6 years ago

New Sims in the gallery and why this whole story thing is half baked.

Hello

recently Maxis added Sims into the gallery. Some are familiar like Ollie Purdue, we have new faces like Emiko Mori and defintly the Sims from the cover like Dela Ostrow. The cool thing is, every Sim has a little Bio or backstory written to them now, which i love because, i do like maxis Sims and adding them into the world, to not have always the same pretty instagram Sims with no backstory, that you would mostly find, when searching the gallery. I even like that the new Sims from the cover have Jobs and skills, this is defintly a step in the right direction.

Though... Why do all this other Sims have no skills and no Jobs. We all now that Ollie is artistic? It's half baked

And when it comes to relationships, this is such a big flaw. Soo... Dela and Mia are together, but you have to manually set the relationship... oh but there is no girlfriend option like written in their bio? half baked
At least you can have the sibling option for Ollie and Cassidy.

But still. Its been written everywhere a dozen times. Doesnt matter which community. Game Changers mentioned it, its been mentioned here, on twitter, facebook, reddit etc. etc.
Now with the story thing going on. We need more CAS relationship options asap.

And its a little thing, but why can Maxis not make sure, that stuff that is written in the bio are in the game. That goes espacially for the relationship options. I mean is it so hard, to set Ollie and Cassidy as siblings, before adding them to the gallery?
And then this talk about beeing a dance teacher and stuff. Teasing at its finest. You have to get a mod for that, its not even in the game. Theyre fantasising went overboard sometimes. (Or maybe its a hint, but who knows?)

And i hope we get for every Sim a personal Bio Option and not just Household. It's also needed, when you advertise story.

Would be cool if they could add, this Sims from the december patch into theyre Gallery.

https://simsvip.com/2019/02/06/the-sims-4-new-starter-sims-added-with-decembers-game-patch/

Happy Simming

OldeSimsFan
New Traveler
6 years ago
And being able to adjust existing ones so premades can be spouse bait without trashing existing relationships.
Purrloin9
6 years ago
I agree. They could easily upload the characters who are related together so they can at least have the relationships they should have.
OldeSimsFan
New Traveler
6 years ago
Agree with both of you in all respects. However, am afraid that an entirely new development team, one that actually cares, will be required. It is obvious the current one does not give a rat's tail.
enjoyfulsimmer0
6 years ago
Im really enjoying the story thing . Actually, its definitely in my top 3 favorite updates to this game. I will use it every time i play now. I will use it with each household i create from now on.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"EnjoyfulSimmer;c-17184414" wrote:
Im really enjoying the story thing . Actually, its definitely in my top 3 favorite updates to this game. I will use it every time i play now. I will use it with each household i create from now on.

I love this idea too for a option. Choices is always a good thing - I think.
pepperjax1230
Rising Novice
6 years ago
I’m sorry but does that mean you need a game to tell you how to play when you use that function? The story you tell still is yours and I think it’s a cool idea if you don’t want to think up backstories for your sims.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"pepperjax1230;c-17185627" wrote:
I’m sorry but does that mean you need a game to tell you how to play when you use that function? The story you tell still is yours and I think it’s a cool idea if you don’t want to think up backstories for your sims.

Actually my own preference is for Sims not in my rotation. I handle the stories for all the Sims in my rotation - but that is a good idea to add a few more Sims I don't plan making a story for. I like to have a lot of Sims in my games but not all of them do I care about playing regularly in my rotation.
pepperjax1230
Rising Novice
6 years ago
"Writin_Reg;c-17185636" wrote:
"pepperjax1230;c-17185627" wrote:
I’m sorry but does that mean you need a game to tell you how to play when you use that function? The story you tell still is yours and I think it’s a cool idea if you don’t want to think up backstories for your sims.

Actually my own preference is for Sims not in my rotation. I handle the stories for all the Sims in my rotation - but that is a good idea to add a few more Sims I don't plan making a story for. I like to have a lot of Sims in my games but not all of them do I care about playing regularly in my rotation.

I wasn’t singling you out @Writin_Reg because you said you liked it. I said mostly for the people who think it’s half baked. I mean I’m still playing the family I made for Strangerville. ?
LadyGray01
Seasoned Hotshot
6 years ago
"Sk8rblaze;c-17180565" wrote:
They severely butchered every single Sim's story, whether they're a Sim from The Sims 1, 2, 3, or even one of the new ones added. There was clearly a lack of time and/or interest from Maxis in maintaining stories that were more than a decade in the making, and they took the very lazy route of "an alternate universe" so they could basically make up their own thing, which again, was poorly done.

I miss the running stories that they had going with 1-3. Particularly in 2, there were some fun back stories. Even when things weren't necessarily intentional, they ran with it.
Bella Goth got messed up, so they put a duplicate in Strangetown and crafted a whole storyline for her that involved multiple townies. The ghosts on Olive Specter's lot look like they were just testing death types or something. But, instead of just removing the files when they were done, they gave Olive a serial killer vibe and a graveyard. And there's others throughout the game. (corruption aside from too many unlinked Sim files)They made it a lot of fun.
The lack of good stories and the "reboot" feel of Sims 4 was one of the many things that turned me off of the game when I first tried it out. Here lately I've been trying to re-write some of the family stories and set things up the way I wanted them.
NoNameGirl20
6 years ago
"pepperjax1230;c-17185627" wrote:
I’m sorry but does that mean you need a game to tell you how to play when you use that function? The story you tell still is yours and I think it’s a cool idea if you don’t want to think up backstories for your sims.

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"pepperjax1230;c-17185642" wrote:
"Writin_Reg;c-17185636" wrote:
"pepperjax1230;c-17185627" wrote:
I’m sorry but does that mean you need a game to tell you how to play when you use that function? The story you tell still is yours and I think it’s a cool idea if you don’t want to think up backstories for your sims.

Actually my own preference is for Sims not in my rotation. I handle the stories for all the Sims in my rotation - but that is a good idea to add a few more Sims I don't plan making a story for. I like to have a lot of Sims in my games but not all of them do I care about playing regularly in my rotation.

I wasn’t singling you out @Writin_Reg because you said you liked it. I said mostly for the people who think it’s half baked. I mean I’m still playing the family I made for Strangerville. ?

@pepperjax1230

What function are you talking about? CAS Story, at least it randomizes a skill and a job, which maxis doesnt even do.
I am talking about the gallery Sims from Maxis. Its written that for example Marco Russo is a painter but he has no painting skills, while the sims from the Base cover have actually skills and jobs. Its not even half baked, i think its lazy. We are talking about a professional studio here, geez.