This is what Sims 4 is lacking

I really miss those little details.

"Scobre;c-17416181" wrote:

"JoAnne65;c-17415438" wrote:


The other day someone posted a couple of pictures from TS2, saying they missed those features. Among them newspapers and landlines. One of the reactions for me represented the TS4 culture:

”The first 2 points literally outdated because no one uses newspapers and no one has house phones anymore. times moved on.“

Because everybody ‘obviously’ wants their game to take place in 2020 and all life stages, including elders, to behave like they were born post 1995.

Eek I don't. Shame that Simmers like me aren't worth representing in the game anymore then. I want to tell stories other than stories that just take place in 2020. Because even as a role playing game the Sims 4 claims to be, it fails in so many directions. Not even MMO games are as limited in design as Sims 4 is. Sad when I have to get better role playing in Animal Crossing than the Sims franchise these days. Thank goodness for next month.

Yes, really looking forward to that game as well!
(and I obviously agree with you and I actually think many people do; it’s why they developed Medieval)

Yeah. I really miss the sims having developers who care about the franchise and want players to have fun with it.

"Bagoas77;c-17416768" wrote:
Yeah. I really miss the sims having developers who care about the franchise and want players to have fun with it.

@Bagoas77 most sims 4 developers were in Sims 1/2/3, I just think they got bored or rusty after working on the same franchise for so long

Yes loved the sims 2 direct control but I don't understand y they took it away...the game was moving forward now its just still but improving....need direct control.

"Karon;c-17416832" wrote:

"Bagoas77;c-17416768" wrote:
Yeah. I really miss the sims having developers who care about the franchise and want players to have fun with it.

@Bagoas77 most sims 4 developers were in Sims 1/2/3, I just think they got bored or rusty after working on the same franchise for so long

Personally I think it has a lot to do with who was and is in charge, makes the decisions. I’ve seen statements in interviews that tell me some devs/gurus just don’t really follow what it is that Sims players like and value in this franchise, probably because they play other games themselves. I’m surrounded by people IRL who don’t get it. Sims is a very unique, one of a kind game and apparently not for everyone.

"lana44;c-17416894" wrote:
Yes loved the sims 2 direct control but I don't understand y they took it away...the game was moving forward now its just still but improving....need direct control.

What’s direct control?

"Karon;c-17416832" wrote:

"Bagoas77;c-17416768" wrote:
Yeah. I really miss the sims having developers who care about the franchise and want players to have fun with it.

@Bagoas77 most sims 4 developers were in Sims 1/2/3, I just think they got bored or rusty after working on the same franchise for so long

I think it has less to do with devs and more with ea. I don't know nothing about game developing, literally nothing. But i imagine like a meeting where devs say we had this idea of this themed content, we could do this and that and whatever. And ea be like why do it in one themed pack? There's content for 3 or 4. Lets cut it and then make some more few stuff around each of them and we got 3 or 4 selling points instead of 1.

Some of these things.I can understand they left out. Like getting the bottle out of the fridge, or a dirty diaper appearing. Others I wish they kept like kids getting upset seeing their parents argue.

"ListentoToppDogg;c-17412058" wrote:
Watching videos like this makes me really wish I could have played TS2 :/

I did play TS2, but now even TS2 Ultimate Edition won't run on my Windows 10 machine. One of the patches to Win 10 made it unplayable.