What I like:
Gosh, where to begin!
I like how moods affect interactions.
I love the children; they are adorable, and I love the interactions available to them.
I like that it takes longer to build romantic relationships for non-flirty Sims.
I like that if you woo-hoo without warm-up, it's not satisfactory ;-)
I like the little goals that are not job related; it gives more depth to things.
I like how adults can read to children, just one or a group.
I like how Sims can multi-task, like eating, listening to music, and conversing all at once.
What I don't like:
I think watering and weeding a garden takes a disproportionate amount of time compared to the size of the garden.
I wish Sims would drop everything and rush to the side of another Sim dying in the household, and react. There are delayed mourning reactions, but in general there seems to be too much complacency.
I don't like how Sims can engage in a fist-fight in public and passers-by ignore it.
Suggestions:
Bring back the family tree.
Enable choice of last names when couples marry.
I have not had this situation arise, but I'm reading of Sims not being able to remarry because they are still classed as "married" to a dead spouse. I suggest this not be the case.
Edited to add: It would be nice to bring back the feature of bringing someone random home from school or work (like TS2). I guess making friends is a motivation to leave the lot (pretty much my only motivation), but it would be nice to at least touch base with some outside Sims through work/school.
Overall thoughts:
I absolutely love the game. I've been with the franchise since TS1, and there are not enough words to convey how much I love the game! I loved TS1 and TS2, somewhat enjoyed TS3 but not all that much. Right now I cannot say whether I love TS4 better than TS2, but I'm still so busy exploring the game that I have no desire to return to TS2 at the moment. Good job!!
EA Staff (Retired)
