The Sims 4 lacks story and depth
After playing Realm of Magic for an interminable amount of time, I have finally been able to piece together what was wrong with the pack and why it left me with such a despondent outlook on the Sims 4...
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"MidnightAura;c-17251386" wrote:
I agree with the original post. If it’s true that children and toddlers get so little because no one plays with them then I think that’s silly. Give them (and elders) more content and people would play with them.
I can’t fully blame all the poor decisions at EA’s door. EA won’t be telling Maxis to leave children out of say ROM. I doubt it’s EA that’s telling them to give players the millionth toilet and collection in the game. I cannot speak my opinion of EA for fear of banning but we know some decisions are on the devs. Looking at you Grant, taking away the dog houses because HE thought they cruel.
I also think a large part of the issue is the game has changed. It’s less of a life simulator and more a platform for social and political issues. Or to quote Sim Guru Frost “A safe space where we can all learn and grow”. Its a game terrified of offending anyone, so much so we have “snow pals”
Which of course ties in nicely with lack of depth. A game with depth is dull. If my characters don’t care about the choices they make and their environment- why should I? It will never not frustrate me to watch two sims get in a fight and then laugh and joke afterwards. I shouldn’t be fighting my game to make less than positive choices. In fact I shouldn’t have to miss consequences and negative choices. The game masquerades as a life simulator but yet only portrays a utopia life style where everyone is rich and only good things happen. Where is the fun in that? Why should people have to use mods to make the game fun? Sims 3 needs mods to help it run, sims 4 needs mods to make it fun.
The family play is superficial. If you want siblings to hate each other you have to force it, again and again and again. It’s literally a grind. And the game will fight you every step of the way. Grant once made a remark along the lines of “Its not the story we wanted to tell” in relation to the sims 4. But that to me, seems incredibly wrong. We should play the game to tell our stories not have stories forced on us and not have the game try and over. For example the decisions like making sims be super friendly after they have been fighting or indeed making your heterosexual sims gay or vice versa. We should have control of that. It’s ridiculous we haven’t.
For me the Sims 4 legacy is style over substance. It will never change.
Heh, this post is speaking my language. Even pulled out the Grant with the doghouses point. That's my thing. :smiley:
