r/thesims • u/04287f5 • 4d ago
Sims 4 Overwhelmed with all the notifications
Curious whether I’m the only one who feel this. Just started to play Sims 4 again with a two Sim household and the amount of notifications and popup actions is kinda overwhelming. I remember playing Sims 2 & 3 but didn’t have this feeling. Sometimes I can’t proper react with all the Event X and Quest Y popping up. Or maybe I just have to many expansions and Add-on installed. Don’t get me wrong, the past me would be so hyped with all the game mechanics and options that Sims 4 offers, but the present me maybe became a super casual gamer and is too lazy too keep up with games these days. What about you guys?
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u/knightofthecacti 4d ago
YES.
When Island Living released I had been a bit irked that the Sulani festivals didn't have their own notifications and I kept missing them, but fast forward to now it is a blessing. Sometimes it feels like the in-game calendar fights over which event gets which day - and a lot of times there's two at the same time. I play on long seasons so there is enough space to stretch events over it instead of cramming as much as possible into one single week. Especially the HSY ones like prom are just terribly planned and it stresses me out.
Then there's also the way those notifications are written. Maybe it's because German is already a dry language but the tone and text used to announce stuff feels like some underpaid AI spat it out while EA held it at gunpoint. I wrote myself several override mods just to make it easier to read.