OK... Here is my list....
I have played all of The Sims games, including the much loved and MUCH missed "The Sims Online." Well I played the facebook Sims thing for like 5 minutes, but that was just ridiculous and I hated that one.
So... The Sims 4.
I have to say, I am really having fun with it. It should keep me quite entertained and procrastinating my RL activities until Archeage comes out on the 12th. Other than that, until there is an expansion pack, I feel like it is very limited. The neighborhoods are SOOO small. And the lots are also SOOO small. The building though, is really great!!! I still get lost spending hours with decorating and moving things around and adding on. But it is much easier, I feel, this time around. I am really disappointed in the amount of choices for each category though. And the colors themselves, seem, bad... on a lot of items. So much clashing colors and just hideous colors of a lot of items. I don't want it to look like I live in a circus tent. I really miss the option to recolor ANYTHING to ANY color. Basically the new building tools are fantastic, but the options that come with them are terribly limiting.
The game play itself seems basically the same as all the other games, and if you like The Sims, it's more of the same. I really MISS the repairman!!! I don't have time to actually repair things on my own, with my job and trying to stay green (and now I have a needy little boyfriend lol). I seem to spend too much money just clicking "replace" instead of being able to call the repairman for much less than buying a new object.
I would also like to see more than just the two neighborhoods. I like the "look" of the two, but I would like some more variety. I would LOVE to see a snow neighborhood!!
All in all, I am happy with my play time so far. I think the limited edition thing was a total waste of my money, but hopefully the expansion packs will be better. Though, it is EA, still charging out the wazoo for The Sims 3 games, so I am not all that hopeful at this point.
Happy Simming!
EA Staff (Retired)
