Sims 4 feels exhausting to play.

This is my problem as well. I can't sit back and let anything happen... because nothing will happen.

I think with the sims 4 sims just moving around all the time is its flaw, all games has a flaw, I also think that the sims 4 you do have to choose everything in your sims lives for example whether or not there's going to be drama in your game, on the past games drama did just happen by itself, however alot of simmers did also complain about this because their sims were doing things they didn't want them to do, its one of those things the developers can't win with, I'd say if you have an imagination and have fun at being very creative at creating stories and not like sims doing their own thing I'd say the sims 4 is for that simmer, however if your someone that just like drama that happens by itself and not having to decide everything I'd say the sims 3 or if your able to get the sims 2 is more for that simmer

"temporalgod;c-18071072" wrote:
Why not make Vampire Vegetarian Kleptomaniacs, make them basically as human as possible with the ability to unlock doors, congrats you now have burglars, Your Welcome.

Your idea is creative, but not a substitute for a properly configured burglary system. To my knowledge, kleptomaniacs don't sneak. When I last used a kleptomaniac, they stole deco items, nothing of consequence for activities of daily living. There are no burglar alarms to alert a sleeping Sim (or the player) that their home is being invaded. Sims can't call the police because there aren't any police capable of a response. Sims are more likely to start up a conversation with a kleptomaniac than to be angry or afraid. At most, a Sim can start a fight with a kleptomaniac. Though, I don't know if winning will return the stolen items. Also, there would be no rewards.

I can only play with autonomy off. If I turn autonomy on, it’s only because I’m drinking coffee and have stopped playing, since they won’t do anything I assign them anyway, so I just watch them while drinking coffee and learn about them. It is exhausting to click, then cancel, then click again. I spent a whole Sim day trying to get a Sim to type a report on the computer for a job task. I get why people want to play with autonomy on, but I think maybe it’s broken. The group conversations from autonomy on don’t add social points, they don’t even remember the people after. When I turn autonomy on, it’s like my Sims talk to nothing all day and can’t finish any tasks.

Indeed. Nothing happens and when something does happen - probably because you painstakingly made it happen - no other sim really gives a plum about it anyway. I think after buying Cottage Living, something in the sims part of my soul just broke lol. The foxes for example are just such a letdown. Like, do they ever really steal an egg? Cause from what I remember, they just take it, then chill by the fence until you tell them to drop it, which ofc they instantly do, because as we all know, that is how foxes roll - they're just a super well-trained bunch of forest dogs.

I looked forward to some form of farming so much, but the game feels about as boring & bland as ever. I absolutely despise large open empty spaces like you have in the CL pack because walking anywhere is a pain, needs management is just getting worse (and not in the good TS2 way), multitasking, moodlet spam and canceled actions make nearly any sim day an absolute slug to get through. And I haven't really played the pack much or been back since or bought anything after. I've put many hours into this game but it's clear that it's slowly but surely reaching a state of being broken beyond repair, primarily because EA is not invested in repairing anything anyway.

"Nikkih;c-18070743" wrote:
I think with the sims 4 sims just moving around all the time is its flaw, all games has a flaw, I also think that the sims 4 you do have to choose everything in your sims lives for example whether or not there's going to be drama in your game, on the past games drama did just happen by itself, however alot of simmers did also complain about this because their sims were doing things they didn't want them to do, its one of those things the developers can't win with, I'd say if you have an imagination and have fun at being very creative at creating stories and not like sims doing their own thing I'd say the sims 4 is for that simmer, however if your someone that just like drama that happens by itself and not having to decide everything I'd say the sims 3 or if your able to get the sims 2 is more for that simmer

I get what you’re saying about certain players actually enjoying micromanagement, but thats why there is the option for sim autonomy. That option might as well not exist in TS4… it’s not about drama that just happens by itself, (ignoring another huge problem being zero personality) the sims don’t feel alive or like they have any actual autonomy, other than persistently grabbing a glass of water.. And like the other faults op mentioned, actions cancelling constantly etc, micromanaging the sims is exhausting and buggy anyway. So either way it’s a mess ?‍♂️

You need a lot of patience for TS4, and not in a good way.

This is why I play sims3 and would still play sims2 if I could get it to work now. I still use sims4, but only to either zone out making buildings that ai then plates but then don't play with beyond that, or for when I want to go wild with mods (which even that gets old fast with sims4 because they have no personality and no memories, no consequences for anything).

Sims4 is has nothing to truly discover. They are just smiling puppets in a perpetually peaceful world in which nothing surprising ever happens.perfect for players who just want barbies in their dreamhouse and for everything to be perfect all the time except that from what I hear, they are not even getting that because weddings won't go well, and not because of some wedding wrecking dragon, but just that the pack doesn't work as advertised.

Sims 4 is still good for producing adult videos I guess, though that wears thin fast, too.

I would say it's not even really in the same category as previous Sims games.

It's like buying a cool new robot toy that was advertised as having a personality and being able to adapt to its environment, only to find out that instead, it was really just one of those electronic toys that will do the same actions in response to the same stimulus, over and over, and that's all it would do. Like expecting a robotic toy that interacts with progressive learning, only to get a Tickle Me Elmo.

Sims 4 BARELY functions as a life sim game. Sims simply don't obbey your commands, actions are dropped, they spend hours doing nothing. And on top of that, the AI doesn't really work. It's just a BROKEN game at this point.

Even The Sims 1, as hard as it is to keep their motives in the green, is way more fun to play. The Sims 4 is just a frustrating game through and through because it simply doesn't work.

My sims behave like I want to...but that's because I am using tuning mods to get rid of the annoyances. Some of the best mods for that are the MC Tuner mod, and also the control any sim mod, which allows me to control any sim as if they were playable.

That said, that only makes the game even more of a sandbox, so it literally feels like I am moving Barbie and Ken around... Maxis are not adding enough changes to make it not feel like a sandbox or the same game I played since 2014 either.

When I saw the Bach Parties from my wedding stories I was immediately thinking about the house parties that I had back in 2014 in the base game.

"Naus;c-18075367" wrote:
Sims 4 BARELY functions as a life sim game. Sims simply don't obbey your commands, actions are dropped, they spend hours doing nothing. And on top of that, the AI doesn't really work. It's just a BROKEN game at this point.

Even The Sims 1, as hard as it is to keep their motives in the green, is way more fun to play. The Sims 4 is just a frustrating game through and through because it simply doesn't work.

I don't have the issues you describe. The Sims aren't supposed to drop commands or lag out. Sorry the games act like that for you. Have you tried repairing it?