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11 years ago

Do you think The Sims 4 = Failure?

I've seen forum replies (and YouTube comments) where people say these six things about The Sims 4: 1. Rename the game to "The Sims 0.5," "The Sims 1.5," or "The Sims 2.5" 2. Say they were disapp...

Arieleth

11 years ago

"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 think with "best" she means "best quality". TS2 has the most love to detail, almost all simmers admit that.