The Sims 4 Feedback Thread - come share yours

That post about the astronaut on the other page made me laugh so bad.
But there is a serious point there. We are asked to give feedback, but these games are supposed to get better by iteration. Four versions of this game have passed, with good feedback throughout. Yet, here we are, back at the sim's 1 style gaming with everything some people liked tossed out, and a game dumbed down for console play...

I'd like to say it's the best thing I've ever played. But it's not.
It may spell the end for my decade long sims romance, it's cheating on me with a console... ;)

After 160 hours of game play I can relate to virtually all of the fun and disappointments experienced. My greatest desires up front for change?

"They're so smart it's weird" needs to live up to the hype.

Sims all going for the same bathroom or all walking in to the nearest bathroom when there are 6 bathrooms evenly spread throughout the house is just plain ridiculous. Why is it so hard to give them their "smarts" to allow them to go to "available" restrooms with others occupied?

Even adding the option that allows us to "set" a specific bathroom toilet/shower/etc. to each Sim at home would be a godsend (this would allow my family to actually use all their nifty personal bathrooms installed in each of their bedrooms.

Having a truly life going Sim world... What I mean by this is that each Sim has their job and levels up over time as well as their skills, increasing their money and even allowing them to purchase new furnished homes based on their current level of money/income/etc. Sure sure some peeps may say that it's a potential cheat to then move in those Sims to merge funds however what's the difference of just asking them to move in with you, let them go on auto pilot with their jobs and watch them add to your income as well as gain skills interacting with all the equipment/items in your household?

I just find it immersion breaking when I can spend in-game weeks of advancing and making money, only to go visit various Sims and find they are still at the same level of housing/funds/etc.... with the minor increase in 2-3 skills that actually show half way to level 2 or at level 2 (really?).

All in all I have enjoyed playing TS4 and feel that there is great potential for it. I just hope that the powers that be are taking these all into serious consideration and are willing to evolve TS4 into a true "They're so smart it's weird" Sim that deserves the hype.

Hi guys, love the game. Will there be a option at one point to allocate rooms to Sims that others don't go in it. Like if u build a dorm room. everybody goes in everybody room. oh and i know im early but when can we expect new items. its all a bout stuff?

I was so excited about getting this game that when it came out I bought it as soon as Walmart opened here :^). When I started playing it I immediately knew I made a foolish decision on buying it so soon. Forgive me if that statement seemed rash. I'm just so disappointed. : [ I understand the Sims 3 was very problematic for many players. ( I was one of those players on many occasions) But even with the bugs and what-not I still got by and found it so much fun. The Sims 4 right now pales in comparison and its not because I have the expansions on Sims 3 for I only have one expansion anyway; "Island Paradise"- The Sims 4 just is just so dull. I was so sad last Thursday for I literaly prefered to do my Calculus homework rather than play my newly purchased Sims 4 game- I suppose I should thank you for making such an unaddictive game so I can excel in my studies. Here is my feedback-

Things that I like about this game:

I love that the sims are more lively and are not retards about moving around other sims.
I love the social interactions and the accompanied the facial expressions.
I love the emotion features.
I enjoy the set of tasks given for work/school before a promotion rather than getting promoted by just earning a skill here-there and working.
I like that sims come and visit your active family frequently. (It is a bit annoying that they don't go home though when you go to work/sleep)
I like how more sims are in community lots doing their own thing.
I like the graphics and style of the furnishings.
I like create a sim and the ability to make literaly anyone you know.

Things that I wish could be changed about this game:

I really miss the free world environment.
I miss the ability to adjust the span of the different lifestages
I miss having a bit more radio stations. (Sims 3 Base game had at least 4)
I miss the story progession on the unplayed sims. (Even though it wasn't that great in the Sims 3 it was still kinda nice when things did happen as oppose a guaranteed no progression unplayed sims.)
I miss going to the store and purchasing food/books/do-dads. I was actually a player who frequently utilized the grocery-list option when going to the grocery store for a bit of realism in the Sims 3)
I miss when my sims get married their last name changes accordingly.
I miss cars/bikes.<- and even the notorious carpool for god's sake.
I miss being able to dance "together".
I miss having more traits per-sim.
I miss the base game careers that came with Sims 3. (i.e Medicial, Business) Who came up with Comedian career? <- : / Super random to add that and get rid of Business/Medicial.
I miss meeting other sims at work (i.e coworkers or your boss)<- Same for school (i.e meeting other students your age span)
I miss family trees.
I miss having more lots both community and residential.
I miss being able to "WooHoo" in the shower.

I feel like that should be enough. I don't want to seem like a Negatron for I'm really trying to be an Opti-mist-prime with this feedback post. :D (Sorry just saw the transformers movie.) Anywho I can really tell that there was extensive work on some things and on others a "****-it" attitude. I wish that the Sims Studio team integrated the new "Smart sim feature" and kept the Sims 3 setting with some minor updates of course; I was really expecting something like that anyway in 4. I would've never thought the Sims 4 would be like this. I am very disappointed. I cannot possibly believe if that Sims studio is full of so many die-hard Sims fans that they too aren't dissatisfied. For those of you reading this post who haven't gotten the game. Please save your $60 for I wish I still had mine.

Things I wish could be changed about this game: Continued...

I miss the old base game careers. (i.e Medical, Business) <- I definetly could of done without the Comedian career.
I miss family trees.

Things I wish could be changed about this game: Continued...

I miss the ability to do go to the "Movies,Salon,Resturant"
I miss the burglar (Lol), firefighter, mailman/woman. Even the newspaper boy/girl
I miss family trees.

