"Cinebar;c-18054443" wrote:
"Stormkeep;c-18054294" wrote:
Different people place different value in different aspects of the games. I've been simming since the original game came out, what...21 years ago now? And I prefer TS4 to all of it's predecessors. That's not to say I think it's perfect, and there are plenty of things which I think both 2 and 3 did better. But for my own personal preferences of what I want out of the games, 4 is my favorite.
I still do play TS2 and TS3 as well, though, because like I said, there are plenty of things that both of them do better.
It's extremely narrow-minded to take the view that your opinion is "a fact" when ... well, it's not.
I think people mean it's lacking compared to what was actually in the base games of others. Those are facts when every thing is compared. We've had to wait for years for things like a smarter AI in TS4 compared to TS2 or even TS3. They are just now (going on 8 years) getting around to things they added in game updates to spruce up the Sim personality....which still can't compare to TS2 and TS3 Sims. So much that isn't in TS4 that were every day work for TS2 that it's hard to say it's not facts. When we compare EPs to EPs...even if not even in the same realm we still come up short in so many ways.
I would argue that sims 4 sims are not smarter even with all the improvements. Like my sim who supposedly dislikes video games gets the whim to play video games every single time she vacuums. I mean that’s weird enough in itself I think, I can’t be the only one who after vacuuming doesn’t feel focused and want to do tech activities? But the fact she doesn’t like it but wants to do it? Make it make sense! Why do kids in the sims 4 want to do laundry? All the time? The so called smarter sims of sims 4 still can’t just wash a dish in the kitchen, it’s a traipse to the bathroom. If a sim grabs a quick meal from the fridge they don’t route automatically to the nearest chair or table, oh no if there’s someone else in the house they will route all the way to where that person is even if that person is say a sleeping toddler.
I totally agree that when you break down EPs vs EPs the sims 2 and 3 always have more than the sims 4. And a large part of that is because so many of the components that make up a sims 2 expansion pack was broken off and sold for separate dlc in the sims 4.
I also completely agree that the game changers purpose is advertising for the game. I know a few who briefly talk about the issues the game has but you can bet your bottom dollar when there’s a new dlc to be had and a chance for a freebie amend to make content early thus giving them bank? They will love it.*
* Several months down the line they will trash the same dlc and or say the previous version of it was better.
