What do players mean by "gameplay"?
This is one of the most common terms I see around on this forum, and it also seems to be one of the main complaints consistently made against ts4. However, I can't quite wrap my head around that compl...
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Well I'm primarily a builder so for me, the gameplay is focused on build mode (and buy mode, placing furniture n such).
But apparently "click animation selection from menu around Sim, then watch Sim play out said animation" that has existed since Sims 1 is a big thing for others, and it's only real gameplay if you click it twice, or maybe three times. :p The gameplay has been the same in all the series in live-mode. The only things that change are the timers/percentages that happen behind the scenes for fires/raises in careers/alien abductions/etc.
Sims 1 was excrutiating to play out legit without money cheats and/or need-filling modded objects. Years later, Sims 4 actually gives you time to do things outside of (or instead of) a job. But regardless, I use 'live mode' for the same thing. Build testing and how Sims use it. The only thing I miss about older gameplay is having Sims approve of or hate various things around homes when they move in. :D
But apparently "click animation selection from menu around Sim, then watch Sim play out said animation" that has existed since Sims 1 is a big thing for others, and it's only real gameplay if you click it twice, or maybe three times. :p The gameplay has been the same in all the series in live-mode. The only things that change are the timers/percentages that happen behind the scenes for fires/raises in careers/alien abductions/etc.
Sims 1 was excrutiating to play out legit without money cheats and/or need-filling modded objects. Years later, Sims 4 actually gives you time to do things outside of (or instead of) a job. But regardless, I use 'live mode' for the same thing. Build testing and how Sims use it. The only thing I miss about older gameplay is having Sims approve of or hate various things around homes when they move in. :D
