Open worlds discussion
It's been really hard for the Sims 4 to keep my attention for long periods of time because it's not an open world. That is the sole issue with the game for me. I just hate the loading screens and ...
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"Stormkeep;c-18102249" wrote:
They have the appearance of being "open world" but the world is actually in grids, and only the grids closest to the player are loaded at any given time. The loading happens in the background as you move about, so you don't see loading screens.
Yes, you don't see the loading screens, but you see the textures loading, which to me is the same thing. TS3 was particularly annoying because they loaded visibly all the time whenever you moved the camera around and on very short distances. If I turned camera to the right, bam, loading textures, if I turned it the other way, again, more loading textures, and it was annoying having to always give it 5 seconds or so for the things to display properly. It also offered no benefit to play the entire neighbourhood because sims were usually occupied or stuck elsewhere and community venues were empty or simply rabbitholes.
