Story Mode?

[b1245p]

I was wondering if any of you guys like the story mode and want it in the game.  An example is Cassandra Goth is ready to start a family and is she ready to make the town hers.  Or like the own stories you simmers make. 

[ChalyssaMuch]

You mean like in ts2 when all the premade families had a story thing pop up when you first played them??
oh i dont care either way i ignored them and played them my way regardless.
but if they had that in the game i wouldnt mind it so much.

[b1245p]

I do the same thing but kinda follow what the started off with.

[Cassie]

The story the families came with usually didn't show so much when actually playing them, but I'm guessing in Ts3 this will be different, in which cae, I do want them all to have their own unique stories.

[sims3luva22]

I think this new game will be more involved with stories because they said we will be notified when something major happens to other sims and families. This to me guarentees that some form of story mode will be forever happening.

I may want to play those families if they are interesting, and because its all going to be active, if I don't play the Goth family, I know they are living out there lives and not set in stone unless I do play the lot like in ts2. It will be more realistic.

[ChalyssaMuch]

Oh i finally understand exactly what you mean by this..and yeah it does sound like a possibility for how we know whats always going on with them.

[dejadejavu]

(22-04-2008 06:08 PM)sims3luva22 link Wrote:I think this new game will be more involved with stories because they said we will be notified when something major happens to other sims and families. This to me guarentees that some form of story mode will be forever happening.

I may want to play those families if they are interesting, and because its all going to be active, if I don't play the Goth family, I know they are living out there lives and not set in stone unless I do play the lot like in ts2. It will be more realistic.

As far as being notified, I think its a little bit more complicated. Apparently over each house there will be indicators of what is going on with the family, whether its buying new furniture or getting married. These indicators are there so we can constantly see what is going on with other families, but also so we aren't invaded with messages.

I like the stories of the premade families. It will also be really interesting to make decisions with the clock ticking for everyone. It always weirded me out that I could play Don and have him woohoo all over the place with the Caliente's but somewhere in cyberspace he was with Cassandra about to get married.

[Cassie]

Oh, I hope they don't have indicators floating over houses, that would be seriously irratating. I think it would be a better idea to have an option in the menu or something that holds a list of all the families and households in the neighbourhood. It could have all the details of each Sim - what generation they are, who their father and mother is, who their kids are, what their job is and details of their favourite food and colour, their hobbies etc. Like a little Sim Fact File. And, of course, it should be able to tell you what is happening in that household at the current time and when future plans (they could plan a wedding day, a birthday aprty etc) will be commencing and what each Sim is currently doing (Like Kayla Sim: At the park). It could be a handy detailed guide to each household.

[dejadejavu]

I'm pretty sure that's what they said. But don't worry about it, I'm sure it won't be more distracting that a plumbob. I think if they don't do it in an intrusive way then it could be a nifty little update system.

For myself, I know that I would be checking fact files CONSTANTLY. I forget stuff when its listed like that. However maybe there could be options to view stuff in different ways. For people who aren't handicapped like me, a fact file would be awesome.

[Cassie]

Well, some of the information could be availbale while you're actually playing the Sim/Household of course, without visiting the fact file. But, whenever you just want it all there, grouped together, it would be very handy.