"Sk8rblaze;c-17402057" wrote:
I'm not so sure it's an easy fix. I think what you're describing are benefits of having an open world versus a closed one.
There was a time when I believed keeping the closed lot format would benefit the game and weigh out the negatives, however, EA has proven me wrong. We have a closed world and Sims whose intelligence and personalities are more limited compared to their predecessors along with a lot of bugs, gameplay without depth, and so on. In the end, we're playing a game with a world system that is 20 years old, and I say that because even The Sims 2's closed worlds provided far more creative control and benefits than TS4.
I think The Sims 5 really needs to bring back the open world format and implement it with more stability than TS3 did. The benefits of having one truly outweigh the cons, and it helps the immersion so much. Seeing Sims around living their own lives rather than scripted to walk along a sidewalk from point A to B before disappearing into the abyss makes me feel like I'm actually playing a modern life simulator for the PC.
I'm not sure. I had some Sims 3 moments that stuck with me that could be done in Sims 4, but there would need to be a lot more depth to the personalities.
For instance, one time I had a young adult sim marry Matthew Hamming -- I didn't know how close to elder he actually was but he aged up a couple of days after their wedding. But then they went to a night club to celebrate, and as they walked in, he had a thought bubble of himself as a young man and she had one as herself as an old woman.
I do not think Sims 4 is programmed for this type of nuance in their thoughts, but I don't see why there couldn't be moments like that in a closed world. The problem is it would be so easy to overdo things like that, and that I only saw it once is my (embarrassing amount) of hours played says a lot.
I really miss the thought bubbles that were reflective of the sims and where they were in life -- and the dream bubbles. yes, watching sims sleep is boring, but I loved watching them sleep because you knew where they were hoping to go in life, both in big and small things. And the cuddling and spooning. Just awesome.
That said, I really hope Sims 5 is a well-programmed, not buggy, offline open world game! Yeah, I know.
