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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I didn't mind the loading screens in TS2. I suppose because, at that time, all games had them. I had no idea what an open world felt like and the absolute freedom that it provided. However, I also probably didn't mind TS2 loading screens because I knew that I wasn't losing any time with the rest of the household that was left at home while I took another one to a different lot.
In TS2, time on the home lot froze until the away-Sim returned. It was a bit clunky and the away-Sim often had the Sim equivalent of jet lag. Still, for me, it was a better solution than to lose perhaps an entire day or more out of the lives of the Sims that were left behind.
Fifteen years ago, I never thought that I'd say that I prefer the time paradoxes, but I do. Open world is my favorite. Barring that, I prefer the solution that doesn't cause me to lose time with the other Sims.
In TS2, time on the home lot froze until the away-Sim returned. It was a bit clunky and the away-Sim often had the Sim equivalent of jet lag. Still, for me, it was a better solution than to lose perhaps an entire day or more out of the lives of the Sims that were left behind.
Fifteen years ago, I never thought that I'd say that I prefer the time paradoxes, but I do. Open world is my favorite. Barring that, I prefer the solution that doesn't cause me to lose time with the other Sims.
