Sometimes I miss funny or functional things or some simple functionalities from previous series. I am wondering if you have some objects/interactions which you miss from previous The Sims games if yes, feel free to share here. But plese lets talk about small thigns this time, not improvements like colorwheel or open world.My examples from The Sims 1:Dancing Cage:https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61HST7611CL._SX466_.jpgCatwalk:https://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fashion_Runway.jpgRecording Studio:https://i.ytimg.com/vi/svSUa1Hcb_E/hqdefault.jpghttps://www.gamerstemple.net/games/000011/000011s15.jpgRomance interactions in restaurants:https://i.redd.it/ac7egq3f5bl21.jpgThis iconic bed :D https://40.media.tumblr.com/cb4d7fd53bff3e5942b68badb435ca95/tumblr_ncv3iz6rZH1t15lm6o1_250.pngBonehielda:https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/5/5d/Skeleton_Closet.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190907232038Spiral staircaseElevatorsThe Sims 2 (unique, because spiral staircases or elevators are in TS1):- ponds- splited swatches for bed and bedding- Possibility to claim a room in a university dorm- Possibility to have a buisness into the house- Possibility to built your own hotel/apartment

The make out on bed option and sims cuddling while they sleep. (These are part of only a small handful of screen shots I have saved from my TS3 days)https://i.imgur.com/nQ6i7pR.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/W1hdjNa.png

show magichttps://www.sockscap64.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/5533_hwobm9a4pbpgck0ah580.jpghttps://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/the_sims_makin__magic_spook_show_stage.jpghttps://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/screenshots/showtime/magicianboxofmystery.gifdragonshttps://watersokka09.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/dragonscales.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/bHPFZcO6V9E/hqdefault.jpgcouple dancinghttps://darasims.com/uploads/posts/2010-07/1277977836_mm.jpg(ok thats not fair since its pack art and it probably was not that epic in game but it has all the vibes i am looking for so i felt need to share)https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TVrszaACVC0/hqdefault.jpgthis is how we had it last time in ts3bonus: the... umm whatever this is urbz...Spoiler (Highlight to read)https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CY49o4bUEAAFoMw.jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CY49o4bUEAAFoMw.jpgurbz interactions in general i suppose :lol: was thinking of this thoughhttps://cdn.staticneo.com/ca/the_urbz_sims_conceptart_wS5pv.jpg

This is a small simple thing I don't often if ever see mentioned, but I miss so much the sewing machine from S2. I enjoyed having my stay-at-home moms make their kids clothes. The knitting pack is cool, I enjoy having my sim knit her kids and husband sweaters, but it doesn't go far enough. I'm sure this is so obscure most people have probably forgotten it existed, haha, but I do miss it.

I want this stuff that we had in prior iterations (some with more to it though):Couple cuddles in bed, couples dancing. Watching tv while cuddling.Daydreaming and reading in bed.Bands. I hope there is a pack dedicated to it. I want it to be good and in depth.A plastic surgery machine where facial features (and add in body sculpting) can be changed (without a cheat). We had that reward in Sims 2.. something like that that we can make an office with in world to use (or put it in my mad science labs).More creepy feeling stuff.. I miss the sounds from sims one, bonehilda also. I know we can go and get the skeletons from JA but it's not the same. Great picture @Simmingal. I'd like my sims to get scared, not tense and show it.Cars Sims 2 style, fixing them up, have them in the driveway or garage, woohoo in them, different styles then just pull out of the driveway and vanish. I know we would probably never get it but I'd love landlines with some old fashioned options for phones. The ability to turn off the cell?... along with that a typewriter. I sometimes make really old fashioned sims and would love the option. The ability to write on paper.. a book or letters. Then walk the letter to the mailbox. I know we have the teen journal but more than that, reused animations for it would be fine with me.A juicer for fruits and veggies with good benefits, maybe even as satisfying as a meal with health benefits or other benefits.Jam making (and jelly making).Wine making (not really using the fizzy drink maker much).The ability to click on my sims and just tell them to clean.. I think we had something called cleaning frenzy in Sims 2. I'd like it to be across the board. I know we can make other sims clean with ray guns or magic but I'd like to click on my sim and just tell them to do it so I don't have to wonder if they got every plate ect.I'd love to have those really tacky love heart beds (vibrating) and lip couches again too. Gotta make a proper no-tell motel.Better babies... baths and crawling and strollers.The return of the social worker instead of vanishing babies and kids.More:Giving thumbs up to group activities and more hobbies (basically any kind). Kids doing stuff that is more like free range playing. Martial Arts... I want more than what came with Strangerville.I also want some sort of sewing option @FatTribble23. Would love a sewing machine and a career. We've had fashion design before right?I never played with the imaginary friend in Sims3 and I hear a lot hated it but it sounds great to me.

