The Sims 4

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2630 Ratings

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  1. cernael1
    Apr 12, 2021
    2
    I remember the first time I launched Sims 3 . I was astonished, it was awesome! The ability of walking in the world freely was the best part of the game. And they took it away from us. I was both angry and sad when I started to play Sims4, I thought it is just a bad joke. The animations can be better but it does not make the game better. The only better thing is a building mode. But thisI remember the first time I launched Sims 3 . I was astonished, it was awesome! The ability of walking in the world freely was the best part of the game. And they took it away from us. I was both angry and sad when I started to play Sims4, I thought it is just a bad joke. The animations can be better but it does not make the game better. The only better thing is a building mode. But this is a life-simulation game primarily, not a building game! The game does not contain any big challenges (and no, it is not much improved with the buying of the other packs) and one gets bored soon, it is incredibly boring.… Expand
  2. Ragegoberts
    Jul 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. trash vane made only if you ean a spend all your money on stuff that was in previous games, kill ypursleves EA i hope you'l families die of a bad disease and your children die too trash… Expand
  3. Wondux
    Jan 3, 2022
    4
    Honestly, the 3rd game was better than this. It was boring to me. Areas to explore are very limited. The game only added new graphics in order to make easy money and removed some good aspects in the process.
  4. SweetTato
    Dec 8, 2021
    3
    The Sims 4 is quite a stepdown from the previous Sims games. I am disappointed by the amount of features that are missing here but were present in past entries. It seems like EA has shifted their focus towards the creative side of things, such as the Sims creation and building, and has left the day-to-day gameplay side of things dry. I love looking at the game, but not playing it myself...
  5. Rnoviok
    Dec 5, 2021
    1
    this game is a joke with hundreds of dlc's that do nothing in general this game is crap
  6. aelleana
    Dec 9, 2021
    1
    Please stop making the DLCs, focus on sim5 with an open world. Make a game worth the price please EA.
  7. VanyaBarsch
    Feb 12, 2022
    0
    #weddingsforrussia
    EA is a vile Russian company. They are canceling the game set in Russia and the CIS countries, referring to supposedly laws that do not exist. This is just disgusting behavior! There are many LGBT people and those who support them in Russia and the CIS countries. To cancel this set in the CIS and Russia means to offend them all.
    Shame on EA! A shame!
  8. MaximRay
    Feb 12, 2022
    1
    Решили не выпускать дополнение потому что в России есть законы против ЛГБТ но я то живу в Украине и у нас не запрещено. Разработчики называют Россией все СНГ страны.
  9. cfsb
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    This game gets boring really quickly, and a ton of features were removed. Just another sign of EA's greed.
    Forgot to mention about the obnoxious graphics.
    ........oh.......... and the game is full of bugs and glitches.

    Do yourself a favour a save your money.
  10. ComicBookGuy
    Sep 14, 2014
    1
    Another corpse on the EA path of misery.

    The game feels so totally shallow with none of the charm of its early predeceors, the lack of content (which is sure to be sold back to us piece by piece) is another disappointing feature. The game looks like it was meant to be an 'always online, mmo sim-city esc' game, but after getting spooked by the debacle that was Sim City they went back to    Another corpse on the EA path of misery.

    The game feels so totally shallow with none of the charm of its early predeceors, the lack of content (which is sure to be sold back to us piece by piece) is another disappointing feature. The game looks like it was meant to be an 'always online, mmo sim-city esc' game, but after getting spooked by the debacle that was Sim City they went back to their roots, albeit money grubbing the whole way.

    The game gets a single point for allowing me to repopulate the entire city with my own Sim's seed with little-to-no negative repercussions.    … Expand
  11. Mcedana
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Bought this because I thought it would be a good idea to ignore all the anger surrounding it.
    Bad move. As someone who played all 3 previous sims and purchased all the expansions, I have a fair history of the sims.
    Here's what is wrong with the Sims 4: Stripped down features that are going to be introduced as DLC. Lack of items Lack of fluidity Too many load screens (I even miss The    Bought this because I thought it would be a good idea to ignore all the anger surrounding it.
    Bad move. As someone who played all 3 previous sims and purchased all the expansions, I have a fair history of the sims.
    Here's what is wrong with the Sims 4:
    Stripped down features that are going to be introduced as DLC.
    Lack of items
    Lack of fluidity
    Too many load screens (I even miss The Sims 3 load times, yeah they were long but atleast there was only 2 of them to play the game. Not one every time I wanted to do something)
    Played it for 5 hours and hated every moment of it. Just kept playing to see if it got better. It doesn't.

    It's completely unforgivable to remove features just to sell them as DLC.    … Expand
  12. legus
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Let me start off by saying I loved Sims 3 and I was very excited for this game. I played the Create a Sim Demo and I liked the new creation mechanics.

    Now that I've covered the only good parts of the game...let's move on to the negatives.
  13. AbricosMD
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    trash. i am disapointment . oh boy create-a-Sim is a disappointment compared to previous games. There's no color wheel and there aren't even many colors
  14. letsplay
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    The Sims 4 was meant to be an online social game until about halfway through its production -- and it shows. I mean, it REALLY shows.

    Normally, I'm fine with features being removed from game sequels to make room for new ideas. In this case, though, I think prospective players ought to know that a ton of content present previous incarnations of The Sims was eliminated from 4, not to    The Sims 4 was meant to be an online social game until about halfway through its production -- and it shows. I mean, it REALLY shows.

    Normally, I'm fine with features being removed from game sequels to make room for new ideas. In this case, though, I think prospective players ought to know that a ton of content present previous incarnations of The Sims was eliminated from 4, not to make room for cool new features, but to facilitate online play that isn't even in the game now. The result is a game that runs pretty well on low-end PCs mostly because there's not much stuff in it.

    What's new is mostly the emotions system, which is initially an interesting change-up, but in the long run simple and somewhat overpowering. For the most part, emotions are the same as moodlets from the Sims 3 but with animations and limits on what you can do when a sim is in a bad mood. If you're a control-freak with your sims, or the kind of person that gets annoyed when the game imposes assumes the wrong things about the story you think you're telling, this will frustrate you, just like jealousy and fury probably annoyed you in previous games.

    Beyond that, new features are mostly small niceties, and cuts are significant. Lower-poly graphics, no open world, tiny map, no freedom to alter terrain or place lots, no ability to recolor and restyle objects in game, no hair animation, no story progression, fewer clothes, needlessly locked content, no stores, and apparently no service NPCs (mailmen, newspaper delivery person, maid, etc). Oh, right and no pools or toddlers, but you probably knew that. But still. The list goes on.

    Whether you enjoy this incarnation of the game will definitely depend on whether or not you cared about any of the things they cut, and how you feel about the idea of having a stripped-down version of The Sims 3 that runs more smoothly. Please do a lot of research if you're thinking of buying this though -- google for the feature lists fans have made up or watch some gameplay videos on youtube.

    From me, though, this gets a zero on principle. Game companies, please do not lie and say you cut content to make room amazing new features we're going to be blown away by when the real reason is that you changed direction mid-development and ran out of time. Game reviewers, please do not blindly assign high scores to questionable entries into awesome franchises you are not exceptionally familiar with. Optimistic fans, please try to avoid rating games based on the promise of expansions packs fixing problems somewhere down the line. Given 4 has dramatically different architecture than previous Sims games, there's no easy way of guessing what can and cannot be added after the fact, but things like create-a-style, story progression and open world are pretty unlikely to turn up in an expansion. (Terrain editing, basement tools, and pools might be tricky too, depending on how things are coded.)

    The Sims 4 was originally a social online game codenamed "Olympus" -- look it up if you're curious -- so please, everybody, quit propagating the misconception that EA might have cut content from this game intentionally for reasons related to good design, or even to sell it to us again later as DLC. The Sims 4 as we know it was a last minute attempt to save an unviable online-only product after SimCity blew up in EA's face. Love it or hate it, there's simply way less game here than there should be, features are unbalanced, and yes, there is a very good chance that after the early hours what's there will get old quickly.

    Personally, I already feel like I've seen close to all there is to see in two days. :(    … Expand
  15. jojoba
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Omg, I played this game over at a friends house. But my God, did Maxis not learn from SimCity 2013?
    I hoped that there where some new inovations to the Sims and new content. Some originality to this new game and not just a copy of the original with better graphics.
    But its even worse! It is a copy of his predecessors with less than the half of its content and possibilities. I    Omg, I played this game over at a friends house. But my God, did Maxis not learn from SimCity 2013?
    I hoped that there where some new inovations to the Sims and new content. Some originality to this new game and not just a copy of the original with better graphics.

    But its even worse! It is a copy of his predecessors with less than the half of its content and possibilities.

    I allready decided not to buy any more games from EA, and till now I don't regret this decision. Only we as gamers can get this company on his knees and force them to make better games.

    DONT BUY ANYTHING ANYMORE THAT COMES FROM EA!    … Expand
  16. Alr
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    I was really excited about this game, but is totally disappointing.
    The CAS was great, but then you strart to see that some clothes categories are empty. Expansions pack, I guess...
    The gameplay is the worst Sim's gameplay I've never seen. User interface completly annoying, everything is hidden with the only pourpose to show up in a very big picture your Sim's status... Loadscreens    I was really excited about this game, but is totally disappointing.
    The CAS was great, but then you strart to see that some clothes categories are empty. Expansions pack, I guess...

    The gameplay is the worst Sim's gameplay I've never seen. User interface completly annoying, everything is hidden with the only pourpose to show up in a very big picture your Sim's status...

    Loadscreens when you try to visit your neighbour. Seriously? Are we playing Sims 2 again? Wait no, if it were like that, the game would even be funny!

    Totally disappointed.    … Expand
  17. tiffaniejinell
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    I've been playing the Sims since the Sims 1 was out and I can say I have never been so disappointed in a game in my entire life... This game is such a rip off its so obvious that EA just wants to take your money. Its the Sims 2 with less features and just a different layout... I wish that EA didn't go and **** everything up because now it seems like the Sims is officially doomed... LikeI've been playing the Sims since the Sims 1 was out and I can say I have never been so disappointed in a game in my entire life... This game is such a rip off its so obvious that EA just wants to take your money. Its the Sims 2 with less features and just a different layout... I wish that EA didn't go and **** everything up because now it seems like the Sims is officially doomed... Like wtf you don't even have a dishwasher, pools, you can't even call the fire department with your phone.. The careers suck! I will never be able to have a normal family like I used to in the Sims 3 oh and there is no family tree ! EA owes all of us real players for buying this **** ass game !!!… Expand
  18. Mangastar
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    If you like customization, build alot. Choosing textures etc. This game is not for you.
    Its a complete and utter disappointment. Loved EVERY other The Sims game. But this is more "1/4 The Sims" than "The Sims 4". They have removed SO many features. If you are ok with playing The sims with 4 houses in a neighborhood, you might be ok with this game. Same if you are ok with playing 1 sim at    If you like customization, build alot. Choosing textures etc. This game is not for you.
    Its a complete and utter disappointment. Loved EVERY other The Sims game. But this is more "1/4 The Sims" than "The Sims 4". They have removed SO many features. If you are ok with playing The sims with 4 houses in a neighborhood, you might be ok with this game. Same if you are ok with playing 1 sim at the time. Because you can forget controlling 2 sims at different locations at once. Also very unimpressed with the new AI of the new sims. The new mood system adds little or nothing to the game.

    End result: Looks VERY nice. But gameplay is ruined.    … Expand
  19. sashkaa
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    My last saved game which in essence should contain everything up to the point of my clicking "save" the last time played is in my saves folder. I am staring right at it. After the latest patch update it will not load the save.

