Simple question wants a simple answer. In one month this game will be at the 3 and a half year mark, with the Sims 3 having the longest lifespan at about 4 and a half years, if I recall correctly. Sims 4 has lived a large enough percentage of the lifespan of it's predecessors now that comparisons are much easier, so I thought it'd be a good time to ask people again what they would rate the game.If you wish, post a comment saying what you rated the game and why.

I scored it 8 out of 10. I'd possibly drop as low as a 7 out of 10, but no higher than an 8.EDIT:Bare in mind though that, by the time TS4 comes to an end, we may raise or lower our scores. If TS4 does not get that much better, then I might score it as a 5 out of 10. It will have to try hard to get me to increase my score though - It may never reach above 7 or 8 out of 10 for me.

For me I see 5 out of 10 as being average. In terms of comparing Sims 4 to all games, I might give it a 5 out of 10. It offers more to do than most, but I feel that's a natural consequence of being a sandbox, open-world style game. Compared to other sandbox, open-world style games it's pretty generic.I feel I should absolutely drop the score to 3 out of 10 for three main reasons:1) This is the worst game of the Sims franchise, and as such when you grade it based on what could be achieved, using past games as evidence? This game lacks severely and thus I don't think it deserves a 5 out of 10 in this context.2) They have yet to produce a single expansion that has been universally well received. To me, that's unprecedented. It's a bit difficult to rate this game above a 5 out of 10 when, if you were to average out the individual ratings and scores of each individual pack, that average would be low. I just find that inexcuseable that within 3 and a half years, they've produced a grand total of 2 out of 22 packs that seem universally well regarded by the fans. (Vampires and Parenthood)3) To me perhaps the biggest "crime" of development is that they're clearly recycling everything possible in an effort to cut corners and reduce costs, to the point they're even willing to recycle broken systems. Recycling the animations from Get to Work for the Vet career...? It's a little "depressing" since it acts as an indicator the game's budget is lacking or the creators are focused on the cash, but you could also argue recycling such things helps them spend more time on important features.However, they've also recycled that god awful retail system. Twice. Both times it's bugged out and performed just as poorly as the initial rendition did. They know it's flawed and buggy, and yet they don't care and bring it back again and again. Retail, to this day, has worthless employees and sales hindered by group convos of socialite customers. Three years later, they have yet to go back and simply patch the customers to socialize less or make employees actually work, and are content to leave that expansion pack's content in a completely disfunctional state. Dine Out is perhaps the most stable, but visiting a restaurant as a customer takes an entire day, and the system still bugs out regularly, causing a 1-star review from customers that simply couldn't sit or refused to actually eat their meal. The Vet career - big surprise - has the workers once again doing nothing.To me if they're copy-pasting that system despite knowing how buggy it is, I take that as an insult. I take that as evidence the team truly does not care and just wants a quick buck. I mean that's like trying to sell a vase with a big crack down the side, the initial customer returns it when they notice it, and then they have the audacity to put the vase back on display for sale while trying to hide the crack from customers. How about actually improving your product instead of just trying to swindle customers...?In that regard, I do absolutely think the game deserves some points knocked off in protest of such practices.Overall I just find myself consistently unimpressed while packs produce forgettable experiences, and my motivations for voting it 3 out of 10 include the fact that this game underperforms vs. other games of it's kind/other games in the franchise, the expansion packs are absolutely awful, and all the while EA/Maxis seems completely shameless about recycling broken systems.

