I'm so confused as to why we are getting the same expansion packs as were released in previous sims games, yet we are missing things from them. Such as our pets expansion was only cats and dogs, and is missing horses from sims 3. In the other pets expansions there was a pet store, and I completely understand why they would get rid of it but it would be nice to even just have an animal shelter that could perhaps be run and owned by your sims. If you decided you wanted to adopt an animal you could go see all of the ones available rather than looking at the picture of their face on the computer screen. Also you would be able to bring the stray animals to the shelter rather than adopt them into your own home or just leave them all smelly and hungry on the streets.Another example of us missing items from expansion packs would be in Island Living. I personally didn't play sims 3, but Island Living to me is the exact same as Island Paradise but without the fun gameplay of getting to run your own resort.I'm honestly just not understanding why as the years progress they continue making new sims games when they could just make one Sims (rather than having sims 1, 2, 3, and 4) and make it absolutely perfect and including all of the great gameplay we got in previous games.Its sad getting expansions we are so excited about and seeing that they aren't even as good as the ones from previous years. :(Do you have any other examples of things we are missing from Sims 4 but had in previous games?

Yep. Especially for ts4, it started off bad. Got worse. Much, much worse. Bug-riddled, never fixed, meager content offerings. Lowest effort possible for maximum profit. Toward the end of ts3, they were not even trying to hide it anymore.

nope to me each expansion looks better and no matter if the add on is an expansion a gamepack or stuffpacks games will never be bug free thats what i say to myself as a player of the sims

Well, I definitely don't think the EPs are getting better. And it becomes more grating when thy release packs that have been in previous generations, but they're not well executed. I think I would rather have a completely new idea, poorly executed than the same concept rehashed and poorly executed. It's becoming so boring. Ideally, I would love a new concept well executed but alas.

I feel like the Sims 4 is just different, not necessarily worse. You get completely different things. For example, Island Living has the whole Island Conservation thing, which is new and different and Eco like people have been asking for for years. People are made that We don't have a Supernatural expansion pack but the ones we have gotten (vampires and spellcasters) have been leaps and bounds better than their predecessors. The point isn't to remake each EP with better graphics but to build new and different gameplay. So it comes down to... do you want more robust components like a deep dive into Cats and Dogs or do you want smaller gameplay but more animals?

"CaptainElsa;c-17413106" wrote:I feel like the Sims 4 is just different, not necessarily worse. You get completely different things. For example, Island Living has the whole Island Conservation thing, which is new and different and Eco like people have been asking for for years. People are made that We don't have a Supernatural expansion pack but the ones we have gotten (vampires and spellcasters) have been leaps and bounds better than their predecessors. The point isn't to remake each EP with better graphics but to build new and different gameplay. So it comes down to... do you want more robust components like a deep dive into Cats and Dogs or do you want smaller gameplay but more animals?I’d say we want packs that keep us entertained and occupied for many many years. Like we were used to.

Are expansions getting worse with each Sims game?

pagoas
5 years ago
Yep. Especially for ts4, it started off bad. Got worse. Much, much worse. Bug-riddled, never fixed, meager content offerings. Lowest effort possible for maximum profit. Toward the end of ts3, they were not even trying to hide it anymore.
FriendlySimmers
New Traveler
5 years ago
nope to me each expansion looks better and no matter if the add on is an expansion a gamepack or stuffpacks games will never be bug free thats what i say to myself as a player of the sims
NationalPokedex
5 years ago
Well, I definitely don't think the EPs are getting better. And it becomes more grating when thy release packs that have been in previous generations, but they're not well executed. I think I would rather have a completely new idea, poorly executed than the same concept rehashed and poorly executed. It's becoming so boring. Ideally, I would love a new concept well executed but alas.
therealtacomama
New Spectator
5 years ago
I feel like the Sims 4 is just different, not necessarily worse. You get completely different things. For example, Island Living has the whole Island Conservation thing, which is new and different and Eco like people have been asking for for years. People are made that We don't have a Supernatural expansion pack but the ones we have gotten (vampires and spellcasters) have been leaps and bounds better than their predecessors.

The point isn't to remake each EP with better graphics but to build new and different gameplay. So it comes down to... do you want more robust components like a deep dive into Cats and Dogs or do you want smaller gameplay but more animals?
astridentanja
5 years ago
"CaptainElsa;c-17413106" wrote:
I feel like the Sims 4 is just different, not necessarily worse. You get completely different things. For example, Island Living has the whole Island Conservation thing, which is new and different and Eco like people have been asking for for years. People are made that We don't have a Supernatural expansion pack but the ones we have gotten (vampires and spellcasters) have been leaps and bounds better than their predecessors.

The point isn't to remake each EP with better graphics but to build new and different gameplay. So it comes down to... do you want more robust components like a deep dive into Cats and Dogs or do you want smaller gameplay but more animals?

I’d say we want packs that keep us entertained and occupied for many many years. Like we were used to.
DavidLXZ
5 years ago
What do you think? this is the first iteration of The Sims where developers count worlds and rabbit-hole careers as a major feature of Expansion Packs when in previous games those things were side notes.

Island Living, enough said.
Purrloin9
5 years ago
I never played older versions, but just hearing from other people and watching LPs of TS3 on Youtube, you can really see that there are a lot of features that existed in earlier versions that they removed with very little reason to. Just to take your example, I don't think horses necessarily needed to be in C&D, but common small animals like hamsters, ferrets, rabbits, birds, lizards etc would have added so many more options. I see no reason why we had to sacrifice small pets for a glitchy vet inclusion.

That appears to be the issue with most of the EPs. They seem to not want to remake every pack exactly as it was in the previous iteration, so they take things out so they won't seem like carbon copies. But rarely is what they add as interesting as what was in the older version. I get that they didn't want another Island Paradise, but Island Living just comes across as dull with no option to have hotels or resorts.
drake_mccarty
5 years ago
YES. They told everyone they wanted to do new stuff, but have rehashed the same general pack ideas with even less going for them than before.

Most of the time they will make a point to do something “differently” which usually upsets some people, but rarely does anything monumental to improve the gaming experience. They have made some promising features, but they just give them a minor facelift and use it as the main attraction for another DLC which I don’t find particularly appealing. The quality of Sims 4 DLC was a lot better years ago, but even then it wasn’t great.
mimilu04
5 years ago
In Cats and Dogs there is the possibility to run a vet clinic which is a new feature compared to older games, so there's a trade there. I think it would be quite boring if they released the exact same expansions at every generation.

About why there is TheSims1,2,3,4... Computers change, the technology/engine to build games change, graphics get better... You can't just keep adding lines of codes on a build that is 20 years old.
fullspiral
5 years ago
Yes.
Apartments in 4 don't even come close to the game play that came with apartments in 2.
Sulani can't compare to Isla Paradisio.
The "quests" in sims 4 vacation worlds don't compare nearly to those of WA in 3, or even the game play of 2. And because the worlds are all connected, we are restricted on being able to designate any lot in ANY world as a vacation retreat.
Seems to me every expansion pack for Sims 4 and it's design, causes more headaches than it ends up being worth. (like seasons and the decorations going auto on community lots etc.)

I find the only thing they did possibly do right was maybe Vampires.

Most of the time the additions become a major annoyance.