    I built my own rig just to be able to play the Sims 3 "on the performance level it deserves to be played." It is a glorious PC, but it still cannot fully stand    My last saved game which in essence should contain everything up to the point of my clicking "save" the last time played is in my saves folder. I am staring right at it. After the latest patch update it will not load the save.

    I built my own rig just to be able to play the Sims 3 "on the performance level it deserves to be played." It is a glorious PC, but it still cannot fully stand the stress the Sims 3 puts on it. I thought the Sims 4 would be different, but after 60 hours of game play it too lags and twitches and slowly begins to murder my PC. I am sure I am not alone here.

    I would be so incredibly ashamed of myself if I was an employee of Maxis, EA or even Origin. The fact that this game was released prior to being ready for the gaming public (it seems every generation's release follows this pattern) is beyond criminal. These companies take FULL advantage of simmers who live and breath the game no matter the glitches and the quality they must suffer.

    Now the 7 day refund game guarantee window has closed. The money I have spent over the years supporting this game is such a despicable thing. The money and time we have ALL spent on this game is a disgrace.

    After 60 hours playing the Sims 4- the family growth, career development, home upgrades, special objects obtained, to start from the bottom again. It is exasperating. This game is a sad, disappointing thing, and I am defeated. I quit. Congratulations EA, Maxis, and everyone involved in this grand scheme. You win.    … Expand
  20. hermis98
    Sep 4, 2014
    3
    Generally disappointed by this game. The tutorial is horrible and not optional, the map is gray and even smaller than both Sims 2 and 3, there is even a load time every time you opens and closes the map. The whole gameplay aspect of the game feels very much like taking a step backwards from the other games, with the emotion system as an only exception.
  21. Tara398
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    This is the worst game I have ever played. It isn't user friendly. It's terrible. I had hopes for it but not after playing. It was a waste of $80.....
  22. smallgreenant
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    This seems like a repeat of the new Simcity. Once EA gets a hold of something, focus switches from building upon and improving an awesome franchise to squeezing every last cent out of the consumer. They gave us a game missing nearly 90 features that were introduced in the TS3. I guarantee that you will have to buy all of those features back in the next 12 expansions or through someThis seems like a repeat of the new Simcity. Once EA gets a hold of something, focus switches from building upon and improving an awesome franchise to squeezing every last cent out of the consumer. They gave us a game missing nearly 90 features that were introduced in the TS3. I guarantee that you will have to buy all of those features back in the next 12 expansions or through some microtransaction DLC **** I am very disappointed with this game thus far. What a let down.… Expand
  23. Marketeers
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    While the game has improved in different aspects, the TINY10 plots non-editable neighborhood killed the game for me...it's straight back to the sims 1 era... The dynamic neighborhood was the sims 3 biggest feature and it's not present in the sims 4....Also i was really hoping to have multi-player to be able to play with my girlfriend....It's a big let down even though they improved theWhile the game has improved in different aspects, the TINY10 plots non-editable neighborhood killed the game for me...it's straight back to the sims 1 era... The dynamic neighborhood was the sims 3 biggest feature and it's not present in the sims 4....Also i was really hoping to have multi-player to be able to play with my girlfriend....It's a big let down even though they improved the core sim experience....they removed too much...… Expand
  24. alexlou96
    Sep 5, 2014
    3
    I have been waiting for this game to come out in the UK since I was told that it was being released, probably about a year ago now, maybe even longer. However, I am very sad to say that all this time of waiting has really been pointless, as the game does not bring anything new/exciting to the table.
    Although there are a few positive points about The Sims 4; such as everything loads very    I have been waiting for this game to come out in the UK since I was told that it was being released, probably about a year ago now, maybe even longer. However, I am very sad to say that all this time of waiting has really been pointless, as the game does not bring anything new/exciting to the table.
    Although there are a few positive points about The Sims 4; such as everything loads very efficiently, and the game does not lag whatsoever (unlike The Sims 3), I feel like I have been robbed of my money. What's going on with the fact that we can't even see our sims walk to the library? Or the fact that we simply have to just sit there and wait for our sims to come back from their day jobs in stead of having the beneficial feature of looking around the neighbourhood? To be honest, I simply couldn't believe the fact that we couldn't do these things, as it really feels like a major step back in time. Isn't this just a really high-defined version of The Sims 2?
    Create-A-Sim was okay, I was quite impressed at first, but after a short while I began to realise that actually, it was very confusing, unlike Create-A-Sim in The Sims 3 which is very easy to navigate.
    Closing comment; why does my sim take like, 3 hours to have a shower? Ain't nobody got time for that.    … Expand
  25. misscedras
    Sep 7, 2014
    3
    You remember sims 2... well sims 4 is pretty the same with better graphics. All the things I like about sims 3 (open world, more interaction, profession, toddlers, etc.) have been eliminated. Okay, the game doesn't lag (thank god) and the loading is so much faster. Seriously, EA, you need to reevaluate your team. You just can't create a new version of sims and forget all about the previousYou remember sims 2... well sims 4 is pretty the same with better graphics. All the things I like about sims 3 (open world, more interaction, profession, toddlers, etc.) have been eliminated. Okay, the game doesn't lag (thank god) and the loading is so much faster. Seriously, EA, you need to reevaluate your team. You just can't create a new version of sims and forget all about the previous one. Disappointed is the word.… Expand
  26. IamDavej
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    They release a game with less stuff every time. And stuff is all what The Sims is about. You would expect the next game to keep some of the old features in this series. But no, you have to buy it to get back to the amount of stuff in the last game. This is the 4:th time you have to buy everything again. There will be about 50 expansions. That gives us a hint about how much is reallyThey release a game with less stuff every time. And stuff is all what The Sims is about. You would expect the next game to keep some of the old features in this series. But no, you have to buy it to get back to the amount of stuff in the last game. This is the 4:th time you have to buy everything again. There will be about 50 expansions. That gives us a hint about how much is really missing in the original game. A LOT. 50 expansions at about 40$, That is 200$ for the whole game in the end. Perhaps you do have infinite money but most people do not. That is why this game is a total middle finger from EA. Apart from that you are given 1/50 of a game from EA it is a good game. Therefore 1 point.… Expand
  27. Randolfo
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    The Sims 4 is a disappointment to my family, and although I would like to say differently, this is becoming the norm with just about anything EA is putting out these days. At this point, I am wondering how and why they continue to pawn this stuff off on people. Just to make sure this point is not missed, no one in my family wanted to buy it until we looked at it (burned by this companyThe Sims 4 is a disappointment to my family, and although I would like to say differently, this is becoming the norm with just about anything EA is putting out these days. At this point, I am wondering how and why they continue to pawn this stuff off on people. Just to make sure this point is not missed, no one in my family wanted to buy it until we looked at it (burned by this company before), but some well meaning person bought it as a gift. We would love to get their money back.… Expand
  28. Mutexual
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    A downgrade of a game if there ever was one. There are over 89 features missing from this game that were present in it's predecessor. Including basic things like pools, open world, basements, toddlers, terrain editing, actual job locations, hot tubs, etc. It truely feels like EA sucked the meat out of The Sims so they could sell it all back to you, piece by piece, as DLC packs. They wereA downgrade of a game if there ever was one. There are over 89 features missing from this game that were present in it's predecessor. Including basic things like pools, open world, basements, toddlers, terrain editing, actual job locations, hot tubs, etc. It truely feels like EA sucked the meat out of The Sims so they could sell it all back to you, piece by piece, as DLC packs. They were so busy removing features they forgot to add new ones. The base game is so bland and uninteresting, it really has you wondering what EA could have possibly been thinking. I mean EA has done some dumb things in the past, but this makes their past failures seem like hallmark accomplishments. It's like a lame tablet game that costs $60... Just... why EA? WHY?… Expand
  29. jojimbo
    Sep 12, 2014
    3
    Featureless botch of loading screen hell. Want to visit next door = loading screen, Plots all disjointed and, yes loading screen. A massive step backwards into a dog turd.
  30. matt2287
    Sep 6, 2014
    0
    I've played the Sims since the original and have always bought the latest games, But EA have seriously messed up with this one. There's far too many features missing. Features that even the original game had! The only good thing is being able to build a pool.... Oh wait....
  31. Marmalade
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Well, we all saw this coming - this was foreshadowed by the SimCity debacle and we were warned by various YouTubers and even EA themselves about the lack of features. Mac users have completely been left out of the loop on this one and should consider themselves spared rather than woefully neglected. Speaking of woefully neglected - let's talk about The Sims 4! EA has once again outdoneWell, we all saw this coming - this was foreshadowed by the SimCity debacle and we were warned by various YouTubers and even EA themselves about the lack of features. Mac users have completely been left out of the loop on this one and should consider themselves spared rather than woefully neglected. Speaking of woefully neglected - let's talk about The Sims 4! EA has once again outdone itself by releasing an incomplete game that feels like a step back with missing features, unresolved bugs and a required Origin account. It's sad to see such a great franchise run into the ground. But hey everyone, don't worry - the missing features will eventually be made available in an endless procession of expansion packs, DLC and add-ons. If they release a Grim Reaper & Ghosts add-on for under $5 (yes, I know I'm dreaming, it'll be at least $30), I'll up my rating to a 2. ;) Sad to see this happen, but not at all surprised. I rated it a 1 rather than a zero because I liked some of the new features (namely Create a Sim), but the missing features make it feel like an incomplete game (even the first Sims had pools!), so I can't justify giving it any higher than a 1 unless EA actually listens to player outcry and adds in the missing features in a free "apology download." (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yeah, I know, it's a faint hope that's about as likely as winning the lottery).… Expand
  32. cubanboy31
    Sep 9, 2014
    3
    The Sims 4 has givening me no reason to spend my money on it, when everything in the Sims 2 is on pair, not to even compare it to 3. The Sims 4 might have a shinner coat of paint, but if the Sim 3 is an sign of how much DLC can be squeeze out of people at 20 expansions at 30 a pop, your going to end up having to pay close to 600 alone for a complete game.

    The fact pools and children are    The Sims 4 has givening me no reason to spend my money on it, when everything in the Sims 2 is on pair, not to even compare it to 3. The Sims 4 might have a shinner coat of paint, but if the Sim 3 is an sign of how much DLC can be squeeze out of people at 20 expansions at 30 a pop, your going to end up having to pay close to 600 alone for a complete game.

    The fact pools and children are removed gives the consumer an idea of the first 2 DLC packs that will be offered at a prem of 29.99-39.99 each.

    Time for the sun to set on the Sims as 4 has nothing new to offer past shinnier graphics and more DLC.    … Expand
  33. Eclipseid
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    I really wanted to like this game and have been anticipating it so much, its just such a huge let down that i think ill be much happier going back to the sims 3. I realize that this is a base game without any dlc or expansions but it feel like the the entire experience is centered around maybe the requirements so low it can run on any 15 year old computer. and the lack of varietyI really wanted to like this game and have been anticipating it so much, its just such a huge let down that i think ill be much happier going back to the sims 3. I realize that this is a base game without any dlc or expansions but it feel like the the entire experience is centered around maybe the requirements so low it can run on any 15 year old computer. and the lack of variety especially the removal of the create a styl feature seems intended to steer us to hey if you want more variety go buy it! Between that and the removal of the open world just did it in for me, im mean for real i cant even go for a walk around the neighborhood or to the store without facing a loading screen. Honestly i would take a 15 minute load screen any day over a load screen every 5 minutes while i play. When i lay this i feel like i get the similar vibe i got from playing sim city, (which is to roll out dlc for extra profit) fortunately the game flopped. I was hoping EA would learn something from that for the sims, NOPE! guess ill be skipping this generation.… Expand
  34. mjz
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    Watched my son play this for a few hours. I was going to buy it but realized fairly quickly that I would be better off saving my money for a complete game. There is so much missing from this game that is in the base Sims 3 that it really isn't worth listing. Apparently EA feels that everything from being able to call the fire department to have a toddler needs to be DLC. Another seriesWatched my son play this for a few hours. I was going to buy it but realized fairly quickly that I would be better off saving my money for a complete game. There is so much missing from this game that is in the base Sims 3 that it really isn't worth listing. Apparently EA feels that everything from being able to call the fire department to have a toddler needs to be DLC. Another series ruined by EA.

