The Aging of TS4, Are You Still Playing Older Packs?
This is basically questions for those who bought into all EPs, GPs, SPs, Kits, etc. Are you still really playing the game in it's entirety? For instance if you have all or almost everything fo...
Am I still playing? Well...both yes, and no. The Sims4 have become an old game for me, everything feels pretty much the same so I'm mostly just starting up the game to check out new content or just to relax. My favorite part of the sims4 is CAS, so I still create sims from time to time.
So no, I'm not playing features from older packs, not the same way that i used to play them anyway.
My save that I tend to play is an old, old save where there is at least one household that has maxed everything from a pack, so that's why I'm having a hard time creating a new household to do the same thing. I often end up creating or using a "hero" sim or sims that will explore and do everything in the pack. And they are all living in this save, I have mods that removes a lot of the annoying parts of the game (no rats in the apartments in City Living for example which you mentioned) so it's very relaxing to just boot up that save and play it to relax.
Another thing, which I also think is important to mention that I have also trouble with getting the game to remember relationships between all these sims because of relationship culling (which is the game cleaning old relationships to reduce loading times). So even if I start playing an old household for fun and try to get them to be friends with the old sims that they used to be friends with, they have sometimes forgotten who they are in a week. I have considered disabling relationship culling but I'm not sure I will have the patience then to deal with the very long loading times that I will end up with instead.
I could start a new save or try and play different households but it's difficult when you have played the game for so long. Personally, I think that there is nothing wrong at all with being tired with the game now, and there is no point in trying to play the game like I used to. I had fun times with the sims4 and I probably still will have with some new packs from time to time. It's not the end.
Putting the answers to your questions in spoilers so I will not take up the whole page:
Are you still making Sims run a business in most saves? No, I used to, back in 2015, I have tried recreating new businesses now, I would like a robotics shop which sells those cool glasses for example but it takes forever to just craft a single item with robotics. I tried to start a new restaurant too but it also became too tedious and repetitive. So I just tend to visit restaurants.
Are you still making Sims in every or several households get a pet? Sort of, more than I used to, thanks to mods and patches pets are nowhere near as annoying to take care of now compared to how they used to be back in 2017.
Are you still taking your Sims to the big park in Willow Creek? (basegame) Or did you bulldoze that years ago? Both basegame parks are still there in my save (with some changes). I have a hard time adding new stuff to the parks though, why would public parks have stuff like crafting tables or other things that Maxis have added over the years?
Are you still making Sims get a fame career? Especially the actor career and not just freelance fame in other careers, etc.? No, I played Get Famous with three celebrities, the pre-made sims Kayla, Venessa and Dustin and they all got to the top of the actor career. I played some other sims too but the actor career takes too long for me now so I haven't done a lot with them.
Are you still sending Sims to Strangerville and playing the scenario? Again? No, I only played through the Strangerville scenario once, with several households though, I deliberately failed with some sims so that one would end up winning. It was Jess Sigworth who won in the end.
Are you still making Sims get jobs in the Science career? Are you still playing aliens? Meeting, marrying, playing as an alien? Still visiting the world and or using a rocket ship with this pack and or even still using it from the base game aspirations? Or have you decided it's old news? No I have not played Get To Work in ages, the best thing I got going for with that pack is maxing everything in the scientist career and updating their workplace with every new thing from every new pack. And I have not done that for a long time so that plan is probably gone.
Are you still playing a Doctor or Detective? No I didn't like the doctor career at all, the sims who work in the hospital are not helping at all so I never got to level 10 in that one, I did get detective to level 10 and there is no way that I will do those repetitive things all over again.
Are you still playing Vampires? Meeting, marrying, playing as a vampire or filling towns with townie vamps? No, I'm not an occult player, I played with Vampires a lot when it was released (back in...2017) and in the end in the story that I played the Vampires who lived in that world either decided to turn themselves into human, or become old, powerful vampires. So I still have some old and strong vampires left in my save but I'm not playing them.
Do you still make a Sim run a vet office? ehh... no. I never thought that was very fun to play.
Are you still visiting OR as vacation world with many different Sims? Not any longer, but I visited Selvadorada for quite a while until 2020 I think.
Are you still making Sims woohoo in bushes? :p (gameplay feature) Not any more no, but there was plenty of that back in 2015 (wow, that was a long time ago) when Get Together was released.
Are you still making Sims play with the Critter thing for kids? No, I place it sometimes in rooms but I don't actually use the thing.
Do you still play with the backyard splash thingy or do most Sims not like that in the backyard anymore? Yes, during summer. I have a lot which is a beach party lot which I like to visit.
Do you still have those formal parties you paid for in the extra DLC back when the game was new? (Forgot that party pack name, lol) I do, and I didn't understand for like several years that they were something unique that I paid for. And I also never host those parties.
Do you still play Eco Living and all those NAPS? Or still make Sims forget modern life and live off the grid? I like to craft in Eco Living sometimes on the community crafting lots and I like to make all worlds green. NAPS are all disabled, I disliked pretty much almost all of them. I used off-the grid for rags to riches once and I liked it, but I don't have lots that use it now.
Are you still making your Sims knit their fingers off? No, only when I am playing elders I tend to knit. And I don't play elders often.
Do your Sims still live in all the apartment types in the CL EP? Or did those bugs and rats and other type lot trait things finally get old? Yes, they all do. I removed all the rats with cheats (the remove object cheat) so all apartments are really nice and I like to still visit San Myshuno and play with my sims in their apartments from time to time.
Do you still make your Sims attend most festivals in CL? Sometimes, but they become very repetitive if you always accept the invites to them that you get over the phone for every household that you play. So I try to not visit them too often. I like the Spice Festival a lot.
Do you still make Sims go on dates when another Sim calls your Sim? No. I don't really play a lot with households any more so I don't really care about going on dates and such, I like to have them go to the restaurant or the spa though.
Are you still making Sims attend the Raves in WB? No that doesn't happen very much anymore.
Are you still making Sims be mermaids or mere people? No, I have one mermaid that I sometimes play and that's about it. She is a slob and likes to fart a lot. And I like to play her, what, why are you looking at me like that? Do you still make Sims do all the things in the island pack? Or just visit from time to time and play another way? No, I don't to a lot of things in the island living pack, diving which is just a rabbit hole becomes boring but I do sometimes play some Sulani sims and go fishing or go to the beach, or I visit the beach with some other households.
Are you still making Sims visit the Japan mountains in the snowy pack? Do you still make a Sim climb? No, I got bored with Snowy Escape pretty fast sadly, so I don't visit that world often.
Are you still making Sims learn magic? No, I would like to because I have some spellcasters that are becoming pretty good at magic but I get so bored so quickly when I am trying to play them.
I would like to finish that I am still playing Dream Home Decorator with Patina Wainscot (the girl from the trailer) still from time to time, the fact that you can do so many different gigs depending on your households and lots that you have in the worlds are offering me a lot of variety.
That's all, folks. If you read this far, thank you.
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