Simple things we miss from previous The Sims games

somewhsome
4 years ago
A lot of things mentioned above, but also the ability to buy groceries and clothes (retail system in TS4 is not the same).
Scobren
4 years ago
Newspapers, landline phones, aspiration failures, bed activities, and baby life stage (non-object).
atreya33
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
A lot of things I miss are already mentioned here. Some have not

- groceries and fridges that actually have to be stocked (sims 2)
- walking around with babies (sims 2 and 3)
- giving baby baths (sims 2)
- getting baby bottles from the fridge and having to clean up empty baby bottles and dirty diapers (sims 2)
- pool slides (sims 1, 2 and 3)
- sims open drawers on kitchen counters, doors of dressers, car doors (sims 2)
- normal sized telescopes (sims 1, 2 and 3)
- pet dragons (sims 1 and 3)
- sims crawling to each other in bed and sleeping with arms around the other sim (sims 2)
- one central npc for cures for all supernaturals from all packs (gipsy in sims 2 nightlife was updated with each pack)
- the hourglass reward from the aspiration reward store (sims 2). I forgot the exact name but what I liked was the option to add or take away days from the sims lifespan, not completely resetting it
- sims children playing together without toys. Just click on the other child and play red hands, tag,... (sims 2)
- 2 separate swatches for furniture, for example choose sheets and bed frames separately, or counter tops and doors,.. (sims 2)
DevSims91
New Spectator
4 years ago
I honestly miss everything from previous games, I love Sims 4 but if it had a bigger engine and base game we could have so much more.

Something I miss is The Sims Lore, Sims 2 and some of the worlds in Sims 3 had amazing Lore that came with iconic sims. I don’t mind that the Sims 4 is in a Alternate Universe, I kinda wish a bit more could of been done with it, as is it seems like a lazy way to give us a few of our old favorites.

I felt sims in past games had more personality, I miss feeling like got to know my sims as I was playing them. I also miss the crazy things that the game would put in that screams SIMS!

I also miss the color wheel (and hate it took six years for a skin overall) I also hate that teens and kids don’t have as many after school clubs.
netney52
New Spectator
4 years ago
Going to the park and being able to buy food and drink from the stalls and not having to pay 100 simloaneons to hire someone to buy a cup of coffee or tea
Simmingal
Hero
4 years ago
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PSgtptpTaBI/hqdefault.jpg

this fancy way for our elders to leave the realm
ldm2
New Spectator
4 years ago
Open worlds from Sims 3.
Onverser
4 years ago
The all in one bathroom from Sims 3, I just liked it a lot. The og "one tile bathroom challenge".
https://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/thumb/shard000/000/082/418/51/original.jpg

The photo booth: (still not sure why we don't have this?)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/5/53/TS3Photobooth.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20120401061418

Plumbots and plumbot creation: (I know we have a version of these in 4 but they are just not good in my opinion. The Sims 3 equivalent was infinitely better.)
https://www.gamerevolution.com/assets/uploads/2013/10/file_61928_the-sims-3-into-the-future_001.jpg

Spiral Staircases + Functional Placeable Elevators:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sims/images/d/d8/Steps_of_Style.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/728?cb=20181230150325
asimbsim
4 years ago
Read on bed option, and photobooths. As well as literally all of the things listed above. Oh, and the "Hangout" option with friends, where teen sims would just sit on the ground in a circle and have a chat - I really miss that one.
Bmm209
4 years ago
The story album feature from Sims 1 and 2. EA mightve forgotten it but I haven't!