Comments on: Community Blog: The Sims 4 Animations

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 19:29:02 +0000

Here’s another article about animations if anyone is interested.
http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/09/sims-4-animations-and-multitasking.html

By: Awesomemarc

Awesomemarc — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:11:10 +0000

Well said Stanley.

By: Awesomemarc

Awesomemarc — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:09:41 +0000

You said, “It’s annoying to constantly get excuses about how how difficult making the game was when there is so much lacking from it”, which I took to mean that in your view the animations were easy to produce and the developers are simply making excuses for the things the game lacks in the blog post. I apologize if that isn’t what you meant.

By: mglee061

mglee061 — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:23:34 +0000

wow I like that, wish sims 4 one was so great.

By: Evie

Evie — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:06:48 +0000

The Sims 4 character creator is super but this, this is just Awesomeperfectsuperultraultimate character creator. I just love it!

By: Stanley Meaders

Stanley Meaders — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:25:07 +0000

I’m more inclined to call this work different then either superior or inferior. The entire focus has shifted away from making as broad a world as possible to making characters(sims) who are as diverse as they can make them while still offering the home building and item interactions.

I remember when the sims 3 first launched and how limited it felt relative to the sims 2. It takes time to really start to appreciate all the work and hidden content that reveals itself over the course of various multiple game play sessions. I’m honestly excited to see how the interactions between sims will work out. Prior to 4 things were interesting early on, but as game play progressed characters became very predictable and routine.

We know for instance that not only the personalities but also the moods of various sims can and will effect changes in how our own sims behave and feel. Meaning that for any given starting point things can end up going several different ways depending on how the simulation chooses to mix things up.

Every thing you’ve mentioned above while yes they were fun to play around with for a while, also took their toll on system performance. And while you may or may not have personally experienced this issue, clearly many simmers have. It makes sense that they want this title to run smoothly on as many systems currently in use as possible. Especially given the issues introduced via Island Paradise and Into the future.

And so CLEARLY, this is a different game with a focus that has shifted in a new direction. And I for one plan to have fun with it.

By: Cavia porcellus

Cavia porcellus — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:24:27 +0000

1) Toddlers – boring and useles watered down from The Sims 2.
2) Pools – same as Sims 2 base game, serves as eye candy otherwise.
3) Shorter Teens – at least where I live teens are actually taller than adults, but I can get this.
4) There was an open world – which is empty and boring, unless you used mods to make it less.
5) Swimming/swimwear – same as pools, and I won’t be heartbroken to see Sims without trunks or bikinis in TS4.
6) 64×64 – fair point, especially good for community lots. Again, if swimming pools had more purpose this would be a nice lot for an aqua park.
7) Story progression – it still exists in the sense of aging, unless you miss the game making major decisions without you.
8) Family trees – I’ll miss this too.
9) Babies – I don’t know what you meant with outings, but I agree that the tied-to-the-crib thing is annoying.
10) CASt – Pretty much the only things TS3 base game had that was unique and was not broken.

While The Sims 4 limited a lot of things, it’s superior to TS3 because it actually adds content and gameplay. TS3 might not have exist if so many animations weren’t copied over. Out all of 4 games, TS3 is the emptiest. It’s nothing more than eye-candy (not in my eyes) and a storytelling device – not meant for fun gameplay.

By: deibreak

deibreak — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 05:41:48 +0000

In your opinion it is superior, I don’t personally measure how good or bad a game is based on the number features it has, but that is just me I guess.

By: Er2121

Er2121 — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:57:51 +0000

I never said it was easy, and not for one second would I believe it to be. And I am not a trained professional in the field, so it would be unlikely that I could create a video game, mr. witty.
Anyway, after a second read, it doesn’t seem to be as negative as I had believed it to be. I was viewing this article in conjunction with one posted a week or two ago about swimming pools, and the two together just didn’t sit right with me initially.

By: Pedro Vasconcelos

Pedro Vasconcelos — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:47:33 +0000

Well, they’re trying to make it more accessible than Sims 3 was.
Not everyone upgrades their PC to a newer one that often, like the USA and Europe do (I think). Countries like Brazil, for instance, are more partial to mending what’s broken and keeping old stuff (Or getting used stuff and giving stuff away). I for instance kept the same cellphone for 8 years until it broke completely. Many people I know had the same PC for a long time and wouldn’t want to upgrade it only for Sims 4. It’s more about cultural differences than financial though.
They’re probably trying to cater to this kind of people.