The Sims 4 Feedback Thread - come share yours

now that I've built a house I do have a request...a grab hand! It's so hard (for me at least) to move doors, etc. Also, it's hard to use the eyedropper on doors when you can't see them. It is very, very frustrating!

edited to add...auto roofing would be great as well.

I think it's safe to say that this game is either using The Sims 2 engine, or is reusing a lot of code from that engine. When it comes to stability, I think that's a good thing. However, it does worry me how long the loading screens will be once there are expansions and a lot of custom content installed. Time will tell.

So my pros and cons:

Pros:

• (Potentially) much improved stability for the years to come.
  
• Improved routing.
  
• Bringing back the multitasking from the Sims 2 (people seem to forget that this feature once existed).
  
• I don't build much, so having droppable rooms is good on the occasion that I do.
  
• All new animations (people also seem to overlook the fact that the animators in the Sims 3 were pretty lazy there and reused a bunch of stuff from TS2).
  
• The graphics.
  
• Overall fluidity and realism.
  
• The UI.
  
• Unlockable features and items.
  
• The search feature in Buy Mode. (Why, oh why did they never add that in TS3?) It will be interesting to see how that interacts with custom content.
  
• Emotions.
  
• Food that can be modified (such as cake).
  
• The ability to change clothing and makeup/hair all in the same place (without having to have a special stylist mirror).
  

Cons

• Lack of story progression (although no doubt that will majorly improve stability as well).
  
• Lack of toddlers (I'd rather they exist and be non-playable than not exist at all).
  
• Inability to switch Sims while on another lot.
  
• Inability to see your Sims go to work (though I also hated rabbit holes).
  
• Lack of Create-a-Style
  
• Lack of a repairman.
  
• Teen height. I'm having trouble telling teens and adults apart.
  
• Relationship icons on profiles are more subtle than in TS3. Sometimes i have to squint to differentiate friends from acquaintances
  
• The Sims 3 would only let you right-click on a visitor's profile to center view on the visitor, but would not follow the visitor. The Sims 2 let you keep the focus on the visitor. The Sims 4 has neither option. Please bring back the ability from the Sims 2.
  
• The ability to change aspirations at any time or change a Sims' body or traits (although I don't have to use these options, so I'll admit that complaining about them is kind of nitpicky).
  
• Not being able to tell if a neighbor's house is vacant until you sit through a loading screen to get there.
  

Overall, I like the features that were brought back from TS2, but I would rather have seen a closer hybrid of TS2 and TS3. I'm not really going to gripe about the missing objects or features because I understand this is a base game, and am, frankly, old enough to remember that The Sims (as in TS1) didn't even have parties. As a side note, I feel that the Sims 2 made many core additions through its expansion, and I'm hoping that means that the Sims 4 engine will be much more flexible than TS3 ever was.

I've noticed I see a lot of complaints about the camera tilt. You can change the camera to TS3 mode and this resolves that issue (tilt is controlled via the scroll button). As for laptop users, I believe I've seen a "laptop mode" in the controls. I don't know what it does, however. Have you tried it?

I don't like that sims can take a picture together but we can't hang it on the wall.

> @Vlydia713 said:

> * Inability to switch Sims while on another lot.


I'm pretty sure you can switch to your other sims. You have to click on the icon of that sim, and then press "Set control to this sim" or something like that.

"ivescarla;12563041" wrote:
> @Vlydia713 said:



> * Inability to switch Sims while on another lot.





I'm pretty sure you can switch to your other sims. You have to click on the icon of that sim, and then press "Set control to this sim" or something like that.

Yes I have no problems switching.

Please add a way to put ceilings on because the premade houses don't have them and I wasn't able to place a floor above the first level.

I haven't played the game yet, since it's not for Mac yet but I do watch quite a few let's plays and let's builds and all that stuff and I'm actually glad it's not out on Mac yet, saved me a lot of money. I used to be sooo excited about this game for over a year and have been waiting impatiently for it but I'm quite disappointed.

Things I like:
-Multitasking (though it seems to be a bit glitchy at times)
-The graphics look amazing! I love the cartoony style.
-Create a sim is awesome.
-Sims walking randomly in front of your house, lots of sims in community lots,...
-The gameplay looks really smooth.
-The tattoos look great.
-The food on a plate actually looks like food and the sims chew! Nice detail.
-No toddlers. Never cared for this stage of life. So tedious to teach them everything. Though they did look cute and I liked the interactions but I understand that adding this to a "generations"-type expansion pack would attract more people (Same goes for the pool tool)
-Build mode in general is pretty amazing for all the things other people already stated: not having to switch between build and buy,... I also like the tall kitchen cabinets and the rounded corners for the counters.
-The pregnancy. I like that you can still go to work and that it's not a fixed amount of date you're pregnant.

Things I don't like:
-You can't customise the hair. I understand why you didn't put in the colour wheel or the create a style (And to be fair, I really don't miss it. I didn't even know about it in the Sims3 until a few months ago) but I miss adding the highlights and all that stuff.
-The tiny neighbourhoods, like many, many other people here told you.
-The walk styles. I like the idea but the walk styles just look horrible.
-Only 3 traits and then there are so little traits to choose from. (Though I like most of the traits) The aspirations seem to be limited, too.
-Where are the more "normal" jobs? Why did you leave those out?
-Babies are more like objects.
-No auto-roof.
-You can't check your sims needs while they are at work.
-The sims just vanish when they go to work. At least in the Sims 2, they step into a taxi.
-There are no options to choose from when your sim is at work. Like the "slack off", "Meet coworkers" and stuff.
-No repairman, no firefighter
-No story progression


I have the overall impression that you have left out a a lot of things in the base game to put them in expansion packs so that you can have more money for those.
Is this because you don't have any trust in your fans to buy these expansion packs if we had toddlers, pools, ... in the base game or because there isn't enough inspiration and ideas for the expansion packs? (If that's the case, you have a very, very large fan base who would love to help you with that) I'm not being offensive, or at least I'm not trying to be. This is just the feeling that I have and I don't know a way to put it more friendly.
Though as a longtime Sims-fan and player, I know you'll make something great and wonderful out of this. I realise this is only the base game without patches, updates,... So I'm convinced the Sims 4 will be absolutely awesome. But until then, I'm just going to watch let's plays and wait until the Mac version.

> @Skayefantasy said:

> -There are no options to choose from when your sim is at work. Like the "slack off", "Meet coworkers" and stuff.


You have to click on the icon of the sim that's at work (or on the little sign that's in their box), and then you get some options.

Yeah, but in game you don't have the family tree anymore