The Sims Trying to recreate that Arizona feel!

Trying to recreate that Arizona feel!
Journey to But who asked for this again
TIL you can choose a plot element a cover style when you write a novel
Thought the builders here might like this
Biggest lie in gaming history.
In Sims 2 there's actually an option to infect yourself with a virus if your mood is low enough.
Revisited TS2. Answered a prompt and got FIRED?? I love this game
The genetics in the Sims 4 are...something.
When you visit a new house after having aging on for a while
My cult leaders new book releases
Made plumbob coasters!!
How the Sims 4 has removed all Sims personality (and why the Sims 2 had so much)
Their date was immediately ruined after this interaction lol
The idea was absurd! Who would believe their grandma, who helped them with their homework & baked cookies, could ever be an underground DJ? It’s just not possible! Spark’d Submission: DJ Gran-Gran! (Gallery ID: Ambahinvasion11)
Kaya bringing the ball back. Taken in Sulani.
Yikes!
CC takes up a lot of space
I don’t know why I drew Bella Goth and decided to post it here. But I did. So.
just a cute screenshot of my sims getting ready for spooky day. also spooky stuff should come free with seasons, it has no business being separate
[Sims 3] The vampires of TS4 have made it into the future! One of the hairs from Into the Future reminded me of Caleb Vatore, so I made futuristic versions of the Vatore siblings and Vlad in TS3.
toddler's got quite the grip strength
Making penthouses look decent on the outside is surprisingly hard, even when you've covered them in windows already
Introducing Bella Swan- I mean Bella Goth. I made a movie concept poster based on the disappearance of Bella in Sims 2.
What do you think of these jeans I made for Sims 4?
bro what happened to my baby

Trying to recreate that Arizona feel!

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:40 PM PDT

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Journey to But who asked for this again

Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:01 AM PDT

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TIL you can choose a plot element a cover style when you write a novel

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 09:00 AM PDT

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Thought the builders here might like this

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 11:07 PM PDT

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Biggest lie in gaming history.

Posted: 08 Sep 2020 12:30 AM PDT

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In Sims 2 there's actually an option to infect yourself with a virus if your mood is low enough.

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 01:26 PM PDT

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Revisited TS2. Answered a prompt and got FIRED?? I love this game

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 07:11 PM PDT

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The genetics in the Sims 4 are...something.

Posted: 08 Sep 2020 12:59 AM PDT

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When you visit a new house after having aging on for a while

Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:04 AM PDT

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My cult leaders new book releases

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:27 AM PDT

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Made plumbob coasters!!

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:00 PM PDT

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How the Sims 4 has removed all Sims personality (and why the Sims 2 had so much)

Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:57 AM PDT

Warning: this has been a procrastination rant which accidentally became a bit of an essay - sorry!

Tl;dr: They took Wants, the Attraction System and one-sided relationships out of the Sims 4 and I believe those are the primary things that have prevented Sims 4 Sims from having any meaningful personality.

I've recently been trying to work out why even though my Sims 4 Sims all have different traits and I try to play them differently, they generally feel incredibly similar. My generations seem to all play out the same - grow up, get married, have kids, reach the height of their career, die. This was nothing like my Sims 2 and 3 games, which would often have random deaths, affairs, chaotic career decisions, and generally tons of drama. I think the main thing that has changed between Sims 3 and Sims 4, and has massively hurt the game, is the removal of Wants.

Sure, you have Whims - but the default for Whims is to be turned off and I think that's because the Sims team knew how bland they are. You barely notice them unless you remember to regularly check what they are. It almost feels like they were so confident in the Emotions system driving the plot that they decided Wants were no longer needed. I don't think this has been the case, however.

Wants were absolutely key to any kind of organic drama in previous Sims games. Having your married Sim suddenly want to cheat on their spouse; having your teenage Sim decide that they want their first kiss with a certain person; or having your Sim very randomly decide that they wanted to become enemies with their sibling. All of these things very naturally drove the plot forward and honestly, not having them in the Sims 4 has really killed any drama that doesn't feel forced. If you want drama in your Sims 4 game you now have to just... do it. Taking a happily married Sim and making them cheat with some random person, despite them having no inclination to feels very random and almost unkind. One of the best parts of causing drama was that your Sims would want that drama to happen, and so when it went wrong it felt like they deserved it.

Another thing is the lack of any attraction system. This means that absolutely any Sim could get with any other Sim (provided they are the right age and aren't a relative), and it's entirely your own choice, based on you arbitrarily deciding you like the look of a random NPC. Your Sim isn't ever going to have a greater inclination to one Sim than another. Once again, it's entirely for the player.

And one last thing that is perhaps more to my personal taste, but I miss relationships having the chance to be one-sided. It feels like the Sims 2, which didn't link the relationship between two Sims, was much more realistic, and led to incredibly organic drama such as rejected proposals, one-sided crushes, and a lot more.

It feels like a lot of good things that lent a lot of personality and charm to Sims has been taken out of the game and replaced with each Sim having three incredibly bland traits which barely impact the game at all. And I think that's a shame because it makes playing for any time longer than a couple of (real-life) days a bit of a chore. Whenever I play, usually it's to try out the new features added - have a Sim become a doctor, or a celebrity, or something - but each generation might as well be the exact same Sims as the one before it for all their traits do to affect their personalities, and I find that to be the thing that keeps me from really enjoying playing with my Sims in the Sims 4 more than anything else.

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Their date was immediately ruined after this interaction lol

Posted: 07 Sep 2020 04:10 PM PDT