Is the Sims 4 criticism justified?

Why is the 2014 art style a huge step up?

As much as I love the sims 4 I think it is. There is some serious flaws in the core gameplay that make the game more frustrating than fun at times. Also the bugs can be a nightmare. We also do get less for our money than we used to and as a fan even I see that.

I will say I agree that it does need to be constructive and not aggressive which luckily it doesn’t seem to be often on the forums. I think the discussion here is usually civil.

However I also feel like we’ve never truly had the perfect sim game either and they all deserve some criticism. Sims 2 was the closest in my mind but even it had some issues and things I really didn’t like about it.

Criticism is only to make things better though. We all want sims and sims 4 to be the best it can be and a lot of times we know they can do better.

For me, I think I get my moneys worth with all the packs. I actually think they kicked it up a notch in the packs.

Now, I can play the game fine, as far as careers, friends, etc. but I only play with a single sim. The thing that is lacking is the soul. My sim will die lonely because for the life of me, the romance part....is lacking. No attraction system at all. They need life breathed into them.

That is where mods come in (thank you modders)!

I think as far as "warrant it holding that title" is in the "eye of the beholder"?

You cant really give criticism to the sims series without triggering someone, though I rarely being called out when I criticize TS4 but I do see some people get it, I always get called out when criticizing TS3 nonetheless, eventhough I like the game.

Due to sheer amount of bugs, I think it's justified.

I do feel I get my money's worth with this generation. The game's held my attention in a gameplay capacity more than any previous generation has.
I think it depends upon the criticism because this fanbase is so diverse that most people have different gripes for different things. Criticism for a pack release when it's not your personal preference does, I think, tend to verge towards the Over The Top - certainly not something I saw to this degree with previous generations, anyway. But perhaps the prominence of social media has contributed towards that.

Again as far as features go, it's in the eye of the beholder, as @FairyGodMother said. Many do cite cars, babies, bunkbeds and romance systems as 'key' elements to the game and that it's 'lacking' without them. I disagree on most of those (the romance one is the only one I really agree on) because they won't make a major difference to my game - I can take them or leave them.

I also don't tend to get the bugs and glitches many others get - more often than not, the patch notes fix bugs I've never seen in my game. ? Perhaps it's to do with my PC or maybe I'm just fortunate.

I don't think it deserves the anger and fury but a little frustration if a feature you're keen on hasn't arrived yet - but every game in the world could be victim to that. <3

Constructive criticism is how we grow. The problem is that for some people they assume any criticism is negative.

I'm an artist by trade. I create 3d models, shorts, ads copy. I also do claymation cel animation, sculpting and that too. Granted I'm not as good a painter as my husband who paints tabletop miniatures and builds terrain (this is what you would think of terrain but it also includes buildings statues staircases etc. for tabletop miniatures from scratch. I rarely make anything for him to have printed by any of the 3d printers in the area. For fantasy roofs, he cuts and sculpts and builds it through kitbashing and carving and sculpting it himself or uses moulds.

We always ask for input on what we are doing. We were raised to see constructive criticism as a way to improve and grow. Anything that is meant for you to grow and improve is not negativity, "triggering", "violating your safe space", or toxic. It's something positive. It's from manga, anime, animation, comic books and my mom I learned to draw people. My mom offered me tips and showed me a lot of techniques.

Yes, constructive criticism is truly needed in The Sims or any creative outlet or video game or other forms of entertainment.

With constructive criticism it allows devs to think outside the box to fix problems in the game.

"nerdfashion;c-17649157" wrote:
I think some of it is, and some of it isn't.

Right. And you'll get a different answer depending on who you ask.

I say yes as many players has played versions older than this version, if the other versions never existed there would have been no way to criticize Sims 4. Being there was other versions it is hard for most to give Sims 4 an pass as Sims 4 did not evolve like other games in an franchise meaning there was an combination of new features and older features. What EA/Maxis did was something I never saw done in an series and that was to strip an newer version of features. As said criticism is not necessarily always negative it is more of feedback.

The art style is definitely the best of the series as far as I'm concerned

Do I get my monies worth?
No. I buy all the packs play it for a couple hours, lose interest and close the game for however many months till the next pack comes out.
This is coming from someone who has (embarrassingly enough) spent entire days for weeks months on end playing the previous versions stopping long enough to quickly clean house and cook.

This game has no depth and honestly this video by carl sims really is about as constructive as you can get and he puts it all perfectly:

https://youtu.be/O41yW6qlOIM

Yes it is. There are so many people that see constructive criticism as “hate” or toxic behaviour. There are many people that make excuses for this game. It deserves the criticism it gets and has deserved it for six years.