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Dear Sims Team: For better Emotion System, link them to memories
simmerorigin
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The emotions system of the Sims 4 is much-maligned for being 1. volatile 2. having little impact and consequence and 3. overriding sims' personalities. See Youtuber Asmara describe with receipts and analysis (timestamp: 17:40*)
In the Sims 4, emotions take up a dominant section of the UI with a lot of "telling" of what emotions are being experienced.
Keep in mind all of the previous Sims games (Sims 1, 2, and 3) had emotions, but didn't need a dedicated system for them. To improve the emotions for Project Rene/Sims 5 I propose the linking of memories with emotions.
Sims 2 had a record-keeping of memory tokens shown below. They were merely good or bad, shown visually as green or red:
The Sims 5 can push this further and have memory tokens like this, but each memory would have a dedicated emotion. Promotion memory? Confident. First kiss? Flirty. Caught spouse cheating? Angry. Parent died? Sad.
As Sims think and express that memory, that emotion is felt. Just like memories in the Sims 2, they have a starting strength and then decay over time. Emotions being tied to this will help fix the problem of them overriding and acting volatile in the Sims 4. Eventually, they decay as the memory fades.
This intuitively makes sense. As the memory is just created, the emotion is STRONG and hot. The memory is as its maximum value. As it decays, so does the emotion.
Thoughts?
*Asmara video
https://youtu.be/aSyeb5RnWXg?si=F_q-ayGGQ07qhGqM&t=1060
In the Sims 4, emotions take up a dominant section of the UI with a lot of "telling" of what emotions are being experienced.
Keep in mind all of the previous Sims games (Sims 1, 2, and 3) had emotions, but didn't need a dedicated system for them. To improve the emotions for Project Rene/Sims 5 I propose the linking of memories with emotions.
Sims 2 had a record-keeping of memory tokens shown below. They were merely good or bad, shown visually as green or red:
The Sims 5 can push this further and have memory tokens like this, but each memory would have a dedicated emotion. Promotion memory? Confident. First kiss? Flirty. Caught spouse cheating? Angry. Parent died? Sad.
As Sims think and express that memory, that emotion is felt. Just like memories in the Sims 2, they have a starting strength and then decay over time. Emotions being tied to this will help fix the problem of them overriding and acting volatile in the Sims 4. Eventually, they decay as the memory fades.
This intuitively makes sense. As the memory is just created, the emotion is STRONG and hot. The memory is as its maximum value. As it decays, so does the emotion.
Thoughts?
*Asmara video
https://youtu.be/aSyeb5RnWXg?si=F_q-ayGGQ07qhGqM&t=1060 He/him | Simmer since Sims 1 | Sims 2 wants-based rotational player, Sims 3 legacy player | My gameplay rules via PleasantSims | Bring back challenge and depth to the Sims: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/17959464/#Comment_17959464
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