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So have you played a lot of TS4 in lockdown?
SimTrippy
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As the title says: have you? I ask because I noticed today that I actually haven't touched or even thought about the game at all. I'm more and more entering into this love/hate thing with TS4 where I do find it fun generally, but the ways it's handled (the birthday, the ways they make fun of player requests in their streams, the communication style) and the simplicity of its gameplay is becoming more and more off-putting. And no, I'm not trying to hate on it, I do know what this game can be like.. I just realized today that even in a time like this, it doesn't seem to draw me in much at all. Then I touched TS4 Mobile for a few seconds before I deleted it and thought: is this really what they think is fun? These meaningless stories without a modicum of depth...is this why TS4 is what it is? It just made me think that even if they can start again, with a new engine, will the result be all that different? Will TS5 be a return to form finally? Cause if it isn't, hard as it will be, I guess I'll have to say goodbye to the series for good .. 
Sorry for the negativity, just sharing my thoughts.
Sorry for the negativity, just sharing my thoughts.
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These packs quality varies so much I guess I will always wait for a discount ! I remember pre-ordering get to work for the retail system and it was quite meh !
I've been debating re-downloading Sims Mobile, but it is genuinely terrible. I couldn't agree more. But I've been enjoying Sims 4 lately--it took a lot of DLC for me to enjoy things--- but lately I've been pretty happy with the game. I feel like I have lots of things to do, and adding legacies/challenges on top of in-game grind also helps.
I like TS4 and find it fun, but I'm also frustrated by some things and disappointed with others.
For me, I don't mind the loading screens. They keep the game running smoothly, unlike TS3. Lots don't take a lot of time to load either. I don't usually play "dramatic" things either (like sims cheating or arguing), but I do want more depth in that stuff for people who do. It's unsettling to see a sim squabble, and then return right to a friendly conversation. That doesn't make sense. I find the decorative moodlet too extreme, and I want my sims to feel "fine" as their default, not "happy." There's other stuff I want too, like non-creepy looking and bassinet-free babies, more stuff for teens to do, snuggling in double beds, police, burglars, firefighters, and more traits/aspirations. Oh, and normal-sized telescopes, an upright piano, and microscope (My houses are on the small side).
But there's a lot I like about the game too. The worlds look great. The toddlers are realistic and fun. Build mode in intuitive and fun to play with (coming from someone who isn't great at building). I think the artstyle is great (my favourite out of all the games, couldn't stand TS3's sims), CAS is a lot of fun, and the gender patch is probably my favourite addition to any sims game ever. I do like TS4, but there's so much that could be improved upon, but I'm not sure if certain things ever will be.
I understand though we all have our own share of disappointments with the game but when I do play I just try to focus on the positives and enjoy it for what it is. Because I do have a lot of fun with it despite the flaws.
Yea I used a mod to reduce it to 6 credits which is just about tolerable. Doing homework term paper presentation for the 26th times is not my idea of fun !
Anyhow, first I didn't play at all because I wasn't in a mood to play. For the past week or so I am simming like everyday is supposed to be my last day.
EDIT: I feel like I should explain. I meant I play the game a lot. Way too much. That is my standard actually. It is not that I would be scared of dying. It is just how we say it when we do something a lot.
Of course there's other games I've been playing even more than the Sims, It's pretty much been a cycle of Animal Crossing, The Sims, and The Legend of Zelda.
Glad they fixed your bug! What was it?
I think it's not even that things annoy me (although some definitely do), but more the.. idk.. feeling that I've played it all before. Sometimes I wish sims had memories, actually wanted and feared stuff, had certain personality quirks I have to work with. It's fun for a while and then I just end up feeling they're all so samey.
It's not always like that, there's moments where I can totally get lost in it, but I feel the past few months I've been disillusioned with the franchise, for lack of better words.
When I play things like Ori, Days Gone, heck even Oceanhorn on Apple Arcade, I feel that the people who made it truly wanted to make something special. That for all the flaws even these games may have, there was a genuine desire to craft something unique... With the sims I just don't feel that at all lately. I don't feel it in their interviews, their recent blog, their engagement on social media...maybe I'm wrong idk. But it doesn't make me want to even fire up the game.
And it comes and goes really, like you said, something the interest wanes a little and it'll probably shift back eventually to where I can and want to enjoy this title... and who knows, maybe it's just how sims games are (it's not like I'm playing any of the older ones either right now) but right now it doesn't feel very inspired or inspiring. And I'm very much worried that this franchise will never bring back the magic of the original games at all...
@jimbbq yeah agree that mobile game is one grindy boring piece of trash.
But it's picking up now that the lockdown's sort of the new normal and I think I'll be playing more this week.
Life hasn't been much different from normal for me, really. Just a bit less contact with family and the few friends I have, no surprise visits from my cousin who lives near me. I miss that and can't wait for the restrictions to be lifted
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Yeah I did. Challenges, mods, magic school, military, witch families, normal families, uni sims xD idk maybe I'm just in a funk, can't think of much I haven't done. But some people have said their lives haven't changed much in lockdown - and actually that's true for me as well. Truth be told I'm so introverted I think lockdown is something we should do every year, I kind of love it xD
So yeah, maybe it isn't the game's fault, maybe it's just not that time of the year. Idk? Glad to see others are enjoying their games in lockdown though! Maybe reading about your enjoyment will eventually convince me to give it another go - once I'm done with my current addiction: Grindstone (who knew a mobile game could hold my attention for so long?! 😅) - so feel free to keep sharing what you're doing with your sims in lockdown, I do enjoy reading it even if I'm "in a sims funk".
I finally got Island Living last month, just in time to huddle down at home for a bit. It's been a real joy.
Got my younger spare through Uni, into an Engineering career, and am raising his kids - my first Spellcasters born in-game.
Aged my Founders to Elder and moved them off to their retirement in paradise in Ohan'ali Town.
This and that - a lot of rotational play, a lot of expermiental builds, one or two of which actually worked out.
A word comes to mind for that, but it isn't appropiate for this forum.
WAIT WHAT!?
Hey I don't think it's you, I've tried EVERYTHING and I just...can't get through with a game...I even tried playing my sim self with her love interests and I AM still so bored..I think it IS the game.