What are your thoughts on the complaining?

"Simmingal;c-17696448" wrote:
I do feel like it would be better if people didn't make so many separate threads about same subject and just tried to check for the threads to comment before making new one

by making separate threads it drowns out other subjects and becomes annoying
especially in case of complaints since they often just make you : ( unless you are feeling like throwing big rage storm over something for anger management

I totally agree with that! There are currently like 6-7 threads about the Lifestyles and Sentiments. Some are complaining threads, some are speculation. It's really hard to keep up with what/where you posted.

But the same thing happens with every pack. And some titles are almost identical.

I think people just have way too high of expectations when it comes to new packs, they are forgetting that this is TS4. Packs have always been watered down and lackluster, that is not going to change, they will never be fully fleshed out with loads of different new gameplay objects and/or mechanisms. It's just not going to change, I'm sorry to say, and it disappoints me too. You can expect nice build/buy and CAS items and a beautiful world (if it's an expansion pack) and a few new "hero" objects (which are probably going to be using some of the same animations or interactions that are already in the game)/ It is what it is.

All the complaining in the world will not change the formula they have set for this iteration. And it's possible, that this is the future direction they will stick with for any new "Sims" game.

EA now knows they can get away with providing buggy, half full packs and still make a ton of money. Why would a company stop that practice if it's making them loads of money? As a business person, would you? Would you all of a sudden grow a heart and feel for your consumers because you've been giving them less and less for the same price? No, you wouldn't, you would continue with a tried and true money making scheme.

This is not new, this has been going on since the basegame.

I've come to accept it and when I read all of the threads of people hoping for this huge list of things they want in the "next pack", I keep my mouth shut and just think to myself "Do you all forget we're talking about TS4? It's never going to happen".

I'm not a pessimist, but I'm a realist. If I keep my expectations at a level I know that I can't be disappointed, my mental health is a lot better. If I sat and thought about all the stuff we "got with packs in the previous iterations of The Sims" compared to what we get now, my blood pressure would be thru the roof and I'd probably be driven to drink.

It's not healthy, and unfortunately it's not going to change.

The one thing that I think every single person who has purchased the game and the packs has the right to complain about is the BUGS! The bugs need to be fixed much quicker than they do. They can not continue to be an ostrich and bury their head in the sand hoping that if they ignore them long enough people will forget about them once they flash a shiny new DLC in their face. Those complaints never need to stop! As a consumer, that is your right to expect a product to function as advertised!

And, there's a very big possibility that TS5 will just be more of the same, with a different look.