I also posted this in another forum but cant move it here.
It would be great if we could have aspirations associated with all careers, profession, self employment work and all new content you have released since Outdoor Retreat. I've asked many times but we haven't had a single new aspiration that had any depth or replay ability since the game released. the ones that came with Outdoor Retreat were OK, but all the new content that has been released without one really needs it, i got bored with the game after GTW came out without them and haven't played since.
Ideally it would be great to have one associated with: Detective, Photography, Baker, Stay at home mom just to name a few. Also, not sure it has been fixed yet as i haven't played but when you did own a shop you were called as unemployed. A shop owner title would be great.
But mainly the game needs new aspirations urgently. Pretty Pretty Please.
Please please please can we have more aspirations.
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I would like to have some new ones though, just for interests sake.
“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.
Each aspiration has a reward trait for completion though.
True, but for me it's still more about Steel Bladder and traits like that.
“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.
“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.
But it's getting old to have so many Sims (if you play rotationally) and all have the same reward nine times out of teen..or 'bonus' trait. There aren't enough choices after a year. But it would seem Maxis thinks we have a wide range to choose when all my wind up as nerd brains. That is getting really old.
For example, my Sim is a Music Lover and she completed the Music Aspiration very early on in the game and became a level 10 musician in her career as well. Now, she has very little cause to play her instruments. It would be interesting if the game had an option to build upon her personality beyond her career and one single Aspiration. Currently, there doesn’t seem to be any reason for her to be a Music Lover, if I’m being honest. That’s just my opinion, of course. I’m still working on completing the other Aspirations, so I’m not bored yet, although I can certainly see why you, @Nikkione , feel like the Aspirations aspect is repetitive.
But I just started an excel chart for something I'm doing in-game and I'm compiling all the sims info from each hood - and it is just SO repetitive! I can't believe that so many sims have to share the same aspiration as there are so few of them. Traits don't seem much better, but at least there is a slightly bigger choice of those.
I'm just as disappointed, but don't know alternatives to make it better or rounded out.
How about an aspiration geared toward money made from creations? I make a LOT of money from book sales and that's tied to the writer aspiration. ..same for music and painting. I don't think any exist for woodworking, fishing, baking...etc
That was one of the few things about Sims 2 I hated.
Just as an example I don't understand why they didn't add "Own a Business" to the Wealth Aspiration. And they could have given a new bonus trait with it. I mean who thought up Fifteen Windows equaled a Mansion? Give another Bonus trait and aspiration for Wealth.
Or Why they didn't add a new aspiration to Become Chief Of Police. And with that one add a new "Justice" bonus trait" A Sim who if they had this trait would defend those being mistreated from all those overly spawned mischievous actions. Etc.
I can go on all day of what they could have done with GTW. Like 'Own a Five Star Bakery" Aspiration. And a bonus trait of natural cook...everything turns out perfect no matter/ Never burns anything and never starts a fire, Without Any skill at all and special desserts without having to be in the culinary aspiration.
That's Four new aspirations and four new bonus traits right there for just one EP.
ETA: Forgot number four. Become Chief of Staff at the Hospital. It would have made perfect sense.
I would kill for the return of Aspiration Failure.
It really gave the Wants/Needs/Whims system a sense of progression. I never complete Whims because they're so pointless, but in 2, they felt like a vital gameplay mechanic because they'd lead to Platinum Mood if you fulfilled them, or Aspiration Failure if you didn't.
So much this^
Whims and aspirations are entirely pointless in TS4. Some may disagree, but the bottom line is that both can be ignored for the entirety of your Sims life and there will be no consequence for that, but if you complete them there's really no direct benefit to your Sim either.
Sims 2 had such a brilliant system where wants/fears were directly intertwined with your Sims aspirations and together both together had a direct impact on your Sim and their lifetime happiness.
From Day 1 I have felt that both whims and aspirations were something they added toward the end because the game was pretty void of content and gameplay and they needed to mask that with lots of goals to make it look like there was a lot to accomplish. Creating a checklist of goals is arguably one of the laziest approaches to gameplay, and given how none of the aspiration goals change and whims are more or less random, it's just a really bad setup that doesn't make playing through either enjoyable, especially if you have completed it once already.
Aspirations would be more enjoyable to replay if there were multiple ways to complete a single aspiration. Imagine if the "Happy Family" aspiration, instead of making you repeat "Read to Child for 2 Hours" every time, gave you the option to do that, OR play with a child on the jungle gym, OR become friends with 4 of your children, OR help a child with homework for two hours. That would give you way more incentive to replay aspirations and to mix and match the different requirements for completion.
Add Manage Neighbourhood Options - assign your own Sim to NPC jobs!
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More aspirations and traits are essential to creating the perfect character.