Salvadorada map!

"JoAnne65;c-16326858" wrote:
@DeservedCriticism Sims 2 did it too. I really hope this means they realize actual maps are important.

For me it's also a sign the devs care. Even if someone didn't appreciate it as a feature directly, I'd argue such a feature is a good tell-tale sign the devs are doing their best to create a quality product. Using Dark Souls as an example again, part of the reason it's considered an iconic game is because every setpiece, every item, every piece of scenery and every bit of the world had a story or contributed to a story. It's a game where it's fascinating to explore because some random stone pillar you found in some ruins might have profound implications for the lore of the world. Such a story is not created by people that just want to develop a game and get money, but by those with the passion to coordinate such a story.

I look at the world and think "the GP team still cares." I know people will disagree and won't like me saying it, but....I wish someone could take some screenshots, but I remember being absolutely shocked at how bad the biggest mansion in Brindleton Bay is. It has no decorations, it has loads of empty space, and it just feels like they honestly didn't care or built it in the last three minutes of development. It is the absolute bare minimum in terms of effort and is honestly downright ugly with how empty or bland it was. Compare it to Vlad's house in Vampires and I think it's no contest. I look at that mansion in Brindleton Bay and it just leads me to believe the EP team honestly just doesn't care, and sure enough I hold out zero hopes for ever seeing an EP I like. With GPs though...? Here I am. I still don't know if I'll buy it, but considering I'm currently distracted playing another great game and I still bother to keep tabs on what the GP team is doing...? Yeah, as I was saying: people notice the difference between passion projects and things just made for money or because it's expected of you, and they're absolutely more likely to buy the passion projects.