"PHOEBESMOM601;14798443" wrote:
"Aine;14798418" wrote:
Hmm, instead of making everything safe, why not add things like firemen, or if a sim gets burnt, ambulance? I'd love to be able to take my sims to the hospital to get treated for anything bad like burns or sicknesses. Low skills should mean more danger, as usual. And there could be a small chance that the doctors can't save your sim, but bigger chance unless you just leave your sim to tend for themselves. Not everything has ot be lethal, but I'd love to be able to take my sim to the hospital. Just don't make everything safe. It's boring.
When I was first introduced to The Sims (TS3) I remember having one of my Sims try to repair her laptop. She had no handiness skills and she got a shock. I have to tell you I got really anxious about that. I really liked this Sim, I didn't want her to die and it worried me. So I figured out that if I didn't have her go back and try the repair again she wouldn't get shocked again.
I was emotionally invested in that Sim and I wanted to keep her alive. So I made sure I did. Now, in this game, I don't have to worry about it and I don't get emotionally invested in these Sims either.
It's hard to get emotionally invested in these Sims, I've found. They are just so empty. Not too long ago there was a fire with the chemistry station in the kids' room. I sent the kid outside, Mom put it out, but then there was absolutely no reaction to the fire. Mom couldn't comfort her son after the traumatic experience of a fire in his room. No one even told Dad when he got home. It was like nothing ever happened at all. And that was the only fire I've ever had. I've never had a kitchen fire, no matter how low my skill was, or how low level the store was.
They don't care if another Sim dies right next to them. They don't care no matter what happens. They have the exact same whims and reactions to things no matter what traits you give them. There is no difference between any Sim you make.
And really, if I wanted to play a game where my character makes so many ridiculous faces that I seriously want to slap them, I'd just play this:
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