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If you could change ONE thing about the Sims 4
FlamingoKicker1
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I know there is nothing that grinds my gears more than when University students do their homework assignments they just drop the books on the floor and it is a real pain trying to locate where they drop them. Why didn't they just program them to always stuff them back into their Inventories? They carry everything else in there. Oh, but I have one University student that while she won't hold on to her assignments for class WILL shove dirty dishes into her inventory and carry them around for days until she starts reeking. way to go.
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The build buy catalog could be better like Twisted Mexi Better Build Buy, but fundamentally, the build aspect on the grid, meaning to be easier for gameplay, is not as fluid as interior designing needs. There needs to be a size slider as well as a color wheel slider. Also the ability to custom make furnishings and I feel the same exact can go for create a sim.
It's not enough I can pick one style and it come in limited sizes or colors, which may or may not fit. It's not enough that every house have the same objects it. Endless amount of custom content can not do it, unless they make filters are lot better, and also sharing with custom content possible with in game.
Stop it from being released so there can be a worthy successor for The Sims -.-
But Project Rene won't be any better either. I have no hope left we get the old spirit back.
It's a shame what EA does to their once successful game series.
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it would be to change how Randomized Townies and NPC work
I would add randomized townies OFF toggle so game doesn't endlessly spawn new randomized sims to the save
and I think it should be up to player to decide what sim shows up for what NPC role
this would solve so many problems I constantly battle with
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Some of the suggestions from above I would also enjoy would be having NPCs show up when I place objects that need an NPC, ability to customize and limit random NPCs, take away grid requirements for building, open worlds.
Delete Lots
Build on those deleted lots
Add additional Lots to build on
Move/Delete objects that the devs placed if it doesn't fit out world or it's blocking something
No more having certain functional items tied to JUST THAT WORLD!
Climbing everywhere
Speed-walking in all worlds
High schools in all worlds
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When a motive drops into the red, sims will autonomously try to fill that need, even when I have Free Will off. I don't want them to do that, it's disruptive. This is a gripe I have since basegame and even with mods I couldn't fully stomp this behaviour.
1. Sometimes they change the game for other players in ways that kind of break it for me and I need to just ignore those changes if I can. I am happy for those other players and sometimes I like the changes but at other times, they interfere with my gameplay. For example, there were players who wanted a lot more sad and angry moods so I will see sims going into a rage or being tense for reasons that I don't want. We used to have whims but now with wants and fears, it can feel like I am being pressured to play a certain way. Make that sim play pop music or else they will be mad all day. There are a lot more fears than I want to focus on. I can just switch that feature off but I liked having suggestive whims. I end up using more mood-enhancing rewards to do what I want.
2. Also, they added more autonomous behaviors and while sometimes I appreciate that, it is annoying if I know what I want to do. For example, there is more autonomous flirting by sims which I end up needing to just ignore. I also had a non-playable sim dump a character I was playing. I understand that some players like that and I did end up rolling with it but it was annoying because I wanted to send that story in a different direction than it ended up going in because of the autonomous action. I don't think they should get rid of that feature altogether but I would like to be able to indicate whether I want random new excitement to happen or not. If not, it's because I already know what I want to do with that household. As it was, I let the sim be dumped and there is some social tension in the game but it changed the nature of the character that I was playing because I wanted her to be a dreamy romantic with a very sweet boyfriend. Now, he has dated two of her good friends. It isn't the same story.
3. Autonomous flirting by sims not led by me at weddings. That one is getting annoying. I have had 3 out of 4 recent weddings where weird random autonomous flirting with the bride or groom happened. In the most recent case, the groom needed to go to the toilet after the ceremony so I let the bride and groom chat with the guests while I looked for the toilet at the venue to send the groom to. When I panned back over, I saw that he had fallen completely out of love with his new bride because she had flirted with his sister in front of him. His sister was also newly married and now I will have to deal with that when I play her household. The whole thing made no sense. I have a policy that if it wasn't my action and I didn't want it to happen then an action doesn't have to count and I can ignore it or undo it. So, I just had the bride and groom make up and I will have the sister make up with her new spouse. I guess I can stick to more elopements without guests or I can pause all action whenever I am not specifically controlling the bride and groom. Other than that, I like the weddings in the game but I have found that frustrating because it ruins the mood of the wedding. I am not sending couples to a wedding to fly into a fury and hate each other unless I specifically want that plot.
Generally I like the game. I like to roll with some changes and I have a lot of fun with the characters that I have developed. I can also usually ignore what I don't want. I think that being able to manage moods and suggestions for gameplay how I want is important. As for autonomous actions, they are usually fine with me. Guests at weddings kind of need an overhaul. Maybe we should be able to choose if a wedding is happy or on the rocks when we set up the event.
Not everyone is addicted to cell phones. Some people even choose not to own one at all.
1. Neighborhood editing tool.
I don't necessarily need a world creator (though that would be rad) but I always feel like I need a way to edit the existing worlds in some way. This is probably one of the worst decisions made for Sims 4 - to exclude neighborhood editing for players. It's such a staple feature of previous Sims games that it's like the elephant in the room...or rather...the missing elephant from the safari. With all of the constant complaints from players about how boring most of the worlds are, it would make a huge difference if we could set up our own common world assets. Even if it was just select areas, like the playgrounds and picnic areas, or where existing objects are placed. To be able to swap out objects, remove public toilets, change playgrounds into graveyards, place a weather changing machine or nefarious wishing well, design public gardens, arboretums, etc, etc... this would change the game for everyone, both players and builders alike. It would be especially awesome if we could swap out building shells and had access to the ones that exist from all the packs so we could pick and choose how urban or rural our neighborhoods are.
I'm pretty sure this is the feature that I want the most right now (besides more Occults).
2. Alternate "failure" programming.
I still have issues with the game being too Utopian and I really dislike feeling like EA is dictating to me how I should be playing my own Sims game. The entire reason I fell in love with Sims 2 and never got bored is because of the risk factor. In almost every choice, there was a possibility of failure. With every positive outcome, there was a possibility of a negative one. You didn't have to put extra effort in to have Sim enemies or meltdowns or even death. It was something that would happen on its own if you didn't manage your Sims on a path to success. So I would want more risk and consequences added into some Traits and social interactions. If my Sim picks a fight with another Sim, I don't want them to smile at each other when it's over and hug goodbye (true story, this actually happened to my Sim, it was ludicrous). I'm not saying that the game should have total carnage, or even risk to the extent of the previous games, but something. I want to be able to have stories where my Sim doesn't always succeed and has to find alternate ways to beat the odds. I want stories of relationship failures and struggles. I want stories of anxiety and distress. Without obstacles for my Sims to overcome, how can I say that they've really succeeded? When accomplishments require no effort, how can I call these stories "meaningful"? I feel like there's a stigma with this game that disallows for hardships and human error. But those things are also a part of life and many people relate to that. Why are they treated like taboo? People who have had to conquer such situations in real life have no representation and no way to tell their own stories. Failure should not be anathema in a life simulation game, but it's so rare. The previous games used a comedic approach that was genius. So if I could choose, I'd put more of this back into the current game to make it more stimulating. Maybe I wouldn't fall asleep at my keyboard sometimes when I try to play.
I'd like a more Sims 2 like approach but that feels like cheating because it's not just one thing.
If I must choose, I'd probably bring back long term relationship bars or the aspiration meter. Well, that's still 2, not 1 thing.
At this point, I can do nothing but admit defeat.
I would do that,too. EA is doing a very poor and unacceptable job at the Sims franchise,and I wish Maxis had teamed up with someone else other than EA.