    Has anyone else noticed that all the "10 Star" reviews are well written. Maybe a little too well written?    … Expand
  35. Morokish
    Sep 11, 2014
    3
    its not worth your money at all! Ea as usual is trying to ram up dlcs so, all things this game is lacking you will see it released on dlcs! but you my friend have the power, so dont buy this game or dlcs!
  36. Username_PT
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    This game is incomplete without DLC ... it's a shame!
    EA only cares about the money that they will earn from these DLC's!
    The only thing that I liked was the create a Sim.
  37. mcgamez
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    What did I just spend $60 bucks on? This game is worth maybe $20 at most. Everyone is saying, don't expect so much out of the base game. That's BS, I'm pretty sure all of the other base games came with more than this. Return it now or regret it later!
  38. gamereviewz
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Everything keeps breaking but I there's no repair man! I have spend all of my time fixing sinks and toilets and showers. This game is missing so much, but I'm mostly just pissed about the darn repair man.
  39. TomS2471
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    First, let me make it clear that I only just registered on metacritic in order to post this review. I can't express how disappointed I am with The Sims 4.

    From day one, I have played all the Sims games and I feel this doesn't belong in the series. Instead of progressing the game both graphically and progressing the features, it feels as if they have brought the game back to the bare    First, let me make it clear that I only just registered on metacritic in order to post this review. I can't express how disappointed I am with The Sims 4.

    From day one, I have played all the Sims games and I feel this doesn't belong in the series. Instead of progressing the game both graphically and progressing the features, it feels as if they have brought the game back to the bare bones.

    The Sims 1 to Sims 2 boasted a very impressive change from 2D to 3D. The Sims 2 to Sims 3 boasted an open-world experience with endless customization options. The Sims 3 to Sims 4?

    It's as if they said, you know what let's make our Sims look like they belong in a Pixar movie and market the whole "You know what, we have made them emotionally unstable while removing all the customization features which were in The Sims 3 and just hope for the best. Want toddlers or pools? Let us drain every penny from our cash cow first, that'll work."

    It's rushed, it's unbelievably boring and quite frankly they'd really need to pull the rabbit out the..... hat (since their's no rabbit holes in the Sims 4 now) before they'll draw me back with expansions for this pile of .......    … Expand
  40. TheeNux
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    I thought the game was good until actually started playing it.. It was terrible, just no.
    It feels like alot of core features is missing and it's just filled with gamebreaking bugs,
    but that will probably be fixed in the upcoming 50+ expansionpacks, or not..

    I have lost all faith in The Sims series.
  41. Spyrxo
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    This game is pretty much a $70 demo and proof that EA are a bunch of money grabbing *****. Very little content. and once all the contents do come out its going to end up costing $300+.

    **** you EA
  42. dwapalmer
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    I am a long time Sims fan and was looking forward to this release from the time it was announced. However, I was unfortunately very disappointed. Instead of moving forward and adding genuinely good content, they stripped the SIms 4 down to the bare bones, moving away from the open world experience which the Sims 3 offered (and I adored). Now players must sit through endless loading screensI am a long time Sims fan and was looking forward to this release from the time it was announced. However, I was unfortunately very disappointed. Instead of moving forward and adding genuinely good content, they stripped the SIms 4 down to the bare bones, moving away from the open world experience which the Sims 3 offered (and I adored). Now players must sit through endless loading screens and are unable to do things such as cross the street- things which should be simple. Emotions which add so very little to gameplay have replaced staple objects- cars, toddlers, swimming pools. There is a very limited amount of personalisation which can be performed. All in all, this game stinks of a vehicle for either a mobile port, or endless extremely expensive expansion packs. I can see it now: pool party, garage and generations packs are incoming, just to add something very basic to the game. I have returned my copy and will personally be sticking with the Sims 3, and I encourage anyone thinking of buying to avoid this disgustingly greedy, glitchy and boring game at all costs.… Expand
  43. gekxs
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    go **** ea, threw a piece of **** can welcome 1000 additions about dogs and two new attire. I just do not understand how you can be so vile monsters who just sawing product selling millions of pieces each at a price of a new game. Never buy your games and will seek a refund for all that you drove me lately. I forgive you
  44. ashgasm
    Sep 6, 2014
    3
    Let me just start of by saying that if you buy the Digital Deluxe version for $70, you're essentially paying extra money for around 5 extra outfits, a few hats, and around 6-9 items (ie. a tiki bar, which was the only thing I noticed from the "extra content"). I really wanted to like it. Honestly. But there's just so many limitations, things missing, lack of interactions and the Sims thatLet me just start of by saying that if you buy the Digital Deluxe version for $70, you're essentially paying extra money for around 5 extra outfits, a few hats, and around 6-9 items (ie. a tiki bar, which was the only thing I noticed from the "extra content"). I really wanted to like it. Honestly. But there's just so many limitations, things missing, lack of interactions and the Sims that I'm used to. My biggest issue is the lack of open world. Sure, you can walk out on the sidewalk, and there are more Sims that are just making their way around that general area - but it's because they're in that area of the map. Also, there are no cars - so yeah, people are walking because they have to. Nobody really progresses at anything - no relationships, job promotions, nothing.

    Why would they throw such an unfinished game at us? There are only TWO neighborhoods to explore. The nicest looking place to do anything (like have a beautiful engagement spot) is this pond at a park. There are no hospitals, schools, fire departments - everything's either a residential lot, a library, club/bar, gym, or a museum. If you're going to work, you walk off the lot and come back when it's over (none of those "Work Hard", "Slack Off" choices anymore).

    Interactions are dumb. You have a bar for a relationship, and then you have a separate bar for romance. Any negative reaction from the person you're talking to will affect your mood negatively. Were you feeling Very Confident? Oops, that guy just answered your question weirdly, suddenly you're Embarrassed and want to Hide from Everyone. And it's not just that - from what I experienced, you can have several romantic partners and relationships without any drama. Wasn't that part of the fun - how real it was? Now, you can have a bunch of boy/girl toys on the side, and then you can have your spouse, with no turmoil.

    It's nice that they actually do trimesters now for when you're pregnant - although it takes a bit longer for you to actually have your child. If you're in labor, people can still come and talk and interact while you writhe in agony on the sofa. After you have your baby, it just magically appears inside the home, in a basket. You can choose to age it up at any point, or wait it out. Once they age though, a freaking child just jumps out of it's crib and just suddenly talks, hugs, takes food from the fridge. You also just get to choose traits for the child now regardless of how/when they age, which is a lot less realistic.

    There are added features, but there are a lot that have been taken away. You can build a rocket in your backyard and explore space, but you can't drive a car. You can cook regular meals and gourmet meals (with some interesting tricks that your Sim will perform), but you can't go for a swim. You can play a game of Tetris in 3D, but you can't walk over to visit the building next to you (you have to "travel" - aka wait for the loading screen and then materialize in front of the lot).

    The biggest crime besides the lack of free roam is that the Sims 4 is BORING. There is no actual life going on outside of your household. It's just a routine - go to work, come home, cook, shower, sleep. There's nothing going on, no REALISM, which is the biggest selling point for the Sims and why Sims 3 was so thoroughly enjoyed. Don't get me wrong - the graphics are VERY nice. But that doesn't make up for ripping everything else out of Sims. I really thought this game would be a huge step for the franchise. Instead, it's a huge disappointment. $70 is really not worth it.    … Expand
  45. Primarosa
    Sep 8, 2014
    3
    Despite features such as story progression and an open neighborhood not being included I still decided to give the game an honest chance. I have been a fan since the first game was released and have had countless hours of fun with all three of them. And this really could have been an absolutely amazing game if it had not lacked so many other features than the ones mentioned above. I simplyDespite features such as story progression and an open neighborhood not being included I still decided to give the game an honest chance. I have been a fan since the first game was released and have had countless hours of fun with all three of them. And this really could have been an absolutely amazing game if it had not lacked so many other features than the ones mentioned above. I simply can not get over how few things there is to do and see in the game - even the most basic objects are missing from the game. In my opinion it will take several expansion packs and years only to complete the base game.… Expand
  46. savvi515
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    well EA, Congratulations, you have officially RUINED one of my favorite childhoods games. everything good is GONE! $70?! for that piece of **** you probably paid for those good reviews or wrote them yourself. everyone who helped create sims 4 should be ashamed or be dishonored by their families. you **** up EA. DO NOT BUY SIMS 4. put that $70 to a real use.
  47. Ziggle
    Nov 3, 2014
    3
    The multi usage is fun, but it gets really boring fast without anything from the first or last sims. No cars for work. no ghosts no anything. just walk in a circle and enjoy all that was in sims 3 is now not in sims4 untill you pay for the DLC they have yet to make. EA is junk and it shows strongly.
  48. wizardofnoobs
    Sep 21, 2014
    3
    Do you like loading screens? EA/Maxis likes loading screens alot! Want to make your sim go to another house in the same small community lot? Loading screen. Would you like to go to a museum for a date? Loading screen. Would you like to visit the gym beside that museum? Loading screen. It eventually got to a point where my sims now spend ALL of their time on their one starting lot.Do you like loading screens? EA/Maxis likes loading screens alot! Want to make your sim go to another house in the same small community lot? Loading screen. Would you like to go to a museum for a date? Loading screen. Would you like to visit the gym beside that museum? Loading screen. It eventually got to a point where my sims now spend ALL of their time on their one starting lot. I tried playing the game for about 30+ hours to give it a fair rating but after taking a break from it I just cannot go back to it with any sort of anticipation. The emotion system and animations are improved but they give you a Very basic game with an incredibly small world for your sims to live. I really really wanted to love this game but I feel as though EA/Maxis just slapped me in the face for supporting their product (I pre-ordered months in advance of release). I know that alot of people are saying...ya but its a base game, it will get better with expansions! Why? Why do I need to pay additional money for expansions on an INCOMPLETE base game? I highly doubt that they can fix the core game mechanics with expansions. There is a reason why the User Reviews scores are so low versus the Critic Reviews. I would not recommend buying this game unless its on sale for under $20. However even for $20 you could purchase much better non AAA games (including ALPHAS) on steam with more features and fun.… Expand
  49. Rivers1141
    Oct 27, 2014
    3
    I played The Sims 4 for about 18 hours, then switched back to 3. I hate that there is now neighborhoods, instead of open access to the whole town. Limited amount of lots to build houses on. The build mode is great, aside from not being able to change/create a style. CAS is pretty cool. I had a lot of hope for this game, but one of the things that turned me off completely, is the lack ofI played The Sims 4 for about 18 hours, then switched back to 3. I hate that there is now neighborhoods, instead of open access to the whole town. Limited amount of lots to build houses on. The build mode is great, aside from not being able to change/create a style. CAS is pretty cool. I had a lot of hope for this game, but one of the things that turned me off completely, is the lack of Family Tree. I'll definitely be playing 3 for a long time to come.… Expand
  50. egnite987
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    The most pathetic Sims game ever, literally. Less features then the past base games in the franchise, dumbed down mechanics and bland gameplay. Honestly, there are little to no improvements made with the newer iteration of the series. Save your money and buy the Sims 3, let's all pretend this garbage did not happen.
    Listing the missing/ pathetic features for clarification:
    > No open    The most pathetic Sims game ever, literally. Less features then the past base games in the franchise, dumbed down mechanics and bland gameplay. Honestly, there are little to no improvements made with the newer iteration of the series. Save your money and buy the Sims 3, let's all pretend this garbage did not happen.
    Listing the missing/ pathetic features for clarification:
    > No open world
    > No Toddlers
    > No Pools
    > No Cars
    > Teenagers are the same height as Adults, Young Adults and Elders
    > Routing issues still present
    > Graphically worse
    > Load screens

