The Sims 4

 Xbox One
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 73
  3. Negative: 40 out of 73
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  1. nomaddamon
    Nov 17, 2017
    5
    It's The SIMS 4 - the same Sims that has been out on PC and older consoles for years.
    If you didn't like it before, you won't like it now. If you loved it, then you'll be ok with Xbox One version
    The game has LOT of bugs - but hopefully they will be ironed out over time. The game has multiple launch day DLC's, which cost as much as the game itself (and still it's a year or two    It's The SIMS 4 - the same Sims that has been out on PC and older consoles for years.
    If you didn't like it before, you won't like it now. If you loved it, then you'll be ok with Xbox One version

    The game has LOT of bugs - but hopefully they will be ironed out over time.

    The game has multiple launch day DLC's, which cost as much as the game itself (and still it's a year or two behind PC on DLC's) - The game is ok without the DLC's but still...

    What is really great is that there are NO LOOTBOXES - which is terrific for an EA game...    … Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Nov 22, 2017
    7
    Sims 4
    Addictive Simulation
    Sims 4 is a simulation game where you live out the life of your created sim.. Though sims 4 introduces a genetics system to allow your sims to have babies that borrows traits from their parents.. I chose to live my sim life as a husband with my son and wife.. You start out by choosing 1 of 3 areas to live in, you then purchase a plot of land and get to    Sims 4
    Addictive Simulation
    Sims 4 is a simulation game where you live out the life of your created sim..
    Though sims 4 introduces a genetics system to allow your sims to have babies that borrows traits from their parents..
    I chose to live my sim life as a husband with my son and wife..
    You start out by choosing 1 of 3 areas to live in, you then purchase a plot of land and get to building with a small but decent budget, enough to get a house going with your essentials..
    Its then up to you to fulfill your sims needs based on their characteristics and traits you choose at the start…
    I was an athletic romantic husband with a smart and crazy wife, and a charming toddler..
    Eventually my wife and child would signal they needed certain items so it was up to me to get a job to afford entertainment for them to keep them preoccupied and happy..
    As my mai n character didn’t need too much.. he just needed to workout to keep his mind clear..
    But my wife needed mental support, she needed help with our child, cleaning the house, repairing items, while she took breaks to be with herself.. hide from the world a little bit, talk to herself to calm herself down, she had a need to make friends and discover, she has a dork so she needed to play video games to stay happy, another thing for me to take care of…
    I was surprised how invested I ended up being in my sim family, of making sure my wife was happy, that I gave her just the right amount of attention and free time…
    That I took her on dates and cheered her up by being dumb…
    Ending our days occasionally making sweet love…
    Which brings me to baby making.. your sims can get pregnant and have babies..
    And youll check on your wife constantly, feel her tummy, make her feel beautiful and wanted while you you wait for the baby to come out…
    this is how I chose to live my sim life, but you can live yours any way youd like.. you can start out single and go out into the world.. just focus on earning cash to build a massive house…
    Its all up to you..
    And you can go back and forth between the different members of your family and interact with eachother any way youd like, you can roll play, make them fight, or keep them happy… or just let the sims do their thing on their own..
    I enjoyed my first sims experience..
    I get why so many people get addicted to it..
    I got my fill of the sims in about 5 hours of fast forwarding and managing everyones needs
    but it was an enjoyable 5 hours
    I give the Sims 4
    a 7/10    … Expand
  3. AngryGamer34
    Mar 22, 2023
    6
    Okay. Maybe my old review on this game was a little too harsh. With the constant crashes and Items Removed message on the old XBox One, it was a nightmare. But since I got the new XBox Series, I decided to change the zero rating to a six.
  4. TomKing13
    Jul 17, 2022
    5
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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Gaming Age
    Feb 6, 2018
    42
    What makes it really frustrating is that The Sims 4 has so much potential to be great with so many customization options. The game even throws people like me a bone, allowing you to give your Sim clear motivations and emotions, and it tailors the gameplay around that. But, cruelly, it makes doing all those things a massive chore, meaning that unless you really, really like moving your cursor slowly around the screen, you’re not going to get much out of it.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jan 5, 2018
    70
    The game plays better with a mouse but this is still the full Sims 4 experience. [Jan 2018, p.80]
  3. Game Over Online
    Dec 20, 2017
    75
    In short, The Sims 4 on consoles is designed to appeal to fans of the series that may not already have a copy on their PC or don’t have a new enough PC to run it. That leaves a limited audience for this game to those who are not hardcore enough to own it on PC, but interested enough to buy on consoles. Add in the fact that EA made very little effort toward making the execution of the game cater to the console audience (and left a considerable amount of bugs un-patched), one begins to wonder how many copies they actually plan on selling. If you can run this game on your PC, save yourself the headache and enjoy it there. If the console version is your only option and you can overlook the multitude of technical issues, the rest of the game does deliver the Sims goodness for which you laid out your precious simoleons.
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