User blog:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki Monthly Question - May 2014

We want to know what you have to say! Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Sims Wiki Monthly Question blog! Each month, we'll be asking you an in-depth opinion question about The Sims series, and we want your answers! Give us your opinions, ideas, complaints, or whatever else is on your mind, related to the question asked.

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The Sims games are often criticized by "real" gamers for being too casual. The Sims, and most Maxis games in general, have very few goals or objectives for players to meet, and are very open-ended. Often these titles are likened more to virtual toys or sandboxes than actual games. That said, there is still some challenge in The Sims games; keeping the Sims alive and happy, building relationships between Sims, and attaining success all require some level of skill. However, many fans of the series have said that The Sims 3 is too easy, when compared to its predecessors. Other players respond that the purpose of The Sims games is to allow players to fantasize and play however they want without sticking to rigid rules, and that making the game more challenging would limit this flexibility.
 * This month's Question

So, this brings us to our question: Do you think that The Sims games should be made more difficult or less difficult in the future, and why?

Click here to jump to the comments section and weigh in! Also remember to vote up comments you like by adding the PlumbBob template to your responses!

Last month, there was a poll featured on the main page. 56% of all respondents would choose to visit Champs Les Sims, out of all three destinations introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures To see more results for this poll, go here.
 * Last month's poll

 LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 23:26, April 30, 2014 (UTC)