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Are expansions getting worse with each Sims game?
tascha
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I'm so confused as to why we are getting the same expansion packs as were released in previous sims games, yet we are missing things from them. Such as our pets expansion was only cats and dogs, and is missing horses from sims 3. In the other pets expansions there was a pet store, and I completely understand why they would get rid of it but it would be nice to even just have an animal shelter that could perhaps be run and owned by your sims. If you decided you wanted to adopt an animal you could go see all of the ones available rather than looking at the picture of their face on the computer screen. Also you would be able to bring the stray animals to the shelter rather than adopt them into your own home or just leave them all smelly and hungry on the streets.
Another example of us missing items from expansion packs would be in Island Living. I personally didn't play sims 3, but Island Living to me is the exact same as Island Paradise but without the fun gameplay of getting to run your own resort.
I'm honestly just not understanding why as the years progress they continue making new sims games when they could just make one Sims (rather than having sims 1, 2, 3, and 4) and make it absolutely perfect and including all of the great gameplay we got in previous games.
Its sad getting expansions we are so excited about and seeing that they aren't even as good as the ones from previous years.
Do you have any other examples of things we are missing from Sims 4 but had in previous games?
Another example of us missing items from expansion packs would be in Island Living. I personally didn't play sims 3, but Island Living to me is the exact same as Island Paradise but without the fun gameplay of getting to run your own resort.
I'm honestly just not understanding why as the years progress they continue making new sims games when they could just make one Sims (rather than having sims 1, 2, 3, and 4) and make it absolutely perfect and including all of the great gameplay we got in previous games.
Its sad getting expansions we are so excited about and seeing that they aren't even as good as the ones from previous years.
Do you have any other examples of things we are missing from Sims 4 but had in previous games?
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The point isn't to remake each EP with better graphics but to build new and different gameplay. So it comes down to... do you want more robust components like a deep dive into Cats and Dogs or do you want smaller gameplay but more animals?
Island Living, enough said.
That appears to be the issue with most of the EPs. They seem to not want to remake every pack exactly as it was in the previous iteration, so they take things out so they won't seem like carbon copies. But rarely is what they add as interesting as what was in the older version. I get that they didn't want another Island Paradise, but Island Living just comes across as dull with no option to have hotels or resorts.
Most of the time they will make a point to do something “differently” which usually upsets some people, but rarely does anything monumental to improve the gaming experience. They have made some promising features, but they just give them a minor facelift and use it as the main attraction for another DLC which I don’t find particularly appealing. The quality of Sims 4 DLC was a lot better years ago, but even then it wasn’t great.
About why there is TheSims1,2,3,4... Computers change, the technology/engine to build games change, graphics get better... You can't just keep adding lines of codes on a build that is 20 years old.
Apartments in 4 don't even come close to the game play that came with apartments in 2.
Sulani can't compare to Isla Paradisio.
The "quests" in sims 4 vacation worlds don't compare nearly to those of WA in 3, or even the game play of 2. And because the worlds are all connected, we are restricted on being able to designate any lot in ANY world as a vacation retreat.
Seems to me every expansion pack for Sims 4 and it's design, causes more headaches than it ends up being worth. (like seasons and the decorations going auto on community lots etc.)
I find the only thing they did possibly do right was maybe Vampires.
Most of the time the additions become a major annoyance.
Now on to island living vs island paradise in the sims 3, once again a major let down I was so hyped up for nothing. Only thing I like in this pack is the conservationist career and the off the grid trait as well as the world. Sims 3 IP gave us house boats, resorts, an active lifeguard career, and ability to actually dive underwater and properly scuba dive, it had visible sharks, and a kraken. Sims 4 the life guard career is a rabbit hole which is a let down because it was so fun in the sims 3, I didn’t expect house boats to be in the sims 4 and was okay without them. Resorts would have been nice, but my disappointments are the fact that you can’t go underwater and explore the ocean, seriously that makes mermaids pretty much useless. I would have loved a tiny underwater area like in island paradise so disappointing. Also mermaids were fun in the sims 3 because they could do stuff with the ocean and I liked the danger of lack of water killing you as it made sense. Sims 4 mermaids are pretty and fun to make but they are almost entirely useless as this pack has nothing to offer aside from the conservation career.
That’s true but vets are super repetitive. Like even more repetitive than the retail lots they were copied from. You do the same list of interactions over and over, and the outcomes aren’t that varied. I mean if they could have made something that wasn’t recycled from the first expansion pack I’d probably have chosen that, but they chose to put a new spin on an old feature.
This.
Imagine making a closed world in a Sims game and then advertising backdrops as a FEATURE of an expansion pack.
Pathetic, really.
I must say, even if we don't have active classes to attend (that would be even better), I really do like how they did DU. It's really challenging and a lot of work for your Sim if you always want to do your homework, assignments, presentations, take 4 courses per semester AND join organisations on top. I really enjoy it. It's lots of gameplay and I love how my Sims talk to each other when doing their homework together. I also like how you can attend University by commuting from home and don't need to live in a secluded world.
That said, they could have done the biking thing better and we miss bikes for children and tricycles for toddlers.
The more shallow packs they make, the more money they can make. Why put all the pets in one pack, when they can release a "Cats & Dogs EP," make you buy some Pet Stuff thing for a hamster, and then probably release a totally different pack later with horses or something?
It's frustrating.
Very true. We didn't even have pools in the beginning.
Or ghosts, family trees, basic NPCs ...
Perhaps, it is also our fault, the fans. I know that I should just stop buying Sims expansions, since they nearly always leave me disappointed and dissatisfied. Yet, I don't stop, I keep hoping for that pack that will come along and make a difference to the game... I guess that makes me a fool.
I was like that too, but it's never too late to wake up!