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Probably going to shelf the game for a while
ravynwolvf
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Perhaps when there is another expansion with more items, it will be worth playing again. And if there are more items, I hope there are more lot types. The biggest problem for me with the load screens is there isn't that much waiting on the other side of them; just another bar, park, or someone's house (yeah, there are gyms and libraries, but so what?). A little more variety and the ability to make any kind of lot (the generic lot being used for nothing and drawing no visitors is simply ridiculous, but then again, there's not much to put on them, either).
The same goes for home life. Perhaps this is the way all sims base games were with few objects. But really, once you get done collecting, the observatory and microscope have no use; the old sims telescope, with finding planets and chance alien abductions was so much better. So that leaves the stereo, computer, chess table, TV, card table (which they won't use on their own), musical instruments, bar, books (which are wonky; I can't even tell half the time when they are getting close to finishing one, and I'd rather they left it in their inventory until they did), and gym equipment. Not a lot, really (I may be leaving something out). And raising a family is dull, dull, dull to me now. Babies are prisoners, toddlers don't exist. Kids are okay. But teens are so much like adults it's really hard to notice much difference. There's no swings to hang out on, no cars to learn to drive, no pranks to pull, no prom. They're just waiting to finish growing up.
There is a lot do collecting and finishing aspirations, but after you are finished or if you aren't goal orientated to begin with, it gets much harder to stay interested. The emotions seem to work in reverse to me; instead of using the chess table to get focused, I'd rather they chose to use it on their own more when they GOT focused. Feeling inspired, they should run to an instrument or an easel. Energized, go work out. Maybe it's supposed to work that way, but I don't see it happening much. Instead, because my sim is feeling inspired, he can paint better and make more money. Considering my sim has $340,000 and everything he wants, not a big selling point. Or he will have more inspired interactions to say. But how many people can tell the difference between a sim describing his dreams or having a deep conversation?
And I see nothing but pure laziness in this sims as far as assigning random sims to do things. I see the same group of maybe a dozen or so sims jogging around my neighborhood every morning. But are they the athletic ones? Of course not. And it isn't the outdoor lovers at the park, or the foodie or gluttons chowing down hamburgers and hot dogs at the common picnic tables. Traits do very little in this game; the sims who visit my house all act the same (although that is the one time active sims hit the gym equipment). It's not geniuses or geeks that rush to the computer, it's everybody. It's not the music lovers who dance, either. My sims in sims 3 showed their differences much more than these supposed "smarter" sims. Traits and the new emotions are under utilized.
I'll give them credit for creating a colorful looking world, and i like the way the sims look, too, and interact with one another. And it was a lot of fun for a while hitting the clubs and hanging around in the streets outside my place. But right now the closed world and lack of things to do in what is there really makes the game feel smaller than it should have had to. In exchange for making it so small (the lots, too; hard to even have a pool) there could have been a trade off with a larger variety of objects. And the number in the base game seems inflated, anyway. There are three punching bags, for example. I'd gladly trade two of them for a video game my sims could play with one another, instead of the two huge stand-up ones they play alone, taking hours to finish even one game.
I'll be waiting to see what expansion they decide on. Personally, I hope it's one that expands the lot options, which in turn requires more objects. But for now, It's just gotten too dull to play, and I'm even thinking of firing up my create-a-world town in sims 3, where there is so much more to do.
The same goes for home life. Perhaps this is the way all sims base games were with few objects. But really, once you get done collecting, the observatory and microscope have no use; the old sims telescope, with finding planets and chance alien abductions was so much better. So that leaves the stereo, computer, chess table, TV, card table (which they won't use on their own), musical instruments, bar, books (which are wonky; I can't even tell half the time when they are getting close to finishing one, and I'd rather they left it in their inventory until they did), and gym equipment. Not a lot, really (I may be leaving something out). And raising a family is dull, dull, dull to me now. Babies are prisoners, toddlers don't exist. Kids are okay. But teens are so much like adults it's really hard to notice much difference. There's no swings to hang out on, no cars to learn to drive, no pranks to pull, no prom. They're just waiting to finish growing up.
