How do you feel about the Sims 4 ?? supposedly they have removed fundamental features

• Splatulated wrote on 2014-06-29 05:12
  that have been in the games since the beginning
  
  

  No pools
  No toddlers
  No create a style (CAST) AND NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE IN FUTURE EXPANSION
  No garages
  No gardeners (who is going to cut my lawn?)
  No basements
  No cars (or limited as décor)
  No visible jobs/schools
  No modifications to public places/parks
  No favorites (food, color, music)
  No turn ons / turn offs
  No swimming / swimwear, period. Including lakes, fountains, etc.
  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 private schools
  Fewer floors/levels
  Incompatible simpoint currency
  32-bit executable (one of many unnecessary (Intel has not sold 32-bit processors in like 7+ years?!?!?) and poor design decisions).
  Loading screens (likely due to the issue above)
  Much smaller "worlds" (although they can be connected somehow with DLC)
  Teens are same height as adults and they along with elders all look nearly identical.

  
  
  
  http://www.thesims.com/news/neighborhoods-weird-moments-and-more
• Kyishi wrote on 2014-06-29 05:37
  why would you play anything besides sims 2...........
• Taycat wrote on 2014-06-29 05:41
  they went back on everything they built up the past few years
  they are going BACKWARDS
  this is why i'm not buying sims 4
• ranie wrote on 2014-06-29 06:43
  wow i thought it was going to actually be good wtf........ not worth it
• Hanna wrote on 2014-06-29 08:53
  sounds like a prettier TS1
  most of that shit wasn't there from the start
  
  i don't really care since
  -pools have always sucked
  -toddlers are the most annoying to deal with
  -didn't use create a style
  -who cares if there's no garages without cars?
  -maybe they're removing garden decay?
  -so?
  -so?
  -so?
  -this kinda sucks
  -they didn't really do shit to begin with
  -these existed?
  -so?
  -i don't see how this is a draw back?
  -so?
  -this is some bullshit
  - what does this even mean?
  -what the hell are they thinking
  -okay? who cares?
  -???
  -okay
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-06-29 09:05
  A few of those on Splat's list are mentioned in the article, but many of the others aren't. What are your sources on those?
  
  Not like I'll be playing it for a long time anyways, so I'm not terribly concerned.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-06-29 09:24
  now introducing the Baby Life expansion pack which allows your baby sims to transform into toddlers!
  pre-order for $40 now and receive the goo-ga onesie
• Yoorah wrote on 2014-06-29 19:21
  The main thing I loved about the Sims games was the house building aspect. Looks like they made big improvements to it in 4. As such, I think it's great and I don't care much for the other aspects. o/
  
  As for those other things, you can bet that they will be releasing more features as expansions over the many years that this game will be supported, if the previous games are anything to go by.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-06-29 19:33
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• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-06-29 20:21
  THe biggest issue will eventually be the pricetag like with every Sims game.
• Ashikoki wrote on 2014-06-29 22:08
  I won't buy it because EA
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-06-30 03:05

  Quote from Ashikoki;1228964:

  I won't buy it because EA

  
  
  EA. Stay classy.
  
  
  Also announcing all of this AFTER the 2014 worst company award was done. Sneaky sneaky.
• Elleanior wrote on 2014-06-30 07:43
  No pools Oh, no, I can't drown my Sims! However will I get rid of these unwanted Sims and create my perfect graveyard?
  No toddlers Probably not as much of a turn off as some would believe
  No create a style (CAST) AND NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE IN FUTURE EXPANSION It could always be possible in a future expansion, but it's not a necessity. It's still a damned nice feature to have.
  No garages Whoop-dee-do
  No gardeners (who is going to cut my lawn?) I dunno, you?
  No basements Since when have we ever had basements?
  No cars (or limited as décor) Not terribly many people used those, to be honest.
  No visible jobs/schools Great! I can finally have my children stay home and work on the farm instead of go to that pesky school!
  No modifications to public places/parks Source?
  No favorites (food, color, music) From the descriptions on the article, it actually sounds like quite the opposite; that we'll be setting all of them ourselves.
  No turn ons / turn offs See above
  No swimming / swimwear, period. Including lakes, fountains, etc. Again, however will I live without drowning my Sims? It stated that you wouldn't be able to build your own pools. It never said anything about buying a pre-built pool.
  No rabbit holes at all (sadly the fix was the sim goes off screen instead of fixing it so the locations were working lots) Whoop-dee-do
  No private schools No problem
  Fewer floors/levels 5.5 was too much, apparently
  Incompatible simpoint currency Whatever the hell that means, I doubt it's going to be something to worry about.
  32-bit executable (one of many unnecessary (Intel has not sold 32-bit processors in like 7+ years?!?!?) and poor design decisions). You'd be surprised how many people are still using 32-bit.
  Loading screens (likely due to the issue above) Oh my gawd, a LOADING SCREEN? SACRÉ BLEU!!!
  Much smaller "worlds" (although they can be connected somehow with DLC) This is Sims. EVERYTHING is DLC.
  Teens are same height as adults and they along with elders all look nearly identical.Source?
  
  Like I said before, multiple of those weren't even mentioned in the article. Just calm your man-tits and wait for more official information before bitching or panicking.
  
  

  Quote from Campylobacter jejuni;1228950:

  THe biggest issue will eventually be the pricetag like with every Sims game.

  
  Yeah, this one (all DLC's inc.) will probably cap $300.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-06-30 09:38
  Loading screens in Sims 3 were atrocious.
  
  
  Also, as i figured with a DLC heavy game as Sims 3 were, that there was going to be issues if Sims 4 didn't have everything and the kitchen sink in the base game.
  
  
  That's the punishment for playing a casual game guys. EA will wreck your wallet.
• Taycat wrote on 2014-06-30 11:10

  Quote from Elleanior;1229067:

  [snip]

  
  
  sims 3 had basements...sims 2 as well, but it was annoying as fuckin hell