It's been 6 years, and an Attraction system/Chemistry romance system is still not in the game.
I don't know if they're scared to attempt it, or if it's too much work for them, or they're afraid it will be "politically incorrect," but I really want this in my game. Romance is so boring and shallow without it. There's just no complexity or challenge without it.
For comparison, The Sims 2 got attraction with Nightlife, and in my opinion did it the best. This was a year after the base game was released.
The Sims 3 got attraction in Late Night, also a year after the base game came out.
But 6 years?? This is a basic feature?
I'm seriously being tempted to download the "unmentionable
" mod if they don't add this soon.
Comments
Personality,depth,humor,consequences,lore,customization.
It was mentioned in one of the latest surveys so i have hope that it gets implemented... let's see...
On a more serious note, as telmarina said they did mention it in one of their surveys... however I am always very skeptical when it comes to Maxis changing the basics of the sims4... romance and attraction is not really something that they have changed since the game released...
This is exactly how I feel, and it's one of the main reasons that I don't bother with romantic relationships or marriage in the game. Once you've gone through the whole rigmarole, it's so easy to lose interest because of how bland and tame the romance is.
I hope that we do get a romance themed game pack, and I also hope that it would include consequences too.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/chemistry-system-35889861
It's a chemistry system rather than just romantic attraction, so it applies to all types of relationships rather than only romantic ones.
I hope it gets added soon, my sims are getting boring. But who knows how long those surveys will take to get into the game.
Yeah, this makes me nervous too, I feel like they don't want to make any changes to the Sims themselves. Maybe it's too difficult.
They did have attraction, but I remember it being very ham fisted. You'd get a message telling you someone thought you were hot, I think it may have just been random. It was ok, but Sims 2 was much better, with turn on and turn offs. I hope they follow the Sims 2 example.
Awesome, I'll have to try it out. It looks like they did a nice job with it!
AviaTheDramaFiend.wordpress.com
(not always sims related but I review and discuss television shows and movies. Foreign or not.)
I play on console and PC now! YAY!
I've thought that they've been holding out because they know it will sell well.
Tempted? It's been 6 years. Go for it.
That being said, unfortuntely I think it will be added one day. It was in the survey and while I rated it super low and commented I don't want it I'm guessing a lot more people rated it high.
Just came here to recommend the same mod, lol. I have used this mod for a while now and I love it so much.
The reason why I like it so much is because it does not only apply to romance, but also to friendships and family members. Basically every sim your sim will have an interaction.
This is also great for making friends. I want my sims to have friends who have the same interests, because that makes sense to me.
If you set up the chemistry system very well, it will tell you if you have a good chemistry with every other sim. In that case I know immediately if that townie or NPC will make a good friend to my sim.
There is a mod from Little Miss Sams that has an attraction system. It's in her online dating mod. I wish we could get an attraction system in the game though especially for console players.
It came in the pre late night patch for everyone in TS3.
Sims 5 is still years away from happening.
We still have more years of TS4 Packs. I dont think the engine is the issue cause modders have pulled it off and quite good too.
@catloverplayer Yeah but we don't have enough years. Especially considering the time that has gone by. Do I want free babies in the Sims 4? Sure. Do I think it's worth it 6 years later? No. That's 6 years too late. I could be playing with free babies for 6 years now and expected them to be in the game. They had been since 2004.
Getting them 6 years later is just not going to make up for all the lost time.
I wish EA realized how disappointing it is to buy a game for 60€ on launch and then having to hear "oh we are going to add those base game features for you but you might have to wait for 1-6 years for them sorry".
I have noticed this a bit more lately...maybe it's a clue? It's definitely a bit more tricky for sims to get along now, at least in the beginning stages. They could possibly be making it so sims with certain traits are incompatible with others?
I'm hoping the next pack is either a High School or a Romance Pack, and that they can give us attraction and chemistry in the pack.
Right now I'd just be happy to get some pool slides and pool waterfalls.