In my honest opinion, Sims 4 is just way too easy! Seriously, all my Sims get rich and get good jobs without even breaking a sweat! I don't use cheats, I don't download somebody else's work, it's just super easy, and when I get my Sim preety successful I just have to make a new safe, so it doesn't get boring, I try different stuff out, although I think I'm just going to buy like 2 to 3 expansion packs to make the game more full, but even then it's going to be super easy.EA why you gotta make Sims 4 so easy?!

Not really a right or wrong way to play the sims game. Bout as easy or as hard as you want it to be.I have a few sims where I don't even look to get them a promotion and tend to keep them in the same position because I really don't want them to be successful or stupid rich. I do have a rich sim but there's still a bit of a struggle to keep paying bills with abig mansion wiht overly expensive things in it as bills are like 30K and it's only just them.Sims don't even need any set of skills to get any sort of job across all four of them.It's not like you go into options to change the difficulty of the sims. An casual, open sandbox experience.

Sims is a sandbox game, it's not meant to be difficult. It's pretty difficult as it is for new comers. It's not a game with an end game that you have to achieve. No matter how difficult they make it, someone will come along and claim it's too easy. Everyone has their own idea of what is and isn't easy. Personally, I think it's just right. It I want it to be easy, it can be. If I want more of a challenge, it can be that, too. There is no one way to play. So if you find your style of play is too easy, try a different approach.

I agree, it is very easy. So that's why I hope there will be pretty expensive private schools >:)

you can make it more challenging with mods. Mine is not easy at all.

"ChelleJo;c-17022521" wrote:Sims is a sandbox game, it's not meant to be difficult. It's pretty difficult as it is for new comers. It's not a game with an end game that you have to achieve. No matter how difficult they make it, someone will come along and claim it's too easy. Everyone has their own idea of what is and isn't easy. Personally, I think it's just right. It I want it to be easy, it can be. If I want more of a challenge, it can be that, too. There is no one way to play. So if you find your style of play is too easy, try a different approach. I agree, I feel like a lot of people don't realise how customizable their game play experience really is, at least with most expansion packs installed. I will admit, base game doesn't offer a lot of tools for varied game play across multiple saves, but tools from certain packs like the club tool, lot traits, reputation system, and so on, go a long way in making each of my saves/households feel unique and varied, especially with game play/difficulty of game play. Clubs go a long way in changing the social dynamics between my sim and other sims/other clubs, many lot traits add extra difficulty by messing up your sims living space more often than usual, and the reputation system does a very good job of keeping my sims and their public actions in check. A sim of mine with a pristine reputation got into a fight and made an enemy which resulted in her reputation dropping, but even afterwards she would receive text messages from other sims saying they heard she got into a fight, which brought her reputation down even more, went from pristine to good in just a couple days. These are just a few examples of how I use certain features to influence my game play experience and to keep it different/unique across multiple saves/households. Using these tools together however adds even more complexity and variation in my game play, I would recommend to anybody to occasionally experiment and play around with the various game play tools available, there's a lot one can do with these tools and I feel like many people don't realize it.

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bsozz
6 years ago
Yeah, I don’t need TS4 to be challenging. There are plenty of other options for that.
gnelso1239
6 years ago
To each their own. I find making money fairly easy, however really growing wealth a significantly more challenging endeavor. My household's (single sim) bills are 6000-8000/ week. They own an art gallery that clears 12k-28k every time it's open. Playing without cheats the progress is appreciable but not radical. Course I absolutely long for some purchasable vacation properties and also make my own custom content paintings that cost in the millions of simoleons.
JestTru
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
I don't think the game is too easy. I actually like I'm not running ragged trying to fill needs and not being able to do anything else but work and keep needs up.

Personally I just get bored with it faster than previous series bcuz it just feels like something is missing, maybe a lack of content. Hopefully some of those things we're missing in game will make a return and the game won't feel so easy or get boring quickly.
invisiblgirl
6 years ago
It depends on your goals. Have them complete aspirations - some of the requirements are actually rather difficult to achieve and require some planning and skill-building. It's not just about amassing a fortune or getting to the top of your career (in fact, I think that's one thing that's improved over the years with each new Sims game - the original Sims were rather materialistic).
xmerer
6 years ago
"BilmoBlampkins;d-957945" wrote:
In my honest opinion, Sims 4 is just way too easy! Seriously, all my Sims get rich and get good jobs without even breaking a sweat! I don't use cheats, I don't download somebody else's work, it's just super easy, and when I get my Sim preety successful I just have to make a new safe, so it doesn't get boring, I try different stuff out, although I think I'm just going to buy like 2 to 3 expansion packs to make the game more full, but even then it's going to be super easy.
EA why you gotta make Sims 4 so easy?!

I discussed this in the Strangerville thread a few days ago, but to me the fact that the Sims 4 is easy is what makes it more flexible to me. I like the fact that I can take the story where I want to without focusing the bulk of my gameplay on keeping my Sims happy and employed and keeping their bills paid. I agree with @invisiblgirl -- there are other definitions of success besides career and money, and I like the fact that the game encourages those styles of play. (Especially now that you can make up your own job.)

I totally understand that this isn't everyone's style of play, and I can see why the older games might appeal more in that case. Just explaining that why I happen to like it the way it is. :)
LindsaySeddon1
6 years ago
Fill your house with toddlers. Done.
brenleedee
New Spectator
6 years ago
The Sims4 is incredibly easy, easy forming relationships, easy making lots of money. I never played the Sims3 but I do remember the Sims2 not being that easy, it was much harder to form relationships-you had to really work on it, and making money was not as easy(I didn't know any cheats back then, and I don't use cheats on my Family I am playing now and they have quite a bit of money to live comfortably. I do wish it was a bit more complex..complex emotions would have been amazing, Sims should not forget in 2 days that the love of their life ran away with the local bartender and you are now alone(there should be long lasting residual affects on so many more levels.
IcantbeZERO
6 years ago
Easy or not, its how you play it.
LaneBoy1995
6 years ago
I don't call it easy. The game just have much less depth than TS2 and TS3.
Cinebar
6 years ago
It really doesn't require much thought does it. If I had to rate the game on which age group it required to succeed and or have the Sim be happy, I would say age five or so. MySims might require more thought than TS4 and more strategy of how to get Sims out of trouble (since there is none in TS4) and possibly require more ingenunity on the part of the player than TS4 does. There is very little challenge in keeping the Sim alive, or overseeing their happiness or not. I have literally walked away and left it running and nothing happened other than the Sim remained bascially happy for hours and lack of money meant nothing either. Power off was no big deal to the Sim. Why should it be when they can just whip out their phone for ten hours, never needing recharge, and never die from accident (extremely rare) or starve. It's like turning on the TV and then just leave it on and go do something else, it's no challenge at all to keep the Sim happy or healthy.