User blog comment:LostInRiverview/Thoughts on the end of Maxis - and other/@comment-2130064-20100617154827

I can totally relate to your rant. I feel the same way about Maxis and the creation of The Sims. In the past the game was a complete satire to our human lifestyles and ways of being, in this planet. It was a joke that you could manipulate and entertain yourself with.

The Sims 2 was a direct sequel for the awesome game I played as a kid. Specially at the beginning and pretty much till "Pets" arrived. But I can also understand that the new team wanted to make a difference from the original game, but they ended up causing a huge impact with The Sims 2 franchise. Changing a lot of things and creating new ones, some which were loved and some which were hated.

With The Sims 3 there's a total differentiation from the original game. Surprisingly enough it was very well accepted, although the lack of some features left some gamers disappointed, but that's what "The Sims" franchise is all about. You buy a new expansion pack to get more things, but you end up getting less than half, comparing to the expansion packs from The Sims that feel so complete...

Things change... and there are a lot more things I can point, but I don't really feel like doing it.