I haven't played in a long time, so I don't know what state the game will be in.
Some people says it has been toned down. Others that it remains an annoying menace. I'm afraid to start playing and find out. It just feels like an intrusion. But if the intent was to remind us that no matter what Sims we create, they're not ours, and EA can change them as they pleases, then A+ on a job well done. All my Sims, even the no-technology using, living of the land Sim was transformed into cellphone obsessive beings. I get enough of that irl.
Doubt EA would ever get rid of something they implemented unless enough people raise their vocies, but I'd support anything that gets rid of the cellphone idle animations and even the cellphone. Heck, a button on the panel that allows your Sim to get rid of or buy a new cellphone. And introduce the old landline phones.
I really wish I had done like some wiser souls, and stayed at the Werewolf update. But the gender preferences snared me.
To think such a small thing like animations (granted, they popped up everywhere) could ruin the enjoyment of a game for me.
