The I'm Bored Thread
I don't think I'm the only one. I would like to hear from others like me who are bored with the game and or the entire franchise. I think my boredom is starting to spill over into the entire franchi...
Forum Discussion
"Simburian;c-17255776" wrote:"Sk8rblaze;c-17255173" wrote:"Oldeseadogge;c-17255135" wrote:
As far as simming goes, the game needs a team with the vision, courage, skill, and resources to go where no sim has gone before. Rather like the ones that made TS2, taking what really worked as the foundation and then taking that way beyond the confines of the existing box. For us simmers, satisfaction and fulfillment can come only from that which is deeper and stronger outside ourselves, plugging into the source not a by-product.
I agree.
All Maxis needs is a like-minded team that has the passion and drive to take The Sims where it has never gone before while still remaining in the life simulation genre. They were on the right track with focusing on AI during TS4’s development (or at least claiming to), but these Sims did not quite hit the mark. I still want to see smarter Sims. TS2 holds the crown 15 years later with the most intelligent, expressive, and life-like Sims.
I’d like to see them do the same with a proper SimCity 5 one day as well, but they just flat out gave up with that franchise. Such a shame.
I think Maxis has got a team that would be able and willing to do all that but they have constraints placed on them like budget and that stupid order to aim at 13yr old girls from those in charge of decisions. When you think about it the latter order is an insult to all Simmers and particularly to 13yr old girls. It must be difficult to keep on the right side of the ESRB Teen rating. I've got the feeling that EA were trying to avoid some of those US indecency complaints they got with the first two iterations. I remember them.
I wouldn't like a game that went on the all action, killing adventures like GTA5 or Red Dead Redemption 2 that ultra males want though. Just a little more depth and humour :)
I disagree slightly. In the sense that Grant tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/simgurugrant/status/1164023312688697346?s=21
Now I do agree that EA call the final shots and they are definitely more aware of ratings this time. (Previously Grant said no to casinos as they are T for teen, when actually casinos were in the sims 1 and 3 and there was gambling in the sims 2 all be it on a lite scale) But to me, Grant’s tweet reads as they have a lot of freedom so many of the poor decisions I think have to be laid at the devs door.
It’s fine to not want a game like GTA or RDR2. I’ll just say though, many, many women play those games, myself Included.
