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7 years ago

What I think about the lack of Transportation in SIMS4

I want to talk about a topic. This is actually a subject that I should have brought up three years ago. It's a subject that anyone who is bound by a planet should think about. - The Transportation.

Everyone knows that The Sims 4 has no means of Transportation. I feel a lot of inconvenience there. I would like to present it in three ways.


1) No characteristics of Worlds
That is not to say that the worlds of The Sims 4 do not have any characteristics. Hydrosphere, Ecoregions, Climates - Each world has its own characteristics, and the pack has been added, its features have become even clearer. But our worlds have no Transportational characteristics.

We consider a lot when choosing our accommodations. Isn't it cold? Isn’t it too cloudy? Isn't the neighbor weird? And of course we also worry about Transportation. Is it close to work, school or the station? Is the facility accessible? Is there a parking space? Isn't the traffic jam bad? In the real world we cannot avoid these issues. And according to these issues we divide the area into cities and villages.

Thus in The Sims 4 where there is no , Technically speaking The San Myshuno is not a city, although we can find a variety of cultural events and amenities in this World. Comparing the accessibility to a particular workplace or hospital, San Myshuno has no distinct advantage from other Worlds. In other words, we have no reason to live there at a high cost. In fact, even the cost is not clear in The Sims 4. Oh, It's a city without rush hour! What a Saint! Perhaps the Sims 4 politician would do a quarter less than the real politicians.

https://i.imgur.com/0VW3mDQ.jpg


2) No stress
If you have a job or have to attend a school, what time do you get up to get there? Your answer will depend on the Transportation to work. We are always suffering from the rush hour. We should walk, run, or line up and learn to drive to go somewhere - Sometimes we can get badly hurt or die because of this.

But Sims don't have to do that in Sims 4. Because the Supernatural Pack is included in the Sims 4. 『The sims 4 Supernatural -Teleport!』
https://i.imgur.com/Rfq3j7q.jpg


There is no need to worry about traffic jams caused by heavy snow, and there is no reason to worry about going to and from work even if you live in a remote mountain. You cannot find a patient who was injured in a traffic accident in any hospital. Of course, there is no reason to worry about the cost of Transportation or carpool, and no reason to buy insurance.

Unfortunately, these physical freedoms were not given to objects. Pizza, groceries, and other things you can buy on the Internet cannot use teleportation. :-(

Anyway, Sims are free from the stresses of traffic and as they are free, I feel a sense of emptiness and disjunction in the game.


3) No cars

No Transportation is similar to no Telecommunication. Imagine a world in which everyone has telepathic powers and doesn't need a cell phone. No one carries a cell phone. You can't buy a cell phone anywhere. It is very awkward, isn’t it? A world where no one owns a car is also awkward. In The Sims 4, no one can own a car except for Kids.
https://i.imgur.com/mYp69Ps.png

Teenagers do not take tests to get a driver's license. The Young don't have to save money to buy their own cars. No matter how fancy you live in your mansion, you don't have a single car, even if you have enough money to keep buying a lot of Rolls Royces.

In modern society, cars are not just a means of Transportation. Like houses and clothes, they are not only must-have necessities but also luxuries that represent the wealth and status of the owners. We deduce his occupation or guess his fortune by looking at his car.

There are no police cars, no fire trucks, no used cars, no broken cars, and no expensive cars in The Sims 4. Is it eco-friendly utopia? Has EA so much emphasis been placed on environmental value that it erased the car at Sims 4? And is it a completely equal world where everyone shares the same means of Transportation (a teleport power)? Don't we need to feel a relative deprivation in a Hollywood star's exclusive helicopter anymore?
https://i.imgur.com/ttI1KDj.jpg


So far, I’ve talked about things that are inconvenient because there is no Transportation in Sims 4. I've been waiting for traffic patches since 2014 when The Sims 4 was first released. Since I have played very passive so far, I'm not sure what other users will think of this game. But I've summed up what I think is lacking in Sims 4 from the point of view of Transportation. Some are too late to resolve with additional patches. I am deeply sorry for that.

It has been four years since the first release of The Sims 4. There have been many things to be thankful to Sims users and developers. However, it was a long time ago that Sims 4 felt funny. I don't know how to get there. This is the Sims 4 I feel today.

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