The sims 4 is lacking in personality and uniqueness (especially from the sims 2). Also the sims feels very samey the way the ai work.
Here are the problems With the sims 4
- traits don’t change sims much.
- sims change emotion all the time and it doesn’t change how they behave apart from visual and facial animation
- Idle chat forces sims to just talk even when angry, tense, etc.
- Sims are unaware of Most of their surrounding
- Sims don’t react to others
- No hardship or challenge. Sims almost always happy and get over negative emotions fast
- No surprises. Fires rarely happen and sims can put themselves out.
- Holding friendships and romance too easy.
- No chemistry.
Here is why sims 2 is much more fun
- small details. Teens get zits, sims open drawers, sims put toilet seat up and down, etc.
- Many surprises. 1% death by satellite when sky gazing, random burning of food when low cooking, sims get electrocuted when low mechanical skill, especially when standing on water, etc.
- Always new details to find. Sims for example get angry when one person flushes the toilet why they are taking a shower.
- Sims don’t all act the same and are more unique. High playfulness unlocks new interactions like juggle and play in bathtub, but thy lose the ability to meditate, Sims with low playfulness read more and don’t like tickles and other play interactions unless you have higher relationship.
- Sims more likely to reject social interactions if you try to early before building up friendship.
- Sims react to others around them. If someone is doing a desperation action from having low aspiration, others will do the hour crazy gesture. Sims also worry when someone passes out due to tiredness.
- Sims have memories and talk about them or remember them in thought bubbles.
- variation in animations for interactions depending on outgoingness and shyness. Also make out has varying animations.
- Aspirations rewards are all fun interactive objects.
- Animations are great. Sims will move chess pieces like an actual game and will play poker correctly as well. Pool is also fun to watch.
Here are mods that can help some of the flaws in the sims 4.
- meaningful stories by roburky (makes sims not change emotions all the time, stops sims from being happy all the time, and varies strength of certain moodlets. Also makes uncomfortable boost other negative emotions like happy boosts positive emotions.)
- Have more personality please by polarbearsims (sims don’t do idle chat anymore and will vary social interactions more based on emotions. Angry sims now more likely to perform mean socials automatically for example.
- Slice of life by kawaii stacie (many feature you can customize such as new sickness, new moodlets like losing teeth for kids, headaches and more. new pop up texts, and. Much more.
- Passionate romance by sacrificial (adds new romance interactions missing in the game)
- MC command center by deaderpool (allows you to customize lots of things like stopping sim culling, changing bill amount or friendship and romance gain, having certain sims automatically marry and have kids (not the ones you play unless you change the settings)
Finally things you can do to help without mods
- use clubs to make bans that plays at certain venues
- Use clubs to make drama such as bullies, thieves, pranksters, etc
- Use clubs to give certain venues more life in background like having a painting group visit museums or art centers and paint, or having group of friends who drink and ply games at pubs.
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