I have not read all of the posts, just the first few and I am total in resonance with them.
I bought TS4 and like the graphics. A few months later I began to hear about that TS3 is much better. So I bought the base game and 4 expansions, spent quite a fortune. After giving it a try for a few hours I started to fall for TS3, mainly because the open world really gives me that kind of immersion that TS4 doesn't. Also the color customization is such a breeze and it's really cool that you can create a watch with completely unrealistic yet wholly imaginative style. And the sims do automatically perform what they are supposed to do except answering phone calls which requires a player interaction. I would imagine without the player's input, each story would have developed along a vastly different paths.
However, a very obviously feature is missing in TS3 which TS4 does have, the forehead customization. By the way, does anyone know how to export a Sims 4's Sim and import it into the Sims 3? I managed to create myself that looks better in TS4 than the one in TS3.
Another feature which I wish TS5 (if ever it will be coming) to have is the customization of eyebrows, I mean the texture, pattern and more shapes. Both TS3 and TS4 lacks this function. Human eyebrows have so many variations possibly next to fingerprints. The few choices provided by both version are just insufficient.
Anyway, hope TS5 will combine the good of both TS3 and TS4 and cast out the bad things.
