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My feelings about Island Living and a huge request to the developers
SimsCat84
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Actually, I think Island Living is great. I LOVE Sulani (I think I will never leave the island again) the objects and plants are just beautiful and also the jobs are very interesting (except that it´s sad that the lifeguard career is not active). Unlike many others, it doesn´t bother me that we don´t have scuba diving. But there is something else that REALLY bothers me, and I hope that the developers can bring that into the game with a patch. Iseland Living is perfect for single sims in terms of its activities. But what about my couples? They can not play together in the water. They can not build sandcastles together. These animations are already present in the game. Sims can build a snowman together, so why not sandcastles as well? And as for playing in the water, there is the animation from the "romantic garden stuff"pack. Sims can play together in the big fountain. This animation (see pictures) could have been perfect for the ocean.
And then I think I'll never understand why only one Sim can sit in a sailboat. It would be so romantic as a couple to sail in the sunset.
I had a date with my couple on the beach today, but I realized that I didn´t know what to do with them there. There are simply no activities for couples, just for single sims. And as a player who plays more with couples than with singles, that's sad.
Furthermore, a few group activities such as volleyball or badminton would have been perfect for the beach. And why can´t sims talk with each other when they lie on the lounge chairs?
If the pack had more activities for couples / groups, it would be the perfect pack. I do not regret the purchase, but I would like to see improvements in a future patch. Please make the beautiful island more couple friendly.
And then I think I'll never understand why only one Sim can sit in a sailboat. It would be so romantic as a couple to sail in the sunset.
I had a date with my couple on the beach today, but I realized that I didn´t know what to do with them there. There are simply no activities for couples, just for single sims. And as a player who plays more with couples than with singles, that's sad.
Furthermore, a few group activities such as volleyball or badminton would have been perfect for the beach. And why can´t sims talk with each other when they lie on the lounge chairs?
If the pack had more activities for couples / groups, it would be the perfect pack. I do not regret the purchase, but I would like to see improvements in a future patch. Please make the beautiful island more couple friendly.
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Not having volleyball or frisbee is a shame.
How ? I could instruct them to build sandcastles together, but they sat in the sand a few feet apart, and each Sim has built its own sandcastle.
I would have like volleyball. And Why not surfing.
But I do admit that I am enjoying this expansion pack a bit more than I thought I would, which wasn't much.
I might put in a basketball court (CL) and bowling alley somewhere instead and I think there's one outoor game that came with Outdoor living.
That's the one. Just right for off the beach.
I can't speak for surfing but I know volley ball is actually an American thing and not something that would be native to Island Living with a culture all it's own - so that could be why there was no volley ball. Just figured I'd mention that as it is very American originally anyway and dates back to the late 1800's in USA history.
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Well I used to live in Springfield - Massachusetts where Volley Balls were made. Springfield is actually known for a number of balls and games people play - lot of history there you can start with. In fact Springfield has a lot of other history important to the USA outside of balls. But there is also the Basketball Hall of Fame there among other things. If I remember right the inventor himself of the ball and the game was from Holyoke - a small town on Springfields outskirts.
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I also feel quite disappointed that couple sims don’t have so many things to do together. That boat is a great chance but gurus just missed it.
I think the most we'll ever see are sports you can play together but with separate animations (like golf or bowling) or sports that are tied to one spot (like martial arts). Trying to coordinate sims over a larger area seems to be a trick for the Sims 4 engine.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong though. And hopefully it's something they're working on to improve because I'd love to see some more group activities too.
It'd be especially great if pets (Specifically dogs) could get on sailboats with their owner, and maybe even count as walking them? Considering my sims live on an island surrounded by water and when the dog is begging to be walked he just goes outside the house on the leash than immediately returns home (If they don't freeze, I usually have to control it).
I mean, I'm grateful for the attention to detail we did get with pets in Island Living (They can swim! :smile: Thankfully not unless you call on them it seems, which is good since my sim's dog is loyal and usually follows them everywhere, I don't know if they can drown or not, but considering they seem to stand around a lot even in the water I hope they don't)
We had volley ball in Sims 1.
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https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Volleyball_court
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We also had very realistic snowball/water balloon fights in The Sims 2 amongst other sporty group activities.
In The Sims 4, I feel embarrassed for Maxis/The Sims Studio for putting out what they did. Sims don't look at one another, they move around weirdly... it just looks terrible. A good amount of animations in this game are poorly done, especially in TS4: Laundry Day. Watch your Sims gather laundry and put them in the machines. Those animations are choppy and amateur.
For a game that took away open world to focus on single lot gameplay, it sure is doing an awful job at it. Especially considering the last few packs (City Living, Island Living, and so on) focus more on the world around your Sims, rather than the lots they're on. It just defeats the purpose.
Agreed. It is not what it once was. There is not much depth anymore. It is more concerned with the superficial. One sim is pretty much like the next.