Simbots are awesome
Georgette:
Quote from: zanzertem on 2010 June 07, 14:12:46
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 June 07, 10:35:59
Quote from: Claeric on 2010 June 07, 04:50:45
Man you guys HAVE to realize that something that ingests matter will produce waste, right?
Only if you eat food which contains undigestable matter. Simbots eat FOOD? My understanding was that simbots consume scrap metal. Given that scrap metal is entirely digestable, being metal, and in any event, anything which might NOT be digestable is likely toxic heavy metals, you don't want to be dumping that into a terlet. It might even be illegal to do so.
This assumes that said chemical reaction produces no by-product. It would appear that the Simbot consumes metal to either convert to energy somehow or make internal repairs; similar to human growth or energy conversion. It is highly unlikely that this chemical reaction would have zero by-product.
Hell, even hydrogen cars "pee" because their by-product is water.
I doubt very much EAxis thought about any of this. They probably were just too lazy to make robots different to sims in any way other than their aesthetics and with a few text changes.
Claeric:
That would make sense if Simbots didn't have a specific hidden trait which makes it so that they don't need to shower, gradually age visually over time, come in two preset varieties, etc.
Man, they thought enough to make them look like cruddy, prototype robots- following the idea that the game is 25 and 50 years before TS1 and TS2. They pay attention to detail more than people think (if you looked it up, you'd be surprised at the consistency between games and between families and their stories). It's not so crazy to believe that it's just supposed to be a clunky, inefficient robot.
Simius:
Quote from: Georgette on 2010 June 07, 16:22:21
I doubt very much EAxis thought about any of this. They probably were just too lazy to make robots different to sims in any way other than their aesthetics and with a few text changes.
Pretty much. It is rather disappointing that they are just people in metal suits. I'd personally like them to be little slaves that do all the chores and shit around the house so their masters can do other more important things. But whatever is done with them, I'd like them to be more unique.
Actually, come to think of it there is one other difference between a regular sim and a sim bot. It seems sim bots can't be killed. I had one relaxing in a bed that caught fire and it didn't phase him. I've restarted the game since then, but I am going to test to see if I can kill one by starvation or by drowning once I make another.
Georgette:
Quote from: Claeric on 2010 June 07, 16:32:57
That would make sense if Simbots didn't have a specific hidden trait which makes it so that they don't need to shower, gradually age visually over time, come in two preset varieties, etc.
Man, they thought enough to make them look like cruddy, prototype robots- following the idea that the game is 25 and 50 years before TS1 and TS2. They pay attention to detail more than people think (if you looked it up, you'd be surprised at the consistency between games and between families and their stories). It's not so crazy to believe that it's just supposed to be a clunky, inefficient robot.
It wasn't the look people were criticising. It was the fact that they pee, despite not having bladders. Try and actually read what people are complaining about rather than automatically fapping over EAxis at every opportunity. And, don't try and imply people know nothing about the game with statements like "if you looked it up", because I've been playing the sims for years, and yes, I have noted the consistency.
Claeric:
Alright, now actually READ my post and note that I made it VERY clear that my post was referencing their functionality, hence
It's not so crazy to believe that it's just supposed to be a clunky, inefficient robot.
They pee because they're not fucking mega future Servos, they're a little mechanical robot that has waste it needs to get rid of. They have to eat because they're not mega future servos, they dont absorb energy from the world around them. Etc.
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