The Sims 4

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. TheExtraGuy
    Sep 14, 2014
    5
    The games biggest problem is that both the Sims 2 and the Sims 3 exist. It feels more like Sims 1.5 with the amount of things missing and dumbed down from both of those base games. The only things that save this are the emotions, the Multitasking, CAS and Build mode. But with no Create a Style, no pools, no todlers, no cars, no terrain tools, no lot placement or overworld map like that ofThe games biggest problem is that both the Sims 2 and the Sims 3 exist. It feels more like Sims 1.5 with the amount of things missing and dumbed down from both of those base games. The only things that save this are the emotions, the Multitasking, CAS and Build mode. But with no Create a Style, no pools, no todlers, no cars, no terrain tools, no lot placement or overworld map like that of Sims 2 or 3, this game is just bare bones and not worth full price and certainly not worth another full priced expansion which will certainly be coming. EA's worst blunder to date and you can certainly see the disregard they have for the consumer with the way they have treated this release along with that review embargo. Now we see why...… Expand
  19. 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!
  20. 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.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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!
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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?
  41. Jasuke
    Sep 6, 2014
    2
    Could have been good, it is still the same old just fewer features, which seems like a trend starting with sims 3. The lack of autosave in a game from this century is just unacceptable, the unfinished game will still crash and you will loose hours of gameplay, and for an avid gamer there is nothing worse than that, pure and utter failure a perfect showing to follow on from sim city.Could have been good, it is still the same old just fewer features, which seems like a trend starting with sims 3. The lack of autosave in a game from this century is just unacceptable, the unfinished game will still crash and you will loose hours of gameplay, and for an avid gamer there is nothing worse than that, pure and utter failure a perfect showing to follow on from sim city.

    Well done maxis: "Killing one IP at a time"    … Expand
  42. iondot
    Sep 9, 2014
    2
    It is difficult to hide EA's marketing strategy, which is writ large onto the face of this game. The Sims 4 seems based on a Freemium model of providing a bare minimum of content for an almost interesting game in hopes of selling you small chunks as you go. There are two enormous problems with this.

    First, the game is not free. Far from it. It is priced at the very top tier of AAA    It is difficult to hide EA's marketing strategy, which is writ large onto the face of this game. The Sims 4 seems based on a Freemium model of providing a bare minimum of content for an almost interesting game in hopes of selling you small chunks as you go. There are two enormous problems with this.

    First, the game is not free. Far from it. It is priced at the very top tier of AAA titles. Definitely a poor value for what you get.

    Second, even if it were free, or priced more in line with the newly limited gameplay options, whatever content EA plans to sell further on down the road isn't available yet, leaving you stranded with half a game. I suspect the reason for this is that EA knows if they offered this inadequate experience with the option to immediately spend even more money on additional content, the backlash would be tremendous. We wouldn't put up with with it — nor should we, even if this strategy is barely veiled. That backlash should exist now in the form of not another sale.    … Expand
  43. 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
  44. TurboDog777
    Mar 29, 2017
    3
    I have put this off long enough. I have tried to see the value in this game, tried to give the people that kept telling me "This game is SOO much better then Sims 3" a chance but the fact is this game is dookie. There ARE elements to the Sims 4 that are good such as the emotion system and updated graphics from the Sims 3. Sims seem more alive and I have to be honest I did legit enjoy myI have put this off long enough. I have tried to see the value in this game, tried to give the people that kept telling me "This game is SOO much better then Sims 3" a chance but the fact is this game is dookie. There ARE elements to the Sims 4 that are good such as the emotion system and updated graphics from the Sims 3. Sims seem more alive and I have to be honest I did legit enjoy my first few days with it. But after the magic wore off, I started to get bored... REAL bored. Everything feels like its made out of cardboard. Yeah, pretty to look at but no substance there. I'm not in a town, I'm in a house with a picture of a town in the background. Those arnt cars going by, that's not a train rolling down the tracks, its just window dressing. its all fake and it does NOTHING. I also have to admit that I kept hearing certain sim fans saying that its not fair to compare the sims 4 to any sims 3 expansion because its a base game. To that I say I DO in fact compare many aspects of the sims 4 to every part of the sims 3 because I PAID for all that **** I spend hundreds of dollars on all those expansions over the years starting with the Sims 1 and I would at least expects a FEW things from previous expansions to be in 4 like weather, or pets, or anything else that I already paid Maxis for 3 times already. This game isn't a step forward, its not even a step sideways, its a giant step back. I give the Sims 4 a few points for entertaining me with what it did right but in the end, Its not worth it. Go play the Sims 3.… Expand
  45. PyongyangMayor
    Sep 28, 2014
    0
    The Sims = Damn good. The Sims 2 = Amazingness, pure **** awesomness. The Sims 3 = Eh, alright. The Sims 4 = Garbage. Can't believe it took them this long to make this piece of crap. Avoid buying this and buy the Sims 2 instead.
  46. simlishpro
    Sep 4, 2014
    4
    I am still on the fence. Just bought it and played for a couple hours. Mostly, frustrating. i have been dedicated to The Sims/EA Games for 13 years... I was expecting my socks to be blown off. instead, the opposite. i like the game but so much is missing. no top or bottom edge scrolling (WTF) that is basic! makes playing a pain. no pools, no tilt or top view on camera, no easy way to panI am still on the fence. Just bought it and played for a couple hours. Mostly, frustrating. i have been dedicated to The Sims/EA Games for 13 years... I was expecting my socks to be blown off. instead, the opposite. i like the game but so much is missing. no top or bottom edge scrolling (WTF) that is basic! makes playing a pain. no pools, no tilt or top view on camera, no easy way to pan and rotate. it's weird... i enjoy the new features, such as multi-tasking and emotions but truly i could do without that for the game to brought closer to its height in SIms3. I dislike also, the closed neighborhood. In neighborhood view you can only see a few buildings, not an entire town, so not many options there. You can only choose from 3 or 4 lots... travelling is a pain. you cant just go out now, there is a loading screen and you're not able to follow sim around town as we could in Sims3. And the lack of interaction! what is this about?? you cant collect bugs, examine plants, fish by clicking the water... or i haven't figure it out yet. I went to get a refund and EA tells me I have no games eligible... what a joke. stick me with anti-climatic game then deny a refund when it isnt near as great as i anticipated for TWO YEARS?! I am almost embarrassed to admit i have been such a diehard fan for this company.… Expand
  47. Buccelus
    Sep 9, 2014
    4
    First of all: Sims4 is not worth purchasing.
    I thought I maybe should give it a go, but I was let down.
    Good things: 1.Creating a new Sim or family is quite easy to do, creating a sim is much faster now, you can be more precise and you can freely adjust body proportions by drag and drop. 2.Sims are now able to do multiple things at once. The second thing is talking 9/10 3.You can    First of all: Sims4 is not worth purchasing.
    I thought I maybe should give it a go, but I was let down.

