I think we can all agree that overall too much technology just does not equal fun gameplay in a game no matter how realistic it may be. It's not "fun" to watch virtual people doing virtual things. The virtual reality thingy in sims is one of the items I haven't touched in years. I think much like real life modern technology is very cold and isolating and that's the feeling it translates in game. What warms the heart and makes you smile at the game is the same things that warm the heart in real life. ❤ Holding hands with a family, friend or loved one, spending time together without the distraction of technology like the way sims can cook together is really nice. Piggy back rides, playing and building things together rather it be cardboard forts, tree houses or anything creative and fun. Human to human, sim to sim contact.
You don't know how many little little children I see sitting together on their tablets and phones without even acknowledging eachother's presense. It feels very cold and robot like. My parents never allowed anyone in the house to own cellphones or computers and I'm actually grateful for it. I feel like it played a big part in me and my siblings growing such a close relationship. We had nothing but eachother, our creativity and our imagination and it truly shaped some of my fondest memories of all the things we invented and did?
Those are the feelings players want in sims. It makes you smile and it's much more fun to watch.
Although I've never played it I think ts2 came the closest from what I seen.
When we had the stuff pack vote I remember technology coming in last lol
Random memory: I remember years ago before I was allowed interne I first saw a picture of mickey mouse, and disney world in relation to the internet. And for years after that I dreamed of having the internet because Iegit thought it = Disney world. ? Fast forward to when my uncle brought my first computer and I got internet, the anticipation was so high and then all of my dreams were crusheed. All I saw were web browsers and I'm like what happened to mickey mouse? What happened to Disney world?? what I'm I supposed to do with this search bar? ?
Then I got the idea to search mickey mouse and disney world but it was just pictures and links ? Don't ask me what I thought I was going to find ?
