I am not feeling the Charm Family.
I don't know what it is about this household, but when I took a look at them I was like meh. I'm just not feeling this household, and this is a first for me in this game. The household consist of an...
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"Sheepiling;c-17246027" wrote:"Simburian;c-17246025" wrote:"happyopi;c-17245882" wrote:
People wanting to tweak a maxis house will always be able to do that, no matter how hypothetically gorgeous the house. People not interested in b&b and wanting to play in a finished house are forced to live with what they've been given.
Paying a game and being expected to polish the assets is complete madness.
I don't believe any Sims games set out to provide beautiful homes from 'The Sims' on. They just provided the basic and one original Maxis person said the the best way to start off is just a toilet, shower and bed. You built up your money faster to add objects, quite a difficult game to play. It's always been a dolls' house for decorators and builders. Gameplayers get to sharpen their skills but those who like to build and decorate get something to work on.
I have to learn the gameplay maybe others could try some decorating?
Decorating an empty room is one thing, fixing the awful shells of these builds is another. Not everyone wants to learn architecture just so they can finally enjoy using Magic HQ.
I always try to keep Will Wrights words in my mind when I start a new game and realise that the houses are basic. I agree, though that the ones in Glimmerbrook aren't my idea of good design. I just move the walls about.
"Wright: Yeah, in some sense. The longer you play the game, the more you come to realize it's not united the way you originally thought. In the initial gameplay, it's about buying stuff.
You know, I want a better TV. I want a better kitchen. And when I get them, they will make my life better. But as you start playing the game for much longer with that same family, you realize that every object has a built-in failure. It can break, or it can start a flood, or it can catch on fire. So as you start buying more and more of these things and filling your house up, it's like all these potential time bombs. So if you play the game in a very materialistic direction, you start realizing that all these things that you bought are sucking up the time that they were supposed to save you. And as you build a bigger and bigger house, you realize the routing time is becoming a bigger and bigger. So really, the long-term thing that a lot of people are hitting in this is that the materialism is sort of a false promise.....
Wayback machine original.
