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I know folks are disappointed with the # of lots in DSV, but I really like this world.
dizzydee_k
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The details in the areas that surround the lots in Mirage Park and Starlight Boulevard are so much more interesting than in any of the other worlds. I feel like these are real places. I like that I can walk through the alley in Mirage Park and over to the underpass where the homeless Sims live in tents. And the views from The Pinnacles are really detailed. It makes going back to my Sims in Willow Creek seem sort of dull. CL living almost gives this sense of place, but DSV really achieves it.
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If I have to play without being to tear down a non editiable lot, it's the developer's vision and not mine. If I have to play where I can't move a lot to another spot because routing isn't allowed, or can't add more lots to an area, for performance reasons or whatever, it becomes the developer's game and not my own vision.
World builders at Maxis are great, but it's their world and not mine....therefore, without being able to edit anything or add or subtract anything, then over time, that immersion wears off, and I don't want to buy more worlds from them where I play their vision instead of mine.
It's more their vision and let them play it.
I totally agree with this! Myself, I don't need a world tool but it would be nice to be able to change or add things to the neighborhood...even a garbage can! In a way I think the backdrops and especially the houses are more distracting than good. To me it limits what type of house I can build because it looks out of place. Maybe they would be okay in a distance, but next door?
I also wonder about the hidden worlds in the base game. Does anybody play them? It was fun to explore them once but then what? I know they have a build-able lot and I would probably use them more if they let me change the "world light", especially the pink light.
As I agree too being the creavity for me is lessened and it is enough to make pause. They can add as many packs as they want but for me they have the same effect as well restricted in what I can really do. The neighborhoods are 25% non art and 75% art in which as stated uneditable and I do not find packs do not give me the WOW effect.
BUT, some of my grandkid were deeply involved in world creation and have been deeply disappointed in TS4 as a result. They make their own case. Here and elsewhere.
For myself I'm more lemons to lemonade. I'm still working on Starlight Boulevard, but I'm happy, for the moment, with how Mirage Park is going:
Mirage Park is home to teenager Hank the Hacker whose father is on the lam after stealing a top-secret money tree seed from the Science Lab. His mother ran off with Pollinator 3.
And.... As I do in real life, I do like to quietly enjoy the views.
Peace.
That is a lovely view. But see it makes me itchy. It makes me want to go down there, hear the hustle and bustle of a busy city. Sirens, horns honking, traffic, people outside yelling stuff, maybe a vendor yelling out come buy his goods, etc. etc. I used to play a game called City Life 2008, and the immersion when inside a busy section of a city was very convincing. Backdrops don't cut for me. You know, like seeing an ambulance pull up (Literally) and picking up someone who had fainted (the have nots didn't have enough food) putting them on a strecher and speeding away. Sirens blasting, lots and lots of characters walking passing by, on the sidewalks like in New York City, crowded and hard to get through those city streets. The Elites were walking around in their fancier areas, walking their dogs, in their expensive outfits, noses held high, etc. etc. Blue collar workers in hard hats and or work clothes were passing on their way to a factory. You know immersion. Backdrops can be very lovely, but it doesn't work for me. I might be odd person out.
Same here.
Love your Mirage Park. I haven't started renovating that section yet but I have finished The Pinnacles.
My old hollywood stars, Audrey, Elizabeth, Grace, and Marilyn live in the house to the left.
The royal family lives in the middle mansion.
And Halle, Jeff, Kathy, Johnny, and Cate live in the house on the right.
I won't be playing these sims but my sim has visited and the views from that section of town are amazing.
You're certainly not the odd one out.
I adore your builds!
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
I'm still considering it turning it into a place where Sims go, rather than where they live. I moved Judith Ward to a San Myshuno penthouse so I could place my Arts Center there, and I might move the Bailey-Moons to Oasis Springs and replace their lot with a fancy gym/spa, then turn the 64x64 lot into a big museum with an outdoor center courtyard for weddings.
Fun must be always -- Tomas Hertl (San Jose Sharks hockey player)
You give me too much credit. 😄 All downloaded from the Gallery.