The I'm Bored Thread

"ApparentlyAwesome;c-17372241" wrote:
Oh, I also looked at some of the livestream today, mostly fast-forwarded to view the content but particularly this part caught my attention. My first thought was that I don't expect nor want that much from a stuff pack, especially not big stuff that's usually in an EP. It's just stuff to add to the experience. Not things that add meaty gameplay. I don't need a hero object for a stuff pack.

I will give the credit though, this is the one pack that actually opened me up to the possibility of game packs because I never saw a point in them than to divide more EP content. For actual tiny living stuff that's not in this SP that players have brought up and shared pictures of, I think a GP would've been decent for all of that. To the part about how they don't intentionally do cash grabby things like withholding content, their hearts could genuinely be in the right place and it's just their inspired by the other teams work. Ok. But with a game that feels like it's in a weaker state than it's predecessors in gameplay, depth and even content in a lot of areas, I'd rather they consolidate the ideas to make what are supposed to be the strongest packs of all stronger. EPs used to be loaded in gameplay and content and now we're seeing what used to be gameplay and content in one EP divided amongst several packs. How are we not supposed to feel like something is fishy there?

Somewhere in the livestream they also talked about the survey and I'm kinda surprised they seemed surprised (or maybe in awe) that players care so much to voice feedback. We love the franchise and want to see it do well of course, so I'm glad they encouraged people to continue giving them feedback.

To this day I don’t understand why the critical players, the ones that don’t play Sims 4 anymore, are being approached in quite a hostile way as if we’re a problem. We of course are when you want to live in Happy Valley and only want to hear how awesome everything is. In the real world however, the very fact people like us don’t give up and keep voicing our opinions should tell them something. Criticism often gets misinterpreted as negativity, the people expressing it being ‘negative Nancies’ and ‘complainers’. For me, being part of that group, that’s always felt as completely missing the mark. The ones accusing me of that often throw Sims 3 under the bus in the very same post for reasons that make me go “so what” (graphics), “who cares” (teleporting into a car), “but that’s fun!” (travelling and creating your own style) and “did... you ever actually play the game?” Calling people complainers and negative, by complaining and being more negative about something else than I’ll ever be (I don’t hate Sims 4). My signature for instance, if anything, is a token of deep love and positivity.

Now, as for the part in your post I bolded: the mere face we are still here, should actually be considered a huge compliment to their own past. They should be in awe about that and cherish it, be proud of it. Not reject it as if we’re some spontaneously formed group of trolls who just don’t get this franchise or are unable to enjoy life in general (or don’t have one). We’re still not going anywhere (because we can’t, ok, detail). As soon as they get it right again (and I most certainly can see they are doing their best to achieve that), we’ll be back.