Relationship Chemistry

I like the idea of like-minded parafolk getting along better, though I’m not sure how that should be executed. I don’t think it should be zodiac signs because they did that in ts2. I don’t think I’d want a super effective interaction to do repeatedly, it would be too tempting to form friendships like that every time and then storytelling goes out the window. Contradictory to what I was saying before about not making it ts2, in ts2 sims would get bored with your conversation if you did one interaction repeatedly, and I think that’s a good model for realism. I have always played according to this rule in later games so I never stopped to find out if I actually had to.

It would be interesting to see how a chemistry system would work in this game. I don’t want my parafolks to all be suddenly buddy buddy after a few interactions but I don’t want to make it impossible for them to make friends either. I would like to something along the lines of having a friendly chemistry and romantic chemistry. Like IRL, you can hit it off with strangers on a friendly level based on things like hobbies, interests, goals/aspirations etc. and others based on romantic levels. Not sure if sexuality has been a confirmed feature but I would like that to take into account as well.

I would love some kind of chemistry system. I remember in TS2, I was playing this family and concentrating on the mom and dad when all of a sudden I saw their son rush down the stairs and out the door so I followed him. There was another sim passing by (one I had created a while back and had forgotten about) and he rushed out to talk to her. Well, they talked and hung out until morning – no prompting from me. They finally said goodbye and he went to sleep. When he woke up, he got the wish to go on a date with her. I remembered then that she was engaged already.They went on a date and triple bolted after their first (good night) kiss. She called off the engagement, married this guy and lived happily ever after. That’s the kind of chemistry I would like to see in Paralives.

I would also like one sided friendships and frenemy. Some relationships could be somehow specific – like broships.