I decided to start this thread/poll because of a couple comments in another thread claiming that the game is not challenging.

There are some scenarios where I find the game challenging:Playing a household of more than 3-4 sims. The pause button becomes my best friend.Running a restaurant, vet, or retail community lot.Planning and throwing a party or wedding. I remember being more stressed when I planned my first S4 in game wedding than planning my own real life wedding. :p

Entertaining and fun...absolutely, but challenging...not even remotely.TS2 could be quite challenging, but in TS4 it is actually difficult to not be filthy rich before the end of even generation 1and everything that can kill your sims gives you the opportunity to avoid or counter it relatively easily (particularly in comparison to past sims games). Random "bad stuff" is also nearly non-existent in TS4 and where it does exist is, again, relatively easy to either avoid or counter. I honestly cannot recall the last time there was any occurrence in my TS4 game that felt even a tiny bit challenging, which is why I voted never. The closest would probably be when my household had 3 toddlers and a baby at the same time...but that wasn't really challenging...just sometimes frantic. lolThe lack of built-in challenge is just a compelling reason to play following any of the many challenge rule-sets though. Choosing to follow a challenge rule set adds challenge to the game that doesn't exist by default. I think perhaps, this is a good thing though. Sims players play for a variety of reasons and there's a whole cross-section of the community that doesn't particularly want the game to be challenging. They want to tell their own stories, not have the game block their attempts by inserting challenge that doesn't fit the stories they are trying to tell. For players who do want inherent challenge, challenge-rulesets can be used to provide what they want.

not usualy. i often have to up the ante as it were to get some excitement or challenge in my game. last generation i had my sim have tons of kids with random men, just to have a houseful of toddlers and no daddy to help out. stuff like that. but its also nice and relaxing to not have to deal with every little detail all the time if i dont feel like it, so i dont mind its lack of challenge

"Stormkeep;c-16931245" wrote:Entertaining and fun...absolutely, but challenging...not even remotely.TS2 could be quite challenging, but in TS4 it is actually difficult to not be filthy rich before the end of even generation 1and everything that can kill your sims gives you the opportunity to avoid or counter it relatively easily (particularly in comparison to past sims games). Random "bad stuff" is also nearly non-existent in TS4 and where it does exist is, again, relatively easy to either avoid or counter. I honestly cannot recall the last time there was any occurrence in my TS4 game that felt even a tiny bit challenging, which is why I voted never. The closest would probably be when my household had 3 toddlers and a baby at the same time...but that wasn't really challenging...just sometimes frantic. lolThe lack of built-in challenge is just a compelling reason to play following any of the many challenge rule-sets though. Choosing to follow a challenge rule set adds challenge to the game that doesn't exist by default. I think perhaps, this is a good thing though. Sims players play for a variety of reasons and there's a whole cross-section of the community that doesn't particularly want the game to be challenging. They want to tell their own stories, not have the game block their attempts by inserting challenge that doesn't fit the stories they are trying to tell. For players who do want inherent challenge, challenge-rulesets can be used to provide what they want.I'd like more challenging play, but with game play so that Sims can prevent or mitigate incidents by their actions. For example, if we ever got natural disasters in the game (floods, power outages and such) there should be a way to minimize them; an upgraded pump in the basement to keep flooding to a minimum, or backup batteries (especially if we get solar or wind power) to lessen the impact of power outages (maybe not enough power to run the computer or TV, but enough to keep the lights and refrigerator running). In Sims 3 we had the meteor strikes but there was enough warning to get your Sim under cover if need be, and Sims could make a lot of Simoleons afterward when cleaning up the pieces especially the giant meteor.

I make it so. :p I can play one Sim or eight of them. I like that you can choose your level.

Do you find the Sims 4 challenging?

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simgirl1010
Hero
7 years ago
@invisiblgirl
(Right now, I'm obsessed with getting a potato. I had to wait a whole year for winter to roll around again, but we're going to get that potato.)

:p
comicsforever
7 years ago
"luxsylvan;c-16932086" wrote:
No, and not in a good way. There are occasions when it is for me, but they're either a) of my own making or b) when I have extremely large households. Even then, once I learned to manage everyone I didn't bat an eye.

I like a lot of the things in Sims 4 (CAS, BB, toddlers, seasons). I also dislike a lot of things, and the lack of challenge is one of them. I feel needs are easy to keep high, skills easy to learn, relationships easy to make, emotions/traits easy to override or change. Most jobs and aspirations are not difficult for me either. It wouldn't bother me as much if there were some sort of stakes or consequences in the game, but I've yet to have an accidental death, an alien pregnancy, a chance card firing or demotion, etc. Where's the realism?

I don't want bad things to happen necessarily but if it's just happy and easy all the time it gets boring for me. "Variety is the spice of life" and all that.

ETA: I think it would be cool to have a "difficulty level" to suit different player's needs. The higher the difficulty, the more random events, bad things, and the harder needs are to keep high.

I want more random events to the more the better and they wouldn't all have to have drama they could be funny sometimes to
comicsforever
7 years ago
"luxsylvan;c-16932086" wrote:
No, and not in a good way. There are occasions when it is for me, but they're either a) of my own making or b) when I have extremely large households. Even then, once I learned to manage everyone I didn't bat an eye.

I like a lot of the things in Sims 4 (CAS, BB, toddlers, seasons). I also dislike a lot of things, and the lack of challenge is one of them. I feel needs are easy to keep high, skills easy to learn, relationships easy to make, emotions/traits easy to override or change. Most jobs and aspirations are not difficult for me either. It wouldn't bother me as much if there were some sort of stakes or consequences in the game, but I've yet to have an accidental death, an alien pregnancy, a chance card firing or demotion, etc. Where's the realism?

I don't want bad things to happen necessarily but if it's just happy and easy all the time it gets boring for me. "Variety is the spice of life" and all that.

ETA: I think it would be cool to have a "difficulty level" to suit different player's needs. The higher the difficulty, the more random events, bad things, and the harder needs are to keep high.

I want more random events to the more the better and they wouldn't all have to have drama they could be funny sometimes to
anthonydyer
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Maybe it is a good thing that sims 4 is more mellow.
Sims 2 is brutal. I could barely satisfy my sims basic needs such as hunger and sleep due to lack of time. That game is pretty neat, but it becomes frustrating for that reason.
JestTru
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I don't think it's challenging at all. It's fun, relaxing, and I enjoy the creativity the game offers.

The only challenge I face is the wait between packs and new info for the game.
comicsforever
7 years ago
"leetamme;c-16932603" wrote:
I don't think it's challenging at all. It's fun, relaxing, and I enjoy the creativity the game offers.

The only challenge I face is the wait between packs and new info for the game.

the wait for new packs is hard
TheSorenaJ
7 years ago
Having baby triplets can be sort of challenging, but that's pretty much it.
Duhgirl2u2
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Not at all challenging. Its a great game, but its not challenging. Any game that can play itself for 8+ hours and no one dies...not challenging. (I discovered the 8+hours thing the day I forgot to turn off or pause the game before heading off to work)

That said, I love the game and have an astonishing (to me) 3500 hours played. So the lack of challenge doesn't really affect my enjoyment of this one I'd say.
ClassicalSim1
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Not really, but I've never played any iteration of The Sims to be challenged. I play it to be creative and to relax.
pagoas
7 years ago
Oh, I misinterpreted your poll. I find ts4 challenging to keep my attention for very long. For me, it is a very boring game with little to offer. Particularly compared to previous iterations.

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