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TheAlishaRG's avatar
10 months ago

Just all around disappointed in the cost and customization.

Why is it that Sims 4 is so much more expensive yet we get less stuff from packs? There is a huge restriction when it comes to customizing our towns, the older games were so much better. Pretty sad that the newest game has less features and customization than sims 3.

Also when are we going to get online accessibility to play with friends. We are so advanced in technology that we should be able to do that. Just all around disappointed in the cost and customization.

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  • wasikm007's avatar
    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    10 months ago
    @TheAlishaRG Sadly, because EA knows they can get away with it. All of us diehards love these games. Overall their concepts are great in what they create and offer... but I agree we get so little and pay so much for the Sims 4 series, even with the sales we are spending close to $1000.00 US dollars when all is said and done.

    What really gets me the most at times is the majority of all we purchase are full of bugs in need of fixes... many of which still remains in need of EA's attention.
  • wasikm007's avatar
    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    10 months ago
    @simsplayer818 I hope the future DLC we get will have more to offer than in the past and offer what we have all been looking for.
  • Vingedheart's avatar
    Vingedheart
    Seasoned Hotshot
    10 months ago

    The bugs that comes - even with updates (that are supposed to fix bugs?) are just too many! I don't even play with mods or cc, but with that big update before Lovestruck, I started having issues with my game - which I've never really had before; as in white screen (123error), not being able to place furniture and other weird things happen. And then, before bugs are fixed, there's another expansion pack. I mean really - just fix what's wrong before anything new comes. Even with this Reaper event, I've had issues. I get so disappointed that every time I log into game, there's something that stops me from playing. I didn't buy Lovestruck, also because I've read so many people complain about the new 'attraction' system. If it isn't an improvement, but rather a problem, then why should I buy the pack? Mostly there are some things from build-mode I would love to have, but it's a pretty steep prize to pay for a few items and bugged game-play on top! 
    Yes; I know I am complaining a lot - but that's 'cause I actually love this game and want to be able to play it! Sigh. 

  • I agree with you on were paying more and getting less especially previous Sims games but playing online and with others no. With Sims 3 a lot of simmers couldn't play because they didn't have Internet and some simmers still don't. Playing with others I tried with either Sims Freeplay and Mobile it was weird I rather play by myself. 

  • wasikm007's avatar
    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    10 months ago

    @VingedheartI am so with you on this. I read about the issues with Lovestruck too and I just can't bring myself to buy it. I really like the look of the new world and some of the buy/buildmode items too. I wish there was a way we can get those without having to buy the full pack. The same with the older DLC they come out with. I didn't necessarily want some of the themes they come with, like vampires and werewolves, but some of the objects that come with it are awesome!

    EA should consider making a way for us to choose what we want in our DLC other than conducting pulls to find out what people want. There are thousands of players out there with different tastes and interest in the way we all wish to see our games take shape and unfold in the future packs, kits, etc. to come.

    Also they should really add to the older DLC like they do with the base game when they introduce items that would make sense with the older packs that were released instead of separating them and stretching them out into future packs, kits, etc. to make us buy more. That is not fair either... but anything to make money I guess.

  • @TheAlishaRGI am sad only because of the settings in the game because for me personally, for example, there is not enough opportunity to choose the number of days in one semester in the mechanics that came to us from the university. I want the semester to last about half a year, like in real life. But of course within the 28 days of one season. In my game, Sims live like we people in real life, only for Sims one season lasts 28 days. I did not change this. And the rest was done through the MC COMMAND center. By the way, I talked to the modder on this topic so that he would add this feature to his mod, but he refused because the modder adeependigo already has a mod that allows you to do something similar. I also wrote about this to the developers of The Sims 4. But here's the trouble - silence in response. By the way, I have long expressed to them in my ideas the idea that in our game we players lack settings and asked them to add settings with the addition of new game mechanics in The Sims 4. like for example in my game against yours so that the neighbors come to meet when moving. Because I want to play out different scenarios. And in addition in some worlds it may be appropriate like in small towns like Chestnut Ridge there are farms and my perception is accustomed to American films that it is in the village and farms that people are more friendly and everyone tries to know each other than in the cities. And a million other things that are not there. that's why you put and leave the dishes in the sink, and do not wash them right away. You can wash them when you have time. or you play a bachelor and you want to have such a detail as leaving the dishes in the sink for the atmosphere. And then a one-night girlfriend will then, out of the kindness of her heart, wash everything after him. And clean the house. Ehh .... there is still a lot of things missing. And hdaa I became interested in whether anyone will notice that street light from electric lamps does not penetrate into the houses of Sims at night through the windows, unlike the sun's rays? And also the fact that the NPCs are not diverse, they all walk around the city as one, although there are so many gameplay features. Like children in cities can already play both marbles and hopscotch. And jump ropes. Girls, sports girlfriends, could run together with NPCs in the morning. And the gait of the Sims NPCs is terrible. I want to live in them. Like a teenager goes to school in the morning with a backpack on his back, a phone in his hands and listens to music on headphones. Or a youth logger passes by and records another story. In general, The Sims still has a lot of work to do. 

    And there are also errors in family dynamics. Noticed that Sims with bad dynamics continue to clear dishes after each other and cook food for everyone. We need to give mechanics that allow us to play out more lively quarrels. Like a Sim after a quarrel, we can not cook food for him. Does not meet him after work. Does not want to talk to him for some time, leaves him to sleep in another place or drives him to sleep in another place. Does not hug him at night during sleep. Does not wash his clothes and does not clear dishes. Does not answer text messages or calls. Ignores him. Or you quarreled with the children or cheated on the Sims wife. Forgave the wives, but the children did not. Because of this, they began to disagree in the family. The children began to separate from their father. Trust him less. Do not communicate and all in the same spirit. In short, this needs to be developed and improved.

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