"MidnightAura;c-16406337" wrote:
I don’t think there’s many complaining about “life” elements like seasons and university being recycled. Those are a big part of people’s lives. What I do object to is how these are given to us. Being separated and sold off into stuff packs and game packs does not equate to more depth and game play replay. The biggest factor in what’s different about it is that we are paying more money for it.
The recycling of basic animations annoys me more than I can say. Watch a sim do the “show photos”interaction. Then watch a teenager do the “show selfie”interaction. In previous games you could hazard a guess what they were discussing based on the animation or the speech bubble. In this game it could be anything and that’s not a compliment.
Vets re using the same animations as doctors and the sloppy retail system being copied over? I’m sorry but that’s not something to be bragging about. It’s not really acceptable that even now in the Doctor career the staff just stand about talking to a patient. Vets ditto.
The food carts being recycled is getting very old. No doubt there are more coming because it’s probably easier to re skin a static food cart then give us other choices.
Clothes and hairstyles are re used all the time. My first pet show cases that exactly. In The Sim Supply’s review of the pack, James showed how quick amd and easy it is to do re-colours.
Recycling is a huge problem in this game. And it will continue since cutting corners and re using old concepts seems to be popular.
Actually sounds like you want recycling if you ask me and are angry it isn't recycled. Believe me retail is not recycled - people are actually complaining still since it first came out that they should have done retail like sims 2 and not like it is in this game. I sort of agree with them to be honest as I love retail in Sims 2 - don't even bother with it in Sims 4.
You complain of food carts - well it seems with every coming ep what do simmers request more kinds of food carts - and yes we have had them every sims games - only Sims 1 did them better in the Makin Magic Carnivals what with them carrying all kinds of things and ability to barter or do things for the venders to earn the goods or any number of things. Maybe you don't like them - that is fine - I would have liked Sims 1 style - but many simmers keep asking for more. I have already seen post for hot chocolate food stands in a season ep and as of yet we don't even know if we'll get that ep - (I think they will - but you never know). How about tropical beach vacations - every sims games had them and what is the top request.
So of course Maxis is going to be more open to ideas long used when the majority of simmers keep asking for the same things. Take a look at the request in the thread where they are asking simmers what they want in the game - how many new ideas do you see where many people agree that is actually new and not recycled ideas?
I like the idea of a Hogwarts kind of school for witch from child age up sounded great.
I liked the idea of an ocean liner vacation where the ocean liner stopped at several ports for sims to visit sounded great.
I thought the idea of Sims joining a space academy and actually able to go with them on something like the Starship enterprise sounded great.
A time machine where we went with Sims to the past or the future and visited the worlds on a mission sounded great also.
All new ideas - I saw in a survey back when Sims 4 came out along with maybe another dozen new great ideas - not a one of which has seen the light of day in the Sims 4. At least marketing has ideas - but apparently the simmers want rehashed, recycled ideas because that is what they ask for.
