Never Satisfied.

"Oldeseadogge;c-17753048" wrote:

"haneul;c-17750025" wrote:

"Oldeseadogge;c-17749957" wrote:
While it may be successful, popular, and profitable by appealing to those with low expectations, it's still an inferior game in terms of gameplay quality, at least for those who know what it was like before. They are different games, the products of different eras. That 4 runs on an engine not intended for the task its been given doesn't help.

I know that that's the going opinion on the forums, but I don't agree. I played Sims 2. I have the Ultimate Collection now and it's a good game, but I like Sims 4 a lot more. I'm not really a builder and I don't spend much time in CAS, and yet I still prefer Sims 4. For me, there's just not enough in Sims 2. I had Sims mastering all skills while/before they became adults. There are only a few plants for gardening and a few meals to cook, etc. There aren't many Sims and they don't age together. Time stops when off-lot, etc. etc. The clocks moved and they opened cabinets when cooking, but I rather have piano be a separate skill than have a moving clock. We should probably have both, but I think that there are tons of people like me who actually prefer Sims 4 gameplay to Sims 2. Sims 4 has improved a lot since release.

In view of the advances in gaming technology between the 2 game there had better be some improvements! This is looking like a matter of playing style differences. No right or wrong, just different. But for JA and the ability to farm I'd have uninstalled TS4 ages ago, too boring for how I play. Have never been bored with TS2 all these many years. I think part of it is that TS2 has an excellent story telling system via the family albums. Being a published writer, I really like the ability to create graphic novels, weaving complex stories crossing several households. in the old days we could post them directly to the story section of the TS2 site for all to read. Another item is that every world is mine to build on as I wish, all of it, not just a rationed few lots, and populate (with no 250 sim limit) accordingly. Along with the satellite worlds - provided and addable. So we can agree to disagree, and wish each other happy simming.

Yes, happy simming to you too. :)

For story telling, I like to take a ton of screenshots, edit them, and then organize them in a blog outside of the game, so I don't mind that we can't do it in game, even though I wish we did have better options for captions in game. Also, I don't know if you mean 250 played sims or sims generally, but you can have far more than 250. I have almost 1,000 sims in my Sims 4 game. :o I'm too lazy to build a world from the ground up, though. I tried several times in Sims 3, but never really got anywhere.