The Sims 4

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4.2

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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. HHaendchen
    Aug 31, 2023
    2
    Very pretty looking simulation but lacking gameplay features to an extent that I do not consider it a game. It is nice for building houses and creating sims but it is not actually playable as the Sims and worlds are very shallow, all alike and repetitive. The game can be very buggy as well. Also the DLC system is out of hand and way too expensive. You have to pay over 1000 US Dollar if youVery pretty looking simulation but lacking gameplay features to an extent that I do not consider it a game. It is nice for building houses and creating sims but it is not actually playable as the Sims and worlds are very shallow, all alike and repetitive. The game can be very buggy as well. Also the DLC system is out of hand and way too expensive. You have to pay over 1000 US Dollar if you want to play the whole game.… Expand
  5. Doniazade
    May 31, 2019
    1
    There is a lot of content, but the awkward game mechanics and massive number of bugs/issues constantly bog down the gameplay experience. Your sims are still incredibly dumb even after four games, the controls are utter garbage (unrebindable and pause on 0 instead of space, for instance), everything is sanded down to be as PC and inoffensive as possible and the game generally lacks 'soul'.There is a lot of content, but the awkward game mechanics and massive number of bugs/issues constantly bog down the gameplay experience. Your sims are still incredibly dumb even after four games, the controls are utter garbage (unrebindable and pause on 0 instead of space, for instance), everything is sanded down to be as PC and inoffensive as possible and the game generally lacks 'soul'. Different skills and activities are also very poorly balanced - among the creative skills writing is basically a money printing license while music is basically useless even though they take similar amounts of time and effort. This really limits what your sim can do if you're aiming to be as successful as you can. Of course, there's also the trait system which can turn your sim into a perfect inhuman cyborg with no needs beyond fun and bladder in relatively short order.
    If you're not a fan of The Sims I would not recommend starting now. If you are you're probably already playing this so whatever.    … Expand
  6. femmefatal
    Apr 17, 2015
    1
    Have you noticed a lot of AAA titles are now just junk releases? Taking away what we love an enjoy and putting in crap like this with pretty pictures in it's place. Take games like Rome II and that new ELITE and Dangerous game and Beyond Earth by Firaxis and the X3 new game 4x in space.....just to name a FEW.

    It's these new indie games that are actually making headway because they are    Have you noticed a lot of AAA titles are now just junk releases? Taking away what we love an enjoy and putting in crap like this with pretty pictures in it's place. Take games like Rome II and that new ELITE and Dangerous game and Beyond Earth by Firaxis and the X3 new game 4x in space.....just to name a FEW.

    It's these new indie games that are actually making headway because they are probably hungry and starving not fat cats like EA and CA and DA and QA lol.

    Don't buy this piece of crap and wait for the reviews of ALL AAA titles before you buy them if you buy them as they are just producing milk money and donkey milking games and not worth the price of an out house.    … Expand
  7. Gytis
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    Lets get it straight. Its a stripped out version of sims 2. No cars, no restaurants, no open world.. I rather have abit of lag rather than empty village with 25 lots..
    Apart from multitasking and sim feelings, there's nothing else there...
  8. 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
  9. Vihazur
    Sep 8, 2014
    1
    Seriously, EA? How the hell do you manage to drop the ball even on this one? Do you even care about making fun games at all anymore, or is it all about advertising and cashing out on whatever IP you can trash in the process? Good game development aside, how is being that myopic even a good business model?
  10. 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.
  11. Asanash1
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    Bought the same Sims, which was released in 2009. Just need to buy a lot more again dlс. Boring, no innovation, big price tag....this is epic fail by ea.
  12. 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
  13. Kingbingo
    Sep 29, 2014
    1
    Most of the content has been removed. It is a substantial backward step from Sims 3 which was itself a backward step from Sims 2, the best version of the game.

    I suspect that in future you will be able to buy back most of the content that came as standard in Sims 2. But at the costs of hundreds of dollars.

    Avoid this rip off.
  14. BlackWidow
    May 26, 2022
    1
    Despite this game being the best selling game in the series, it is the "worst" game in the series. Everything that simmers loved about TS2 and TS3 are gone. Here is just a small list of how EA butchered TS4...

    No Open World. No Burglars. No Story Progression. No cars. No Teen Prom. No High School Diploma. No Private Schools. No Auto Roof. No Grocery Shopping. No School Buses. No    Despite this game being the best selling game in the series, it is the "worst" game in the series. Everything that simmers loved about TS2 and TS3 are gone. Here is just a small list of how EA butchered TS4...

    No Open World. No Burglars. No Story Progression. No cars. No Teen Prom. No High School Diploma. No Private Schools. No Auto Roof. No Grocery Shopping. No School Buses. No Create-A-Style. No Real Consequences To Actions. No Astrology Signs. No Street Addresses. No Emergency Services Beyond Fire Dept. No Cemeteries... and lastly; No Real Difference Between Teen, Young Adult & Adult. All 3 age groups are exactly the same; Same Height. Same Voice. Same Appearance. What a ******* Joke!

    The "only" thing TS4 has going for it is "Create-A-Sim" and "Building." That's it. The actual gameplay is boring, shallow, and unrealistic. If it weren't for all the TS4 modders, House builders, and YouTubers, TS4 would be dead. No one would even play it.

    As for updates, it's all garbage. They are trying to implement Story Progression, but it's not working. It's still lame. And guess what EA is releasing for TS4 this summer... more kits! Yay! NOT! Move on EA. Give us TS5 already and make it like TS4 should have been.    … Expand
  15. neldot
    Dec 25, 2016
    1
    This is definitely a step back from Sims 3. The only things that were improved are that they got rid of the lag and the slowness of Sims 3 and made a better UI. Sure, great things, but they were achieved stripping down all the things that made Sims 3 a great open world life simulator. There is no more open world, no exploration, cities are small, boring and empty, there are no restaurants,This is definitely a step back from Sims 3. The only things that were improved are that they got rid of the lag and the slowness of Sims 3 and made a better UI. Sure, great things, but they were achieved stripping down all the things that made Sims 3 a great open world life simulator. There is no more open world, no exploration, cities are small, boring and empty, there are no restaurants, no toddlers, no color customization at all.
    Besides, your sims feel plasticky barbie dolls in respect of the realistic ones that were possible in Sims 3.    … Expand
  16. nebulousfury
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    I am going to go ahead and give this game a 1. The reason being... because it's a game, and it's not exactly horrible compared to some of the worst games out there. But for a Sims game? It is atrocious and deserves no higher than a 1. The game just feels very empty overall.... and if you didn't know you were playing a full production new gen game you might mistaken it for a free to playI am going to go ahead and give this game a 1. The reason being... because it's a game, and it's not exactly horrible compared to some of the worst games out there. But for a Sims game? It is atrocious and deserves no higher than a 1. The game just feels very empty overall.... and if you didn't know you were playing a full production new gen game you might mistaken it for a free to play or an alpha of some startup. But no... sadly this is the full retail version of The Sims 4. I even went ahead and got the premium pack. I actually figured with or without the pack there should still be a decent amount of items to place in your house hold. You want to know the truth? This game has less items than the first Sims. I will admit the multitasking of sims is very cool, but it's the only polished thing in the entire game. Even the options menu is sad. It has about as many options as an early 90's DOS game. There really isn't much you can do at all with the sims themselves.... what they can do is more entertaining than ever to watch the first few times. From what I could see there is really no outdoor activities at all. Yada yada but you know what the saddest thing about this is? You just know that in a few years and after $1,000 of expansion packs this will be a good game.... and that's the problem.... this first incarnation of The Sims 4 is nothing but bate to advertise future DLC. On some developer's computer somewhere there is a fully functional and much improved Sims 4.... but sadly only if you are sucker enough to buy every expansion and DLC even after this insult - will most of you ever have enough patience to see it.

    Goodbye Maxis. EA is the end of another great gaming company.    … Expand
  17. technicha
    Sep 6, 2014
    1
    Well it doesn't suffer from lag and have massive stuttering like Sims 3 had so that's a plus.
    But it comes at the expense of massively stripped of content, highly limited neighborhoods, loading screens and the removal of previous customization of objects.
    They are asking for an insanely high price for what is essentially just better performance, somewhat streamlined graphics and a    Well it doesn't suffer from lag and have massive stuttering like Sims 3 had so that's a plus.
    But it comes at the expense of massively stripped of content, highly limited neighborhoods, loading screens and the removal of previous customization of objects.

