The Sims in the mainstream media

"KatAnubis;c-17830566" wrote:
I think it's really interesting that people are addressing only *my* comments but nothing about the article that was the impetus for this thread in the first place. Is no one noticing that there was an article that had a lot of Sims content in a *mainstream* magazine (as opposed to a gaming magazine or other niche place)? I get the feeling that people aren't bothering to read the initial article.

I didn't read the article, I figured you pointed out anything that was important in what the person said in the article. lol Like The Sims series is repetitive...yes, and no. But what games aren't? We all know how each game genre works. And those things are expected to a great extent (systems and mechanics of gameplay) to be there in the type of genre we pick to play, so I would ask the person tell me what games aren't repetitive? None. ETA: You brought up how TS4 gives you more control of your Sim, you kind of stepped on your own reporting by changing the subject into a comparison thread between the games rather than sticking to how the article was talking about repetitiveness, and yes The Sims series has been repetitive to a great extent but what genre is never repetitive is the question. It's like a murder mystery or romance novel..we all know the setups.

ETA: I can relate with the article about some memory problems being more pronounced this past year in myself and many others in my family...that is a fact.

I will post what I found interesting about what they said about the series (no I don't find the series too repetitive as I stated above)

But this stands out to me of why I probably don't like TS4 as much...

Earlier versions of The Sims had an autonomous memory function, according to Marina DelGreco, a staff writer for Game Rant. But in The Sims 3, the system was buggy; it bloated file sizes and caused players’ saved progress to delete. So The Sims 4, released in 2014, does not automatically create memories. PC users can manually enter them, and Sims can temporarily feel feelings: happy, tense, flirty. But for the most part, a Sim is a hollow vessel, more like a machine than a living thing.
lol, TS4 Sims suffer from 'smooth brain'. I might have lost a few cells myself during this whole pandemic drama.