StrangerVille - My honest review
I was one of the lucky simmers that got early access thanks to the EA Game Changer program. https://twitter.com/AlbaWaterhouse/status/1099705890217832450 I really wanted to like this Game Pack ...
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"Sk8rblaze;c-16971523" wrote:
Great review.
The issue you have with gameplay was my biggest worry with the pack.
I am glad the developers are trying new things as well. The formula for The Sims has really been left unchanged since The Sims 2, which reinvented the wheel entirely for the franchise. EA’s omission of open world with TS4 called for big innovation elsewhere, and an overhauled moodlet system with emotions was not it, so I am very happy they are looking to try and create a bigger identity for TS4.
I think a story told by the developers could work, as long as it’s created as open-ended as possible, contains high replay value, and each Sim with each personality/interests may approach it differently. Taking the GTW approach, as they keep doing, with these linear tasks that call for you to go here, click that, go there, click another specific interaction, etc. is simply not fun at all, and it’s so unfortunate to hear that is what they chose to do with this.
So not only are we confined to a linear story, we are also confined to solving it exactly as EA wants us to.
It just doesn’t work in The Sims.
That's what it is! I could not put it into words myself but you nailed it.
