Patience is definitely a virtue... One I lack

"simgirl1010;c-16428587" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16428544" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16428119" wrote:
I just really can’t imagine finding it difficult to play when you’re really having fun with what you have going on in your current game. Isn’t that sort of... a testomy of in fact being somewhat bored? How can you have big fun and enjoy yourself, then suddenly find yourself quiting just because in June it’s going to rain or snow in your game or your sim will be able to go to university? If that knowledge alone stops you from enjoying the game all together.... no, I really have no idea how that works. I’m having fun playing or not and when excitement over something that isn’t there yet would make me stop wanting to play, it would make me wonder if I’m enjoying myself then in the first place. Apparently my enjoyment depends on the upcoming stuff then. In the past packs even had to wait at one point (when we got 3 EP’s a year) because I was in the middle of something and there was no room for the new stuff in my sims’ story.

Good points :smile:

In the early days of The Sims there was excitement before a new EP launched but by TS3 I was mostly satisfied with a pack that I did not need to rush out and buy the latest one straight away. Good gameplay should not have reliance on new content every few weeks. In the old days we only got one new EP every six months so apart from some free stuff online there was never a culture of reliance to keep the game interesting just because something new had been added. I didn't even bother with the Store Content until after TS3 was 'finished' and I don't own all the Store now.

Exactly my point. I'm in no hurry for new content or even news of new content.

I understand how you feel. I'm glad you are enjoying your gameplay and everyone's gameplay is different. The Sims is great about allowing different styles of how you play the game. I change families every few months.
Before, there was SO much that you could get lost in a feature and be totally immersed. While by absolutely no means do I think TS4 is a bad game, there is just something missing for me. Everyone says go back to 3 but my computer won't run it.

Like I said before, I like having something to look forward it is what keeps me going. And not just in the Sims either. Announcements are therapeutic for me. lol

"BoredinTX;c-16428832" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16428587" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16428544" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16428119" wrote:
I just really can’t imagine finding it difficult to play when you’re really having fun with what you have going on in your current game. Isn’t that sort of... a testomy of in fact being somewhat bored? How can you have big fun and enjoy yourself, then suddenly find yourself quiting just because in June it’s going to rain or snow in your game or your sim will be able to go to university? If that knowledge alone stops you from enjoying the game all together.... no, I really have no idea how that works. I’m having fun playing or not and when excitement over something that isn’t there yet would make me stop wanting to play, it would make me wonder if I’m enjoying myself then in the first place. Apparently my enjoyment depends on the upcoming stuff then. In the past packs even had to wait at one point (when we got 3 EP’s a year) because I was in the middle of something and there was no room for the new stuff in my sims’ story.

Good points :smile:

In the early days of The Sims there was excitement before a new EP launched but by TS3 I was mostly satisfied with a pack that I did not need to rush out and buy the latest one straight away. Good gameplay should not have reliance on new content every few weeks. In the old days we only got one new EP every six months so apart from some free stuff online there was never a culture of reliance to keep the game interesting just because something new had been added. I didn't even bother with the Store Content until after TS3 was 'finished' and I don't own all the Store now.

Exactly my point. I'm in no hurry for new content or even news of new content.

I understand how you feel. I'm glad you are enjoying your gameplay and everyone's gameplay is different. The Sims is great about allowing different styles of how you play the game. I change families every few months.
Before, there was SO much that you could get lost in a feature and be totally immersed. While by absolutely no means do I think TS4 is a bad game, there is just something missing for me. Everyone says go back to 3 but my computer won't run it.

Like I said before, I like having something to look forward it is what keeps me going. And not just in the Sims either. Announcements are therapeutic for me. lol

I'm sorry Sims 3 won't work for you. :/ I have 3 and 2 installed and play them both.

"princess_kaguya;c-16428534" wrote:
tbh i couldn't care less. this era is dead for me. the only thing im impatient for is elder scrolls 6.

Well have fun waiting a good long while...

"simgirl1010;c-16428889" wrote:

"BoredinTX;c-16428832" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-16428587" wrote:

"king_of_simcity7;c-16428544" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16428119" wrote:
I just really can’t imagine finding it difficult to play when you’re really having fun with what you have going on in your current game. Isn’t that sort of... a testomy of in fact being somewhat bored? How can you have big fun and enjoy yourself, then suddenly find yourself quiting just because in June it’s going to rain or snow in your game or your sim will be able to go to university? If that knowledge alone stops you from enjoying the game all together.... no, I really have no idea how that works. I’m having fun playing or not and when excitement over something that isn’t there yet would make me stop wanting to play, it would make me wonder if I’m enjoying myself then in the first place. Apparently my enjoyment depends on the upcoming stuff then. In the past packs even had to wait at one point (when we got 3 EP’s a year) because I was in the middle of something and there was no room for the new stuff in my sims’ story.

