Your favorite main menu iteration?

I'm picking 4 with a stipulation. I like the layout and everything, I just don't like the overly bright blue. I wish they'd have it a bit lighter.

"CrownSims;c-17163658" wrote:
3. Don't fix something that's not broken.

technically 3 is a fix of something that wasn't broken too. A second do over actually.

Being able to look at all the packs is nice, which is really the only reason 3 has the edge over the first two for me.

I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually, but so far, I find the new version rather difficult to see/read. The block of bright blue at the bottom causes glare that strains my eyes (I wish there was an option to change it to something milder), the icons being color on a white background makes them blurry to me and hard to read accurately, and the bouncy llama and bunny are just, like...infinitely distracting lmao. Again, I mostly just wish there were options for color schemes and maybe to turn animation on or off (if that's already a thing, please let me know!)

I should maybe add that my eyesight isn't that great, and I also have some mild ADHD, so that might be why I'm finding this new screen so challenging. I'm sure those with 20/20 vision and zero learning disabilities are dealing with it fine lol.

The new one looks like a child did it... and it's extremely blinding... not very good for someone with epilepsy or neurological disorders (like autism).

omg that first screen is so nostalgic, I remember turning my brightness down on my monitor the first time I booted up the game LOL

I went with 2nd because it didn't remind me of how much DLC I bought LOL. Out of sight, out of mind

3 is what I was most used to.

I honestly don't care as long as it's clear where to click a new or saved games to start. That is what I use this screen for.

it's the one i've known my entire time playing the game, and to me it looks the best (that's probably just bias talking though). it'll take me a while to get used to the new one

"Alrynn;c-17163124" wrote:
I liked 2 and 3 equally but if I had to choose - 3. Not updating my game to the new one.

Same for me. ?

I like simplicity in design, and though the first was the simplest, the third was the easiest to use. The new design is bright and colorful, but there's a lot going on in a lot of different places and instead of a visual flow, my eyes just jump around. I don't need to watch videos for all the packs I don't have, and being bombarded with it isn't going to encourage me to spend more. It's going to make me avoid the main menu, rather than sitting there while I poke around the gallery.

They're trying to keep things fresh, which is good. They're trying to get people to like/accept this game instead of holding out for the mythical Sims 5, which is also good. The redesign is all in on the 80's aesthetic, which is really hot right now, but I don't think it works for the Sims. Somehow, the redesign looks cheap. The game itself tries to be pretty, what with the set-dressing backgrounds on the worlds, the maps that try to look like maps, and the effort they've put into the look of the Sims themselves. The redesign doesn't feel like Sims 4.

I also miss the EPs having different colors. The icons all felt unique, and they took away the bright and colorful from that area. If there's one good thing about the redesign, it's that all the packs I don't have are now smushed into a corner away from the play button. I'll learn to ignore the loud stuff eventually.