I completely agree!!

Well said!

I agree with this, I was speaking to my partner about the frustrations that I have with the sims 4 and he didnt understand where I was coming from so he said that it was a lot of hate for the game x

Yepp, but luckily we have someone in our Community with the Name, Arnie, who makes us a lot of those things possible (and of course other content creators too). Don't just forget the fact, Maxis tells us the whole time, open World is not possible.. and this.. or that.. modding community: hold my beer.

@@alisasitaperne8905 he probably didnt understand because he hasnt played the past sims games same thing with people that love sims 4 they most likely never played the other sims games

I completely agree Bren!

Exactly. People need to realize, businesses (not people, EA is not people; people work for EA, but that's it) DO NOT CARE about you coming on here and saying good stuff about it; they only care if you are spending your money. And if they can get you to spend money without spending much money, themselves, they will do that. We ALL know EA cuts so many corners to keep profits and does things in such a low quality, when it comes to actual gameplay, that there is no arguing that fact, anymore. And if no one ever complained about anything, nothing would be good, nothing would be right, because businesses don't care about that, they care about making money. And as long as the positivity police keep acting as if anyone saying the game needs to be better is the same as sending the devs death threats, we are going to continue getting low quality stuff. We shouldn't have to keep explaining this to them at their ages, they should know this common knowledge. Kissing the game's butt isn't going to do anything, except keep EA releasing poor quality games and this is why I have no real hope for Sims 5; EA could literally make a box with a face painted on it and we'd have the positivity police telling everyone else to shut up and that that box is worth $100 and we need to be grateful for it. I would never even acknowledge that blind ignorance in a video.

Actually someone who buys something and then complains about it and has nothing good to say about it is a sucker. Why would they buy it? If someone buys something and they're happy with it, they're not a sucker.

@@lannamcf Oh so , if you order a steak at the restaurant expecting it to be good , and it comes as being overcooked (- to a point that it's just ashes ), are you willing to just gobble it down and call it a delicacy?

@@lannamcf But how are we meant to know if the item is good is we haven't even tried it. That's like saying you should hate a person even if you haven't seen them or talk to them.

And I think the cost is the major factor in people being upset at her (totally reasonable) criticism. After spending so much money, time, effort in a game, you might *want* it to be good and worth the money *so* *badly* that you believe that it is in fact really good and worth the money, and anyone challenging that might make you feel bad and feel like you wasted your money, or just make it harder to enjoy something that you currently get a lot of enjoyment out of. It's the Sunk Cost Fallacy.

Lackluster as.ever. I just recently stopped playing it. Moved back to the Sims3

@@Icefairydancer What I don't get about comments like yours is like, is it that hard to belive some people genuinely find it good? I actively play 2, 3, and 4 and I play 4 the most because I find it to be the most fun and just an improvement over every other game in the series in nearly every way. And I'm saying that as someone who spent way more on 3 because 3 was absurdly expensive lol. I don't get upset about people criticizing the game because yeah, no game is perfect. It's patronizing comments like this trying to find every excuse for why people like a game instead of saying "Maybe they just enjoy it"

@@bubblegum1366 If you don't get upset about people criticising the game, then that comment was not talking about you.

@@bubblegum1366 I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to be patronizing. I also really enjoy the game. I was referring only to reasons why someone might get overly upset at constructive criticism.

I hope that's what everyone would want! And thank you!

Then perhaps you should apply the same sentiment when people post critique/differing opinions in her youtube comments lol

Thank you! And I agree. SOME people don't understand nuanced opinions, but that's okay! I don't need to prove myself or defend myself. I only want to share another side of my outlook with the people who DO understand that. 💙💙

I have always said I critique/complain because I love. But my issue is some have a general hate for the game and don’t acknowledge anything good, saying all the packs are trash when that’s not true. Even when they fix something in the game the first comment is “finally! But this is still messed up” never just happy for the moment. Like we just got these skin tones and now people are asking about wheelchairs and still complaining about skin tones and genetics. I understand we should voice our opinions but the complaints never stop.

Agreed!

Dragon Age ♥ i had too XD

You are exactly right! If people don't speak up about the issues, they will NEVER be improved. I don't know why this is so hard for people to comprehend.

Ts3 imo has the best personality system involving traits. They actually mean something

I'm buying the packs a little at a time when they go on sale. I wait for at least 50% off. They have sales on Origin and Steam throughout the year.

Buy them on sale! They have tons of them during the year and usually up to 50% off. And yeah I totally agree $40 is robbery for a expansion pack (esp the newer ones) but $20 is really not so bad.

