TS3 2.0
It seems like some player truly want TS4 to be TS3 2.0. I've spent a little more than $375 on this game, with a few discounts, and I definitely wouldn't do that for the same game with better graphics....
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"Uzone27;c-15766715" wrote:
I think a lot of the criticism where TS4 is concerned is directly linked to the removal of features that were quite popular in TS3.
As a result the hardocre fans of TS3 bring a lot of negative bias to the table when it comes to the new features of TS4, leaving an overall impression that any change other than a cosmetic facelift would have been unwelcome.
I think if most of these features had not been ommitted the criticisms of the new fetures TS4 added would have been a lot less harsh and the impression that they just wanted the old game re-skinned would have been drastically reduced.
If you are going to rebrand something ... Then you rebrand it.
If you are making a sequel ... It shouldn't be a surprise that it will live or die in accordance to it's predecessors.
There are folks that fall in the middle or on either side of the TS3 and TS4 issue(s).
But it is completely reasonable for people to expect a lot of the same aspects within the same game under the same title series.
If they wanted to keep them separate or establish a new chain ... Then they could have rebranded TS4 in a different way.
The easiest way would be to make it clear from the beginning it was a new direction ... All they would have to do is call it "Sims".
The idea they wanted current players to continue to participate (in the store and elsewhere) ... Is probably why they didn't abandon the chain altogether ... And why we are having this conversation ... And here no less ... :D
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