the game is beautiful and very pleasing to look at, but the sims 4 sims are the problem they are very boring to play honestly in order for any thing interesting to happen you have to force interactions.. the sims don't feel connected to anything or anyone in this game.. i am hoping that the next major update pumps life into the sims themself, they need to be livelier. i watch a sims just stand for 5 real minutes staring into space.. they stand idle way too long.. they are not alive like the sims from sims 2 in that game there was always something happening, and they never just stand around all that i am trying to say is the sims in sims 4 need work if this game is going to last another 3 or four yearsi don't care how much beauty you throw at it.. it is the sims that have the problem..
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I don't remember their opinion of when the game came out...?
The standing around bug is a glitch yes, but NPC's never interact much, they usually just do those filler talking animations without actually interacting but lately I have been seeing some more dynamics from them, since IL's patch.
Just today I saw two NPC's fighting, don't know what about, maybe because one was a vampire? I have no idea what happened but I liked it. I wish we'd see NPC's act up much more instead of just doing nothing, or constantly being friendly to each other and only being mean out of scripted events, no matter their actual relationship.
The fact is, sims still need to be updated and so do traits, to each I agree with the OP. All of them have the same personality, they are boring and repetitive.
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Please tell me any tips my sims stand around alot I hate this
I'm having this too, but in Windenburg! I don't know if it's scripted or if townies are now free to do mean interactions between them. I hope it's the ladder.
I disagree entirely. I actually love the interactions between the sims, and feel they work perfectly fine.
Edit: Hoping they could surprise us with a major overhaul to the sims themselves like they surprised us with toddlers but idk how likely that is.
The whole behaviors/personalities/relationships thing needs an update (and don't get me started on whims).
All Sims do the same thing when idle. They'll all dance, they'll all play on the computer, they all randomly go around hugging each other.
Just look at traits from The Sims 3 and then compare them to their Sims 4 version. The drop in depth is obvious.
It's like that pretty much across the board. The Evil trait is a massive example of this drop in depth. Traits need to add more flavour to a Sim, little details or tweaks in behaviour that actually make them different.
I know this game have some problems but oh my... The Sims 3 is a monster of game, in a good way.
I knew this, but seeing it written down makes it so much more significant. I agree sims need to be fixed first and foremost. Doesn’t matter how much dlc you throw at the game, it will never be any good if the sims themselves are one dimensional and dull.
Woah. That's crazy. I knew s3 sims always interacted a lot more with other sims and their surrounding world, but this really puts into perspective why. I've always asked for better reactions from sims, but I never knew that the problem was this big.
My vamp sim has the 'do nothing' thing going on too - she will just sit/stand blankly for a while like a strangerville zombie until she gets an action in her cue (a repetitive mixture of troll forums, talk to sim on lot, drink plasma or work on one of the creative skills, none of which relate to her traits). I also know the game isn't hanging or anything because my other (mer)sim will be swimming in the sea at the time (her version of repetitiveness). S4 sims just really need some spontaneity and a personality/trait overhaul.
Wow, seeing this kind of makes me wish I would have played TS3
Yes, this is what we mean when we say TS4 sims have weak personalities compared to the previous games.
That's what I've been saying too.
It doesn't matter how many packs they dump on it, interest will be fleeting if the Sims themselves are not fun and interesting to play.
Of course they will sell a lot of packs this way as people throw money at them to keep their game fun because the sims themselves are dull, samey, and predictable.
I wanted to see more trait driven whims pop up. This would allow for Sims personalities to shine through.
They have a dedicated whim for emotions. All sims share these handful of emotions, so constantly getting these make all sims feel the same.
Thank you PrincipleOfEntropy for posting that comparison.
That is why I love The Sims 3. In addition to that, I find that TS4 buries sim personality and uniqueness.
This is the social bloom for TS4.
It's the same for all sims and you have to dig deep for socials unique to your sim.
This is TS3 and notice the Special button at the bottom.
Open that up and you have all the trait socials that makes your sim unqiue to other sims.
You want their Irresistible interactions? You have all of them right there.
Is it time to be more charismatic? There you are.
If you want to use your TS4 sim's trait related socials you have to dig.
And dig...
And dig..., sifting through the common socials that all sims share as well.
And then probably not finding what you want because they seem a bit random in popping up.
I wish The Sims Studio would adapt this to TS4.
Sim traits feels so watered down in this game.
But I also find that sims don't display their uniqueness as much either. The other games have "personality tells".
If you observe sims long enough, you can figure out their traits. You can certainly tell a Couch Potato in the Sims 3.
The love sitting down on the couch or bed and enjoying some TV. I mean REALLY enjoying it.
I also remember my neat sims having some built in socials to tell sloppy sims to clean up the messes they make around the house.
I really hope EA addresses this before TS4 ends.
Oh I remembered the day where I love reading all the uniqueness of TS3's traits over at the wiki, and my first reaction "uhh? Is this for real?" When comparing Genius trait from ts3 vs ts4