"Melisendre;c-18012979" wrote:
I didn't like story progression in Sims 3 so I'm not sure if would like this feature in Sims 4. I hope I can switch it off.
For me it seems to be just more popups disturbing my game. All these popups are so annoying.
This worries me as well. I've never wanted Story Progression because it's one of the (several) reasons I couldn't stand Sims 3. I understand that devs are working to try to make them customizable, but forgive me if I'm skeptical because a history of Sims 3 and 4 have shown that things don't always work as expected or implied.
I have about 200 played Sims in my game, who I've worked hours on in CAS for the last 7 years, with specifics in mind for them, and who are scattered throughout the various worlds. I don't want the game making any random choices for them whatsoever, save for behaviors that fit the traits, Aspirations, likes and dislikes I've given them. I already get very frustrated when the game chooses them to be yoga instructors and whatnot. I also play a
lot of Occults and it bugs the heck out of me when my Vampires are domesticated. I don't like the idea at all that Neighborhood Stories can't be turned off. This is something that, if it ended up invasive enough, would make me quit this game because it would destroy my personal play style. I didn't support Sims 3 past the base game when it came out for this same reason. I'd hoped that, if SP ever did become a thing with TS4, that it would only affect unplayed households to avoid destroying rotational games.
Also, yeah, being bombarded with popups while I'm trying to play my game for an hour is extremely irritating. It's already like this now, and you're telling me we're getting more of that? I highly recommend finding a way for players to be able to avoid the spam altogether by turning off their Sims' phones . I play many large households and I can barely get anything done as it is and it all mostly comes from Sims I don't even care about who happened to be at the nightclub once and now think they're friends because I was forced to greet them before I could take an action.
I'm filled with trepidation for this update.
