User blog comment:Knc1w2h3n4c5t/The Sims 4 is NOT Open World - Thoughts?/@comment-25404172-20140910064211/@comment-2.111.88.193-20140910140019

Actually no..

Those of us who wishes the open world, the new create a sim features and building features, will still be split between the two games.

Then there is the new graphics too, even though these might not be importants for everybody.