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 Sims 4 is a long smooth sailing interrupted by short bursts of rage like the recent autonomy affecting bug with the NAPs.
It being shallow works for me, it just means the game doesn't interfer with how I want to play my characters. My biggest problem is lack of control over townies. When I see my mafioso play chess in the park with his former kidnapping victim or with a rival gang member despite deep red relationship bars, this just shouldn't happen. That sort of redemption/reconciliation arc should be under player control.
But back to topic, things done right. I have one little example that went a long way for my enjoyment of Sims 4:
One of the first things that stood out to me was that I was finally able to cancel dining table chatter. In Sims 2 they always chat and there is no way to stop them other than building single-seat tables and fencing them in with those room dividers. In Sims 4 I can have them sit together and simply eat instead of wasting time chatting. They will only chat if I tell them to (or, if you play with autonomy on, you can just cancel the chatting without also having to cancel the eating, what couldn't be done before).
It being shallow works for me, it just means the game doesn't interfer with how I want to play my characters. My biggest problem is lack of control over townies. When I see my mafioso play chess in the park with his former kidnapping victim or with a rival gang member despite deep red relationship bars, this just shouldn't happen. That sort of redemption/reconciliation arc should be under player control.
But back to topic, things done right. I have one little example that went a long way for my enjoyment of Sims 4:
One of the first things that stood out to me was that I was finally able to cancel dining table chatter. In Sims 2 they always chat and there is no way to stop them other than building single-seat tables and fencing them in with those room dividers. In Sims 4 I can have them sit together and simply eat instead of wasting time chatting. They will only chat if I tell them to (or, if you play with autonomy on, you can just cancel the chatting without also having to cancel the eating, what couldn't be done before).
