For me, the perfect sims game gives the players more customization options (sims, lots, worlds, and maybe even change how the game plays out), gives players a choice between open and closed worlds, and allows both rotational and non-rotational play.
Here are some of my complaints about the existing games:
- The Sims 1: I have no complaints as the main problems have been fixed in the next game.
- The Sims 2: I don't like how easy it is to corrupt the game. Just by deleting sims and graves can easily cause it.
- The Sims 3: The game crashes often. Also it is hard to play rotationally without the retired sim getting another job.
- The Sims 4: A lot of bugs and DLC.
However, I'd also like to bring out what I like about each game:
The Sims- I like Superstar and Makin' Magic expansion packs.
- This game is great if I want some challenge. It would be great if you can change the need difficulty (how fast the needs decay).
- Children can take care of the babies.
- The saving and loading is really quick. Just click and usually it takes about or less than a second to save or load.
The Sims 2- Sims age and have limited time.
- Testingcheats give a lot of options (But some may lead to corruption).
- With the game players get a program called BodyShop where clothing, hair, make up etc can be created.
- With wants there were fears that added extra challenge.
- Story mode aka picture album. I like The Sims 2's more. Even the neighborhood has one.
- Ability to create a neighborhood by choosing a terrain with road layout.
The Sims 3- While yes, it can cause problems, open world was amazing. I was overwhelmed when my sims could go anywhere without loading screens.
- May be a small detail, but I like how the gravestones display the cause of death. Also how sims get different gravestone/urn depending on how many lifetime happiness points they've got.
- Slow needs, so the game should be easy (except when the household members are in the seperate places).
- I love creating worlds with Create a World program.
- The create a style was an awesome to have feature, but it would have been great if players could put the picures on clothing/furniture themselves.
- Ability to set the lifespan however you want.
- Memories are pictures that you can look at. Ability to create custom memories.
The Sims 4- Many features from expansion packs like clubs, vampires, fame, and character values.
- I love that there are filters in CAS and build mode and how you can just search for the item in the build mode.
- CAS and build mode are easy to use.
- While the world isn't really open any more, the loading screens are faster than in The Sims 2 (unless the save is old).
- Manage Households in manage worlds: I can create new sims and to existing households and change townies.
- Toddlers
These were the things I liked in the existing games. While yes, the one second loading and saving is really difficult, hopefully the others can be put in The Sims 5 (unless it causes the game to crash often).