The Sims 4

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  1. Zomgclaude
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    A perfect game if you want to purchase an empty shell.
    There is tons of content available, but it is conveniently segregated from the main game. It has been compartmentalized into bite size DLCs that all sell for the price of a full meal.
    Looking at the digital store today during Black Friday, it would cost well over $450 to purchase the entire game. The good people at EA are completely    A perfect game if you want to purchase an empty shell.
    There is tons of content available, but it is conveniently segregated from the main game. It has been compartmentalized into bite size DLCs that all sell for the price of a full meal.
    Looking at the digital store today during Black Friday, it would cost well over $450 to purchase the entire game.
    The good people at EA are completely off their rockers.    … Expand
  2. Lelik_mc_kawai
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    вроде те же симы, вроде что то новенькое, новый графический уровень, но уже что то не то! цена за фул игру свыше 50 тысяч рублей, серьезно? оставьте себе такой "шедевр!"
  3. Esther16
    Nov 16, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is incredible. You have complete control over Sims, whether it's small choices (choosing a look) or big choices (choosing a career and building a family). For people who like to build houses or stores in a virtual way, The Sims 4 is a good recommendation. The graphics are excellent. Unfortunately, what I dislike about this game is not having an open world.… Expand
  4. garagem2
    Nov 16, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is incredible. You have complete control over Sims, whether it's small choices (choosing a look) or big choices (choosing a career and building a family). For people who like to build houses or stores in a virtual way, The Sims 4 is a good recommendation. The graphics are excellent. Unfortunately, what I dislike about this game is not having an open world.… Expand
  5. x56kot
    Nov 6, 2020
    8
    Nie przesadzajcie. The Sims 4 to całkiem niezła gra. Oczywiście względem TS3 jest nieco uboższe ale ma za kilka ciekawszych rozwiązań, a grafika stoi na lepszym poziomie niż poprzednik.
  6. pizzalover2788
    Nov 2, 2020
    5
    El juego base es el peor que han hecho sin duda. Solo mejora con el conjunto de expansiones, packs, etc., actualizaciones del juego base y todos los mods y contenido personalizado que crea la comunidad. Sin todo eso, no es nada.
  7. Colonial
    Nov 2, 2020
    1
    dearest sim community, my girlfriend & I would like to express our extreme dissatisfaction at the **** tier door selection in this subpar game
    thank you,
    peaches & cream
  8. 1942YT
    Oct 25, 2020
    2
    Bare bones cash grab that actually is a down grade from previous installments. Only improvement is the graphics. The only way to play this game is to download lots of mods and this only keeps it fun for a little longer. Also, the packs are just like the game, lacking gameplay, most are full or rabbit holes or are broken. Besides, EA does not care about the consumer, at best they will giveBare bones cash grab that actually is a down grade from previous installments. Only improvement is the graphics. The only way to play this game is to download lots of mods and this only keeps it fun for a little longer. Also, the packs are just like the game, lacking gameplay, most are full or rabbit holes or are broken. Besides, EA does not care about the consumer, at best they will give you a lack luster pack as compensation when the community becomes upset.… Expand
  9. Mikey252
    Sep 23, 2020
    2
    Unnecessary amount of updates. The Sims is only a game I play intermittently and only for an hour or two at a time. Every single time I want to play I have to wait. Sometimes it's just not worth it and I end up going months without playing.
  10. bvrdto
    Sep 5, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1 would be too generous considering the path it is taking. Save your money and buy a good PC and Sims 3 instead.… Expand
  11. philippus_i
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    This "game" is more of a tech demo because of the complete lack of gameplay, even after six years of patches and over 700+ dollars worth of DLC. Its missing most of the features from previous entries, and at launch it didn't even have pools, a series staple feature from The Sims 1. All improvements with making sims and building houses is cosmetic. The sims also have no personality and allThis "game" is more of a tech demo because of the complete lack of gameplay, even after six years of patches and over 700+ dollars worth of DLC. Its missing most of the features from previous entries, and at launch it didn't even have pools, a series staple feature from The Sims 1. All improvements with making sims and building houses is cosmetic. The sims also have no personality and all interactions feel repetitive. What's most insulting is the offensive lack of skin tones and makeup that works well with all skin tones. Many darker skin tones have texture issues after years of release. It took a full on bullying campaign for them to promise to include more and fix the issues with existing ones.… Expand
  12. marcuskaktus
    Aug 20, 2020
    5
    My sister play this game a lot, this game is not that bat but dlcs and this game is made more for girls, boys will get bored playing this game.
  13. kayrakaanonline
    Aug 17, 2020
    5
    Vanilla Sims 4 had nothing. No toddlers, no pools, just nothing. Also no open world and No cars. It was a bad, buggy and boring game.
  14. Demodestroier
    Aug 11, 2020
    5
    Fun game but it’s almost forcing you to buy the dlc that comes out in total as £400
  15. Lex_x
    Jul 19, 2020
    3
    Прежде всего хочется заметить, что игра отошла от жанра симулятора, к которому относятся предыдущие 3 игры серии, The Sims 4 скорее можно отнести к жанру "песочница". Игрок имеет некий инструментарий и вынужден сам создавать себе развлечения, но инструментарий довольно скуден, поэтому без пользовательских модификаций игра наскучит в первые 2-6 часов. Единственным хорошим решением, можноПрежде всего хочется заметить, что игра отошла от жанра симулятора, к которому относятся предыдущие 3 игры серии, The Sims 4 скорее можно отнести к жанру "песочница". Игрок имеет некий инструментарий и вынужден сам создавать себе развлечения, но инструментарий довольно скуден, поэтому без пользовательских модификаций игра наскучит в первые 2-6 часов. Единственным хорошим решением, можно назвать графику. По факту у разработчиков был выбор: уходить в реализм или в мультяшность. Мультяшная графика отлично подошла серии.
