The Sims 4

[karter]

i am so excited

[Catchy]

The sims 3 was terrible. The sims 2 was my fav, I used to play with all the expansions and the custom content and loved it. Wont be getting the sims 4 though or even testing it I doubt... Reason being it's FAR too time consuming, you'll play it and by time you know it HOURS have past.

[Paige.]

The sims 3 was terrible. The sims 2 was my fav, I used to play with all the expansions and the custom content and loved it. Wont be getting the sims 4 though or even testing it I doubt... Reason being it's FAR too time consuming, you'll play it and by time you know it HOURS have past.

sims 2 was my fav too!

i always get excited when they bring out a new sims, i remember my reaction when i first saw sims 3 advertised lol
definitely going to try it out when it's released

[Ashley]

I bought Sims 3 and played it once for about an hour, then never again. I might give this one a shot, though.

[AgnesIO]

I never played Sims 2, which may be why I thought Sims 3 was a good game :L

[Daltron]

I loved the sims 2 seasons + university, my fav. I am a fan of the sims 3 for sure but not as much as sims 2. I am excited to see what is in store

[peteyt]

The sims seem's to be just about trying to sell as many expansion packs these days. I bet a lot of the stuff sims 3 had expansion park wise will not be included in sims 4 so you'll need to buy the packs again only for a new one to be out in a few years time.

[AgnesIO]

The sims seem's to be just about trying to sell as many expansion packs these days. I bet a lot of the stuff sims 3 had expansion park wise will not be included in sims 4 so you'll need to buy the packs again only for a new one to be out in a few years time.

In fairness, by the sim the Sims 4 is out players would have been able to use the Sims 3 for a good 5 years.

[GommeInc]

The sims seem's to be just about trying to sell as many expansion packs these days. I bet a lot of the stuff sims 3 had expansion park wise will not be included in sims 4 so you'll need to buy the packs again only for a new one to be out in a few years time.

They seem to keep pushing the store, too. The prices there are horrendous, yet people still want to use it :/ The Sims and The Sims 2 were popular because EA/Maxis loaded the Expansions with a lot of content which made it worth while, while The Sims 3 seems to be focusing on exclusive, premium store content which could happily of been merged into a few EPs and Stuff Packs.

One of the bundles offers 5,000 Sim Points at £24, which is about 208 per £. To buy the Poker and Roulette content, it will cost about £3.50 which is a lot for two items you will never physically own, let alone when The Sims 4 comes out there is no guarantee EA won't drop the content from their servers, so that's £3.50 lost. One of their latest Dragon Valley worlds which comes with Dragons, a World and some content costs $35, which is quite a lot - that's approaching Expansion Pack price, for so little content, other than Dragons.

Then there's the fact they keep releasing Expansion Packs as Limited Editions for when you pre-order, which means some people who impulse buy must have spent well over £200 if they've bought each EP and the Base Game, and considerably more with Stuff Packs and Store Content. It is a horrendously expensive game, and even more so when you think how buggy and unreliable it is without third party modders.

[peteyt]

In fairness, by the sim the Sims 4 is out players would have been able to use the Sims 3 for a good 5 years.

Yeah but aren't they still releasing stuff? I don't mind some new expansion packs but it feels like their plan is simply to make a similar game to the last main game without the expansion packs so that people will have to buy them if they want their old stuff back. When you buy a new game you expect the same as last time but more and a lot better but it seems they just give less these days.

They seem to keep pushing the store, too. The prices there are horrendous, yet people still want to use it :/ The Sims and The Sims 2 were popular because EA/Maxis loaded the Expansions with a lot of content which made it worth while, while The Sims 3 seems to be focusing on exclusive, premium store content which could happily of been merged into a few EPs and Stuff Packs.

One of the bundles offers 5,000 Sim Points at £24, which is about 208 per £. To buy the Poker and Roulette content, it will cost about £3.50 which is a lot for two items you will never physically own, let alone when The Sims 4 comes out there is no guarantee EA won't drop the content from their servers, so that's £3.50 lost. One of their latest Dragon Valley worlds which comes with Dragons, a World and some content costs $35, which is quite a lot - that's approaching Expansion Pack price, for so little content, other than Dragons.

Then there's the fact they keep releasing Expansion Packs as Limited Editions for when you pre-order, which means some people who impulse buy must have spent well over £200 if they've bought each EP and the Base Game, and considerably more with Stuff Packs and Store Content. It is a horrendously expensive game, and even more so when you think how buggy and unreliable it is without third party modders.

Exactly. I was never a massive fan anyways. I did used to like the original and had some expansion packs but prefer other types of games, mainly First Person Shooters these days. I find now they get boring really quick.

On another note I do feel more people would buy the game if they included more of the expansion stuff from the previous games in the main game or even simply made them compatible e.g. a pet one for sims 3 would work as an expansion pack for sims 4. EA seems to want to stamp out piracy but to me their basically inviting it with their current model.