"CarpeNocheSims;c-18185805" wrote:
"Ivyeyed;c-18185520" wrote:
IDK, you just seemed predisposed to believe the worst about stuff that doesn't even exist yet. TS4 is already "online" and people don't seem to mind, and we don't know that TS5 online features will be any more or less invasive. Paralives is a passion project by hardcore Sims fans who really want to make a game they love. And Tectonic's game is being led by industry veterans with an unprecedented amount of freedom. To decide this early that they will all be failures feels intentionally pessimistic for no reason.
And yet people are allowed to dismiss TS5 out of hand while I can't do the same with the unknown?
How would you know what I'm predisposed towards based off one single post?
I'm hardly a pessimist. I just am not a fangirl rah rahing something that's not even close to completion.
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as accusatory, though I can definitely see now that it reads that way.
I actually defended TS5 from dismissal. I think a fair amount of suspicion of EA's business practices is earned at this point, but that doesn't mean the game will be bad, and people are pretending to know things about it that we just do not know (like thinking it will be an mmo or multiplayer based on the vaguest of statements from a man working the business side of things who isn't actually one of the people making the game).
All three of the games coming out could be huge disappointments. I just like investigating things I'm interested in (like sim games) in detail, because I find the research itself fun. And because I feel like with time it helps me get better at spotting what potentially exciting or disappointing news will pan out. So it caught me off guard to see what
felt like (to me) such an easy dismissal with so little information, because that runs very counter to how I engage with anything. I'm always looking for the data like a treasure hunter, hoping to find something good while prepared to find something bad. I'm unlikely to comment at all if I don't think something is exciting or interesting, because I think "who cares if I don't care? I can go find something else I think is interesting and talk about that instead." I personally don't really get any benefit from being negative without specifics (like bringing real problems to the attention of the people who have power to address them). I like opening up conversation and possibilities and contributing when I find new information or have an idea I don't see being discussed. Especially when it's with strangers, as the only time complaining can ever really be fun to me is in solidarity with friends.
Which is all how I engage with things, and is not how anyone else is obligated to engage with them. So I'm sorry again. It's fine for you not to be curious about these games.
