Most memorable bad moments of The Sims 4.

The toddler ball pit that looked like a bowl of cereal.

Most memorable for 'the franchise' might be a thread better served in the franchise discussion section rather than TS4 one. The body of your post says "franchise" but the subject line says "Sims 4"...so I will do both.

My most memorable bad moments would be:

Watching the population of all of my neighborhoods slowly get turned into Vampires after installing The Sims 2: Nightlife. Still goes down as the worst memory of all sims games to date for me. Fortunately there was a mod to fix the issue eventually, but it didn't save the many scores of sims that had already been turned.

Having a save game that was several years old get destroyed by save corruption in TS3. I still haven't forgiven TS3 for that and it was a real issue for many players.


Honestly, TS4 hasn't produced any moments as memorably negative as those two events. Although to this day I still laugh about the Vampire plague of TS2, so at least bad memories have turned into something to laugh about.

For TS4, the only thing I'd put on my list is this recent Wedding Pack release. I haven't had any major negative memories beside that one so far...and that hasn't been particularly negative, so I doubt it will be 'memorable' long term (for me). Release without toddlers was definitely not-great, but it was redeemed after they gave us the best toddlers in the franchise history.

These aren't features I personally had an issue with but they did cause distress in the community.

No doghouses in C&D
No other pets in C&D
Snow depth in Seasons
Small world Get Famous
No sheep, goats, pigs in Cottage Living
No chef career in Dine Out
No open world
No color wheel
Story driven gameplay in Strangerville
Introduction of kits
No bowling alley lot type
No burglars
Adult sized teens
Bassinet babies

Wretched beyond belief and not fit for purpose autonomy on TS4. Nothing will ever change my mind about the subject, it's my nemesis in game and i'll fight the battle, anywhere at any time with it.

Anniversary gift a few years ago that contained a few music tracks for a radio and a repainted hot tub from another pack.
That to me is still unforgivable, especially considering EA's previous anniversaries i wasn't around for but they offered a lot more including a free copy of TS4 for a limited time and a complete TS2.

Journey to Batuu, it's the worst thing to happen in my whole time playing the Sims and I've been playing since the Sims 1. :D

When the first Sims 4 game came out and I realized there were no toddlers.

I haven't had any problems with the wedding pack, or any others for that matter....that is, except for Eco. I would consider that the worst TS4 moment, because it wasn't just a few people having problems with it, it was everyone.

They've fixed it now through various patches, but it was a bug-laden catastrophe for quite a while.

My bad moment was getting a country style ep without horses.

"Bluegayle;c-18068762" wrote:
My bad moment was getting a country style ep without horses.

Oh, sheezus, I should have put that on my list too. Though, to be fair, I'm disappointed with every pack released that doesn't have horses...it doesn't need to have a country theme at all. :lol: