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Conflicted with the Sims 4
Kurotard
Posts: 380 Member
I'm not going to lie; in some areas, the Sims 4 does a good job, such as the lack of sliders and more molding in CAS. However in core gameplay, it's an abomination. 
It really makes me sad to say this because I love the Sims as a whole and the teams behind these games have filled my life with genuine happiness with all of the memories I've made with these games. Heck, my first memory of playing the Sims was hilarious as I didn't understand the needs and I thought the macaroni my sim made was so bad it caused them to pass out, as the sims would end up faceplanting into the bowls. 
But nonetheless, to get down to the nitty gritty of all of this...
What the Sims 4 is missing is a lack of immersion in gameplay. I could get lost in playing the Sims 2 and 3, meanwhile the Sims 4 has barely anything fun to really do or anything that's really pleasing so I play it for like 30 minutes and go off to do something else more amusing. There's nothing really there for people who enjoy playing big family legacies. I could go on about why the lack of toddlers is bad, but others do that enough and if I did it, I'd be beating the dead llama. Another honest issue I'm seeing is with expansions is that some like Get Together are ones really don't want nor need. As LGR has said before, we're getting this quantity over quality. We've gotten two expansions that don't really mix anything up and there's nothing outside the box with them. One should have been in the base game, the other is just filler.
Two videos I have to recommend on this topic...
"LGR - Do I HATE The Sims?" https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPRBo2Gnwi4
"The Sims 4 Get Together: Why This Isn't What Simmers Needed" https://youtube.com/watch?v=uBx2Vp4Osv8
I will probably come back to this post later to add more on. Toodles.
-Jojo
It really makes me sad to say this because I love the Sims as a whole and the teams behind these games have filled my life with genuine happiness with all of the memories I've made with these games. Heck, my first memory of playing the Sims was hilarious as I didn't understand the needs and I thought the macaroni my sim made was so bad it caused them to pass out, as the sims would end up faceplanting into the bowls. But nonetheless, to get down to the nitty gritty of all of this...What the Sims 4 is missing is a lack of immersion in gameplay. I could get lost in playing the Sims 2 and 3, meanwhile the Sims 4 has barely anything fun to really do or anything that's really pleasing so I play it for like 30 minutes and go off to do something else more amusing. There's nothing really there for people who enjoy playing big family legacies. I could go on about why the lack of toddlers is bad, but others do that enough and if I did it, I'd be beating the dead llama. Another honest issue I'm seeing is with expansions is that some like Get Together are ones really don't want nor need. As LGR has said before, we're getting this quantity over quality. We've gotten two expansions that don't really mix anything up and there's nothing outside the box with them. One should have been in the base game, the other is just filler.
Two videos I have to recommend on this topic...
"LGR - Do I HATE The Sims?" https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPRBo2Gnwi4
"The Sims 4 Get Together: Why This Isn't What Simmers Needed" https://youtube.com/watch?v=uBx2Vp4Osv8
I will probably come back to this post later to add more on. Toodles.
-Jojo
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I wouldn't say I'm bothered about a lack of anything.
But I just get a different feeling when playing the sims 3 than I do when playing sims 4... I don't know how to describe it, and it's nothing to do with game content, I just find there's something about the sims 3 that makes me enjoy it more.
I just stick with TS3 myself, no need to change for me
I have the same issue. The Sims 3? Could go an entire day playing it, to the point where I actually missed classes. lol.
Yeah. TS3 is probably the best of the series in core gameplay, but in sales, TS2 is king. I'll stick with those two.
The Sims 4 is like, to me, what it should have been in alpha or arguably beta, but not a finished product.
Gallery ID: Gaia Puma (Click pic above if you would to download that exact building)
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/789742/the-sims-4-create-a-world-petition-212-signatures-200-signature-celebration/p1
Not gonna lie, it runs great and I don't mind the lack of open world, but it's so clunky and a mess.