San Sequoia World Discussion

"JustinB113;c-18229889" wrote:

"itolduso;c-18229873" wrote:

"JustinB113;c-18226642" wrote:
I’m also English and don’t really mind the whole American game/American world thing but I will say America is just not that interesting and I mean no disrespect! But you see one American suburban town and one American city and you’ve seen a lot of them.
I think we don’t see the nuances between the different states in the way Americans do, they see ‘oh this is Ohio, this is Arkansas’ where as a lot of us just see it as ‘oh it’s America again’.
When Paris, London, Istanbul, Lisbon, the Italian countryside, the Swiss Alps, the Egyptian Pyramids, the Brazilian Favelas, Eastern Europe, Thailand, Colombia and Singapore exist then San Francisco isn’t really all that exciting when there has already been so many American locales. I would expect more USA than other worlds but the percentage is a bit high, especially when you consider how popular Windenburg (Germany?), Henford (U.K.), Komorebi (Japan) and Tartosa (Italy?) are. Sulani too. I think the most popular worlds are the non American ones.
I guess it does help make it feel like your sims aren’t having to take a long haul flight every time they travel somewhere though. And for the content of this specific pack the USA is probably the best choice.

I'm American and I politely disagree.

While I agree that all of the cities and countries you mentioned are interesting...America is also interesting!

I love how my country has a vast variety of landscapes. Urban jungles like NYC, deserts like New Mexico, mountains like Colorado, coastal cities like Portland, and many more.

I’m sorry I think I phrased it badly. I did not mean to say America wasn’t interesting. I meant to say America wasn’t 16 worlds to 5 worlds or whatever it is interesting if that makes sense.

There are much older and more inspiring places in the world than the USA, we already have lots of American worlds and there is a whole entire continent that is not represented in the sims. So when there is a new one I think a lot of international players are underwhelmed. I do understand Americans see each state as very different places but to many of us it’s just ‘oh, USA again’.

Imagine these choices for new world inspiration. Oregon or Vatican City? New Mexico or actual Mexico? Colorado or Swiss Alps? Portland or Barcelona? I think mostly only Americans would pick the states here.

The only place left in the world I want to visit is Barcelona, I am hardly what one would call a world traveler, but I have been to a few places in Europe. I bypassed Paris and headed out into the outlying areas where there were fewer tourists. But I would happily enter the tourist zones just to see and study the unique architecture as well as the colorful mosaics the city of Barcelona is known for. Someday I hope the stars align and I will have the opportunity to go there. :)