Memories. How do they work?
I'm not entirely sure where this should go. So here it is! XD I notice a lot of people mention memories and I was always super confused as to what that was until I actually found it in-game the oth...
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Originally when "The Sims 4" was first launched you could not only use a short description to what is going on in the memory system but you could choose the emotions of your Sims and when they reminiscent about it they would feel the emotion of that particular memory and unlike The Sims 3 memories where you were limited to only 300 you could create as many memories as possible to tell your story and to relieve old times but unfortunately the December 2015 butchered it to literally nothing! The December 2015 changed the memory system where you are no longer allowed to choose the emotion of your Sim as it's replaced with an auto emotion system where when you take a screenshot of the new memory your forced to go with the emotion the Sim is feeling at the time or you can't create the memory at all. You are literally forced to play how EA sees it or nothing. Your choice to chose the appropriate emotion is gone! And this was literally done for no reason at all. This quickly complicates things as this can easily conflict with the actual situation.
I remember my Sim being abducted after the new memory system was in place and usually I would put angry or sad but I was forced to say he was happy about it. If I didn't like it I can't even use it as a memory. In addition to how it is now. All screenshots from photography skill, to memories, and normal screenshots from every household you play are bunched into a single file making it the most unorganized mess the team as ever created. Would you like a separate folder for each of your households. Too bad cause that feature is gone! And what's worst even if you play with a single household the memories/screenshots are not in order so if your trying to tell a story your story will go all over the place. In my opinion I was so furious they took away my game play I stopped playing The Sims 4 for a while and struggled on and off since on playing it as being forced to not use the memory system anymore because EA decided to take away our "freedom to choose" became quite uneasy and unfair. And what's worst is this was not even needed. They took a system that worked to a system that clearly is a huge mess. As of today I am once again leaving The Sims 4. Partially due to technical difficulties although based on today's bug patch it looks like my issue is fixed but I feel like I'm paying to much money for a game that's not only taken away how I play as a "storyteller" but is in theory telling you how to play rather then letting you do it yourself so I'm going back to The Sims 2 (awesome memory system with story mode that is a huge feature for storytellers) at a time way before this forced game play was placed upon us. In my opinion the golden age of The Sims 4 memory system is long gone because EA decided it was simply to much freedom for us to have! To this day I'm not really completely over it!
I remember my Sim being abducted after the new memory system was in place and usually I would put angry or sad but I was forced to say he was happy about it. If I didn't like it I can't even use it as a memory. In addition to how it is now. All screenshots from photography skill, to memories, and normal screenshots from every household you play are bunched into a single file making it the most unorganized mess the team as ever created. Would you like a separate folder for each of your households. Too bad cause that feature is gone! And what's worst even if you play with a single household the memories/screenshots are not in order so if your trying to tell a story your story will go all over the place. In my opinion I was so furious they took away my game play I stopped playing The Sims 4 for a while and struggled on and off since on playing it as being forced to not use the memory system anymore because EA decided to take away our "freedom to choose" became quite uneasy and unfair. And what's worst is this was not even needed. They took a system that worked to a system that clearly is a huge mess. As of today I am once again leaving The Sims 4. Partially due to technical difficulties although based on today's bug patch it looks like my issue is fixed but I feel like I'm paying to much money for a game that's not only taken away how I play as a "storyteller" but is in theory telling you how to play rather then letting you do it yourself so I'm going back to The Sims 2 (awesome memory system with story mode that is a huge feature for storytellers) at a time way before this forced game play was placed upon us. In my opinion the golden age of The Sims 4 memory system is long gone because EA decided it was simply to much freedom for us to have! To this day I'm not really completely over it!
