Yaaay that playful (and childish?) sims can play with toys! 😃 I thought I had tested it, but I don’t have many playful or childish sims so I must’ve missed it. I must say that it’s annoying that those traits are compulsory for adult sims to be able to play with toys at all, I wish every sim could be directed to do it even though only playful and childish sims can do it autonomously.
I want to add something else. There are things that TS4 has done better than previous games, as you mentioned PugLove888, such as CAS and BB. Another thing that they’ve done better are the cats and dogs. I wonder if it’s because they made a Cats & Dogs expansion pack instead of a Pets expansion pack, so that the devs could give the cats and dogs more love. With the cats and dogs there are so many details. For example, did you know that cats can ride on the robot vacuums (“roombas”)? That’s my favourite small detail all time, in all the The Sims iterations. The cats and dogs act like real cats and dogs, they change sleeping position from time to time, they hide under the sofa, they go into heat, they get quirks (for example they can get afraid of certain objects, like the dishwasher) and a lot of other small details.
Another thing which is better than TS2 (I’m not sure about how this is in TS3 since I’ve played it so very little and not the supernatural pack) are the magicians and vampires! Though I would’ve wanted Realm of Magic and Vampires to be expansions, rather than a game packs, they’re still more complex than their TS2 counterparts. Note that I don’t think TS2 witches and vampires are bad in any sense, they’re just not as good as in TS4.
With this said, I do feel like TS4 needs more details, but I also want to point out that it’s not inherently bad. The reason I say this is because Twitter has been a sh*t-show for the past weeks, people say that they hate TS4, and I just want to point out that this thread is to give constructive criticism and feedback. I love TS4, but it needs an overhaul in the details and personality areas. Also, even though CAS is better than in previous games it needs an overhaul too, because clothing items are missing pack-tags, menus are in the way, sims can’t stand still etc.
@SqueamishNerdAbout cats going into heat, is that why people are reporting their cats continuously yowling (like in a post I saw here that mentioned the cat doing that)? 😯 'Cause I know cats in real-life do that when they're in heat because it's uncomfortable for them or something, so maybe the devs added that into the game too to make it more realistic (but people are probably mistaking it for something else). ☺️
