What is Gameplay to you?
I often read a lot of threads where people are saying there is not enough gameplay or they need to add more gameplay in packs. I have seen some examples but most of the time there is no real explanat...
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I just wanna say that I really agree on what your saying @keekee53 @Yautagirl @Triplis and @83bienchen !
LACKING DEPTH SIMS 4
I think that one big thing with the lack of depth comes from the sims shallow personalities. The traits needs to be fixed and I also think that we need a foundation to the personality like a temperament system (point system like in sims 1 & 2) in addition to the traits. A sim should be able to have a temperament of being more or less (e.g.) Introvert / Extrovert but also have traits like: easily-impressed, snob, hot-headed.
PERSONALITY IMPROVEMENTS
1. Add a section for diet (+1 slot: Omnivore / Vegetarian / Vegan)
2. Attraction system + Favorites/Dislikes + Talents/Inabilities (hobby system) would be great add ons to the game.
3. Add a Temperaments system (point system) as an addition to the existing trait system. It could be a scale of 1-10 (sims 1 & 2) or just a scale of 1-6 (E.g: 1. Very Sensitive 2. Sensitive 3. A little sensitive => 4. A little Rational 5. Rational 6. Very rational).
1 points of SENSITIVE (very Sensitive) = most affected by the SENSITIVE trait => most SENSITIVE moodlets & personality benefits/disadvantages.
https://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111003074631/sims/images/7/7e/Personality_%26_Aspiration.png
1. SENSITIVE - RATIONAL
SENSITIVE (1-5)
*Faster increasing skills: Creativity skills, Pet skills, Life skill
*Increased performance in following careers: Therapist, Doctor, creative careers
*Decreased performance in following careers: Detective, Law, Military, Secret agent
*Easier to gain sentiments
*Easier to get the "shared sadness" moodlet (from seeing a loved one suffer, sentiments system)
*Collects higher negative life points from negative experiences #FixThePersonalities
4.
Collect Negative & Positive points from life experiences and develop Childhood traits & Life traits (e.g. Narcissistic, Naive, Spolied, Unlucky). Develop and remember Struggles and life experiences. Negative / Positive / Neutral childhood. Therapy +active Healer / Therapist career (return of the therapist from sims 2!). Self-Esteem system and Meaningfulness system (similiar to the aspiration system in sims 2).
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/986200/life-struggles-pack-updates-sims-4-memory-system-consequences-wants-fears-personality-overhaul
5. MEMORY SYSTEM + MEMORY MOODLETS
Sims are now going to remember their memories and will at random get a moodlet with the memory (eg. ”Simsis was born”) that have the same moodlet as back then (e.g. “+1 happy”). This moodlet will give them the interaction to "share memory" with other sims that are included in the memory (e.g. parents can share a memory of a child birth). This will make the other sim remember = trigger their memory moodlet.
https://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/8/0/7/1/7/6/9/MTS_DiLight-1487502-6YVMaeidbFI.jpg
*Green X = Positive memory from: positive sentiments/events (positive life/childhood points).
*Red X = Negative memory from: negative sentiments/events (negative life/childhood points
*Yellow X = Redefined memory (earlier positive memory that has changed temporarily after gaining a negative sentiment, will give a negative moodlet)
*Orange with a “!”-symbol!X = a Struggle LIFE STRUGGLES PACK
*Golden with a “!”-symbol!X = a treated Struggle LIFE STRUGGLES PACK
*No met mystery sim or visited the park/library/shop -kind of memories
*Focus on bigger events instead: had a baby (name of the baby), got married / divorced, become best friend with (sim_name), got scholarship (and which), got a job / retired (which career), had a negative / positive / neutral childhood LIFE STRUGGLES PACK, had a million simoleans, become boyfriend/girlfriend, etc...
LACKING DEPTH SIMS 4
I think that one big thing with the lack of depth comes from the sims shallow personalities. The traits needs to be fixed and I also think that we need a foundation to the personality like a temperament system (point system like in sims 1 & 2) in addition to the traits. A sim should be able to have a temperament of being more or less (e.g.) Introvert / Extrovert but also have traits like: easily-impressed, snob, hot-headed.
The existing trait system could work as a “spice” to a temperament and deepen it, but does not work by itself. I mean you just have 3 slots and your sim can end up like: Music lover, Dance machine & Vegetarian. Wow, but that’s 2 hobbies and a diet, not a personality!
PERSONALITY IMPROVEMENTS
1. Add a section for diet (+1 slot: Omnivore / Vegetarian / Vegan)
2. Attraction system + Favorites/Dislikes + Talents/Inabilities (hobby system) would be great add ons to the game.
3. Add a Temperaments system (point system) as an addition to the existing trait system. It could be a scale of 1-10 (sims 1 & 2) or just a scale of 1-6 (E.g: 1. Very Sensitive 2. Sensitive 3. A little sensitive => 4. A little Rational 5. Rational 6. Very rational).
1 points of SENSITIVE (very Sensitive) = most affected by the SENSITIVE trait => most SENSITIVE moodlets & personality benefits/disadvantages.
https://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111003074631/sims/images/7/7e/Personality_%26_Aspiration.png
1. SENSITIVE - RATIONAL
SENSITIVE (1-5)
*Faster increasing skills: Creativity skills, Pet skills, Life skill
*Increased performance in following careers: Therapist, Doctor, creative careers
*Decreased performance in following careers: Detective, Law, Military, Secret agent
*Easier to gain sentiments
*Easier to get the "shared sadness" moodlet (from seeing a loved one suffer, sentiments system)
*Collects higher negative life points from negative experiences #FixThePersonalities
4.
Collect Negative & Positive points from life experiences and develop Childhood traits & Life traits (e.g. Narcissistic, Naive, Spolied, Unlucky). Develop and remember Struggles and life experiences. Negative / Positive / Neutral childhood. Therapy +active Healer / Therapist career (return of the therapist from sims 2!). Self-Esteem system and Meaningfulness system (similiar to the aspiration system in sims 2).
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/986200/life-struggles-pack-updates-sims-4-memory-system-consequences-wants-fears-personality-overhaul
5. MEMORY SYSTEM + MEMORY MOODLETS
Sims are now going to remember their memories and will at random get a moodlet with the memory (eg. ”Simsis was born”) that have the same moodlet as back then (e.g. “+1 happy”). This moodlet will give them the interaction to "share memory" with other sims that are included in the memory (e.g. parents can share a memory of a child birth). This will make the other sim remember = trigger their memory moodlet.
https://thumbs.modthesims2.com/img/8/0/7/1/7/6/9/MTS_DiLight-1487502-6YVMaeidbFI.jpg
*Green X = Positive memory from: positive sentiments/events (positive life/childhood points).
*Red X = Negative memory from: negative sentiments/events (negative life/childhood points
*Yellow X = Redefined memory (earlier positive memory that has changed temporarily after gaining a negative sentiment, will give a negative moodlet)
*Orange with a “!”-symbol!X = a Struggle LIFE STRUGGLES PACK
*Golden with a “!”-symbol!X = a treated Struggle LIFE STRUGGLES PACK
*No met mystery sim or visited the park/library/shop -kind of memories
*Focus on bigger events instead: had a baby (name of the baby), got married / divorced, become best friend with (sim_name), got scholarship (and which), got a job / retired (which career), had a negative / positive / neutral childhood LIFE STRUGGLES PACK, had a million simoleans, become boyfriend/girlfriend, etc...
