The Sims 4 Feedback Thread - come share yours

I'm going to guess this is a bug: When a Sim goes to the library to read a book, if another Sim tries to read the same book, it is unavailable. Only one copy of a book in the library with all those shelves. So two Sims in a household cannot study into cooking simultaneously, for example. With 15 bookshelves in the library. Odd.

Also, when I move a Sim into another household, their furniture does not get packed. It's gone. I tried to manually put everything in their household inventory before moving. At the new house, nothing was in the household inventory. All the career rewards, Sim-made paintings, all packed, did not arrive on the other end. I made doubly sure to not check the box to sell possessions. So Sims better start off rich, or not create anything, gain any career rewards, etc. You can't ask a Sim to move in or manually do it in the map screen or you lose everything. That is an epic fail. In-game dialog indicates that you should be able to keep items, but it does not work.

Hello all, I have been playing the Sims since the original game.
These are ONLY my cons for a BASE game release.

1. Babies are furniture
2. Lack of color wheel.
3. Lack of create a style. (see above)
4. Lack of a true electric guitar. (has there been once since sims2?)
5. Lack of community lots per neighborhood.


Anything more can be addressed in upcoming EP's

"DreadWizardDM;12657671" wrote:
Hello all, I have been playing the Sims since the original game.

These are ONLY my cons for a BASE game release.



1. Babies are furniture

2. Lack of color wheel.

3. Lack of create a style. (see above)

4. Lack of a true electric guitar. (has there been once since sims2?)

5. Lack of community lots per neighborhood.





Anything more can be addressed in upcoming EP's

the electric guitar hasn't been in any base games, it came in the sims 2 university and the sims 3 high end loft stuff, so we'll probably see one in the foreseeable future :)

Hey there, long time Sims player here (although I hated 3)

From my brief experience with the game I can definitely say that I will buy a copy of the game (probably just the standard one as the deluxe one seems kind of lackluster for the cost) there are so many little things I like as well as a bunch of stuff I don't like so here goes.

LIKE:
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* Multitasking
* The style of the Sims (reminds me of TS2)
* Animations
* Emotions
* Sims have personalities, they seem more lifelike.
* Build Mode
* Lot-Based Gameplay (again personal preference but TS3 felt sparse even though it was so open)
* UI
* Unlocking stuff through gameplay
* Intergrated Build/Buy Mode available anywhere.
* Tons of skills to unlock and master
* Inventory System
* Aspiration System-Style rewards
* Personality + Traits
* CAS
* Mod Support
* Gallery
* Super Speed
* Modernized Game World (everyone does everything with their phone)
* Walk Styles
* Men stand up and pee and there is a pee stream! (+1 points because I wanted it forever)

DISLIKE:
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* Soundtrack (a weird bridge between Sims 1 and Sims 3)
* AI (Sims don't seem all that smarter)
* Insane Clipping
* Missing Toddlers and Pools
* Missing Repairman
* Teenagers/Elders are adults but not
* No last name change on marriage (I'm guessing it's for the same-sex marriages but still...)
* Community Lots seem sparse and poorly planned almost as if added on at the last minute.
* Can't simply visit neighbors without a loading screen
* Secret worlds seem pointless (unless I'm missing something)
* Objects and Build Mode don't seem to colour match as well as they should.
* Everything is flat (terrains)
* No cars, Sims simply disappear off the lot (even the TS1, TS2, and TS3 had carpools)
* No simple normal career choices. Miss the staple careers (business, athlete, law enforcement, medical)
* Base Game yet again (no school or business or weather or pets)
* No family trees

I want TS4! But I am still very torn about it. :D
(update: I caved. I bought the game at EB Games. I traded-in a few games I didn't really want to bring down the cost)

So I just found the deal breaker. It's stupid, I know, but here it is. I've been forcing myself to play, trying hard to like it, and all this time I've been looking at the locked objects and psyching myself up for unlocking them and finding out what they do. I was playing an astronaut specifically because the mission control console looked like it was something really cool that would do some awesome stuff. Unlocking that console, I knew, would finally show me something cool and fun that might give me hope for 4.

Just now I got promoted to level 6 in the astronaut career. With barely contained glee, I went to the inventory, placed the console without even bothering to build it a place of honor, and returned to live mode. Trembling slightly, I clicked the console. The action wheel popped up, and there were 2 options:

ADMIRE NEW POSSESSION
ENABLE EMOTIONAL AURA.

With that, I'm done. There's half the bridge of the enterprise sitting in my sim's kitchen (there was room in there, lacking a dishwasher), and all it does is boost confidence. If I wanted confidence I'd take an enzyte, not get 5 promotions at NASA and decorate with inert props from the heyday of scifi. After this latest in a string of profound disappointments, I'm more certain than ever that the thousands I spent on a high end system to beautifully run Sims 3 will prove to be small change when compared to the thousands I would have to spend on DLC just to make Sims 4 entertaining enough that I would choose playing it over reading the bibliography pages of peer-reviewed petroleum science journals.

Thus, I'm giving up on Sims 4 and trying to forget the whole thing. Hopefully, pretty soon they'll fix the communication glitch preventing EA from apologizing profusely for the categorical lapse in judgment that built this game; their PR department will beg pardon, send us all a fruit basket for our trouble, and the whole company will hunker down to start work on Sims 5 which, with any luck, will be something more dynamic and engaging than the 1986 Fisher-Price Little People dollhouse stapled to a nice green piece of plywood. Then we can pretend 4 never happened and just sail on to five, like an elevator going from 12 to 14.

