I am finding that my sims, inclusive of the maids I hire, wont clean up dishes. They'll gather them and put them in piles and just leave them sitting on the counter. When I instruct them to clean them up they pick them up and put them back down again. That or stand there, doing nothing and then cancel out the action.
I also find the sims just stand around for a while between actions. They'll get something from the fridge to prepare, stand there for about 15 sim minutes, put the thing down to prepare, stand for 15 sim minutes... etc etc. The same thing happens with going to the toilet to washing hands, and getting in and out of the shower. In fact almost everything my sims do, they stand around for a while before doing it.
The sims also dont recognize rooms. Sims just wander into bedrooms that aren't theirs and sleep in one anothers beds.
I also feel there needs to be a time management option. What I mean by this is in the game options menu you can choose from 'Classice Sim Time' or 'New Sim Time' where the clock goes by 2 real seconds per sim minute and then the time sims take to do things gets cut in half. Making for easier managed days and more time for sims to get things done.
I've also found that relationships deteriorate far too quickly. I can have sims be best friends on day one and on day three they've lost 50% of that relationship. The same goes for the romance bar.
EA Staff (Retired)
