Forum Discussion
"Thrior;c-18227951" wrote:
There's a lot of stuff that interests me in this pack but I'll just say: more family interactions and the chemistry system.
I just really love it if we can improve the interactions and relationships between sims and actually make them more distinctive and meaningful. I'm kinda really tired how focused on romance these type of things tend to be. Like, there's really nothing even separating friends and good friends (and BFFs what's even the point?), it's like your sim can't really have any intimate/deeper/special platonic relationships (unless you force it with self-imposed storytelling), it all feels... shallow/cold somehow. This pack sounds like something that could really improve this aspect of the game.
I just hope it will actually deliver and not be some "different text flavor" simulator. E.g. says that these sims are socially compatible aaaaand basically leaves it at that with seemingly nothing different in their interaction. I also really hope the chemistry system isn't all predictable and cliche. E.g. sims with the same traits will always be compatible while opposite traits will always hate each other. Boooring.
There's a sentiment specifically for "opposites attract" in the game, so I hope they won't make the chemistry system in a way that prevents those couples from even happening. But I also hope the new social system will result in more meaningful friendships. I tried giving my sims specific friendships but keeping track of that in a rotational save when the game doesn't recognize it at all was hard. Also I like the idea that disliking a sim may be more complex as well. But I do hope the factors that make up the chemistry are more well thought out than things like all elders have a fear of dying.
I hope the milestones will be a new game challenge in each life stage, like character values and skills. I imagine the infant stage will be longer than the current newborn stage, and my need to make aging closer to realistic will require me to change the lengths of all other life stages to match it using MCCC, so I'm concerned that my goals for children and toddlers will get too easy. Milestones may give me another thing to work towards. I'm curious to learn more about them.
The thing I'm most excited about is still treehouses though. And sleeping bags. And more child aspirations. Children have gotten really boring after so many years and I can't wait to have so much more cute stuff for them.
