The I'm Bored Thread

"Idontrcall;c-17263961" wrote:

Anyway, I do get bored when playing Sims 4. I can have fun, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't engross me as the other Sims games have. I wonder if it's more for story telling instead of just playing the game. I see a lot of people on the threads here that talk about the stories they are going to tell and go really into depth with their story with things that just aren't possible. I love hearing their stories, but it really just doesn't happen when you play.

I don't tell stories. I just play the game. That's why the earlier sims games were better for me, because I could actually play something...the game gave me tools, threw me curves, let me explore, let the stories I suppose come naturally instead of me planning every thing in advance and pretending it's happening in the game? I don't know if it makes sense what I'm trying to convey.

But anyway -- that's why I get bored with Sims 4. I want the game to help me move the story along, I don't want to create something in advance and just pretend it's happening when I play. Maybe if I took dozens of pictures and wrote a blog about a story I created I could see Sims 4 really being a great tool. I just want to sit and play with just a vague notion and see what happens as I play...see what my decisions bring to me. I like the surprises the older games gave me I guess.

I do want to say that I'm impressed with a lot of the stories people tell with their sims, some of them are very creative and I love to read about them. But I don't want to tell stories, I just want to have fun and play a game.

"luxsylvan;c-17264180" wrote:

I agree with this whole thing so much. Just. All of it. This is exactly it, I've never been able to express it. I don't want to have to plan every minute detail in advance just to make it seem interesting when half of what I come up with the game can't even adequately achieve.

The blog thing is so real too--I am in no way a blogger but almost started one (still might lol) just because it seems the best way to utilize Sims 4. But at the end of the day, I just want to be able to play and have it be interesting without me having to help it along so much.

I like creating my own stories, but I shouldn't have to do it to keep it interesting. It's become a crutch in Sims 4 imo. They want you to tell your story so much that the slightest thing out of your control isn't even allowed anymore...