@tntterry No I didn't say external mods, I said external assets. Meaning that mods are allowed, it's just that when creating mods you aren't allowed to add in anything that isn't already in the game. For example if I created a new town for Xbox or PC I could add in entirely new textures and meshes and whatnot, while on PlayStation I'd have to piece something together from existing game assets. So yeah mods are possible on PlayStation, they're just more limited. Hopefully that makes sense, I can be terrible at explaining things lol.
@Moozilla13 I love those Bethesda games as well, even if they get annoying at times. Some bugs are funny, like seeing a horse flying around, others just irritate me like not being able to start or finish a quest. I even finished Oblivion again recently. After doing a no leveling run in Skyrim, I decided to do the same in Oblivion.
Yeah I get that too. I try to play multiple games, hell I even tried getting back into GTA Online recently just to get away from the Sims glitches, but like you said the departure from other games is just significant because of the type of game it is. There just aren't many of these life simulator games out there, none quite like the Sims anyway. When working properly, it's the perfect game for anyone trying to get away from real life and create a virtual one that's more to their liking.
Since this game is one of my key games I use to escape, seeing it in such a broken state really does make it even more frustrating because for me and others that use it as an escape it can just add to the things we're trying to escape from. For example several people have commented on how hard it is to make and keep friends now because of this bug, in real life making friends is something I struggle badly with due to things like anxiety and whatnot so that just drags me back down when the game should be my escape. It's like my real life bug is the anxiety, and like this mean bug in the Sims it won't go away.
Unfortunately I see this game going the Sims 3 route, and will probably be left broken by the time EA is done. I guess one good thing about EA potentially giving up on it is that PC players will at least have a chance to fix it for good using mods, us console players.... yeah it's gonna be a mess.