Why have likes and dislikes?
Okay, so why do we have likes and dislikes? I'm trying to figure out exactly what likes and dislikes really add to the gameplay.
So far in the games I'm playing, I haven't noticed any particularly special behavior by my Sims. For example, one of my Sims likes cooking and he meets another Sim who also likes cooking. He asks about hobbies and the other Sim tells him that they like cooking. The fact that the other Sim likes cooking now shows up in their profile but that is about it. It looks to me like EA just reused a couple of animations in that scenario and they build a tiny bit of "friendship." But that's it. (At least in my game) Do you remember in Sims 3 how Sims would get really excited when they would meet another sim with the same trait? I loved that. With the likes and dislikes the whole thing is just kind of "meh." 10 seconds after my Sim finds out that this new Sim they met also likes cooking, either my Sim or the Sim he's talking to is walking away right in the middle of the conversation. (Like Sims in Sims 4 do) So it's like "yeah, you like cooking too...bye."
I can only speak for myself, but in real life if you were at some venue and you were really into gourmet cooking, and met another person who also was really into gourmet cooking, wouldn't you get a little excited? Isn't it at least somewhat likely that you and that person might get into a really great conversation? Maybe become friends? I know that for me it would be like that.
I think the problem is something that I have mentioned in the forum before and I'm not going to grind on it. I think the Sims 4 base game is inherently flawed. Whether it's EA or modders, simply adding more and more likes and dislikes to attach to your Sims is not going to really change the gameplay. Maybe I expect a little more but right now likes and dislikes as far as I can see, are not really adding "personality" to my Sims. My Sim is still just basically getting to know another Sim and building friendship. Same thing as before. EA added nothing to likes and dislikes to make it special. To make it a feature that adds to the "gameplay." Not just giving the players a short list of things to attach to their Sim.
And hey, if someone has suggestions or what not to make it better, please clue me in. I will appreciate it. :)
So far in the games I'm playing, I haven't noticed any particularly special behavior by my Sims. For example, one of my Sims likes cooking and he meets another Sim who also likes cooking. He asks about hobbies and the other Sim tells him that they like cooking. The fact that the other Sim likes cooking now shows up in their profile but that is about it. It looks to me like EA just reused a couple of animations in that scenario and they build a tiny bit of "friendship." But that's it. (At least in my game) Do you remember in Sims 3 how Sims would get really excited when they would meet another sim with the same trait? I loved that. With the likes and dislikes the whole thing is just kind of "meh." 10 seconds after my Sim finds out that this new Sim they met also likes cooking, either my Sim or the Sim he's talking to is walking away right in the middle of the conversation. (Like Sims in Sims 4 do) So it's like "yeah, you like cooking too...bye."
I can only speak for myself, but in real life if you were at some venue and you were really into gourmet cooking, and met another person who also was really into gourmet cooking, wouldn't you get a little excited? Isn't it at least somewhat likely that you and that person might get into a really great conversation? Maybe become friends? I know that for me it would be like that.
I think the problem is something that I have mentioned in the forum before and I'm not going to grind on it. I think the Sims 4 base game is inherently flawed. Whether it's EA or modders, simply adding more and more likes and dislikes to attach to your Sims is not going to really change the gameplay. Maybe I expect a little more but right now likes and dislikes as far as I can see, are not really adding "personality" to my Sims. My Sim is still just basically getting to know another Sim and building friendship. Same thing as before. EA added nothing to likes and dislikes to make it special. To make it a feature that adds to the "gameplay." Not just giving the players a short list of things to attach to their Sim.
And hey, if someone has suggestions or what not to make it better, please clue me in. I will appreciate it. :)
