Sims 4: A Disappointment?
I have spent thousands of hours playing Sims 4...the only comparable game to Sims 4 would be 'World Of Warcraft'. This is my offline game...I have about 3 hours 'online' play on my Origin account. Sim...
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For me, Sims 4 feels utterly mediocre in most areas. I do like some things, like building can be a lot of fun. But they seemed to have made a lot of (in my opinion, of course) bonehead moves with the game.
The reason I play it? There is no real competition. We've had what, like maybe half a dozen 'sims-like' games released over the years, and all have been pretty poorly done. So you can either stick with an older version of the Sims or play this one despite its flaws.
And I'm not trying to put words in anyone's mouth. I know plenty of people LOVE the game! And that's really cool. I just find that it feels with every pack or expansion they are close to excellence, but they just end up making them too simplistic or repetitive. The game tries to focus a lot on moods, for instance, but how many 'mood altering' items, powers, objects, do we really need? And just why does everything have to be a rabbit hole? And, as beautiful as some of the neighborhoods are, why aren't they adding more lots? It's one of the whole selling points on loading small zones, because loading is fast and you can deal with having more lots.
Not to mention of course the silliness of how long it took to get our aging progressions of the sims right, pools, and the like to come around, and various bugs that persisted for so long (like the gardening issues with plants reverting) :dizzy:
Things like that, they just constantly pile up. But, again, not really much of a choice in games of this style, and there still is certainly a lot to love and charm to the game. It's not all bad! Maybe one day someone will come around to challenge them and they will be allowed to focus more on making a much greater experience, but I'm not holding my breath. So in the mean time I live with it, because I still do enjoy the experience at its core. I'm just disappointed because it could be so much more.
The reason I play it? There is no real competition. We've had what, like maybe half a dozen 'sims-like' games released over the years, and all have been pretty poorly done. So you can either stick with an older version of the Sims or play this one despite its flaws.
And I'm not trying to put words in anyone's mouth. I know plenty of people LOVE the game! And that's really cool. I just find that it feels with every pack or expansion they are close to excellence, but they just end up making them too simplistic or repetitive. The game tries to focus a lot on moods, for instance, but how many 'mood altering' items, powers, objects, do we really need? And just why does everything have to be a rabbit hole? And, as beautiful as some of the neighborhoods are, why aren't they adding more lots? It's one of the whole selling points on loading small zones, because loading is fast and you can deal with having more lots.
Not to mention of course the silliness of how long it took to get our aging progressions of the sims right, pools, and the like to come around, and various bugs that persisted for so long (like the gardening issues with plants reverting) :dizzy:
Things like that, they just constantly pile up. But, again, not really much of a choice in games of this style, and there still is certainly a lot to love and charm to the game. It's not all bad! Maybe one day someone will come around to challenge them and they will be allowed to focus more on making a much greater experience, but I'm not holding my breath. So in the mean time I live with it, because I still do enjoy the experience at its core. I'm just disappointed because it could be so much more.