    They are asking for an insanely high price for what is essentially just better performance, somewhat streamlined graphics and a flashy emotion system.    … Expand
  18. Nimrod80
    Sep 4, 2014
    1
    - The Sims Free Play textures on Android have a higher resolution than here
    - missing basic features like basements, pools etc
    - horrible graphics (effects like water...- im playing on "ultra")
    - everything needs a loading-screen - preparation for console-releases...
  19. Zapness
    Sep 5, 2014
    1
    This game is lacking fun. Just stick with Sims 3, it'll last you longer and its more fun. Really, my review is only this long because I've been trying to get the minimum character limit. My real review is simply:

    No.
  20. saris1
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    This game is bad, bad, bad. It's basically nothing but a framework to add DLC to. No open world, no basements, no pools... no nothing. It's more or less the Sims 2 (base-game) with a graphical update. I'm still not sure if there is story progression in this game or not.... but from what I've experienced so far it doesn't really matter. Terrible and honestly I don't think that 'official'This game is bad, bad, bad. It's basically nothing but a framework to add DLC to. No open world, no basements, no pools... no nothing. It's more or less the Sims 2 (base-game) with a graphical update. I'm still not sure if there is story progression in this game or not.... but from what I've experienced so far it doesn't really matter. Terrible and honestly I don't think that 'official' DLC is going to make it much better.… Expand
  21. MBBasar
    Sep 21, 2014
    1
    This game is best Sim game BUT if they bring at least 10 expansion. I hate this marketing strategy. Sell core game with lowest content as possible and force people to buy expansions. Company think profit yes i know but this sale strategy is un ethical so i support crackers for this kind of strategy.

    My score is 1 not for Sims game but for company's bad behaviour.
  22. Dragon_Fly
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    I just payed $70 for an incomplete game. It's an absolute steaming turd. What in the world prevents a Sim form being able to use their Cell Phone to dial the Fire Department?

    I don't recommend this game until they get at least 1 expansion. It is no where near as good as Sims 3.
  23. 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!
  24. JarrahG
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    I played with the Create A Sim demo and felt I had a good understanding of it, but once I started in the actual game the create a sim setup has no natural path. Despite having the tutorial, (which if you click off of it goes away until you randomly do whatever it asked you to do.) It assumes you know what to do, and it tries to empower the user with "freedom" and flexibility, but insteadI played with the Create A Sim demo and felt I had a good understanding of it, but once I started in the actual game the create a sim setup has no natural path. Despite having the tutorial, (which if you click off of it goes away until you randomly do whatever it asked you to do.) It assumes you know what to do, and it tries to empower the user with "freedom" and flexibility, but instead you end up missing parts like changing body parts. You see the dials for muscles & fat, but clicking on the body parts and adjusting them at different angles? Well I hope you intuitively know where they are and what their abilities are b/c there is nothing to queue you to their functionality. Again I've been playing with the CAS demo extensively, but in the production version of the game there is no natural flow.

    My biggest complaint is that there is far less control in general. You have only the pre-determined styles and there's no room to custom or alter ANYTHING.

    Like that shirt or counter top but want to make it a shade lighter? Too bad! You get these 5 options we've created.
    Want to make that metal object, wood? #SorryNotSorry
    What a design on that lampshade? So long as it's white, sure!

    There are 1/20th selection of anything, except random crap you don't care about. There are 6 counter/island styles, but 19 stove hood styles. Seriously?

    Standard things are missing. Like? Dishwashers. Under counter, trash compactors. Classic double kitchen sink. Not-hanging ceiling lights (i.e. standard flush mounted can lights)

    The new mouse/camera controls are weird. You can change them back to Sims 3 style but since you're missing pitch/tilt it doesn't make much sense.

    I am so frustrated by the complete lack of *everything* I rage-quit while setting up my house. Something that I could do for hours in all previous versions.

    I spent nearly all of last weekend in The Sims 3, making a really cool new house. Making sure that the wood of the bedroom furniture was the same style and color. Pulling tones from bed fabrics and using them in curtains and wall colors. Making sure the metal of the kitchen counter knobs was the same metal and hue as the light fixtures and the appliances.

