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Let's Talk About Relationship Bars
yisthishappening
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I really hope TS4 improves the relationship bars because the one in TS3 is just terrible. In TS2 (maybe 1 too?) the relationship bars were so much better. There was basically the day to day bar and the lifetime bar. It was much more realistic and one of the things that made me hate TS3 sole bar. I mean if I get into a spat with my best friend we don't become acquaintances :? Same with a husband/wife dynamic!Just because they get in a fight doesn't mean they don't love each other, which is why it is crucial to have a lifetime bar.
Another thing is that ALL relationships are neutral!!! :evil: What made relationships enjoyable and comical in TS2 was that I could have a sim who was madly in love with another sim, while the other barely had a crush! Can you say fatal attraction :twisted: !
I really hope the sims 4 takes from the relationships of 2 and 1,and maybe expand from there, because the sole relationship bar in 3 really ruined relationships as a whole for me! What are your thoughts??
Another thing is that ALL relationships are neutral!!! :evil: What made relationships enjoyable and comical in TS2 was that I could have a sim who was madly in love with another sim, while the other barely had a crush! Can you say fatal attraction :twisted: !
I really hope the sims 4 takes from the relationships of 2 and 1,and maybe expand from there, because the sole relationship bar in 3 really ruined relationships as a whole for me! What are your thoughts??
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I mean come on... Im pretty sure someone said this before, that the different relationship levels should actually mean something.
FOR EXAMPLE: if you're married and your husband/wife cheats on you it should be HUGE...or maybe not depending on your traits, maybe they wont care as much if they have commitment issues... idk ANYWAYS, if you have just a crush on someone and that sim is dating around it should be a big deal... in ts3 you would be labeled a cheater.. like really.........
You make a really solid point, and I agree with you. I miss this feature from TS2- and I'm not one of those people who fanatically misses that series.
Source: http://simscommunity.net/the-sims-4-leaked-screens/
Sweet. this is exactly what the OP wanted- and is more complex than TS2's lifetime bar. LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing
The romance bar doesn't sound to me like it will account for other meaningful and complex relationships that build up over time - like best friends, siblings, or parents. Will it, for example, allow for a brother and sister who fight all the time but really love one another deep down, or, like the op says, good friends who have a really nasty fight.
It worries me that in what we've been shown so far, I see such an emphasis on dating and romance over all the other possible ways of relating to people.
I'd rather not look backward and look forward. TS2 wasn't the perfect game- even those lifetime bars were not all that great, but it was something. The new bar system looks better and more complex, so I can see many combinations of friends, frenemies, friends with benefits (as they put it), and others, including more complex family dynamics.
I certainly don't think TS2 was perfect either; i think you know that I wasn't suggesting it was. I was proposing that the romance bar doesn't sound to me like 'exactly what the op wanted', and that their original suggestion, that the lifetime relationship or an equivalent make a return, would be preferable to me personally.
It's too early to tell, but I'm excited to see it in action.
Awesome! But, as the OP, I would also like the life time bar.
A lifetime bar is always a good idea though, I totally forgot about that from TS2