"TS1299;c-16391987" wrote:
"mcorral;c-16391968" wrote:
I really don't need more packs, EPs or SPs. This game has been a mess since the beginning due to the change from an online game to an offline one in a rush.
This game is boring, not very well designed, childish, lacking humour and sarcasm. This is the fourth iteration of the game and should be much better. Instead we get a 2.5 iteration. They should already know what people want and what we don't. It's been quite a numer of years with The Sims for them to know.
I'm still playing S3 waiting for The Sims 5.
Sorry, it is my humble opinion.
Sadly the thing is they are trying to do what the Community want but really nothing happens. The Biggest Example is Pets. People want them to be Playable so they added that feature in The Sims 3 Pets. But then fans complained because they put the resources on making the pets controllable rather than fleshing them out as "pets for your sims". So when they did it in The Sims 4, they listen on what people want and here we are still getting complaints... They just can't win the community.
I know it is impossible to make everyone happy. The Sims community is so big that there are a lot of peple with different opinions. But they tried to make an online game when EVERYBODY has been stating (or at least that's what I've always read in posts) that The Sims should never be an online game. That decision created a core game that cannot be changed now and we are carrying the consecuences.
The things I like about The Sims is customization. That's what makes the game so appealing to me. You create your own stories, you can create houses, change the world, change patterns, change terrain, control generations, control de story... resuming it all: customize everything to your liking to create something unique. Customization is great because my game is completely different to others. We all play differently, we can create whatever we want and play as we like. It should be a sandbox.
I'm still creating worlds in TS3 with different families, watching them progressing into different branches, watching the world ALIVE. If you play the game from start twice, everything can change differently, generating a completely different situation. With some mods the game can be played with little lag and bugs.
TS4 does not allow most of these things anymore. Customization is impossible. I don't want to have 20 small static worlds, I want to create mine or at least have the opportunity to change the ones given to my preference.
TS4 has some improvements: build/buy mode is awesome, vamps are better, graphics are great, it runs smoother, ... but it's sooooo boooooooring.... I think they took away what makes the game what it is: customization.
