User blog comment:Knc1w2h3n4c5t/The Sims 4 is NOT Open World - Thoughts?/@comment-99.249.147.219-20140723164816

I have mixed emotions about these changes.

For one, I am furious about not having an open world. I can't even play Sims 2 anymore because of the stupid lot changes. It's not even the loading screen that bothers me, it's trying to keep an organized schedule while being able to control all my sims- even if they were at different locations. I remember the time freezing a lot in the Sims 2 a lot, how if you went to one place, if you still had family members at home the time would not pass until you came back. This would always screw up my Sim's sleep schedules and infuriated me to no end. I feel like in this day and age, with the technology now, it's simply unacceptable. If Sims 4 had come out after Sims 2 I would probably not have minded because I didn't know any better- but they can't go BACK from where they began it's ridiculous. I feel like they're basing Sims 4 from Sims 2 now because they have almost completely ignored the revolutionary tools of Sims 3 that made us fall in love with it. You would think that the new, less detailed look of the game would make up for the additional animations and programming- but apparently not. I hate to say it but I almost feel now that the people's computers who can't run the Sims 4 might just need to suck it up. If your game crashes, lower the quality. It makes it much easier to play. Sorry, but that's how I feel. I don't even have a rocking awesome computer- I just know I can run the Sims 3 with all my expansions fine, and people that can't might just need to upgrade. *prepares for flamethrowers of death to rain over*