The Comparison Thread

"Cinebar;c-17273874" wrote:


Besides this all being false advertising of how the game really plays, note the mood bar, it says the bar falls and produces uncomfortable etc. The problem with TS4 to me is the mood bar rarely falls in my game, and the Sims were always elated and happy, happy. Uncomfortable (ooh, how much excitement something bad might happen is that?) is easily solved by walking to the next room with silly decor. The whole ad is such a joke, I can't even. And I have news for them, If I'm grumpy (from pain) I am not going to get sad first, before mean or angry, I'm going to get rude and more grumpy, instead of sad. They have no idea what happens to real people's emotions in my opinion. Grumpy brings smart alec remarks, short tempers, and irritation (especially if it's from any sort of pain when you can't do something) and produces less patience in a person. They really have no idea what happens and it's not 'sad' as the logical next step of emotions.

A lot of the things that you've mentioned don't exist in TS4. After that 'safe space' article, I understand why. There's no irritation, no fear, no shock, no surprise, no insecurity, no shyness, no annoyance, no sense of betrayal... The full range of human emotions was accounted for in previous games without even trying. It was all conveyed through animations that made sense according to the context of the moment. In TS4 -- the game that was sold on the basis of better emotions than ever before -- the Sims' emotions are stunted. Not only that, what emotions are left can easily be swayed by decor.

When No Man's Sky released, it was a mess. Over time, things were done to correct some of the greatest issues. These days, the game is better than it was at launch. In contrast, EA continues to ignore the greater issues which exist within the Sims themselves. Instead, they continue to add on DLC after DLC which, in my experience, only amplifies that the base game is still not working as advertised.