I don't give a crap about any more installments after TS3, honestly. Unless someone else bought it for me with a new PC to go along with it then I don't want it. I know EA's just going to do the same old highway robbery antics they've been doing, still piecemealing everything, still rushing to meet their dealines and leaving the games half done one after the freaking other, still cramming the halfway functional Store down our throats, still cramming Online nonsense down our throats, still glitching the game to heck and back, still borking game functionality needlessly with these poorly tested patches, and still making us pay MORE for LESS.
Without knowing anything about it, I can't say one way or another.
I truly enjoy playing TS3 and would love to continue playing into the next installment, but I've been burned by the last games in two franchises I previously loved in a row now (by Bioware, an EA owned company no less...Dragon Age and Mass Effect) so I'm not getting my hopes up until I see it and what it's like.
Honestly i'll be waiting till the review video's are out on it. Watching the walk throughs to decide. I don't want to rush out and buy like i did for sims 3. For a long time it wasn't the content that was going into sims that affected my shift in the way i buy but how it was going into sims.
My play style is a bit different since i like to do some of everything but im a hands on player so i didn't enjoy rabbit holes and features i wanted to enjoy were always rabbit holes which made me even more upset. Lately there is a lot more content and less rabbit hole stuff being put out. For that I'm very happy.
I'm a sims fan have been since the first sims city, and fell in love even more when the sims one came out. So i will be watching sims 4 to see if has kept the value to it. My virtual doll house, a toy that i've enjoyed since my childhood. I sincerely hope that the dev's consider me and players like me when developing sims 4. As nostalgic as we are, perhaps too nostalgic, all we want is the best for Sims since for many of us it's our most favorite game.
Yes, Probably. But if they go all online like a MMO. No thanks... Sims should be an offline experience not something you play with other!! So if that happens then no!!
Yes, Probably. But if they go all online like a MMO. No thanks... Sims should be an offline experience not something you play with other!! So if that happens then no!!
Oh yes, I forgot about that. I think I tried to block that out. In addition to what I said earlier, if Sims 4 is an online community multiplayer deal, count me out completely.
It's kind of sad that I have to point out that anything I say is only just my opinion and may be a different one from someone else.
This is an old thread, brought back to life, I guess. But anyway, it depends on how much it relies on the internet. If it's primarily an online game, then no, I won't be getting it. If it is a single player, then probably - yes.
Personally I hated how expensive Sims 3 was, I should have waited till it was done before I got into it like I did with Sims, and Sims 2.
At first I didn't like how realistic sims 3 looked. But after a while it did grow on me. AS Sims progresses the more realistic it's going to look. And Unless I see the actually looks of Sims 4, and see some gameplay I think I may have to sit this one out. Or actually wait till the last game of Sims 4 is released. If it's too realistic, I won't be touching it, I'll just go out, go on with College, start my job and live a life instead of playing with one.
Not if it's anything like Sim City. I know you can play single-player but you get more benefits out of playing online. I'm thinking that I wouldn't like to be forced to rely on having an internet connection.
Besides, I'm happy with TS3.
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"We Don't Care If You LIKE The Game, Just As Long As You BUY The Game!"
I Disapprove (Naturally) I Took The Pledge!
They're going to REALLY need to make an improvement if I'm going to buy it. I want an entirely new game engine and experience. The best I can think of is letting us play the role of the Sim. A first person view/third person of the world from our Sim's perspective. Completely change how the game works but still remain to the core of the game. Sounds confusing and impossible but it can be possible if they're creative enough.
Weather in base game, a farming system, crafting, a TON of interactions, lively town, more Sims in the town, new animation, pets, updated AI if they don't let us control the Sims with WSAD as I imagine, attractions, *NO RABBITHOLES AT ALL*, restaurants, body shop, no holes left in the game to charge us for a halfbaked EP to fill in, customization, *NO SIMS STORE TO SCAM US EVEN MORE*... I can make a much bigger list but these come to my mind first.
Need a multiplayer feature in every dang game? Let us host our own Sims server (make it very similar to Minecraft) where 2 or more players can use WSAD to explore with their Sim and control their world together.
TS3, even with Seasons, is a disappointment as I've probably said on the forums 1000 times. If they can't bring out a much better game to my likings, I'm simply not buying.