    The list will go on for pages and pages, like I said skip this game if you're a true simmer!    … Expand
  51. shakaibiftikhar
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    I spent 70 dollars which means (7,100 in my currency) for this ultimate crap thrown at my face. The moment I started the game I knew something was missing. No create a style and all the sims look same to me. Then comes the world, OMG the world is far better than this crap in the sims 1. No toddlers, no pools okay but no story progression. Now coming to bugs, OMG there are so many countlessI spent 70 dollars which means (7,100 in my currency) for this ultimate crap thrown at my face. The moment I started the game I knew something was missing. No create a style and all the sims look same to me. Then comes the world, OMG the world is far better than this crap in the sims 1. No toddlers, no pools okay but no story progression. Now coming to bugs, OMG there are so many countless bugs that I cant even imagine. And who says that is works fine on lower end pc, I have i7 4th gen laptop with 2gb nvidia card and the game barely managed to run fine on low medium settings. The audio is so horrible that I can't even describe. I wasted so much money from my salary, it would have been better that I had give this money to charity. Please people dont buy this game until and less you are filthy rich. EA you did a poor job no wonder you get awards for worst company all the times.… Expand
  52. Danceswithsheep
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Loading screen, this, loading screen, would, loading screen, have been, loading screen, a great, loading screen, sims 1. Nothing to, loading screen, do here, oading screen, move along.
  53. IvanWong
    Sep 12, 2014
    4
    The Sims 4 is a game that takes EA's franchise one step forward and three steps back, with certain welcome features but a number of shocking omissions. Good music and graphics result in a polished game, but a single play-through exposes the limitations of this game compared to The Sims 3.

    The game starts off by giving you a good impression – loading times are noticeably shorter than    The Sims 4 is a game that takes EA's franchise one step forward and three steps back, with certain welcome features but a number of shocking omissions. Good music and graphics result in a polished game, but a single play-through exposes the limitations of this game compared to The Sims 3.

    The game starts off by giving you a good impression – loading times are noticeably shorter than they are in The Sims 3, allowing you to jump straight into Create-A-Sim Mode. It is here that the development time spent on The Sims 4 shines through, with virtually any part of the Sim being adjustable with an easy click-and-drag. One criticism of this mode is that while the functionality is improved, the organisation of the entire mode is not. For example, accessories on the face and accessories on the body are in separate categories. Furthermore, players (as far as I know) have to click on the Sims’ bodies at some point to get to other settings, as opposed to The Sims 3 in which every setting was accessible from the buttons at the side. Filters for clothing, while handy, are somewhat tedious to use because they do not switch themselves off when you switch to a different set of clothes (e.g. from everyday to formal) and they aren't always onscreen, necessitating a few more clicks than one would like.

    Create-A-Style is absent, and perhaps the second-biggest turn off in The Sims 4. While EA has sensibly chosen to include more styles for each set of clothes, furniture, tiles and wall coverings, the lack of this feature means that if you wanted to make a copy of a house, The Sims 3 would give you much closer results. The exclusion of this feature brings us back by a decade to The Sims 2. In defense of The Sims 4 though, the addition of wall heights, movable rooms, easy-to-build foundations and roof trims make the rest of build mode more powerful than before. Oh wait, swimming pools and basements are missing too.

    So the second-biggest turn off is Create-A-Style. What’s the biggest? The Sims 3 came with an open world mode, allowing players to follow the Sims inside and outside their house. The Sims 4 doesn't. Loading screens separate any movement of Sims outside their homes, save for the two or three other houses in the same area. Granted, these loading times are short. However, they also take a lot of immersion out of the game, so I could either choose to have limited but immersive gameplay by making my Sims stay at home only, as opposed to going to community lots, or I could choose to tolerate the loading screens which do nothing except make me wish I was back playing The Sims 3.

    No review of The Sims 3 would be complete without talking about the new mood system. In my opinion, I do not care much for it. My Sims fluctuate between fine and happy very often, and every time this happens there will be some music to indicate this (and the music cannot be switched off). Little moodlets that Sims can have determine the final mood of the Sim. If my Sim happens to have +2 angry but +3 confident, then that Sim will be confident and not show any signs of anger at all. After a while, the confidence wore off and my Sim switched from confident to being angry. All the while my brain is screaming “That’s not how moods work!” and now both the Sim and I are angry.

    In Life mode, social motives take a lot more work to keep high, and chatting online is now virtually useless. Sims can talk for hours on end online and still not be particularly satisfied. Romance is improved to be more realistic, as it actually takes more work to build a romantic relationship, whereas in The Sims 3 you could spam romantic interactions and get your Sims married in a few in-game hours. Despite this, the game still feels backward because as stated above, there is no open world. Sadly, the absence of the open-world means that EA could put 50 new features in the game and still not make it as satisfying as The Sims 3 was. The sadder thing is that EA didn't put 50 new features in the game anyway. To depress you further, the maximum height of buildings is now three storeys instead of five.

    So let me now end off with the positives. The performance of the game is better on the same hardware than The Sims 3. The music sounds good. Sims look better. The user interface, as a whole, looks much more modern. The grass is greener? I’m struggling to come up with more positives already. The same can’t be said for the negatives of the game – here’s another three. Traits are more limited, careers are simplified and limited anyway, cars are gone, and toddlers have vanished. Oh wait, that was four. What more do I have to say? The Sims 4 looks polished enough to be branded an EA game, but is nowhere near complete enough to be a part of The Sims. The disastrous thing is that if the Sims 4 is successful, there weren't be a Sims 5 (Google it). So if you have a copy of The Sims 3, keep it well. You might be playing it for a while.    … Expand
  54. CypherDivine
    Sep 6, 2014
    4
    EA strikes again.
    Dumbed down & gutted for later DLC sales.
    Expect the "pool party" & the "growing up" DLC's soon for a mere 20-30 bucks.

    Used to be "EA games, challenge everything" now it's "EA games, charge everything"
  55. J4MESOX4D
    Sep 12, 2014
    2
    Amazing job EA! You've taken The Sims 3; stripped it down to the bare bones, replaced the 3 with a 4 and made it full price again with possibly 10 DLC packs to buy in the future just to finish the game and add some content. Absolutely disgusting practice and it's no wonder EA are considered one of the worst companies on the planet.

    Yet another game on EA's books that is deliberately    Amazing job EA! You've taken The Sims 3; stripped it down to the bare bones, replaced the 3 with a 4 and made it full price again with possibly 10 DLC packs to buy in the future just to finish the game and add some content. Absolutely disgusting practice and it's no wonder EA are considered one of the worst companies on the planet.

    Yet another game on EA's books that is deliberately starved of content so players pay premiums on DLC. This feels like an early access game except it's finished and your wallet will be hemorrhaging more funds to 'finish' it further. Disgraceful.    … Expand
  56. UNCLEPAULIE
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    I have played the Sims since it first launched but now its just getting far too expensive, I only bought a couple expansions off the Sims 3 and they felt exactly the same as the ones I purchased on the Sims 2 ( Nightlife and University ) . I do not own the Sims 4 and TBH probably will not buy it, just to purchase the same old expansions AGAIN .
    I really hate EA these days and I am trying    I have played the Sims since it first launched but now its just getting far too expensive, I only bought a couple expansions off the Sims 3 and they felt exactly the same as the ones I purchased on the Sims 2 ( Nightlife and University ) . I do not own the Sims 4 and TBH probably will not buy it, just to purchase the same old expansions AGAIN .
    I really hate EA these days and I am trying my best not to get anything from them, they are charging £59.99 for the Sims 4 in the UK for a digital deluxe version and STILL charging full price for the Sims 3 and all its expansions . Their greed is just mind blowing .    … Expand
  57. holken
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    Well at first I wanted to vote this a 0 because of EAs business model which means releasing a game before it's ready and cuting out content, but I decided to give it a two because it is playable and pretty fun for a hour or so. After that you're stuck with their base game that is in fact very lacking. Yes all this text was just a filler below summaries everything I feel.

    They should    Well at first I wanted to vote this a 0 because of EAs business model which means releasing a game before it's ready and cuting out content, but I decided to give it a two because it is playable and pretty fun for a hour or so. After that you're stuck with their base game that is in fact very lacking. Yes all this text was just a filler below summaries everything I feel.

    They should just have named the game Sims 1: HD edition    … Expand
  58. Cosmonaut15
    Sep 3, 2014
    4
    "Do not expect much for Base Game. At least it has potential to be one of the good game but better stick with TS3 until other expansion/DLC come out"

    Graphic/Sound: 9/10 Game Engine: 6/10 Gameplay: 3/10 Content: 1/10 Price: 0/10 I gave them graphic/sound 9/10 for their beautiful world, animations and almost perfect lighting and shading. But the sound are just ding-dong like    "Do not expect much for Base Game. At least it has potential to be one of the good game but better stick with TS3 until other expansion/DLC come out"

    Graphic/Sound: 9/10
    Game Engine: 6/10
    Gameplay: 3/10
    Content: 1/10
    Price: 0/10

    I gave them graphic/sound 9/10 for their beautiful world, animations and almost perfect lighting and shading. But the sound are just ding-dong like kindergarten song. I still prefer instrumental classic theme of TS1 the most.

    For game engine, it is now optimized for both PC and iOS. So, they have to sacrifice some large portion that become controversial so much. That is open world and story progression of other NPCs. It proved that it can run smoothly with high settings on almost all of the PC. But is it worth it since the town is now so small, silent and lack of life. I'm okay with loading screen since it doesn't take much time but at least create more venue for us to explore and play with, EA !!

    Emotion and multitasking are the most excellent idea in this series, it make them more life-like. But why they have to delete other aesthetics aspects which is actually make the game looks "incomplete". User interface is now okay, they are just swap places for each icon, but nothing significantly changed. Build mode and Creat-a-sims are also improved but they also left some limitations e.g. not every part of the body can be adjusted, can't chose other style of MANY doors and windows. What the hell??

    The content is now almost empty as the Sims Base Game always be. But this time it has been stripped to its bone. Toddlers, pools, many furniture, cars, etc. are now gone. My cars!!! No more Create-a-style. At least they can create color pallet with 100 shade for us to choose from. Just ask Microsoft Office developers!!

