After playing The Sims when it first came out when I was a teen and spending most of my life playing this game, I reckon I might kick the habit of a lifetime and stop playing (not that I've played months as I'm so bored by the game).
The trailer they released today was the total opposite of why I used to love playing. The Sims used to be a game that was all about Sandbox play; it had its crazy, quirky, supernatural, fantastical elements, but it was so open-ended and so wide-ranging (with plenty for each age group to do) that you could turn your game into whatever you want. Whereas the Sims 4 seems to be just turning into a play-it-once set of tasks for young adults to do with incredibly prescriptive packs that don't actually open up a new game-changing feature that can seep into all of your worlds, or all play styles.
Not a single child, elder, teen, toddler seen in that trailer - or if they did, I blinked and missed them.
Once you've cleaned up that world (boring in my eyes, but I get others might like it), what then? How does this enrich and expand gameplay? How does this hold your attention beyond a few days? Are they going to give us tools that help us customise and edit all worlds? Are all worlds going to be dynamic now? Of course not, this is Sims 4.
I'm prepared to be proved wrong, in which case I may take another look, but right now, I am feeling pretty glum. Been checking back here for news of the next EP, hoping it might be something that could enrich sandbox style play for all age groups; but nope, a boring theme with more checklist prescriptive game play for young adults to work through once and then never to be played again.
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Your reasons are why I avoided TS4 to begin with.
The lack of sandbox play has hindered the game since launch and from what I have seen every expansion seems to bring another disappointment.
Come back to TS3 if you still have it. We are big on family play amongst pretty much every other type of gameplay
i hate ea atm, they really f up the franchise.
If your sim is interested on flora, they would help the enviroment using plants.
If your sim is interested on politics, they would hel the enviroment working in the politics.
etc etc
IDK... I'm afraid too, but I'm not angry like many people are. I think the simmer community as a whole suffer from anxiety and they want what they want here and now, I bet we still have a couple of years before Sims 5 to get more occults, hobbies, generations, farming, etc... Makes me so sad to see everyone turning in this toxic creatures. Even the half-baked packs like IL lacking scuba diving and other stuff doesn't give you allowance to be a malicious being. Its ok to gith for your rights without being mean and evil y'all. And I bet the devs listen to the good people and totally ignore the abusive ones, so... Your voice might not being heard cuz you don't deserve attention, no one wants to have a bad day cuz of a mean little creature. Be respectful.
It's just like in Sulani when the beaches are cleaned... Well, butterflies and turtles, then back to booo-ring.
The hairstyles are nice and I'm hoping we can swim in that dam area with the waterfalls. I hope they atleast made the lakes swimmable.
Mind you, I used to actually preorder packs during TS2/TS3 and happily play them once they were out. I bought the premium edition of TS4, and slowly went from purchasing packs full price, to half price, to not at all.
The Sims 4 really killed my interest in this series, turning it into something it just isn’t. I vote with my wallet and I implore anyone else to do the same. Simply posting on the forums is not enough to get the message across.
How about cleaning up these sims personalities so they actually have one? How about adding an attraction system for more uniqueness? How about actually having these sims dance face to face??
The dirty city is its only redeeming feature for me. I will not clean it up. The crafts seem interesting so I will get for the game pack price of 20 dollars. Definitely not paying full price. I just don’t see the worth.
I know a lot of people prefer to just play the sims but I would definitely recommend other games that people make because they put down so much more effort into them compared to what maxis do with their packs.
I'm not saying boycott the sims4, stop playing the game or stop watching people making videos about but give other games a chance as well. Games made by people who invest in developing their games and make new animations and gameplay mechanics.
I find that to be a healthier mindset at least, it's easier to deal with the sims4 when you have other things to look forward to.
If they are investing less time into making their packs, then I will invest less time in playing them, simple as that.
Look at this
They are profiting because they are putting in the lowest amount of investment possible.
Literally everything they revealed up to now is a system that is already implemented in the game, there's almost nothing to code there, then they can outsource the graphical aspects to some cheap third-world country business which pays slave-wages to its workers.
I highly doubt this pack took more than a week to be made.
There will always be people that buy packs regardless of how mediocre they are, so they still profit.
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You mean, you want EA to actually DO THINGS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE GAME OVERALL??? That would require them to care about the game...so.
You're right, though, the whole thing about the Sims was THERE WAS NO QUEST. It was a character-based game where characters were unique, acted uniquely, and actions had consequences. That was cool. Because everyone had DIFFERENT ideas, goals, and motivations. These "expansion packs" just tell you that everyone has to check the same boxes, want the same things.
Why? What the heck happened to the cool and different game that was The Sims?
I didnt mind packs like Strangerville and Island Living because they came with so much good stuff! Island Living changed the way I build because of its amazing world, and the b&b from Strangerville was phenomenal for my buildstyle.
I have always been excited about an environmental (stuff)pack as I adore solarpanels, composting and rainwater tanks.
However, this pack is just not it (from what I have seen so far). It seems to me as if the world will be polluted until you change it by gameplay, and how fun apocalyptic builds may be, I wont make more than two before Ill be bored. And though the b&b so far looks kinda cool? I haven’t seen things that will improve my builds (or the range of builds I can make).
I’ll probably buy it in sale or whatever. The knitting pack also doesnt excite me, still hoping for Farming, American Highschools and more European worlds (and Asian, and African, and South-American).
LOL I’m convinced it died. This new direction is terrible. There are plenty of quest based games out there. Sims used to be some unique. If I want to play a quest base game where I am the “hero” saving the world cough cough town lol I will go play mass effect, assassins creed, Witcher...definitely not the sims.