There is a lot do collecting and finishing aspirations, but after you are finished or if you aren't goal orientated to begin with, it gets much harder to stay interested. The emotions seem to work in reverse to me; instead of using the chess table to get focused, I'd rather they chose to use it on their own more when they GOT focused. Feeling inspired, they should run to an instrument or an easel. Energized, go work out. Maybe it's supposed to work that way, but I don't see it happening much. Instead, because my sim is feeling inspired, he can paint better and make more money. Considering my sim has $340,000 and everything he wants, not a big selling point. Or he will have more inspired interactions to say. But how many people can tell the difference between a sim describing his dreams or having a deep conversation?
And I see nothing but pure laziness in this sims as far as assigning random sims to do things. I see the same group of maybe a dozen or so sims jogging around my neighborhood every morning. But are they the athletic ones? Of course not. And it isn't the outdoor lovers at the park, or the foodie or gluttons chowing down hamburgers and hot dogs at the common picnic tables. Traits do very little in this game; the sims who visit my house all act the same (although that is the one time active sims hit the gym equipment). It's not geniuses or geeks that rush to the computer, it's everybody. It's not the music lovers who dance, either. My sims in sims 3 showed their differences much more than these supposed "smarter" sims. Traits and the new emotions are under utilized.
I'll give them credit for creating a colorful looking world, and i like the way the sims look, too, and interact with one another. And it was a lot of fun for a while hitting the clubs and hanging around in the streets outside my place. But right now the closed world and lack of things to do in what is there really makes the game feel smaller than it should have had to. In exchange for making it so small (the lots, too; hard to even have a pool) there could have been a trade off with a larger variety of objects. And the number in the base game seems inflated, anyway. There are three punching bags, for example. I'd gladly trade two of them for a video game my sims could play with one another, instead of the two huge stand-up ones they play alone, taking hours to finish even one game.
I'll be waiting to see what expansion they decide on. Personally, I hope it's one that expands the lot options, which in turn requires more objects. But for now, It's just gotten too dull to play, and I'm even thinking of firing up my create-a-world town in sims 3, where there is so much more to do.
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I'm going to try to play it again, since there is talk of a patch that I'd like to see, but yeah... It's been shelved for awhile now in this household. TS3 called my name and I returned, ha ha.
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Modeling Career?
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What does sims 3 offer? Rabbithole careers. Whats the difference from disappearing off the edge of the lot to getting picked up in the appropriate level vehicle? They still disappear for the day.
Ambitions didn't/doesn't hold a candle to OFB. Nor did the hoel mogul in IP/ or the lifeguard.
If you think that firefighter, lifeguard, or anything are like OFB you are wrong. The closest in S3 was hotel mogul.
You can say what you want about Sims 3 but me and my nieces are having a ball playing it now. No more patches and the modders have added all types of fun stuff to make the game entertaining. The tweens and teens here don't want anything to do with Sims 4. LOL
I never play Sims 3 Rabbithole careers. My Sims are self employed as artists, writers, inventors, sculpters, etc. or I play them as ghost hunters or one of the other careers I can direct them to do. I never send my sims off to rabbitholes.
Mylita
The ghosthunter, lifeguard, and other careers are a farce compared to OFB.
In *your* opinion. I think they were just different. Both had their charms and drawbacks. I love 1, 2 and 3 and there were aspects from each that were fantastic, but also things that let those games down.
Me too Mylita, keep the hope tho :-)
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Luckily, we don't have to play pretend when it comes to Sims 3.
Sometimes one just needs a break. If you put it away now, perhaps it will feel differently after the break. I have gone back to games after laying them down for a few years and discovered things that I had not noticed the first time I played. It will be there when you are ready to play again, that is the great thing about owning a game.
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> Big mistake your doing
I hope you're not serious, otherwise I clicked 'LOL' on your comment by mistake.
Please elaborate on why they are making a mistake?