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OldeSimsFan
New Traveler
4 years ago

Empty countryside in CoL?

Broke down and got the pack over the weekend, couldn't resist the British charm - it strikes an inner chord - and the animals. It's been huge fun so far, taken up way more time than intended, and is amazingly beautiful - even for TS4, The amount of territory a sim can wander through in the rural sections is impressive, seemingly endless. It also feels empty. Lots to see, but very little to interact with other than the swimmable rivers (Yea!), a fishable pond with benches, and a couple of places where one may buy seeds. On the Henford side I've so far found 2 blueberry bushes, 1 rabbit stump, and a lot of empty if green acreage. The season is summer. Is such emptiness typical? I wonder if it's due to Seasons limiting what's available, the gardening glitch that reduces plants to nothingness, or if that is the intention. That much land should have a lot more than 2 blue berry bushes, as in more of those and more varieties. I know the UK has fruit trees, so where are they? What about wild herbs and veggies? Rabbits and birds should be plentiful in such rural settings.

At long last we finally have something that feels almost like TS3 style open world, but why bother to go out there if there's nothing to find and do?

Thoughts from those of you who have been playing this a while are welcome.
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  • Isharell's avatar
    Isharell
    New Spectator
    4 years ago
    "Pamtastic72;c-17954798" wrote:
    "83bienchen;c-17951954" wrote:
    I would have thought they didn't add more harvestables in the open areas to increase the challenge for the errands. It's difficult though as a lot of people (me excluded) are looking for everything to be available asap. There's been so much rant about people not being able to harvest something they need for their errands that I can only prey they won't nuke the challenge.
    Same goes for taking care of crops and animals.

    But that's only my personal opinion.

    Moreover, there isn't that much to be done in an open rural area or the woods in real life, is there?

    I love to think that they also were looking ahead in the future of the Sims 4 and providing rideable areas for horses.

    They also added another bike for early buyers and I think these areas are great for biking.


    I’m glad harvestable spawns are sparse and sometimes out of season or require you to be in certain places at certain times. It’s realistic if you’re into foraging to have to know where to go and when to go there. Plus so much comes so easy in this game it’s fun to have to strategize a bit to accomplish something.


    Yeah, I like that the harvestables are scarce and that sometimes it takes a while to get an errand done. Otherwise I'd zip through everything in just a few gaming sessions and then complain that there was nothing to do. I'm enjoying the slower pace, although in some ways it's not slow at all, because my poor sim is busy every minute taking care of her crops, animals, and going to HOB every few days to sell stuff.
  • OldeSimsFan's avatar
    OldeSimsFan
    New Traveler
    4 years ago
    Have seen a minor development. Dominic from Windenham showed up at the place where the dirt plots are and planted at least 3 things in each one. Now to see what develops. Also, have noticed that much of the open area surrounds the various lots. I don't suppose there's a mod out there that allows use of the land around a given lot by the resident there.

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