    For price, it is easy. Not buy it, okay?    … Expand
  59. veraxverto
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    Very, very disappointing! When I first saw the development shots I was a bit cautious about buying the game because I felt like it looked too similar to a console game. As much as I hoped that wasn't true, it is. I bought the game thinking it was going to be a lot better and like some have said, it's a very stripped down version of the sims 3. The thing I dislike the most is how it wentVery, very disappointing! When I first saw the development shots I was a bit cautious about buying the game because I felt like it looked too similar to a console game. As much as I hoped that wasn't true, it is. I bought the game thinking it was going to be a lot better and like some have said, it's a very stripped down version of the sims 3. The thing I dislike the most is how it went from a very open world to one that's closed. There's no rabbit holes you can send your sim to. You can't really explore the world, at all. It reminds me of the TS2 how you were confined to your lots. Some of the new skills are cool, such as the comedy skill, and I do think that the game looks more realistic. It's not enough to make me want to play though, especially when you feel like you've done everything you can in a couple hours. I'm glad there's the option to get a refund on the download.… Expand
  60. Kikkerdril
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Are you kidding me? As a true Sims fan I have to say; what a let down. Ok, your Sims are better looking and personalised and your Sims can now multitask - those two things are the only improvements in my opinion.
    The amount of furniture, clothing, etc. is as little as back in Sims 1 without expansions. Yes, nice way to make money. I enjoyed the Sims 3 more than 4. Okay, there are no    Are you kidding me? As a true Sims fan I have to say; what a let down. Ok, your Sims are better looking and personalised and your Sims can now multitask - those two things are the only improvements in my opinion.
    The amount of furniture, clothing, etc. is as little as back in Sims 1 without expansions. Yes, nice way to make money. I enjoyed the Sims 3 more than 4. Okay, there are no expansions for this yet and maybe I expected way too much of S4, but then again... maybe EA made it sound too promising? To be honest, I enjoyed SIms 1 and all its expansions the best so far. I do not know what the Sims 4 is missing, but day 1 and I'm already bored with it and asked EA/Origin for a refund - with pain in my heart.    … Expand
  61. EpicTofu
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    this game is a waste of money! it is not Finished. I played 4 hours into the game, its just so incomplete. Sims 4 should be a step forward from sims 3. BUT IT IS NOT!
    SRSLy what is up the the new world map!!! it felt like this game took a step backward. Loading screen everywhere. This is so irritating coming from sims 3. If we put sims 3 next sims 4, sims 3 has wayyyy more feature and    this game is a waste of money! it is not Finished. I played 4 hours into the game, its just so incomplete. Sims 4 should be a step forward from sims 3. BUT IT IS NOT!
    SRSLy what is up the the new world map!!! it felt like this game took a step backward. Loading screen everywhere. This is so irritating coming from sims 3. If we put sims 3 next sims 4, sims 3 has wayyyy more feature and play time than sims 4. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON SIMS 4. EA NEED TO LEARN TO NOT FK UP A GAME LIKE THIS.    … Expand
  62. chanchengfui
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    Seriously, a lot of features and contents is missing and EA still want us to pay at least $60 for this kind of **** !? Glad that i didn't pre-order this **** =P
  63. whdickinson6
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    I played Sims 1and enjoyed it. I played Sims 2 and loved it. (Bought almost all add-ons for both these games). I looked forward to Sims 3 - bought it and several add-ons - and pretty soon went back to playing Sims 2, which, in contrast to Sims 3, allows me to play all the households on my neighbourhood in turn, send my Sims off to college with their friends and cousins, and generallyI played Sims 1and enjoyed it. I played Sims 2 and loved it. (Bought almost all add-ons for both these games). I looked forward to Sims 3 - bought it and several add-ons - and pretty soon went back to playing Sims 2, which, in contrast to Sims 3, allows me to play all the households on my neighbourhood in turn, send my Sims off to college with their friends and cousins, and generally manipulate them as I wish.
    I looked forward to Sims 4 - knowing that toddlers have been wiped from the face of the earth (is this a Freudian decision on the part of parents of toddlers?) but hoping that the flexibility of Sims 2 would be restored.
    As it is, Sims 4 has created a record. I picked up my copy at 17.30 today. Installed it. Loaded it. Created a family and a house. And logged off at 18.45.
    Possibly the lack of documentation or anything remotely useful in the ReadMe file is a handicap. The tutorial irritated by telling me what, by accident, I seemed to be trying to achieve - but how do I find out what there is to achieve?
    Also, I live in a multilingual household: what happened to the option to instal in a language other than US English?
    The only plus over previous Sims offerings that I have discovered is that I can play on my laptop when I'm away from home without having the single DVD drive occupied by a Sims disk, allowing me to listen to my choice of music while playing instead of having to make do with whatever radio is available.
    At least, it will be a plus if, in due course, I find some reason to play Sims 4 again.    … Expand
  64. CorAngars
    Jan 24, 2015
    3
    This game is pure disappointment, I've played all three earlier games with much of their expansion packs.
    The way I felt playing it is best described as "uninspiring", it barely adds anything to the franchise while removing or messing up several features. And that stupid tutorial when you first play the game, I'VE PLAYED THE LAST 3 GAMES I KNOW HOW THIS WORKS!
    With the graphics they've    This game is pure disappointment, I've played all three earlier games with much of their expansion packs.
    The way I felt playing it is best described as "uninspiring", it barely adds anything to the franchise while removing or messing up several features. And that stupid tutorial when you first play the game, I'VE PLAYED THE LAST 3 GAMES I KNOW HOW THIS WORKS!

    With the graphics they've gone from half-realistic to compleatly cartoony along with muddy textures and low-poly models.There is almost no customization whatsoever just preset colors and patterns, several steps down from sims 3.
    And yes, multitasking... Technically it sounds great but practically it just falls flat and is annoying.
    When I want someone in a hurry to eat mac n cheese I don't want them to cease doing that to talk to someone across the table and then continue.
    The sims AI has apparently become dumber too, often I find sims standing looking into a wall wondering what to do.
    And the emotions? So far they only seem slightly annoying and only created to make the game look somewhat deeper then it really is.

    Just about the only upgrade from previous games is the sim creater (if you ignore no color/pattern customization and terrible looking, low selection of hair.) you'll be able to create characters in far better detail then before.
    Did I mentione I played the sims for apple products too? The sims 4 feels pretty much like that, scaled down and simplified.

    So my advise? If you really must have this game, buy it once it's like 50-75% sale or better yet, just get the "create a sim" demo and play that, at the moment that's as fun this game is getting.    … Expand
  65. AJWatson95
    Feb 22, 2015
    3
    The whole thing is a let down. I prefer the Sims 3 much more than the Sims 4. The fact that there is no open world and you have to load between lots reminds me of the Sims 2. I feel like everything is a step back and although there are more building options, it still just seems like a huge step back. There isn't even an option for a garage door in build mode... My biggest annoyance thoughThe whole thing is a let down. I prefer the Sims 3 much more than the Sims 4. The fact that there is no open world and you have to load between lots reminds me of the Sims 2. I feel like everything is a step back and although there are more building options, it still just seems like a huge step back. There isn't even an option for a garage door in build mode... My biggest annoyance though is the game play. The non open world feature just really annoys me. Honestly I think EA could have done a lot better than this. If you're thinking about buying it, I would say don't do it. Stick to the Sims 3.… Expand
  66. PandaIemoto
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Long time Sims fan, maybe that's where I went wrong. Creating a Sim is amazing, load of customization and loads of fun. Then we get to the map, which is just a picture. That is a bit of a disappointment, I can't fly through the world, looking at all the busy people throughout the town. Oh well, now lets get to the .............. sorry, loading screen. Now lets get to the beautifulLong time Sims fan, maybe that's where I went wrong. Creating a Sim is amazing, load of customization and loads of fun. Then we get to the map, which is just a picture. That is a bit of a disappointment, I can't fly through the world, looking at all the busy people throughout the town. Oh well, now lets get to the .............. sorry, loading screen. Now lets get to the beautiful neighborhood, definitely cartoony, but the looks have been improved. After my Sim was moved in, I felt like I should do what I do in all my Sims games, introduce myself to the neighbors! Now lets just ............ walk on over. Wait a minute. Was there seriously a loading screen to walk 10 feet from my house? Lets check that ............. again. Yup, definitely a loading screen. At least with this, I know that this game is extremely optimized... for tablet play. Heck, this game would be great for multiplayer play as well. Wait, what was that? This game utilizes neither multiplayer nor tablet hardware? You know what? That's fine, I can probably buy those features for a premium a few months down the line. Probably all the missing features might be worth, I don't know, $150 within a few years time. I mean, why offer a complete game at launch when micro transactions are the future! Passive aggressiveness aside, this game is solid if you've never played a Sims game before and have an industrial pair of EA branded blinders ($14.99 for the deluxe super limited edition blinders). However, if you have prior love for the Sims, this game is a complete and utter waste of money. Stick to the previous installments with the dozens of dlc you probably already have from sales, and hope that EA finally kicks the bucket so this franchise can be picked up by people who actually care about their customers and not just about their wallets.… Expand
  67. ResCritic
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Чёт ваще хуйня гама. Вот раньше симсы были! А сейчас совсем уже не те. ЕА что-то вообще не постарались в этот раз! Сегодня трахался в жопу с пацанами, а сегодня смотрю - симс 4 уже вышел! Бля, ну думаю игра вроде про пидрарсов ни и решил короче загамать с пацанами. Бля, я что-то ваще прям разочаровался, но потом подселил в семью всех сим-гуру и выебал их в жопу! Вот это была сладкая местьЧёт ваще хуйня гама. Вот раньше симсы были! А сейчас совсем уже не те. ЕА что-то вообще не постарались в этот раз! Сегодня трахался в жопу с пацанами, а сегодня смотрю - симс 4 уже вышел! Бля, ну думаю игра вроде про пидрарсов ни и решил короче загамать с пацанами. Бля, я что-то ваще прям разочаровался, но потом подселил в семью всех сим-гуру и выебал их в жопу! Вот это была сладкая месть мудакам, которые вместо игр делают приложения для Андроида. Ах да, я ещё выебал в жопу всех разработчиков этой игры! Да, это было круто!… Expand
  68. zero0
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Thankfully I had not created expectations about TS4, and here it is the worst Sim game ever, even stuff pack do it better. EA ruins everything, I miss Maxis days.
  69. EffigySR
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    My wife and I were very excited to check this out as we had played many hours of the sims 3 building our own family and having fun with the jobs.
    However, after just a couple hours of playing the content is already obviously much less than sims3. And unfortunately we assume that content will come later as DLC(since there is already DLC).
    $60 dollars for a gutted game is outrageous. I    My wife and I were very excited to check this out as we had played many hours of the sims 3 building our own family and having fun with the jobs.
    However, after just a couple hours of playing the content is already obviously much less than sims3. And unfortunately we assume that content will come later as DLC(since there is already DLC).
    $60 dollars for a gutted game is outrageous.
    I compare this to buying WoW for $60 bucks but you need to pay another $15 to wear a helmet, oh you want to dual wield thats $15 bucks too, oh do you want to leave Orgrimmar? Thats $15. Hell if you want to see other players thats another $15 lets just get your credit card added.

