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Pheobelis
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So many people here think that the Sims 4 base game is lacking important features. But what does that mean? What are some features you think should be in any Sims base game?
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> Sandbox play, like the others in the series.
Do you mean Sandbox gameplay or a sandbox for your Sim kids to play in?
I agree. That would make it, for me.
Sandbox game play.
Basic features that have been in the Sims for a while ... familiar, normal things.
Family trees.
All life stages ( toddlers left out of sims 4)
dishwashers
trash compactors
normal careers
Burglars
police
gardener
babies that are not objects
basements
Better, moar community lots.
*The ability to make/edit my own world- it was a big complaint about TS3 but we were at least promised a program to do it.
Toddlers
*The ability to see what color I painted the outside of their house. O.O
Family Tree
Bigger number of Sims living in the world
Bigger worlds- err, neighborhoods
NPCs
Working NPCs
.... etc
Haven't you read any of the other topics on this? It's all over the place... so many for so long it's depressing to see it over and over.
I guess some won't understand until a part of the game they thought was the best is cut or gone.
*I read this again and I come off as snarky. I'm very sorry if you thought so too, OP- it's not you at all, it's my sadness talking.
I don't have a trash compactor and I don't like dishwashers but we have the Option to have them in RL.
*What's a Sim Mansion without a Dishwasher... or a working maid?
Just curious, in what way do you think sims4 lacks sandbox gameplay?
Imo, almost every aspect of the game is linear. I no longer have the choice on how I get promoted, or fulfill a Lifetime Aspiration, or do something as basic as gardening - everywhere I turn there are cattle chutes that I must travel.
No other iteration of the Sims has forced me to do anything a certain way, much less repeat that exact same way if I choose the same career or lifetime aspiration with a different sim.
Oh sure, I can ignore the linear goals - but then how do I earn points without cheating, which I am loathe to do, to better my sim's life with the potions & traits?
I got addicted to the sims because I could play them how I wanted. I can't even just log into a neighborhood now I must make a sim first.
I've played the sims for 15 years without having to be guided through my sims' lives. They're my dolls, I should be able to play with them how I want - just like the Barbie dolls I got as a child.
Yes, ultimately it is the decision of the company making the game. Just as once it's released it is up to the players whether or not to support that decision.