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While I'm ready to see what a new iteration will be like, I too am fearful that it will be even less developed and be even more driven by "player direction" rather than actually seeing a story being played out on the screen that you can either run with or manipulate it how you want.
I can't handle another "doll house" iteration. I don't know if it was because of the fact this game was supposed to be online and all actions, decisions, interactions, etc would have been between other RL people if it was indeed online and therefore the AI was not developed in a way that actually was smart and intuitive. Or if they thought we would prefer to "tell our own" stories more so they dummied down the AI to not be intrusive, but I do not like it and I can not (actually that should be will not) do it again. I don't have a huge imagination, I don't like setting up "scenes" to pretend they are behaving a certain way.
I much prefer to have a story line in my mind, start playing it and if my sims go in a different direction, it's fun for me to have to rethink my original storyline and run in a new direction. That keeps things fresh in my mind, and not so samey, samey.
Also, I can not handle the extreme and overly obsessive behavior of the sims. And, I'm afraid it will just be more of the same with TS5. Traits need to matter, not every single sim needs to be tunnel-visionly focused on playing with their phone or the pc or working out, or BEING SO SOCIAL to the point, that they will stop what they're doing to run and chat with another sim regardless if they know them or not! Only those sims with traits that would realistically make a person be drawn to those things should be effected by that or if directed by the player to do them.
So yeah, while I'm interested in seeing what the next version will be like, if it's just TS4 with new graphics, I'll be passing it up.
One more thing: I also don't think we'll see drama or anything negative in the next iteration either. EA is all about "Positive Play", which I think they've gone over board with that. I understand and agree with not having bullying or harassment or an unsafe environment when dealing with other people. But, we're talking about a game's mechanics, that should not be part of their "Positive Play" focus in my opinion, but I do think that is part of the reason TS4 is so Happy, Happy Rainbows, Cotton Candy and Puppies all the time.
I can't handle another "doll house" iteration. I don't know if it was because of the fact this game was supposed to be online and all actions, decisions, interactions, etc would have been between other RL people if it was indeed online and therefore the AI was not developed in a way that actually was smart and intuitive. Or if they thought we would prefer to "tell our own" stories more so they dummied down the AI to not be intrusive, but I do not like it and I can not (actually that should be will not) do it again. I don't have a huge imagination, I don't like setting up "scenes" to pretend they are behaving a certain way.
I much prefer to have a story line in my mind, start playing it and if my sims go in a different direction, it's fun for me to have to rethink my original storyline and run in a new direction. That keeps things fresh in my mind, and not so samey, samey.
Also, I can not handle the extreme and overly obsessive behavior of the sims. And, I'm afraid it will just be more of the same with TS5. Traits need to matter, not every single sim needs to be tunnel-visionly focused on playing with their phone or the pc or working out, or BEING SO SOCIAL to the point, that they will stop what they're doing to run and chat with another sim regardless if they know them or not! Only those sims with traits that would realistically make a person be drawn to those things should be effected by that or if directed by the player to do them.
So yeah, while I'm interested in seeing what the next version will be like, if it's just TS4 with new graphics, I'll be passing it up.
One more thing: I also don't think we'll see drama or anything negative in the next iteration either. EA is all about "Positive Play", which I think they've gone over board with that. I understand and agree with not having bullying or harassment or an unsafe environment when dealing with other people. But, we're talking about a game's mechanics, that should not be part of their "Positive Play" focus in my opinion, but I do think that is part of the reason TS4 is so Happy, Happy Rainbows, Cotton Candy and Puppies all the time.