    В остальном полная лажа. Игра скучная (даже дополнения не спасут, лишь добавят 2-3 часа геймплея), настроение персонажей почти ни на что не влияет, а если и влияет, то незначительно. Персонажи почти не отличаются характерами, так что выбор черт значения не имеет. И минусов много. Их явно не уложить в 5 тысяч символов, но главное я уже назвал: игра пустышка. В сравнении с 3 частью это шаг назад, к тому же ценник, как оригинальной игры, так и дополнений не соответствует содержанию.    … Expand
  16. Mafaghafos
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    No começo é divertido. Porem, depois de algumas horas de jogo, ele fica bem enjoativo! com uma gameplay mecânica, principalmente se você só tem o jogo base. O que te força a comprar uma DLC. A construção do game é bem limitado, principalmente nas paredes. Se podesse construir paredes fora de grade, já seria muito bom
  17. ShefardAlex
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    The most disappointing game, even with add-ons
    And even with mods.
    After part 3, it was expected that the game would be without rat holes, without hidden objects, more opportunities. What we got, a closed world ... worse than the second .. How do you say so? And so, the developer decided that focusing on weak computers is cool. But after some add-ons, I took my words back, increasing    The most disappointing game, even with add-ons
    And even with mods.
    After part 3, it was expected that the game would be without rat holes, without hidden objects, more opportunities.
    What we got, a closed world ... worse than the second ..
    How do you say so? And so, the developer decided that focusing on weak computers is cool. But after some add-ons, I took my words back, increasing requirements, but at the same time, everyone, in each addon, has a smaller, fewer lots, no animations of cars as in the creative part, fewer lots than in the second part, less animations and elaboration than in the second parts. Business is worse than the second part, and worse than the second part, children are worse than the second part. Everything is WORSE. BETTER GAMES FROM 2005. And the most disgusting, downloads of 15 minutes, in a game focused on old PCs, on the damn 2070 and 7700k. WTF. Reloading stories is a separate spit in the soul. No more mysticism, istria. empty generic NPCs dressing random clothes and looking awful, without history, there are no more NPCs and their dynasties of stories, there were Goths and died, there is nothing more after them, but it's ordinary to say nothing about ordinary NPCs, they are just dummies.    … Expand
  18. Eeedora
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This GAME almost 6 years ago,
    many reason for make new Sims game,but
    there are more more DLC DLC DLC ............it is easy money tree?
    -
    too many DLC,
    bad AI,
    little game map,
    wrost of game sims.
  19. Nico49
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    I'm a big Sims-Fan and I like this game also. But I can't give a good rating. The biggest reason are the DLC's. When you want see the full version of the game, you must invest a lot of money in expensives. With "a lot" I say up to 600€. And this is to much. Sims 4 is a big rip off. The game has also a lot of bugs. Sims walk through the objects. When the Sims touch another, then the bodysI'm a big Sims-Fan and I like this game also. But I can't give a good rating. The biggest reason are the DLC's. When you want see the full version of the game, you must invest a lot of money in expensives. With "a lot" I say up to 600€. And this is to much. Sims 4 is a big rip off. The game has also a lot of bugs. Sims walk through the objects. When the Sims touch another, then the bodys are inside the other. This looks creepy. The Sims 4 makes fun, but because of the many bugs and expensive DLC's, the game is only average, no more and no less.… Expand
  20. Marcusshsp
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    A EA simplesmente lança o jogo incompleto e e vai lançando DLCs com o preço de um jogo completo. Se eles quisessem lançar as expansões de forma justa, cobrariam muito mais barato
  21. LadyViper_23
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    First of all I have to say that i am a big fan of The Sims' saga. I played all of them with all of the dlc and I really play most to create Sims and World (houses, lots), so I'm generally less interested by the "life" part. If I have to judge only the BASE game i cannot say that i wasn't disappointed. We have no pool, no basement, no cars, no open world, no free lots' positioning, noFirst of all I have to say that i am a big fan of The Sims' saga. I played all of them with all of the dlc and I really play most to create Sims and World (houses, lots), so I'm generally less interested by the "life" part. If I have to judge only the BASE game i cannot say that i wasn't disappointed. We have no pool, no basement, no cars, no open world, no free lots' positioning, no TODDLERS and NO COLOR WHEEL. It was a big step back from TS3. Yes, now with all the patch and expansions we have some of that but it's really not enought if we compare it to the 3rd chapter or even the 2nd. I like the CAS, expecially the direct mouse manipulation and there are some big improvement with the build mode. For these reason and also because I like the new graphic I continued play The Sims 4 instead to go back to TS3. But even now with same good packs and dlc I miss these things expecially the color whell because, (I don't know why, maybe just to troll us players), EA can't put colors consistent with each other. For a build/buy enthusiastic like me this is really, really, annoyng. What's the point of put a bed in wood color that doesn't match with the bedside table? It's a mistery. Anyway I resigned myself to play with what we have and I try to see also the improvement and make the most of it. But I cannot say that TH4 was not a big missed opportunity to make a great game (with all the good aspects of TS2 and TS3 combined).… Expand
  22. margaridaoms
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    It gets very boring after a while, it lacks everything that was good in the other sims games.
  23. Piotr_R
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    You can't officially change the language of the game. The game publisher assumes you only ever speak one language and want to play your games in one language only. The steam version doesn't seem to have a similar issue so if you want to pay a second time for a mediocre experience that's one way out of this impas.
  24. nosTeD
    Jun 12, 2020
    6
    Not so terrible, but good in it is not enough.
    Things I liked:
    - Emotions - Character Editor - Multitasking sims - Construction mode Otherwise, the previous game is either better, or at least not worse. Removing many things really disappointed me. Not everything was returned even at the time of 2020. And it seems it will not be returned. Most offensively for: - An open world    Not so terrible, but good in it is not enough.
    Things I liked:

