"Hermitgirl;c-16508118" wrote:
"peeangg;c-16507965" wrote:
I don't really see a problem with forced story progression. Relationships are pretty easy to build up and break down in every sims game. Plus there's the manage worlds option which lets you do it yourself if you don't want the game doing it for you and there's a cheat relationships option if you shift click a sim. I don't see much of a downside to it either. I know there's people who micromanage every part of their sims life and story, but I think they're a small, vocal minority as most people probably play this as a video game more than a story telling device. IMO lack of story progression is not a feature, it's a flaw, it's going backwards. They should've improved upon story progression rather than get rid of it completely like they did with a lot of other things.
I just want them to add story progression. I'd like it if they added it in even if forced. The people who don't want it can just erase the relationships they don't like with cheats and add the ones they'd like and if they have aging off they'd have enough time. Sims have always done things we don't want them to do and it's always only been a minor inconvenience. I just see it as an extension of autonomy/free will, which is also a vital part of gameplay to me.
Toggles would be ideal. I'm optimistic and I could see them pulling it off even if everyone thinks they'd fail at implementing them. MCCC has really good options for it, I wish there was something like it in vanilla, but testingcheats does let you do a lot of things.
I'm okay with an option only to add it. Forced story progression would ruin my game.. non story progress with me making major choices for my sims is a vital part of gameplay to me. If it's a minor inconvenience as you say.. then it's a minor inconvenience for you to live your sims lives. It's posts like that this that make me reply and take a stand against it. You get a mod.. you cheat things in, since it's so very easy to do.
I'm sorry, but I don't really understand what you're saying here? It is not a minor inconvenience to let my sims live their lives, that's why I want story progression and what do you mean by taking a stand against it? Is story progression really that bothersome? Honestly, I think it would add a lot more, rather than take away from the game, but maybe our playstyles are just too differing. Plus undoing story progression would be easy with cheats. I don't like having to turn to mods to add things that I think should've been in the game already because it was a big part of the past game and even though I'm on pc, I can't turn to mods on console.
Like I said, toggles would be the best compromise, but I wouldn't mind it to be forced. Story progression isn't game-breaking, at least not to me. In fact, I'd argue that without it, the game feels empty even though I've made a bunch of my own townies, they don't really do anything other than go to venues sometimes. I feel like I shouldn't have to make all big decisions for every single one of them especially when they could've done it before themselves in 3.
