User blog comment:Knc1w2h3n4c5t/The Sims 4 is NOT Open World - Thoughts?/@comment-76.113.65.100-20140903165141

Okay here is the skinny for those of you wondering what all the complaints are about.

CAS...if it is not broke do not fix it. Loading time was the ONLY issue for me. Now, there is a load time, it is less but so are your OPTIONS. Newer hairstyles, definetly nicer, cute clothes, but the limited choices in patterns and colors? Not being able to add highlights to your sims hair? Seriously, THAT is going back to the stone ages....even the Indians knew how to use Indigo! And then you have this new slide tool for body modifications? What was wrong with the old old? It was certainly more user friendly. Sorry but this gal has a big bust and if I want my sim to look like me in any way then she needs the D's.

Now a plus as it is only right to be fair.

The graphics are AMAZING! Seriously, it is more real life than before graphic wise and that I love.

Now on to another con...I can deal with not having an open world but ONLY....if this felt like a mini open world. And we have a tilting camera. I have some visions issues that I was born with. This game is so not vision friendly...and considering it is a game....DUH. You can only see whatever your sim sees, as least that is how my cameras are behaving. And yes I tried switching from these cameras to the sims 3 views, found no difference whatsoever. So if you want to see if a neighbor is home before walking over there, well, forget it, you got to start hoofing it and pray there are. Also, maybe there are some people you want to not meet? Well you will not know it unless you get there. There is one annoying sim in my game, everytime she sees my sim she starts a fight. No matter how far or fast I hoof it to get away from her she hunts me down. Not sure if this is a glitch or what but the second they are within sight of each other my sim gets the pissed off moodlet emotion. Do not want to spend my day working out in the gym or taking cold showers just because my sim ran into this person. Seriously, took three showers and two gym workouts in one day....its is THAT bad! Then you have the issue of no map view whatsoever unless you move your camera and find a spot, if your sim is somewhere that is not close to finding that right spot...then too bad....instead of long loading time you can spend that time in a fight with your mouse to find a spot...took me five minutes once...no kidding. I have a gaming computer that is around four years old...no sim game has ever done this....until now. I think the solution is.....wait for it....give us a map view BUTTON of each neighborhood! Also in the view include the other places we can go to knowing their will be a load time for them and that way you can keep the load times down still but we can also have a USER FRIENDLY button for our own neighborhood! Duh! And how did it not occur to anyone making this game that in order for your family to do separate things the player then has to load each section for them....guess what folks? You got the load times back because while the load times are less if you want a large family...well times that by eight! I feel another duh coming on....:)

Pro time again...the houses seem to be better quality and having rooms alrealy made up for you to just insert is pretty cool. Also not having the stupid foundations to deal with with...SUPER COOL! So a double for build mode but of course it has a con or two...

Con.....build a mode is not exactly user friendly, some is nicer and other parts....meh....again...IF IT WAS NOT BROKE......tweaking....build mode needed tweaking not a total revamp.

Pro.....adoption is pretty nice, at least the kids look reasonable, in my other sims I swear every kid I tried to adopt....well....they all had bad traits and none were even remotely attractive. Not saying I need a barbie and ken but dang, at least one kid could look normal. In this game every kid I seen so far looked like a normal kid...and their traits were not bad either!

Con time.....cannot find out where I can see how my kids or person is doing in school or work....how am I to know what to do to help them move along in work or how long they will be there. For ex. In pevious sims I would make my sim work hard for the first half of the day and meet or talk with my co-workers to improve the relationships and also satisify solcial needs as well as help promote them in the career at a reasonably helathy rate...but thus far...cannot find a screen that shows me where to watch their progress or how long they will be there or what their needs are to advance at work. For instance, again, in the strategy guide it shows that a girl is wanting to move up in her job and knows the next step will to use the programmer stuff on the computer...HOW DOES SHE KNOW THAT? Where oh where does it show her that? If i have missed it please someone tell me where to look? And to think I have a strategy guide....still could not find it.

Pro time....and well con time....the toddler thing....yes there were times when teaching your toddler was a pain but if you had the walker and playpen and swing...you know all the things you REALLY would have then it was like real life...it had some good stuff there folks, it allowed you the chance to really interact with your children as you REALLY would...it allowed you time to BOND...did no one notice that your relationship with your child enhanced from those moments of teaching to walk and talk and potty train? However, there is a thing such as taking it too far....and well when your house catches on fire TWENTY-THREE times in five minutes of real time.....how the heck are you supposed to teach the kid anything? Which brings me to our next con...

If there is no firefighting profession yet then why does our homes catch on fire? Seriously? Already in my new game my home caught fire four times, I played for four hours at that time! WTH? I realize we are asking for real life experiences but what idiot thought having your home catch fire and no firefighters to put it out would be more entertaining rather than us not being allowed to raise our own babies? And....if this game was made to give you more time for your sim then why house fires...they are nothing but a negative experience and a time sucker. There is no genuine need or entertainment value of a home catching fire, only sheer nuisance. One house fire per game...maybe! Twenty-three? Four? Really?

Pro....better houes, defintely better applicances, in the other games a newner house did not give you much upgrade in appliances,,, this one does. Its pretty cool.

Con....give your sim something to eat it does not fill up their hunger....I understand we will get hungry again but my sims have to eat two meals to fill up their hunger bars....talk about another time sucker.

BIG PRO....while it took forever to download it does take a whole lot less time for the game itself to load up and begin...I love that! This really is a big plus in the pro department.

BIG CONS....price,,,very, very basic feeling. I love SIMS...serioously I love these games and own every single one except fo rthe Katy Perry...sorry but I am no teeny bopper. :) The price is too much, the game is way to basic....I understand this is the BASE GAME....and part of the problem that everyone has is that we gamers are coming off from Sims 3 with all the add ons....but remember the basic game itself was fairly basic....hence...base game. But still, for this price, it does feel a lot like going back in time in the games. The cons far outweigh the pros at this point and for those of us who placed their trust in Maxis and Origin we feel truly let down and conned out of our money. Not exactly the customer service feeling I think they were going for. Hopfuly not anyway. I have played close to fifteen years....I am a die harder sims players but have to admit after this fiasco, if Maxis and Origin does not offer credits back to people who paid the outrageous price to be put towards DLC...or add ons whatver you want to call them then this will most likely be my last game I purchase from them period. This household works HARD for their money....I do not like the feeling of being conned and a huge part of me when playing the game is left with the feeling that I was conned. They need some add ons quick and some placating to their customers feelings.

My overall advice....wait a few months to see if the price goes down and if they bring out add ons that make the game worth playing. Two worlds? Like the neighborhood idea but hate the no map views...still cannot figure out how to travel to a new neighborhood without using my phone for traveling...or unless I am next to one and click on it...so not fun. Have not seen a car....or motorcycle...More user friendly with kids....Maybe toddlers or a place to drop off child care instead of havng a sitter come to your home...Upgrades in CAS for hair and clothing options...a quick button or click for traveling within your neighborhood and option to see the other places in town...and give back a camera tilt! Not everyone sees the same way. I prefer looking down at my sims in their homes, I hate only having the option of seeing through with walls down...how am I supposed to appreciate the lovely decor on my sims walls if I have walls down? I know I can place walls up but my camera moves make it hard to see what my sim is doing since the camera does not tilt. Not sure what idiot thought that was okay to lose....but they need fired. Seriously, of all the things....has no one noticed that the people who play the sims is kind of like a God to their sims, we control their every move and look down on them to see what they do.....why take away our God view?

Sign me, Goddess to my Sims...;)