So Saddened & Disappointed - Any Simmers Relate?
I never thought I would do this as an avid Sim lover and player for over 15 years. But, I have reached a point where I am discouraging people from purchasing the game or purchasing new packs all together.
Context: I went three years without playing due to not having a PC and finally (solely to play the game) got one in May of this year with great specs and I am so saddened by what I’ve returned to. This is the most buggy, dysfunctional, frustrating experience I’ve ever had. I can’t play the game for more than 15 minutes without it literally shutting down in my face, and once I fix that, EA sneaks in another update and before I can stop the install, my game is broken again - this last patch is taking the cake for me. Game will not even function with no mods or CC, just base game play and some packs and yet, it’s still a completely broken game.
The only things that function seamlessly are CAS and Build Mode, so you’ll spend hours building something that you can’t play. So crazy that I can’t enjoy the things I’ve paid for at their most basic, bare bones level! I even let the game just run for a few hours and let my Sims autoplay and it STILL broke. I have tried bug fixing for houuurs and commented on so many forums I’ve just decided to stop because the game that I paid for, and bought a PC for, that is not only still being sold but constantly has new releases and packs should work without a labyrinth of manipulation tatics and constantly hard resetting my PC (crazy run-on sentence but I’m frustrated so forgive me). Maybe instead of constantly flushing out new broken packs, improve the quality of the game at its current state?!
I’m so disappointed and almost hurt by EA’s lack of response to the continuous negative feedback they have been receiving. Mostly, I’m saddened that a game I once loved and spent hundreds of dollars and thousands of hours on has come to this. I genuinely love this game and have so many fond memories playing it but this is starting to feel like a joke. I hope things can come around soon. I don’t know if there’s a petition somewhere but send it my way because this ridiculous.
Hopefully, things will improve but boy am I disappointed about what I’ve come back to.
