Challenges reading to new menu?

I have vision problems that cause severe motion sickness. I find I have to click quick then look away, or else the nausea creeps up on me.

I can live with the new main menu, but I cannot handle the new loading screen. I logged into the game and exited within minutes because the loading screen makes me feel sick and gave me a horrible headache.

My vision issues are mild but the exist and I have to wear glasses all the time. I hate the new menu but I don’t have any issues with it that weren’t there with the bright white. I just can’t stare at it too long and I’m fine. But I can see how it be problematic for some.

Edit: my eyes are also sensitive to brightness.

I have ongoing concussion symptoms from an accident I was in, in February, still seeing a neuro physio for it. I thought I might have problems with the blue, since I find that at times blue colours seems to flash if I look at them, but this blue is softer than what it looked like in the maxis monthly so I am not having any issues at all. :)

I feel physically sick every time i have to look at the the new design... The clashing colors, and the giant unnecessary designs make me really uncomfortable. I got headaches from the loading screens just by traveling the neighborhood.
This takes out a lot of the dangerously low fun i have had with sims 4 for a while...
I am thinking of just stopping altogether and go back to sims 3. Sims 4 looks great but it has no soul, and every new update makes this more evident.
It's sickening. And Sad.

"Sindocat;c-17163819" wrote:
I don't even count having to wear glasses all the time "a vision problem", even though I cannot legally drive without them, because I have the lenses, and they are corrective.

I find the new graphics easier to handle, in general. I think there is a lot of random complaining about changes, and though I feel like a plum for it, am disinclined to believe those claiming special problems, as it is all lost in the general "I hate it!" whining that prevails in this forum community.

TL:DR - I may well be wrong, but even so, see the fable by Aesop about the boy who cried "wolf!".

Hi, thanks for your comment.

As I mentioned in my opening post, I'm aware of the general complaints. I haven't been one of those complaining, outside of concerns about visibility. And it's pretty insulting to discount every ones experience because it's not yours. I made this poll because I wanted to see if my problems were unique or not, and I made sure to cover all the options. I'm glad to hear this screen is better for you, and maybe that's why they changed it, but writing people off as "whining" is, well. Kind of being a "plum" as you said. Was there some over reaction by some? Sure, but that doesn't mean you should discount valid complaints along with the rest. That is basically "overreacting" in the other direction--lots of people are complaining, so I won't listen to anyone!!!!

And I find it interesting that the boy who cried wolf is so often cited when trying to discount--often disenfranchised--people's experiences. May I direct you to the myth of Cassandra, the woman who could always see the truth but was never believed by arrogant men?

I have visually-triggered migraines. The main menu is fine for me so far. The spin of the plumbob during the initial game loading, before the main menu, might turn out to be an issue, though. It was okay today.

I'm autistic, so I have sensory sensitivities. I cannot stand to look at the bright blue, so I haven't even patched my game yet. It's not that I hate it; it just gives me intense head and eye pain. Even with the logo on the forums being changed, I have to scroll down very quickly whenever I go to the top or my eyes will hurt. Even if it didn't hurt to look at, the new menu/loading screen would probably overstimulate me within the minute.

What makes it even worse is that I play on a laptop, so I don't have those 3-5 second loading screens that most people do. (I once timed my loading screen and it was 13 seconds long.) I can't imagine having to endure that eye torture for a solid 13 seconds. Looking at it for just 3 seconds already feels like staring directly into the sun.

I'm also going to tag @SimGuruGraham so that he actually knows what's going on.

No serious issues, but my eyes are light sensitive. So while I do think it's cluttered now, my biggest issue is actually the color scheme. Something about the particular shades of blue with the white... it's too bright and I had to turn the brightness down on my laptop to stop it from hurting my eyes.

I have bad eyesight/can't function without glasses and get the occasional migraine but I don't think I consider that as having vision problems. I do find the new menu really hard to look at. I have to look away during the loading screens sometimes because the blue is too bright/bold, even if it's for a few seconds. If my sim is traveling/club hopping/doing whatever, that's a few loading screens in a row I have to look at in a short amount of time.