4/10for me TS4's not at average 5/10it's a sims game & i have some basic sims game expectations, which have to be met & TS4 doesn't meet them despite improvements in other areas :confused: list of improvements which had to be made in order of importance : traits revamp would heave it to 6 or even 7it had to be improved rather towards how clubs are options to set up than predefined by the devs like in TS3incl no generic whims, no generic autonomous actions, no unrelated to the current situation actions, no unrelated leading emotion to the situation/main happenings in sim's life like death/cheating/quarrel/birth/love/friendship, healthy human reactions to important situationsto 8 would bring it fixes tomain bugs/glitches for things like invisible autonomous action icons, commands falling out of queue, phantom traits, CAS sculpting jumps, certain jewelry in CAS not displaying combined with certain meshesgetting rid of prescripted things like clothing for careers & festivalsoptions for no vampires, no aliens, no pets despite having bought the packs, cause just because i want the build/buy objects & clothing doesn't mean i want always to play the content of the whole package incl all gameplay changing interactions ...cars would get it to 9it won't ever get to 10 thoughbecause of lack of buildable apartments, poor active jobs, invisible rabbit hole jobs on the street, no actual city structure, unmovable & not freely placeable lots, unchangeable & inaccessible backdrops, not all sims playable (some are just hidden role sims, unchangeabe, unaccessible, not even freely assignable like coworkers & employees)& TS4 is 4 because ofbetter assortment of CAS, freedom to assign in CAS every piece of clothing for every occasion & gender, hats with every hair, great lighting, improved roofs, house movable on the lots with & without lot deco, bigger lots placeable on smaller, searching the build/buy mode per name, changeable place of shelfs, windows, pictures, free assignment of spree parties on the go ...also improvements from previous iterations again included like assignable beds, closeable doors ...improved CLUBS CLUBS CLUBS !!!i personally can accept thoughloading screens everywhere, flat lots, no terrain tools ... even no CASt, yep ...& if the listed above improvements would take place then i could even accept TS4's limited & skewed version of business :tongue:

5 out of 10It really doesn't deserve any lower than that, because it still has the elements that makes it a life simulator game. I just don't like that it is taken as a sequel, because:- It continues to be less and less sandbox game than any other previous titles.- Revolutionary additions we're promised: emotions and multitasking - are so borked that you could only forget about say and make them as a record score of the biggest fails brought in TS4.- Sims, peeps themselves, are less dynamic and diverse, because, blame and point at stupid implementations of emotions that rendered trait system to uselessness.- So buggy.- and all etc stuff that I pointed out across the forum with the fallacies this game as (I can't recall all of them at this very moment, because there's too many of them and that itself proofs how a failure this game is in the franchise).As for other reasons why it still has a half of the wholescore and not any lower than that:- Huge upgrade in CAS (Create A Style).- Intuitive BUILD MODE.- Gallery System/Addition.- Other minor features & details (club system, lot traits, improved animations, etc).I'm kinda surprised all of us thought to give off the same score.

6 out of 10: only because The Sims 2 & 3 exist

About 3 and a half years into Sims 4, how would you rate it?

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SophiaBliss
8 years ago
I rated 5/10 but now that i've layed it all out I wish I could rate it lower. This isn't hate, obviously i'm a fan of Sims and I care which is why I took the time to think about this. I don't like the road we're headed. I haven't played Sims 3 and I was young when the other games were out and don't remember half of it so this is completely unbiased, I think these are basic needs? the graphics are GREAT, absolutely stunning and for that reason I don't think we need to be seeing a Sims 5 anytime soon. there is too much to work on!

~lacking of npcs (burglars, firefighters, police..etc..) - the npcs we currently have barley do their job

~pets, seasons, toddlers, university should of been a base game given we shouldn't have to wait for something we've already had in previous
games for years, we should be working on new things!

~babys are boring, a waste of time, a furniture piece..same for elders (give them a hobby or something geez)

~repetitive moodlets and not accurate ones.

~not enough life stages in my personal opinion (It's just strange for a 8-10 year old kid to turn into a 17 yr old teenager - atleast get us some height scalers!)

~no transportation (I miss the school buses the most)

~ severely lacking in traits

~ half the get to work jobs are broken

~mission impossible to get to CAS

~annoying townies (why can't we just make our own and have an OPTION of premade ones??)
PrincessrozeeS
New Hotshot
8 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-16288776" wrote:
I give it a 3/10.