I feel like that should be enough. I don't want to seem like a Negatron :^D. I really wish you guys just incorporated the Sims 4 "Smartsim' gameplay engine to a unbugged Sims 3 environment. This game does have potential.. (perhaps 2-3 Expanion packs later) Right now though... :\ For those of you reading this post and haven't purchased it yet. Please save your $60 I wish I still had mine.

@meeoun you have at least the mailman and you don't miss the law enforcer? ^^ But overall i agree with you with most in your 3 posts. My biggest shock was the instanced world too, but on the bright side you can hope for a Sims 2 Remake.
And in 4-5 years we get hopefully a Sims with Open World again. I think this time its just not our Sims Game. But TS4 is acutally a good Game when the mentioned Content are added. Of course not all and course free of charge.
Greetz

One week of having this game, and i'm bored, annoyed and disappointed. Yes the news was broken beforehand about toddlers and pools, and I've heard that they're coming back in expansion packs, that's fine. But after playing a week of Sims 4 and finding so many other things missing, i'm starting to regret buying it. Teenagers for example; since Sims 2 we've been able to make teenage relationships, in Sims 3 playing as a teen was my favorite part, sending them to prom with a partner, there was so many interactions for teens, and not to mention the height difference. In Sims 4 i'm not even sure who is a teenager or an adult. And on another topic, vehicles! this is Sims 4 for gods sake, you can't expect us to play 2 generations of Sims then get to the most latest, and Sims just disappear at the road not even going into a vehicle. And especially coming from Sims 3 i can't even see where my Sims are going, like where they work isn't even on the map! i do like the emotions, and CAS, although apart from the demo I've only used CAS once, i like to keep with the generations, and so the focus on CAS feels pointless, i'd rather more to do once i create my Sims then have the updated CAS techniques. Coming from Sims 3 it doesn't feel dramatically updated, due to the hair colors and eyelashes having more detail in Sims 3, i don't mind the cartoon effect, however i don't appreciate the low selection of hair colors, this game was created to bring your friends into Sims correct? well i can't even give them their actual hair color due to the lack of colors and color wheel missing. The color wheel missing has also created a major impact on the Sims children, in Sims 3 once giving birth it would always mix the two hair colors, which made it feel quite realistic, now its one or the other. And on the topic of generations, seriously no family tree?!
After creating my Sims, the first thing i saw was the map, and straight away i doubted the rest of the game, 10 places to go, 2 being parks and 2 museums. Most games nowadays are all becoming open world, i don't understand how it would even be possible to think of removing that, especially when it was in Sims 3. I definitely did not receive the same feeling as i did when i went from Sims 1 to 2 then 2 to 3. I feel as though I've gone from Sims 3 to an updated version of Sims 2. Sims 3 lasted me from 2009 until now, whilst Sims 4 has lasted me one week, i know there's expansion packs to come, but from comparing the base games, it's really disappointing. Why should we waste our money on expansion packs for things that were in previous Sims BASE games.

How about some body hairs?

So many people have said it so well.
I liked pretty much 2 things about the game: Great graphics (if a lil bit cartoonish), and great CAS (although still a bit limited with style).

But overall? I'm thinking of getting my money back. $70 for an incredibly, insultingly stripped down game. Seriously? Is this how you treat your loyal fans, EA? Giving them a minimum for a max price? When's the last time you reviewed the other Sims games? ... this is a giant slap in the face to us die-hard Simmers. The hype created for this game was astounding. And so we thought it would actually be that great. Guess we should have known better. Just because you added emotions to the game does not render it "amazing" or "next generation" Simming. No, it's anything but. You've actually taken an enormous step backwards in the design of Sims 4.

Allow me to enlighten you, if you haven't already picked up the vibe from other posts:
-Neighborhoods are ridiculously small. Seriously?
-Pools: Did you just not want to do the work?
-Kids: taking away basic family function is ..well, ridiculous. We need babies, toddlers, etc. In the appropriate sizes and behaviors. Part of the Sim world, ya know.
-Terrain: Sooo, let me get this straight...no hills? mountains? knolls? Just a nice flat world all around huh.... Beyond disappointing and insulting to the building community.
-No vehicles: again, that's part of the Sim experience. Part of the life you're there to create.
-No weather. You're taking away the reality of a Sim life. Not kewl. All Sims game have weather. Why you'd take it away from the latest Sim game is ...baffling.
-CAS: great pull options. No height ability? limited personality traits even though you hyped up "unique" & vastly "next generation" play. Not so.
-Work: Sims go to work, but there's interaction with said work/career. No transportation. Again.
-Inability for Sims to swim or fish anywhere they choose. Seriously? Can you please limit us some more? >_<
-No Edit Town option. This is a must in any Sim game. We need to be able to add lots, in any size (64x64, as it has been at the largest).
-Game performance: playing this on a high end gaming pc and this is taking up way too much usage. Definitely needs optimization from your end, EA.
-Loading screens: what's with the long load ins with every few changes? Seriously? We were promised sleek, fast, play. This is incredibly annoying and time consuming.

I could go on. All in all, this Sims 4 is stripped, bare to the bone basic format. Boring, unexciting, over-hyped.
Why you did this, I don't know, Developers, but I hope you come back with something that we as a Sims community can really enjoy. Fix the incredibly huge mistakes made. Add depth to the game. It's insanely shallow & bleak. Listen to your players. Put in the work. We put in the cash, after all and we expect to get the effort in return. And yes, the cash is more than enough for you to add what is truly necessary for this game. It has the potential, it just needs the work from your team.
Don't continue to disappoint us. Or, no joke, this will be the death of the Sims franchise.
I hope you're smarter than that.
~OlgaD