Is your playstyle more like sandbox or simulation?

i play both ways but i guess more simulation side, like i'll do what the game wants me to do but i'll also do it my way, if i feel things are going too smooth then i'll stir it up a little

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"EnkiSchmidt;c-17981670" wrote:
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I voted:

‘By sandbox I mean you control the environment and challenges, can maniuplate the world, play more often with cheats and customization , youd like most control over relationships, work, the game gives you the tools to design everything and so on.’

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I would love to set up a world then sit back and watch the simulation unfold without needing to do anything, but there are just too many things sims won't do so, I have to intervene. For example, spellcaster sims don't really practice their craft so you have to make them practice. I also have to occasionally stop my sim from making 200 gallons of mac and cheese in the cauldron. Seriously, who needs that much mac and cheese? But, yeah, a perfect simulation would be nice, but it's not possible in the game.

Also, the term "sandbox game" means a gaming environment where anything can happen and you can play however you want(allowable within the gaming environment). I think labeling the 2 choices simulation or doll house/story would have been more accurate and less confusing because you can play either way in a sandbox game. I know, nit-picking here. Other games considered sandbox - Mine Craft, Eve Online, Civilization series, GTA V, No Man's Sky - all big worlds, tons of game play freedom.

Sandbox for me.

I love telling stories and sandbox is like telling stories through my Sims. I like to create Sims based on characters I like from games, comic books, movies or television. But, I do have Sims not really based on anyone. I don't use things Rags to Riches so much as a challenge as more of inspiration for story telling through my kid. I find doing Rags-To-Riches Sims is a great way to build up skills in a natural way. For me the story is more important. The more control I have the better. The more I can customize the better. I get frustrated when I feel EA is trying to control how I play and experience things.

I chose simulation because I definitely want the simulation there. If I choose gloomy, self-absorbed and evil traits for my Sim, by golly you can be sure that I want my Sim to act gloomy, evil, and self-absorbed without me having to choose specific actions or conversations for them. So I do like the sandbox aspect of getting to select what drives my Sim and why, but I want more of the game's acknowledgement of my selections to play out autonomously. That's the balance that I'm always seeking.

Edit: Also, I'd rather the game comes with full simulation mechanics that I can just use cheats (or mods) to play how I like, rather than have that aspect be absent altogether and be forced to play one specific way. It's harder to add simulation than it is to cheat around it, in my experience.

@Arzekial the mention of those other games is interesting and maybe a good comparison
Minecraft has a Creative Mode which is completely sandbox, a Survival Mode which is completely simulation (arguably) and various difficulty sliders
You can for example use Creative Mode to set up a world and then use Survival Mode to play in it
Civilization series doesn't have a sandbox option that I know of? unless you're talking about cheats mods etc

"Arzekial;c-17983201" wrote:
I would love to set up a world then sit back and watch the simulation unfold without needing to do anything, but there are just too many things sims won't do so, I have to intervene. For example, spellcaster sims don't really practice their craft so you have to make them practice. I also have to occasionally stop my sim from making 200 gallons of mac and cheese in the cauldron. Seriously, who needs that much mac and cheese? But, yeah, a perfect simulation would be nice, but it's not possible in the game.

Also, the term "sandbox game" means a gaming environment where anything can happen and you can play however you want(allowable within the gaming environment). I think labeling the 2 choices simulation or doll house/story would have been more accurate and less confusing because you can play either way in a sandbox game. I know, nit-picking here. Other games considered sandbox - Mine Craft, Eve Online, Civilization series, GTA V, No Man's Sky - all big worlds, tons of game play freedom.

Yeah I do agree Sims 2 and 3 did offer more sandbox style especially when it comes to the worlds. Sims 1 and 4 I think doll house would describe both well. Steam offers a ton of simulation games which offers a simulation experience rather than rabbit holes which don't simulate anything. Sims 4 I think offers more text gameplay than the Sims 1 like a lot of old platform games do rather than a visual simulation. Sims 4 I just have a hard time calling it a Sims game which is short for simulations with little to no simulation going on. Lawn Mower Simulator fits the genre better. Then again I play probably a lot of games beyond the Sims too. But yeah according to the definition Sims 4 just doesn't fit imitation of real life with consequences with a little safety net which has been one of the top critiques of this iteration. But then again Lucy and Rachel didn't want it to be but based it off the Kim Kardashian mobile game. https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/simulation/26957 So yes I am all for Sims 4 being a true sandbox and simulation game, but it was designed to be neither, so been hard for the game to stray from its original MMO/mobile focus design.

I picked simulation, but I also greatly enjoy sandbox elements. I love telling stories, but like to achieve things as part of the story and I like to be surprised with obstacles. I don't use cheats for households I consider my main families, but for others I might. I feel like the simulation side is lacking which is why I picked it.

I play both. I control my sims, the rest live out their lives in the glory of MCCC. I can be somewhat of a micromanager when it comes to careers/skills/aspirations, but I'm not a fan of missions or things of that nature - I'd play an MMO for that stuff. Do...Not...Want...Quests...In...Sims.