"VeeDub;c-18030482" wrote:
Now that I've updated my game, my opinions on this feature may actually be relevant. I don't mind phone calls in general because I often get a lot of emergent gameplay from them, which can sometimes translate into interesting story elements. But I didn't want Neighborhood Stories in my game at all because its core concept simply does not work well within my own creative process. Thankfully Bienchen made a mod that allows me to turn it off in its entirety, so I finally updated the game. That's just how much I do not want this feature in my game.
That said, I still think the mistake wasn't the concept itself but was releasing the feature before it felt finished. It's hard to tell if their promised future ways of giving players more control will be complete enough for everyone, and I can't help wondering if they also made a mistake in assuming that people would be ok with that.
I too waited to update my game and only did it last week after I read @83bienchen created a mod to shut it completely off.
I'm always ok with more options available to players to customize their game how they want, but by releasing this WITHOUT any way to shut it off for those of us who never wanted it or would never use, is what I have an issue with because I do NOT trust the devs to ever provide that option for us even tho they stated it would be more customizable later.
