"Sha2520032003;c-17662426" wrote:
Wow, it was great to see all those TS2 trailers...definitely brings back great memories!
I've always felt that TS4 was too easy & too "happy". Nothing bad ever happens (or it's rare) & there's no real challenge to it. The traits don't really do much or add to our Sims 'personality', whims aren't really things our Sims want to do...the same walk dog whim pops up even though your Sim doesn't own a pet, & the emotions, which is what the big selling point of this game was initially, fall completely flat. How easy your Sim can swing from Inspired to Focused just by looking at a paining or an object. How easy they can have a fight with a Sim and be angry & 2 seconds later, give that same Sim they just fought, a hug. & cheating/jealousy....a Sim cheats & boom, all is perfectly happy again.
I Feel the same way about the sims 4 having no challenge. In sims 3, you could do little things to your coworkers that could either get them fired or despise you. You had choices to make both in sims 2 & 3 when it came to your work or school. & there was consequences for each action you made (good or bad you never knew the outcome). I remember how hard you had to work to mend those relationships (also the one with your parents if your teen didn’t get along with you).
I think the developers have a huge challenge on their hands to make the next iteration even better. Going from TS1 to TS2, I feel like, there really wasn't much to compare to. TS1 for me was about staying alive lol, whereas TS2 just brought a ton of game play. So yeah, TS2 was definitely an amazing game. Sims emotions felt real to me...if they were angry at a Sim, good luck trying to make amends...if your Sim's spouse cheated, good luck salvaging that relationship lol. It was a challenge....you had to put in work...you couldn't just walk up to a SIm and be friends or romance someone like you can in TS4. & bad things happened....the unexpected events....you never knew when they would occur which is what made TS2 fun. There were consequences. & then the detail....and the depth...I can go on all day about how TS2 had depth....it was the little things....for example, kids dancing on their parents feet, teens sneaking out and getting busted, surprise engagement, slow dancing, etc.
Sadly I don’t have much expectations anymore when it comes to the next pack or title simply because the sims 4 has already fallen short compare to its previous titles. But I hold on to hope that maybe one day we might get simulator as good as the sims 2 was/is. I remember how easy it was to kill your sim or how you can die so fast if you went just a few hours without eating & what not lol.
But as you get more iterations, I think it gets more challenging as there's so much to compare to....& keep a balance of what carries over and what is taken out. When TS3 came along....a lot from TS2 didn't carry over. But IMO, I felt at the time, the benefits of what we got outweighed what didn't carry over. So what was "missing" never felt truly lacking for me.
Even tho some aspects wasn’t included , we did get good gameplay depth & personality depth to make up for it. Wr also got good family & occult play with the sims 3. I would play for hours lol
& when TS4 came along...oh boy...so much stuff now, 3 previous versions of content to compare to. I can only speak for myself....but I had an expectation....if I had babies in TS2 & TS3 that were 'free' & to get them as objects in TS4, felt like a step backward. To see the babies jump from the crib to child age....completely missing a whole age group (toddlers) felt cheesy to me. The whole game just felt like a step backwards from what we originally had, and though I expected things not to carry over, there was just way too much that didn't carry over....& what we got...."better emotions, Sims with personality"....i mean did we really get that?
I agree with you. Emotions in sims 4 are lackluster & all the sims act the same for the most part. There’s nothing unique about them not memorable. Especially the pre made families. No lore & story behind them like the previous titles. No family drama either lol.
So it's not that TS4 is a bad game....if I never played TS1-TS3, I'd probably love TS4. The Sims look great. Graphics are amazing. But it's just very hard for me to understand why we could have so much gameplay in an old game from 2004.....and it's 2020 & the game still falls flat. If not for mods....I wouldn't be able to play.
