Have you stopped playing TS4, how long, and why?

Why have you stopped?
I've never really been into Sims 4. I played the game like three times for a month straight and though that always was quite a pleasant experience, it wasn't addictive, the game never pulled me in to completely take over. And since I'm used to a Sims game that does exactly that, I always stopped reopening the game after a while.

Have you purchased any expansion, GP or stuffed packs?
(stuffed packs :D )
I have Get to Work, Get Together, City Living, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Jungle Adventure and Vampires

Do you play any other iterations regularly?
Sims 3.

Are you interested in a TS5?
I will always be interested in anything that's being developed for this kind of game (life simulation). The recent announcement they will be focusing on multiplayer and competition however is desiccating any form of enthousiasm I could possibly have completely. Much more interested in the alternative Paralives, hoping and praying it will be half as good as they promise it to be.

Why have you stopped?
Bugs, bugs and bugs plus quality of gameplay. After cats and dogs there were bugs that ruined what little gameplay I did enjoy and at the time it was vanilla game play. I then tried again when seasons came out enjoyed it for sometimes but more bugs creeped up again. Add the quality of gameplay just continuing to go downhill and that was the icing on the cake for me.

Have you purchased any expansion, GP or stuffed packs?
The last pack I personally purchased was Get famous but have been gifted with Strangerville, MFPS and just 2 days ago a close friend of kind gifted me Discovery University. *side note I'm trying the game again because of being gifted DU. If I had not been gifted this I would not be opening my game again*

Do you play any other iterations regularly?
I play both the sims 2 and 3 regularly

Are you interested in a TS5?
Nope. Not even a bit. The rollercoaster ride with the sims 4 has opened my eyes to alot of shady practices from this company and I will not be supporting the sims 5 or whatever it's called.

Why have you stopped?
I play off and on, through major swings. I'll go months and months without playing then IT IS MY LIFE for like four months. Wash, rinse and repeat. My laptop struggles to run the game without over heating (It's perched on a stand my husband made with a icepack under) and I have to share teh desktop with my husband- a avid pc gamer.

Have you purchased any expansion, GP or stuffed packs?
I've got all the things

Do you play any other iterations regularly?
Sims 3 sometime son the Desktop computer.

Are you interested in a TS5?
I grew up with things like Pokemon- I've been trained in the mentality of "Gotta have 'em all!". But while I love exploring a new version of Sims, it is always hard to adjust to the sheer lack of content when going from a fully expanded series to just a base game again.

Hi, i haven’t posted on the forums nor played TS4 in more than 2 years.

I play TS3/2 regularly.

TS4 is lacking, doesn’t appeal to my play style, breaks immersion, bugs i can not get passed, not enough lots to play generationally/rotationally... etc it’s just not fun.

I can’t wait for paralives!

I took a year off when I was in college.

Why have you stopped?
Didn't have any time. It was my final year of university.

Have you purchased any expansion, GP or stuffed packs?
Nope

Do you play any other iterations regularly?
Nope (still don't, my computer can't handle TS3 (plus it just looks ugly), and I can't figure out how to re-install TS2 and missed the big free giveaway).

Are you interested in a TS5?
Only if it's single player and there is absolutely no multiplayer minus something like the gallery.

I haven't played since a few weeks after Get Famous released in 2018. I stopped playing because I was tired of the utter lack of family play and neglect of all life stages that aren't young adult. I didn't buy any packs last year as none of them interested me. I don't play any other iterations because I don't own any. I wish I could get TS3, but I've heard it's hard to get it to work, and I don't want to spend money on a game I won't be able to play. I'd be interested in TS5 if it remembers that other life stages other than just young adults exist.

Serious interest ended at least 2 years ago, casual since then, and more or less stopped except for checking builds or trying experiments about the voted 6 months ago. Any play now is either said testing or to de-fry brain after a tough work day.

Why: Lack of gameplay, shallow sims, the legion of bugs/glitches/sloppy programming, the wasted space and opportunities missed in the worlds themselves, poor vehicle for recorded story telling, just comes across as shallow and empty & not worth my time.

Packs: Up to date on Expansion and game packs (bought only on sale, none of them worth full price), often for the CAS & b/b assets. Very much regret Seasons so have it disabled, more trouble than it's worth. Been ages since a stuff pack, they are increasingly irrelevant to how I play and often are mere cash grabs.

Other iterations: TS2 was and still is my favourite. It was made with care and attention to detail with the simmers coming first. To borrow from old Chevy ads, putting us first kept them first for years. Same with TS2; it may be dated, but never disappoints. I still have all my TS1 disks and an old PC, so may give that a go again. Never got into 3.

TS5: Only if single player off line and done by someone other than those responsible for the TS4 debacle. At 20 years into the franchise, and as a simmer who has been in this since day 1, I expect that by now there should be a game that both is made with the same (or greater) care as TS2 while taking full advantage of the enormous strides in gaming technology that have come since. EA set the bar of a high standard long ago, do they have what it takes to meet it?

I've uninstalled the sims 4 a little after the toddlers have been released.
I was gifted with the base game, and I got Get to Work on my own (very cheap even if it was quite new at the time).
I stopped playng because I hate the emotion system, the game is dull, the sims themselves seem to want to fight my orders, and were extremely slow at doing all the base tasks like showering and eating. Plus all the loading screen were unbearable for me.
The save system was terrible, and the families I didn't play aged when I wasn't playng them! If it had to be closed world, at least give me complete control over my famylies as in the sims 2!!!!
I also hated how there is no genetics, since hair color is tied to specific hairstyles (really, who could think this antiquated thing was acceptable?! I can't even find such a system on mobile games anymore, is something that have been abandoned in the 90'!), and kids/toddlers didn't even had unnatural hair color. All my fantasy sims could only have human children.
And lets not talk about the object babies and the fake teens!!!
The lack of color wheel upped even more my boredom, so after seeng how the toddlers were, I uninstalled the game, and I doubt I'll ever install it ever again.

I still play regularly the sims 3. It have the freedom I need to play, and I can rule, not the game.

Couldn't get in to it. Just wasn't as much depth or substance as previous games in the franchise. Still check every once in awhile to see if bugs have been fixed and such but even that has been awhile.

I haven't played since November after the University patch because I'm still waiting for some mods to be updated.