Why MultiPlayer Won't Work
These are my musings, thoughts, observations after being a part of this community for more than twenty years. I will start with the example of the player who says they never build anything, so a s...
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"Kathykins;c-17428437" wrote:
I really don't mind multiplayer games. I've played Wow almost 14 years. I also played TSO until Eaxis closed it down, and then EAland until that flopped and was closed down. A lot of people loved TSO, myself included.
Although, what did I do in the game? I joined a skill house as a hostess. I skilled (which you had to do constantly, because our skills decayed) and took care of other people's sims who also skilled. After they were done skilling, it was off to make money. That was what "most" people did in TSO. Thinking back on it, that was pretty boring game play and to be honest, today I'd expect more from an online multiplayer sims game. The fun in TSO was of course the contact and connection to other players. I met some pretty awesome people there (actually still have occasional contact with some), and wouldn't have missed it for the world.
I want the freedom to do whatever I want in my game, for my sims to be what I want them to be, do what I want when I want. I need freedom, and not depend on other simmers. I don't think that would be possible if Eaxis went the multiplayer route.
You have just described why many single player gamers didn't like TSO, why we wouldn't touch it, and why we would never play it. The meeting other nice players is a nice thing but I have met and still remember dozens of nice people I found on forums. Discussing Sims and Sims' games and theories and wish lists and helping with other people's pc problems and sharing or using other people's content was a great experience for most of us. We didn't have to play multiplayer games to find all that, nor have to play a multiplayer game to meet and talk to nice people who were on the forums. It's not like it used to be, but that was my experience from being able to get online (when I had internet off and on) back in the day. No multiplayer was needed. We had each other on the official forums to answer questions, have a few laughs and enjoy the discussions, and or make a good friend if you can call people on the internet a 'friend'. As for the gameplay of TSO your description is why those of us who enjoy the sandbox and being the director of our own Sims' lives will never want another multiplayer, even if they don't make it a grind fest as they did that one. ETA: Thank you for the correct description of it, because it is true it's one of the reason we have no faith in Maxis the next time either.
