Tuis 864 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 To hate: CAS/Sim-related:- No toddlers (source, source, in TS2/TS3)- No swimwear (source, in TS2/TS3)- No different heights for teens and adults (source), teens, adults, and elders all look basically the same (source)- No alpha edges on hair or eyelashes (source: CAS demo, in TS2/TS3), animated hair (source, in TS2).- No adjustable eyelashes (source: CAS demo - eyelashes are tied to eye style but not directly adjustable, in TS2 and TS3), eyelashes with alpha edges (source: CAS demo, in TS3)- No skintone slider (source: CAS demo, in TS3)- No lullabye when sims become pregnant (source, in TS2/TS3)- In TS4, Babies can no longer be carried around, are tied to the crib, and must be put back in the crib between each interaction (source, TS2/TS3 babies were not essentially objects)- No acne (source)- No aliens (source)Build/Buy Mode:- No pools (source, in TS1/TS2/TS3)- No lots larger than 50x50 (source, in TS2/TS3)- No lots higher than 3 levels/stories (source, in TS2/TS3)- No terrain sculpting/ponds (all lots are flat in all the screenshots, no tools for terrain sculpting in the , in TS2/TS3)- No ability to choose which structures on a lot have a foundation and which don't (source, in TS2/TS3)- No basements (source, in TS2 via build cheats which are not likely due to build mode changes)- No dishwashers, trash compactors, recycling bins, security alarms, high chairs, changing tables (some in TS2, some in TS3, some in both) (source)- No cars (source, in TS3)World:- No open world (source, in TS3)- Extremely low lot limit (limit of 25 lots per world - 5 lots per neighborhood, 5 neighborhoods per world in TS4. TS3 Sunset Valley had 92 lots, TS2 Pleasantview had 26 with room for more).- No 3D world map (source, in TS2/TS3)Other:- No swimming (source, in TS2/TS3)- No create-a-Style (source, in TS3)- No story progression (source, in TS3)- No hopping for clothing or groceries (source, TS2 had clothes shopping, grocery shopping in TS2/TS3)- No work and school rabbitholes (source), (source, in TS3)- No newspapers (source, in TS1/TS2/TS3)- No mac version, fewer translated languages (source, in TS2/TS3)- No private school (source, in TS2)- No social bunny (in TS2), no repo man (in TS2 and TS3) (source)- No disease/sickness (source, in TS2 - added later in TS3)- No portrait/still life painting (source, in TS3 (?))- No carpools ( in TS1/TS2/TS3)- Most normal careers removed (source, in TS1/TS2/TS3) To like: CAS/Sim related:- "Make a parent/sibling/twin" feature- Sculpting done on the sim instead of sliders (source: CAS demo)- Many more body sliders (source: CAS demo)- Random name generator (source, added later in TS3)- Different styles of eyelids (source: CAS demo)- Cleft chins (source: CAS demo)- Tattoos, though no tattoo artist (source, added later in TS3)- Sims can be left or right handed (source)- Romance aspiration is now split into two types - sims can want many lovers, or a one true love (source: CAS demo)- New walk styles (source: CAS demo)- Bro trait (source: CAS demo)- Filters for content by type - i.e. can filter tops by tee shirt, sweater, tank, etc. (source: CAS demo)- Can disable clothing filters for your own sims (source)- "Party wear" choosable separate from everyday, formal, etc. (source: CAS demo)- Any hat can be worn with any hair without clipping - no more "hat hair". Any boots can be worn with any pants without clipping. (source: CAS demo).- All clothes are enabled for maternity (source)- More options for randomizing in CAS (source: CAS demo)- Pregnancy test to replace lullabye (source)Build/Buy Mode:- Moving an entire building to a different place on the lot ( )- Move an entire room to a different place on the lot, pre-furnished rooms (like TS3 blueprints but for base game) (source)- Easy editable wall and foundation height ( )- Shiftable window height ( )- Sculptable roofs ( )- search for build/buy mode (source)World:- Compartmentalized semi-closed world with loading screens between zones/lots (source)- 3D curbs around roads (source)- Visiting and moving to other other worlds, living in one world and working in another (source, source, source), source, source)Other:- More detailed emotions, in tiers, with sims' moods affecting each other (source)- Much expanded ability for sims to multitask while performing actions- Cupcake machine- Rocket ship- Cow plant (was not in base game previously)- Voodoo doll (was not in base game previously)- Astronaut and mixology careers- Bars and dance clubs- Woodworking skill, comedy skill (source)- Sims' water and power can be shut off if they don't pay their bills (source, source)- The Gallery, a way to share sims and lots within TS4 (source)- Expanded notifications system (source)- Fire can pass through walls (source)- Violin instrument (source, added later in TS2)- Stand-up comedy career (source)- Sims can pass each other going up and down stairs (source)- Breastfeeding (source)- Auto-save (source), borderless windowed mode (source)- New death types (can die from laughter, anger, or embarassment) (source)- New options for uncompressed sim textures, graphics post-processing, laptop mode, aging, and populating homes etc. (source) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaecutie 3,326 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 there's a cupcake machine i'm sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Kawaii Adventurs Of Ayyu 1,265 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 i read a list of what was taken out for sims 4, and its a huge step back and for the first time im not gonna buy a sims game. ive liked this franchise since sims 1. but sims 4 ... no thanks. it pisses me off actually. especially knowing how they are probbaly gonna add the basic stuff with expansions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyungsoup 249 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I never even bought sims 3...I was contemplating on getting sims 4 because of the build/buy options...but nah. They took out a lot of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Sogard's Glasses 623 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Sad to see this series drop so far down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥SNS-Shinomiya♥ 420 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Well I think maybe when I am over the Sims 2 (which I am not) the Sims 4 would be a def buy than Sims 3. I like the Sims 2 because of the storyline in the base neighborhoods and you can manipulate or create your world. Sims 3 like Sims 4 seems more creative but I can say Sims 4 characters look better than the Sims 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyuritan 594 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 ew definitely not buying this. TS3 would've been the best game if not for the loss of atmosphere that TS2 had and all of those shitty patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namtunod 784 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 And people thought TS3 was horrible. It seems like a step back to take away the open world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exstasy 75 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 The expansions better be good, because it looks boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyung-soo-jung 499 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 i'm watching those player on YT, and yeah... not excite me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
