Willow Creek, for example, is obviously a town. As well as Windenburg or Brindleton Bay, whereas San Myshuno is more of a city. In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. In real life, nobody would say that Los Angeles is a "world". It's probably such an insignificant thing to think about it, but meh.

I agree, although the vampire "world" wasn't even a town. Saluni came close to more of a country.The actual world's, though- like Realm of Magic- are so small, it's ridiculous.

I suspect because they were in earlier games, where they were completely separate and you couldn't travel from one to another. But it's inaccurate in 4 I agree.

It's an artifact from the Sims 3, which similarly used the term "world". Admittedly, it made a little more sense there since you couldn't really travel to different towns/cities, whereas in this game the only barrier between a Willow Creek Sim and a day at the beach in Sulani is whether or not you have Island Living.

Sims 4 has always been critizised of being too small so they use words which imply that it is big to counter that.

"KingofSims;d-1001389" wrote:Willow Creek, for example, is obviously a town. As well as Windenburg or Brindleton Bay, whereas San Myshuno is more of a city. In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. In real life, nobody would say that Los Angeles is a "world". It's probably such an insignificant thing to think about it, but meh.In the Sims 3, it was called worlds because where you lived was your world unless you went on vacation. Towards the end they did fix it a little. Before Sims 4 ever came out, they said that they were calling them hoods, but simmers wouldn't do it and so everyone calls them worlds. I liked the idea of hoods/towns ect. better because it is more realistic especially since we can travel to them like towns unlike the other Sims type games from the past.

Why are they called "worlds", and not "towns"?

simsimsere
Rising Scout
3 years ago
I don't like how they're called but by now I've accepted it. It was a huge change coming from TS2 where neighbourhood meant what is now called a world.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I refer to them as towns whenever I write up what Happened In Your Game Today, posts. They used to be referred to as neighborhoods back in Sims2.
SnaveXs
Rising Adventurer
3 years ago
Well.. In real life they say Disney World is a world or SeaWorld is a world. The worlds have themes and Batuu is definitely a vacation theme park.
Onverser
3 years ago
I guess just because this game came after Sims 3, and they were always called worlds in 3, and it was just the case that not many people went back to saying neighborhoods
Admiral8Q
New Spectator
3 years ago

I agree on this.
However in a digital game, a "world" really is it's own entity realm (world), when you think about it.

An anthill and it's immediate surroundings is the "world" for an ant that lives there. ;)

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SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
I would love to put my Sims 4 worlds together in one map.
I would put the following in order:
1. Windenburg with Henford, Glimmerbrook, Granite Falls & Brindleton Bay
2. Forgotten Hollow with Moonwood Mill
3. Strangerville with Sixam & Batuu
4. Sulani with Tartosa & Jungle Adventure
5. Britechester with Copperdale
6. Oasis Springs with DS Valley
7. Willow Creek with Newcrest, Magolia Promanade & Evergreen Harbor

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