    Good things:
    1.Creating a new Sim or family is quite easy to do, creating a sim is much faster now, you can be more precise and you can freely adjust body proportions by drag and drop.
    2.Sims are now able to do multiple things at once. The second thing is talking 9/10
    3.You can now give parties, even with multiple sims having birthday at once.
    4.The new talents are also quite cool, although not that much different to sims3, except they often affect your mood and wishes, which appears quite often. Which leads me to mood.
    5.The mood feature is pretty cool after all, it makes you want to use it, because it appears in the right situation and seems realistic. For example: You feel confident after you brush your teeth, then you go to another Sim and use: "confident pick-up line". If you succeed you will feel both, confident and coquettish, while one of them is always stronger. If brushing your teeth was the only action making you feel confident, you might be mainly coquettish now, what allows you to do specific flirty things.
    This is basically the only thing which keeps you playing and the game fluent.
    6.Emotions look real and are nicely animated.
    7.Building your house is easy but not quite full filling.
    8.Cool new jobs.

    Now the bad things. There are plenty's of them, I might forget some.
    1.You can't define and precise colours of your clothes anymore
    2.There are only two very small worlds.
    3.Which despite being small have a loading screen for every single house and you have to travel by clicking your phone.
    4.No dishwasher / not many objects you can purchase, especially a huge lack of games. Darts, balls, anything. Just a table to play cards on, music instruments, computer and chess.
    5.No age step between baby and child.
    6.Children don't feel childish, more like too little teens.
    7.You can't see any stats, work progress, relation status or ANYTHING except the picture as long your Sim is at work.
    8.No pools.
    9.Sims who you have any kind of progressed relationship with (mother, daughter, gf,bf, a.s.o) will try to visit you EVERYDAY and sometimes THRICE if you are not at home (because you are at work too, because your several other does not when you work), until you let them in. For every time you don't (because you don't quit working to come home and open the door), your relationship decreases.
    10.Sims need to pee way too much and will often wake up because of that.
    11.Babies are objects now, which are only able to lay in bed or be cuddled, but never let out.
    12.If you don't pay attention while cooking you will miss the cake for your birthday after work, because you need to bake it and can't purchase one.
    13.Parties start immediately, no matter which state of needs, mood, time, or being at work. Parties at the bar will likely be flops, because the entertainer has no piano (no one told you he needs one before of course) and if you did not bring a cake (to blow out the candles is your main goal in the party "mission") because you did not know it start immediately... well you won`t get any, not by any chance and you will load being very frustrated.
    14."Make love" option tends to disappear and you have to click the bed like S2.
    15.Sims switch chairs and run around like having AD HS.
    16.You still can't ask Sims about their age. (I know you don`t ask women for their age but pls... I married a young looking woman, married her and 4 days later, one day after giving birth to my son she grew a senior. My Sim wants to make 10 babies, hard with an old lady like her. At least she has a daughter...)
    17.No ghosts.
    18.No environmental events/activities
    19.Not a single dlc of Sims3 found it's way into vanilla Sims4
    20.You feel robbed and betrayed all the time. You will feel like: "I bet this will come with a dlc", or "Really? No dishwasher?" 9/10 Minutes.

    Pls don't buy this game. If it was tagged with 20€ I would recommend it, but for this retail price and as member of a progressed Sims-Series, it should have been so much better.
    I hope this was helpful.    … Expand
  48. wiragita
    Oct 1, 2014
    3
    At first i want to pending the review for some expansion but NOT! Here is the story:

    i feel the game are disappointing because it close world not an open world like sims 3. i feel bored easily because in my computer, it take 5 minutes per load which is take a hard time to going to the gym or park. When i played the sims 3 , the sims can going by cab. i think in real world people    At first i want to pending the review for some expansion but NOT! Here is the story:

    i feel the game are disappointing because it close world not an open world like sims 3. i feel bored easily because in my computer, it take 5 minutes per load which is take a hard time to going to the gym or park. When i played the sims 3 , the sims can going by cab.

    i think in real world people going somewhere by vehicle not by loading and teleport like the sims 4. Why the hell EA downgrade from open world to closed world? This is disappointing. I ask the possibility of open world and Sims 4 Admin confirm that the sims 4 will never going open world.

    Thats it!! End of the story...

    why the hell they downgrade to closed world anyway? i am trying to figure it out and got assumption: EA want to back again to sims 2 because in some review, people always compare sims 3 to sims 2 and said "Sims 2 are better than sims 3 blablabla..." But it just my assumption.

    i am sure 99% i don't need to buy sims 4 expansion. What the hell they want to sell anymore: Astrology sign? color wheel? toddler? woohoo technique? amusement park? weather? new skill? new job? life stage? NOT INTERESTING!

    I want to jump to the sims 5, if EA open registration for sims 5 now, i am ready on the list!

    i actually want to score it 0, but i kindly think EA work hard for this game and deserve more than that. Well maybe you can get better score for sims 2 fans... Just saying...    … Expand
  49. Yeon
    Jun 17, 2016
    0
    Its been two years and sims 4 still cannot match sims 2 or 3 BASE GAMES. EA it is time to start fresh and give us a game worthy of being called sims 4.
  50. cheekenboy
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Played for an hour and deleted it. Do not believe the positive reviews. They are either EA themselves or hardcore Sims fans in denial. This game is such a disappointment, it's so buggy, boring and bland. Don't waste your time. And to the people saying it will be better when there are expansions - well., you deserve to to be suckered out of your money cus that's exactly what EA wants.
  51. KCritic
    Sep 6, 2014
    0
    These 'critics' have clearly been paid off. The game is not worth £20 let alone the £50-60 it is going for. Don't let them get away with it. Save your money. They're now going to try charge you the Earth for DLC - DLC that should have been in the base game.
  52. OnceIWasBooker
    Sep 3, 2014
    3
    Made an account just to express how disappointed I am with this game.
    I love the sims but this game is incomplete. Feels like it was made in a rush, there are no gameplay-wise action to keep you playing for more than an hour, no variety of options for customization whatsoever in neither the create-a-sim nor in the building of houses.
    Simply terrible and EA should feel ashamed. Gave it a    Made an account just to express how disappointed I am with this game.
    I love the sims but this game is incomplete. Feels like it was made in a rush, there are no gameplay-wise action to keep you playing for more than an hour, no variety of options for customization whatsoever in neither the create-a-sim nor in the building of houses.
    Simply terrible and EA should feel ashamed.
    Gave it a 3 for the fast loading, saving but I guess that's easy to accomplish when the game is only 10% done.    … Expand
  53. bblitzy4
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Nice graphics but what a waste of my money, I have bought the game, I'm not just giving it a negative review for no reason, it's lacking, majorly. I might as well go buy another copy of The Sims 2.
  54. potatocouch
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    Lacks the majority of features that were present in Sims 3. Camera is very inconvenient, there's no open world, bugs are everywhere. The game feels like Sims 2 with better graphics, nothing more.
  55. Klldarkness
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    Horribly disappointed. They took pretty much all of the good features from the sims 3 base game, and threw them away in favor of the exact opposites. The big draw for the sims 3, was open neighborhoods. No longer were you stuck in a single plot, unable to move about, hoping that a specific person would wander by. That freedom of movement, and total lack of loading screens was what made TheHorribly disappointed. They took pretty much all of the good features from the sims 3 base game, and threw them away in favor of the exact opposites. The big draw for the sims 3, was open neighborhoods. No longer were you stuck in a single plot, unable to move about, hoping that a specific person would wander by. That freedom of movement, and total lack of loading screens was what made The Sims 3 such a success.