Good points :smile:

In the early days of The Sims there was excitement before a new EP launched but by TS3 I was mostly satisfied with a pack that I did not need to rush out and buy the latest one straight away. Good gameplay should not have reliance on new content every few weeks. In the old days we only got one new EP every six months so apart from some free stuff online there was never a culture of reliance to keep the game interesting just because something new had been added. I didn't even bother with the Store Content until after TS3 was 'finished' and I don't own all the Store now.

Exactly my point. I'm in no hurry for new content or even news of new content.

I understand how you feel. I'm glad you are enjoying your gameplay and everyone's gameplay is different. The Sims is great about allowing different styles of how you play the game. I change families every few months.
Before, there was SO much that you could get lost in a feature and be totally immersed. While by absolutely no means do I think TS4 is a bad game, there is just something missing for me. Everyone says go back to 3 but my computer won't run it.

Like I said before, I like having something to look forward it is what keeps me going. And not just in the Sims either. Announcements are therapeutic for me. lol

I'm sorry Sims 3 won't work for you. :/ I have 3 and 2 installed and play them both.

I have a Mac and they don't work great with other iterations of the game unfortunately :|

I am so disappointed with not having a teaser this quarter. D: I like looking forward to new content and the fun speculation that goes with them!

I am the kind of person that just wants more, more, MORE to do with my Sims! I own every pack and unless a pack with a truly awful theme (in my own opinion) comes out, I will continue to buy packs simply because my different Sims enjoy doing different things from each other. The more choice the better! I also love decorating and expanding my Sims homes over time as they earn money so the more items I have to choose from, the better.

ANYWAY, I have very little patience when left in the dark and I greatly dislike being left in the dark. I don't see what is so bad about letting current and potential future players know what's coming down the pipeline.

"king_of_simcity7;c-16427114" wrote:
So after a SP following a GP players are still 'waiting for something new'

I know it is fun to speculate future content but it is worrying that players are still waiting for packs just to make TS4 feel more fulfilled after nearly four years

Being the most useless stuff pack ever full of recolors and a horribly themed game pack did not help this problem at all. Unless you seriously love exploring or standing in front a cage and interacting with a object these last two packs were as exciting as the baby object and exploring we had since base game.

"@king_of_simcity7;c-16427114" wrote:
So after a SP following a GP players are still 'waiting for something new'

I know it is fun to speculate future content but it is worrying that players are still waiting for packs just to make TS4 feel more fulfilled after nearly four years

People would get impatient when The Sims 3 store wasn’t updated on time, let alone new packs.

A game could be the best game ever and people will always want more content.

That’s gaming in a nutshell. It would be more worrying if people didnt care for Sims news.

"jackjack_k;c-16429336" wrote:

"@king_of_simcity7;c-16427114" wrote:
So after a SP following a GP players are still 'waiting for something new'

I know it is fun to speculate future content but it is worrying that players are still waiting for packs just to make TS4 feel more fulfilled after nearly four years

People would get impatient when The Sims 3 store wasn’t updated on time, let alone new packs.

A game could be the best game ever and people will always want more content.

That’s gaming in a nutshell. It would be more worrying if people didnt care for Sims news.

yes its when people aren't wanting news that's bad

"simgirl1010;c-16428393" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-16428119" wrote:
I just really can’t imagine finding it difficult to play when you’re really having fun with what you have going on in your current game. Isn’t that sort of... a testomy of in fact being somewhat bored? How can you have big fun and enjoy yourself, then suddenly find yourself quiting just because in June it’s going to rain or snow in your game or your sim will be able to go to university? If that knowledge alone stops you from enjoying the game all together.... no, I really have no idea how that works. I’m having fun playing or not and when excitement over something that isn’t there yet would make me stop wanting to play, it would make me wonder if I’m enjoying myself then in the first place. Apparently my enjoyment depends on the upcoming stuff then. In the past packs even had to wait at one point (when we got 3 EP’s a year) because I was in the middle of something and there was no room for the new stuff in my sims’ story.

@JoAnne65, What I said has been my experience for the last 18 years. Not just for the Sims 4. It might not make sense to you but it has nothing to do with my current enjoyment of the game. Not everyone is going to have the same outlook as you so stop trying to tell me how I should feel about my game.

Bottomline is still that you say you’re not able to enjoy the game at one point anymore isn’t it? That it apparently doesn’t offer enough at that moment. And sure, there may be a very good reason for that than “I’m bored” but I can’t think of one, that’s all I said. I’m not telling you how you should feel about the game, you were.

"Cupid;c-16426540" wrote:
Soon™

The most aggravatingly perfect response. LOL.