The Sims 4 Feedback Thread - come share yours

> @Ash072 said:

> Also as a side note, I'd be inclined to partake of a season pass type of thing if you offered it. I heard rumors you were thinking on doing that like Battlefield Premium.
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A season pass for EPs or some of the smaller chunks of content they do would be most appreciated. Maxis/Sims are notorious for a deluge of content that can be hard to keep up with given the cost per content pack they tend to do >_<

What I liked:

CAS is enjoyable for creating a Sims physical appearance, lots of leeway available for tweaking a sims physical appearance.

Game play is smooth, animations are very nicely done. Especially well done are the stair animations, the best example being how camera now follows the character who ascends and descends the stairs instead of pausing while the character is on the stairs then jumps to the character when the animation is complete in SIMs 3.

Disappointments for me:

The over-all area the two worlds combined has much less content than the basic SIMS 3 game. The modular design breaks the areas down into smaller modules that require transitional loading times. While this improves game performance by focusing on local events for the player, it also makes the world feel far smaller.

Transitions between areas within a given town (world) are a bit annoying, though it does improve performance because only that area module is loaded instead of the whole town. This has also removed the need for vehicles for my Sims to go where they need to go, so that kind of travel is now assumed, although some traffic is visible as background ambiance to make the roads seem a necessity.

I am disappointed by not having as much freedom with customizing things like makeup colors, apparel, or anything else as we had in Sims 3. The color wheel and various pattern options for creating styles is definitely a feature that should have continued in Sims 4.

The textures are nice for plants, shrubs, trees, etc, but the terrain leaves much to be desired. I can play with all settings on the highest level, but terrain lacks any texture detail and looks more like its spray painted.

With over 3000 hours spent in playing Sims 3, most of that time revolved around designing custom styles for apparel, furnishings, homes, and even vehicles to suit my individual Sims.


Suggestions?

If possible, I would like to see the levels of style controls re-introduced into SIMS 4 instead of fixed color options.

Overall thoughts?

All in all, SIMS 4 okay, but simply lacks the level of creativity possible for the player that was available in the basic SIMS 3 game even without the various DLC made available later for that game. For me the game feels overly streamlined and simplified.

Just asking here but I really need to know. Is there an auto-save and how it's implemented? I am getting a 5 sec pause with nothing running or sounds, about every 20-25 mins and some have been guessing it's the auto-save.

I don't want to list the Pros and Cons right this minute- I just want to say how INCREDIBLY annoyed I am that the teens have the same exact clothing as the adults. In the Sims 3, there was at least some different designs on the same shirt or pants... not in the Sims 4 though. When I read the teens would be the same height as adults, I thought 'Oh well, I will really have to pay attention to the different clothes then, after all teens don't dress the same as adults and elders!" ROFL- then I got the game and looked through the outfits for the teens... or should I say lack there of. -.- EA, I have a question for you? Do you know what "jailbait" is? It's when a person who is underage looks like a person who is of age. And with no distinction of clothing or height for that matter, sims can't tell who is and who is not an adult or a teen! UGH! EA, you failed on that one! So OK, maybe I worded that wrong. Maybe Sims can tell, but I can't!

I ponder the fact that so many people have a common statement to missing features and basic content that use to be a standard of base games:
"Relax, it is only the base game. Wait for the EP/SP."

I think it is counter productive to a community to use this line when it is effectively telling a company "dumb down the initial content as much as you want because we will pay for every little step".

We wouldn't easily accept a brand new car with a nice paint job, but incomplete seats, no truck space and no windshield wipers. We would expect all the same base items needed from the previous version of the same car. Why should we expect less from a new version of a "base game".

Don't get me wrong, I have been a Maxis/EA fan since the original SimCity and SimEarth games, and even wasted a lot of off time on SimTower. I own ever Sim/Sims game since 1993. However, I don't think stepping back 20 years in approach on content is a good approach to making a lasting game.

The new SimCity came out with "online only" and issues, but they fixed most of that with free content.