    That feature alone, missing from the sims 4, is a huge loss for me. The game is basically The sims 2, with update graphics, and emotions.

    Also, for everyone exclaiming over multi-tasking, and mod support?

    The sims 3 had both of those.

    In the end, this game was a failure. I'm not sure what maxis was thinking this time, but they have failed me, and every single sims fan out there. I am completely disappointed. I'll be sticking with The sims 3, and the expansions I own, and hope that the sims 5 is actually worth playing.    … Expand
  56. SharnaG
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    Funny thing about this game. They stuffed it up that much that when I took it back to EB games for a refund. I Returned home to delete it and accidently double clicked it and the game started playing. So you don't need the disc to play The Sims 4. Not that I'll be playing it anyways. I'd rather play The Sims 1. but I've resorted back to The Sims 3 :)
  57. Sawt00th
    Sep 22, 2014
    3
    It is a solid base for DLC nothing more. Now do not get me wrong the base is solid and will be built upon well. However the lack of content is astonishing. I cant help but feel it is praying upon the younger users who do not appreciate value as highly as those who are spending heir own money on a title. £50 is not cheap at all and I can only assume the DLC will follow in a similar vein.It is a solid base for DLC nothing more. Now do not get me wrong the base is solid and will be built upon well. However the lack of content is astonishing. I cant help but feel it is praying upon the younger users who do not appreciate value as highly as those who are spending heir own money on a title. £50 is not cheap at all and I can only assume the DLC will follow in a similar vein. The lack of items turns it from being a choice of style to that of higher ratings, however it would be interesting to see the relative differences within the mechanics of the game in relation to the stat boosts of the items i.e. bed, showers etc. Nowhere to really go outwith of the house and the desert town is just plain ugly.… Expand
  58. Tubey
    Oct 16, 2014
    3
    Imagine playing Skyrim, but they locked off a load of the skill trees as DLC. Or playing Final Fantasy 7, but Yuffie and Vincent were downloadable characters and the Gold Saucer was DLC. The effect would be that you're playing a good game, but it's so bare bones that it can't possibly be considered a complete game.

    Sims 4 takes this one step further. This "game" is quite literally a    Imagine playing Skyrim, but they locked off a load of the skill trees as DLC. Or playing Final Fantasy 7, but Yuffie and Vincent were downloadable characters and the Gold Saucer was DLC. The effect would be that you're playing a good game, but it's so bare bones that it can't possibly be considered a complete game.

    Sims 4 takes this one step further. This "game" is quite literally a barebone skeleton of a game that is frankly nothing to write home about until the 1000 DLCs come out and flesh it out. Which, of course, means this will ultimately be a £200+ game.

    Is it worth that outlay? It;s impossible to tell, but just going on the skeleton we have available to play, the answer is a resounding no. Why? Because this game is a shinier version of Sims 3, with added loaded screens. So why not just buy Sims 3 with all the DLC for not much more than the base game of Sims 4 costs? Hell, why not buy Sims 2, which again is a superior title for a few quid?

    The emotion system in Sims 4 adds something different I guess, but it's not a good enough reason to justify the outlay or the time you'll invest in the title. That aside, nothing is better here than its' predecessors.

    I'm not an EA hater. If they get something right, I'll praise them for it. But this title is everything EA is criticised for in a nutshell - DLC by the boatload, not much else.

    And please can game reviewers at apparently reputable websites stop giving ridiculous scores to AAA titles to appease their paymasters? It's cynical and worrying as you are conning people into turning over hard cash on sub-par titles. Just stop it.    … Expand
  59. giskarduk
    Sep 9, 2014
    3
    I like the sims games and I am not blind to the problems the Sims 3 had. It ran badly even on fast machines, it could handle too many NPCs and had so many bugs you spent half your time at the console using cheats to clear them. It also had over £300s with of extra material added by extremely over priced expansions. When it came out people said it had nothing in it compared to the Sims 2I like the sims games and I am not blind to the problems the Sims 3 had. It ran badly even on fast machines, it could handle too many NPCs and had so many bugs you spent half your time at the console using cheats to clear them. It also had over £300s with of extra material added by extremely over priced expansions. When it came out people said it had nothing in it compared to the Sims 2 with its many expansions. The Sims 4 has no expansions yet so its being compared to the Sims 3 with all its extra content. So its not going to look good.
    Fact is though, compared to the Sims 3 without any expansions, the Sims 4 does not have much of anything, the maps may be designed to improve performance but they have cut back too far, you can see your neighbors house, but if you want to visit it, there is a loading screen to deal with and if you switch between your Sims whilst one is out, there is a bug that stops your Sim entering your front door. I found my self actually bored, the game seems to be Eat Sleep and **** and little else. Sure the emotions are funny and the character creation is interesting. But the UI it self scatters everything all over the screen, its not all in one place anymore so you spend the first hour wondering where everything is and the rest of your life cursing the design decision that put everything in each corner of the screen. Also the Sims look pretty dated, this is not much of an upgrade over the Sims 3 from a graphics perspective, in fact it may even be a step back once you get over the new hair and stuff. The game is very slick and polished when you go to town and find only 4 buildings you can enter and there is loading screen between each of those, you more or less get the idea that the Sims 4 has a bad case of anorexia, which for £50 for the standard game, makes it one of the biggest rip offs on sale today. EA being the holder of most of these rip off records. Having said that, if your willing to throw money at EA I am absolutely positive they will solve all these problems with a whole series of grossly over priced expansions.    … Expand
  60. trytoblockmenow
    Sep 9, 2014
    0
    So after ripping customers off with tons of Sims 3 DLC and expansions, the thieves at EA decide to wipe the slate clean and release a bare bones Sims 4, designed for the sole purpose of robbing customers again. EA is nothing but criminals, plus this game is terrible.
  61. joelalmeidaptg
    Sep 3, 2014
    2
    I see no point in upgrading from the previous versions of the game to this. Lots of stuff removed, and nothing *wow* to be happy about. There seem to be also already some major issues with the game. Don't waste your money in this,
  62. cuddlemuffin
    Sep 8, 2014
    0
    There are so many things that I dislike about this game! I am an AVID sims player, and have played since the sims 1 first came out. I literally play every day. EVERY DAY. That being said, this game is a giant bucket of poop. For $70 (more than any other sims game) I expected so much more.

    One thing that I heard was rumors about them FINALLY adding was a height adjustment tool in CAS.    There are so many things that I dislike about this game! I am an AVID sims player, and have played since the sims 1 first came out. I literally play every day. EVERY DAY. That being said, this game is a giant bucket of poop. For $70 (more than any other sims game) I expected so much more.

