Comments on: CONFIRMED: Sectional Sofas Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator Exclusive

By: A Certain Runaway Gecko

A Certain Runaway Gecko — Thu, 27 May 2021 15:02:00 +0000

I’d say it’s a bit more special than most pack-exclusive functional objects, though, and I’d argue it’s on the same level as bunk beds and ladders in terms of functionality and UI additions.

By: Ⓜarty

Ⓜarty — Thu, 27 May 2021 14:55:00 +0000

What I said is still true. A Sim’s likes and dislikes are represented through their autonomy (avoiding things they don’t like, and doing things they like more often), and how they act and react to things they like or dislike, ect. They’re just too easily canceled out by other moodlets and effects, which the dancing fiasco from the stream was indeed a great example of.

The poorly-implemented emotion system messes with everything, not just the new likes/dislikes system. Moodlets and emotions are constantly fighting for dominance, less important ones overpowering more important ones, etc. Their emotions are just all over the place. They really need to go back to it and balance things out properly, or Sims’ behavior and ‘personalities’ will never be as it should be.

We have a system here that is great both in concept and in its own implementation/execution, but not allowed to come to its full potential because of how the emotion system works. I mean, what else is new.

By: A Certain Runaway Gecko

A Certain Runaway Gecko — Thu, 27 May 2021 14:53:00 +0000

Funny thing is, the host of the last stream was talking about how much new gameplay there is in this GP… But failed to explain where!

By: KeiRo Multiverse

KeiRo Multiverse — Thu, 27 May 2021 14:27:00 +0000

They literally showed off a Sim dancing to music they dislike, huge smile and everything, and the SimGuru pretended it was a feature. But you’re still right that the emotions are broken since she had to cheat out the happy buffs in order for her to finally feel tense. Also tried playing that off as if it was nothing.

By: Ⓜarty

Ⓜarty — Thu, 27 May 2021 09:01:00 +0000

Nope, that pretty much sums it up. I agree with others on that it doesn’t quite feel like a proper Game Pack. I mean, it has a bunch more BB stuff than a Stuff Pack, but I don’t feel that makes up for the shortage of actual gameplay. A GP is supposed to be about gameplay, after all.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 27 May 2021 06:30:00 +0000

Other than some cool buy/buy items and a rather boring active career (it’s only fun if you love building; in terms of gameplay it doesn’t add much), is there something else I’m missing?

By: Conclue

Conclue — Thu, 27 May 2021 04:01:00 +0000

A friendly reminder to the simmers who post on SimsVIP that CC isn’t an integrated aspect of every Simmers life. The fact that an official separate stove and counter top option is coming is great considering it’s something I’ve wanted from Maxis since the Sims 2 era. That and a vacuum. So I’m feeling particularly happy with some of these release ideas.

Yet I still can’t get passed no cars in the 4th iteration on the 7th year of Sims. That’s worth complaining about. Not that they are bring features “modders and CC creators have for years”. For non – mod players they don’t exist.

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:31:00 +0000

Sometimes I think people like to complain, to be honest. Sure, I can imagine being disappointed, but I think this makes sense to include with the game pack? It fits with the theme, and being able to ‘design’ the sofas seems to work with the whole concept of… a designing pack? There’s always been new objects in gameplay or expansion packs that don’t come with the base game updates. I’m not saying there aren’t legitimate critiques to be made about the sims 4 or this pack, but this one seems kind of like a stretch.

By: Ⓜarty

Ⓜarty — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:24:00 +0000

The likes/dislikes system is surpisingly more in depth than people were suspecting it was going to be, though. It’s actually reflected in gameplay, like in Sims’ autonomy or behavior, and how they react to various things (when being confronted with a like/dislike).

Of course, due to the highly unbalanced, poorly-tuned emotion system, things get overridden sometimes by other things that really shouldn’t be able to override it.

By: Ⓜarty

Ⓜarty — Wed, 26 May 2021 20:07:00 +0000

Just because a game supports the execution of Mods, doesn’t mean the devs have to go out of their way to make sure any Mods that (may) exist never break. If they change or add new functionality to something, than of course existing CC of it that doesn’t have that changed or new functionality yet will break. You can’t expect game devs to not/never innovate or update their tech just so Mods that have been made thus far wouldn’t break.