Open Neighborhood Rather than Open World
In TS3 the entire world was open and i think this contributed to difficulty running the game. In TS4 the active lot and a portion of the neighborhood within the world is open. I'm not sure if this can...
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"Cinebar;c-16022036" wrote:"JoAnne65;c-16022015" wrote:"Cinebar;c-16021999" wrote:
I don't like open world. I like to leave Sims and go play a different Sim, and not 'worry' about them, true TS3 Sims take care of themselves and if you told them to skill etc. they are still doing that when you get back (sometimes) but sometimes I get sick of the whole bunch and just want to go off with one, and explore their life, one at a time without the other running back home etc.
What I do like is open neighborhood, in smaller sections, but then the neighbors would probably never be home, lol, I doubt it would work the way I wanted it to work so all the games have their pros and cons and why modders improve them one way or the other.
Then stop worrying about them, they really don't need you. Focus on that one sim and leave the rest. Sims 3's open world may have its flaws but that aspect they took care of properly.
I'm a micromanager, I can't help it. If I see a red icon I have to check it out. I had Sims run back home (their motives were just fine) when I took several to places to enjoy. I have little patience with Sims, I have killed them for a lot less. ;) It's just a personal choice. Open world and Story Progression were a huge turn off to me, after about six months, when TS3 was first released. We didn't have any toggles back then to turn it off etc. It did get better over the years, and I don't like completely closed world anymore, but I play four to eight Sims for years in these games so sometimes I need some of them out of my hair...away. They all have their pluses and minuses though, I like them all for different reasons.
Yes, I believe turning off SP was bugged in the beginning of TS3? That, added to the fact people were used to no SP in Sims 2, must have been extra annoying for rotational players and micromanagers. I do understand what you mean by the way. It is different when I play a sim at home (surrounded by family) or in some tomb all by him/herself. But I notice I get more and more relaxed concerning this because they do take care of themselves.
It's not possible to micromanage them all, that is true and if you like doing that, open world TS3 style is a problem. Ambitions vs GTW shows this (I only play Ambitions careers when I only have one sim to take care of, this simply does work better in the TS4 set up). I wonder though if it might be possible to find some kind of compromise there. It would make a huge difference if they at least would allow us to give sims staying at home instructions they would perform in the background in TS4. When I first heard about Sims 4 I was very enthousiastic, because we didn't know back then how small the neighborhoods were going to be, we didn't know every lot was seperated by a loading screen and we didn't know there was no way of controlling sims we didn't choose to follow. Back then the set up sounded like the best of both worlds to me. In reality though they didn't take the best of neither Sims 2 or 3 in this respect.
