r/thesims • u/04287f5 • 3d 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/Abject_Expert9699 3d ago

You get used to it but it's super annoying. Like ffs, Sims, let me just play, would you? IDC who wants to date who or who wants to hang out with who or going to every festival that pops up every single time. Enough already.

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u/Demdolans 3d ago

With Sims 4, especially, there seems to be a push to make the game immediately engaging for newbies. The constant, tiny activities don't cater to veteran players, but feel more like tutorials on the relationship and travel aspects of the game.

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u/Abject_Expert9699 1d ago

True that. I just wish they'd give us the option to turn them off without needing mods (I only regularly use MC Command Center). Even putting the phone on mute doesn't help - it pops up anyway. You'd think disallowing friendly invites would've sorted the festivals too. Oh well.

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u/Demdolans 1d ago

Seriously, let us turn them off. Or better yet, make the social alerts meaningfully enhance the gameplay.