosa, but their fate is still in limbo. I don't dislike them, but I don't like them either. I am leaning towards putting them in the 'Not in the world' group. I am going to convert the rental lot into a regular lot, so that gives me five lots to work with unless I change my mind. I had also been thinking about having Summer open a restaurant, coffee shop, or bakery.
Erja888
New Novice
3 years ago
I don't use Glimmerbrooke at all.
I have got a retirement home and a bakery in Magnolia Promenade that I visit from time so time so at least there is that.
belpita
3 years ago
Del Sol Valley.
Just why does it even exist? ~~Why does the pack even exist?~~ :D

Other less interesting places to build/play in: Granite Falls, Selvadorada, whatever that Realm of Magic world is called.

Sidenote, I've made some really fun builds in Magnolia Promenade that were regular living houses, not shops. I like the tram running by in the background, it feels like home.
susanleona
Seasoned Traveler
3 years ago
I haven't found a world I didn't like, some locations better than others of course, such as The Island on Windenburg.
simgirl1010
Hero
3 years ago
With only one active family that lives in Willow Creek I make it a point to regularly utilize all the other worlds. I have community lots and retail establishment in most worlds. My sims have friends and relatives in all the residential worlds so there is a lot of visiting and socializing. They regularly take vacations in the vacation worlds.

If I had to select my least used world it would be Forgotten Hollow. I only have a memorial park there and Vlad's house.
JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I use all worlds, but not all the time, as my sims tend to have their favourites that they frequent. Also I don't buy packs if I'm not interested in the gameplay so I don't have Batuu, Evergreen Harbor or Glimmerbrook to name a few.

What I am bad at doing is exploring the world to its full potential, which is why I am in my present save trying to do just that. I started with Johnny Zest in Oasis Springs and he was not at all allowed to leave the world unless he met someone from another world. So he married Lulua'ina from Sulani and they moved there. The two of them were limited to those two worlds. Their kid Kainalu now lives with his wife in Newcrest so they have three worlds to move in. I intend for their daughter Destinee to go to uni, so that will open Britchester up as well as any world she settles in later. That way I hope I really get to immerse myself in each world.

Unless I get bored and start a new save. That might happen as well. But then I'll start in a new world.
Onverser
3 years ago
Britechester 100%. I never send sims there, and I never build there. If it disappeared from my game it would honestly take me a few months to notice as I don't even open its map. It is a very specific use world though so it makes sense. Also obviously Magnolia Promenade, but I see that world as an extension to Willow Creek rather than its own thing
taydevsim
New Spectator
3 years ago
Worlds I never use:

Magnolia Promenade. I placed retail builds there, but my sims don’t shop or own a retail business because I’m not interested in that particular gameplay. At least the lots are filled, which for me is good enough.

Glimmerbrook. I’d like to play here, but I simply don’t have a compelling storyline for it. Haven’t even been through the portal yet.

Batuu. The build and buy items are great, but I’ve never visited or use CAS items. My sims would visit or even live there if only we could build there.

Hidden worlds. We can’t live there and I would like them more fleshed out. I’d use the heck out of Sixam or Sylvian Glade if it were even a small neighborhood and not a single hidden lot. Also, I tend to forget the hidden worlds even exist.

Tartosa. I don’t have the pack yet. Waiting for a sale lol.

Worlds I seldom use:

Selvadorada. I’ve visited for brief exploration. I like the environment and cultural aspect, but I need a story for my sims if I’m to go there often.

Granite Falls. I really love this world, but again storylines are a huge part of my play style, and nothing has come up. I’ve visited and built lots in preparation though.

Henford on Bagley. Another world I love. I have a storyline and lots prepared, but haven’t made time to play (Tbh I haven’t played TS4 since the release of this pack haha).

Sulani. So far, this is a vacations only world for me, and my sims have stayed there once. I want to make it more merfolk centric eventually.