Originally posted by mathekr

They are patching Ghosts today!



EDIT: They will patch pools and new careers in November

Details here

Originally posted by HabbGaga

Essay

Originally posted by Weemanply109

You say that as if they don't have Expansion Packs at the ready for us to buy. There's load of content left out. What we're getting is very minimal, ghosts, pools and a few extra careers isn't anything to throw a party about.

Not that I'm unhappy about them doing this, because it's nice, but let's not act like they're not going to try and leave the most for their upcoming expansion packs. There are more features they could've added to the base game. They're just doing this to convince the haters to jump ship to the game by giving them the few features they complained about most.

Originally posted by HabbGaga

I've been a fan of the Sims since the sims 1. I've never been so uninterested in a base game. And that is really hard for me to say, and for me to genuinely swallow the truth, because I wanted to see it succeed, and be great, revolutionary, like the previous games, but The Sims 4, just isn't that. I purchased The Sims 4 the day of release in my country, I was excited, but I was ready for the worst, I was pleasantly surprised at the Create a Sim demo, and actually must admit, I do like the look of the sims, but liking the look of the sims, to actually thinking this is a step forward is something entirely different. I played The Sims 4 about 5 times, I use to play for hours on end, on previous games, literally time would fly, extensive periods of time would go by, and I would think where did my day go? This just doesn't happen for me here, I find myself playing for maybe an hour, and I already feel like what is there to do, they should've introduced a whole new feature, to me the emotions are a cute edition, but they become very repetitive, which means the wants of your sim become so repetitive. I basically got my sims to level 10 in their careers, moved them out of their first house, I started to build a house, and maybe I should've given this more of a chance (i've never really been one to build my house anyway, so build mode could be really great) I just didn't feel interested to explore the catalog like I did with previous games. I haven't even married my sims or even made them have children, because I don't know that I can even be bothered. I'll have to see what the first expansion pack is before I truly decide whether I am done with the franchise, regardless this really saddens me, because I remember the first time I saw the look of The Sims 3 on the internet, and I ran around telling all my family members that the Sims 3 was coming out, and how amazing they looked, and how it was going to be an open world, but here their just isn't all that much to get excited about, I'm not disappointed, because with all the backlash they received, this all seemed expected, and I had prepared myself for the worst really, it's not terrible, it's just not a step up like previous editions to the game, and yes people may say this is just a base game etc, but I remember spending hours on end playing The Sims 3 base game, and never tired of it, and before I knew it their was an expansion pack, and yes the Sims 3 had multiple bugs, crashes but it just seemed so new, exciting and fresh to me, and even when it would randomly crash, and I hadn't saved, yes I would be furious, but something in me wanted to go back, and play again. Sadly this one just doesn't offer me anything new, that keeps me wanting to come back for more. I was in this thread around release time, so hyped to buy the game. Even when I got the game, I came in so excited, whilst my game was downloading, so this isn't me being some kind of a hater, or trying to discredit them, but Sorry EA I honestly believe you missed the ball on this one, and that truly makes me sad.

Originally posted by Weemanply109

I can imagine maybe me growing up has something to do with it, though. I mean, I don't get excited about games as much as I used to anyway. I'll always miss how crazy I got before a game released.

Originally posted by ThatsTheTea

I love how the sims interact

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

I'm constantly finding things to do, because I work towards Maxing Out Careers and Fulfilling Lifetime Aspirations, both of which have been heavily improved.

This game I noticed isn't really designed for people who just want to play the Sims and watch them. It's more for people who play objectively.

Originally posted by MusicLoverDude

What do you mean by that? Like free will challenge?

Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

A lot of people just like running a family day-to-day and just playing it out. A lot of people who play like this are finding TS4 boring.

However, most people who play objectively, like maxing careers, fufilling lifetime Aspirations, completing missions during certain events, searching and collecting items/animals etc. are finding The Sims 4 really fun.

So I think if you play objectively, you'll love the sims 4, but I've just noticed the people looking for just day-to-day standard playing won't find the sims 4 as entertaining as 3, because 4 doesn't focus on that at all.

Just something I've noticed.