    All of the subtle details that made The Sims 3 a fantastic customizable world are COMPLETELY lacking in The Sims 4.

    They completely screwed up the worlds too. Instead of having a cohesive world, you have the vague notion of a world with out of scale venues in neighborhoods. In order to go anywhere or see your world you have to use your phone. Instead of getting in your car or summoning a taxi you go to a load screen and appear at the venue. You cannot seamlessly travel within the world only in the neighborhood. I feel like I am using an internal alpha and not a released game.

    With the Sims 3 I loved trading patterns in the Exchange and getting new buildings or furniture that would have new patterns that I could customize and apply in existing buildings or clothing. I loved being able to choose that SPECIAL shade of green for my Sims eyes, deep green but vibrant. I missing selecting hair color and adding subtle highlights and low-lights.

    I've spent hundreds upon hundreds of dollars, buying every expansion pack, every new world, every stuff pack and new set and venue in The Sims 3 store.

    The entire reason I loved playing this game, the customizing of houses, and furniture and clothes and the people ... all of that has been decimated to what can only be described as bare bones, poor-mans replica.

    I want to throw money at EA like I did with The Sims 3, but until I can change the shade of purple in a shirt, or matchy-match my furniture, I have no reason or desire to. I am heart broken that the newest version of my favorite game is only a shell of it's former glory.

    All of that is gone, and until it's back, I am too.

    Damn, so disappointing.    … Expand
  25. V1ndictive
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    Graphics = Good

    Lacks MANY, MANY features from previous Sims games. If you search, you'll find a long list. Interface is down to taste but I personally thing it is awful, and I dislike the white. The new Sims look bland and it is hard to make a truly distinct looking Sim. This game will be loved and adored by the typical Sims fan base, because no matter how bad the Sims is,    Graphics = Good

    Lacks MANY, MANY features from previous Sims games. If you search, you'll find a long list.

    Interface is down to taste but I personally thing it is awful, and I dislike the white.

    The new Sims look bland and it is hard to make a truly distinct looking Sim.

    This game will be loved and adored by the typical Sims fan base, because no matter how bad the Sims is, they will buy it and worship it. EA know this, which is why they are taking advantage of it by making sub par game and leaving room for LOTS, and I mean LOTS of DLC. The fact people buy into it makes me sick.    … Expand
  26. EEDIEE
    Sep 2, 2014
    1
    I've been with the Sims since day one, I consider myself a 'diehard' fan. I obsessed over each new release, shamelessly glued to my computer for days. I returned this thanks to origins 24hr return policy on all EA games. To put it simply, I was not interested enough in this game to continue playing after 4 hours. All my reasons have been mentioned by other reviewers and so I will not wasteI've been with the Sims since day one, I consider myself a 'diehard' fan. I obsessed over each new release, shamelessly glued to my computer for days. I returned this thanks to origins 24hr return policy on all EA games. To put it simply, I was not interested enough in this game to continue playing after 4 hours. All my reasons have been mentioned by other reviewers and so I will not waste anymore of my time on this game going into why. Thanks to those reviewers who gave me enough warning to try the game in a timely enough manner to be able to get my money back.… Expand
  27. Mastodon
    Aug 11, 2015
    1
    So glad I pirated this game instead of bought it. EA won't be getting my money for this poor excuse of a title. Plus EA isn't releasing any relevant free content. All significant additions cost money, even stuff that should have been in the game to begin with. Now back to playing Sims 3.
  28. gamergirl704
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    *sigh*

    Oh EA. You know it's sad when you make a game so bad that I feel the need to let everyone know why it sucks... They left out: Cars, open worlds, CAST, repair man, pools, toddlers, hills, burglars, cemeteries, color wheel, ghosts, the move object on/off cheat, schools, work places and MANY other things... But here are some major PROS: -Origins gallery is AMAZING. You can    *sigh*

    Oh EA. You know it's sad when you make a game so bad that I feel the need to let everyone know why it sucks...

    They left out: Cars, open worlds, CAST, repair man, pools, toddlers, hills, burglars, cemeteries, color wheel, ghosts, the move object on/off cheat, schools, work places and MANY other things...

