What Happened to The Sims We Loved?
I have been a player of The Sims since I was 7 years old. I’ve played every generation, and I still love the humor, the charm, and this unique world. Today I am 31, and despite buying every new expan...
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You're right, they've added a lot of things since The Sims 4 first came out... but have you ever noticed the little details we used to have? Do you remember what happened when a Sim in The Sims 2 had their heart broken? How difficult it was to help them find love again?
Have you ever tried raising four kids in The Sims 2 and getting them into private school without cheats? Did you even have time to do all their homework? Didn't the overworked mother sometimes collapse after spending the whole day cleaning? Wasn't that real simulation?
Why did The Sims simplify all of that? Why did they remove aspirations? Why do Sims still have memories, but those memories don't actually affect their personality anymore?
Of course, I still enjoy many things about The Sims 4, and I believe it has no real competition right now. But it has drifted away from what once made it truly unique and this is sad…
but have you ever noticed the little details we used to have?
https://bsky.app/profile/waffle64.bsky.social/post/3l345m6hdhp25
Here is a thread of hundreds of details Sims 4 has.
Didn't the overworked mother sometimes collapse after spending the whole day cleaning? Wasn't that real simulation?
My Sims in Sims 4 can't stop falling asleep in the bathroom, and I currently have one parent and a teen. I really dont know what you're on about, full stop.
Why did they remove aspirations?
They...didnt?
Why do Sims still have memories, but those memories don't actually affect their personality anymore?
Milestones? Which they can recall if they're in the area the milestone happened, depending on the milestone? And Sentiments, which affect how they interact with others? And discovery moments, where their personality is literally directly altered by an event happening, meaning it then carries with them the rest of their life?
