When did this happen? While I was asleep? While I was fussing about kids can't play tag?
I don't know when or how it happened but I feel brainwashed. What is she talking about?
Everyone knows I love TS2 more than all the games, best game evah, but something strange is in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?
I tried to play my TS2 UC this weekend and I found myself missing I couldn't make my Sim go across the street and pick up a rock. WTH? I don't even like collecting in TS3 or TS4.
I couldn't leave one Sim on a community lot and then go to another community lot or public space with another. I was very frustrated.
I couldn't make Sims cry with 'bring to tears' with the violin. And I missed my sad Sims couldn't call the helpline.
I missed I couldn't go to work with my doctor even though I despise check lists. I missed seeing how much my doctor could get by with not doing on those check lists and still have fun at work, or an affair, or take a nap, or a long walk to the police station where he could eat his lunch.
I missed Sims couldn't take their drink and go sit down and talk to other Sims. They had to remain standing. They could chat to each other but most the time they were back to back etc.
I couldn't bring a Sim to a community lot where I was currently with a controlled Sim so I could easily switch, remain there and send the first one back home. Or have them both engage with Sims there.
I couldn't have an alien who erases other Sims memories, or freeze them with a ray gun,
There was so much I could do in one but not the other, and vice versa.
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O.K. it's official, I realized I actually like TS4.
It needs much more for me to love it, but I have come to the conclusion I have actually been invaded by body snatchers, sometime within the last year, because TS2 was always and forever my back up game, play it when all else fails, and now it is failing me. It didn't hold that special something, this time, I kept thinking about the things I wanted to do in TS4, or couldn't yet, and though I love TS2 forever, I found myself really wanting to go back to TS4 and play my Clue household, even though they should have a butler, be able to go out to eat, and drive a limo...lol...
or my other many families in TS4. Can't say I enjoy kids in this game, but I do enjoy my other Sims lifestages except for teens..and we all know why...
I missed the public spaces, the collecting (only because I like the ancient fossils my Sims can collect) and I missed dragging a cube to build a house.
I like these Sims I just wish they had much, much more to do like being able to create stuff themselves, I need weather, and pets, and restaurants and more chaos and death, but don't blame me, blame the body snatchers. Not my favorite but I guess I have learned to have some fun with it, if it actually made me miss it when I played TS2 this weekend.
Hades must have frozen over.
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TS4 certainly does have it good points!
I think I have been here all along, just in denial.
It makes it very complicated because they all offer something amazing we enjoy and if we float back and forth we only wind up frustrated with one or the other, or at least I do. But somewhere along the line, these Sims became special and I had no attachment to them at all. Maybe it's just me putting an emotion to them. That is how I felt about TS1 and TS2 Sims, they were 'special' and 'important' to me. Don't know what has happened but I wouldn't want to delete the Sims I have in my game. ETA: And or delete my game. And that says a lot to me, it means they have grown on me, and I actually like playing them.
Each of the subsequent games added something to the game, but also detracted from the original concept of the Sims. That's why I had hoped TS4 would be more like 2 as far as gameplay and interactions, but allow Sims to leave their lots.
I think it's great more people are starting to appreciate what the sims 4 does right rather than dwell on what is different/missing from previous iterations.
All the Sims games have so much to offer.
I can't wait for Sims 4 to really catch up in terms of content to the other iterations - then hopefully more of those who are unhappy with Sims 4 make come to appreciate it as a valuable member of the Sims Legacy.
Pretty much I'm in the tank for TS4. I can not say I have never had fun in this game. Because I have. It would be dishonest of me to say it's never made me laugh, and or filled a few hours of game time. I hope we get a lot of things that were in the other games. It's been extremely frustrating this past year to get stuff back in dribs and drabs. But it has improved over the last year, I can honestly say that. I have bucket list of things that would improve it for me, but just have to wait around with everyone else now, and see if an EP can bring more gameplay like the others. I really wish this game had some weather and seasonal events. I thought Seasons was one of the best EPs ever for TS2, but I also enjoyed the events they added in TS3. I thought they were super. I hope this game will bring back some stuff like that.
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But yeah, it's an odd feeling when you realize it. It was instantly for me. Like, since the CAS demo, I just couldn't go back to TS2. Then my computer died and now I really can't go back to TS2, but I'm happy with the TS4. Very happy. May be addicted...shhhh.
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I understand what you mean. I never have either, but I do play TS4 so I did miss the things I listed in TS4. Especially about being able to take one Sim to a community lot and play them for awhile then got distracted left them there and went to play another in the same household on a different community lot. I actually do really appreciate we can do that in TS4 if we have to deal with a semi closed world. But it's not as good as being able to do that in TS3 without having to go through a loading screen just zoom from one to the other in that game. So, if TS2 had this feature TS4 has, I would love it in TS2. Because I do like that feature in this game. It would have been a great improvement on TS2's closed system.
Just kidding! I'm glad you found something to like about TS4. I, however, am still struggling to find anything to hook me and would actually rather play Urbz or Sims Bustin' Out on console than TS4.
Happy Simming!