"ChelleJo;c-17022521" wrote:
Sims is a sandbox game, it's not meant to be difficult. It's pretty difficult as it is for new comers. It's not a game with an end game that you have to achieve. No matter how difficult they make it, someone will come along and claim it's too easy. Everyone has their own idea of what is and isn't easy.
Personally, I think it's just right. It I want it to be easy, it can be. If I want more of a challenge, it can be that, too.
There is no one way to play. So if you find your style of play is too easy, try a different approach.
I agree, I feel like a lot of people don't realise how customizable their game play experience really is, at least with most expansion packs installed. I will admit, base game doesn't offer a lot of tools for varied game play across multiple saves, but tools from certain packs like the club tool, lot traits, reputation system, and so on, go a long way in making each of my saves/households feel unique and varied, especially with game play/difficulty of game play. Clubs go a long way in changing the social dynamics between my sim and other sims/other clubs, many lot traits add extra difficulty by messing up your sims living space more often than usual, and the reputation system does a very good job of keeping my sims and their public actions in check. A sim of mine with a pristine reputation got into a fight and made an enemy which resulted in her reputation dropping, but even afterwards she would receive text messages from other sims saying they heard she got into a fight, which brought her reputation down even more, went from pristine to good in just a couple days. These are just a few examples of how I use certain features to influence my game play experience and to keep it different/unique across multiple saves/households. Using these tools together however adds even more complexity and variation in my game play, I would recommend to anybody to occasionally experiment and play around with the various game play tools available, there's a lot one can do with these tools and I feel like many people don't realize it.