You say it doesn’t matter that the sims 4 fails to function as a life simulator, but that’s the whole purpose of the game 😩 Building is good in ts4, but other than that, nothing

When the Sims 4 came out, I played it and stopped playing the Sims 3. I really wanted the game to succeed. But it felt incomplete. The worlds felt cramped and constrained. And as you said the packs felt shortchanged compared to TS2 and TS3.

Exactly. No one wastes time and energy on stuff they don't care about. Critical simmers are that way because we KNOW how good this game could be, and they just keep missing the mark too often. Like, the community tells them exactly what we want and, somehow, we got a pack that was the least wanted pack ever? Like, that makes no sense. And they have 3 previous games to follow the blue print of. I get if they wanted to make new, innovative packs instead of the same ones (and, tbh, none of these new pack ideas have been that new or innovative, but whatevs), but if that was the case, they should have tried to fit as much of the previous WANTED things into the base game and first few packs, then they could have played around with new packs after that. EA doesn't understand that we don't want things taken away, we want things from previous games built upon and made better, THEN introduce new stuff. That's pretty much what happened with previous games: we got the most requested stuff first, then we got new packs. I'm still confused on how EA could mess this up; they had a great game and community handed to them. And us critical simmers LOVE this game, for many of us, this was our childhood, and we're more upset that we see the game going downhill and we'd like it to stop, especially when we see exactly why it's going downhill and EA won't listen, it seems.

BooDotBoo I definitely think they should have prioritized order of pack release better. The fact that we got Eco Lifestyle, Star Wars and Winter wonderland before basic features like babies, hotels, Kid/teen content is bizarre and the fact that even skin tones came after all of these is also ridiculous. I really wouldn’t have cared about Journey to Batuu if we got essential content first- i still wouldn’t have bought it, nor would a lot of people, but i wouldn’t have been as mad about it either. Sims 2 would incorporate extras into larger expansion packs and Sims 3 released a lot of their newer/innovative packs later, experimental content like Island Paradise, Into The Future and Showtime were all towards the end of the Sims 3 timeline (although admittedly World Adventures was an extremely odd choice for the first expansion).

Yes! Sometimes I feel like a bad person to do it but at the same time I feel better. It consumes a lot of our energy and sanity dealing with adversities but I think it is important to be vocal otherwise things like skin tones or even toddlers probably wouldn't have been a reality!

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I feel you. I really do.

I think that perfectly encapsulates the way I feel about TS4. I love the graphics, building, CAS, many of the pack concepts....but I just dislike how doll-like the sims feel when you finally start playing.

Thanks so much! That's so kind of you to say!

@@PleasantSims Amen!

Yes! I identify myself with that because I'm a builder and I appreciate every improvement that The Sims 4 made to build/buy but there are flaws and I wish gameplay was better because I want to have the full experience! I think there's no purpose of great buildings if I will get bored playing with them really quickly. That's why I build more in The Sims 3.

THIS! I just wish there was an accessory and make up lock! If my Sim wears glasses they also need them when it's cold!

You can use mc command center if you're on pc

@@Den-jp4yu Can u explain how?

@@Nyakuza. so you install the mod, then in the game you do, say, your sim's everyday make-up in cas. Then you come out of cas, click on your sim and choose MC Command Center --> MC Dresser --> copy/paste. There you have options to either copy & paste the make up -of the outfit your sim is currently wearing- or accessories, or hair. You can copy paste all of them on all the outfits. Doesn't take long, just a few clicking. I really love that feature tbh XD

@@Den-jp4yu Thanks a lot I'll try that! 💞

Same. The multitasking is a big deal for me too!

💯% true

Boo boo whaaa

Yep, Sims 4 wouldn't be so annoying if it didn't cost as much. If people were paying $10 for each pack, this wouldn't be as much of an issue, but when you pay $40 and only get $10 worth of stuff, of course people are going to be angry. No one has money to just spend on things that aren't as well made as they could be. Especially considering you could buy anywhere from 8-25 WELL-MADE games for the same price people have paid for Sims 4. Sims 4 isn't the worst game ever, but for it's price tag, it should be, at least, 2 times better than it is.

@@BooDotBoo well blame EA not maxis cause EA is trying to take over

I just saw this!! That's awesome!

😆 😆 😆

@@PleasantSims, I personally leave her be.

😂

as she should 😂

UGH she's so annoying!

I like to repeat an outfit and add a hat or a pair of sunglasses. Or to mismatch outfits.

