Sims 4 is actually gonna be so bad...

[MKR&*42]

In addtion to no pools and toddlers - scrolled down my tumblr and found a reblog off a simsblog that I follow with a list of features that won't appear in the sims 4 alongside the sources for them (although should be taken with a pinch of salt as some of the staff tweets actually say 'at this time' which cant rule them out entirely):

Here is the full post which also explains what has been happening with the The Sims 4 for so long: http://simsgonewrong.tumblr.com/post...pools-toddlers

But here's the part about removed features, go to the full post to find the hyperlinked sources for each removed thing.

Features Removed or Not Included

No Create-A-Style or Color Wheel —No Create-A-Style Confirmed
No Cut Scenes —Confirmed: No Cut Scenes in The Sims 4
The Sims 4 World is FUBAR: Loading screens between every lot, public spaces can’t be edited in any way, 5 lot maximum per neighborhood and the largest lot size is 50x50. —The Sims 4 Neighborhood
Maximum Build Height: 3 Levels —Graham Nardone
Foundations: No split levels or ability to have different height foundations on a lot. Example: A house built on a foundation and a shed built without a foundation is not possible. —Graham Nardone
No Basements or Circular Stairs —Graham Nardone and Grant Rodiek
No Clothes Shopping —Mini SimGuru Q&A from Twitter
No Grocery Store —Sarah Holding
No Tragic Clown or Social Bunny —Sarah Holding
No Work or School Rabbit Holes. —Sarah Holding (one and two) Personal Note: Isn’t that a feature? Moving on…
No Private School —Graham Nardone
No Woohoo Skill —Meet The Sims 4!
No Toddlers and Pools —Neighborhoods, Weird Moments and More!
No Swimming at all or bathing suits. —Sarah Holding and Graham Nardone
Only 2 Heights: Children and everyone else. Teens, young adults, adults and elders are all the same height —Graham Nardone and Grant Rodiek (Reason: Difficult/Costs too much)
No Story Progression —Sarah Holding and Graham Nardone
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Suspected but not confirmed (Sim Gurus will not answer the many Simmers who have asked.)

No Terrain or Water Tools (flat lots only/ponds are objects)
Can’t place ANY lots; can only change pre-placed lot types (i.e. commercial to residential)
No Ownable Cars (or taxis and school buses): There’s no garages or driveways in the build mode video and in response to a question about transportation: “It doesn’t really make sense to ride one [tram or steamboat] with the way our neighborhoods are set up.” —Trevor Lindsey (Walking to the edge of the lot and teleporting is the only type of “transportation” mentioned so far.)
No Ghosts and Aliens: No clue.

The game will actually be terrible without a lot of those features and I would imagine swimming is probably not available as there's no pools haha. But what can you expect from the company who brought us simcity 2013.
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oK wow i jus only read the line about 2 heights wtf this is practically The Sims (Sims 1) again

[dbgtz]

Don't worry, you can buy this all in future expansion packs and set yourself back another £150.

[Chris]

If thats the case then I'm not buying it.

[Martin]

omg that's awful... It's almost like they're going back in time rather than improving it



I guess my hopes for integrated open for business style tools won't come true



Will stick to sims 2 haha

[Lewis]

Sounds absolutely awful.

[GommeInc]

No-one should pre-order any of the Sims franchise games. The Sims 3 and SimCity are recent examples of games which have been massive let downs for the series. The best thing to do would be to wait for the game to be released, see any real, independent reviews and go from there rather than base it on media hype from EA and idiot fans stupid enough to buy something just for the name rather than for quality, quantity and price.

Personally I would rather see the Sims franchise taken away from EA. It would be difficult for another company to mess up the series any more than EA (and Maxis in the later years) has done so far.

[dbgtz]

No-one should pre-order any of the Sims franchise games. The Sims 3 and SimCity are recent examples of games which have been massive let downs for the series. The best thing to do would be to wait for the game to be released, see any real, independent reviews and go from there rather than base it on media hype from EA and idiot fans stupid enough to buy something just for the name rather than for quality, quantity and price.

Personally I would rather see the Sims franchise taken away from EA. It would be difficult for another company to mess up the series any more than EA (and Maxis in the later years) has done so far.

Or any EA franchise for that matter... Saying that I might make a little exception for Mirror's Edge if there's decent gameplay footage beforehand and no announcement of a ridiculously priced season pass.

As far as Sim City is concerned, there's a potential competitor in the works called CityBound. Development is slow as I believe it's an indie game but it's looking promising.

[Rachel]

I won't bother buying something when they don't bother improving.

[James]

Sounds crap. I'll stick to sims 2

[FlyingJesus]

No customised colouring of stuff is stupid I spend half my build time matching things and making my own colour schemes ugh everything will be ugly without it