Need a multiplayer feature in every dang game? Let us host our own Sims server (make it very similar to Minecraft) where 2 or more players can use WSAD to explore with their Sim and control their world together.
This is what would make me buy it otherwise I agree with Tanya that i have sunk way too much money into the sims 3 to start all over. I have been so bad at the store lately, they got me with the premium content!
I'll probably still play TS3 occasionally until a few expansion packs come out for TS4, unless TS4 has no lag or has something absolutely stunning, then I'll just play TS4.
Impossible to say, knowing nothing about it. All I can say is that after so many years I think I've gotten all the entertainment there is to get out of TS2, and it took about an hour to get the same effect from TS3. Time to take another crack at it.
Who knows? They have to start learning from their mistakes eventually. Whether that's before or after they go out of business is anyone's guess.
I have been a Sims fan from its very beginning however this will be the last series for me. I will stick with Sims3. I have invested far too much money to consider starting over again.
I expect the Sims4 base game will be even more "basic" than Sims3 was, with most stuff being added by purchasable micro content.
I cancelled my pre-order of Simcity4 once they revealed the online element and I expect Sims4 will go the same way so even more reason for me not to buy.
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I truly enjoy playing TS3 and would love to continue playing into the next installment, but I've been burned by the last games in two franchises I previously loved in a row now (by Bioware, an EA owned company no less...Dragon Age and Mass Effect) so I'm not getting my hopes up until I see it and what it's like.
After spending so much money on TS3, I do not intend to switch to a new game.
I will stay with TS3.
I know I will buy The Sims 4. I will still hope for a few old things and get overly excited about the new.
So, really, this one is expensive enough. The next? No... I'll find other games.
My play style is a bit different since i like to do some of everything but im a hands on player so i didn't enjoy rabbit holes and features i wanted to enjoy were always rabbit holes which made me even more upset. Lately there is a lot more content and less rabbit hole stuff being put out. For that I'm very happy.
I'm a sims fan have been since the first sims city, and fell in love even more when the sims one came out. So i will be watching sims 4 to see if has kept the value to it. My virtual doll house, a toy that i've enjoyed since my childhood. I sincerely hope that the dev's consider me and players like me when developing sims 4. As nostalgic as we are, perhaps too nostalgic, all we want is the best for Sims since for many of us it's our most favorite game.
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Oh yes, I forgot about that. I think I tried to block that out. In addition to what I said earlier, if Sims 4 is an online community multiplayer deal, count me out completely.
At first I didn't like how realistic sims 3 looked. But after a while it did grow on me. AS Sims progresses the more realistic it's going to look. And Unless I see the actually looks of Sims 4, and see some gameplay I think I may have to sit this one out. Or actually wait till the last game of Sims 4 is released. If it's too realistic, I won't be touching it, I'll just go out, go on with College, start my job and live a life instead of playing with one.
Besides, I'm happy with TS3.
"We Don't Care If You LIKE The Game, Just As Long As You BUY The Game!"
I Disapprove (Naturally)
I Took The Pledge!
Weather in base game, a farming system, crafting, a TON of interactions, lively town, more Sims in the town, new animation, pets, updated AI if they don't let us control the Sims with WSAD as I imagine, attractions, *NO RABBITHOLES AT ALL*, restaurants, body shop, no holes left in the game to charge us for a halfbaked EP to fill in, customization, *NO SIMS STORE TO SCAM US EVEN MORE*... I can make a much bigger list but these come to my mind first.
Need a multiplayer feature in every dang game? Let us host our own Sims server (make it very similar to Minecraft) where 2 or more players can use WSAD to explore with their Sim and control their world together.
TS3, even with Seasons, is a disappointment as I've probably said on the forums 1000 times. If they can't bring out a much better game to my likings, I'm simply not buying.
This is what would make me buy it otherwise I agree with Tanya that i have sunk way too much money into the sims 3 to start all over. I have been so bad at the store lately, they got me with the premium content!
Who knows? They have to start learning from their mistakes eventually. Whether that's before or after they go out of business is anyone's guess.
I expect the Sims4 base game will be even more "basic" than Sims3 was, with most stuff being added by purchasable micro content.
I cancelled my pre-order of Simcity4 once they revealed the online element and I expect Sims4 will go the same way so even more reason for me not to buy.