I agree about university, I sent 7 distinct sims to university and still have things I haven’t tried yet. In University Life in 3 I felt that I had seen almost everything it had to offer after 2 times and there was no difficulty to gameplay at all because as long as you studied for at least 2 minutes you were going to pass. Sims 2 university had a good balance of difficulty along with spontaneity that made it fun, but it also feels repetitive after a couple of tries.

Thank I thought I was the only one that liked the Sims 4

Of course, people are able- and should- dislike or like anything that suits them as such. But my personal problem is when negativity is all I can see. I'll admit, the sims 4 can be better, MUCH much better lol, but I still prefer it to the sims 3 in most cases, and this is coming from someone who literally grew up on the sims 3. The forums are almost always filled with negative posts, to the point that it isn't really criticism anymore- I mean, who needs three different threads about the same issue? It's just rampant, idk. I'm not saying people can't dislike the game, but what's the point in playing then, you know? I think a lot of the reason, and this is completely unwarranted so I'm sorry for even bothering you with it, but I think a lot of the reason behind the whole "sims 3 vs sims 4" thing is due to them truly being truly different games. Another comment described them as a true life simulation game, and a dollhouse game, which seems to fit my idea for them. I can't say much about the sims 2, as when I played that I was pretty young, and my only vivid memory of it was when I made a house completely pink only for my sim to end up believing it was a terrible environment! That was a sims 2 feature, right? Back then it really upset me, but now I kinda wish we had that in the sims 4! Ah, depth. Feel free to completely ignore this comment, I've written far too much. Anyways, I hope you have a great day, and happy simming!

The Sims 4 is the first Sims game that I've played, and I still criticize it. There are so many broken things!

they’d be useful in the 100 baby challenge. Imagine, a woohoo club and a club for the kids with activities such as cleaning and doing homework. and have the children’s club going whenever possible.

I use it so much, I hate friendships are easely forgotten and then you can't call them anymore.

I have gardening clubs. I get all the sims to come over and take care of my plants. but now the update ruined it coz,they hary need watering or weeding anymore. they even stuffed that up.

@@w1nterdays All my kids are in a club that includes 'do homework' as an activity, ha. First thing I used the clubs for.

It's just part of the job unfortunately. I wish people could understand that it doesn't have to be all or nothing!

@@PleasantSims Right! It doesnt have to be all or nothing, or knuthing *ba dum tiss*

I agree! People will always think your hating on sims 4 even when you just wanna see it improve.

I never played the previous games and I can still see all the flaws, I'm not blind 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@MsArchangeYT then I don’t think that person was referring to you 🤔

Blindly? Get off your high horse.

This game is an emotional roller coaster for me, that is true. LOL. Thank you for watching Hendrik!

Oh, but I love playing vampires in 4!

So you're saying that you like 2 and 3 more because you have no imagination?

@@kiillabytez No, because there's actually things to do in 3.

@@oodlemynoodle3753 For example?

LOL! Well that too, I guess.

(RIP Rosa, The first Coronavirus Death in Pleasantview)

Yes, this is something I also really miss. I also miss that growing up badly isn‘t an option anymore. You were able to create so much storytelling with one child growing up bad and one good. In the Sims 4 everything is really nice and easy. (I also liked that your children were given a random personality trait, when they grew up bad. You really needed to make an effort, if you want to choose the personality.)

I miss toddlers crawling

while is a life simulator, it doenst have to be all realistic, if so it would be boring, unrealistic things like the social bunny, aliens, vampires those make the game more fun!

@@sophie9984 Toddlers in Sims 4 are like 3-5 years olds. Toddlers in Sims 3 and 2 are like 2-3 years old.

Is it Stewey Griffin…? Haha jokes

Wow it's like real life lol. My brother was like that because our mom worked abroad when we were kids.

Clubs add so much! I highly recommend playing around with them!

But sorry just had to put that out BUT SOMETHING POSITIVE is I love the vacuums from CATS AND DOGS!

Also, I saw I needed to add one more thing and editing my post. For some reason your like disappeared when I did. But I did see it. So you know!

I completely understand this feeling. I have felt the same way many, many times. I go through stages where I find enjoyment with the game, but it does not live up to its predecessors when it comes to gameplay. That's just a fact.

I completely agree Jessie! Very well put!

@@PleasantSims Thank you. The Sonic franchise has a similar mindset but it's slowly changing, hopefully some simmers can see that too.

Lol! I didn't notice before, but it does kind of look like her!

Thanks Bianca!