"Horrorgirl6;c-17549687" wrote:
"SimAlexandria;c-17548205" wrote:
"Horrorgirl6;c-17542189" wrote:
"SimAlexandria;c-17481617" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17481332" wrote:
"PmlTry;c-17481318" wrote:
“But it would spoil things very much for me if they made the sims the way they are in, say, Sims 2. I have that game too and I can't play it without getting bored very quickly. I just can't be creative enough with it. The sims fight against me left, right, and centre to do their own thing when I want them to do something else. They have their own personality which makes it so that I can't be creative with them and tell stories in my game play the way I like to, which is really frustrating. If I wanted them to do their own thing I may as well watch a movie because my game play style is to create a story, not to watch them make the story.”
I found that element of free will in Sims 2 a spur to creativity. And you do know you could turn it off, right?
This is not about going back to Sims 2. (For the record, I prefer Sims 3.) This is about a newer version actually being an improvement rather than a regression that caters solely to people who want to build worlds of nothing but pretty people and fashionable clothes.
Some people are happy to just take pictures of their sims and post stories. They use pose player with lots of fake poses and interactions and, as long as they have their pretty pictures, they probably don't even notice that the actual gameplay is lacking.
"PmlTry;c-17481318" wrote:
“But it would spoil things very much for me if they made the sims the way they are in, say, Sims 2. I have that game too and I can't play it without getting bored very quickly. I just can't be creative enough with it. The sims fight against me left, right, and centre to do their own thing when I want them to do something else. They have their own personality which makes it so that I can't be creative with them and tell stories in my game play the way I like to, which is really frustrating. If I wanted them to do their own thing I may as well watch a movie because my game play style is to create a story, not to watch them make the story.”
I found that element of free will in Sims 2 a spur to creativity. And you do know you could turn it off, right?
This is not about going back to Sims 2. (For the record, I prefer Sims 3.) This is about a newer version actually being an improvement rather than a regression that caters solely to people who want to build worlds of nothing but pretty people and fashionable clothes.
No, you couldn't turn off what I'm talking about. Sim's personalities. I hate how they are done in Sims 2. Animations are great, but the personality of the Sims themselves is so deep and I can't stand it. I want a completely blank state to tell my stories. (And I dislike Sims 3 too for other reasons. I have the gamebut again get bored very quickly). Sims4 IS a better version for my game play style. Which has nothing to do with building worlds of pretty people, but even if it did, and for those that it does, that game play style is not wrong or more childish than someone elses and there's no reason Sims teams shouldn't cater to them.
You can turn sims 3 story profession , and free will off.
I wouldn't want to turn off story progression or free will. I like it.
But if your problem was their personalities.That would gave them the blank state you need to tell your stories.
No, it wouldn't be what I need for how I play and the stories I tell. But actually, I DON'T have a problem with their personalities, in fact I think they are perfect how they are now, if you read my other posts. I play with autonomy on, but still micromanage them, and it's the PERFECT combo for my stories just as it is now. They don't stand around and do nothing, which would be boring and unrealistic to me, but they don't do anything big on their own.
And story progession is a lot of fun for the Sims I'm no longer playing. Sure I don't want my current active sim to suddenly go get married... but I play several (3) large families, with 9 kids each, (some grown and moved out), and some of thsoe have kids.. I don't play ALL of them and I love turning on MCCC to see how the ones I Don't play progress in the background, it doesn't affect my story as they aren't part of it anymore. Story progression is awesome and I'd love to see it added to Sims 4.
What I'm saying is that I wouldn't want personalities to change BECAUSE I have no problem with them now. Story Progression and Free Will are different to me. But I would not want to see something like turn ons/turn offs or stuff like meaningful stories adds, with Sims getting random traits suddenly, or being harder to keep happy, or not getting along with another Sim that you want them too etc.
But as it is right now, I have no issues. Hope that makes sense.
*Edit unless you meant Sims 3 personalities? In which case my problem is more with Sims 2 personalities, Sims 3 I don't like for other reasons, the world felt empty and I couldn't get past the art style/graphics which are extremely important to me and I hate the Sims 3 style. I played for a little bit, got bored quick, my experience with them isn't enough to comment on if I liked their personalities or not as I don't remember now. But the Sims 4 ones are perfect (for my game play) anyways so if they are different than Sims 4, which people seem to suggest, then yeah, not interested really. I do have the game, and tried to play a couple months ago, (Sims 2 as well) but I just can't go back to them after Sims 4. Story progression was nice though. I'm grateful MCCC adds that to Sims 4, and the new phone calls are a good start with Sims 4 too but would like it properly added in one day, however, it's not a deal breaker to me and if MCCC ever stopped updating or became a pay service I'd still pick Sims 4 ahead even without the story progression. I'd just miss it.
