kovu0207 wrote:
Well one big difference is that once the load time for sims 3 was over you were in game and didn't face another load time unless going abroad or to uni. :)
Yes the load times for TS4 seem very short, but remember that this is just the base game not the game and several Eps, and also we have no idea what the computer specs were for those demos. Additionally by the sounds of it players are going to face a lot of load times, so although they seem short it will soon add up to several minutes if you want to visit several lots during a sims day.
Exactly. One load time may be short in TS4, but we're not talking about one, we're talking about gameplay that will be littered with them, every time your Sim wants to go to another lot or neighbourhood, and every time you want to switch between playable Sims that are on different lots or neighbourhoods. Let's not forget as well that one loading screen does not come on its own, you have one to get there and one to get back. Just like TS2, these loading screens will very quickly add up, and they will only get longer with EPs and SPs/Content Packs.
My load time for a TS3 home world is no more than 5 minutes. Fast would be 2 for me, slow would be 5, but usually it's somewhere in the middle. WA worlds and University take a little longer, maybe 1-2 minutes extra. Oasis Landing is usually slightly less than a home world. So, really, it will only take 4-10 30 second loads in TS4 to equal the same time I wait for a home world in TS3. That's maybe 1-3 days of playing. In an average play session, I probably get through at least 5 days, so these loading screens in TS4 will add up to more time waiting.
