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I guess it looks a little less goofy than a Sim disappering behind a brick wall.
Also, I guess they wanted to go for at least slight realism. A lot of tall buildings have lifts. It'd be slightly odd the sim walking out into a hallway and just vanishing at an undefined spot.
I don't know... I'm quite ticked at the too much/not enough time, not enough money/budget limits, developers droppin projects(for whatever sam plum reason) mess. There is no other game like or similar to The Sims franchise...
As much as they charge, they would make their money back (double if not triple); given over to time and quality and some plum listening and giving players what they want. I don't wanna here that plum you cant satisfy everyone... get outta here wit that! Whatever... You wouldn't make any content at all ever with that philosophy... So you hold back because you don't know who to please... Whatever!...
We live in a world where PS4 can drop a VR headset $399plus and games for it for $19.99 each! (They make that 100x over each quarter; no matter if its GP/SP/EP). The math is jacked up here and somebody done got greedy seeing all that Sims 1,2,3, and 4 cash coming thru and said "LET'S DO LESS WITH LESS" and lace our pockets... We have the entire world tricked out on the sims, they'll buy anything we throw at'em... Some will drop off but they'll compromise cause there's nothing else like us!... Trash!...
I want 2016... Know what, scratch that.... I want 2020 quality game play and graphics, and interactive tech. We all know that with tech and A.I. they are always 10 to 15 yrs ahead of what they actually show and sell us.
I call BULL... I want Sims 4 to be what it should... not 3, not 2, not 1... If you make somethin you know what we want. If you make plum elevators, they need to do what elevators do, or DONT put them in the game(common sense course 101)... Do we really need to ask or complain.... You know we want cars and subways we can actually use... Id rather you take 2 yrs and drop an EP than give me some half baked so called simulator game with play like an 1982 COLECOVISION console.... I'm Pist and frustrated. And yeah I know... I'm about 1/18 of the simmers population so who gives a plum, right? well that's what forums are for; voice your opinion.
I vote we pack them off to the John Hammond school of project management.
https://youtu.be/DqM0yZK__gI
Just ignore that whole dinosaurs-eating-customers problem.
@taigoesrawr I think you meant ... your SIM was looking for some good ol' fashioned elevator woohoo
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They are most likely paid per day but there's so many animations they can do in a day. In video game developpement, tasks are counted in man-hours, each task has an estimated man-hour cost (how much time it will take to make it) for each discipline. They have a budget in man-hour for each displine and they try to use it as efficiently as possible. SimGuruGraham has explained a bit more what it is, and how they are juggling all this. Most likely elevators animations were not included because the animators already had enough work to keep them busy, or it would have needed work from another discipline who were already busy too.
However, after watching the livestream, some videos posted after the embargo was lifted, and the festival trailer, I realized that each sim that takes part in the contest just grabs a plate and sits alone somewhere. That misses the whole point and fun of the competition in my opinion and I can't quite understand why.
I know Sims are having trouble with sitting and standing at the right time in TS4 but then, they could have gone for a different activity maybe to avoid this.
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I like that it's not like a real life competition, too niche for my taste. I think they went for a different activity in fact, because the accent is put on the "spicy" and not on the quantity.
Elevators are not animated?..
Just when I thought this game couldn't possibly get any lazier.
And people keep defending this kind of stuff.
Really, The Sims fans really deserve to get less and less.
The accent is the spicy, but why setting up a table like that if they won't stand there?
Maybe they could have just like a food cart dedicated to it.
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Wow!! Seriously? Nooo, that can't be right!! I don't know what to even say to that... I really don't. smh
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It looks like a buffet to me, so multiple Sims can pick food at the same time, which would have been less convenient with a food cart I think. They probably could have put a different number of Sims and plates though.
I noticed that too. It looks so sad. Sims take their plate and go eat it at some random table. Then if they "win" the challenge they just stand up and change into the chilly t-shirt. No winners or losers, no audience. It doesn't look like a competition or fun activity at all. It's just a glorified buffet table...
I was expecting something like this:
It must also be noted that the promo screenshots have been heavily staged and suggested this was going to be the case...
I wasn't thinking about that, good point. I guess I would like all transportation to be optional. Meaning you won't get late for work or be unable to go outside if the elevator buggs out. But it would have been nice to have the option to use it. I don't really expect any kind of transportation at the moment. I didn't play the earlier games but it looks like it was a big feature there, in this iteration it is missing. I'm guessing that they don't want to do a little bit of transportation, it's either all in or nothing.
Hmm.... something I did like in World of Warcraft was getting on the deeprun tram. Wish the video below showed the animations on the side, I loved watching the dinosaurs, or whatever it was my memory is hazy, swimming in the ocean.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4YUosbYm4gk
If I was dreaming freely I would like to build my own subway-lots, airplane-lots and ship-lots and when traveling between lots I would get these fun animations for it. That would be fun to build, and I could get to choose how my world maps were connected. Airplanes to Oasis Springs, or big owls if we are getting a bit fantasy, I could totally rock that. Now if they would prefer to have these between only two points, or if you can go by train to all the train-lots and by arplane to all the airplane-lots and by ship to all the ship-lots that would be fine by me. But I would have a lot of fun designing my own system for travel.
Example of a airplane-lot
Example of harbor-lot
Example of train-lot
I have played a few MMO-games so I feel a little bit lost not having some kind of travel-system. Now if I could build those points myself it would be great! Traveling from San Myshyno, that airplane-lot is sparkling clean and sleek to the Oasis Springs airplane-lot that has a filthy-lot trait would be fun. It would bring more to the experience.
Well, since I am not going to wait I have actually downloaded lots from the gallery and am trying to build this for myself. No fun traveling-animations but at least it is something. Got some pretty pirate-ships from talented builders that I have placed in Windenburg and on the beach for Oasis Springs so that is one travel-line. Then I have some spaceships for airplane-lots. I can dream that we will have some kind of fun system for it one day, until then I will just play make believe with my own.
Normally I'm quite fine with renders and promos etc not really representing actual game play but this really crosses that line for me. I'd consider "misleading" as the word of the hour as opposed to 'staged' actually.
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
Yes, it could be like a buffet table but then why call it competition or stage the promo picture in such a way?
Either way, it's just a bummer.
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You know by now where this game is heading!
I mean could they just not teleport anywhere? I don't see the point in having elevators if no one can really use them
Well, technically TS4 doesn't have elevators as the doors don't open etc etc. They really are just "locations" that the game recognizes as points to spawn (read 'fade') in and out sims.
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
Like they model the rest of the city where it is for looks only. An illusion
The main purpose is you can take a picture of the sim standing in front of the elevator so it gives an illusion.
Sims 4 is catered to those who are into taking pictures only. It should be moved from game section to photography software section
“Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.”Will Wright.
What worries me is that the developers seem to LOVE the talking toilet (they highlight it in every livestream) and the stupid costumes (they literally crack up at their mere sight). So sadly this may be an indication of where the game is heading.