    Avoid this game until they learn from their ways and package more content in their games. Not just a barely changed revamp of the last model that is missing half the content.    … Expand
  70. Ignazio
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Почему игра так сильно обрезана?
    Интерфейс плохо зделали, тупо, постоянно вылетает и баги какие-то
    Профессий нормальных нет - игру уже нарезали наверно на 50 длц и сторпаков Камера сделана неудобно, раньше было 4 стрелочки теперь только две. В 3 части был открытый мир, тут постоянно загрузки между локациями из-за которых вылеты. Всё очень плохо сделано, нельзя построить свой большой    Почему игра так сильно обрезана?
    Интерфейс плохо зделали, тупо, постоянно вылетает и баги какие-то
    Профессий нормальных нет - игру уже нарезали наверно на 50 длц и сторпаков
    Камера сделана неудобно, раньше было 4 стрелочки теперь только две.
    В 3 части был открытый мир, тут постоянно загрузки между локациями из-за которых вылеты.
    Всё очень плохо сделано, нельзя построить свой большой дом, города очень маленькие.
    Sims 3 > Sims 4    … Expand
  71. IxionGT
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Don't buy this.
    I know there will not be child and pools, but the game is not cut in that only. The map is 4 houses, 1 bar, 1 gym, 1 restaurant and 1 library, and you cannot create more plots. There is not graveyard. You cannot create your own style. There is not story progression.
    A full dissapointment.
  72. Damico
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Terrible, terrible game. The Sims 3 was awesome. I could spend hours building my house and making changes. This game is a farce. The amount of money they charge for this, what they call the "base" game, is deplorable. There isn't enough here to play with to constitute that amount of money. At best, this seems to be akin to an App that I could download on my iPad for $10. Seriously - ITerrible, terrible game. The Sims 3 was awesome. I could spend hours building my house and making changes. This game is a farce. The amount of money they charge for this, what they call the "base" game, is deplorable. There isn't enough here to play with to constitute that amount of money. At best, this seems to be akin to an App that I could download on my iPad for $10. Seriously - I never, never write reviews, yet I created this account to express my extreme disdain with the game in hopes of saving some other sucker $60. Please, please don't spend your money on this. I can't believe they're calling this a game. There are hardly any options for you to choose from for building, the towns are tiny and you can't really do anything in them anyway! Stay away!!!… Expand
  73. Mugenblue
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    I want my sims to experience simulated life. With this new game, everything is stripped down. Forget emotions. Your sims can never be sentient. I won't buy this game, and instead, stick with Sims 3.
  74. evgasmic
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    It's incredible, really, that I find myself getting excited by the prospect of any game that is currently a franchise under the umbrella of EA. Incredible that I am still so naive to the fact that they will find a way to completely and utterly butcher a franchise, no matter what.

    The Sims 4 has taken two steps forward, and ten steps backward with the changes that they've made. Create a    It's incredible, really, that I find myself getting excited by the prospect of any game that is currently a franchise under the umbrella of EA. Incredible that I am still so naive to the fact that they will find a way to completely and utterly butcher a franchise, no matter what.

    The Sims 4 has taken two steps forward, and ten steps backward with the changes that they've made. Create a Sim has become far more intuitive and allows for far more customisation than what we've seen before, and that's fantastic. If only we had this level of customisation in TS3, and everyone would be happy.

    After you create a Sim and take the first look at the neighbourhood you quickly realise they've taken away one of the best parts of TS3, and that's the open neighbourhood. There are a negligible number of lots, and only *four* community lots, with loading times in between all of them! The biggest appeal of TS3 was the open world, and the ability to create far reaching stories with constant interaction without getting thumped by a loading screen constantly. Sure, at release there were performance issues, but most people have upgraded their PC's to a point where it's not an issue.

    Overall, the improvements to this game are negligible, and considering the price point and dearth of content it just isn't worth your time or money.    … Expand
  75. Vanillablue
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Sims 4's only improvement over its predecessor is that the sims no longer look like freakish dough aliens.

    MAJOR MISSING FEATURES THAT WERE IN TS3: No create a style (CAST) - NOT possible in future expansions No modifications to world/public spaces - The park in the demo is a mix of a community lot and public space (x1) (x2) No “normal” careers - Law enforcement, Medical, Business,    Sims 4's only improvement over its predecessor is that the sims no longer look like freakish dough aliens.

    MAJOR MISSING FEATURES THAT WERE IN TS3:
    No create a style (CAST) - NOT possible in future expansions
    No modifications to world/public spaces - The park in the demo is a mix of a community lot and public space (x1) (x2)
    No “normal” careers - Law enforcement, Medical, Business, etc. were removed
    No open world - You must incur a loading screen between each active lot; each neighborhood has 1-5 lots total (x1) (x2)
    No pools
    No terrain tools other than paint; everything is perfectly flat
    No story progression - Sims in the neighborhood age, but do not have children, get jobs, move, get married…etc. without player intervention (x)
    No toddlers
    No way to create/place new lots - And you only have 2 empty ones at the start of the game!
    No Mac version of the game at release
    All buildings on a lot must have the same foundation. No mixing for sheds, garages, etc. (x)
    Babies are mere objects - All interactions are through basinet. There are no baby objects. Babies can only be lifted directly above basinet. (x)
    Backgrounds are illusions - The buildings in the background are not playable in the game. (x)
    Completely FLAT lots - The entire build-able world is completely flat (x)
    Fewer floors/levels, limited to three (x1) (x2)
    SIGNIFICANTLY smaller “worlds” of    … Expand
  76. MarekBujko
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Downgrade. Game have not more things. Not optimalized for 64-bit CPU and more thin 4GB RAM. This is game only for 5 years old Low-End PC, not for High-End test. Game for kids with old computer. 69.90 USD pay for this game? WTF? Max. 15 USD.
    http://ts4news.com/post/94541924952/89-features-missing-from-the-sims-4
  77. ZacDavid
    Sep 9, 2014
    1
    Those who have given this game a positive review clearly fall into one of two categories: 1) Those who have never really played the Sims before, or only ever played casually and 2) Those who will always and forever blindly love anything with the word "Sim" in the title regardless of its quality and who may have unlimited disposable income.

    This is not a complete game, period, and anyone    Those who have given this game a positive review clearly fall into one of two categories: 1) Those who have never really played the Sims before, or only ever played casually and 2) Those who will always and forever blindly love anything with the word "Sim" in the title regardless of its quality and who may have unlimited disposable income.

    This is not a complete game, period, and anyone trying to argue that's not the case is a straight up liar. In fact, if anyone from EA would be honest for a minute, I am sure they would agree with this sentiment. Originally, Sims 4 was meant to be a multiplayer online experience akin to SimCity. With such a big planned departure from previous Sims' titles, features present in other games were understandably left out. When SimsCity failed, EA changed gears... but by that point it was too late to go back and create something that worked as a standalone, single player game.

    Like a lot of people, I find the changes made to the Sims themselves (including the changes to CAS, minus the absence of Create a Style) to be positive. However, the good things about the game basically end there. Yes, build mode is more powerful but I used Create a Style so much that without it I can do almost nothing I want. This isn't just about missing pools and toddlers. The game is missing its charm, its soul. That's what is unforgivable.

    Conversations are awkward and difficult to maintain. Pathfinding is a mess. Glitches abound. I could go on and on about what's bad without once using the phrase "missing from Sims 3," although that really wouldn't be accurate since there are indeed many things available in the Sims 3 base game that have gone the way of the wind and are sorely missed. I'm not going to list them; many of these lists are available elsewhere online. All I will say is these absences are completely conspicuous and only add to the feeling of incompleteness.

    This is so bad that I fear the series is done with this title. This was my single most anticipated release of the year, and I found it so disappointing that it moved me close to tears. The Sims franchise was and still is an absolute cultural phenomenon. Those of us who have been playing from the beginning have been doing so for close to fifteen years. I have so many good memories of The Sims, The Sims 2, and the Sims 3, as do many others. While I feel that video games can be art, they are also completely commercial and thus I believe that game developers do have a certain degree of responsibility to their fans of all devotion levels. To roll this out, call it The Sims, and try to convince us that it is anywhere near what we have seen before in the franchise is an absolute disgrace.

    Trust me, EA knows all of this. If you don't believe me, then I'll leave you on this note: The Sims 4 is the first title in the franchise that was not released early to be reviewed, and that says about as much about the game as anything else possibly can.    … Expand
  78. clydetm1
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    EA.. you did terrible. Not surprised though knowing you've won the worst company of the year award for 3 or 4 years in a row, but you really did destroy this game.
  79. dome_1986
    Sep 12, 2014
    1
    just played it for 7 houres and i am realy dissapointed.
    nice grafik but there is no content at all. i come from sims 3 and i have played with
    all the addons and to start again from zero pisses my of. why they are not continuing where they stopped and develop new stuff from there? why going 3 steps back to make 1 in the front?
    never ever EA again!
  80. Zacky6661V
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    Game have a very very bad graphics in 2014 year, same as The Sims 3 which was published in 2009! Significantly less content than in the third. Origin permanently low total game score.
  81. nat942
    Sep 5, 2014
    1
    First impressions last. The graphics are cartoonish, the game glitches and crashes even though I have a brand new high quality game card and memory. The build mode is clunky. I haven't found any shops. I hate it. I was looking forward to it so much, and now I have this disappointment. They took away the best bit - the designer panel, now you just have a select few options and that's it.First impressions last. The graphics are cartoonish, the game glitches and crashes even though I have a brand new high quality game card and memory. The build mode is clunky. I haven't found any shops. I hate it. I was looking forward to it so much, and now I have this disappointment. They took away the best bit - the designer panel, now you just have a select few options and that's it. Very little customization, the sky is no longer your limit. I feel like the whole game was a massive step back, they worked so hard on the relationship building - which i can't honestly see anything too exciting about, and trashed all the building modes/customization. I know I'm not the only one that absolutely loved that part of the game. An absolute disappointment. I don't think I'll be getting any expansion packs with this one. Frankly, I want my money back!!! In two words - clunky & cartoonish.… Expand
  82. biggss
    Sep 5, 2014
    1
    ok.. first of all i love sims.. Im have played every sims with all expansions.. When they announced Sims 4 i was kinda excited but i didnt expect anything good it EA! What can u expect from such greedy company whos destroying everything good?

    To the game: Pros: Ui is definitely better it more intuitive and u can search items by names or filter.. thats very nice Moods: well it    ok.. first of all i love sims.. Im have played every sims with all expansions.. When they announced Sims 4 i was kinda excited but i didnt expect anything good it EA! What can u expect from such greedy company whos destroying everything good?

    To the game:

    Pros: Ui is definitely better it more intuitive and u can search items by names or filter.. thats very nice
    Moods: well it isnt definitely implemented the best but its kinda nice feature.. Your sims now "feels" and trying to act like normal human he can be flirty , focused , sad, etc.. The interaction with items ll getting changed in addittion in what mood u are same with socializing.. But thats all .. First 2 hours its kinda new feature and good but then its feel incompleted, empty.. If u were playing Sims 4 u know what I wanna say its just bad .... And thats all pros what u can expect from Sims 4...

    Cons: Theres so much featured took away.. No color wheel only few basic colors, no repairman, no schools, no real working u just send ur sim to work and u got stucked in ur house unless u dont have another sim at home. New carrer is kinda weird... U take a job and in order to become promoted u have to make special little quest like write a book, make game etc... it sounds very good but in play its bored cuz u are always stucked at home.. Neighbours are separated, u live in livehood with like 4 houses thats all... And ofc u just cant go to the neighbour knock on the door or check for his/her trash you have to click on his house and loading screen appears... WTF?!! in 2014 next gen game.. Socializing is totally broken... You can have army of normarriage kids if u wanna wohoo/ sex/ just go to the library or gym spoke little to someone use few flirts take his/her home and just wohoo.. u can wohoo like 2 3 girls/ guys in one night... You can have like army of nonmarriage children as i said .. The worst part is sims do have emotions but only those crapy *** which they have implemented.. Someone pls tell me how can one guy have sex with every girl in city in less that one day of playing and they are growing pretty fast:D u woohoo and two days after ur chick come to u as pregnant 2 days next u got a baby :D and like few days he s a teenager wth?:D Theres no real feeling about it and its just totally weird.. Everything is totally cheapr except few items like one bad cost 1500 dolars and the best one cost 13000? or something like that.. It seems EA doesnt wanna from theircustomers to get bored so if u wanna the best crap which is like 0,00001% better pay aditional 12000 dolars for one bed wth...

