The unfortunate increase in Rabbit holes

"drake_mccarty;c-17682387" wrote:

"APotts;c-17680246" wrote:
All I know is I am so sick of Bars, Bars and more Bars. Wish we could get some new lot types for a change. How about a working Casino or an Arcade.

And yes, I agree too many rabbit holes are not fun.

As for the possibility that they never planned Sims 4 to have this much content, if that is true, why? Every Sims game has had a ton of content, of course they should expect Sims 4 to have a ton of expansions. Considering it's closed world it is surprising Sims 4 can't handle what we currently have and more. This cutting back lots is getting ridiculous.

Sims 4 was always planned to have a lot of content, but it was also planned to be streamed over the internet. This is why the game could run so well on low end, old computers (by 2014 standards) because the computer was just the client. All you needed was a gpu that could handle the simple graphics, enough HD space and an internet connection. It can’t handle what it has (or what it doesnt) because the game still has a client-server architecture with your computer now handling all of the processing work instead of EA servers. The online client-server setup is exactly how they did it in SimCity which was developed alongside Sims 4 using (probably) the same engine.

I agree with you and for me I feel if EA/Maxis had the choice to choose an new engine built from scratch or use the gimped engine they would go with an new engine. I feel it was an mistake to go with an engine that was built for another project as they have to work within the limitations the engine offers. However, it is what it is what it is and for me Sims 4 has peaked. Each game program has an creativity level that comes to an end eventually and I feel Sims 4 has again reached that creativity level endpoint and there is right now nothing they can do to impress me. If they somehow are able to add an feature from the past that was popular that would be an miracle.