    One thing that I heard was rumors about them FINALLY adding was a height adjustment tool in CAS. This has been an extremely annoying aspect ever since I can remember. It bothers me so much when my female sims are larger than males.... which every female is in the sims 4 so far, regardless of their weight.

    I did enjoy the new features of CAS, but once I got started with the gameplay, I was extremely disappointed. I've only played for a few days, and I feel like I have done everything possible in the game. Things like careers and the travel remind me of the sims 2, which is a huge bummer. The babies SUCK, and remind me of the sims 1... because they are objects that you can only interact with through the crib.

    My favorite part of the sims has always been the building and customizing. This is virtually gone, just as in the sims 2. Create a style was the best part of the build/buy mode on TS3, and they took that away too (classic EA). There are basically 3 style options: mission, victorian, and modern. You want different styles for different households? Too bad.

    The emotions are basically the same thing as the moodlets from the sims 3, except for the special social interactions. I was intrigued at first, but the emotions just got annoying after about an hour of playing. Emotions are not why people play the sims.... It just isn't. Also, the fact that you can walk up to your partner in ANY mood and still WooHoo out of nowhere is completely unrealistic.

    Another thing that I hate is the lack of diversity in terms of how to kill your sim. My sim died from embarrassment after peeing herself.... I mean, really?

    I could go on for days about the list of objects missing from the sims 3, but that would be a waste of time. I can't wait to spend hundreds of dollars on DLC.... Don't waste your money (at least not until there are expansion packs).    … Expand
  63. Justin_A
    Sep 20, 2014
    0
    If EA wanted a bland tablet version of The Sims then it should have been honest and released it as such. Rehashing The Sims 2's insular format and regurgitating the game with most of the content stripped might be OK for an iPhone version costing a few bucks. There isn't even a 64-bit binary, which shows how seriously EA is taking anything other than the DLC diamonds dancing in its eyes. ToIf EA wanted a bland tablet version of The Sims then it should have been honest and released it as such. Rehashing The Sims 2's insular format and regurgitating the game with most of the content stripped might be OK for an iPhone version costing a few bucks. There isn't even a 64-bit binary, which shows how seriously EA is taking anything other than the DLC diamonds dancing in its eyes. To show us just how much it cares about quality art, the company has threatened that there won't be a Sims 5 if enough people don't fork over cash for this sad excuse for a game. We can only hope they'll follow through on their threat!

    And, as for some of the "critics'" reviews... two-three paragraphs of utter vapidity in a large typeface does not a credible professional review make. I love how cruddy titles like this get their ratings inflated by such puff pieces. And, the fluffiest most superficial one of them all won't even let anyone leave comments unless they're apparently part of some special little forum community. How... adorable. I registered for their site and it wouldn't even let me post a comment to the "review".

    The Sims 3 was barely enough of a change to warrant releasing it and this game positively absolutely fails to do anything other than offer a cheesy "emotion pack" that could have easily have been added to the previous title. The horridly bland corporate look of the Sims themselves is to be expected. Clearly, the blandness of SimCity 5 had to carry over. But, the utter barrenness of this "game" (really just a portal for DLCs), given its high price and the track record of EA in terms of the franchise and the SimCity franchise, must be some sort of new IQ test.

    F... not for anything but farce.    … Expand
  64. Xavier33
    Sep 6, 2014
    2
    The problem EA is facing is that people are sick of starting over with features every time a new Sims game comes out. Why pay $20-$30 per expansion 6-7x just to get all the content you already had in the previous iterations.

    It's time to innovate EA, stop milking the franchise.
  65. jssmrenton
    Sep 5, 2014
    2
    It looks like it could be a great game but it's buggy, crashes a lot, and there seems to be less content than in the previous one. For now, Create-a-Sim is the only commendable thing in the game. Maybe if I manage to keep it running for more than five minutes, it will even be fun. There is one improvement, though, and that's why it got a "2": it loads faster than the third installment. Way faster.
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. Bensterbas
    Sep 5, 2014
    6
    Sims 4, two steps forward 3 steps back. Just got the sims 4 today from amazon and have played for four hours so far, here are some of my thought on the game so far. The game does a great job with social interactions with the other sims, allowing them to talk to other sims when doing something e.g. On the phone, on the computer etc. This is a great plus for the game as I felt sims 3 lackedSims 4, two steps forward 3 steps back. Just got the sims 4 today from amazon and have played for four hours so far, here are some of my thought on the game so far. The game does a great job with social interactions with the other sims, allowing them to talk to other sims when doing something e.g. On the phone, on the computer etc. This is a great plus for the game as I felt sims 3 lacked in this area. Also the music and build mode have been perfected in the sims 4 allowing for intuitive builds while listening to some inspiring music, again another great addition to the franchise. There are many more great things about the sims 4 but I want to talk about some of the bad so far to. No open world.... its a big let down for fans and one that shouldn't have happened as it is a huge feature in sims 3 and should have been brought forward and improved in the sims 4 but instead we get the neighborhood system that compresses the games potential and is a massive let down for players coming from the sims 3. I know many other reviewers have said this already but taking out pools and toddlers... seriously, again a massive letdown for sims fans and overall a bad move. Overall I think the games shows alot of potential and has the possibility of being a great game but taking out core features and items from game is a big mistake on EA's part and I just hope that its a fixable one. We will have to wait and see what the expansions have to offer but paying 49.99 or 60 dollars is another kick in the teeth and in my opinion making the game not worth the price at this current time. Hope this review helps! -Ben… Expand
  69. BigBangParty
    Sep 6, 2014
    2
    I am love playing the Sime since the first one, and usually a new version of the game is full of new things, with big changes. But here, the new things aren't that many, just like better graphism, emotions (which isn't that new, just an imporvment), and a new interface (which is actually great when you get used to it !).

    But then it gets disapointing. They removed a lot of things ! And    I am love playing the Sime since the first one, and usually a new version of the game is full of new things, with big changes. But here, the new things aren't that many, just like better graphism, emotions (which isn't that new, just an imporvment), and a new interface (which is actually great when you get used to it !).

    But then it gets disapointing. They removed a lot of things ! And I'm not talking about things from expansion packs, I'm talking things that were in the "blank" game sometimes since the first one. No more fire, no pool, no toddlers, no repairer, no police and thiefs, no car, no more open world (!!)...etc

    They said it was because they were too busy coding a new engine. Yeah, bad excuse, everybody know what you want to do ! If you wanted to add pools for exempl, it wouldn't have been that difficult !
    I'm surprised to see that critic reviews are actually good about this game....

    Don't buy it, keep playing the Sims 3.    … Expand
  70. Sylvire
    Sep 7, 2014
    2
    Seriously?

    What good is in this game. Game world has just changed somewhere between Sims 2 and Sims 3 with the area loading. You can't affect to your job now, it's just go in, come back, some moods change, here is your cash. All the actions take tons of time. I don't want to stay several hours in shower or talk to random person at street for hours and hours to keep social up. I'm    Seriously?

    What good is in this game. Game world has just changed somewhere between Sims 2 and Sims 3 with the area loading. You can't affect to your job now, it's just go in, come back, some moods change, here is your cash.

