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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"JoAnne65;c-16020001" wrote:"cactusjuice;c-16019689" wrote:
I agree with Joanne65 open world all the way for 5- no loading screens, no rabbit holes, no disappearing into the void. A proper Sims game.
I don't mind rabbitholes as such actually :mrgreen: I do mind them when they are used out of 'laziness', standing in the way of potential awesome gameplay (prom, restaurant, shop and ridingschool come to mind). So I'd love a Skyrim kind of system. Open world galore, but for certain lots - visible from the outside though - a loading screen (the purely functional lots like city hall, school and some of the careers can stay rabbithole afaic).
I quite liked the rabbit holes and wish EA had taken notice of the rabbit hole 'door' and 'rug' mod which allowed players to build their own rabbit hole themselves in any style they wanted but also add a door or rug which sims could disappear behind to visit the actual rabbit hole itself, e.g., to buy groceries or books, etc. It gave builders a chance to build in their own style and also gave a good reason for Sims to actually leave their house! By making a lot 'visitors allowed' you could put any objects in your own part of the rabbit hole build which you knew would be used by all visiting sims. This meant you could build almost anything in the knowledge that it would be used by all sims and allowed to you create a whole town full of builds in your own style. That is so missing in Sims 4, in my opinion.
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