TS4 with better Wants and Fears
I think "Whims" and aspiration goals in the sims 4 aren't really that present in the UI and it's easy to forget about the aspiration you chose and how it impacts the gameplay in any way. When you pick...
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I fully agree, I'd like the aspirations to be more than a fixed set of goals and the whims made more interesting. Perhaps there could be a new set of bubbles above, with more long-term wants that could drive the story and remind us of features, something a bit more visible.
I posted a bit earlier why the whims and aspirations aren't fun to play with at the moment :
I don't like TS4 whims because :
- they are only short-terms (so they have almost no effect on driving my story one direction or another)
- they are so repetitive (Hang out with the club is always there)
- there's only two of them (because the emotional one has the two drawbacks above, but even worse)
I don't like TS4 aspirations because :
- they are too rigid, they are always the exact same no matter the context
- they are too limited, there's only a dozen of goals, and you can even hit a roadblock (Become an adult, Join X career) which means depending on the current life stage, you can't even use the aspiration
- there's no progression, you unlock one thing at the end but nothing along the way. Your romance teen is exactly the same as your romance elder until it unlocks this one trait.
I don't like TS4 traits you can buy because :
- it is in no way related to the aspiration, while the lifetime system had bonus related to aspirations
- it's a mess in the UI when you have bought a bunch of them, everything looks the same : aspiration trait, points trait, personality traits
- they feel more like cheats than the TS2 ones
I posted a bit earlier why the whims and aspirations aren't fun to play with at the moment :
I don't like TS4 whims because :
- they are only short-terms (so they have almost no effect on driving my story one direction or another)
- they are so repetitive (Hang out with the club is always there)
- there's only two of them (because the emotional one has the two drawbacks above, but even worse)
I don't like TS4 aspirations because :
- they are too rigid, they are always the exact same no matter the context
- they are too limited, there's only a dozen of goals, and you can even hit a roadblock (Become an adult, Join X career) which means depending on the current life stage, you can't even use the aspiration
- there's no progression, you unlock one thing at the end but nothing along the way. Your romance teen is exactly the same as your romance elder until it unlocks this one trait.
I don't like TS4 traits you can buy because :
- it is in no way related to the aspiration, while the lifetime system had bonus related to aspirations
- it's a mess in the UI when you have bought a bunch of them, everything looks the same : aspiration trait, points trait, personality traits
- they feel more like cheats than the TS2 ones
