"EnjoyfulSimmer;d-960556" wrote:
Even if you want to claim that you dont want The Sims to be just like real life, thats cool and that isnt the point. That isnt really the argument im making here either. Its about just how little effort has been made to actually make the games an immersive and fun experience. In sims 3 there were imaginary movie theaters. And our sims would disappear inside to have popcorn and watch movies on the big screen while you waited outside. And Imaginary diners where sims would teleport to their booths and have all this pretend food and you would imagine them being inside and having this great time.There were also Imaginary spas, where your sims would go to treat themselves to saunas and back rubs, but you couldnt get a peek inside. And make believe sports arenas where sims sat back with hot dogs and refreshments and watched games you could never see. And even imaginary tombs at the graveyard where sims would go inside and become spooked by something scary. But you had to imagine what it might be.
I think that so far, the sims games have failed to be proper life simulations at all. And if Sims 5 is more of the same, what is the incentive to shell out the money for it? After I have already invested literally hundreds of dollars on Sims 4 and if you combine Sims 1,2,3 and 4 over the years thats well over $1000 of content just to be able to do the same stunted imaginary play in each new game.
I get what you're saying, but I don't think any game studio can achieve every imaginable life scenario or venue or object simulated into a game. Which is why The sims has little to no competition. It's incredibly difficult to program all these things and have a game still be stable to simulate it all. And then you have to focus on what's actually interesting, which isn't just watching your sims eat or watching a movie at the theatre, because these things can get boring, fast.
The 5th generation of sims should focus on a stable open world that loads intelligently and runs on a good engine, this will define the whole game. Being able to live in apartments on a busy street with cafes and stores on the ground floor, and being able to visit friends and family easily by just walking over to their houses, that would be great. Also, I'd like them to take objects from TS4 and TS3 instead of remaking everything from scratch all over again.
But I wouldn't mind rabbit holes for things like school and work,spas and theatres and grocery stores and libraries, since I don't think following sims there is that great and is very short-lived.
