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This thread made me realise that I've been playing for twenty years, which is crazy now that I think about it. I first played the original game a few years after it came out. I was little at the time, and my older brother was moving out. He left me the games that he couldn't take with him, which included The Sims and all…
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I got The Sims 2 working again on my PC on its birthday a few days ago, which took a while because I own the games on disc, but the effort was worth it. Just having incredibly responsive Sims is enough for me to pick it over The Sims 4. No simulation lag, no standing around, no walking all the way to their destination…
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I spent all morning getting my Sims 2 games on discs to work on my Windows 10 PC, all of which are now running pretty well without crashes/glitches, and only afterwards did I realise what date it was. Coincidence of the year for me so far.
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The Sims 3 having rabbit holes felt more practical. There was the open world, and always a great deal going on, and having Sims away in town using different buildings was good at times, and there was variety. Building skills, following up opportunities, raising needs, going on a date, there were lots of things to choose…
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I've seen this before, with Sims trying to sleep when something is stuck to their hand, but with an empty plate instead of a glass. Incredibly annoying. Resetting them using testing cheats worked for me. That said, you should be able to play without having to fall back on testing cheats at all.
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If they listened more, they could turn a lot of negativity into positivity. Regular engagement with the community would grant a lot of clarity, clear up confusion and set expectations, meaning there would be less charged disappointment and emotion surrounding packs particular people or crowds don't want/aren't interested…
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The whole point of including the word "personally" in my comment was to make it clear that I was voicing my own concerns. I never said that others couldn't enjoy it, and I certainly didn't say that I wanted to rob them. If you enjoy the game, that's great, but it has undeniable problems across the board.
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Personally, I'd rather a franchise I grew up with end/be shelved, if the alternative is seeing it break, lose depth and become exploitative/misguided. Being constantly frustrated and disappointed by poor quality is nothing to be thankful for, for a lot of people, I imagine.
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They say they want to improve communication with the community. A good start would've been posting the letter here as well, for those not on Twitter or other sites. EA has done stuff like this before. The "We Can Do Better" letter after they won the worst company award for a second time, after which they carried on doing…
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The Sims 2 and 3 already had a lot of features that those angry at The Sims 4 are asking for when they were released. There are better standards, and they were set by the earlier games in the same franchise.
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All the lines in italics are bugs I get every time I play the game, every session nowadays, on PC and console. There's a lot of other annoying little glitches with the vampires as well, such as Sims with the Eternal Sadness weakness using idle animations for the Insatiable Thirst weakness, that one's been in the game for…
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1. Sale Prices The sale prices are cheaper, but they're also not relevant to the argument being made here. The full, $700 price is what EA states the game is primarily worth. TS4, with all of its packs, is worth that full price in their eyes. 2. Other Media The fact that other games have ridiculous DLC models doesn't mean…
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I always loved how the vampires were designed to be so in tune with everything else in the pack. Their needs would rapidly drop and they would die if awake during the day (indoors or not, a touch I personally prefer) but then as a trade off their motives would completely freeze at night, meaning they were free to do…
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I really dislike the attempts at humour in the patch notes, it's always rubbed me the wrong way. Constant technical issues stopped being funny about ten years ago.
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What strikes me personally about the development of Paralives is that I'm actually excited by it. Seeing each video, hearing about updates, every now and then I'll go out of my way to see if there's anything new. I haven't been interested in anything new related to The Sims 4 since Vampires, and even back then that had…
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Universal Credit here in the UK is pretty naff. Applying was horrible because our landlord made a mistake with our tenancy agreement five years ago, meaning we had to wait for that to be sorted. When we finally got accepted, we were entitled to £700 a month, but after deductions (bedroom tax, half the rent and paying back…
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They're not seen as isuses by the developers. The Sims in 4 are the way they are because of design choices. They've never been fixed because there's nothing to fix from their point of view - hence six years of no changes.
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"So five years of the devs trying to put everything on it because that's what people wanted." The thing is that The Sims 2 included the majority of the features that were in that survey within two expansion packs. Memories, fury, interests, chemistry, all done by Nightlife. Memories and interests were base game. Past teams…
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"If Sims 4 is so terrible or if Maxis and EA are treating you so wrong, why are you playing? I genuinely don't understand." - There is no alternative life simulator at the moment - Many have spent a great deal of money on the game and subsequently view walking away as a waste - Many enjoy particular aspects of the game…
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How do you all manage to stay positive? I can distract myself but I can't cheer up.
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20% of Earth's population across 199 countries are under lockdown because of a virus that's killed more than the West African EVD outbreak and more than H1N1 across 2009 - 2010. I would forgive them for not putting out a patch for the next few months.
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Of all the UK measures announced today, not a single one of them applies to my family, there's nothing, absolutely nothing. We can't claim credit online without a passport (we currently don't have valid ones as we could never afford to travel abroad) or a driver's license (we don't drive, I can't because of my condition).…
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I feel like I live on another planet
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We're resorting to universal credit at this point. It's going to take a while but if it doesn't go through then we're basically finished, as next month we won't be able to pay bills/rent, and this week's shopping will be the last for a while. We've already talked about rationing food from today onwards and we've cut off…
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The UK measures just stranded my family economically. We're selling our jewellery/gold today to try and raise money. Actually we're not because we can't reach the place we were going to go to.
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Meanwhile, in the UK... Schools: Closed Colleges: Closed Universities: Closed Glastonbury: Cancelled GCSEs/Exams: Cancelled Medical Centres: Closed Eastenders: Suspended filming Corrie: Suspended filming The Pub: Open Can't make it up.
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They've told us Brits to avoid the pubs, but nothing short of a thermonuclear war could stop the one in our village. Even then it would probably still open the next day. Do take care everyone, I'll be wishing for your safety (from the pub of course).
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The fact that if I howl, my puppy howls with me. He also high fives.
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Sims in the second game had their motives influenced by the personality point system. Sims with high neatness had their hygiene need decay slower whilst sloppy Sims had it decay faster. Outgoing Sims saw their social need decay faster, lazy Sims had energy decay slower due to inactivity and so on. Fun was tied to…
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