The Sims 4 has boasted about having smarter sims with wacky stories. So far, the stories are lack luster because of limited game play options and the sims are as smart as rocks. Here's just 1 example that recently happen to me in game.How is it that in a 3 person (Sims A, B &C) conversation, sim A asks sim B about his career and only sim A knows and sim C still hasn't a clue. Even thou in the box above it shows all sims are involved in the convo. There are so many missed opportunities in this game it drives me mad. Why are mischievous sims with criminal careers not the ones in the jail cells in the police station? Instead the game spawns more townies I have to delete. I could go on and on but I wonder what everyone else thinks.

I concur. These Sims aren't smart at all, they're arguably dumber than they were in the Sims 3. A Genius Sim isn't any different than a Focused Sim. There's nothing that makes the genius a genius. Side note: Your sig confuses me. If your message is to make the Sims 4 great again, that implies it was once great before, which I completely disagree with. I'd say it was bad to "meh" to "some improvement, but it isn't there yet". Since I've no interest in derailing the thread, you can reply, but I won't. Just wanted to comment on that.

Thanks for your comment @AHolyToilet (great name btw) I sincerely thought The Sims 2 was a great game. That's the reason for my sig Make The Sims Great Again

"SarahsShady;c-16477711" wrote:Thanks for your comment @AHolyToilet (great name btw) I sincerely thought The Sims 2 was a great game. That's the reason for my sig Make The Sims Great Again Oh, you meant the series. Your sig says "Sims 4", so I got confused. Alright.

The townie generation in Sims infuriates me. I hate randomised townies, I always have. They seem to have given us the ability to create Sims, but those Sims can't take advantage of any npc opportunity even while unplayed without going back and forth deleting the townies again and again. I like the game and I can work around it, but that certainly doesn't mean I want to waste my time doing that.I don't feel that the Sims have ever been autonomously smart in any game, potentially TS3 but I haven't played enough of it to know since I only played about 4-5 hours of base game + World Adventures. Smarter Sims who can't even figure out when their parent had died in the room next door.. It's not a big request, I still have faith that things will be changed though.

I agree.Why when my sim moved his girlfriend in he knew all her traits, has the option to joke about old times and the relationship marker of sweethearts but he didn't know her career? Why does he still have the option to ask her to stay the night when she now lives there?Why do sims send each other messages congratulating them on making friends with their own children? Why does my married sim send a message to the guy who his wife is cheating on him with children congratulating them on a new girlfriend and wishing they will be happy together? If sims are so smart why do they by pass the kitchen sink and go to the bathroom to wash the dishes? Why serve a meal and ignore the kitchen table, living room couch and traipse up a flight of stairs to eat on the bed of the toddler who is sleeping in it?Smarter sims? Ha ha ha ha

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WrathfulAgony
7 years ago
I concur. These Sims aren't smart at all, they're arguably dumber than they were in the Sims 3. A Genius Sim isn't any different than a Focused Sim. There's nothing that makes the genius a genius.

Side note: Your sig confuses me. If your message is to make the Sims 4 great again, that implies it was once great before, which I completely disagree with. I'd say it was bad to "meh" to "some improvement, but it isn't there yet". Since I've no interest in derailing the thread, you can reply, but I won't. Just wanted to comment on that.
SarahsShady77
7 years ago
Thanks for your comment @AHolyToilet (great name btw) I sincerely thought The Sims 2 was a great game. That's the reason for my sig Make The Sims Great Again
WrathfulAgony
7 years ago
"SarahsShady;c-16477711" wrote:
Thanks for your comment @AHolyToilet (great name btw) I sincerely thought The Sims 2 was a great game. That's the reason for my sig Make The Sims Great Again

Oh, you meant the series. Your sig says "Sims 4", so I got confused. Alright.
CaseyTS4
7 years ago
The townie generation in Sims infuriates me. I hate randomised townies, I always have. They seem to have given us the ability to create Sims, but those Sims can't take advantage of any npc opportunity even while unplayed without going back and forth deleting the townies again and again. I like the game and I can work around it, but that certainly doesn't mean I want to waste my time doing that.