초췌 270 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 the only things that i like are the extra customization and the closed worlds open worlds made ts3 lag like a bitch if you put even just a little custom content/dlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog 5,083 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Gameplay actually isn't all that bad. And the lack of open world feature doesn't bother me as much as I thought I did. Everything runs faster and more smoothly and there's still plenty of people and things going on in the neighborhood that you can have your sim step outside their house and interact and do things easily. The only thing that bums me out is the lack of toddler and pools, as well as having to have a flat terrain. They did a lot of great things with the build feature to make it easier for people and added some cool stuff, but it also took away some of its freedom. Also the teens are the same height as the young adults, which weirds me out a little. the only things that i like are the extra customization and the closed worlds open worlds made ts3 lag like a bitch if you put even just a little custom content/dlc I think that's what most people are forgetting. No matter how great the computer used to play the game, the lag was awful for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeokdae 3,324 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I just hate that they completely dialed back on the visual realism. In the Sims 2 and 3, they got closer and closer to looking more realistic and in the Sims 4, the look as cartoonish as they did in the Sims 1, just better graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
초췌 270 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I just hate that they completely dialed back on the visual realism. In the Sims 2 and 3, they got closer and closer to looking more realistic and in the Sims 4, the look as cartoonish as they did in the Sims 1, just better graphics. no sims 2 was the closest to realistic sims 3 was pretty cartoonlike imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeokdae 3,324 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 no sims 2 was the closest to realistic sims 3 was pretty cartoonlike imo Really? Well, maybe "realistic" isn't the best word to describe it, but there was something about the way things looked in the Sims 3 that I loved. But when I saw the first teasers for the Sims 4 I was totally disappointed. I'll still buy it (actually I'm hoping my uncle gets it as a gift, because he's gotten my all my other ones). How do you feel about the way they look now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
초췌 270 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Really? Well, maybe "realistic" isn't the best word to describe it, but there was something about the way things looked in the Sims 3 that I loved. But when I saw the first teasers for the Sims 4 I was totally disappointed. I'll still buy it (actually I'm hoping my uncle gets it as a gift, because he's gotten my all my other ones). How do you feel about the way they look now? i don't really like the look but put in some custom skins, it'll be fine i do like the greater control over features tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokki the Awkward Potato 5,878 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 sounds like shit no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunadonna 228 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 there's a cupcake machine i'm sold this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginning 1,394 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I think they just took everything out so they can reason for expansions/dlcs Anyway still going to play anyway but yeah seems like a step back. Like why would you want to take out the basic stuff like toddlers and pools? ;-; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisces 320 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I think they just took everything out so they can reason for expansions/dlcs Basically, yeah. My dad just bought me TS4 Premium a few hours ago. Haven't really gotten into the gameplay yet cause I've spent hours just in the CAS but I'm going to see for myself then form an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besouloved 835 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 it's nice, but i think sims 3 is better, you can do more things....somehow i keep liking sims 2. But the music is really nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laan90 1,062 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 The expansions better be good, because it looks boring. Got bored after three days. I agree, they better start dishing out reeeeeal good expansions soon, or I'm out. Also, praise Shisus for modders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo! 111 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 The game is actually really good, its just like the original sims. A lot of the features they didn't include like Cars and Newspapers, Acne, and toddlers were redundant anyways. It wasn't like you could control the actually driving of the car or that toddlers could really perform any actions anyways. That list is a poor representation of the "good" things about the game like the completely overhauled social interactions or how the sims multitask now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...... 3,962 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 i torrented it about a week ago... and haven't gotten around to actual gameplay yet... just making my sims and some build mode... from what i can tell though... 1) i'm glad i didn't buy it 2) there are some good new things, especially in build/decorate mode... but... 3) common gripe is justified.... that it's a step back overall... probably it would have been a great addition...if all the strengths of Sims4 were added to the general style and gameplay of Sims 3 .. then it would have been superior to Sims 2 which i think is still the best. I've already begun to add mods to enhance the game though... and mods/scrits are coming out fast.... so i think plenty of the things people feel Sims 4 is lacking, will be modded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyJe 1,417 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I actually really like the game. They only thing I really miss is the dishwasher. Everything else I'm fine with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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