    All the actions take tons of time. I don't want to stay several hours in shower or talk to random person at street for hours and hours to keep social up.

    I'm almost expecting EA putting in soon real cash store where you can buy game money in bulk to get all the instant shower, bladder etc... potions.

    EA, latest Simcity was disaster and latest Sims also. You seem to be on the path to destroy everything you do with "fantastic" new streamlining. Heck, Sims 2 was better with all the options we got in it.    … Expand
  71. The_Seaman_
    Sep 10, 2014
    2
    With the lack of content, and features that we are all familiar with the previous sims you can't call this a full game.
    Stay with the The Sims 3 or even better The Sims 2.
  72. eldumloido
    Sep 11, 2014
    5
    Sims 3 is better in every way. heck even sims 2 is better if u have all the dlc. The game is technically worse with no 3d world map. The game also pauses to load (ssd hd 16g of ram). It's clearly a blanket for dlc and nothing more. When all the dlc is released ill give it another go.
  73. jpoz3
    Sep 19, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY EVER!! You might as well buy sims 1 since all of the exciting aspects have been taken away. Only reason I gave a 1 was the graphics (on ultra mode) are improved. However, NO pools, NO toddlers, NO MORE FREE ROAMING AROUND THE TOWN!! You can not follow them to work anymore. Every place you go you have to sit through a loading screen. Even walking across the street to the neighbors house you have to wait 3-4 minutes which may not seem like a lot but since they were previously able to roam freely with no loading screen it makes a BIG difference! Create a sim had nice features but it doesn't make up for ZERO GAME PLAY! The new interactions with sims are LAME! Tell joke about monkeys? Joke about mimes? Come on EA, we've seen you do better!! Thoroughly disappointed by this game. Do not listen to the critic rating, listen to the users! Step back to make progress my A**! There's NOTHING to do anymore! Going back to sims 3 and forgetting this game even exists. I suggest you do the same!… Expand
  74. Autash92
    Sep 19, 2014
    2
    Well I'm not gonna take the game back. But I also do miss the color wheel, pools and toddlers. I remember when I first bought the Sims 3 I didn't like it very much. Although I kept playing it off and on until cool new expansion packs came out then I liked it more. But with the Sims 4 I don't really play it much at all cause a lot of stuff has been taken away and feels like I'm playing theWell I'm not gonna take the game back. But I also do miss the color wheel, pools and toddlers. I remember when I first bought the Sims 3 I didn't like it very much. Although I kept playing it off and on until cool new expansion packs came out then I liked it more. But with the Sims 4 I don't really play it much at all cause a lot of stuff has been taken away and feels like I'm playing the Sims 2 again.And also it sucks seeing s baby go from that to a child. Toddlers need to come back to the game. So make a expansion pack for pools and toddlers please! COLOR WHEEL SHOULD BE ADDED! :)… Expand
  75. hermai
    Jul 26, 2016
    5
    Not a horrible game, but the problem with The Sims 4 is that The Sims 3 and 2 came before - and they're better.
    First the pros:
    - The building and Create-a-Sim tools are more intuitive and fluid, and a lot more pleasurable to use. You can move rooms, or the entire house around in the lot anytime you want. - The graphics are beautiful, the sims are more cartoony but they don't have that    Not a horrible game, but the problem with The Sims 4 is that The Sims 3 and 2 came before - and they're better.
    First the pros:
    - The building and Create-a-Sim tools are more intuitive and fluid, and a lot more pleasurable to use. You can move rooms, or the entire house around in the lot anytime you want.
    - The graphics are beautiful, the sims are more cartoony but they don't have that pudding face they suffered from in TS3. But it is a cartoony art style, keep that in mind
    - Multitasking is fun and allows for more realistic simulation. You can watch TV on the treadmill while talking to your friends.
    - The emotions are a new feature, but I find them a mixed bag. One one side, they make the sims more vivid, but on the other, they make all of them react the same way to everything. It is a neat feature, nonetheless.
    - The game is more stable and easier on computers than TS3.

    The cons:
    - There is no toddler life stage (babies go directly to a child and are confined to the crib), teens, young adults, adults and elders all have the same height
    - The are no Create-a-Style or Create-a-Pattern tools, meaning you cannot customize objects and clothes like before. All you can do is choose from premade options by the developers. No way to customize hair or eye color either, you can only choose from the options they give.
    - The world is closed, there is no open world. The base game comes with two worlds, each containing some neighbourhoods inside, witharound 3-5 lots inside each. Your sim can walk freely inside these neighbourhoods, but cannot freely visit the lots. That means: if you want to visit your neighbour's house, close by your house, you have to go through a loading screen.
    - The worlds are also 100% fixed, meaning they are not editable in any sort of way. In TS2, wqe could add and move lots arounds, add neighbourhood decorations as we pleased. In TS3, the worlds were also almost completely editable, and there are hundreds of custom player-created world to download. In The Sims 4, you can't even move the lots. You can't touch the world. And there is no tool to create a new one. So if you want to create new worlds for your stories, well, you won't.
    - Sims now have only 3 trait slots, ands the selection of traits is pretty limited. Also, traits feel very watered down and sims don't usually behave like their traits say they should. Mostly, the way they behave is overcome by the emotions system, making every sim feel less unique.

    Overall, I think this game is really mediocre. It was a very disappointing experience for me; it isn't horrible, but it isn't good and there are barely any features in it that make it more worth buying than The Sims 3 or 2. As of now, there's been 2 years since the base game launched, and the expansions and stuff packs released didn't do anything to change the cons I've pointed. So, I wouldn't recomend this game. I say, go buy TS3 and skip TS4.    … Expand
  76. Synason
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    bad bad bad! the game is not complete yet.

    no freedom no free world,no improvement.

    i am so disappointed

    sim3 is much fun than this rubbish game.
  77. missella
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeh so i just got this game, installed it a played it annnnd i hated it and i love the Sims franchise i have Sims 1 through to Sims 3 with all expansion packs, and to put it simply, i hate the new Sims they look more unrealistic then they did in 3 and the create a Sim is much more difficult than it should be, i much prefer the sliders like the previous games.Build mode is confusing, boring and difficult to use, your very limited in what actions you can do compared to Sims 3. I much prefer having build mode and buy mode separate. The products they have to put in your home are lacking as i miss cars, garages, laundry, ect. I also miss pools, lakes and the toddler age group, being able to pick 5 traits plus a star sign and lots of different life goals. The maps are highly limited and boring, no good lots, and nothing really that interesting in the towns at all. There's no ghosts no good graves and no free movement within the towns community . like i said i love the Sims but in my opinion they have really screwed up this time, this game is a waste of money. There is nothing good of fun about this game anymore i think i will stick with playing Sims 3, even if it freezes some time its still a much more fun, interesting and engaging game than Sims 4.… Expand
  78. iMatrix7
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    I was excited for an entire year for this game, and some days ago, it comes out.
    "What the hell!", was my first reaction to this game,"Is this a DEMO!?".. I mean, there are a LOT of functionality and object that are missing in this chapter.. and I don't mean only pools, because at this point who cares about them?
    No openworld, no more services, no animals, no thiefs, no progressive life    I was excited for an entire year for this game, and some days ago, it comes out.
    "What the hell!", was my first reaction to this game,"Is this a DEMO!?".. I mean, there are a LOT of functionality and object that are missing in this chapter.. and I don't mean only pools, because at this point who cares about them?
    No openworld, no more services, no animals, no thiefs, no progressive life for other sims outside familiy, etc.. etc.. the list is soooo long!
    PLUS: graphic is orrible! They promise us a realistic graphic in this game and what we have here? This should be the "realistic graphic of a world??"EA PLEASE, go home, you're drunk!!