Until then, if anyone needs me I can be found in Moonlight Falls, in a house with a pool and a hill and 8 dishwashers, where my inventor sim happily busies himself with blowing up things that remind him of Sims 4. Gotta go now; my bassinet just turned into a ten year old boy and I have ten minutes to pay this week's $900 electric bill.

Iam a long time simmer and so far I love this new instalment more than I did Sims 3 when it first came out. It was the stability issues with Sims 3 that I hated, it never run right even though it should have. I play Sims 4 on ultra on the same computer and it plays much better than Sims 3 ever did.

Here are some things I really love about the game.
* Multitasking
* The build mode is great and I find it so easy to create a very beautiful home with an amazing roof than I ever have
* I really like the emotions they add realism and depth to the gameplay
* The way the Sims socialize and can change the subject so seamlessly is a great change
* Routing, the Sims never get stuck
* When you have preset outfits and they alternate through them
* Im in love with the shadows and lighting in the game great job! Overall graphics are very smooth looking too!
* So many objects and its just the base game!
* The children life stage is so adorable, I love them!
* The lots are full of Sims and around the neighbourhood as well
* The game has more challenge. For example to gain a career level or better grades you need to do a lot more activities than just gain skill level
* Love how Sims knock on your door randomly without being invited when they are friends :) Missed this a lot in Sims 3
* The ability to make your own cake for a birthday or wedding
* The party and date challenge and rewards, and the ability to hire your own staff for the party and invite 15 guests!
* The little details of the world like fireflies, though I wish we could catch them
* Environment sounds!
* Family dinners
* Kids Toys, though I wish the dollhouse was smaller lol
* Kids can draw and play instruments and also fish and such
* CAS
* Round Fence
* The way cheap objects take longer time to use and break down faster than expensive ones, makes a good incentive to replace appliances to better ones. I found that Sims 3 was too easy overall and got boring fast, with Sims 4 this is not the case. This gives money more meaning and you earn for a better reason.
* Bills are more depending on house and area. love this, like I said in the previous point money has more meaning and creates a challenge.

Things I Dislike
* No Toddlers, I really miss them :(
* Babies tied to bassinet
* No Pool
* No school bus
* Teens the same as adults
* No npc like repairman, firemen, police and babysitter
* No sprinkler for my plants
* No swings for the playground
* Not able to build on public space
* Too many white doors and not enough other colours
* No Family Tree
* No Sims seem to react to a Sim dying or fighting
* Can't hold a funeral so friends of the deceased have no way of knowing or to grieve
* Can't hold a birthday party for a baby
* Can't set a time for a party, Parties start right away without being able to have time to travel or prepare
* Can't place individual tiles
* Can't add foundation separately either
* No dishwasher, blender or trash compacter

> @sayler04 said:
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> Until then, if anyone needs me I can be found in Moonlight Falls, in a house with a pool and a hill and 8 dishwashers, where my inventor sim happily busies himself with blowing up things that remind him of Sims 4. Gotta go now; my bassinet just turned into a ten year old boy and I have ten minutes to pay this week's $900 electric bill.

That was beautiful! I'm crying with laughter and I almost pee'd my pants. These forums are more entertaining than actually playing Sims 4.

What ya like:

I like all the new Feature so far.

-New AI, nice to watch them, i had funny moments.
-Emotions, now i can finally see the differents they're really good.
-Sim creation, easy and fun i love this the most.
-Build System, its easier but i am still using the TS3 style build if possible.


What ya don't like:

We need more Basic Content/Details in TS4.

-Since TS1 we see Vehicles actually picking up Sims for work or School. Not just teleport them.
-There are no Newspaper Kid, no Burglar, no Police, no Firefighter, no Technician. We need them to add more life into the Game.
-Bigger and more building lots they are to small also i hate to destroy already used houses/homes, for more building space.
-Changeable lastname after marriage. Don't know if this is a bug or cause i just miss the chance to change. At least i couldn't find it.
-Toddlers is a must , as humans we can't jump live stages. Not yet ^^
-Birthdays are somehow bugged nobody comes to celebrates while using a birthday cake. Just a lonely Sim eating its B-Day Cake alone.
-Pools for more fun activity
-If its possible i would like one more floor to add in my house for the Base Game.
-Add Supermarket or Grocery for buying food. I don't like to pay the frigde, its just not my playstyle. Its also one more reason to leave the house.
-Better payment for Jobs, also the option to make friends and even its only random. Like we did see in TS 2
-Change the overcharged bills, its really expensive to pay for a 90k Household, i need to pay 4k every week.

-Really we need CAST- i do miss it, not much to change colors in this Game yet. But i can wait for it.

What re ya thoughts:

So i am here to support but i am not willing to pay for basic content what TS4 is lacking now.
I am here to criticize it and to help improve it.
I now accept the fact its back to its roots to old instanced world. No Open World i will see ya in TS5 hopefully.
I really think i should have supported for this years ago maybe since TS1, well whats done its done.
I do not hate TS4 but after only 30 h of gametime its already so boring its getting me frustrating.
I can't stop thinking TS4 is still in Beta and need more time to finish.
This are my issue why TS4 lacking and not worth the full price yet.
Cause my 80 Euro are now in this Game invested, really hopefully soon i will see changes.

As of now i am back to TS3

Greetz

LOL @Sayler04 " Gotta go now; my bassinet just turned into a ten year old boy and I have ten minutes to pay this week's $900 electric bill. "