If this were a side game, it could maybe be acceptable but it’s not. The sims 4 biggest problem is that the sims 2 & 3 exist. We have lost valuable tools along the way not to mention basic things like car pools, school buses, the repo man, the burglar and countless other basic things like supermarkets. We can’t create our own worlds. I can’t have say a luminous green kitchen with a purple fridge and hot pink counter tops. I can’t build a pond in my sims back garden, I can’t give them a back garden with a hill in it. I can’t hsve two sims hold hands and dance nor can I have them lie on a bed and read a book or just cuddle.
Don’t get me started on the lack of building tools. Why can’t I build a park without a chess table? Why am I restricted to having community lots I build follow a check list? That wasn’t even a requirement in the sims 1 for crying out loud.

There’s no consequence, I’m not so much playing a game as I am fighting against a moodlet manipulator. Or maybe that’s my role..

For limiting my creativity and forcing me to play a certain way I feel the game deserves the rating I gave it.

"inochikage;c-16288850" wrote:
Gave it an 8 out of 10. It was broken and bare at launch, but now it's the sims game with the best toddler stage, which does a lot, and when added with the parenting pack, it makes playing with multiple generations, something I don't do on Sims 3, a lot more fun. The game The Sims 4 is now should have been the game at launch. There's also a strangely overwhelming sense of isolation in the sims 4 for me, and it's amplified by whims to leave the lot when it's such a pain to do so, and reduced some by the city living pack that allows you to explore at least a small section of a functioning town while not abandoning your sims at home. If the sims 4 had leaned into that sense of isolation, I feel like it would have been received like The Sims 2, which made it so that leaving the lot wouldn't pass time on your home lot (it's really annoying, I can't have one sims go out and party AND another do their homework for work at the same time. At least in the sims 2, time was a social construct I could mess with so both could get done, and in the sims 3, they could be done simultaneously). Sims 4 is good for isolated households and single-person households, but if you have one social butterfly and one isolated sim in the same household, you're in for some trouble.

I totally agree with these comments but I give the game 8/10 because I am enjoying it a lot at the moment after installing most of the packs. I am trying not to compare it with previous Sim games anymore but play it as it comes. I am disappointed about many things but hopefully this game will run longer than the Sims 1 2 or 3 and more stuff will be introduced. The game is limited with the way they have done things so we shall never get an Sims 2 Open For Business (they tried but it's not as much fun), a colour wheel we had in the Sims 3, which was great for recoloring objects when you wanted a room make over or make unique clothing.

There are lots of things they can put into the Sims 4 like University or Seasons and I hope these will be added in some day. I don't really like the Teens in the Sims 4 they look too much like Adults.

I am still exploring things in the Sims 4 and trying out the build mode which I don't find as much fun as it was in the Sims 2 and feel that too much it is already made for us in size of lots or ready made rooms (which can be good if one doesn't feel like making something themselves). I feel neighourhoods and lots are restrictive although the game is very beautiful.
LiniSim
8 years ago
"Simulator4;c-16289723" wrote:
I sure hope none of those rating it 5/10 or less are still buying and playing. That's quite sad.

I only have the base game. I just cannot force myself to play. I have tried again and again and it leaves me cold.
ChampandGirlie
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
It's still too early for me to assign a number. That's probably because part of my ranking will ultimately be based on how they end the series.

I know that I am out of step with some of the opinions in this thread. That's just how it goes. I guess that I don't mind the "sandbox with prompts" style at all. I'm probably more of a sandbox player and I have found that I've been able to happily play in my own sandbox, doing my own thing and making a game that I enjoy. I have a game with a cast of characters and when I opt for the new content, it adds to that. I find the game visually very immersive. I also like a lot of the settings in the game and I've been able to adapt them in ways that I want.

