Forum Discussion
7 years ago
"mcorral;d-935146" wrote:
TS4 has good graphics and runs smoother. Just that. I don’t feel part of anything. It’s just me inside my lot. I can go to another lot and it’s me again in another lot with the same people showing up but I go to another lot and again it’s me with different people. Everything is lot-driven. There is nothing outside, just the lot. Nothing is connected. I don’t feel part of anything, it’s just me in a lot. I play a story in that lot and when I get out of it it’s gone, erased. It’s like it never happened.
Loading screens is not the problem for me. It’s ok to have loading screens if that makes the game runs better. The problem is that everything outside the lot you are in is dead and does not exist until you go somewhere else. There is no continuity in your actions.
I think the bolded parts are hitting the nail on the head.
We need more consequences that stay, consequences that aren't erased the moment you leave the lot or you are doing something else. We need NPCs that stay in their role, like they used to in The Sims 1 and 2. Something that is going to make me feel that there is some form of continuity. Consequences and continuity seem to be the two magic words.