I think it would be wise of Maxis/EA to put out a fix as soon as possible to fix the constantly re-popping tutorial messages (keep getting the same guides every time I open Build/Buy mode) and other bugs.

I also feel that it would behoove them to put out a free "SP" that adds the following:
1) A few more core jobs that coordinate with Skills (no science jobs -i.e. medical, yet botany goals?)
2) Gradient tilt camera back into core game without having to use an alternative setting - just make sure that quick "overhead button" stays in for both
3) Pools and Basements
4) Fix and add free clothing (why are thigh high stockings not available for a sleep outfit that has garter straps...the only outfit with garter straps)
5) Create A Style along with Color Wheel

I don't feel it is too much to ask. These were major advancements in Sim-tech that have been well love and received and were reasons that many of us were willing to buy another game. This is not a lot to ask.

GOOD:
Fast loading (Would still prefer bigger neigbourhoods with seamless travels over the loading).
Multi-tasking sims.
Hats separated from hair.
Walk styles.
Better clothes selection than in the demo.
Sims doesn't seem to get stuck on objects and what not as much.

BAD:
Pretty poor clothes selection in general only ok because you can select everything for every occasion.
No option to turn off the tutorial pop-ups? SERIOUSLY?
Clothing filters pop back on every time you click on something else. Gets really annoying quick.
Bad color sets for... well, pretty much everything... which makes it hard to match stuff and get the look / style you want and you end up compromising all the time.
Days / needs poorly balanced compared to how long it takes to satisfy them. Not much time left to do anything else.
Slow edge scrolling.
No dishwashers?? Holy crap, you guys must need money badly if you had to cut down on that.
Is that a mailbox or a UFO?? Seriously I can understand the fancy haircuts, but some of us prefers basic Joe average stuff...



Why not just remove teens since there's no real difference from adults?
And how about an option to always show the NEEDS tab, even when you look at inventory or so, there's soo much space and it's annoying to click back and forth all the time.

I have play 2 times and I have to say ,despite all the bad comments, I was impressed. The loading time is so fast, I love the multitasking action, the build menu is nice (I will have to get use to it) and I love the new ambitions/characters. The only think I love less is the camera... I hope they will do a pack or something for it...

I think people will have to get more familiar with the Sims 4, the map are different and I like it (I think it a reason what the loading time is fast). But I agree in 2014 (and I have waited a long time for this game) we should have the season extension in the game and the ''generation'' * I miss the menu where we could put the amount of time per ''age''.

I hope they will make so changes or at less the first extension should be an extra awesome one!

Been playing sims since them came out, a major addict of the games with all the expansions etc,.. most of the changes over the years have been positive ones that i enjoy very much, I had very high hopes for sims 4 and have a lot of feedback as to why those hopes have not been met, I was also pleasantly surprised in quite a few ways also .. so I think all in all with a little work this game can be the best of the sims yet.

number one as mentioned elsewhere the edge scrolling is broken especially for down, very irritating to me. Please make that a fix asap.

A major thing for me was abilities to color and use textures and I miss more than I can say my wheel, please please bring it back ASAP!

Also, very unhappy that the towns are very small with no large lots, no hospital.. no police department ... if we can have hospital for medical jobs returned, and police for detective line.. I guess emotionally I do not feel safe in a town with no hospital and police station and really want those returned to make me happy:LOL and at least 2 64x64 lots for those huge rambling mansions i like to build ..

I do like the seamless transfer to other towns, but miss the ability to interact with the neighbors, the cars, buses, and walking to a neighbor house without loading .. I do like all the townies walking by my house though, very nice feel to that.

The graphics and artwork are great and I especially love the flowers and rocks between lots .. look so nice, but why is there no grass except for the painted kind, if this was to help game run faster on slower machines may I suggest make it a choice to have all painted or real grass choices for your game for those who prefer it and have higher end machines.

