All missing content from the Sims 4 (a.k.a. why to pirate it)

[Zsolti 2,688]

                                                        The Sims

                                                            2000 - 2014

UPDATE: NO FAMILY TREES

 

MAJOR CONFIRMED MISSING: (All were in base versions of Sims 3)

No create a style (CAST) - NOT technically possible in future expansion
No modifications to public space - The park in the demo is a mix of a community lot and public space
No "normal" careers - Law enforcement, Medical, Business, etc. were removed
NO OPEN WORLD - You can't just walk from house to house without loading screen...
No pools
No terrain tools other than paint
No story progression - Aside from Sim's aging its out!
No toddlers)
No way to create/place new lots - And you only have 2 empty ones at the start of the game! 

 

MAJOR CONFIRMED AS CRIPPLED/LIMITED: (All were in base versions of Sims 3)

 

All buildings on a lot must either have/have not a foundation. No mixing for sheds, garages, etc. 
Babies are mere objects - ***ALL INTERACTION IS THRU THE BASINET, NO NEEDS, YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND WITH THEM*** 
Backgrounds are illusions - The buildings in the background are not playable AT ALL in the game!
Completely FLAT building lots - That's right we've gone back to living in a flat world!
Fewer floors/levels
SIGNIFICANTLY smaller "worlds" of <25 lots compared to 125+ lots
Smaller lots - Lots are limited to 50x50 instead of 64x64. 
Loading screens for individual lots
Teens are same height as adults and they along with elders all look nearly identical.

 

ALL OTHER MISSING GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS: (Were in base versions of Sims 1, Sims 2, or Sims 3)

 

No acne
No aliens
No animated hair (in Sims 2)
No aspiration failures (with shrink visit) (in Sims 2) 
No babysitters
No bartender (as NPC) (in Sims 2)
No basements 
No bookstores
No burglars
No cars (including as décor in home)
No cemeteries 
No cinema’s (in Sims 2)
No cleaning skill (in Sims 2)
No cloths shopping (in Sims 2)
No color wheel, predefined to ~20 colors
No comfort needs (in Sims 2) 
No curfew
No customization of multi-tone hair color (users select only main color)
No dinner proposals (in Sims 2)
No diseases or illness
No dreams (in Sims 2)
No environment needs (in Sims 2)
No eyelash length slider
No favorites (food, color, music) 
No fears
No full face make-up (in Sims 2)
No garage doors
No gardeners for hire - Who is going to cut my lawn?
No ghosts
No grocery stores
No male body hair
No move object cheat
No newspapers
No opacity slider for makeup
No party invitations from other Sims (ok this may be a duplicate as it is apparently part of Story Progression)
No private schools (or even on screen schools for that matter)
No rabbit holes at all - Sadly the fix was the sim goes off screen instead of fixing it so the locations were working lots
No random deaths
No repairmen
No repo man - Your toilets are now safe!!!
No restaurants (in Sims 2)
No skin slider
No swimming / swimwear - Including lakes, fountains, etc.
No tragic clown or social bunny
No way to watch the sim commute to work/school
No website for browsing exchange or store (its in-game only)
No Will Wright (in Sims 1 & 2)
No zodiac signs

 

MISSING OBJECTS: (Were in base versions of Sims 1, Sims 2, or Sims 3. Could certainly return as Premium Content or with Expansions)

 

No bikes
No changing tables (in Sims 2) 
No cribs
No dish washers
No highchairs
No hot tubs
No pool tables (in Sims 1 & 2)
No trash compactors

 

ALL OTHER THAT IS CONFIRMED

32-bit executable - Intel has not sold mainstream consumer PC 32-bit processors in like 7+ years and it should have been 64-bit (to address more RAM which is very important to this game)
Fewer "actual" traits (new traits = rewards in Sims 3)
Fewer user selectable traits per Sim within CAS (additional ones assigned during gameplay)
Incompatible simpoint currency - DON'T BUY BUNDLES IF YOU PLAN TO USE THEM ON SIMS 4

 

MOST LIKELY TRUE (not yet confirmed):
No cashier’s (in Sims 2)
No create a world
No exterminator (in Sims 2)
No swings

 

Premium Membership REQUIRED to get certain sets on release day or at all

 

STATUS UNCERTAIN (not yet confirmed):

No inheritance (in Sims 2)
No interests (in Sims 2)
No magazines (in Sims 2
No pinball machines (in Sims 2)
No way to water flower beds / bushes (in Sims 2)
No family trees

 

CONTESTED FACTS (responses vary):

 

No attraction system
No MAC version - Answer changed from "after PC release" to "no comment" which has 100% of the time ultimately meant "no".

[Hellspont 1,468]

Isn't the create a sim demo supposed to come out today? Either way im so cautious on buying this game Ive always bought the sims and most of the expansions but this one is just .. why??? WHY? ITS 2014 WHAT IS THIS SIMS LITE?

[Zsolti 2,688]

Isn't the create a sim demo supposed to come out today?

Well,no,but a cracked version leaked like two days ago.

[vespertine 3]

:emo:

[Spyro 8,429]

Reverse warholian experience indeed

[Papasquat 517]

Yeah. Not here for this. Just gonna stick to the flawless 3.

[Ray of Light 8,134]

I'm getting a Mac later this year, so it doesn't really affect me anyways. EA phased such a huge part of their fan base and I could care less about this game at this point.

[Staryu 6,162]

EA keeps milking their franchises... I don't think that'll do them any good in the long run.  

[Zsolti 2,688]

EA keeps milking their franchises... I don't think that'll do them any good in the long run.

I'm giving the Sims 6 months - 1 year max tbh before it totally fails

[Pandemiya 61]

Reverse warholian experience indeed

omfg im screaming

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

Good to know. 

 

Brb buying the whole Sims 3 collection instead of saving for Sims 4

 

If I wanted SIms 1 lite I would have gotten the Sims on my phone 

 

EA is digging its own grave.

[Spyro 8,429]

Screaming at the title.

[Zsolti 2,688]

Brb buying the whole Sims 3 collection instead of saving for Sims 4

http://digital.gamefly.co.uk/#!/promotion/459

 

50% off base and all dlc      

[Essence 148]

:applause: EA is a joke

I was literally a huge huge huge fan of The Sims up till the end of TS3, but now they've crossed the line. Not only are they alienating us Mac users by not having a Mac version, but the game is utter ****.

I'll stick with The Sims 3 and The Sims 2.

[Zsolti 2,688]

EA is a joke

I was literally a huge huge huge fan of The Sims up till the end of TS3, but now they've crossed the line. Not only are they alienating us Mac users by not having a Mac version, but the game is utter ****.

I'll stick with The Sims 3 and The Sims 2.

 preach 

I'm sad to see the franchise go down the drain this way,cause I knew it was going to happen anyway,people losing interest, but not by EA just being plain lazy (however it was my second guess   )