The sims needs more drama.
TL;DR: The sims needs more dramatic events and more meaningful choices to create better stories. I: The sims need more drama The sims means many things for different people. Designing houses, dé...
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@83bienchen
I completely agree with the need for more consequences, failure and drama in the sims, however, I have to admit that UI cheats is one of my favourite mods as well. For me I use it to change things that makes no sense, (like the sim who was desperately sad for the death of a grandfather he had never even met) or to add consequences. For an example, MCCC married two sims today, only one of them was living with his fiance (that relationship had for some reason been deleted. I don't know why, as they were NPCs). Now I don't want to change the marriage, but through UI Cheats I could add all kind of negative sentiments from the woman left behind so that when the two meet at my active sims wedding two days later, there might just be some drama (even more since the newly wedded man is also sort of in love with the groom).
I also use it regularly to add relationships with relatives that my sims haven't seen in a long time. I mean you might not be close friends, but they're relatives, right? You wouldn't need to be introduced. Sim's really shouldn't ever forget their relatives, it's just not realistic.
Still, yes, I would love for more consequences rather than less. More drama, and also more opportunities to create drama.
"83bienchen;c-18028357" wrote:
So true, earlier versions knew how to add drama, depth, personality and challenge.
In TS4 there is not even a single way to loose aspiration points or skill points. There are no fears. While getting fired or demoted are still there in theory, your Sims will hardly ever experience them. Getting bad grades at school is hardly possible, getting an A is the regular outcome without effort.
The positive things loose their effect if there are no negative outcomes.
Or at least that used to be the case. Nowadays, we are getting perfect results without effort in TS4. Everything is rainbows and sunshine and the thing is, a lot of players seem to appreciate that. There are so many players who mention UI cheats as their most essential mod.
Sometimes I feel like some ancient creature from the Stone age, so I am happy to read there still are others who feel the same.
I completely agree with the need for more consequences, failure and drama in the sims, however, I have to admit that UI cheats is one of my favourite mods as well. For me I use it to change things that makes no sense, (like the sim who was desperately sad for the death of a grandfather he had never even met) or to add consequences. For an example, MCCC married two sims today, only one of them was living with his fiance (that relationship had for some reason been deleted. I don't know why, as they were NPCs). Now I don't want to change the marriage, but through UI Cheats I could add all kind of negative sentiments from the woman left behind so that when the two meet at my active sims wedding two days later, there might just be some drama (even more since the newly wedded man is also sort of in love with the groom).
I also use it regularly to add relationships with relatives that my sims haven't seen in a long time. I mean you might not be close friends, but they're relatives, right? You wouldn't need to be introduced. Sim's really shouldn't ever forget their relatives, it's just not realistic.
Still, yes, I would love for more consequences rather than less. More drama, and also more opportunities to create drama.
