Comments on: Electronic Arts Releases “The Sims 4 Bust the Dust Kit”

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 21:01:00 +0000

I have enough trouble cleaning my own house you got to be kidding if you ever cleaned anything you would not want this kit.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:31:00 +0000

MICROTRANSACTIONS WITH A CUTE NAME.

By: Ⓜarty

Ⓜarty — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:12:00 +0000

Personal taste aside, the dust system is arguably very broken. Not by bugs though. It’s plagued by some rather questionable design. Modders have already toned it down, as Runaway Gecko mentioned.

By: Forest Ninja

Forest Ninja — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:12:00 +0000

You can ask the same question for everything since base: “What good are these packs if we get one good object, and need to disable/re-tune/hack everything else?”

By: A Certain Runaway Gecko

A Certain Runaway Gecko — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:32:00 +0000

1) I stopped spending money on this game years ago, so that part personally doesn’t apply to me

2) I’d still like the core features; the different vacuum cleaners and the fact that there’s dust now to clean (well, only from the floor, so it’s somewhat half-baked as is)

3) Disabling or toning down the above list of things doesn’t take much away from the core gameplay offered

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 07:43:00 +0000

What was the point in buying it if you just want to disable almost all of it’s features?

By: A Certain Runaway Gecko

A Certain Runaway Gecko — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:12:00 +0000

Thankfully, the ever so wonderful Zero just released some mods on their Patreon page that disables the obnoxious dust bunnies, the clean buffs, slows down dust accumulation, and even the sparkles!

By: Simbo Dad

Simbo Dad — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:42:00 +0000

For me there’s this morbid fascination with gazing into the abyss of EA’s greed these days, just trying to wrap my head around the true meaning of the word bottomless. I also seem to periodically enjoy picking apart terrible design decisions a bit too much and The Sims 4 is an easy target because I know the franchise like no other (while it also happens to be filled to the brim with said type of decisions).

By: Giant Simbo Dad

Giant Simbo Dad — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:18:00 +0000

I seriously recommend against buying this one (as well). The gameplay is extremely obnoxious. Rooms either sparkle all over or they gather dust, which of course they do really fast. With a household of 6 Sims expect to have one of them obsessively vacuum clean twice a day. Cleaning a whole floor takes a few Sim minutes of them doing an animation in one spot but it’s about as fun and impactful as watching them drink water.They also tend to continue to clean for longer for some extra clean buff regardless of whether they have the neat trait or not. In between giving in to their OCD Sims keep the device in their inventory so don’t expect them to neatly put it back in storage for a sense of realism or anything. Of course the mechanic also constantly adds moodlets as if the game wasn’t enough of a nail bomb of those as was. Dust bunnies can spawn in corners where you can’t interact with them. The aspirations are a nice try at ingratiating players but living in a clean house makes absolutely no sense as a one-time goal and living in a dirty one, well, doesn’t make sense at all. I honestly expect that by far most people will end up disabling this one faster than you can say laundry day or “People Sim” lifestyle, unless they happen to have a hoover fetish like the Sims themselves seem to do maybe.

It all just adds to the feeling that this game has become some kind of crammed, filthy hoarder house that the developers just keep stuffing with more junk. Its many tedious gameplay elements added over the years left to gather dust in some unfinished, unbalanced beta stage.

By: Giant Simbo Dad

Giant Simbo Dad — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:54:00 +0000

I seriously recommend against buying this one (as well). The gameplay is extremely obnoxious. Rooms either sparkle all over or they gather dust, which of course they do really fast. With a household of 6 Sims expect to have one of them obsessively vacuum clean twice a day. Cleaning a whole floor takes a few Sims minutes of them doing an animation in one spot but it’s about as fun and impactful as watching them drink water. They also tend to continue to clean for longer for some extra clean buff regardless of whether they have the neat trait or not. In between giving in to their OCD Sims keep the device in their inventory so don’t expect them to neatly put it back in storage for a sense of realism or anything. Of course the mechanic also constantly adds moodlets as if the game wasn’t enough of a piñata of those as was. I honestly expect that by far most people will end up disabling this one faster than you can say laundry day or “People Sim” lifestyle, unless they have a hoover fetish or something.

It just adds to the feeling that The Sims 4 is like a drowned corpse drifting around in an increasingly bloated stage. Its many tedious gameplay elements added over the years left to gather dust in some unfinished, unbalanced beta stage.