    - Emotions
    - Character Editor
    - Multitasking sims
    - Construction mode

    Otherwise, the previous game is either better, or at least not worse. Removing many things really disappointed me. Not everything was returned even at the time of 2020. And it seems it will not be returned. Most offensively for:

    - An open world (what prevented it from being turned off - an optional option for weak PCs and consoles?)

    - Transport, those cars that are present - it's just a visual effect

    - The remote mode of changing the city, and what is connected with this - the lack of the ability to place the desired site in the desired location

    - Cut the functionality of pets. The inability to hire them or directly manage them. Cat training has not yet been returned.

    - Lack of elaboration of trifles, as in the Sims 2. For example, what prevented the characters from getting kitchen appliances from the cabinets? Or did chess really move during the game?

    - Even more fragmentation of the game into paid addons. For example, if in the Sims 3 with the expansion “Pets” you received a whole bunch of possible pets and items for them, then in the Sims 4 they managed to break it into two separate additions.

    - The possibility of free painting objects

    This is not a complete list. Personally, I think that the new parts of the games should get better, not improve only some things, taking away many interesting features in return.    … Expand
  25. Linton_Lee
    Jun 5, 2020
    0
    EA being EA, everything is DLC. shame. I hate the pop-up sims 4 dlc ads so much when you launch the game.
  26. liebenmin
    May 15, 2020
    0
    The developing team clearly cares only about the profit, not the content they are providing for a quite solid price. This lack of love and passion for their product is showing in everything: lackluster DLCs and an absence of details make a sloppy game overall.

