Many of the great features that were in the early version of the game are now gone

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Back when I played the game, I made a character as a criminal, and it was honestly so dynamic and fun. You could beg, rob people, and as your karma got worse, even strangers would point fingers and laugh at you just for walking by.

Eventually, after committing enough bad deeds, my character died right there on the street and NPCs gathered around, shouting like ‘Serves you right!’ and laughing. But now, it feels like all those features are gone.

Did they just remove the some karma system because people said karma wasn’t fun and asked for it to be deleted?

Now they’ve removed too much karma related interactions that it’s become impossible to even achieve aspirations.

I think when people say the game isn’t fun, it’s often because it’s too unfriendly or unclear, so they don’t even realize what features are there. Or maybe the game just felt incomplete, which could also make it seem boring. But in that case, wouldn’t it be better to refine and present them in a way that’s easier for players to understand.

I actually enjoyed the karma system. But I didn’t like how I had to care about the karma of random NPCs I didn’t even know. Still, if that part was the issue, they could’ve just refined it.

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Thank you for your work in writing these essays! I posted this one in an active brainstorm on Discord so that Kjun could read it ASAP. You can check it here: Discord

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I read your discussion with Boring Bones on Discord but I confess I didn’t quite understand what your difference of opinion is about.

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This isn’t about debating for the sake of debate, or trying to determine whose opinion is ‘correct’. It’s about unpacking the full nuance of each of our perspectives and raising the real issues behind InZOI’s shift in focus toward Sims, placing it at the very top tier of all possible discussions.

The problem with the game right now isn’t a lack of content – you understand that. The problem is that nearly all of Reddit and X are voting to reduce this game down into Sims 4. What we need is a strong oppositional stance.

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Agreed. We’re losing more and more of the early stuff that made the game special.
From the UI to in-game element that disappear each update.

I’d like to get those back as well myself. For UI as an option, but the rest of the Karma thing ? I want it back, I only played a little with it but it was fun, I agree !

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