EA Play - New Sims 4 Experience Speculation

"mctsimmer;c-16449493" wrote:
I'm hoping open worlds. I get that some computers can't handle the upgrade, but some of us play on more than one computer. My laptop has a couple of the DLC but the desktop has every expansion.

Open worlds were ruled out way back at the game's beginning. And to introduce them at this stage of the game would likely break people's current saves, and if someone's computer can't handle open world then they'd lose all that money that they've already invested. If open world is going to be a possibility it would be when a base game is developed, not midway through the game.

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16452004" wrote:

"Stormsview;c-16448494" wrote:

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16447234" wrote:
@Stormsview

Actually, after loading the game, you can close out origin entirely. I closed it and according to task manager, it is no longer running. My "hours played" are not tracked, but who really cares. Origin is junk anyway, as I have zero use for the "friends" and never use a majority of the features.

See we talk about a few different onlines, and this is one of them. but your still online with the internet? you can save your game right, so yea its working.

Maybe that is the new Experince, we can now paly without internet and Offline :)

My game is actually "saved" to my external game hard drive, I do not use any online storage options. I would not be able access my saves on a different device unless I personally transferred them via a flash drive. Guess I really am old school as I do not use online storage options. I am only online if I enable my computer to be that way, we usually have to sign in to our internet, so the computer is not always online. I enjoy not having my computer constantly connected. The only devices that are always connected are our phones.

You can play the entire game offline; the only times you need to be online is for patching, installing DLC, or if you want to use the ingame Gallery. The game saves to your local hard drive, depending where your Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 folder is located. It's not a bad idea to regularly save your Saves and Tray folders, plus the options.ini file, to a thumb drive or other external drive in case your primary hard drive fails; you can still download and install all your DLC to your new hard drive then transfer the files from the backup drive so at the most you might lose just a little bit of your saves.