Looking Forward To the End Of TS4

"stilljustme2;c-17140904" wrote:
Just my 2 Simoleons...

For me, Sims 4 is likely to be my last Sims game. Not because I don't like it -- indeed, I enjoy it very much -- but because at my age I'm not sure I want to start on a new iteration that likely will go on longer than I will. :/ So I'm in no hurry for a theoretical/mythical Sims 5.

I don't like to compare it to previous iterations because each one is different. I enjoy Sims 4 for what it gives me. Despite the lack of a color wheel or CASt, I find greater creativity in CAS than in previous Sims games; I can actually make my Simself and she doesn't look like an American football linebacker. She has curves in the proper places. I also like the ease of Build mode -- I can enlarge a room, or add a basement, without having to dismantle half the house to do it. And while I wish that traits and emotions had a bit more impact, Sims 4 Sims are better than the wooden Sims of Sims 3.

Sims 3 might actually be the outlier of the series, with the open world. I wish I could have back the minutes I wasted watching my Sims drive in a car or ride in a taxi from their home to a point on the map where they'd get out of the car (which magically disappeared into their inventory) and run to get to their destination, only to have to go back home a few minutes later because they were tired or hungry.

By not comparing this game to any other Sims game I've played, it's made it easier for me to enjoy this game for what it is, rather than what it isn't. But that's just how I roll...your mileage may vary (YMMV).

Same here age wise!

I'm not comparing with other games as I got them all and enjoyed them for 20 years. I just like 4 better and Simmers who like it have to be vocal too. I don't mind personally when it ends or if it ends after Realm of Magic but it would upset a lot of those who won't get University or even Farming.

Sims 5 might be one Sims game too far for EA. 5 was not a good number for SimCity. Best call it something else entirely.