There is a reason EA is called the worst company in America. The Sims 4 is like SimCity (2013 of course), such a utter disappointment, and such an utter mess that is lacking in heart and soul, that I hope one day other studios and developers come up with a worthy competitor to the Sims as Cities: Skyline by Colossal Order did to SimCity.
For one example on how the Sims 4 is a disappointment, look no further than the EP's. Expansion Packs are supposed to be massively defining addons and improvements to the base game, be it adding new worlds, new life states, new gameplay features, etc, and while the EP's do that in an essence, Expansion Packs are all but over glorified stuff packs, with most adding nothing to gameplay, and giving us tiny 'worlds', or should I say towns for a more accurate term, that have cumbersome loading screens that seem illogical simply because the neighborhoods we are given are tiny, with some just having 4 lots. Just look no further than San Myshuno in City Living to Bridgeport in the Sims 3. San Myshuno pales in comparison to the scope of content that Bridgeport and Late Night had, everything from gameplay, NPC's, lots, size, etc.
Another problem is the stuff packs. Many things that are in stuff packs should've been included in the base game to begin with or in expansion packs instead of adding on another 10 dollars, one example is laundry and the concept of doing laundry. It would've been logical if laundry was included in the Parenthood Game Pack for example, or in the Cats and Dogs EP. In Parenthood it would've made sense in regards to the responsibility feature for teenagers and children, with possible events being 'Spring Cleaning' where a household would work together as a family to do laundry. In Cats and Dogs, it would've made sense in the essence that you have cats and dogs now, and accidents happen where cats and dogs get clothes dirty, from accidentally going to the bathroom on clothes, to getting hair and saliva on clothes, to getting their dirty paws on clothes, this just some examples. EA is known to love in app purchases, just look at their mobile games, from the Simpsons: Tapped Out, to the Sims Freeplay, they are everywhere, ranging from 1 dollar to over 100 dollars.
As I said in another thread, I enjoy the Sims, I love buying new content to better enhance the Sims, but to mishandle the game and make it similar to a freemium game where its just about the money in the context that it is NOT about enhancing the base game is a big no no. This is why I welcomed the massive blacklash that EA received for their Battlefront disaster. In getting the most disliked comment in Reddit history did EA finally do something good in removing transactions for Star Wars, momentarily no doubt, and I hope that the Sims community continues to purse efficient dialogue and criticism on ways to improve the Sims that EA and Maxis understand and take note of the frustration that we Simmers have when it comes towards the Sims and the way the series is moving towards the future.
I hope the Gurus and EA Community Managers and Administrators realize that we are not criticizing the game and EA and Maxis just to criticize, but because we want to make the Sims 4 a better game that can positively impact both the consumers, and EA and Maxis. We love the Sims, that is why we are on this forum talking about this.
