Am I missing something, or is there NO way to leave ratings on every pack? No way to warn future players about the mistakes I made. Am I to believe that the only way to leave a rating is through xbox? Is everyone supposed to rely on youtubers who are in the creator's network? They have a clear conflict of interests. That leads me to believe that EA doesn't have an individual pack review system... ON PURPOSE.
Steam has ratings, X-Box has ratings, but I believe EA has avoided the ratings system for their native app.
onyx779 we have in depth pack discussions and players often create positive/negative pack threads here on our official forum in General Discussions:
The Sims 4 General Discussion | EA Forums
It's not ratings but it is informative and players can and do give their honest opinions.
Epic Game Store doesn't have rating system but Instant Gaming and Amazon have it (EA App product keys)
Keep in mind that EA App is unpopular , the majority of players use Steam to purchase games.
The forum isn't helpful though. For example, I've been playing the Sims franchise since Sim City back before The Sims was dropped 25 years ago. Most of my friends are simmers, sim youtubers, etc. Not a single person I know comes to EA Forums until after their game breaks (if at all). People need to be able to see tiered reviews for every single DLC BEFORE they buy on the same platform that they are purchasing it. Especially if that platform is the official place to purchase. I've been reading the EULA and realizing several extremely predatory practices and there is no way to protect future simmers because there is no way to reach them on the EA platform.
Yeah, that's what's bothering me. No transparency, deliberate predation of likely buyers
People can on steam, but I would say that steam is an exception because they are a company who has more money than they know what to do with so that's probably one reason why they allow it. Consumer rights when it comes to video games are progressing very slow (there is a movement going on right now about stopping companies from taking games that they bought offline) and companies like EA don't have any obligation (for now) to provide any review system in their client.
I would not say that it's predatory, we can still discuss and criticize their packs online, but if you feel that way then my advice to you is to stop buying sims 4 packs at release. That way you don't fall into their marketing or buy something that you will regret buying.
Yeah, none of that helps future players. They need to know that they have 30 days from the moment that they sign the EULA to send a letter to opt out of the arbitration only clause... so that they can file a class action lawsuit against EA. They need to know which packs (that are still for sale) that don't work and break your game. They need to know that what WE know. And if there is no up front system on EA, they won't know. It's not good enough to tell people who already know they are being victimized to stop letting themselves be victimized. It only works if we stop them from victimizing further.
No, instead they push constant advertisements in your face as you try to play the game. Which should be illegal, it is a disgusting business practice.
onyx779 there is a list of pack bugs here in the Bug Reports section. We often direct players there if they want to know which packs have problems and how new packs might impact their game. Players can also join in and report their own issues.
[READ FIRST] Compiled list of reported Issues | EA Forums - 5052943
That doesn't help though. People only join EA forums after having been in the community for a while or for needing help with bugs. I need new players who don't know they are being preyed upon to be able to read that my wedding stories and dine out don't work BEFORE buying it, and WITHOUT having to watch a youtube creator tell them it doesn't work. Especially because EA will always continue to sell broken DLC. There is no transparency. The arbitration clause in the EULA makes it impossible to hold them accountable legally. But nobody knows they have 30 days to opt out of the clause because nobody reads those agreements. I don't know why I asked. It's absolutely predatory. For every reason I listed and then some. I just want new players to go in with open eyes so they don't end up with corrupted save files that ruined the culmination of years worth of gameplay, broken game syndrome where the thing they paid for will never work unless they download mods to fix it. With no ability to file a class action lawsuit, no ability to warn new players before they join. No tiered rating system on the product page. It's not about me, I've already been screwed over... how do we protect other people?