    In conclusion, seems to have here the exact failure of SIM CITY 2014, but unfortunately in TheSims there is the female audience, that will buy in any case this next game with all the houndreds expansion.

    Good luck with that, i'm out of this cr*p of "game".    … Expand
  79. Alamoe
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    This Game ist not even close to what've expected! After my first look I thought: "Yes!". But still after one hour of playing, the game bored me. The interface and the control panel are confusing and not innovativ. It's difficult to see what the needs of my sims are and I have to click a lot more than before to see what I want. Also I'm missing many feautures from previous games, eg. aThis Game ist not even close to what've expected! After my first look I thought: "Yes!". But still after one hour of playing, the game bored me. The interface and the control panel are confusing and not innovativ. It's difficult to see what the needs of my sims are and I have to click a lot more than before to see what I want. Also I'm missing many feautures from previous games, eg. a pool, the "create a style" feature, cars, an open world and so much more! Its just very dissappointing to see a game we payed 70$ for, but that hasn't the lovely feautres we loved from Sims 1 to Sims 3. And I guess, if we want those features, we payed more than 600$ in the end. But whithout me.… Expand
  80. DracoSalieri
    Sep 7, 2014
    0
    So EA has done it again. The hype over this game over the past few months was very high and I was really looking forward to it. Then came the release..

    After a very annoying day-one update (I live in South-Africa where the internet sucks) I finally launched the game. I was thrown into the create a sim, and realized right there. This game is not Sims. Where is the realism in the look of    So EA has done it again. The hype over this game over the past few months was very high and I was really looking forward to it. Then came the release..

    After a very annoying day-one update (I live in South-Africa where the internet sucks) I finally launched the game. I was thrown into the create a sim, and realized right there. This game is not Sims. Where is the realism in the look of hair? Where was the intuitive creation mode? I had fun figuring out the creation process and was finally done.

    Then I had to pick a house. WTF? Where is the town? A few little houses and a bar and gym? Where is the town hall? Where is the police station? Where is the game I paid for? Not only is the town tiny, suddenly there is a load screen while 'Travelling' and the open-world is gone. The content is pathetic and the customization of item colours is basic.

    Overall, this feels like a skeleton of a game that will force people too spend hundreds on expansions. EA you greedy bastards. This was the only money I will spend on Sims 4. From here on out, I will pirate the game! This is the reward I get for spending R700 on this game? I encourage everyone to pirate this game because EA needs to learn that the people that buy games, won't pay for a skeleton and then keep paying to bulk it out.    … Expand
  81. dam1730
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    The biggest mistake that Maxis made was in trying to make this game run well on very low end computers. While I understand that they were trying to broaden their customer base, what they fail to realize is that fans of the game will actually seek to upgrade their computer so they can play the game. Now what they have done is created a game that is far behind the times. No Sims game isThe biggest mistake that Maxis made was in trying to make this game run well on very low end computers. While I understand that they were trying to broaden their customer base, what they fail to realize is that fans of the game will actually seek to upgrade their computer so they can play the game. Now what they have done is created a game that is far behind the times. No Sims game is expected to be a graphic masterpiece, however this game is not even average. The Sims 3 came out over 5 years ago and at the time it was definitely above average as far as the look of the game goes and it still isn't bad today. The Sims 4 isn't good now, what will it be like in 5 years?

    In their crusade to make the game be less demanding of the computer, Maxis stripped down many of the best features of The Sims 3 including the open world which gave the town a much more life-like feel. Many other features have been taken away as well and you can find many lists of them if you search the internet.

    Ultimately, this game feels like something that was made for a tablet, not for a computer. While for a tablet the game would be good, as a consumer you're paying for a computer game and should be able to expect the type of quality we associate with computer games.    … Expand
  82. alexei379
    Sep 4, 2014
    2
    Loading screen on every move in 2014. You must be kidding me! Only character editor is any good, every other aspect looks like downgrade. Thanks for great game guarantee!
  83. dreamlife
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    so! I've been so excited for months on end about the sims 4 and i have never been let down so much by EA. not only is it not available on mac but its so boring and you know what, it feels like you're playing sims 1 just in HD. can't believe i spent money on this crap. lucky! i got a refund. sims is officially over people.
  84. caudronmike
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    Waste of time and money. much less content, less items, less features. Pretty sure that EA has already prepared a loooooot of content already ready to be released if you,re proned to pay 25$ in order to have a swimming pool, a baby, a car (25$ for each item don't be so naive). I don't agree with this kind of policy. i,m feeling like robbed. Hope that EA gonna do something.
  85. Hawkert
    Sep 5, 2014
    0
    What a regret,buying this unfinished game! I should 've heard my friends...what a waste of money. I'm just...disappointed. This game is horrible. A step back in The Sims franchise.
  86. guitarmaniac004
    Mar 2, 2015
    3
    Ok, so giving this game above a 0 was hardenough but I'll give it some amount of credit. I like the game to an extent. It's fun to play while the internet is down and it's nice to build a neat house or create the sim that you've always wanted to be. The thing is, this game doesn't supply all of that. The create-a-sim is better than it used to be because it interactsbetter with theOk, so giving this game above a 0 was hardenough but I'll give it some amount of credit. I like the game to an extent. It's fun to play while the internet is down and it's nice to build a neat house or create the sim that you've always wanted to be. The thing is, this game doesn't supply all of that. The create-a-sim is better than it used to be because it interactsbetter with the userface. The build mode would be alright if it didn't constantly bombard me with DLC, as if this game wasn't entirely based on DLC!

    As opposed to gameplay, this game has taken a definate setback. They slightly improved the graphics (yay I guess?) while removing access to the entire game without loading screens. This really ticked me off. The idea of bringing out a new game to a franchise isn't to just slap an extra number on there and to strip most of it's features. You're supposed to have a HOOK! Something newthat people can grab on to to make ther game new and exciting. This game did not supply that. I felt like I was playing The Sims 3 with a lot of removed features. I don't know what was going through EA's/Maxis's mind when they thought the next intallation of The Sims was going to be a success. This game sucks donkey balls but some features are ok... but it still sucks balls    … Expand
  87. Edzone
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Fantastic! Every body, EA did that again! After the great success of reboot in Sim City, fans of simulation games are wondering what the next simulation title will be launched by EA. I can't imagine how bad the gaming industry will become if EA doesn't exist in this world. For starters, EA is currently one of the best simulation developers in the world, and in general it is the leader inFantastic! Every body, EA did that again! After the great success of reboot in Sim City, fans of simulation games are wondering what the next simulation title will be launched by EA. I can't imagine how bad the gaming industry will become if EA doesn't exist in this world. For starters, EA is currently one of the best simulation developers in the world, and in general it is the leader in trends of development of various games around the world.

