User blog comment:LostInRiverview/Monthly Question - September 2014/@comment-4136655-20140904160209

Honestly I only liked the Create-a-Sim and the updated graphics. I really wish EA kept the open world concept from The Sims 3 in it. The game also feels empty (I'm not sure exactly why, but it does). I don't so much mind the Create-a-Style being left out (I very rarely used in the Sims 3), except for hair (I did use it occassionally for hair colors). I just feel like this is something that EA missed. It just feels really empty with the lack of an open world, it doesn't feel like a Sims game to be honest.