Disappointing Graphics for The Sims 4. Looks like Sims Social in 3D. «12345...Next Go

SimEnterprise

I both saw the trailer from EA and was at Gamescom 2013 to see what the Sims 4 was going to be all about. It looks like Sims Social in 3D.

I was utterly disappointed with the graphics. I expected more.
Also there was nothing at all said about the game engine. Nothing said about what the great leap forward is (emotions isn't what I'd call a great leap forward). I have been a Sims fan since 2000. I have LOVED the franchise. Purchased every game, expansion, stuff pack and store item. How can you underestimate our intelligence as gamers like this?

With every new Sims game you as a fan had a great leap forward and much to be excited about. This time I really don't feel it.

Even if the game engine for the Sims 3 was lagy, crashed a lot and corrupted save games more often than not. Not to get started with the downsides of the launcher. I really felt that it was a great and enjoyable game.

With all above said I still think Sims 3 is closer to what a Sims fan likes than what The Sims 4 is. Where is the big leap forward??? The CAS UI looked good, but other than that the game looks washed out.

EA come on... It 2013. I think a 60$ game should look better than this.

EuroGirL87

I completely agree. I have been a huge fan of The Sims since 2000. With each new generation I feel the game has gotten better. The differences from TS1 to TS2 to TS3 are huge, but it seems the 4th is taking many steps backwards. There is nothing at all I have seen to make me want to make the move to the 4th and spends another hundreds of dollars on it and expansions to follow. I have seen nothing new that we don't already have, except for a few extra sliders in CAS. I have yet to do and see everything there is with all The Sims 3 expansions, so I will be playing The Sims 3 for many more years.

MadameLee

1)its in pre-alpha now, probably 3.0 or later version.

2)there is only two sliders in Sims 4-the rest-you can manuptiled yourself like the sim is a piece of play-do. Want a sim with a big rear end and a small waist? You can have that! Want a sim with big feet? You can have that! Want a sim with small irsis? You can have that!

sweetface44

I agree I have been played and love the sims from 2000 on, but this sims 4 is a joke it looks ok if you are a kid or teen just finding the series but long time sims player are going to find it lack luster

SimEnterprise

If I wan't a high-end game then??? I won't get that!

MadameLee wrote:

1)its in pre-alpha now, probably 3.0 or later version.

2)there is only two sliders in Sims 4-the rest-you can manuptiled yourself like the sim is a piece of play-do. Want a sim with a big rear end and a small waist? You can have that! Want a sim with big feet? You can have that! Want a sim with small irsis? You can have that!

JoAnne65

I feel exactly the same way and I hope I will turn out to be só wrong and biased...

Allspice1232

If you don't like it fine, but these exaggerations need to stop. It does not look like Sims Social.

The Sims Social
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9589669903_705c66e43b.jpg&quot; width="420" height="345" alt="simssocial">

TS4
<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/9587637086_6fc84d710d_c.jpg&quot; width="800" height="450" alt="ts4">

SimEnterprise

Yes it does. Sims social in 3D.

I expected something more like this for 60$:

Allspice1232 wrote:

If you don't like it fine, but these exaggerations need to stop. It does not look like Sims Social.

The Sims Social
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9589669903_705c66e43b.jpg&quot; width="420" height="345" alt="simssocial">

TS4
<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/9587637086_6fc84d710d_c.jpg&quot; width="800" height="450" alt="ts4">

Allspice1232

SimEnterprise wrote:

Yes it does. Sims social in 3D.

I don't care what you expected, the fact remains that it does not look like The Sims Social. It's far more detailed and from what I gather will be polished up some and look better at release.

And that's really what you wanted? Washed out, blurry graphics and sims that look exactly the same?

SimEnterprise

I'm happy for you that you like TS4. What I've seen up until now I don't. Not just from a sim point of view, but also from an ingame environment point of view. The trees and the grass looks to cartoonish.

Allspice1232 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

Yes it does. Sims social in 3D.

I don't care what you expected, the fact remains that it does not look like The Sims Social. It's far more detailed and from what I gather will be polished up some and look better at release.

And that's really what you wanted? Washed out, blurry graphics and sims that look exactly the same?

JoAnne65

Enerybody's focussing on the Sims themselves and showing them in CAS. My own disappointment concerns the gameplay pictures though. But I understand that they're not done yet with the graphics, so I'll wait and see.

(and please please stop depriving other people the right to be disappointed, we're not talking about your child or something)

Allspice1232

SimEnterprise wrote:

I'm happy for you that you like TS4. What I've seen up until now I don't. Not just from a sim point of view, but also from an ingame environment point of view. The trees and the grass looks to cartoonish.

And like I said, I don't care if you don't like it. I wouldn't try to convince you to like it. It's the "it looks like the Sims Social" part that I take issue with. It doesn't and that's not a matter of opinion it just is.

Callum9432

SimEnterprise wrote:

Yes it does. Sims social in 3D.

I expected something more like this for 60$:

Allspice1232 wrote:

If you don't like it fine, but these exaggerations need to stop. It does not look like Sims Social.

The Sims Social
...

TS4
...

Why would you expect that? Sims have never even attempted to look that realistic. Sims are meant to be cartoony, that's what makes them Sims.

Not to mention the technical problems graphics like those would cause - we would loose a lot of the customisation we've come to know and love, and we could potentially lose the open world.

Nope, if you expected TS4 to look like that, then you just set yourself up for disappointment.

loosma

Allspice1232 wrote:

If you don't like it fine, but these exaggerations need to stop. It does not look like Sims Social.

The Sims Social
<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9589669903_705c66e43b.jpg&quot; width="420" height="345" alt="simssocial">

TS4
<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5445/9587637086_6fc84d710d_c.jpg&quot; width="800" height="450" alt="ts4">

lol first time seeing them side by side and I see where the OP is coming from haha.

Blue_Moon_Lover

Allspice1232 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

I'm happy for you that you like TS4. What I've seen up until now I don't. Not just from a sim point of view, but also from an ingame environment point of view. The trees and the grass looks to cartoonish.

And like I said, I don't care if you don't like it. I wouldn't try to convince you to like it. It's the "it looks like the Sims Social" part that I take issue with. It doesn't and that's not a matter of opinion it just is.

This says enough about you. Go and bury yourself somewhere and spare us the misery of your existence. We don't like the game, and we HAVE the right to say so. You, however, don't have any right to come here and tell us to stop expressing our opinion about the game. It is our money, not yours, so please leave this post if you don't like it.

SimEnterprise

astridentanja wrote:

I feel exactly the same way and I hope I will turn out to be só wrong and biased...

Me too. I don't want to loose my favorite game.

kirby356

SimEnterprise wrote:

I expected something more like this for 60$:

So I guess you want everyone else's computer to explode? These graphics would require a high end gaming computer that most of us average simmer don't want/have. In fact, we SHOULDN'T need a high end gaming computer to run the game properly (I'm looking at you TS3 :evil: ).

Plus, EA did something right this time. They know that most people don't want to buy Alienware for TS4, so they catered the game to people with lower specs. This is actually GREAT news for people WITH gaming computer, because if you can run things on High on an average PC, imagine how it'll look like with a gaming PC! I see virtually no graphic issues, and no lag in general. It all seems super smooth.

If you don't like the game just based off of a 10 min videos, and pictures from a pre-alpha stage, then suit yourself.

But I can guarantee that when the game comes out, you'll see that it'll look amazing, and have the gameplay that TS3 lacks in a MAJOR way.

Allspice1232

Blue_Moon_Lover wrote:

Allspice1232 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

I'm happy for you that you like TS4. What I've seen up until now I don't. Not just from a sim point of view, but also from an ingame environment point of view. The trees and the grass looks to cartoonish.

And like I said, I don't care if you don't like it. I wouldn't try to convince you to like it. It's the "it looks like the Sims Social" part that I take issue with. It doesn't and that's not a matter of opinion it just is.

This says enough about you. Go and bury yourself somewhere and spare us the misery of your existence. We don't like the game, and we HAVE the right to say so. You, however, don't have any right to come here and tell us to stop expressing our opinion about the game. It is our money, not yours, so please leave this post if you don't like it.

Reported. You have no right to talk to anyone that way.

SimEnterprise

kirby356 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

I expected something more like this for 60$:

So I guess you want everyone else's computer to explode? These graphics would require a high end gaming computer that most of us average simmer don't want/have. In fact, we SHOULDN'T need a high end gaming computer to run the game properly (I'm looking at you TS3 :evil: ).

