What happened to The Sims?

"Jordan061102;c-17235555" wrote:
Couldn't agree more but again simmers are sleeping. Nothing will change, EA still gonna get our money and life will go on.

Apologies, I just noticed you had a very similar topic!

Some simmers are sleeping. But many are not. It’s sad that the only hope of getting the attention of the devs is to wait until a game changer speaks up.

I don't see anything changing at this point many players will take what ever low quality content is offered and thank them for it.

I really liked this video, James has always been pretty honest with what he doesn't like, what's broken, etc. I know he has other issues with the game from watching his other stuff, but I imagine that would be an extensive video, and probably taken very poorly if people were inclined to change anything. Which they likely won't just because he's mentioned it, but I don't think that's his intent. Hopefully the idea of thoughtful, balanced criticism spreads and they decide to fix things because people are unhappy, but ??‍♀️ we all know EA.

"Chazzzy;c-17235594" wrote:
Ask I said in the other thread made regarding this same video:

"Chazzzy;c-17235165" wrote:
He lost me when he said the unusable drawers being on the wrong side of the island along with the island being a different shade than the counter makes the whole island unusable.

Just felt like he was whining at that point. Seriously? The island is unusable because the counter top is white and the island is 1/4 shade away?

@Chazzzy James is a stickler for detail, so I was not surprised he said that. I had the custom island counter by Illogical Sims as soon as he dropped it. Until James made this video, I had not looked at the new patched in island counter, at least not the part where the waterfall should match the regular counters. He has a point, it looks rushed and unfinished. How is it, a custom content creator can make a much better and matching set than the actual devs? Illogical Sims makes so many great add ons, like giving us 3 seater sofas when the game only has a loveseat and expanded windows, doors, etc. I don't use all his content. And even though we have an official island counter for IL, I am still gonna use the cc version at least in my personal games, but not in my builds I upload to the gallery.

I also dislike miss-matched counters (not a fan of the totally wrong swatches), and the stretched textures - I think it looks sloppy. It might be picky but I found it interesting how he noticed the drawers on the wrong side of the islands. I never thought about it before, and now it bothers me a bit ?. I always struggle making kitchens due to the lack of choices and matching objects (let alone the sloppy work), and it's nice to see a game-changer talk about it in a constructive way.

I wish Maxis would take a bit of notice - I also feel the game has gone downhill this past year. (Though maybe they've started to improve? While bugs are as bad as ever, at least we got some not-just-recolours for the newest update, as well as a new build-mode feature).

"Sindocat;c-17236031" wrote:
They actually are increasing QA with every content patch, but the more they make, the harder it gets. Critique is fine, but we also should remember that they are continually trying to do things that haven't been done before, or to do things better.

@Sindocat i think they are. but let us not all forgot how they have given up on everything else. most of this short lived content and gimmicks aint enough to keep me busy for a like week and most of this 'new things' flopped at some point.

this tweet says it all

https://twitter.com/JamesTurnerYT/status/1170501670683283456?s=20

"Sindocat;c-17236031" wrote:
They actually are increasing QA with every content patch, but the more they make, the harder it gets. Critique is fine, but we also should remember that they are continually trying to do things that haven't been done before, or to do things better.

I think the issue is that it tends to be very polarized: people either only focus on the good or on the bad. It's a trend everywhere (well, especially on social media, let's be honest) that if even the slightest thing is wrong with something, that something needs to go away. Or on the other side if anyone points out a fault with that something, they get told to just appreciate the good.

Critique is important, yes. As long as it's constructive and actually leads to improving the thing you're critiquing. But being critical in that way doesn't mean someone is writing off the entire thing or forgetting the good and innovative parts - the moment they do, their critique stops being constructive.

I've gotta say though, if Maxis (or EA, or whoever's in charge of that) are increasing quality control, it's probably not enough, going by some of the issues that popped up lately. Some bugs might only show up once the new content is player-side, others definitely should have been caught before. And sometimes I wonder if the new content influx doesn't impede the ability (timewise, mostly) to both test before release AND fix after release of a new pack.
But then, I don't really want to see the potential reaction to "look, we're gonna stop new packs until we've fixed what's there", both from EA and from the player base. Considering the amount of "why is this not released yet", I don't think it'd be pretty.

The one thing I find annoying is incomplete build mode sets.
Right now I am building and I am using a room arch. It only has one size for the style. It's a double space. I also need a single space. There should also be a triple and a quad. I have to go to to cc creators to complete my build mode themes.

"TheIntrovertSimmer;c-17236111" wrote:
this tweet says it all

https://twitter.com/JamesTurnerYT/status/1170501670683283456?s=20

*speechless*

That is basically saying: “Hey mister gamechanger, you’re being paid to lie to us. So, do your job and lie to us.”