Take a look at TS Freeplay.....

"EnkiSchmidt;c-17279999" wrote:
From what I've seen sims not being able to do much, just look at fancy scenery, and the game not having more consequences are the main gripes people have with Sims 4. I have yet to find any form of consequences in Freeplay. The motives in this game are meaningless, all they do is give a bonus to the player's experience points. I'm pretty sure the Freeplay sims cannot even die from hunger.

Gameplay consists of clicking objects and then waiting in real time for the action to get completed. That can be minutes to hours to a whole day. Then there's the quests, you'll need to do them to unlock more features (like lifestages). Start the game, you will get assigned a quest. Finish it in time to unlock a not otherwise available object or house. Those rewards are permanently missable. Not available for premium currency, not by repeating the quest. And you cannot pause the quest queue, the best you can do is decide to let one quest run indefinitely and finish it the moment you think you have enough time to beat the next one within the time frame.
Lots of other stuff is hidden behind paying real money (standard for a mobile game, but seriously offputting when you are used to the main series where cheats can override the locked status).

I agree that Freeplay is an enjoyable game in it's own right, and also that Sims 4 is lacking in many areas. But if you're seriously try to paint Freeplay as a better sims game than Sims 4, then you're looking for a radically different experience from a sims game than I do.

And so, I feel as if you missed the point of the thread entirely.....because I'm not comparing the core gameplay of the games. I'm comparing the fact that Freeplay is more in tune with reality when it comes to what gameplay objects they introduce to their games, the fact that they add some small gameplay objects that make it seem like sims actually live a life and experience things the way we do, and the fact that they seem to know what the fans overall want.

Did you ever play the sims and went "omg that's so realistic!" ? Because...that's a pretty awesome feeling, either aimed at how a sim behaved or how they interacted with something. And I seem to miss that moment a lot of the time when I play TS4. Hence my rant.

I personally don't see real rocket ships out in the street or on my neighbour's back yards but I mean....if someone does let me know. (that's a joke)