"SERVERFRA;c-18107035" wrote:
With playing both Sims 3 & Sims 4, it seems that Sims 4 is way more open than Sims 3 ever was. Yes there were drivable cars/trucks/motorcycles, however the actual worlds were more closed off.
Yes, the worlds was closed off but there are many elements in a open world/Neighborhood other than connecting them such as travelling within a neighborhood or world w/o encountering a loading screen so for me Sims 4 is not open now and to get more technical it would be if the sim can walk into the other worlds w/o a loading screen as each neighborhood would then be seamless. Also the cars or vehicles was a enhancement of the open world/neighborhood concept in which it does not exist in Sim 4. However Sims 3 is the older version but EA/Maxis could have expanded on the open neighborhood even with the connected components but chose not to as not to mess with the performance of Sims 4 instead of tweaking the program like today where technology has evolved very quickly but Sims 4 story or path has been chosen already and that is my opinion.