Plus, EA did something right this time. They know that most people don't want to buy Alienware for TS4, so they catered the game to people with lower specs. This is actually GREAT news for people WITH gaming computer, because if you can run things on High on an average PC, imagine how it'll look like with a gaming PC! I see virtually no graphic issues, and no lag in general. It all seems super smooth.

If you don't like the game just based off of a 10 min videos, and pictures from a pre-alpha stage, then suit yourself.

But I can guarantee that when the game comes out, you'll see that it'll look amazing, and have the gameplay that TS3 lacks in a MAJOR way.

I truly hope you are right. As a hard core gamer with an AlienWare machine, I wan't games to use the resources of it. If EA chooses to make Sims 4 for low-end machines, then the price should reflect that. Not selling it at a high-end game price.

heidi11576

SimEnterprise wrote:

Even if the game engine for the Sims 3 was lagy, crashed a lot and corrupted save games more often than not. Not to get started with the downsides of the launcher. I really felt that it was a great and enjoyable game.

I didnt..I thought Sims 3 ..while visually appealing ..sucked big time in all other ways ...cannot wait for the Sims 4

kirby356

SimEnterprise wrote:

kirby356 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

I expected something more like this for 60$:

So I guess you want everyone else's computer to explode? These graphics would require a high end gaming computer that most of us average simmer don't want/have. In fact, we SHOULDN'T need a high end gaming computer to run the game properly (I'm looking at you TS3 :evil: ).

Plus, EA did something right this time. They know that most people don't want to buy Alienware for TS4, so they catered the game to people with lower specs. This is actually GREAT news for people WITH gaming computer, because if you can run things on High on an average PC, imagine how it'll look like with a gaming PC! I see virtually no graphic issues, and no lag in general. It all seems super smooth.

If you don't like the game just based off of a 10 min videos, and pictures from a pre-alpha stage, then suit yourself.

But I can guarantee that when the game comes out, you'll see that it'll look amazing, and have the gameplay that TS3 lacks in a MAJOR way.

I truly hope you are right. As a hard core gamer with an AlienWare machine, I wan't games to use the resources of it. Maybe EA should consider making 2 versions. ;-)

You know, I actually wouldn't mind that at all

Darleymikey

nevermind,double post

SimEnterprise

Then you are one of the lucky ones.
But for the present graphics in TS4 I wouldn't want to pay 60$.

I'd be fine with the game looking like a cartoon for a lower price.

heidi11576 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

Even if the game engine for the Sims 3 was lagy, crashed a lot and corrupted save games more often than not. Not to get started with the downsides of the launcher. I really felt that it was a great and enjoyable game.

I didnt..I thought Sims 3 ..while visually appealing ..sucked big time in all other ways ...cannot wait for the Sims 4

MilenyNoda

Sure u have the right to say you dont like how the game looks...
but you also have the right to DONT BUY THE GAME AND KEEP PLAYING THE SIMS 3 :twisted:

SimEnterprise

MilenyNoda wrote:

Sure u have the right to say you dont like how the game looks...
but you also have the right to DONT BUY THE GAME AND KEEP PLAYING THE SIMS 3 :twisted:

I'm putting up a fight to save my favorite game! ;-)

EA will have to listen to us simmers that are not happy with the game as it is right now and maybe reconsider one thing or two.

Darleymikey

Callum9432 wrote:

SimEnterprise wrote:

Yes it does. Sims social in 3D.

I expected something more like this for 60$:

Allspice1232 wrote:

If you don't like it fine, but these exaggerations need to stop. It does not look like Sims Social.

The Sims Social
...

TS4
...

Why would you expect that? Sims have never even attempted to look that realistic. Sims are meant to be cartoony, that's what makes them Sims.

Not to mention the technical problems graphics like those would cause - we would loose a lot of the customisation we've come to know and love, and we could potentially lose the open world.

Nope, if you expected TS4 to look like that, then you just set yourself up for disappointment.

To be fair, I think the Sims has never attempted to look that realistic because the technology to run it in real time just isn't there yet. Certainly not on a mass scale that would be needed for EA to turn a profit. I don't think even a 'single lot' setup would work very well at that lighting/shadow detail, let alone an open world design. I could be wrong.

Still, this is one extreme of what people wanted. Feels like we're getting something closer to the other extreme. I still kind of like what I see, and hope it looks better once it's polished.