Summary of Past Sims Basegame vs TS4 Basegame

"Simburian;c-17640001" wrote:
I'd advise EA/Maxis not to call their next version of a Sims' game Sims 5, then they can put what they like in it.

People complain that objects are replicated from the earlier games and then people complain that they don't have those same objects in Sims 4. I just give up. They were trying to be different with Sims 4 but Simmers aren't allowing it.

I'm keeping off the forum until some sign of sanity returns. If ever. :#

I think people complain that objects are replicated from the earlier games and packaged in separate packs requiring additional purchases, viz., after going around the block, you'd think a lot of the features that are proven successful would be in the base game. TS2 and TS3 were different in that they brought entirely new ideas to the game--and regardless of which players stan, everyone can acknowledge that both were game changers. TS4 started off by removing a life stage and to date has not brought anything radically new to the game. It has definitely (with long enough time and players' tears) enhanced original game play, but outside of the star wars pack, what is fundamentally revolutionary? TS2 brought genetics, life stages, wants and fears, grocery stores, a memory system, and university sims. TS3 brought the colour wheel, open world, and quest gameplay. All prior games have had a variation of:
- vacation spots
- pets
- seasons
- supernaturals
- aliens
- Neighourhood NPCs (postal delivery, maids, firefighters, burglars, police officers, butlers, repairmen, garderners, repo)
- business real estate
- restaurants
- gardening
- collectibles
- mini-challenges
- build tools

What has TS4 done that is different or new? Removing gameplay and not bringing anything new to the table will of course enrage long time fans! I'm glad they patched the full set of life stages back in, and I'm fine with all the packs they are adding to the game, because even though TS4 is mainly a rehash, they are expanding on and improving on what existed before, which is a good thing. It would have been better if TS4 started off as a better game with a better engine that focused on the sims personalities and the game itself.

I'm content to stick with TS4 and see where it goes, but I do hope eventually that there will be a TS5 and that it will be developed with some basic maths in mind: TS2 (sims) + TS3 (world) = TS5.