    Sims 4 brings new additions to skills... its like some little rpg.. for example u cant buy like half of items from shop cuz if u wanna buy for example best computer u have to become tech guru lvl 10 so u have to work with computers etc.. or u cant upgrade ur stuff unless u have repair level 8 or something.. it totally weird that half of content u just cant buy cuz its locked.. yeah sure EA again dont wanna their customers get bored but theres better way how to not get bored zheir customers.. its just feels all clunky and stupid

    The bunch of items missing like dishwasher burglars cars, bicycle etc...
    And ofc stupid people ll buy it and are waiting for new expansions like stupid sheeps... Yeah with expansios it l be definitely better i guess cuz they are gonna implement new content but its so mean and stupid from EA to so much *** with their customers....

    so its up to u readers if u wanna become sheep and play this crap or send ur bucks or euros to buy something in real life like flowers for ur wife or for ur real kid.....    … Expand
  83. PetTheBeanfield
    Sep 5, 2014
    1
    I was excited for this game, I really was- I loved the Sims 3 but hoped for expansion and better interactions. What I instead found was a clunky, un-involving and immersion breaking game that seemed to have far less features than its predecessor, or just limited versions. I'm extremely disappointment by this, as I'm sure many other fans are- another lackluster uninspiring game from EAI was excited for this game, I really was- I loved the Sims 3 but hoped for expansion and better interactions. What I instead found was a clunky, un-involving and immersion breaking game that seemed to have far less features than its predecessor, or just limited versions. I'm extremely disappointment by this, as I'm sure many other fans are- another lackluster uninspiring game from EA where the decisions made on it just don't seem to make sense at all.… Expand
  84. rickyreyna
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    This game is probably worth 25 dollars and I would still not buy it since its missing their core features. EA needs to stop doing **** like this only to put it as a **** dlc.
  85. easyairbus
    Sep 6, 2014
    0
    Loading is indeed faster, then again it lacks so much content I don't see why it shouldn't load faster to begin with. Game looks a bit better over The Sims 3 but I just can't get myself to like it, everything I do I find something missing. For example I started my first household, decided to cook food, I choose some salad and it said I required one tomato. In The Sims 3 we had to go out doLoading is indeed faster, then again it lacks so much content I don't see why it shouldn't load faster to begin with. Game looks a bit better over The Sims 3 but I just can't get myself to like it, everything I do I find something missing. For example I started my first household, decided to cook food, I choose some salad and it said I required one tomato. In The Sims 3 we had to go out do groceries and so I went off into town. Guess what, no groceries store! It turned out the tomato is magicly bought when choosing to make that meal rendering the "requires tomato" thing useless.. I've requested a refund as the game lacks too much of everything for me now.… Expand
  86. brbeu565
    Sep 7, 2014
    1
    This crap sucks. Alle the stuff you were used to use is gone. It's much more a Gameboy-Version of the Sims 2, but in HD. Spending 50 bucks for this, I'm really pissed off right now.
  87. Aeroharp38
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    What is this? This is NOT an improvement from the Sims 3. Sim fans, please be aware that this is an absolute disappointment. There are a few positives, but minuscule in comparison to the negative. First off, the loading screen was quick, the Build Your Sim Mode was easy to use and fun! However, when choosing clothes and choosing hair color, there is little to none customization. You noWhat is this? This is NOT an improvement from the Sims 3. Sim fans, please be aware that this is an absolute disappointment. There are a few positives, but minuscule in comparison to the negative. First off, the loading screen was quick, the Build Your Sim Mode was easy to use and fun! However, when choosing clothes and choosing hair color, there is little to none customization. You no longer have the freedom to change the color, material or pattern. Same goes for the decor of your home, they have pre set choices of colors for you to choose from. The sims look overly animated and cartoonish, yes, the graphics are great and very smooth, but what's the point if the sims look ridiculous anyway? Second, WHAT HAPPENED TO FREE ROAMING? What happened to the city living and the townhall? There is nothing! You are basically left to live your days out on your lot and your lot only. I could go on and on about this game, I was really looking forward to The Sims4, but now I am unhappy and I am re-downloading the Sims3.… Expand
  88. Kimvad92
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been playing The Sims since the very first day that The Sims came out. When The Sims 2 was introduced I thought it was a step up and very enjoyable as for The Sims 3 as well. However I have to agree with majority of people who think The Sims 4 is step down and a huge disappointment. It's plain looking and flat out boring.

    In The Sims 4 they really took a lot away from the game. "Bigger personalities and possibilities?" More like less traits, less personality aspects and fewer possibilities. How can the sim be weirder or have bigger personality's when you have less than 5 traits you can have, you can't have favorite music, colors, or anything like that. Also what possibilities? There is NO TRUE neighborhood or places to go and it's more like a game app with small challenges like play a game for 4 hours. How lame is that?

    Where do I began?
    Starters the Main Menu sucks. It's a mess. Files for saved games? Are you kidding. I have 6 files for ONE game and I never know which one to play. When someone else gets on to play it just seems to mess up my game and start me over. Very unorganized and hard to understand and very easy to screw up other peoples saved games.

    2nd sure you can make your sim super skinny or have fat legs or little feet but you can't manipulate features like on The Sims 3. Also I wish there was an actual menu for things instead of having to click on the shirt or pants to view the clothes. They took away a lot of stuff too like favorites and the color wheel, ect.

    When in build/buy mode I find it very hard to use or find things and the tools are all scattered. Again its a mess. And don't get me started about how hard and annoying it is to scroll and rotate around the screen to view the house or sims.

    When playing the game there's nothing to really do besides pee, eat, and sleep. There is nothing to see, go to, or any true challenges to accomplish or fun task to do. Even gardening is stupid now. There is no collecting things either as far as I know of.
    My sims only seem to need to pee!!!!!! I can't even experience everything without it going half way to the needs then going down as quick as a blink of an eye after the half way point. And what's up with the needs being some random box that's annoying at the corner of the screen blocking the side view?

    You can't even edit your town or get a bigger lot or place lots. EVERTHING IS SO LIMITED!!!!!!! You can't even move a house you like to a bigger lot. Another big thing that got me is no toddlers. Really? This is A LIFE GAME. It's about raising a family and taking care of them. I agree with a lot of people, this game is more like Sims 2.5! IF YOU MAKE A GAME YOU SHOULD ONLY ADD TO IT NOT TAKE EVERY SINGLE MAJOR THING AWAY FROM IT. SMH. IM VERY UPSET TO HAVE WASTED 80 BUCKS ON THIS GAME.    … Expand
  89. Styler
    Sep 9, 2014
    1
    When I first heard about all the things that would be missing from the game (IE: toddlers and pools) I immediately googled to see what EA was thinking. Their PR guy was talking about all the new features they were adding and simply didn't have time to include these things just yet. While I'd rather wait for a full product, I can make exceptions if there are truly many features being addedWhen I first heard about all the things that would be missing from the game (IE: toddlers and pools) I immediately googled to see what EA was thinking. Their PR guy was talking about all the new features they were adding and simply didn't have time to include these things just yet. While I'd rather wait for a full product, I can make exceptions if there are truly many features being added onto the game.

    After the release however, I found out that it was a bunch of PR bull#*@$. Almost none of what made the previous sims (sims 3) great, was in the sims 4. No more open world, loading screens even when visiting your nextdoor neighbor, tiny "cities" (they call them worlds.. what a joke), limited clothing and build items, etc.. I could go on but I'd rather touch on their "improvements". The new sims touts better emotions and smarter sims. While I do like some of the changes, it's still needs a lot of work. In the end it's barely a improvement over the sims 3 interactions and certainly not an excuse for all the stuff they left out.

    My final thought is that maybe if Sims 3 never happened, this game might've been praised a bit more. Maybe. As it is it feels like a $60+ Emotion and Texture DLC for sims 2 (IF you also removed several features from sims 2). Do not buy.    … Expand
  90. WetPig
    Sep 10, 2014
    2
    I have played previous Sims games.Its sorta fells just like the sims 2.I liked sims 3 because on the new things it added but this doesnt add anything to the Sims games.And i fear that the DLC for the game will be even more than in the Sims 3 which was a lot.The game is OK but thats the problem.They could have made something far better instead of adding to the game they took from it.ItsI have played previous Sims games.Its sorta fells just like the sims 2.I liked sims 3 because on the new things it added but this doesnt add anything to the Sims games.And i fear that the DLC for the game will be even more than in the Sims 3 which was a lot.The game is OK but thats the problem.They could have made something far better instead of adding to the game they took from it.Its just not as good as the previous Sims games.… Expand
  91. Kaliarii
    Sep 10, 2014
    4
    All right, I can't bring myself to give this game an entirely bad review. It DOES have a lot of good points. First, the graphics are beautiful on any setting, allowing even those with lower-end computers to enjoy playing. Additionally, the music is well-done, the interface (once you've gotten used to it) is a nice improvement, and the game itself loads faster than any of the other baseAll right, I can't bring myself to give this game an entirely bad review. It DOES have a lot of good points. First, the graphics are beautiful on any setting, allowing even those with lower-end computers to enjoy playing. Additionally, the music is well-done, the interface (once you've gotten used to it) is a nice improvement, and the game itself loads faster than any of the other base games - especially TS3. So overall, not a bad game, right? Wellllll.....

    The issues I take with TS4 are multi-fold. First and foremost, the price vs the level of completion. I wouldn't have minded shelling out $70 to a small, indie game with lots of potential, where devs actually needed the money to continue development. However, dropping $70 into a multi-million dollar franchise and getting a game that is, well... not finished.... is a little ridiculous. I didn't complain too much about the loss of open world - honestly, the loading pages take about as long as cross-map travel would have anyway, and probably won't get much longer with added DLC, so we're good there. Fortunately, the immediate area is open, so I can still visit next-door neighbors without dealing with loading.

    That said, I find it absolutely unacceptable that EA left so many bugs in the game. I've run into the majority of the known bugs at this point, and the two updates I've seen since launch a little over a week ago, seem to be making things worse. Showers keep running, even when there's no one in them (and seem to break faster when they do)... Conversations with other family members become "stuck", where no matter what those sims are doing, they're conversing - which messes with their ability to do other things - like bathe. With any other installment in the series I would hit one, maybe two bugs if I were really unlucky, and rarely more than one in the same day. With TS4, it's every two or three Sim hours (yeah, seriously.)... EA's best solution? Create a secondary "save" file, and send one sim travelling - and follow that sim. That *should* fix the issue. They think. Insert eye roll.

    Honestly, I was a bit concerned with the demo Create a Sim. The game just didn't look the way I'd expected it to. But I shook off my trepidation, and told myself this was probably an earlier version that EA wanted to use as an example. This was true - there are, in fact, subtle improvements to the full create-a-sim that weren't present in the demo. That said, however, the improvements just weren't significant enough. There are an extremely limited number of options - even down to the color combinations one can choose per clothing article. With base TS3, even though there were very few available choices for content (just like any base Sims game, kids)... The possibilities were infinite - you could literally make a hundred (or more) different outfits from the same shirt, pants, and shoes - all dependent on what patterns/fabrics you chose for each piece. I could spend hours in TS3 perfecting my sims. TS4 takes that ability away, and now, while I like the more intuitive style of designing the actual sim, I spend about 5 mins finding a clothing combination I hate the least, before being over THAT hot mess.

    The career choices are wildly unrealistic - what happened to the cop, the doctor, the businessman, and all the rest of the "normal" career paths? I mean, come on. I like the amount of challenge that's been added into promotion - I always play my sims on prolonged lives, so promotions before were just way too simple. I can also appreciate the challenge added to the "major wishes" - and I especially like that they're now relative to the age groups and you can have more than one! It always seemed stupid to me that a sim would finish his or her lifetime aspiration as a teen (or child), and just be done with "it all"... So that's kind of cool. However, putting the same amount of difficulty getting a child's "promotion" or "goal" there as an adult's is stupid. Their age-up time is less.