I don't feel that the Sims have ever been autonomously smart in any game, potentially TS3 but I haven't played enough of it to know since I only played about 4-5 hours of base game + World Adventures. Smarter Sims who can't even figure out when their parent had died in the room next door.. It's not a big request, I still have faith that things will be changed though.
MidnightAura86
New Spectator
7 years ago
I agree.

Why when my sim moved his girlfriend in he knew all her traits, has the option to joke about old times and the relationship marker of sweethearts but he didn't know her career? Why does he still have the option to ask her to stay the night when she now lives there?

Why do sims send each other messages congratulating them on making friends with their own children? Why does my married sim send a message to the guy who his wife is cheating on him with children congratulating them on a new girlfriend and wishing they will be happy together?

If sims are so smart why do they by pass the kitchen sink and go to the bathroom to wash the dishes? Why serve a meal and ignore the kitchen table, living room couch and traipse up a flight of stairs to eat on the bed of the toddler who is sleeping in it?

Smarter sims? Ha ha ha ha
Goodywood
New Traveler
7 years ago
"Smarter Sims". That has been a joke every since TS4 release. They definitely over exaggerated this so called "feature". I do say that TS2 probably has the smartest Sims IMO. At least as far as emotions go for sure.
SHODAN001
7 years ago
"MidnightAura;c-16478201" wrote:
I agree.

Why when my sim moved his girlfriend in he knew all her traits, has the option to joke about old times and the relationship marker of sweethearts but he didn't know her career? Why does he still have the option to ask her to stay the night when she now lives there?

Why do sims send each other messages congratulating them on making friends with their own children? Why does my married sim send a message to the guy who his wife is cheating on him with children congratulating them on a new girlfriend and wishing they will be happy together?

If sims are so smart why do they by pass the kitchen sink and go to the bathroom to wash the dishes? Why serve a meal and ignore the kitchen table, living room couch and traipse up a flight of stairs to eat on the bed of the toddler who is sleeping in it?

Smarter sims? Ha ha ha ha

Because this game was supposed to be online, with players doing the parts and not NPCs, so they had to hastily add into the base game the NPC coding, multitasking, emotions, ETC.

The result is a hollow shell of a game.

You can thank anyone who still wants the Sims to be online.
drake_mccarty
7 years ago
"Evil_One;c-16478398" wrote:
"MidnightAura;c-16478201" wrote:
I agree.

Why when my sim moved his girlfriend in he knew all her traits, has the option to joke about old times and the relationship marker of sweethearts but he didn't know her career? Why does he still have the option to ask her to stay the night when she now lives there?

Why do sims send each other messages congratulating them on making friends with their own children? Why does my married sim send a message to the guy who his wife is cheating on him with children congratulating them on a new girlfriend and wishing they will be happy together?

If sims are so smart why do they by pass the kitchen sink and go to the bathroom to wash the dishes? Why serve a meal and ignore the kitchen table, living room couch and traipse up a flight of stairs to eat on the bed of the toddler who is sleeping in it?

Smarter sims? Ha ha ha ha

Because this game was supposed to be online, with players doing the parts and not NPCs, so they had to hastily add into the base game the NPC coding, multitasking, emotions, ETC.

The result is a hollow shell of a game.

You can thank anyone who still wants the Sims to be online.

This. We know S4 was originally a social MMO, it was obvious to me that multitasking was built off of the framework for an instant messenger type feature of the online game. It’s usefulness is limited when you remove the social aspect of it.
Cynna1065
7 years ago
"Evil_One;c-16478398" wrote:

Because this game was supposed to be online, with players doing the parts and not NPCs, so they had to hastily add into the base game the NPC coding, multitasking, emotions, ETC.

The result is a hollow shell of a game.

You can thank anyone who still wants the Sims to be online.

Exactly this.

These Sims weren't meant to have personalities, the player was supposed to provide that.
Goodywood
New Traveler
7 years ago
"Cynna;c-16479012" wrote:
"Evil_One;c-16478398" wrote:

Because this game was supposed to be online, with players doing the parts and not NPCs, so they had to hastily add into the base game the NPC coding, multitasking, emotions, ETC.

The result is a hollow shell of a game.

You can thank anyone who still wants the Sims to be online.

Exactly this.

These Sims weren't meant to have personalities, the player was supposed to provide that.

You are so right! This is a good way to explain it guys.