    But here are some major PROS:
    -Origins gallery is AMAZING. You can almost instantly bring households and homes into the game.
    -Emotions are a lot more in depth, but this can also be frustrating..

    But let me just share with you my first 6 or so hours of gameplay.

    I started off in CAS (Create-a-Sim) in hopes to make a normal, married couple. First thing I noticed was that the color wheel was missing... I always took it for granted in The Sims 3, but then I realized how important it was in the creativity aspect of the game. I had a hard time finding heels that matched my dress, lipstick that matched my heels.. just simple stuff. Which also applies to everything in the house. It is very frustrating getting items to match eachother. I guess it's good that you can switch between the two worlds there are.. which are pathetically small.. But wait! There's more! Sub-sections in each world in which there are about 5 lots each, in which you need to sit through a loading screen each time you switch between them. You need your phone (which you automatically get, not earn) in order to go anywhere. There are no cars, and you cannot see your workplace, or the school; Your sims just vanish and come back later. One good thing is you can super-speed through the night when everyone in the household is sleeping. If one person is napping, and one is sleeping, this doesn't work. Same goes with working. You need to complete certain challenges before advancing in careers.. which take up a lot of time.

    Emotions: I don't like how some traits now have some negative connotations with them. For example, being a slob means dirty surroundings don't bother you, yet your sim causes things to get dirtier faster around the house.. and this goes with about half the traits (if I remember correctly, apologizes if I'm wrong).

    There were a few glitches...
    1. My sim was signaling there was something in the way when she tried to get in bed, when there wasn't.
    2. My sim was signaling there was something in the way when trying to get inside the house... when there wasn't.

    Making a house seems like it would be better but it really isn't even fun anymore because the sense of creativity is gone with how easy it is.

    If I got more into how many things were missing from this game, you'd be reading this for hours.

    When playing The Sims 3 base game for the first time, I was on it for weeks, thoroughly entertained. With The Sims 4 I got bored very fast and didn't know what to do with my sims within 4 or 5 hours, so I just made sims and rooms to post to the gallery.

    It's all missing. Everything that made The Sims what it is was is mostly gone in The Sims 4.

    The fact of the matter is this game was definitely not worth the 80$ I spent for the premium edition that comes with a crappy little book and some extra content.

    Origin wants you to hope that this game will get better with more expansion packs, so that you'll buy them. If you haven't tried The Sims 3, I recommend buying it instead with some expansion packs, because they're all 20$ now instead of 40$. You would save big $bucks$.

    If you still want to try it out, get it online through origin. They have a 24hr refund policy. If you don't like it, you get 100% of the money you spent back.    … Expand
  29. Zaiu
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    I've been expecting that game so much, after endless hours of the older games.
    But what I got is just not satisfying at all.
    From the first second when you moved into a house you have the feeling that things are missing. You just have the feeling that the "core game" was designed to make people buy the addons/DLCs. It just restricts your creativity. Another big anoying things is    I've been expecting that game so much, after endless hours of the older games.
    But what I got is just not satisfying at all.
    From the first second when you moved into a house you have the feeling that things are missing.
    You just have the feeling that the "core game" was designed to make people buy the addons/DLCs.
    It just restricts your creativity.

    Another big anoying things is bugs.
    My sims are sometimes stuck in walls, the music is running wild (i seems there are multiple tracks played at the same time), and I have some grafic glitches when moving objects around.
    Sure, its the first week for the game. But what in hell, was there no internal testing?
    These bugs are so obvious to me, how could they make it to the final product?

    For me EA would have done better by focusing on the gameplay, content and game mechanics than all the other stuff around the game.
    What is the benefit of the community stuff when the actual game is not satisfying.

    For 70 bucks im really extremly disappointed from what I got.
    And the feeling that you are driven to buy additional content, as 70 bucks are not enough to provide content, make everything just worst    … Expand
  30. Alabaster
    Sep 3, 2014
    1
    What a trash, stripped down version of Sims 3. This game is not worth the money, once again EA managed to **** something up. No wonder they gave out The Sims 2 for free, they were trying to suck up to us for this complete piece of **** Just wait, your going to see about 20 DLC/Expansions worth $30 a piece. Great job stealing our money u **** bags EA
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  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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