San Sequoia World Discussion

"Simmerville;c-18229985" wrote:
I did not know what post the picture was a respond to, so it was not that easy to see it was a joke ;)

I'm eager to see new pictures, and it can't be that long until we get some more real teasers.

About America vs the rest of the world, I agree there are lots of RL destinations outside USA that would be nice seeing in the game. I was thrilled to get Tartosa mainly because I previously spent vacations in several countries in that area and loved how they got the local feel quite accurate. It inspired me to build differently, planning for vacation resorts and so on. Generic worlds like Newcrest or Willow Creek never trigger any specific cultural builds or lifestyles. That said, I basically think of TS as quite generic when it comes to locations and I think it is needed to create the sandbox feel that many of us like. Worlds with less uniqueness makes it easier to make up you own stories. The best will (as always) be a little bit of both, and his far I think TS4 is balancing pretty well between America and outside :)

I also prefer more generic places. I allows more creativity if we can project our own story on a location. I think sims 2 was better in delivering more generic places. But most importantly we could edit worlds in that game. In sims 4 we can't change the world and are stuck with what we get. I tend to prefer the more European looking worlds because they feel more familiar but I don't mind a San Francisco themed world. I don't play European or American sims anyway, they live in a fictional sims nation. In my game I won't play this world as American.

What interests me more is the number of lots and how they are devided over the neighbourhoods. I hope we can get a neighbourhood with 5 lots. I am also very curious for the walking path. I hope it is similar to the snowy escape one in gameplay and not only for powerwalks.