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Why in my ~OPINION~ The Sims 4 doesn't suck.
Dasakala
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Let's face it TS4 has been getting A LOT of hatred. And honestly I cannot figure out why. I'm pretty sure we all know "the list" but thing is that not even 20 things on that list were listed in the TS3 base game. But look at the CAS they're giving us. It's amazing, so is building houses. People are always crying about everything that TS4 lacks but fail to see everything it offers. Sure pools I will miss, but I never particularly enjoyed toddlers. Or any life stage other than young adult. Sure this may just be me, but the difference is small. Let us not forget that it already is a 9GB game, how much can they possibly fit in? The graphics are pretty fun imo, more cartoonish and what-not. The Sims 4 doesn't exactly lack open world. It's more like open neighbourhood. Like in the console versions of TS3. Sure you may ask "Is that a good thing?". Well yes it quite is! The facts are real, not everyone has a 9K$ worth Alienware to play TS3 with no lag at all. The 10-30 seconds loading screens provide us with fully charged neighbourhoods, as opposed to the Sims 3, where even though you had open world you could only focus at one lot at a time and objects took years to load.
Having said all of that, TS4 IS worth buying, and people should stop flaming it until they have tried it. Afraid you're gonna waste your money? Wait to rent the game first and if you like it buy it.
Having said all of that, TS4 IS worth buying, and people should stop flaming it until they have tried it. Afraid you're gonna waste your money? Wait to rent the game first and if you like it buy it.
It's just like boiling a frog! If you try to throw a frog in a warm pot it'll hop right out! But if you put it in mild water and warm it up slowly, the frog won't understand what's happening until it is too late!
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And you're right, people should rent this PC game if they're unsure. Better jump on that quick since it's apparently the only one you can rent :#
I'm not too worried about the missing features in Sims 4... YET. I want to play it for myself because it really does seem like it's going to be a fun game. Sure there might be things I miss here and there but that isn't going to stop me from trying it out!
alliesim02
The Scott Legacy
It's too bad that so many people have so many problems with TS3 because it had such potential.
Ah the days when it was actually possible to do that easily.
How do you rent an origin game which requires a key? o.O
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> How do you rent an origin game which requires a key?
Quite easy baka :p there are CD copies sold out of course. A video store rents the cd and BAM ya can play. Brilliant? Well ... not really XD
But those cannot be confirmed nor denied at this point.
1. Game crashins a lot and has previously unknown gamebreaking bugs
2. Loading screens only being super quick if you own a SSD
Otherwise I'm pretty sure that it will be a great game and I'll like it a lot.
Most of the things that people complain about have little or no impact on me (or I am certain that they will appear in the future)
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
This is your opinion. You don't have to figure out 'why' other people don't like it, they have already told you. But you fail to hear them. Or you wouldn't have made this thread by saying:' honestly I cannot figure out why.'
If I say I want a hamburger and you bring me a chicken sandwhich and I say it's not good, you are going to stand there and tell me, 'I can't figure out why?' C'mon. People have the right to Not Like This Game, as much as You Like it. I don't know why you guys are so desperate for everyone to love it. You will still have your TS4 forum and your happy threads, but maybe with less people to join in the happy threads, but you will still have the happy threads. This game is new. When the New Wears Off, We will See How People Feel. It's like a new toy, it's shiny, that shiny will wear off after a few months then come back and express what you feel then, with no hope of an EP or something and tell me you can't figure out why there is a lot of hate. I don't hate the game, I don't like the art style, do you like Van Gogh? do you enjoy all painters' works? I don't. I particularly can't stand impressionist.
Hm, there's a thought.
ETA: No, TS3 doesn't take years to load or render objects etc. I have a 3.2ghz processors and it only takes a few seconds, the lag is due to every world EA/Maxis/The Sims Studio produced has errors. If you want a smoother game in that regard you ditch EA's worlds and download those same worlds Fixed by Modders. It's still the same people bringing you TS4. I used to blame everything on open world until I wised up.
Oh I should tell the video club not to, it'd be real unfair if they lost 60$ like that.
The CAS isn't the game. It's far from it. The game is what I would be concerned about and made sure I was beyond the min. system specs required. And Origin is going to run in the background whether you are online/offline or logged out or in. Test that with the demo. Even close Origin's app, it will run in the background and it eats memory even when closed.
You are stating what you like but then saying you can't figure out all the hate, and that people should try this game. That's not opinion, that's another thread telling people to 'try it' and get over what's missing because you think the art style is great, that toddlers don't matter to you al that much, your machine is bad for the TS3, etc. etc. Yes, you said it's your opinion but you are still expressing the question: Why all the Hate? Why don't people like it? You are stating what you think is why people 'should' like it. That's telling people how to feel.
In other words, it's not a big deal that Origin will be running in the background, it is very low in terms of memory usage.
I also imagine that if you are not actively using the Origin in game features at all that it would get cached to the windows cache file and not be held in RAM...because...that's the whole reason for the windows cache file.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
I disagree. I will let you know how big it is on my machine later today or something. And even though it is closed I can still upload Sims to the Gallery. How is that possible? I can click Go Off Line for the Origin in the tray, and even close it, and still go online in the CAS. Shouldn't my CAS be offline, too? Also, when I minimize the CAS and open a browser for a minute (some do to look at celeb pics to make their celeb Sims) the PC is so slow I can't even hardly open the browser and get a web page to load. I have checked what was running in background and it was still Origin, using RAM whether it is minimized, closed, offline, or whatever as long as the CAS is loaded and it even minimized. Both are using RAM even while minimized or Origin closed and offline.
But I shouldn't have been able to get online and upload with Origin's app closed should I? Even marked it to go offline before exiting the Origin.
So, is the game really offline?
But, I've always tried to give each game a chance. I loved Sims 1, loved Sims 2, wasn't crazy about Sims 3 and knew I wouldn't play it (but I still bought the base game and played, just to be sure it wasn't for me.) And, I'm encouraged by the gameplay and aesthetics of this iteration that not only will I purchase the base game and play it, but I'm sure I might buy EPs, too. I'm just glad that EA scrapped the online concept and retooled the game for single player!
In terms of overall memory Usage the memory used for Origin is negligible. And Origin, unlike Steam, doesn't load the web stuff unless you are USING the web stuff.
The Winters family Tree --- My Mods
I'm not stupid as a matter of fact I am very perceptive. You are saying you don't understand why people don't like this game. What is there to understand? Then went into your long laundry list of why they 'should' like this game. All you had to do was give reasons you like the game without ever mentioning toddlers, or why the hate, or that people should give this game a chance etc. etc. See there is a difference and I think you knew you would have some coming in telling you they are tired of these threads as well.
ETA: and if you really wanted to make a happy thread of what is good about the TS4 to you, you wouldn't have put why the TS4 won't suck in your title. You invited in the those who are tired of people telling them to Like This Game.
I only said why I think the game doesn't suck, I never said "Hey people, here's good stuff about TS4 now go start lovin' it." The title specifically says "Why in my -OPINION- TS4 doesn't suck" and I chose that very title just to avoid conversations like this.