Sims 4 - Controversy over Commitment

Sims 4 - September 2, 2014

Yep in a little less than fifteen days the Sim community will be seeing the release of this highly publicized supposedly epic game. Now a lot of speculation and uncertainty has surrounded this exceedingly anticipated game. What will it be like? What is and is not going to be in this new version?

What we know for certain is EA has refused to let reviewers and gamers around the world review the game ahead of time. 

 http://www.gamebreaker.tv/news-main/pc-2/ea-isnt-allowing-the-sims-4-to-be-reviewed-until-after-release/

What does this mean?

Via Twitter - Dan Stapleton says the following - 

"Looks like there'll be no The Sims 4 reviews until after it's out. EA tells me no one's getting access ahead of release. I'm nervous."

The article mentions the Sims 4 fiasco and also the deletion of certain key items and/or parts of the game they have taken out such as Create a Style and pools and toddlers. 
 

Will EA add those things back in when they add multiple expacs? Maybe, it's always a possibility. Toddlers and pools probably for sure. But they took Create a Style out for a reason and I think it might be something they continue to leave out. 

To sure, some people are pissed about the major changes to the game and I think in all this negativity, we've forgotten all the things they HAVE added so far. I mean come on, this game is much farther developed than any other Sims. They have much better versatility and have added upgraded UI systems to make the process of building your own house pain free. The graphics themselves look 100% better. I also believe the general direction the Sims franchise wanted to go was less about material things and more about the Sims themselves who now interact with a variety of new objects/sims/and other social interactions thus affection how THEY themselves respond.

Again, what does this mean?

This means smart, more intuitive Sims. This gives you a completely different interaction with your Sim and how they live their lives.  

http://www.thesims.com/game-info/smarter-sims 

New Emotions

You control the mind, body, and now the heart of your Sims. For the first time, you control your Sims emotions. The Sims you create are full of life defined by their unique personalities and their emotions.

Unique Personalities

The Sims you create have big personalities that are uniquely defined by their traits, aspirations and skills. The Sims you create influence what you can do for greater possibilities in the game. 

Now how do you counteract this? How do you find out about this game before you shell out $59.99 or $69.99 for this game?

A couple weeks ago you could sign up through Origin for a free Create a Sim demo but now it's open to the public.

GO forth and make your really weird looking Sims! 

http://www.thesims.com/create-a-sim-demo

Watch me create myself! Sorry for the seriously deplorable audio :(

http://www.twitch.tv/ldysim3/b/559264140

To Continue!

So that's how you can go around (at least a bit) of not having reviews before hand. As you can see in the video I have several things that I detest about their create a Sim process, one being I can't make my forehead larger!!!! But all in all I did like it. It is a bit clunky and the graphics and they way they created the Sims are definitely a little different. But they are still unique and that's the real point of any Sim game right?

Want to pre-order Sims 4?

http://www.thesims.com/

This is not a promotion for Sims 4. I'm not saying go out and buy the game it's going to be so cool yadda yadda. What I am saying is that it's going to be different and as humans we all seem fairly adverse to change. But that doesn't mean the game is going to be terrible. I will be buying it. Maybe I won't like it, maybe I'll love it. That's for me to decide and you will make your own decision.

Go forth! Happy Simming :D