Do You Miss the Repo Man?

I like... both I think? Haha.
As it stands right now, after the utilities are off, nothing happens. Would be cool if the first things to go were the utilities, and if you don't pay after that, the repo man shows up.

The utilities being shut off is more realistic and actually makes sense. The repo man was annoying.

The only reason so many people claim to miss the repo man is because of nostalgia of previous Sims games. I mean, does it REALLY matter if he's in the game or not? Why is it such a big deal to have him back?

I don't like any of the options. I would prefer utilities being turned off if it actually meant anything in the Sims 4. The fact that sims can still eat and live easily without power actually bothers me and doesn't inspire me to keep my bills paid. :D

Wish there was an option for liking both.
While the idea of the repoman was rather weird since he was the "Pay your bills or the boogeyman will come and take your toilet" guy I still liked having a consequence for not paying them.

Like recently I spent who knows how long fishing violins and other aquatic life from the desert world while completely neglecting my bills, because who cares if my power goes off? There's off the grid items I tend to buy in case I don't have enough money or forget to pay the bills, but funnily enough they just serve to make me forget to pay the bills even more. Not really any consequences for avoiding them.

Of course I'm just one person and my play style doesn't represent the majority who might actually be affected by the power outage.

"SummerStreak;c-17203976" wrote:
I like... both I think? Haha.
As it stands right now, after the utilities are off, nothing happens. Would be cool if the first things to go were the utilities, and if you don't pay after that, the repo man shows up.

Pretty much this, if he was put into the game they should implement him this way. Like give a warning a week in advance after the power is cut before he comes and takes something.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't miss the repo man one bit. He always steals that one painting in my sims' mansions each time the bills aren't paid.

I would really like a more realistic version of the sims, but that would require many changes to the existing game. The game currently allows far too many exploits to easily make money as it is.

The utilities getting shut off is more realistic, but right now there are no real consequences as the sim can pay the bill at any time and there are no "reconnection fees." I liked the repo man as the sims would go so crazy and it was a funny sequence.

I think the utilities shutting off would be better if there was more lasting consequence - like late fees, a delay in the utilities getting turned back on (like they have to wait for 2-4 hours) or an embarrassed moodlet, or something... (maybe our sims need a credit rating?! Ha!!).

God I miss that beautiful man stealing my expensive toilets :(

Although I dread whenever I see him/her pay a visit to my sims's house, I like that it gives a consequences which I have to pay bill next time/.

Yeah .. no I'd rather they not put the resources into them unless more variety in gameplay and interactions were added in.. like fight, bribe or seduce maybe. Move him in to exact revenge and claim your stuff back!
I remember in Sims 2 I only had him visit a few times before they trained me of being afraid of not paying my bills. I took up black widowing to make money... so the repo man made me deviant! I also remember hiding stuff in my sims inventory just in case if the money wasn't rolling in just to keep him from taking stuff if he showed up.