Do you think The Sims 4 = Failure?

"JoAnne65;14273777" wrote:

"SweetieKaye;14273615" wrote:

"Arletta;14273050" wrote:
The question is though, why when they said they were going back to the sims roots did people assume TS2, rather than the original sims?

Because TS2 is the most popular of the series and generally considered the best.

Someone did a poll once on a Sims forum (not just for Sims 3), and even though people pointed out they missed things from Sims 2, when being asked what game they considered the best, a lot of people chose Sims 3. More than Sims 2. I will keep objecting to this assumption Sims 2 is 'generally' considered best (or even is best according to some), because I think it ignores the fact we need both Sims 2 and 3 to have the 'perfect' Sims game.

I agree on Sims 2. I played Sims 1, went on to 2 and I loved it. Then Sims 3 came along with the open world and create-a-style and for me, as a builder and re-doer (is that a word?) of every house and building, edit town. I have tried going back to 2 but cannot because it lacks the open world and CASt, even though I did make my own town buildings, trailer courts, venues in 2. I can't do that in Sims 4, no open world, no real edit town, no terrain tools, tiny little street corners rather than worlds and for me, most importantly, no create-a-style. Sims 4 should have had the best of 1,2 and 3 done right and it fails miserably for me.