"Scobre;c-17275045" wrote:
"darrenfroggy;c-17275038" wrote:
Prove I don't hate the game? How? What would prove that besides that I am playing, I'm very much enjoying building AND gameplay, have spent hours upon hours in the game (and lost track of time so many times because I got lost in it.
Prove that more development is worth it? Again, how, besides that there are many people who still love it, many people who have ideas for what can be added to the game from base game additions and expanding of existing features to packs not seen before.
If you look around the forums and elsewhere (though yeah, I agree, it's hard to see the good through the walls of "this isn't the game I want so it plum" sometimes) you'll see plenty of Simmers sharing their wishes for the game, asking the gurus about bugs (and yes, getting them fixed), helping make TS4 better. Instead of "why bother adding anything else?"
re: the bolded part: precisely where you're saying it's not worthwhile. Why wouldn't it be, if people still love the game and want to see more added to it, want to see it continue? Passion isn't only "I want the next thing".
For what it's worth, I've never once called TS4 any of those things. It IS a sandbox game though, it's a "create your own story" game. By design. And I don't know why that's seen as such a horrible thing.
I see plenty of I don't want this in the game a lot too, so that is hard to see through as well. It gets very disheartening and discouraging. I remember one of the Game changers got very upset when I told her about how forums and Twitter claim that Game changers don't play with occults especially since she know for all her lovely occult emotes. If they want to see more, that kind of is saying they want to see the next thing. All I've been reading is how they want the Sims 4 to remain the same as it is today. That tells me that all ideas are done for paid DLC. I have been reading however and the community polls prove that base game content and bug fixes are highest in demand.
I'm glad you think the Sims 4 is more than a toy to sink money into. I agree that Sims should keep its sandbox game roots and it isn't a bad thing either. It reaches more players that way.
But yes don't worry not expecting just you to show your love, but others as well reaching out to the Gurus sharing ideas. Five years of fights gets tiresome, I want them to talk about the game for a change. I want them to share ideas with the Gurus and get bugs fixed by the QA Gurus, and welcome new Simmers into the Sims community. I agree passion isn't just one thing but many things. I am quite sad seeing the recent community positions opening up I admit. SimGuruFrost has been doing a really good job as our CM and I have been enjoying the community polls.
All of this I absolutely agree with.
It's a sign of the times, unfortunately, where saying what one doesn't like seems more cool or whatever than saying what one does like. (I'm honestly too old for all that kinda stuff. I just want to enjoy my game and do whatever I can as a player to help it grow). The best kinda place seems to be some of the threads in the Ideas part of the forum, always great to see the kinda things SImmers come up with. Oh and the challenges section, that's always a fun place.
I get that some people who have been with this game since the start (I wasn't, for many reasons, none because I wouldn't have wanted to) have grown tired of not seeing the things that *they* wanted to see. Others had to wait a long time (occult players, those who wanted university gameplay...). Added to that the general state of the world that just makes everyone miserable, it all resonates and people group with those who agree with them (unfortunately in places like twitter, that kinda stuff tends to explode rapidly). But yeah, I do see how feeling like one is shouting into the void can feel exhausting and make someone go the "I give up, this is not gonna change" way.
Honestly though, for me personally, regardless of what happens next for TS4- whether any of the things I'd still love to see in the game (and man, do I ever have a long list ;)) actually make it in or not - I can see myself playing this one for a while.