    My final complaint, before I run out of characters, is this: TS4 just isn't as "immersive" as earlier base games in the franchise - the player just doesn't get sucked in the way past games did. In a running series like this, the games should be GROWING, always improving (and, you know... finished BEFORE release). My hope is that future DLC and updates will correct the glaring flaws, of which there are unfortunately many with TS4. The game has potential, and for a first-time indie game, or even an open beta, it'd be a great start. The problem lies in the fact that this ISN'T an indie game - EA and Maxwell have been doing this long enough at this point to have known better than to release an inferior product.    … Expand
  92. Trollosaurus
    May 6, 2017
    0
    It should be called loading screen simulator. There is no town, nothing really. Not even CC can save this mess. Overpriced on all levels. Why does this even exists on the shelves it's a greatest mistery. Talking about anything else or about it's halfassed overpriced expansions is pointless. Sims series are dead for me EA games is finished forever. I will care again for Sims games when itIt should be called loading screen simulator. There is no town, nothing really. Not even CC can save this mess. Overpriced on all levels. Why does this even exists on the shelves it's a greatest mistery. Talking about anything else or about it's halfassed overpriced expansions is pointless. Sims series are dead for me EA games is finished forever. I will care again for Sims games when it will be made by a different company, by different people who are passionate about their creations.
    Who ever plays this and praises this game or EA is an lost idiot not sure what else to say about them. Sadly looks like there will be always some amount of clueless people trowing money at EA and EA will ofc milk them with their unfinished products. So congrats to those people being idiots and funding the broken corporate world. Hope you're proud of your self, being an lost idiot.    … Expand
  93. whitepawn
    Oct 23, 2014
    3
    This is mobile gaming blown up for the PC. Repeat that to yourself 3 times. There's a trend right now that says mobile gaming is where the money is (see: microtransactions). It's like that don't get that while we may play that crap on our smartphones, so we don't have to do nothing during downtime away from home, what we want is to return to our PCs or consoles with our BIG screens andThis is mobile gaming blown up for the PC. Repeat that to yourself 3 times. There's a trend right now that says mobile gaming is where the money is (see: microtransactions). It's like that don't get that while we may play that crap on our smartphones, so we don't have to do nothing during downtime away from home, what we want is to return to our PCs or consoles with our BIG screens and comfortable controls.

    Look at the base of this game. It's FB. It's tablet. It's not PC. The lack of choices on the character creation menu alone makes me sad. It only took two characters for me to realize how similar they would be...even wearing the same pair of pants, cuz, there's only one pair of pants!

    Blame mobile gaming for this farce.    … Expand
  94. RealCritical
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    EA paid metacritic official reviews to vote them with high score, but I will not do that,

    this game is exactly Sims 3 with a few new features, so... suks too much.

    And then we'll see 20 o 30 dlcs of this game with an expensive price... why EA? Sims 1 and 2 were great!
  95. MuerteLegend
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Worst sims ever, I just keep hating EA for what they doing. Worst interface ever, I can't see how my sim felling at the moment, it's all hided, I don't like to click on buttons to see what is wrong with him.
    Srsly EA? 10-20 clothes, like always, DLC will fix all bugs, nothing changes, money, money and money.
    Totally incomplete game. Bad graphics, worse than in sims 3. I ddodn't    Worst sims ever, I just keep hating EA for what they doing. Worst interface ever, I can't see how my sim felling at the moment, it's all hided, I don't like to click on buttons to see what is wrong with him.
    Srsly EA? 10-20 clothes, like always, DLC will fix all bugs, nothing changes, money, money and money.
    Totally incomplete game. Bad graphics, worse than in sims 3. I ddodn't recommend sims 4 - not many conent, all content will be in DLC - WHY I NEED TO PAY FOR IT???? I want to pay 70$ ONCE, but what I see now - few items, 2 small cities etc etc etc,    … Expand
  96. me-0815
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    As usual, EA has left out a lot of features that the predecessors had, most likely to sell them separately as DLCs. Also as usual for EA, the new installment doesn't have much better graphics than the predecessor, nor does it offer many new features. Everyone considering buying this game should remember what EA did to the SimCity series as well and should at least wait for a few moreAs usual, EA has left out a lot of features that the predecessors had, most likely to sell them separately as DLCs. Also as usual for EA, the new installment doesn't have much better graphics than the predecessor, nor does it offer many new features. Everyone considering buying this game should remember what EA did to the SimCity series as well and should at least wait for a few more reviews before deciding to buy this game. Complaining in some forums matters little to them, the only way to let EA know your opinion about the direction they took with this game and most games in general is not to purchase them.

    It needs also to be mentioned that EA still insists to use Origin as a DRM system, which means you have to install and run a completely unnecessary background software on your PC before you are even allowed to start the game. This also means that the game is tied to an account, so you can't resell it.    … Expand
  97. Sjalka
    Sep 7, 2014
    3
    For that review i will only consider the base game, what we actually get for our money - without the certain knowledge that there is probably more than 10 times the content coming in various DLCs ( each for nearly full price )

    My first impression after installing is - the UI is kind of ugly, stylish, but still ugly. It starts out with the CAS, which places the sim against a plain white    For that review i will only consider the base game, what we actually get for our money - without the certain knowledge that there is probably more than 10 times the content coming in various DLCs ( each for nearly full price )

    My first impression after installing is - the UI is kind of ugly, stylish, but still ugly. It starts out with the CAS, which places the sim against a plain white background - and although it serves no purpose at all, i did very much appreciate the changing room style of the sims 3.

    CAS is the part where you spend a long, long, looooong time in - adjusting, readjusting, adding tiny little flaws and traits to the sim, trying to get the details just right even if you hardly notice them in the actual game.
    The first shock (not really a shock, cause it was mentioned so many times before i had the game) - there is no create-a-style. There is a saying that you only really appreciate something when you miss it. And it does turn out that i very much appreciated the feature in Sims 3 - and i so very much miss it now.

    I end up with a sim that allows me more freedom in physical aspects, while placing strange restrictions on me in terms of style. ( however, i only review the BASIS retail version of the game, i do not have the deluxe or collectors edition, so who knows - maybe they have a bigger wardrobe when it comes to styles? )

    My sims aspirations - hmm... a lot less customization there, too. a little disappointing, but the traits and flaws we get are satisfactory for the most part - but it does look like there is definite room to expand the list of available traits, - and also sure that EA will do it.

    On we go to the neighbourhood. - and man, that one looks terrible. No more birds flight over a fairly vast valley, or in later expansions - entire archipelagos. ... instead - a selection of a few houses. the size of my "world" does not even justify the name "tiny village" - in fact, it does not look like a world at all.

    I am painfully reminded at Sim City 2013, which gave us town sized squared instead of city/metropolis sized areas. - So it seems that "progression in sequels" means "smaller".
    Maybe however smaller means much more detailed? - well... no. It means just smaller.

    Building a house is similar to the Sims 3 with a few tweaks, useful tweaks, but again - however that was to be expected - i am missing tons of materials to customize my home, - remembering the Sims 3 BASE game however, ... yea - its about the same.

    Managing my Sims is as enjoyable as it was in the Sims 3 and 2 ( never played 1 ). - In fact, i d go so far and say - it is almost the exact same as the Sims 3 in terms of interaction with the sims. Sure, there are some tweaks like multitasking - but in general, my sims experience does not differ much.

    And so i focus again on the flaws. loading times that shatter any believe of a sprawling, living world around my house. Again, one only appreciates a feature when it is lost - and i realize how much i appreciated the wide open areas of the sims 3.

    Now in that case - i am not so sure if EA can DLC a more open world in that game - i kind of doubt it - which leaves me sad.

    on the positive side - i kind of like the new cartoonish look of the sims. Since it never managed to look "realistic" it is a good choice to go more cartoonish.

    All in all however, i notice that i miss a lot more than i appreciate - in all fairness however, i do believe i felt the same when The Sims 3 was released and it was only the base game yet. The restricted world however is a huge negative - and a huge step backwards in the series, a restriction that might break the game.    … Expand
  98. TRJTA
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Good god, finally EA's The Sims business model turned on them. It's absolutely ridicilous how much was left out/scrapped from this game... Yes indeed, GAME. To hell with the annoying 'base game' term. It's already unforgivable that EA simply relies on 1000 expansion packs even before the release. They've been using the fan community as cashcows for long enough now and it's time the tablesGood god, finally EA's The Sims business model turned on them. It's absolutely ridicilous how much was left out/scrapped from this game... Yes indeed, GAME. To hell with the annoying 'base game' term. It's already unforgivable that EA simply relies on 1000 expansion packs even before the release. They've been using the fan community as cashcows for long enough now and it's time the tables turned. On top of that is the ridicilous price for this buggy, content lacking game, and of course the price for the 1000 upcoming expansion packs. Somehow, in the past, people seemed to forget that you deserve a full, worthy videogame for your hard earned bucks. It's evident that EA doesn't even try to make the best game ever with The Sims 4, they're just relying on the expansion packs beforehand. It makes me sick and it's time that another developer takes over The Sims. A developer that really wants to make the best, a worthy, fun, rich Sims game they can make.

    The time of your cashcow model is over EA.    … Expand
  99. Mikko_blu
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Looks promising at the start, when i learned that i was restricted to a plot of 5 houses, my confidence started to drain. I closed the game when my Sim teleported to work, and then teleported back to the house when his shift was over. I understand that the game isn't meant to be hyper-realistic, but the lack of these core features really ruins the game for me. Please just save your money,Looks promising at the start, when i learned that i was restricted to a plot of 5 houses, my confidence started to drain. I closed the game when my Sim teleported to work, and then teleported back to the house when his shift was over. I understand that the game isn't meant to be hyper-realistic, but the lack of these core features really ruins the game for me. Please just save your money, or pirate it first and see if you like it before hand.… Expand
  100. PseudoSorry
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Why on earth would anybody give this game a 10? They must either work for EA or just be a complete fool.

    How is it possible for the developer to entirely lack the majority of features that made Sims 3 or even Sims 2 a decent game? It's simply inconceivable to me how they can plop this giant pile of **** out with a sixty buck price tag.

    What were you thinking Maxis/EA?
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  1. Positive: 31 out of 75
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  1. Cubed3
    Jul 23, 2020
    60
    While an enjoyable title that has been polished up and seems generally very modern, it cannot be expected that The Sims 4 is not going to be compared to The Sims 3. In this respect, it seems that while the game took a few steps forwards, it also took a few steps backwards by abandoning features that were very helpful and appreciated in the previous versions. It does have new features that people have been waiting for, such as emotions and more personality for the Sims. As for now, for some players it may not quite be worth to abandon The Sims 3 for it, but for new players looking for a first experience with the franchise, they may have an easier time navigating than former The Sims 3 players. People that have previously enjoyed the latter may be disappointed by the menus (Sim creation, building, or navigating town), as they have been so massively oversimplified that they are now actually confusing.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Oct 25, 2014
    80
    The Sims 4 is once again a new beginning. Needs more content and soon, please. [Oct 2014]
  3. CD-Action
    Oct 24, 2014
    40
    The Sims 4 is just a foundation of a game. How would you react if you bought a new Elder Scrolls game and realized that half of the cities are unavailable (because TES6: World Adventures is around the corner), there are only 4 weapons (TES6: Accessories), you can’t ride horses (TES6: Pets), there are only 12 quests (TES6: Careers), 2 guilds (TES6: Friends) and 3 spells (TES6: Supernatural)? [Nov 2014, p.50]
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