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Rotational Play
Does anyone else dislike it?
It doesnt suit me at all. When I try to focus on having all of those other families and stories going, it removes a lot of the immersion for me and I lose focus on building any sort of connection with the sims. I waste so much effort on creating sims to add into that rotational style and less on getting to know the family.
I have found that I like to focus on one family, usually, a married couple with one child and watch them raise them. Theoretically, I would focus on the one family as a whole, until the parents die and then their child becomes my main Sim. And I create someone for them to marry and the whole process begins over
It doesnt suit me at all. When I try to focus on having all of those other families and stories going, it removes a lot of the immersion for me and I lose focus on building any sort of connection with the sims. I waste so much effort on creating sims to add into that rotational style and less on getting to know the family.
I have found that I like to focus on one family, usually, a married couple with one child and watch them raise them. Theoretically, I would focus on the one family as a whole, until the parents die and then their child becomes my main Sim. And I create someone for them to marry and the whole process begins over
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If I had to play one family, I would be bored. It is why I struggled with Sims 3 so much. There was no real rotational play. I totally understand feeling like you can only have one kid per family. I am having that issue now because there is not enough room in the worlds. I literally bought cats and dogs for the world and more space.
This way to play may be a style you can try, as you still can focus and care about just one family, but rotate to a different file and do the same with another family too.
OP, that's the beauty of this game. There are no set 'rules' or even guidelines to follow. You play the way you desire to play. Rotation is not required to 'level up', for instance. It's sandbox play. I play my game according to my own values. My Sims don't woohoo out of wedlock, normally, nor do they cheat on their spouses, so break ups and divorce is very rare in my game. I've had a total of three divorces since I began simming with Sims2, all the way to date. That's not to say those that love that kind of drama are wrong to play that way, it's just not for me.
Glad you shared your viewpoint! It's nice to hear another sides of things.
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Yeah this is how I play as well. I rotate through multiple saves usually playing an in-game week with each save before moving on to a different save (with the exception of my Full Collection Save which I only play for in game three days or so before moving onto some of my other saves). I don't play a strict rotation sometimes I don't feel like playing a particular save or I want to play a save for longer it depends on how I'm feeling when I load up the game.
I do like playing actual rotational games in Sims 2 but for Sims 4 it just doesn't work for me for whatever reason.
Some households I even don't play a whole week. These households are a support households. But I usually spend at least 1-2 weeks in the more favored households. That gives me enough immersion without my attention deficit to kick in which, these days, is severe.
I have played rotational for over sixteen years in The Sims series so, I can't hardly imagine how anyone could stick with only one family at a time, and generation after generation in the same house and never knowing what other Sims feel about stuff in the town. I would have been bored to tears by now and thrown down The Sims if I only played Old Man Lum and didn't know the Goths were tortured by ghosts every night. ETA: Think about it, rotational players are true multitaskers keeping up with everyone in town..lol
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When I got TS4 I played with only 1 family for year and half. Then I got really bored with the game so I quit playing. I was looking for ideas to make it fun again.
Then it hit me: I started playing with premades rotationally. I have few saves like that actually. I have one where I play aging off because I wanna see all the premades(+ maxiscreator_01) interacting with each other.
When I play that save I change the family based on what I wanna do atm: if I wanna go bowling I focus the premades from Bowling Night SP, if I feel down to earth or kinda hippy I play with Laundry Day premades, when I'm into Vampires it's Vlad's turn to shine, If I wanna spend time with pets I play with C&D premades etc.
And then I have a save where I play with aging on and premades marry each other, kids move out, start a family etc.
I have been playing like this for 1 year now and it works for me. When my bf plays TS4 he focus mainly on careers, skills etc. He hates playing rotationally.
The Sims games are great because there are SO MANY ways to play it. There is something for everybody!
When I play rotational in the sims 2 I love that when I leave House A on Monday in game at 3pm, the woman will still be pregnant and everyone won't have aged by time I get back.
I know it's not for everyone but for me that's the only way to give the player full control. In TS4, if I leave House A on Monday morning and go to House B, everyone in house B won't be at work or school, they may have gotten skills I didn't want them to have like my lazy sim has got some fitness skill and while I see House A out and about in the neighbourhood I'm very aware their lives are carrying on and I'm missing out on things like say getting a child to fulfill an aspiration or a toddler to max their skills. I feel I have to play on long to try and feel like a have time with every family.
Sims 4 has a lot going for it for me, I can't stand playing rotational. But everyone sure has their own likes and dislikes, thats certain @Cinebar