    Do not buy this game.
  27. woodbc21
    May 8, 2020
    2
    This game is full of glitches. It spends more time crashing and not working more often than not. Updates distube the files on this game very easily. Users in the community are always talking about losing files and the game completely crashing itself and they loses on their progress. Thisis a wast of time and money
  28. makeshiftjesus
    May 6, 2020
    1
    CW/ bleeped out cursing. I don’t want this reported bc then I’d be even more mad lmfao. Where do I start with this stupid game? Firstly, I wanna break it down. I’ve loved this game since sims 3. I might not be a veteran, and a bit late to the party, but I loved the idea of creating the perfect me for different lifestyles. But, it’s changed. And here’s why. Sims 4 is boring. It’s the mostCW/ bleeped out cursing. I don’t want this reported bc then I’d be even more mad lmfao. Where do I start with this stupid game? Firstly, I wanna break it down. I’ve loved this game since sims 3. I might not be a veteran, and a bit late to the party, but I loved the idea of creating the perfect me for different lifestyles. But, it’s changed. And here’s why. Sims 4 is boring. It’s the most painful and boring game. I guess you could argue that’s just how a life simulator is. But I remember having so much fun going to clubs and restaurants and bars in sims 3, at my own will. Call me a hater, but the fact we didn’t get open world in the “newer” sims is laughable. And yeah, this complaint has been beaten into the sims 4 developers minds but they certainly have a fun time defending their precious ugly a** baby from criticism. I found it so funny that when I was first watching video for the Sims 4, they praised the character creator for its amazing abilities. Instead we got some cool sliders on the bodies and nothing else. What happened to the customization? Sims 3 let’s me pick accurate and unashey POC skin colors, and now I get absolutely disgraceful skin tones that people have complained about since they appeared. But it’s been a good few years, and alas no improvement! Because the Sims team and EA doesn’t care about its fans. It’s so heartwarming to look at these amazing surveys and actually get excited before remembering, oh right, it’s EA, it won’t happen. I looked at the website and saw school, accurate relationships, improved babies, and I got tears. I was finally going to get the sims 4 we all deserved. Instead they come out with the WORST pack I’ve seen. A eco pack. For 35 DOLLARS. If you are spending 35 of your hard earned money for rehashed ideas from two other packs fluffed with stinky old cheese.... I’m sorry but please save it for something else. I’ve never been more embarrassed for a company. The fact it passed so many people and they looked at it and thought “This won’t look like an obvious cash grab at all!” Because that’s all they think. They don’t care about us. Why would they when people still throw money at the company like h*rny straight me. I also find it soooo hysterical that there are literal fans, working for no money or limited money from patreon, are making BETTER packs and expansions for FREE or for cheap, better than the f*cking devs. I could not be more proud of a community for actively owning the sh*t out of this team that constantly uses “non realistic/ impossible” as a reasonable excuse. The fans give us matching furniture, realistic teens/babies with skin problems and moody days, actually good and relevant clothing other than the disgusting style Maxis gives us, beautiful skins colors and amazing hair. It’s so sad these people work so hard to make the game actually enjoyable content that is being eaten up by EA. I can’t get over the blandness and ugly and boring Sims 4. We’ve gotten unfinished packs, unmatched devs, awful buildings, horrendous packs, all for what. We have suffered so long and I just. This is the last **** straw. I can’t kept waisting my money on a game I know won’t improve. It’s heartbreaking to me that I put so much hope only for EA to piss and sh*t all over my dreams. I genuinely hope that people on the Sims team learn to read feedback. It would be beautiful to see actually good builds, good packs, and content that makes even 15 bucks f*cking worth it.… Expand
  29. enbyenvy
    Apr 28, 2020
    4
    The only problem I have with this game is the pay gap with male bodies vs female bodies.

    I have both male and female working in the space unit--they are currently at the module cleaner level. M is getting paid 37/hr while FM is getting paid at 33/hr. Seriously???? How hard is it to get equal pay FOR THE SAME JOB? I'm going to bet it happens with other careers(I'm not sure though).    The only problem I have with this game is the pay gap with male bodies vs female bodies.

    I have both male and female working in the space unit--they are currently at the module cleaner level. M is getting paid 37/hr while FM is getting paid at 33/hr. Seriously???? How hard is it to get equal pay FOR THE SAME JOB? I'm going to bet it happens with other careers(I'm not sure though).

    The game itself is really fun, I also wish there was a graveyard or something to reflect the whole town's death as the game progresses.    … Expand
  30. yungwallnut
    Apr 15, 2020
    10
    Had 12 kids with 8 different women, became president, then died when I tried cooking spaghetti. 10/10
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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 75
  3. Negative: 2 out of 75
  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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