Carl's take of ways for improvement.

I was coming to find a thread to add his video to. :D
Its cool that it has its own.

Yes, yes yes. I watched the entire video and agree completely. Carl outlines very clearly what is missing and ideas for improvement.

I've loved this game, but I'm afraid with the lack of depth (gameplay challenge, consequences, uncertain outcomes) I've getting to (or already reached) the point where I've outgrown it. New DLC does pull me in for a while, but after exploring the new, it's that feeling where there's no excitement about playing. Sigh...

It's interesting.

I'm new to the Sims 4, don't care what Sims 1-3 were like, and really get tired of seeing people compare the games. I enjoy playing my Sim family every evening before bed. I have personalities and stories for each member - sometimes including the pets. With the exception of lag (mostly due to playing a large-ish family in a large house with lots of stuff... my bills average 125k per week, and that's with them being cheated down to 25% via MCCC) nothing he mentioned gets in the way of my play.

And yet I agree completely with everything he said, in that the sims 4 could use improvement in all those areas, and I would welcome those improvements.

I think the one thing he left out is memories. And I'm not talking the nonsense "memories" that is in the Sims 4 which is a screen shot with a mood attached (is that even still in the game?). But I do think all the things he mentioned could vastly improve the game.

Thank you for making a thread about this video! I think he did an excellent job of explaining all of the problems in the Sims 4. Even if you love the Sims 4, you have to admit that at least some of his points are valid. I hope Maxis/ EA are listening!!!

He's hit the nail on the head. I hope they listen, and his changes/improvements are not too far out there or unreasonable and they mirror what a lot of us have been saying/thinking for awhile now.

And yet, Maxis sees absolutely no problem.... probably because they are still getting that hot revenue.

If Carl's Sims 4 Guide is a Game Changer he has earned my respect all the other Game Changers don't dare to speak out on Sims 4 issues unless its build mode objects done wrong. He pretty much summed up Sims 4 biggest issues besides I don't think he mentioned memories but he could have.

Im glad he made the video. Hopefully EAxis will make the needed changes there was a time when I enjoyed the game and now it's become hard as I feel a lack of depth when I play.

I totally agree with everything he said in his video. I hope EA/Maxis sees this. The whims, traits, friendship and romantic relationships...none of those have any meaning to the Sims. All of it is being drowned in emotions. Emotions that often have nothing to do with whatever our Sims are doing or should be feeling during traumatic situations. There are no consequences, only rewards, and that doesn't challenge us as players. The solution lies in giving us a difficulty option we can control that he proposed as a possible fix. I'd love to see that implemented. Tone down the craziness in the emotions so they don't override everything else. Thanks for posting his video @DragonKat159. Everything I have thought is wrong with Sims4 was just validated, and I was not wrong in feeling the game lacks depth on many levels.