Things I like:
The relationship with other Sims and just the game play in general is so much more rich with emotions
I love it when a neighbor or a close friend of your Sims stop over without having to call them
The town is not a ghost town anymore outside the lots. Even the lots themselves are more lively.
It's a lot easier creating a custom Sim without all of the lever-things. (I've only created one Sim though, and that's when I was eager to get into the game.)
The babies are adorable and there's a lot more interactions than with the newborns of previous version.
Building is much more enjoyable.
The search feature is much appreciated on Buy mode
I love the smoother look of the game as oppose to the more realistic ones.
More "shows" on the TV's is a welcome changed. I had some Sims that I couldn't keep away from the TV in the last one and the "dialogue" on the "channels" got a bit annoying after the 4th time for the Sim day.
The non-traditional skills are cool too. Comedy, computer programming, etc.
Traveling between towns :) I love this feature, even with less places to go. I was kind of bummed that the only way to send my Sims to different towns was to move them out in the last game.
What I didn't like: Not that much to be honest....
Nope, I got nothing.
What doesn't bother me at all (after all of the complaints, especially the ones that flooded the forums before the game was out, I figured you guys could use this):
Less public places to go to-the game play is so much more entertaining that you don't really miss making them go places. I have a blast at the same place for a whole Sim day-even if it's just their house with a couple of friends or their spouse.
Pools. Watching your Sim swim in a straight line got old after a few minutes. They didn't really take off until Island Paradise, then they were more fun.
No Create a Style- So your fridge doesn't match the lavender curtains anymore. Big whoop.
No Basements- A lot of people forgot that they didn't come with the base game in the last version either. Other than a nectar storage (which I have not seen yet but it would be cool to bring back.) or a place to stick an annoying roommate, I don't get why it's so detrimental.
Pretty much everything that was listed as missing on the giant list of missing things doesn't bug me at all.
The Loading Screens- They go by quick and like Grant said in an interview, breaking up the world in to neighborhoods makes the world much more active.
Not seeing Sims at work/school: That's more of a graphical thing than it is EA trying to be mean guys-which is why we couldn't see in 3/4's of the work buildings/venues in the last one. They eliminated them by removing venues and seeing your Sim family at school/work and now you complain that there's less to do or the work and school is The Sims 2 style-either that or everyone would need a better computer to play the game and then you'd be whining about that.****
Suggestions- I would love to have toddlers back, maybe in a family-oriented EP. I love babies (Sim or not) and the nurseries look so empty without the toddler stage. Something similar to Island Paradise would be nice too-the water in the game looks beautiful and it would be cool to have beaches back.
Hot tubs would be cool too.
I can't think of much more otherwise, so I'll just leave it to the experts. :)
****Or so I've read.
EA Staff (Retired)