    Sim City has already drawn so much attention and become a legend of simulation games in modern era. Today, another legend has born, which is this wonderful game.

    Sims 4 has significant improvement over its predecessor. It has an improved UI, which is more user friendly. Its graphic is superb and oustanding. On a technical side, the optimization is perfect, the game is running extremely smoothly. The game play elements also bring the simulation of life to a new level. It has a lot of elements added, and offers a great variety of game play choices for players. Also, it is very realistic, which is an outstanding life simulator.

    All in all, the game has a lot of innovative and creative improvement, which is a must-have for all fans of simulation.

    I am already looking forwards for more DLCs to come. Please do not release expansions again like the old-days, as this takes too much time for development. Fans want new contents as soon as possible. Developers, please try to release more and more DLCs on a weekly, or if possible, on a daily basis. Fans are eager to pay for more FUN! ;)

    Every one, please join me to celebrate the great launch day of such fantastic title!    … Expand
  88. Starshiner
    Sep 12, 2014
    0
    Here's some negative andvery little positive feedback on my take of Sims 4.

    First I will say I had always been a Sims fan. I've played them all. I even bought Sims 2 and 3 the day they had come out. I played them for hours and hours on end, rarely ever getting bored. The first hour of me playing Sims 4, I already had become so bored with it and left feeling completely disappointed. I    Here's some negative andvery little positive feedback on my take of Sims 4.

    First I will say I had always been a Sims fan. I've played them all. I even bought Sims 2 and 3 the day they had come out. I played them for hours and hours on end, rarely ever getting bored.

    The first hour of me playing Sims 4, I already had become so bored with it and left feeling completely disappointed. I was looking forward to the game, ever since it had first been announced them making a 4th installment to the Sims.

    Ever since Sims 2 had come out, my favorite aspect has always been toddlers. I loved having my female sims get pregnant and raising their babies. I loved the family side of the game. Actually, just a month ago I was explaining to my husband about the Sims games and how far they had come with it, explaining how silly the infants were in Sims 1. Then what do I find out they did with Sims 4? They made the babies like Sims 1! Right when I thought I couldn't have been more disappointed with Sims 4, I learned about the downgraded infants...then right after I find out about the toddler cut. I love the toddlers as many people do. I can understand some people not liking the toddler stage in Sims, but EA could have made that more flexible in Sims 4 by being able to remove the toddler stage.. perhaps near where you can turn off aging? They had some nerve taking out toddlers altogether!

    Another favorite aspect of mine in Sims 3 (which Sims 4 does not have) is story progression. In Sims 3, I loved creating a family, sticking them in a house, then forgetting about them as I played another household and then checking what the family I forgot about was up to, if the original couple I made got a divorce, if they had kids, what jobs they ended up getting, ect.

    The load time SUCKS. I know the load time isn't long, but it still sucks. It's just another thing to make Sims 4 feel so much more limited than Sims 3. (Keep in mind, I remember Sims 3 vanilla days as I bought it when it first came out). I miss the open world in Sims 3!

    I also don't like that they took out the style and color table tools.

    Now the couple things I did like...

    I liked what they did with create a sim. It was a bit awkward at first compared to what I was use to with Sims, but once I started to play with it, it grew on me. Again, the only thing I find it lacking is the style/color tools. Overall, I still had fun creating my sims.

    The build mode was nice, I do love what they did with it. It still wasn't enough to win me over (none of it was) as I've always been okay with the building aspect of Sims 3.

    I also love how much the Sims multi-task compared to any other Sims game.

    That's really the only positive things I have to say about Sims 4... and I would have rather have paid to have the features I did like, into my Sims 3 because I won't be playing the Sims 4... not unless EA find a way to make up for this crappy game by giving us the features we miss!

    I don't know how they will ever be able to give us open worlds again. Maybe when they make new neighborhoods, they can make some of them be like the open neighborhoods... but I won't count on it.

    The Sims 4 is more like Sims 1 and 2 combo with a couple cool features, but not enough cool features to keep you in the groove when playing.

    I hate to say it, but you really screwed up EA! I sure hope you find a way to fix this. If not, I will just keep continuing to play The Sims 3 which I'm more than fine with. I still have a blast when playing Sims 3, unlike I do with SIms 4.    … Expand
  89. DaveAus
    Sep 3, 2014
    0
    Very disappointing about the quality of this game. Having to run around when installing, why do I need origin? I just want to play! Origin not working at first, and the support forum gave no help. Had to do research myself to get the game working.

    The game, overall lacks depth and content. There is just so little to do, the graphics look only slightly better, but the worlds feel smaller    Very disappointing about the quality of this game. Having to run around when installing, why do I need origin? I just want to play! Origin not working at first, and the support forum gave no help. Had to do research myself to get the game working.

    The game, overall lacks depth and content. There is just so little to do, the graphics look only slightly better, but the worlds feel smaller then before, with less for my sims to do, and WEAR!

    Overall this is a slight graphics update with much less to do then the previous Sims, and at this asking price, I expected a more full game.    … Expand
  90. rausabb
    Sep 2, 2014
    5
    I just bought this and was really hoping for more, but was let down. Don't get me wrong this game has a lot of potential to be awesome, but I still prefer things about The Sims 3 over The Sims 4. I wish when they made the newest Sims, they would take the good stuff from the previous game and improve further.

    I have owned all the Sims games, and every time you play a new Sims game you    I just bought this and was really hoping for more, but was let down. Don't get me wrong this game has a lot of potential to be awesome, but I still prefer things about The Sims 3 over The Sims 4. I wish when they made the newest Sims, they would take the good stuff from the previous game and improve further.

    I have owned all the Sims games, and every time you play a new Sims game you need to learn how it works.

    I think they spent too much time on how to customize the look of your Sims body, that they didn't keep in mind about all the other things you can customize like clothes, objects, wallpaper, etc. It would be nice if they had more traits for sims, and hair color choices like they had in the sims 3. I hope they do an update or something where they can add all of that and soon.

    Otherwise there are some features that are better than the sims 3 like the roof is much easier to use. You can place windows either low, in the middle, or high on a wall. You can also change the wall heights. Also being able to move a whole room around is a great feature.

    I haven't really had much time to play more with this, but I do wish they would bring back the customization of each item. Also I wished the camera/ screen would move more like the sims 3 where you can navigate it at different angles so you can get different views of the house.    … Expand
  91. Skarlath
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    This game has left me incredibly disappointed. Being a legacy player I really can't get past the lack of toddlers. I love that the babies are clothed, but it just feels incomplete without a toddler in the house.
    The emotions system I actually got bored of really quickly. If you regularly speed through the game the emotions won't add much to the gameplay.
    I enjoy the multitasking, but    This game has left me incredibly disappointed. Being a legacy player I really can't get past the lack of toddlers. I love that the babies are clothed, but it just feels incomplete without a toddler in the house.
    The emotions system I actually got bored of really quickly. If you regularly speed through the game the emotions won't add much to the gameplay.
    I enjoy the multitasking, but hate when nosy Sims enter my conversations.
    I was really looking forward to this game so I'm sad that it has fallen short of what I expected out of a Sims game. I'll be taking advantage of the 24 hour return policy on Origin.    … Expand
  92. xDennerG
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Seems to me that the game itself has been "cuted", so everything can come as expansions later. No need to say anything more than this to express my frustration with the game...

