This is a bit of a silly post, but I wanted to ask if anyone else experiences the phenomenon where they are very excited to play The Sims but then after opening the game immediately decide that they don't actually want to play the Sims. This happens a lot to me where I make it to the world selection and I just close the game. It seems to also be a Sims only issue compared to other video games.
The other day I did this with all 4 versions of the Sims in a row because I was convinced I wanted to play but couldn't figure out which one I wanted. In the end, I ended up just shutting down my computer and read a book...
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But yes, know this feeling all too well.
I completely understand what you mean, it's hard to stay positive with everything. You can't let the forums bring you down though, and hopefully things will start to look up soon!
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I have been working a lot on stories the past year but recently I have decided to play in a TS3 world and got hooked very quickly. I now have Sims at University and one day from the final exams. Once that is done I will play another family in Roaring Heights as there are a few things to work on with them again and then play casually until I send my current Sims back to University
I'm doing this a lot with games at the moment. I think it is the state of mind I am in with the stress of lockdown in the UK. I am even turning off all the news and coronavirus bulletins and going back to old films and reading more books on my Kindle. I'm burnt out again, the reason I got retired early. The only game I find relaxing is Bejewelled 3 which gives instant rewards and pretty to look at!
The new pack also is a part of my reluctance to play for long as I am looking forward to it and am only doing as much as it takes to start a new save with it. Why carry on playing if all will change when the new pack comes out?
Because I hate to say it but with every iteration there is always someone who will say the brand new game is the best ever, though it might not be, simply because it's new.
People also put emotional attachements on games, or activities in their lives, depending on what was happening that may have influenced why they became attached to something comes into play, too. It always will, no matter how much we might want to deny that. Nostalgia is part of our choices, but not always the only reasons, of course, but it does play a part in the 'love' we feel sometimes for something. And over look any flaw or thing that at the time was annoying...lol But if you have to defend your decision it's human nature to defend it and overlook any flaw and say well, that doesn't bother you/us but we know it does, so we aren't always intellectually honest. But we decide that thing that annoys is not worth throwing something in the trash. So, these type of disagreements will always be a thing, even when we see TS5 it will get derailed, too by those who like TS4 better, and trashed by those who think TS4 is the all and all. It happens every time, nothing new it happens in all serials that have forums.
But at the moment games or the internet etc. doesn't seem so important anymore when people are dying. And seems lately everyone out in the world has forgotten all about that.
I have not lost interest at all. I don't have as much time because work keeps me busy. I'm still very invested in the lives of my Sims 3 sims and enjoying the adventures they have. I look forward to my downtimes and play as much as I can during those times to the detriment of house work sometimes.
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So now when I play the game I try to make up stories for my families and give them detailed biographies that I read the moment I open the game to get me back on track.
With TS4 you just need to push yourself a little more because the game doesn't really feel as alive. You have to use a little more imagination to give it life but once you've loaded up a save it and have a basic idea of a story it becomes easier.
It is so annoying! It happens with DOOM as well for me. They are the main two games I play, and sometimes when I think I want to play one I will open it up, and as I am waiting for it to load I regret my decision lol. Having dual monitors helps me a lot with that - it gives me the freedom to kind of go back and forth between it and something else I might want to do on my PC. (Usually that would be writing.)
Sometimes, I think having so many different options can make it tricky too, because each version has its own unique quirks about them. Right now, I mainly stick to TS3, but since discovering how to add custom content to TS4 my interest in it has been peaked once more. The struggle is real...lol
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