Was Multitasking worth the loading screens?
Back when The Sims 4 came out, one of the Guru’s gave us some insight as to why they can’t have more than one lot active in The Sims 4, with one of the reasons being Multitasking. According to t...
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Indifferent towards loading screens, slightly negative towards multitasking. Usually during the first half hour of playing Sims 2 I tend to miss Sims 4 multitasking, but that feeling quickly passes and I "forget" it exists.
On the one hand the flow of the action feels more lifelike when sims for example chat while walking together, and we can finally click away the the table chatter to make them eat only (works like a charm in no free will games and as a result Sims 2 meals can indeed feel longer than Sims 4 meals. I haven't timed my sims, it's just a gut feeling.).
On the other hand multitasking has also introced a couple of annoyances, namely musical chairs, combining eating and toilet use and heat-seeking missile like running towards another living being with your platter in hand while all you should do is sit down at the dining table right next to the fridge, considering the edge of the pool valid seating.
On the one hand the flow of the action feels more lifelike when sims for example chat while walking together, and we can finally click away the the table chatter to make them eat only (works like a charm in no free will games and as a result Sims 2 meals can indeed feel longer than Sims 4 meals. I haven't timed my sims, it's just a gut feeling.).
On the other hand multitasking has also introced a couple of annoyances, namely musical chairs, combining eating and toilet use and heat-seeking missile like running towards another living being with your platter in hand while all you should do is sit down at the dining table right next to the fridge, considering the edge of the pool valid seating.