    To be fair, there's some improvements, like the Multi-task option in some cases. The new build mode UI and the some new features on it are good too(ignoring the fact that there's things missing...) . Still,    Seems to me that the game itself has been "cuted", so everything can come as expansions later. No need to say anything more than this to express my frustration with the game...

    To be fair, there's some improvements, like the Multi-task option in some cases. The new build mode UI and the some new features on it are good too(ignoring the fact that there's things missing...) . Still, nothing that would make me stay at the game more than 1 hour.

    I sincerely hope that people stop buying this kind of game, or else the gaming industry is going to be ruined...    … Expand
  93. fabeme
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    I followed everything that was said about the Sims 4. At firs, I was excited and I pre-ordered it in 2013, but the more I heard about the game, the more I was disappointed. This was not going to be a good game... I canceled my order and continued to follow the news. Finally, I could try the game on the PC of a friend before buying it.

    When the game started, it was all white...    I followed everything that was said about the Sims 4. At firs, I was excited and I pre-ordered it in 2013, but the more I heard about the game, the more I was disappointed. This was not going to be a good game... I canceled my order and continued to follow the news. Finally, I could try the game on the PC of a friend before buying it.

    When the game started, it was all white... everything was different. I was like : oh nice, this is new. Then I created my Sim and finally started to play... my first thought was : man this look exactly like the Sims 2. The graphics are awful and I run in Ultra mode. It is just like in the past! And then, I was like : well, emotions must be pretty nice... but after some time, I realized that it was nothing new. We already had it in the Sims 3, but under another name. It was the mood. Not this detailed, but still the same thing. When the Sim was it a bad mood, it was impossible to make it do something, just like the Sims 4.

    I really don't like this game. The waiting time when you change lot are awful. What is that? WHY? I had all expansions of the Sims 3 on my laptop and It was as fast as the empty Sims 4... I won't buy it. This is scrap with a lot of thing missing. I'm not talking about the expansions of the last opus, but about things that were with the last bases games. I have been a fan of The Sims since the first opus. Not anymore.    … Expand
  94. Qgal5kap
    Sep 5, 2014
    2
    Have you guys seen the size of the lots?? In the biggest of lots in Sims 4, I can't even fit the garage of my last Sims 3 house. It seems like they have decided that nobody plays Sims for the design and build aspect of it. Rather than having the best of two worlds, they went for one, namely focus on interaction between sims.

    I returned the game within the 24 hrs.
  95. puchjd
    Sep 18, 2014
    3
    I felt just the same way when i bought the "new" SimCity, all cool options and addictive gameplay were gone. The same happened with TS4. This game is booooooooooring compared to the Sims3. Maybe it's a good option if you have not played anohter sims game ever, but as a fan of the series, you will be very disappointed. The gameplay just sucks, loading screens? come'on!, the "city" where youI felt just the same way when i bought the "new" SimCity, all cool options and addictive gameplay were gone. The same happened with TS4. This game is booooooooooring compared to the Sims3. Maybe it's a good option if you have not played anohter sims game ever, but as a fan of the series, you will be very disappointed. The gameplay just sucks, loading screens? come'on!, the "city" where you are living is just dead, there are no longer interesting stories going around, the lack of customization, fewer life dreams, and a long etc.. Now i have graded this with a 3 for the following: nice create a sim, improved social interactions (more "realistic")... and i think that's it.… Expand
  96. maritha01
    Sep 7, 2014
    3
    I think that Sims 4 is a scam...
    I think that the bare bones of the game is given with the initial release so that you have to purchase the expansion packs that are to come, which will have more options of course. Very disappointed with the fact that you have to load between neighborhoods, something that they probably wont change.
  97. Maruge
    Oct 10, 2014
    0
    Most of the few things people are putting in positive about this game have drawbacks.
    1: It runs smoothly, but the constant loading times make it a large step back.
    2 The UI is simplified, that's probably because most of its features are gone. 3 The game has little content because it has non of the DLC's, so are you telling me that its become the standard for EA users to not even care    Most of the few things people are putting in positive about this game have drawbacks.
    1: It runs smoothly, but the constant loading times make it a large step back.
    2 The UI is simplified, that's probably because most of its features are gone.
    3 The game has little content because it has non of the DLC's, so are you telling me that its become the standard for EA users to not even care that they are buying expansion packs for content that is not a new idea? The sims 2 added in many great expansions, and then they were all added in a second time, with some new ones (because there was less content than the sims 2 base game), and some of the good old ones never returned, now we will see these same ideas again in 60 dollar expansion packs and some new DLC that was sims 3 base game, and a few of the nice sims 3 expansions will never be seen again.
    Not to mention the awkward new building system and the generally ugly furniture lacking in variety and numbers, and the removal of cars and babies is just salt in the wound.    … Expand
  98. BrutalBran95
    Oct 16, 2014
    0
    not going to give long text just want to type 150 words so i can leave 0 score for been flat out awful i didnt even praite this after watching videos that how bad this is and when reading comments and reviews glad i got sims 3 start pack for £5 then paying £40 for this crap EA at its best
  99. drschuster555
    Oct 17, 2014
    0
    YAY! A NEW GAME!

    Here mister EA, your 50€.

    Oh! 20 "new" 'Expansion Packs': Here EA your 10000€!

    I think it was worth it.

    The rating has to be 150 characters long: :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
  100. danielr125
    Sep 26, 2016
    0
    Es la peor entrega de este juego que he visto es lamentable lo que le hicieron al juego empezando por la camara ya no existe la diagonal, algo que era extraordinario en los sims 3 en el mismo juego visualizar el barrio e ir lo destruyeron por cargas a cada momento segun a donde desees dirigirte, tiene grandes errores por ejemplo la jardineria que amaba verla en sims 3 la destruyeron y paraEs la peor entrega de este juego que he visto es lamentable lo que le hicieron al juego empezando por la camara ya no existe la diagonal, algo que era extraordinario en los sims 3 en el mismo juego visualizar el barrio e ir lo destruyeron por cargas a cada momento segun a donde desees dirigirte, tiene grandes errores por ejemplo la jardineria que amaba verla en sims 3 la destruyeron y para completar cosas aburdas por ejemplo mientras conversamos con alguien que nuestro sim de la nada se ponga a realizar lagartijas muy absurdo y triste sigo y me quedo con el sims 3 por mucho largo mejor juego que este igual el 2 y el 1 siendo otra tecnologia desde esa saga pero es un juego mejor hecho ...… Expand
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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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