"eternalrainn;c-17953253" wrote:
"Calico45;c-17952716" wrote:
"eternalrainn;c-17952678" wrote:
"Plumb0b_Claire;c-17950189" wrote:
I've played the Sims since the Sims 2. Then went on to play Sims 3. I would spend countless hours per day enjoying the game because they were just that good. The Sims 4 is by far the weaker and the worst in the franchise. You could tell so much love, attention to detail and care was put into the previous games. The Sims 4 is just sorely lacking in gameplay and love/attention.
Sims 3 was horribly optimized though and requires a slew of mods to even run it, and apparently entire expansion packs that don't even work, even months after release. I'd argue that's a severe lack of attention to detail and care. I get what you're saying but every single iteration of this franchise has issues. Go back on this forum 8-9 years, ya'll were not kind at all to TS3 lol.
With all due respect, I have to ask where you heard this. I play 3 and 4 concurrently, and I've never modded 3 ever. I have no problems with running 3, and never really did. In particular I am wondering what EPs supposedly do not work, because all seemed fine when I last played.
Just a few out of WAY too many to count.
Why was Island Paradise never fixed?
Isla Paradiso is unplayable!
Freezing in island Paradise make game unplayable
Despite a brandnew very powerful gamer PC : Isla Paradiso unplayable : LAG!
Island Paradise = FREEZING.
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*shrug* I can see what you mean now, but Island Paradise works. I even just recently was playing on Isla Pardiso. Now, well? That's debatable. I assumed you meant the EP straight up doesn't load or something, which was why I was confused. Bugs, sure, but there are bugs abound everywhere, 3 or 4 or more. I certainly don't consider it completely unplayable, and I have access to the EP BB, CAS, and world.
I did not see any other packs besides Island Paradise in your list, so if I am missing something blatant, please tell me. I think I have probably played with most worlds/EP content recently, but I might have missed something there, too.
Like I said, I don't mod 3 and never have. There are fix mods for 4, too, but I wouldn't call it unplayable without a modded version. I expect it to crash or not launch properly first, like when I was reinstalling the Sims 1 Collection and had to mod it to play at all.
Thank you for answering me, though I think your criticism was overly harsh. I think it isn't optimized well, too, (not to mention the hideous graphics...) but it has to run to encounter a bunch of those issues.
