Really EA Maxis Get Famous:(EP)(Please Close)
All I really wanted is a desert world with snow and I am pretty sure the get Famous world won't have any snow since its based around Hollywood and snow would ruin the parties. I even did a poll forum...
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"Cynna;c-16791384" wrote:
(Sorry if this question has been asked and answered already. I'm responding to posts as I read them.)
Then I suppose that the pressing question would be: Why choose/implement an engine that isn't capable of providing the same flexibility and freedom that the players were already used to in previous games?
Common sense would dictate that players would balk against more constraint. I'm pretty sure that no one told EA, "I really hate all those options that I had, please make all my game play decisions for me."
I'm not meaning to be facetious or snarky, either. It's a serious question and concern.
Sims 1-3 all had some very similar stuff under the hood. Some places this got really creaky; they had to do some pretty hacky stuff with TS3 in order to make certain things work when object interactions were still the core of the system.
In theory, it's understandable to tear down something you understand well if you think that a new system will work better once you understand its ins and outs. And some elements, I'm okay with them not being able to replicate. Smaller neighborhoods were a deliberate design element of TS4, so I'm okay with larger expansive worlds being off the table. If multitasking and emotions were given the proper depth they deserve, I'd consider that an acceptable tradeoff.
EA is messing this up by being EA. Bringing out a slightly bigger game pack for twice the price when we're not that far out from the time they held back pet items so they could charge us $10 more is exactly the sort of goodwill depleting cash grab that they're known for. But at least when the decision to try something new was made, starting something new instead of having to work around the limits of the old system is understandable.
