I'm tempted by Sims4 but I know I'd play it for a few hours and probably never go back to it again like the others. I guess I like the idea more than the reality lol.
I think it comes down to the following and the same happened when the The Sims 3 was released (this being slightly worse).
Having everything in the previous game and then merging to a blank canvas of a game (with less features), not many people are going to be happy. Especially when they could have changed the engine to run smoother and more like Sims 3.
I think if this is your first taste for a Sims game, then this will be a fantastic time to start playing, however as the worlds are smaller and more restrictive WITH loading screens, I'd still highly recommend going for Sims 3 instead.
However mooching around again:
#1 - There is already a mod folder in place under EA/The Sims 4/Mods, so this is good to see, as before you needed to manually do this.
#2 - Custom music also has a folder still, however I am not sure how to get it to work, nothing seems to add to the game when the folder has custom music added.
#3 - Roofs are a mystery, you'll place one and then it will just dissapear, you can never see the roof properly when you have a 2 floor hour anyway.
#4 - Placing foundations is a pain, you have to have a room set out and then it can be added, I never dabbled any further with using them as it got a little confusing.
#5 - Landscaping with plants is much much better, before you would normally have to use the 'moveobjects on' cheat to merge plants/trees/rocks to make it look more realistic, in The Sims 4, it seems to do that anyway. (Check my 'Penthouse Paradise' house on Sims 3 to see what I mean with the old way of landscaping).
#6 - Pre-designed rooms are very good, I know the Sims 3 had this but it's done a lot better in 4, make's easy work of planning a house & rooms which you don't have much time to do yourself.
I'll leave my 'reviews' here for now, as it's out at Midnight and everyone can have a proper taster of the game.
I'm still not highly wowed by it, and not looking forward to the price of expansions/everything worth-while. Also annoyed there won't be a world edit tool like before, means worlds themselves are going to be limited now and they're already restrictive!
just had to sign in to origin and it booted in offline mode! Started the game via its desktop icon first which prompted origin to pop up ofc
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