Review of sims 4 (Why you should wait before buying it)

[Jee Yew Whai 1]

EA, having their ARTPOP era.

[nikola 4,342]

yeah i tottaly agree with you me and my sister are big fans of sims and when i showed her new one she sad that 4 looks just like sims 2 and i agree with her sims 4 is like updated version of sims 2 and she also sad will i even bother instaling that on my pc and i wont because game just feels empty for me and loading screens are the worst part in every game for me....so i will probabyl wait till some dlc or expansion come out to see what will hapen because as for now there is not muc to do 

[CherryPi3 684]

I've been a fan of the franchise since The Sims was released. I have The Sims, The Sims 2 + 5 expansion packs, and The Sims 3 + 5 expansions packs. I pirated The Sims 4 yesterday to see if the $70 was even worth it and to be honest, no. I miss the open world, create a style, cars, toddlers, and pools. The fact that all of those things were in the base game of the last games, just feels like a HUGE step backwards.

 

Besides the negatives though, I do enjoy the graphics and smoother gameplay. I love that they went back to their cartoony style, as opposed to The Sims 3, where they tried to go with a realistic approach, which ended in the Sims to all look alike no matter how much you change they're facial features., and objects and houses would take a while to render their textures. I also enjoy the additions of emotions and multitasking. 

 

I will buy this game whenever it gets a discount, because I will not be spending that amount of money on The Sims ½.

[Hellspont 1,468]

I bought it and like the game, 8/10

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

So I had the sims 4 today and was playing it for a couple of hours and these are my experiences.

 

Im not going to even lie or cover up the truth but honestly this feels like a major down step to the sims 3. Some hardcore dedicated fans will argue that the game will improve due to explanation packs. The sims 3 did this, in some ways it was a step down to the sims 2 with a variety of features but most of those items missing in the sims 3 were forgotten with the vastly improved gameplay. The sims 3 had a completely open world and contained minor loading screens. This means you could explore the whole map (which is quite a lot larger in the sims 3) without requiring to load the game which saved a lot of time. In comparison, The sims 4 is not an open world, it requires you to enter a loading screen before entering a lot. For example if I would like to go to a home next to mine I would have to go over a loading screen and not be able to just walk there. This is a major decay compared to the Sims 3 and I highly doubt this will be improved with expansion packs. EA, if there is a high amount of backlash may chose to release an update to create a more open world but I highly doubt that will occur.

 

The second biggest disappointment to me is the fact it doesn't feel like a new game. When I entered the game it honestly felt like the sims 3 with a texture pack. It didnt feel different and it didnt have that wow factor the pervious sims games did. Sure currently the game offers a community gallery, better create a sim tools and improved (with some features missing) building tools but would you really trade that for a game that currently has no toddlers, no pools, no create a style (meaning you are locked into the designs and colours made in the game), no way to modify community lots, smaller worlds and a vast and I mean vast up to 80 features I was able to identify that were missing from the sims 4 that came from the sims 3 games and even prior to that.  I entered the game with quite a positive attitude. I made an amazing sim using the new tools to do so but once I entered everything went down hill from there. The graphics and quality of objects have hardly improved, the whole game seems way to "animated" and it doesn't seem as personal as before. The game itself seems so rushed, like no perfection was put into it and that it was just produced. For examples many icons (could be because of my large computer display) appear blurry and cropping is bad. The most annoying feature is the freaking tutorials and the fact you cant term them off.

 

I dont want this to be all negative so here are my positives. I love the fact that sims and multitask, they can be on the toilet and read a book. So in other worlds fulfilling two needs at once. You can sit, play a game, dance ect and still communicate to other sims in close proximity to yours. The most impressive feature for me is the create a sim and it was honestly the only reason I bought the game. The interface to create a sim is amazing, you can pull, pinch and push to completely create your own personalised sim. I also liked the way emotions acted on your sims movement and personality but thats about it.

 

In summary, this game has a lot to do and to grow before I think its worth that $60. If you were contemplating to download it or buy it I would recommend for you to wait. Wait for some dlc or expansion  packs to see if the game does improve.

 

4.5/10  :thirst: 

Thanks for your excellent review. This is the first sims game I haven't preordered. I will definitely wait awhile before purchasing.

[atsuko 1]

I will download it illegally 

 

EA, having their ARTPOP era.

 

LMAO