Make-yourself-simulator vs dollhouse simulator

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-17447660" wrote:

"Beardedgeek;c-17447447" wrote:

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-17447063" wrote:
I noticed they are taking away more of the sandbox mode in terms of gameplay. When I need to mod the game to play my sim world as I have in previous iterations that us very telling.

I have not noticed this at all. Please explain what you mean?

The forced in the pocket cell phone as soon as the toddler pops out if the bassinet is an example. Also, the sims gravitating more toward electronics for fun. I enjoy setting my game to play in a past era, you know where there is no cell phone or even computers were common place. There is furniture to fit the aesthetics of the past eras, from victorian style to 1950's style as examples. But, the gameplay for a majority of careers and the way the devs set up the phone needed for many tasks and travel. It makes it impossible to play the way I prefer without heavily modding. In other iterations, it was not as difficult to play the way I desire. If it takes me 200+ hours just to set up a game file to be somewhat playable, that is a very telling. My guess is you don't mind the sims with constant tech addiction, as it fits your playstyle.

We have had this discussion. I simply does not consider this a valid complaint for reasons I have already stated. Again, Sims 4 takes place in the modern world. The fact that you still can use the mailbox for as much things as you can is actually becoming unrealistic already.

I know the US is behind Europe (not being obnoxious, I have an American wife and have spent a lot of time in the US) like actually paying people by check still (!!!), something that stopped in Sweden around 1982 (not exaggerating). After that it was automatic bank transfers only. But even taking that in consideration... For me, as a Swede, not having a smart phone I guess is like for an American to not have a car. Virtually unheard of.