What Happened to The Sims?

SketchStone

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Many thanks for the feedback everyone, it has been very interesting reading other folks' viewpoints and experiences. Of course there was so much more that I could have said, but I would have had sore fingers by the time I was done, so I had to pick and choose what I saw as the most pressing issues.

As someone rightly pointed out, Origin is an unpleasant problem, and one which has irked me greatly (it is good to discover that I am not alone in this). I too resent having to install it as part of a patch, just to be able to continue fixing my game in the future. No wonder the install figures are so high, because it has essentially been forced on unwilling gamers in order that their games can be bug-fixed.

@DeathQuaker - You make many good points about the expansions and the rabbit holes and I quite agree. I much preferred the expansions in Sims 2, with University and Open For Business representing my favourites. As such, Sims 3: Ambitions felt like a watered down version of OFB, and with no Uni in sight, I'm more than disillusioned with Sims 3's EP roster.

@Lightspeaker - you are quite right... so many great games and, indeed, studios, have sadly been damaged, from C&C and the pending Sim City, back to Bullfrog and the now long gone Westwood Studios. As much as I lust after a sequel to Mirror's Edge, I am also afraid to see what it would end up like. With the recent news that C&C Generals 2 has now been morphed into an online game, my hope has faded immensely for the titles I'm still interested in.
 

LadyDeadly

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I used to love the sims! Id play it for hours and hours and hours . . it might've been the reason i took summer school. But now its nowhere near the same. its just so depressing really. Downhill slopes n all.
 

scw55

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I play Sims2 because the price for Sims3 is like £40 still (after 4 years). And expansions I dread to think.

At least with Sims2 the most I spend for an expansion is £10 which is a good deal imo.
 

pilouuuu

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The problem is that they are just remaking things from previous games. They added some cool stuff like horses, fairies and acrobats, but new ideas like farms, zoos, circus, etc are needed to make the game fun again.

Also the engine can't cope with the open neighbourhood well. Save games grow bigger than 1 Gb at times and even if we don't have the loading screen, the game needs a lot of time to load. The engine needs to be remade from scratch for The Sims 4.

I think the game is getting better with expansions like Supernatural and Seasons, but this iteration could have been so much more if it didn't try to be The Sims 2 in an open neighbourhood.