Recently, "Sims 4" players have started to voice their concerns against the game's developers for removing a useful feature that would have allowed them to gain friendship boosts. The feature was considered a photo glitch and would have made the friendship-building process much easier.
'Sims 4' Photo Glitch Exploit Allows Players to Make Friends by Just Taking a Few Photos
According to the story by Dexerto, for the feature to work, players needed to introduce themselves to a Sim that they wanted to be friends with. Shortly after, players just had to take a quick photo of them.
This would result in a significant friendship boost from the photo alone, considered a glitch. Now, developers have decided to fix this glitch, and players are voicing their concerns and frustrations.
Photo Glitch Exploit Made It Easier for Players to Build Relationships by Taking Shortcuts
The glitch would have simplified building relationships the organic way, with a significant boost coming from taking a photo with a Sim. This would have allowed players to save time and avoid needing multiple conversations with different Sims they're trying to befriend.
With the help of the photo glitch, two Sims that initially didn't know each other or knew very little about each other would be able to become good friends by just taking a few photos. Now, "Sims 4" developers released new patch notes that would see this exploit being removed from the game.
Fans Expressed Their Concerns on the Removal of the Feature
Fans can see the patch notes on Sims Community, which detail the changes the developers will add to the game. The patch was said to go live in just a few days, and before that, the development team also said they would investigate the concerns raised.
The dev team acknowledged the players' concerns about the photo glitch exploit and said that they were investigating it ahead of the update. Fans have expressed their concerns on Reddit, Twitter, and even the Sims Community thread.
Fans expressed how they appreciated the quirk and how it added to their gaming experience. Most of them questioned why the developers would focus on removing the photo glitch instead of fixing other in-game bugs.
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Players Expressed How the Developers Should be Focusing on Other Bugs
Others described the exploit as a perk in the game, allowing them to build friendships quickly. Most concerns shared on Dexerto were focused on how they wanted the developers to focus on other bugs in the game.
So far, it remains unclear when the update will go live and if the developers decide to remove the initially planned photo glitch exploit fix with the new update. Only time will tell whether the developer will listen to the growing number of players that have voiced their concerns regarding removing the photo glitch exploit in the game.
Fans argued that the photo glitch didn't hurt the game but improved it by making it easier for players to build friendships within "Sims 4" with just a few photos.
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