"Beardedgeek;c-17791305" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17791300" wrote:
"Beardedgeek;c-17791286" wrote:
Here is a prime example, and it's one of the much hyped Gamechanger-created lots:
5-6-1 Shinrinyoku - Caveat, I do not know which of the four(?) game changers tasked with this world did this one.
I just moved in a couple of childless vampires. So yes, the master bedroom will be cramped because two coffins take a lot of room, BUT:
1. No dresser or wardrome in the master suite, instead in the "walk in closet" was a TV bench, I guess "because it looks good", it had zero functionality
2. Two enormous platforms in the kitchen just to hold two lamps and serving no function other than being a waste of space
3. WAY overboard with platforms in general, for being a rather large house it is almost impossible to redecorate since it is impossible to move furniture around with the way the platforms are set up.
Point 3 is the most telling, and typical sign of a creator not having anything but their own ideas in mind; a Maxis house in the same location would have been "Empty" and "Boring" but it would have been VERY VERY easy to repurpose. However this house I will have to either tear down and rebuild from the ground up, or download a better house from the gallery to make function. And yes, giving that it originally had two large bedrooms instead of now a media room and a master bedroom... This house would have been really bad to raise a family in; there is literally no space for any toys or pets, it's all just Platform Mania.
You can get rid of the platforms very easily by just lowering them and they will merge with the rest of the room. It won't affect furniture placed on them.
Oh I know. My point however is that the build, as is, is built more as a tutorial for platforming than actual functionality. The main criticism of it is that it isn't built as a generic "Move family in, start playing" situation, it is a display case for "what can I do with only one pack and base game items".
I think it would be very difficult to find one building that meets everyone's criteria of "ready to play". People should be willing to make changes to adapt the buildings to their play style or necessities for the family they are playing. Everybody went overboard with platforms at the time because they were new and she probably had to incorporate them in her build.
