Imo, just because it’s no use for the player, doesn’t necessarily means it shouldn’t be added. The chemical plants, parks, and launderettes are simply to add more immersion and detail to the game, as well as provide jobs to the citizens. And in some cases, provide clues and witnesses!
The random objects you find scattered about as well are just for detail. Saying you want them removed or serve a purpose is also… unnecessary. Might as well just remove all the furniture in the game besides chairs and beds since only players use those 🤷🏼♀️ Not EVERYTHING needs to have a purpose. Sometimes, it’s just cool to see them there, add an extra touch to the game. And heck, who doesn’t leave stuff around their house? It gives you an idea how the citizens live their normal lives
You say you want to add the ability for the player to smoke. What purpose would that have? Nothing. It’s just a fun little detail/action you can do.
To go on with things I do agree with:
I do agree hobbies and illnesses should have a more predominant role in the game. Instead of it only being reliable for side jobs like arrests and such, it should be also be used in murder cases or adding notes to a citizen permanently in their profile. So if you find out they have depression, that fact gets added under the “additional notes” section at the end of the file and stays there always. It doesn’t get removed. It would be very helpful when it comes both side jobs and murder cases.
Cooking would be a pretty fun and useful feature! You can maybe buy recipes in the supermarket and cook them up! Depending what meal you make, gives you different buffs (or debuffs) to help you in certain situations. For example: eating beef will temporarily increase your strength, thus knocking out people way faster if you don’t have a weapon or barging down doors easier if you don’t have the sync disk that gives you that ability. Eating chicken can temporarily increase your stealth, making you harder to detect and hide when pursued. Eating fish can temporarily raises your health at the maximum level, etc. and if you don’t cook these foods and eat them raw, you’ll only get half of the buff and have a 70-80% chance of getting sick (just like in game)
All Buildings in general that have cameras should get a security room. Doesn’t make sense to not have one because where else is the power source coming from and how the cameras can even detect illegal activity? But perhaps for places like the city hall, the security is much tighter and harder to get into
I agree the -2 basements have no purpose whatsoever besides giving you horror game vibes lol. Maybe in future updates, it can have a use. Maybe where the Red Gums cult hangs out! And there are NO cameras in there either, make it perfect to have a secret hideout. Idk why the -2 basements even have cameras if NO ONE goes in there 😂
Annndddd I think that’s enough of my rambling lmao. Sorry for the long ass message