We need a personality overhaul
It's been 5 years of The Sims 4 and I still find myself only using the same base game traits all the time. Even know I love the game and want it to go on for more years, I feel like we need new traits...
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Yes, we need more traits. I have to differ with those extolling the virtues of the Sims3 traits. I never found them to be all that they were said to be. For instance, I had a Sim who stomped around all of the time. At first I thought it was her hot-headed trait that made her stomp, (since it was suggested by the EA team, their traits would help define them even down to their walk style). Then I took a better look at the rest of the Sims in that household only to learn they ALL stomped around. None of them behaved according to their traits, with the exception of the Frugal Sim who would often clap hands to cut off the lights, TV or any other electric item in the room being unused. That was funny. But, the rest were lacking. So was the vastly improve AI. My Sims were just as unintelligent as they were in Sims2. Big, Big, disappointment.
I think sometimes nostalgia overtakes us when we're dissatisfied with the here and now, in this case Sims4. I played Sims3 every day, but always had a love/hate relationship with it. It wasn't all it was advertised to be, which was a huge let down. Thankfully, I went into Sims4 less naive. I knew the base game would be bleak, for instance, and wasn't disappointed. What I looked for, was to see if the Sims, themselves, were more fully developed, as in able to autonomously carry on conversations over dinner — which was lacking completely in Sims3. The sad thing is the devs gave everything to the open world, and left the Sims themselves to be little more than pixalated automatons. I'm happy to say Sims4 Sims while different in their antics from Sims2 Sims, are very able to carry on in the background without me. :)
Sorry for the rant, but I do heartily agree we need additional Traits. I'd like to see Retiring (Shy), since we already have its opposite. We need Loud and Quiet, since some people really are those traits. I like what they did with Erratic. At first I was dismayed it was changed out from Insane, but it's better in the long run. My Global Superstar's dear mother is erratic. She's rather funny to watch. I love it when she arbitrarily decides to tell herself a story. She's also prone to removing her clothing and walking around in the altogether despite the fact she has four sons still in the household. :o
I think sometimes nostalgia overtakes us when we're dissatisfied with the here and now, in this case Sims4. I played Sims3 every day, but always had a love/hate relationship with it. It wasn't all it was advertised to be, which was a huge let down. Thankfully, I went into Sims4 less naive. I knew the base game would be bleak, for instance, and wasn't disappointed. What I looked for, was to see if the Sims, themselves, were more fully developed, as in able to autonomously carry on conversations over dinner — which was lacking completely in Sims3. The sad thing is the devs gave everything to the open world, and left the Sims themselves to be little more than pixalated automatons. I'm happy to say Sims4 Sims while different in their antics from Sims2 Sims, are very able to carry on in the background without me. :)
Sorry for the rant, but I do heartily agree we need additional Traits. I'd like to see Retiring (Shy), since we already have its opposite. We need Loud and Quiet, since some people really are those traits. I like what they did with Erratic. At first I was dismayed it was changed out from Insane, but it's better in the long run. My Global Superstar's dear mother is erratic. She's rather funny to watch. I love it when she arbitrarily decides to tell herself a story. She's also prone to removing her clothing and walking around in the altogether despite the fact she has four sons still in the household. :o
