"Divapixie;c-18234223" wrote:
I understand that they need to cater to players with lower specs. I just think they are going about it the wrong way.
they are limiting the game trying to create packs that will sort of work when a user has low specs and dozens of DLC packs simply because most casual users don't understand the capabilities of their systems.
They just have to look to Xbox for the solution. If I'm looking at a game in the store there is a section just below the title that tells me if the game will run well on my PC.
EA should do this with an additional line to say for the best playing experience you will need to disable x amount of packs when it's needed.
It's would empower lower-spec users and avoid frustrating the rest of us.
That could work, but the thing is that the game also becomes more demanding to run over time as the player starts building on lots and creating relationships with sims in the world, all of this the game needs to store, load, and visualize.
So you can probably run the game with all packs on a computer that can only handle their minimum requirements... but that person will most likely run into problems after having played their save for a while so Maxis designing their packs with these specs in mind feels so unnecessary.