Sure, I want to see some more to do, more gameplay, if you will, but I am not missing a much more directed gameplay style. I'm someone who liked packs like Spa Day and (bugs aside) Dine Out for adding more forums where my sims could interact how they want to. I actually haven't tried to play as a restaurant owner yet. If I do? That restaurant owner will come to town to be a character among the others in my game; I have thought about adding am adult brother and sister who come to my sim world in order to run a family restaurant and then interact with the local community. Running the restaurant would still be a bit secondary to my own plots in the game. I guess that I play this game differently than some others. I've appreciated what packs like Parenthood have added and I'd like to continue to see some other content that appeals to different themes.

Do I have some complaints about the game? Sure. Mostly minor bugs though sometimes considerable and persistent bugs in packs upon the release of new content is a big one. C&D was very buggy at first and did feel a little thin, though again, it has a large variety of breeds. Some might say that they don't care about the detail of the breeds that are in the game. Fair enough, again, we all look for different things. I'm happier with being able to add various breeds that act and sound accurate and realistic than I would be if they focused on making a pet an actor or rescuer. Sure, I might have someone with an acting dog but it's not something that I'm really looking for.

I do think that sometimes they skew the content in a very childish direction, as in, far more childish than teen. I think that's probably reflective of the cultural environment that we are in right now and because they are hoping that by offending as few as possible, that they will sell more of the games. Basically, childhood and parenting are considered to be very inoffensive and to appeal to people of various persuasions around the world so in this "advanced dollhouse" game, that's become a large focus. As someone who has families in my game, I do appreciate a lot of that content but I do agree that it feels like it dominates the game right now so I'd like to see some variety.

Aside from some specific points, I generally very much enjoy this game and I've enjoyed the content that I have added. I'm not waiting for TS5 in order to buy essentially the same content yet again even if it includes things like an open world or create-a-style. I'm not missing those things enough to want to buy similar content again any time soon. Some years in, might I cave for it? Yeah, perhaps, during a sale with a range of content, I might be tempted in the same way that I rejoined TS4. I'm not going to plan for that though. I'll probably continue to play with my TS4 rotation as it interests me and I'll ultimately go onto other things, spending my time in other ways.

It's entirely possible that they might try to address some of these complaints with new content in this version, though some things probably can't be changed at this stage.
Saneksemoo
8 years ago
"Simulator4;c-16289723" wrote:
I sure hope none of those rating it 5/10 or less are still buying and playing. That's quite sad.

Well great news for you, as I met to you're desired expectations. Free trial and playing on my friend's purchased game convince me enough to just pull out my wallets for it.
Saneksemoo
8 years ago
"DragonCat159;c-16299139" wrote:
"Simulator4;c-16289723" wrote:
I sure hope none of those rating it 5/10 or less are still buying and playing. That's quite sad.

Well great news for you, as I met to you're desired expectations. Free trial and playing on my friend's purchased game convince me enough to just pull out my wallets for it.

Lol funny typo: convince me enough to just not pull out my wallet for it. * *cringes at myself*
cynconzola8
Rising Ace
8 years ago
Well, I gave it a 0 out of 10. I'm still playing The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. I simply can't stand how slow ts4 is, I can never play it longer than 30 to 45 minutes. The look of the furniture is too clunky for my tastes. Lack of color choices. Hate build mode. I have everything they offered up to and including pets. This is the first time I've been on this forum since I purchased it and I don't know if they have offered anything else.
Even with all the packs, stuff and game packs, I still can't stand it. but my grandkids enjoy it when they come to visit, so it does get played.
SHODAN001
New Ace
8 years ago
TS4 is the Sims game that finally broke me out of being a collector, I wasn't overly keen on TS3, but TS4 makes it look like a masterpiece... I play The Sims oddly enough for The Sims and somehow TS4's sims are even more lifeless and robotic than TS3's were, this, coupled with the task-swap system means I really don't want to play TS4.
FriendlySimmers
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
10/10 the sims4 is a great game
8rm2
8 years ago
7/10. It's 'good' in it's current state, but nothing spectacular.

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