#sim problems

In an attempt to make sims more personal, EA alienated us from them entirely.

In older games, such as Sims 3, emotions were not a mechanic. Instead there was a dynamic meter indicating content or distress. This rather ambiguous system let us interpret each moodlet’s deeper implications as we saw fit.

At the end, the sims franchise is a Digital Dollhouse. It is a game of pretend. Now imagine if instead of letting you form your own conclusions, the dolls told you exactly what they felt.

All characterization and nuance disappears, because instead of interpreting the game through the lens of your creativity and your character, the game’s rather shallow system attempts to push events through it’s own abysmal digital concept of who your character is, and spits out exactly what it dictates your character is thinking or feeling. The story is out of the author’s hands.