"Lavenderlights;c-16199511" wrote:
This is wonderful news. I think sims 4 is a game with plenty of potential, but needs a LOT of time to reach said potential. Just look at the things in ts4 that are frequently lauded as the best in the franchise - vampires, toddlers, and if you wanna throw it in, parenthood in terms of family gameplay as well. See what they all have in common? They're all really, really specific elements of the game. Ts4's style isn't like ts3's where they throw in a wide, expansive variety of gameplay elements into a single pack (i.e. Generations, Supernatural etc.); rather, it works best whenever it's focusing on one very specific element - it's choosing to analyze every dimension of a single box, as opposed to throwing in a whole bunch of 2-dimensional boxes. This is why ts4 needs all the time it could get if it ever wishes to have every one of its' gameplay elements fleshed out.
On that font, I wish everyone on the sims team the best of luck in developing this game to the best that it can be.
Beautifully put.
In regards to the bug fixes, that's basically the standard rule with all Sims franchises going back to TS2. People like to forget that fact but it's always been the case. When you have a life sim game that every single player plays slightly differently, it's sort of unavoidable that we'll expose more bugs than the betas can. But yes, I agree that EA need to keep on the ball fixing them. And the C&D patch created as many issues as it fixed, particularly with the vampires. So hopefully they'll try to fix all those issues before taking further steps.
I am good without more EP as well. I would like more GP to expand my game in those detailed areas Lavenderlights mentioned. The C&D pack upped the game specs and while I think my PC would handle it ok, I don't really want to push down those lines. Not that there shouldn't be more EP, but I would be happy with a couple more GP. Elders and Universities. Maybe something else supernatural. Seasons are optional for me...but will probably be a computer-demanding EP and so I am ok with not having that.
Basically if TS4 is continuing, great, but too many EPs can ultimately ruin Gameplay, so hopefully they'll think really carefully about how to add to the existing franchise before they do.
