Where Sims 4 Game Play gets it Right
Although the foundation of the Sims 4 is flawed when it comes to deep long term game play and unique personalities, there is an area of game play that Sims 4 (in my opinion) does a much better job at ...
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For me the issue is the shallow sims. That’s the core problem with the game. One of the producers of this game once said it wasn’t a life sim but a game about drama and I just can’t feel that with shallow sims.
Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to make my sims live off the grid if I chose, I love living off the land. Rags to riches style game play is among my favourite ways to play in The Sims. I enjoy the sims 4 calandar and holiday system. But I don’t like how say the day before Winterfest all the sims in the household become energised. Ditto with Love day - all the sims become flirty in anticipation of the holiday. I think that’s way too simplistic.
I like being able to have sims live in different worlds. But I’ve found that usually it’s just the same behaviours the sims exhibit, just different set dressing/world.
How do you get the worlds eco footprint into the negative? Because I can’t. Not with normal game play. It always swings into neutral or positive. I fight the game to make it industrial. Which is a shame.
I think sims 2/3 expansions focused on the themes more and delivered more. Sims 4 can deliver in a theme at times but it’s more watered down and sometimes needs several packs to accomplish what one expansion would have done previously. Get to work for example have three careers, Ambitions had way more careers and added more traits and lifetime goals.
I’m glad you really enjoy it though. That’s the most important thing.
Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to make my sims live off the grid if I chose, I love living off the land. Rags to riches style game play is among my favourite ways to play in The Sims. I enjoy the sims 4 calandar and holiday system. But I don’t like how say the day before Winterfest all the sims in the household become energised. Ditto with Love day - all the sims become flirty in anticipation of the holiday. I think that’s way too simplistic.
I like being able to have sims live in different worlds. But I’ve found that usually it’s just the same behaviours the sims exhibit, just different set dressing/world.
How do you get the worlds eco footprint into the negative? Because I can’t. Not with normal game play. It always swings into neutral or positive. I fight the game to make it industrial. Which is a shame.
I think sims 2/3 expansions focused on the themes more and delivered more. Sims 4 can deliver in a theme at times but it’s more watered down and sometimes needs several packs to accomplish what one expansion would have done previously. Get to work for example have three careers, Ambitions had way more careers and added more traits and lifetime goals.
I’m glad you really enjoy it though. That’s the most important thing.
