Personally, I hope EA have been listening to it's players and are planning a game which has the 'potential' to add those things they 'left out' of Sims 4. Even if the base game has to start from scratch, speaking for myself, I will latch onto, and remain, with a game which has potential for future content, even if the base game is slightly lacking at the beginning. Just knowing a game has the potential to add back aspects of the game I personally enjoy would be enough for me to stay hooked and spend my money. I don't feel that Sims 4 has this potential - there are no cars, you can't edit a town because there isn't a town, you can't place lots, there is no CASt, there is no hope of creating a world, or making patterns - nothing!
While it is true that Sims 4 has seen some good things added, none of them can really make up for the absence of creative potential for the player. The only creativity really going on is by the developers and the artists creating pre-made content - much of which should really have been left in the hands of the players by providing them with creative tools for editing...in my view! I know many players are enjoying this game and that's great for them, but it's not great for me. I've really lost out with Sims 4 and I miss the enjoyment I used to have of editing towns and worlds, creating patterns and all the rest that came with it.
I think I'm being very patient hoping and waiting for these things to come back into the game, whether it be Sims 4 or Sims 5. I don't care which it is - I just hope it won't be too long.
