Lack of Long-term gameplay in TS4
This video from Carl's Sims 4 guides explains the topic very well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk06dk_G8bI It is very true that there isn't really much to do with your money besides build a...
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Once again, toggles would solve many of the issues related to different simmers enjoying different playstyles.
Difficulty toggle (occurrence of deaths via electrocution, cow plants etc and consequences for bad performance at school, work and criminal activity), spontaneous events toggle (alien abductions, vampire break-ins, burglaries etc), story progression toggle (with options for played households so rotational players can keep up their stories) and so on. There could even be a chemistry toggle for those who don't want it to be challenging for their sims to get along with anyone they want (how TS4 is now, before an actual chemistry and turn-on/off system has been implemented).
Toggles for each occult so simmers can enjoy the features a pack brings without having supernaturals in their saves, if they so choose. Even a celebrity toggle would be great, since although opting out of fame is a great toggle, it isn't currently enough if I don't want obnoxious paparazzi and fainting fans at my every community lot.
Simmers who enjoy the game as it is now, can choose to keep the toggles on default setting. Simmers who prefer the game more challenging and more like previous iterations can set the toggles to the more difficult settings. The rest simply have more options to tailor the game to their perfect setup, which is never a bad thing. Everyone wins, since no-one is forced to play the game a certain way.
Difficulty toggle (occurrence of deaths via electrocution, cow plants etc and consequences for bad performance at school, work and criminal activity), spontaneous events toggle (alien abductions, vampire break-ins, burglaries etc), story progression toggle (with options for played households so rotational players can keep up their stories) and so on. There could even be a chemistry toggle for those who don't want it to be challenging for their sims to get along with anyone they want (how TS4 is now, before an actual chemistry and turn-on/off system has been implemented).
Toggles for each occult so simmers can enjoy the features a pack brings without having supernaturals in their saves, if they so choose. Even a celebrity toggle would be great, since although opting out of fame is a great toggle, it isn't currently enough if I don't want obnoxious paparazzi and fainting fans at my every community lot.
Simmers who enjoy the game as it is now, can choose to keep the toggles on default setting. Simmers who prefer the game more challenging and more like previous iterations can set the toggles to the more difficult settings. The rest simply have more options to tailor the game to their perfect setup, which is never a bad thing. Everyone wins, since no-one is forced to play the game a certain way.
