Open world totally breaks immersion for sure
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> @AthenaOnyx said:
> I know I'm going to earn some zagadoos for this. What I'd like is if s5 has somewhat open world like Skyrim. Like there would a huge land mass that is completely opened, world designers could build anything want mountains, forests, fields, sometimes you'd see random sims just wondering around in the world. Then there would be regions that would require a loading screen. These could be urban areas, tropical beachy areas, or quaint rural towns etc. everything by the buildings would be open, here you'd see plenty of sims just walking around doing there own thing. If you want to go into a building then that's going to require another loading screen. Let's say you're just walking through the city, you might see a mountain in the distance, if you leave that region you could actually walk to that mountain.
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> The reason I'd like things this way is because I think it's a good compromise between what would function well and what would make the game the most realistic.
I actually fully agree with this, and I was thinking something similar. One of the reasons for the closed world in TS4 was to make it more accessible to people with lower quality computers, but they took it about 20,000 steps too far. Open town sections would be the way to go for a good compromise. Make them into smaller, bite-sized bits, and only have a loading screen between sections, not lots. Sections could be double the size of TS4 neighborhoods, and could be laid out in a grid system, so there's some continuity. Updates could add new pieces of the map, leading up to expansion packs with with multiple pieces to go with their new content.
It would also be cool to have urban/rural sections with development level maximums to reflect the zones, and enforced population densities. I'd hate to be out in a rural area and have it get all crowded with townies and randoms wandering around, but I'd also hate to hit the big city and have it completely empty.
> I know I'm going to earn some zagadoos for this. What I'd like is if s5 has somewhat open world like Skyrim. Like there would a huge land mass that is completely opened, world designers could build anything want mountains, forests, fields, sometimes you'd see random sims just wondering around in the world. Then there would be regions that would require a loading screen. These could be urban areas, tropical beachy areas, or quaint rural towns etc. everything by the buildings would be open, here you'd see plenty of sims just walking around doing there own thing. If you want to go into a building then that's going to require another loading screen. Let's say you're just walking through the city, you might see a mountain in the distance, if you leave that region you could actually walk to that mountain.
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> The reason I'd like things this way is because I think it's a good compromise between what would function well and what would make the game the most realistic.
I actually fully agree with this, and I was thinking something similar. One of the reasons for the closed world in TS4 was to make it more accessible to people with lower quality computers, but they took it about 20,000 steps too far. Open town sections would be the way to go for a good compromise. Make them into smaller, bite-sized bits, and only have a loading screen between sections, not lots. Sections could be double the size of TS4 neighborhoods, and could be laid out in a grid system, so there's some continuity. Updates could add new pieces of the map, leading up to expansion packs with with multiple pieces to go with their new content.
It would also be cool to have urban/rural sections with development level maximums to reflect the zones, and enforced population densities. I'd hate to be out in a rural area and have it get all crowded with townies and randoms wandering around, but I'd also hate to hit the big city and have it completely empty.
