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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"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16264707" wrote:
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
I strongly disagree. :) If the AI is not good then there would not be a reason to build a new series. We would all be saying been there, done it, let's find another game series to play. The AI is the most important feature and must adhere to what a player thinks should happen. Short cuts sometimes are fine, but leaving out big chunks of simulation is the reason many think TS3 or TS4 have not lived up to the legend of The Sims.
