Sims 4 Not So Happy Play Thread & Neutral , No Bashing just your thought's

I am worried that I won't have the time to get to know what the Dine out pack is about before the stuff pack come's out , now that they are both suppose to come out in the same month, I am also worried that We won't be getting the Bunk Bed's that is really needed in the Sims 4 game from that Kid's pack, I can only hope that is a good pack, and not one that will make me sad, But I guess I have to wait in see, instead of getting worried and making myself ill with fear about it.

I agree that previous sims games that did not have the emotion concept seen in the TS4 ironically had more emotion than these new "smarter sims" do. The graphics and animations in this game are nice (albeit repetitive) but lack depth as others have been saying. I doubt the emotion system will get a proper overhaul during the length of this series so at the very least I hope for more emotions - fear being one that I think was mistakenly left out of the base game. When the sim's house catches fire they shouldn't just be "tense" or "uncomfortable", IMO they should be afraid. I hope if they add seasons, sims can be fearful during strong storms or natural disasters (if they decide to work that in), especially if they have a cowardly trait.
(I remember in TS3 I could not get Jocasta Bachelor to garden at night because she was a coward, and there was not enough light! That is a good way of representing her trait/personality during gameplay)
More emotions would be a way to compromise for the system's general lack of depth or at least it would give us more variety.

Biggest issue I have with the game is the general lack of options, as @Vagenius was saying. Not enough traits, aspirations, or career options are my top ones. If you are going to make the aspirations so quest based, at least have plenty of options so as not to feel bored with sims who share the same aspiration. The sims are supposed to be unique, but I've found that if anything, my sims are less unique in this iteration.
I still play the game though, because I'll always play the sims games (I know that may seem problematic) as I grew up these games and have always found something I enjoyed about them. I sincerely hope the team listens to the community, especially for the rest of this year because I feel they are running out of time to make the necessary changes for much of their fanbase to stick around. I know a lot of simmers put a great deal of time into organizing ideas and options to add into TS4. What more could you ask of the community? I think the Sims community is a great group of people who genuinely love their game, that's why these threads exist.

Sigh bugs still love me. I launch the game and experience a few. Thankfully they are just visual issues, but still makes me feel bad having to bother the Gurus about them.

"prettykidd;14881380" wrote:
I tried to edit a post and I ended up just posting it again... sorry. I don't know how to fix this.

Don't be sorry. Bet every single one of us has done it at some point. Welcome to the forums!!!

TS4 for me is just kinda boring :/ I could never get into the actual game. The sims seemed flat, and there was nothing for them to do. Also, with the way they treated family players, I don't rlly have respect for the company now (though, because of the new gender options, that respect is coming back...). But yeah. like other people on here, I was just kinda dissatisfied with the content of the game. It almost seemed like a regression, instead of a succession.

@BlueBlack007 Thanks for making the thread.

I really miss that feeling I got when I thought about playing the Sims. TS4 feels souless to me. I know that's probably a weird way of putting it. I've mentioned that I love the CAS, but once they leave CAS, they morphed into being a copy of every other Sim in live mode. The bugs I'm having right now, I'm just not even motivated to report any longer because it feels like that's all I'm doing and then being addressed like I'm the one who's causing the issues. I've completely gotten rid of all my mods so that couldn't be an excuse to why I'm having trouble with the game.

The last patch messed up my game. One, my created Sims (some of them) will not keep the hair I've assigned to them in live mode. Two, CAS issues. I'll actually post screenshots so you see what I'm saying. I have no filters options, everything was available all at once. This is what it looked like when I first got into CAS since the patch, this is the stock Sim that was chosen for me, I hadn't done anything.

@Baenre Did you try Repair Game?

@Baenre - that's a mod conflict. Most likely one of the CC Wrench mods, but could also be More CAS Columns. I haven't checked for updates yet today, but when I do, I'll post any here: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/889265/broken-updated-mods-not-cc-june-2-patch-dine-out-gp?new=1

@JoAnne65 I did do repair, it didn't fix it.

@luthienrising I have no mods at all. I took the entire folder out as I do for patches, there are no mods installed in these screenshots. Is it possible that having the CC Wrench previously left an effect on my game? If so that means that I have to start a brand new game.

My latest discovery is that the interaction "Hook up with..." is really, excessively, powerful. I had one Sim tell his friend that she should "Hook up with" another Sim who lived in his house. She says she'll introduce herself to him. The next notification I get is that the two of them have gone out on a date -- even though his housemate is still in the room and hasn't left the house. And then they're boyfriend and girlfriend! I was hoping for a boost to friendship with maybe a romantic interest, but this was crazy. I'm surprised they didn't get married.

My problem is that when I play TS2, I really miss the look of TS4 Sims, and the ability to give them outfits that they'll change into themselves. And I miss being able to send them out into the neighborhood, even if it isn't a full open world.

But there are so many annoyances with TS4 -- my current Sim's great-grandparents are still alive, but they're not on her family tree and she could marry her great-grandfather if she wanted. Whenever I try to have two Sims become enemies, they keep wanting to have friendly interactions with the Sim who just insulted them and threw a drink in their face. And when they watch a movie it's 50-50 whether they'll laugh and cry at the appropriate places. I miss toddlers and I miss the full-blown personality they had as soon as they spun around.

I want to love the game, and I keep trying to create a playstyle that will enable me to do that. But I can't help remembering that with TS1, 2, and 3, I just...played.