I agree wholeheartedly with the OP. I cannot comment directly on Island Living (I am waiting for a sale to get it because I did love IP and know I will be disappointed in IL.)
"babajayne;c-17133402" wrote:
@Zussage
But what I really wish is that they would not underdeliver on a game series that used to be so much better overall.
I remember when I got a new expansion for sims 2 or Sims 3 I would stay up all night playing it. It would take weeks to explore all it offered. Going back to Sims 1, many times I would stay up all night playing Sims.
Now, I will start Sims 4 and will end up going off to do housework or other things. I will come back and play for 20-30 minutes, then leave the game to go do something else. I NEVER did that with the previous Sims games. During Sims 3, every night I would get my household/family things done so I could play continuously for 4-5 hours.
No, the previous versions were not perfect. They had plenty of faults. (SECUROM anyone?) Fortunately, I have always been able to have a good computer so I have not had as many problems as some had. It has always been a problem with getting bug fixes though.
I would still be playing Sims 3 if there was new content for it. I need a constant stream of new stuff LOL. I literally spent between $3000 and $4000 dollars on Sims 3 with the Sims 3 Store (and I felt it was money well spent for the enjoyment I received with the content and gifting content.) I pre-ordered everything in both Sims 2 and 3 for the Limited Editions. I have only spent a couple hundred dollars on Sims 4 as I have waited to get almost every release until it has gone on sale. Because I don't think they are worth full price. It's not so much the amount of money it costs. It is that I end up being disappointed with every release, so I am less disappointed if I buy it on sale.
Sims 4 is the first version that I will not be sorry to hear it is ending. I wanted to cry when both Sims 2 and Sims 3 ended. Sims 4? I am ready for it to end. That is so sad to me.
