Sims game for Builders - Cross Between SimCity & the Sims

So basically like a more micro-view level of SimCity and a more macro-view level of The Sims?

I'm torn because I did enjoy the SimCity games (I even played a lot of the 2013 version), and I enjoy the building and management type of game. But I also do still enjoy controlling Sims. Right now, one of my saves is basically me playing out a city/civilization builder but having my Sim be directly responsible for how the civilization develops. I would love to be able to build all kinds of worlds, but I think I would miss that element of being able to control a Sim as they interact with the world too.

@NationalPokedex some level of control, but not micromanaging - go to the bathroom, go eat, study your opponents on the computer. Just high level stuff. But yeah a cross.

Like I would love to build a cliff house and design the entire environment around it. Determine if it is a city or small village and then let it grow as I design element around the town. Sims can move in - maybe click into a home or commercial lot and see what is going on, set some things in motion, but not granular like controlling the sims in The Sims

Sims 4 is a game for builders. As much as I enjoy building, once in a while I build something I want to play in. The sims are my challenge, my reason. Sims 3 had a world-builder you could download to create the actual land you put the lots in. It was a download, not part of the game itself, but people could create their own worlds for the game. Ah, that would be so much fun! And then I'd want to play in it. For a little while, before I got bored and went back to building... Perhaps the issue isn't separating the sims from the building, it's making the sims more interesting.

I wouldn't like it. I made the mistake of buying Sim City, and thought it was so horrible that I uninstalled it from my computer after just 3 days. I like having certain things pre-made for me so I don't have to worry about it

I'm kind of playing like that... i've set all my worlds to my liking. Each world has a lot trait that sets the character of the world. The same for each neighbourhood. Each neighbourhood also has a specific nap. I've created clubs for each community lot, so that a specific vibe is set. Then i play all the sims in the world in no order or schedulle. I cheat their needs so i don't have to do the same basic stuff over and over. I just play the stories and big happenings in the community. It's being fun.

While I would love to have more build tools, I also enjoy decorating my homes and creating a sim for them. I always have in my mind the personality and type of sim who will live in the house I'm building.

I wouldn't like not being able to actually decorate INSIDE of the buildings. I don't think in a city builder you do that, I've never actually played those games because I have no desire to "run the city". Although there are some beautiful looking builds and cities and worlds people make in those games.

@Nate_Whiplash1 I started in the Sims ecosystem from SimCity 4 which I loved and wished they had created more expansion packs for it. I like SimCity, but they abandoned it and killed the one aspect of the game which I loved, and that was being able to expand the city's footprint. Plus someone is a pyromaniac, because they like for you to build the city and let it burn to the ground.

Nah, the game I am describing would be a variant of the two games - allows you to design the entire world but also create lots too.

@phantasmkiss I didn't say TS4 wasn't a game for builders. The game concept I am describing is building beyond the lot to building the world.
TS3 World builder tool is for programmers - I am talking about a game that end users can play without having to code it. And a game that isn't buggy and laggy and built on a modern game engine.

If you just want to build you should play Cities: Skylines or other building games. I love watching Flabaliki (aka James Turner) play other games.

"AnnLee87;c-17653232" wrote:
If you just want to build you should play Cities: Skylines or other building games. I love watching Flabaliki (aka James Turner) play other games.

Raptor is another great channel for building cities and stuff.

"troshalom;c-17653211" wrote:
@Nate_Whiplash1 I started in the Sims ecosystem from SimCity 4 which I loved and wished they had created more expansion packs for it. I like SimCity, but they abandoned it and killed the one aspect of the game which I loved, and that was being able to expand the city's footprint. Plus someone is a pyromaniac, because they like for you to build the city and let it burn to the ground.

Nah, the game I am describing would be a variant of the two games - allows you to design the entire world but also create lots too.

@phantasmkiss I didn't say TS4 wasn't a game for builders. The game concept I am describing is building beyond the lot to building the world.
TS3 World builder tool is for programmers - I am talking about a game that end users can play without having to code it. And a game that isn't buggy and laggy and built on a modern game engine.

Okay I see what you mean now. Sort of like being able to zoom in on a city builder game while also still being able to zoom back out.