"Beardedgeek;c-17730600" wrote:
"MsKatieRose;c-17727660" wrote:
"Simmingal;c-17724267" wrote:
@Simmingal - what do you mean unusable shells?
I mean the background buildings that are there just for background and don't offer anything for the gameplay
while simultaneously
1. limiting builders options with what to build on lots if they want to keep neighborhood architecturally cohesive
2. making neighborhood feel like ghost town because the lots are not close to each other due to the fake houses in between
3. annoying the heck out of me personally
i would have much rather had at least one of the neighborhoods with less of the fake buildings and maybe more of rural vibes so i could then
1. build whatever i want without visual clash
2. pretend my households are only sims living there
3. had more of those hiking etc vibes but living in the middle of that not in a town
4. pretend its time period before those type of houses were built
As far as being limited with builds due to the "background buildings", I'm glad you brought that up, because as a builder that's what is annoying about some other packs too. Like when they don't include at least on area on the map where you can style houses nearby. This is the same issue that comes up with the recent Eco-lifestyle Expansion pack. It looks weird if you design a house that looks too different than houses on the same block in every neighborhood area on the map. Which is why I hope in the future, players can design their own neighborhoods and we can see npc's or other sims show up outside (or inside) of their homes, lol. Would at least seem more realistic.
We need a second empty map besides Newcrest, tbh. So many more lot types have arrived that we need a second one.
IMO we need a new empty world that has a drop down menu to implement a THEME to the world. So if you have one save file where you want to utilize it as a spooky, foggy world or if you want a lush, forest filled world then it can use templates where it auto places that in the surroundings of the empty lots. Idk how possible something like that would be with this base game system, but it would be wonderful to have!
