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Is anyone else often annoyed by the game's animations?
MElleSims
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This came up in another thread I made but I really wanted more opinions in a relevant thread. It feels like they tried too hard to make them "funny" but like...in a really forced way. When I flirt with another sim I want it to look like flirting, not like a sunday morning cartoon. When I have a friendly conversation with another Sim, it would make me extremely happy if my sim did not look like they were about to dislocate their shoulder from all the unnecessary arm moving. Who thought this was a good idea? Is there a mod for this?
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Some are really funny though like when they're telling a dramatic story😂 looks like they're about to have a seizure. I always hoped that any future animations they add could be a bit more serious and neutral. No luck yet😆
like uh would it hurt to just tone down the
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the flirt animation....don't get me started it's so annoying. why do they wave
hahahah i know exactly what you mean. and then the emotion changes for 1 second to happy because the room has a cool plant or whatever, before going back to very sad. ruins the atmosphere
The TS2 ones were subtle yet so natural and often humorous without trying too hard. sims 3 were also pretty sweet - i loved the proposal animation and how sometimes they'd accidentally drop the ring. such a step down from those two games in my opinion.
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I would rather they do things in a more toned down realistic way to be honest. Like when they cook in the Sims 4 it's like they are putting on a circus show. I just accept that it's the Sims 4 style. It's a bit immature for me sometimes but I feel like they are or were maybe trying to draw in a younger audience to the game. I'm hoping that the Sims 5 will tone it down a bit more.
hahah "run to the mirror to prevent death". yeah i agree. i think they overdid it with emotion in areas they shouldn't have, but didn't give as much attention to areas theh should have.
Oh yeah the cooking thing...it's so over the top and for no reason! i'm scratching my head as to why they paid attention to that and not other animations which are a bit more lacking...i also wish they tone it down for sims 5, when/if there is one
And seeing Sims 🐸🐸🐸🐸 off is so immensely satisfying.
Well, all opinions are welcome! i think some of them do have their charm, but i do prefer the toned-down style of Sims 3 and the subtle liveliness of Sims 2 more.
Yeah for sure...though i think it's incomparable to how over the top the sims 4 is. An animation choice that i absolutely do adore in the sims 4 though is the little artwork that pops up when child and toddler sims are playing. you know, those little drawings only they can see? that's really cute and such a good way to indicate a child's imagination. it's one of my favorite things about child and toddler sims
I do enjoy some of TS4's animations, but the problem for me is that I see too many of the same animations over and over again because the game has a serious lack of things to do and a lot of recycled animations. So seeing things over and over just kills any charm it might have had to begin with. I wish they had a couple of different animations for certain things. It puts me off when I see my serious sims fist bump when they're about to woohoo with the same partner they've had and their kids are now teens.
Sounds like the terrible Eco Living animation. I hate it when my sims do that thinking and puts a finger up in the air, especially when they all do the exact same animation in sync... Yes, it often happens when they enter a new room.
I actually think the vampires are genuinely creepy looking with all the features for them. Generally I see people do discrete vampires that look like normal sims (which is the idea I guess lol), but if you add the dark black eye sockets, cracked skin, scars, insane looking brows, red or black eyes, pointed ears, teeth, the dripping makeup, etcetera - they're genuinely creepy to me lol. I know it's usually the dark form but I have vampires that are like that in their normal form and when they show up to a lot when I'm playing a normal sim I'm like yeah...I'm out lol.
Reused animations bother me a lot when I feel that they don't make sense, like when the cafeteria vendor in Discover University shouts like they are standing in a market stand like...why? Imagine if someone did that in a cafeteria. Or the fact that some animations are the same but they talk about different things, you should be able to somewhat tell what they are talking about. I think for example that "discuss good book" and "compliment appearance" are the same animation, like...whuh?
Sometimes they do a good job, like the "talking about crafting" animation from eco lifestyle, and sometimes they don't... like the reused sims sniffing in the air in bust the dust, which looks weird, and they seem to do it way too often too.
I don't really count their facial animations in the same boat as the interaction animations. I personally love how expressive they are visually on their faces. It's just all the other stuff like cooking, the overly expressive body movements while chatting ect that I'm not a big fan of.
Is that what that is? That has been bothering me for a while now. I hate it.
me suddenly realizing maybe that is why people in public look at me weirdly when i do my pretend extrovert mode to ask someone something cause #awkward
maybe I'm just subconciously playing out animations like
*cheerfully punches air*
*leans forward hands in questioning position*
*raises hands close to face in oh yes i understand way and nods*
*does whatever the heck the tell story animation is to explain what i want in my subway bread*
*sees something i don't like and hisses*
ah yes it all makes sense now
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