"Cinebar;c-17109033" wrote:
OP, I agree with about 90% of your topic. It's not that I want everything, I really don't, but I don't like half baked simulation. Some rabbit holes don't bother me, such as Sims in TS2 walking off the lot or driving to go to work. But after TS3 there was this huge outcry from almost everyone who cares about simulation to have more hands on careers where the Sim actually had to do something instead of the player clicking a box. (whatever that 'box' might be, building, pc, invisibile portal etc.)
The longer this series continues the more I get disappointed. Because I see it all the time, players of today don't really want any simulation in my opinion. They have grown up on easy games where you click something and the task is done. Let's take for instance the new sunblock in the upcoming EP for TS4. Your Sim won't even have to get off it's lazy rear end go to a store to buy sunblock but the player can just click on the float out in the water to get sunblock. Are you kidding?
I can hear the arguments now, for even less simulation as follows, but it takes so long to eat, it takes so long to bathe, it takes away from player clicking even more stuff and instantly getting 'a lot done'.
Really, then what is the point of a life simulator if it doesn't simulate and I know the answers to that...again, but I want my Sim to talk to other Sims and 'have fun'. Doing what? Making the player click on an object and viola Sim is fullfilled, no hunger, no lack of energy, no need to bathe, no need to get up off their lazy rear ends and walk across the room but just click the object.
I won't be surprised at all if in the near future this series turns into exactly what I said and it's no one to blame but those who want easy peasy, click object and be done sort of game play. Examples to come, click fridge, full, click bed ,full, click Sim, fullfilled. End of gameplay. YAY we got it all done. :s
Me either. It's all very half-baked and a very lazy attempt. I really liked how in The Sims 2 sims actually had to go shopping for clothing. That added a touch of realism and was actually nice to only own the clothing you wanted. I would like to not choose from every item from every pack when I go to change my sims clothing. So it would be nice if in the Sims 5, they brought back shopping for clothes and do AWAY with free clothing. Let sims pay for clothes and shoes. Realism please.
I think the longer it goes on the more it gets worse because half of the fan base doesn't want realistic gameplay or realistic sims.I remember watching a video about the concept of modern video games with absolutely stunning realistic visuals, it was beautiful and and a popular comment was that The Sims games would look amazing with those graphics and someone replied that the backwards fans base of the Sims games would never go for that :D And I agreed with the sentiment and I think they may have been very right.
With respect to the gameplay I also agree that all of this clicking and especially the clicking and sims disappearing and coming back with full hunger/fun/hygiene bars is not my idea of a good life simulation at all. But if that is the kind of game the sims fans want. Something simplistic and unrealistic , that fine. Have at it. Not my cup of tea and Im through buying . Lifes too short to play half baked video games and contend with this fan base and game thats never going to evolve.
