The 'events' structure has killed the fun for me

I actually like having different sections of my town, which is pretty much how the Springfield in the actual show is too. Biggest draw back is how much you have to move things around to make an actual section and not a strip mall with the way new land is slowly released. I don't really want another heights event, but I do wish they'd open up the rest of the room on the other side of the mountain to give us more to work with.

I do agree with the daily grind and slow down on the events though. I haven't been wild about the event interfaces since they really started tweaking things from the western event forward.

Sorry to hear that. There seems to be a thread like this every other day lately.

I have gone though a couple periods of ennui with this game. I've contemplated quitting as well.

Them I remember that it's a GAME, and not a daily vice that I must either be addicted to or committed to quit. That would be appropriate for something like smoking cigarettes or biting one's fingernails.

Once you remove the addiction mentality, you're able to play the game more like listening to a radio station: you turn it on when you'd like some entertainment for the moment. But when you're done you then it off, with no concern for when you may listen again. But it's there, available, and you can listen for a few minutes any day without there being a meaning to it.

Hopefully this analogy makes some sense to you and you learn to appreciate the game for its time killing abilities, which is all it should be. If not, piece out!

I definitely agree about the pace and town sectionalism.

"4junk3000;1530065" wrote:

Hopefully this analogy makes some sense to you and you learn to appreciate the game for its time killing abilities, which is all it should be. If not, piece out!

It makes a lot of sense. I doubt I'll throw it in all altogether, 'cause sometimes I just enjoy watching the characters going about the town doing their thing. But I am a compulsive personality, and I allow myself to get drawn into the events. I do enjoy them for the most part - just not as the main way of acquiring buildings, and the design thing :)

I totally feel you

I miss the level updates a lot.

In my first year of playing, I remember being really unhappy if I didn't get the final event prize. I'd set alarms to wake up at night. I remember the conflict in my head about not being able to afford to buy a simple $10 play card to spend on donuts, because at that time I was unemployed and couldn't justify the expense.

Eventually I reached a point where I simply didn't want to give them money whether I could afford it or not, because I felt angry with EA. Like they were intentionally trying to gouge me with the ridiculous expense of their game.

THEN I finally reached a more rational conclusion, that their job is simply to keep providing content, mostly free but some at a cost. Once I took out the personal feelings, I no longer felt animosity. I also no longer felt compelled. The desire to obtain everything no longer needed to be suppressed because I didn't care anymore. Every feature can't even fit in the game once you've started hitting the feature cap, which I had as well. But even though they raised the limit, feeling remorse for not getting every little house and character seemed pointless. My town was still cute. The dialog was still funny. And in not caring about maximum achievement, I was able to play when I wanted, rather than it being a part time shift job with mandatory checking in every four hours or else!

Suddenly the game was fun and light and easy again. And I've played with this attitude for the last few years. So much easier on my mind.

Hopefully you will have an evolution of perspective that let's you enjoy the game again. We'll be here if it happens!

I've noticed becoming tired/disinterested of playing in between events. So I end up just returning to really play during events only. Then if I don't like the event I wind down playing until another one comes along. In addition during non event periods I occasionally just bring up the game briefly to tap on a few items to see the animations.

Also agreed. If they gave us land in the form of clusters (4 x 4) squares or so, it would be easier to manage different themed sections of town.
I for one don't like the look of having my Future-world sandwiched between by Western-world and my devil-worshiping-world.