Second I have always played to do the designing, building of homes and lots for the town and done very little with the actual playing of the sims themselves, partly because imo they act like retards who have to be told over n over n over every freakin sim day how to do basic things and i find that frustrating, I would think that anyone with a brain could learn a routine and just freaking do it daily without directions :wink:

So I would like to be able to setup a basic morning routine for my sims, bathroom including all personal hygiene, dressing, then eating breakfast. 2> social with family then leave for work or school on time alone without me having to watch that sim clock:LOL

Another routine that I would like is for when kids come home from school, do their homework, any assigned chores or school activities before playing.

Another reason I did not enjoy playing my sims was because of the actual lack of the emotions and what I want to term as morals or at least consistent behavior. Glad to see that with the new emotional based behavior I have seen a huge improvement in interactions and am actually enjoying more of the playing of sims now.

I do think this emotional behavior needs some tweaking .. for instance some people are just too volatile and inconsistent imo , would like to be able to tone that down quite a bit and have a little more stable and positive traits enhanced. For me at least that would make the emotion based behavior system a lot more enjoyable.

Also, knowing that my sims can die from laughter just scares the heck out of me ... I would like the ability to turn off death by what I want to term dumb stuff :smiley:

I was never a fond fan of the baby in the blanket that had no interactions and I think the interactions for the babies have come a long way in a good way.. I would like to see even more interactions possible though especially ones that involve carrying the baby around and want giving a bath back as its gone (

I also would like to see toddlers brought back asap and give them more interactions if possible please, I do like the new skills and choices for the children it makes them more much more enjoyable imo.

Those are the major things for me so far, as I get more time into the game I am sure more things will come and I will post later about them.

24 hours and other than the edge scrolling the game is very stable and no problems.. good job Maxis!

Copy pasting my comment from the stickied reddit thread, do apologize if these are mentioned before:

"Quality of life suggestion: An interaction that cannot be used by sim autonomy to clean all dishes on the lot regardless of them spoiled or partially eaten. Sometimes social events are a real hassle to clean afterwards, with all that clicking of separate drinks/empty but not spoiled food plates. Perhaps dishes with multiple quantities left that aren't spoiled could be put away into the fridge with the same interaction (Since it seems like the autonomy to put large meals into the fridge from TS3 is gone. Perhaps I'm just being nitpicky. :P)
Edit: I've noticed the sims pick up empty plates/cups/glasses when ordered to clean up a dirty plate, but it's a little bit touch-and-go when it comes to the AI determining what should and shouldn't be.

Quality of life suggestion: Add an interaction to have a doorbell on the front door, unfortunately, I find the knocking far too feeble to notice even from a stone's throw away from the front door. (Note: Turning my volume up will only cause temporary/permanent hearing loss, which is never a good thing.. right?)"

Also, the feature in TS3 to gather information on what has been happening in the neighborhood via gossip was quite nice, and trying to find the source as to why a sim who is visiting that is sad is quite irritating. Would be nice to have a few flavor notifications like TS3 to get a better feel of immersion in the world.

OMG you people have so messed up with this game.

New games are supposed to take an existing game and make it better, not go backwards.

What a load of $%$%^$^#^ why have we suddenly been given a product with less game play then sims1.

The graphics do look nice once you're actually in the game, but you can't immerse yourself in them its not a real world that your sim can explore, and the cartoon looking town screen!!!!! the closed little kiddy worlds!!!! WTF................

It does not matter how many expansion packs you come up with, this base game is @$@#$% and its not going to get any better, there is no control and no editing available, people loved the sims 3 because you could edit, customize and control everything and come up with just about anything your imagination could dream up.

This is a dummed down piece of rubbish for kiddies.

The only saving grace is the sim editor, but even that has issues.

You've moved all the control buttons and spread them all over the screen, oh my, part of the build menu up there.....part of the build menu down here..... were you all on something???? seriously???? did you just move it all for the sake of it, just to have it look diff to sims3??? because it certainly makes no sense whatsoever...

Excuse all the $%#%%'s but I'm really really annoyed. Ive been a sims fan since it first started and this new game is a slap in the face.

The only interest with this game is the interactions between the sims, and for people with no imagination who are only interested in their sims social sides, then they should like this dummed down #$%#$%#.