List Your Sims 4 Pros and Cons
Every game has its glowing virtues and horrible sins, and TS4 is no exception. This thread is a place to name our most favorite and most despised aspects of The Sims 4. My list?: Pros 1. The ...
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Pros
- Toddlers. Never liked them in past games, never liked them in real life, but in TS4 they're just great. I hated how they couldn't even get in and out of their cribs in TS2 without my help, so I sometimes let them sleep in pet beds instead. Now they can do a lot more on their own without requiring constant surveillance.
- The new building tools. I can't even imagine playing without them anymore. And it's not just the ability to easily move or change the size of rooms without tearing everything down, but also that you can now place objects diagonally or change their size without cheats, and sims can actually still use them.
- I've mentioned it countless times, but it can't be stressed enough how much I'm in love with CAS. I've always wanted to be able to model my sims' bodies, as well as choose shoes separately from the rest of the outfit, and I realise that this has been around since TS3, but I haven't played that, so to me it's all new and fascinating.
- Genetics are more diverse and less predictable than in TS2, and randomly generated sims aren't so freaking ugly anymore. One issue I still encounter occasionally is abnormally huge cheekbones, but that alone is not so bad.
- The worlds look absolutely beautiful, but there is also a negative in that, which I'll get to in a second...
Cons
- As someone who played TS2 for years before moving on to 4, I can't help noticing the severe limitations when it comes to creating the world our sims live in. We can't edit the scenery, place our own lots, add new worlds, or change the terrain type. There is only one desert world, and more than half of it isn't even covered by sand.
- Teenagers are basically just young adults with less possibilities. Visually, I can hardly tell them apart from actual young adults, yet they're so much taller than children that the transition is absolutely ridiculous. No, I don't want preteens, just more distinguished teens.
- Sorry if this sounds racist, but my game creates too many townies with Asian names that I can't even pronounce. I appreciate diversity in all shapes and sizes, but this overbundance seems a little random, especially because many of the sims in question don't even look remotely Asian.
- The lack of sim memories. I think TS2 overdid this by generating a memory for every little thing my sims experienced, but not having it at all, not being able to look back at my sims' accomplishments, makes their lives feel a little empty. I suggest toning down emotions and moodlets a little and adding memories instead.
- The exagerrated love, peace and harmony theme of the entire game. That's something that has always bothered me about The Sims, but 4 takes it to new levels. No burglars, no death by illness, no serious drama. And the one pack idea that might have changed that ("Danger pack" or whatever it was called in the poll) was ditched in favour of laundry. It's not just the developers' decisions that I question sometimes...
- Also, the game often seems to be more about looks than actual gameplay.
- Toddlers. Never liked them in past games, never liked them in real life, but in TS4 they're just great. I hated how they couldn't even get in and out of their cribs in TS2 without my help, so I sometimes let them sleep in pet beds instead. Now they can do a lot more on their own without requiring constant surveillance.
- The new building tools. I can't even imagine playing without them anymore. And it's not just the ability to easily move or change the size of rooms without tearing everything down, but also that you can now place objects diagonally or change their size without cheats, and sims can actually still use them.
- I've mentioned it countless times, but it can't be stressed enough how much I'm in love with CAS. I've always wanted to be able to model my sims' bodies, as well as choose shoes separately from the rest of the outfit, and I realise that this has been around since TS3, but I haven't played that, so to me it's all new and fascinating.
- Genetics are more diverse and less predictable than in TS2, and randomly generated sims aren't so freaking ugly anymore. One issue I still encounter occasionally is abnormally huge cheekbones, but that alone is not so bad.
- The worlds look absolutely beautiful, but there is also a negative in that, which I'll get to in a second...
Cons
- As someone who played TS2 for years before moving on to 4, I can't help noticing the severe limitations when it comes to creating the world our sims live in. We can't edit the scenery, place our own lots, add new worlds, or change the terrain type. There is only one desert world, and more than half of it isn't even covered by sand.
- Teenagers are basically just young adults with less possibilities. Visually, I can hardly tell them apart from actual young adults, yet they're so much taller than children that the transition is absolutely ridiculous. No, I don't want preteens, just more distinguished teens.
- Sorry if this sounds racist, but my game creates too many townies with Asian names that I can't even pronounce. I appreciate diversity in all shapes and sizes, but this overbundance seems a little random, especially because many of the sims in question don't even look remotely Asian.
- The lack of sim memories. I think TS2 overdid this by generating a memory for every little thing my sims experienced, but not having it at all, not being able to look back at my sims' accomplishments, makes their lives feel a little empty. I suggest toning down emotions and moodlets a little and adding memories instead.
- The exagerrated love, peace and harmony theme of the entire game. That's something that has always bothered me about The Sims, but 4 takes it to new levels. No burglars, no death by illness, no serious drama. And the one pack idea that might have changed that ("Danger pack" or whatever it was called in the poll) was ditched in favour of laundry. It's not just the developers' decisions that I question sometimes...
- Also, the game often seems to be more about looks than actual gameplay.
