Comments on: The Sims 4: “We’re more like 98.5% done”

By: wolfsilveroak

wolfsilveroak — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:24:16 +0000

Two months out they should be completely finished with actually building the game and into debugging/beta testing.

But then, this IS EA we’re talking about.}:/

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 05:25:43 +0000

People want more information to decide IF they want to spend 60-70 dollars on this in many ways very stripped down version of what we already have. I keep looking for news to make me want to want it more, but as more news comes out we are getting less and less IMO.

And for EA to think they can wipe out a year of marketing this game poorly in the month before it releases is dreaming. The barn door is open and the cows have left or are leaving fast and most that have left will not be back.

EA has totally missed the mark in the promotion of this game.

By: SimplySimazing

SimplySimazing — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:38:04 +0000

The way you are sick of seeing certain posts, I am sick of seeing ones like THIS, that KEEP trying to “tell others to stop”….unless you own the site, it’s not your say to tell others what to post either.
It IS in fact rude, to dictate to others what to post just because you don’t like it, etc.
I’ve seen posts that had straight out cursing of vulgar words, yet somehow they don’t get banned.
Nothing you or I can do about that. Only the site owners.

I will also keep repeating what I dislike the most about what’s shown of Sims 4 : the water not being clear, & no swimming of any kind…

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:45:22 +0000

Reading the comments I want to address many of you who think complaining will change anything: you’re not going to add or remove major features of a game this close to launch by whining on a comment section on a website. I agree the marketing for this game is messed up, and we should have more info by now. I also agree many of the sims core audience is getting impatient and are losing interest in the game. However, don’t think that complaining is really going to change anything. The only way EA will listen is if no one buys the game at launch – then they will possibly look back and think “gee maybe we did do something wrong”. Please, stop complaining and jumping to conclusions. Once the game is out, and you’ve played it first hand, and you still hate it. then by all means complain to EA all you want and hopefully they will listen.

Also, to all of you who keep spreading the “no toddlers” rumor, stop. They have already confirmed there will be the same age groups as TS3 so don’t jump to any conclusions just because we haven’t seen them yet.

Also, to those saying you’re not going to buy the game anymore, I call BS. You’re on a fan site browsing the comment sections, of course you’re going to buy the game.

I don’t mean for this to come off as rude or arrogant, I’m just getting annoyed with all these rumors and people getting too impatient thinking they deserve something. I get it, you’re a huge fan of the series and you’re very eager to learn more about the new installment, but a little self control goes a long way. We have TWO months left, and a very huge gaming convention right around the corner. More will be revealed, I promise you. Patience my friend, patience.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:48:23 +0000

Unless they really pull something out of the bag now, and I mean something so fantastic that my eyes explode, they’re going to be in trouble. The fans are already very wound up, and half aren’t bothering to pre-order. If we don’t get a demo before release, I’ll be hopping on youtube watching the sorry souls that bought it off the cuff playing it! Only then can I decide if it’s worth that money! All we want is a short demo, it’s not so much to ask if they are claiming the game is ‘in a good place’ ! Gamescom needs to have something other than CAS or emotions. I think we get the message now…

By: KelseyAnne

KelseyAnne — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:53:19 +0000

There are toddlers. All the life stages have been confirmed just as in The Sims 3. They just haven’t shown pictures. k

By: sim27

sim27 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:52:49 +0000

But it DOES matter to speak up your mind about the way they are lying and marketing the game. If everybody just said oh well thats great, the world we live in would be horrible. You HAVE to let a big big multi million. Company like EA know, that you are not okay with the way they do things. It does help to voice your opinion on things, we have to. 🙂 and the way im doing it, is to not preorder or buy the game on release date, and maybe not buying it at all. But my point is, we should make it clear if a company is running this bad, and that goes for many things in life. Do not just stand there and get run over by a big company … that i used to love by the way 🙂 let them know how you are feeling, and by not buying the game and promoteting a boycut like i do, is something that EA can relate to. They need to see numbers faling before they would ever change. 🙂 Have a wonderful sunday. 🙂

By: sim27

sim27 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:42:59 +0000

You have a valid point there my friend. Oh dear lord, it cant even handle five lots… i pray that they know what they are doing, but i would not hold my breath. 🙁
I was so in love with this game, and it hurts my sim heart that im not in love with the sims 4 at all. They ruiend it.
And i have a feeling that all your sims can do when you create them, is having a party, go to work, (in a even more annoying way than sims 3, now they just dissapear) and have a baby thhat u can feed with a white bottle yyyaaayyy… not, 🙂 go to a community lot and look around, maybe get pregnant and married. But we get a lot of emotions, …… i just aint feeling this game.

By: Eatchees

Eatchees — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 06:07:42 +0000

apparently there is a rumour floating around that the loadscreens are long and there is crashing.

By: Srikandi

Srikandi — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:50:30 +0000

See, to me the marketing hype should not be affecting your decision to buy or not one way OR the other. The only thing that ought to matter is whether you think you’ll enjoy PLAYING the game. And you form that decision based on your knowledge of your own gameplay preferences, together with the information about the game you can gather from reliable sources. Reliable sources being, in general, NOT anything put out by the company that’s making the game… but information provided by other players. If that means waiting until the game comes out to decide, there is really no problem with that, though I fully expect there’ll be some more hands-on reports from players before release.

I basically feel that people on both sides of the TS4 question give far too much importance to marketing… just as “hype” is a bad reason to buy a game, it is also a bad reason NOT to buy it. Folks are treating the marketing as though it WERE the product. It isn’t.