Hate and love - as in the game as well as over game

Each tales typically begin with a "Once upon a time". Each Sims game got its start in the creation of his first budget, so you do not want to use pre-made or created by other Sims.
And here the innovation hammer strikes to equal vigorously. The typical slider with whom one has previously put together the desired faces are almost completely disappeared and ensure nurnoch of how fat or muscular the Sim to be. Instead, the player may continue to directly lay their hands on his Sims and his face, but also manage to pluck even the body itself. Simply a specific area click and drag with the mouse. These developers have managed to create the spaces so that you get easily remarkable results. Once you overcome the initial fear of contact once, you find yourself then soon in this new way of creation and is delighted at last also the body to process and some of Barbie to Conan almost anything is possible. The newly added course types and the exaggerated comic graphics together with appropriate animation can create a very memorable characters.

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Where's the style?

The character creation is a prime example of the feel of a Sims 3 player. Actually, I would have to cheer me imagine in heaven character creation and the world must embrace, but ...
in Sims 3, I had created an Asian Sim that struck above all by its tresses. The Asian was (as well as other ethnic origins) pleasingly simple to implement by some templates already very close came the. But when coloring the hair came the first big step backwards.
The beloved tool to get his desired hair color has been thrown into disarray. Where I once could adjust hairline, lace and strands in addition, there is now only a single color. Highlights only exist if it is part of the hair and are then not even set. The hair color pool is limited to a small handful of colors, L'Oreal and Co remain the Sims denied apparently.
I grit my teeth and go on. After all, the hairstyles are very beautiful in itself, partly almost a bit too much. Where hard to come good hairstyles in other games, you have to give more effort here a Sim to create apparently not much there to look again.
Fortunately, I was prepared by reports in advance on some, otherwise the next realization would have probably cut away the jaw: The "Create-a-style" mode no longer exists.
Where could any clothing with any patterns and colors provided in the predecessor, restricts a new Sims again in choosing a. No self-selectable pattern and only a weak pre-defined color palette, for a paintbox already would be too great - individuality is different.
In addition to the appearance must be given a personality each Sim also. The life desire was replaced by the aspiration. Some Sims strive for family, others by popularity or creativity. Most efforts can be specialized again. The aspiration "creativity", for example, go towards music, books or paintings.
In addition to the effort one may even three - at younger Sims less - features from our department "emotional", "social", "hobby" and "lifestyle". That's per age group a feature less than its predecessor, but can be extended by fulfilling its aspiration to a particular property.

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A Train

If one has created his desire household, one must choose between two worlds. Oasis Springs is in accordance with the name a little oasis in the desert, Willow Creek, however, captures the charm of an American suburb, a nice.
The worlds are made of so-called 5 neighborhoods (and a park as the sixth neighborhood), which in turn contain up to 5 plots. As usual, you can move into an existing home, or build your own house. Since the Häuslebau is an important part of the game experience, we opt for something unique.
The inclined Simveteran will stand lost at first glance something. The view of the bottom of the screen lacks the familiar interface. Only when Looking Up travels he begins to understand that was remodeled and cleaned up properly.
At the top are now the most important functions, as well as the building mode. If you click it to open at some point gewohnterer the menu with the construction and purchase options.
The construction has been extended by some functions. Rooms are practically recognized and can be expanded individually, walls are now allowed, if necessary, a little vary in height and houses can also find some pretty curves to be missed. For the very lazy, can now be whole room copy or buy fully furnished and if you have your home placed accidentally on the wrong plot, you push it up as a whole as desired about. The omission of swimming pools and the flat land covered here not too great weight.
Full of energy so the house is built. In the windows comes a small Ahamoment - they can be variably placed in height. This practical new dimension in the placement is also evident in other on the walls placeable objects.
In buying mode, furniture let for rooms or functions grouped Show. Anyone familiar with numerous addons will be probably a little disappointed in the somewhat limited choice, but that is all right for a major game and almost only good-looking furniture in the most modern design offers - only to outdoor activities I would have liked a little more objects. Disturbing proves the problem of character creation: everything is limited to a very small range of colors and can not be adjusted as desired.
The landline telephone has now been replaced by the final Smartphone, technical devices have now far more realistic jumps in the price and match the design for the most part commercially available devices. To the hearth we may now miss a hood and instrumental there this time next to the guitar also piano and violin. At the microphone aspiring comedians may put their skills or inability to prove. The construction / purchase mode is thus quite successful, if you can look past the color problem.

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On the life

I have already mentioned that you can play the game as well? A house inhabited wants, to know a neighborhood and a world to be explored. Particularly long do not need my Sims to find your way in the small home.
It is true that family Sakura consisting still unusual provisions many reserves from the construction, but rather from the sporting Kensuke and his little sister Asuya than worrying afterwards. Asuya must press a little to school, must therefore go Kensuke buy. Sims Sims would not be were it not for a small range of occupations. Among other things, there is now innately the profession of programmer, a profession to be Earth's Asuya computer will ever remember.
However Kensuke may prove as special agent. He is very athletic and like to be outside, but it should with the Hollywood image of an agent in perfect harmony. But the professions are finally become a little trickier again and so Kensuke must first go through the computer in a database and later even compelled to learn programming. Asuya is therefore not quite so happy, after all, there is only one PC in the house.

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Emotions

Emotions play now at all a much greater role than ever before. Through the character of Sims and Sims get through interactions namely moods. You may be bored, angry, energetic and even more. Depending on your mood, the wishes of the Sims, the gestures, the way you walk and the automatic actions change.
Asuya had a bad day at school and is acidic. with pounding steps, and grim it goes to the refrigerator and takes what the macaroni has cooked her brother. Of course, it beats the refrigerator door loudly. As Kensuke appeals while eating, she snaps her loyal caring brother for no reason.
A couple of games on the computer later, she has forgotten the school day and babbles while playing merrily with Kensuke.
Yes, the Sims have finally become multitasking and can continue their conversations now also during other activities. This is also necessary, the smartphone has changed the lives of the Sims. Feel the Sims compelled to have time necessarily look at their cell phone during the conversation as in real life. But not only that, the talks can now be much larger. In the bar or at a party can now sit together many Sims and participate in the same discussion. A long overdue change that brings a lot more dynamics in the interactions of which now can be held in a sitting position even more.
Despite multitasking and team spirit, however, there are still major breaks occur when a Sim considering his next activity so that it for several minutes Sim just standing around just stupid from time to time.

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New freedoms, new restrictions

Not every decision in game design can so delight as the new dynamics. Sims 3 for the first time resulted in a large, freely explorable neighborhoods in the main game. You could freely out of his house to the cinema, to work, to the supermarket and addon to addon, there were more and more leisure activities beyond the four walls.
Here you have Sims 4 missed the most violent incision. The worlds now consist of 5 neighborhoods (+ a large park) with up to 5 land. This would result in the optimal case 25 plots, in the real case, again less. A park, a bar, a lounge, a museum - so are all the public lands ticked.
Apparently they wanted to prevent the Lagprobleme of its predecessor. From this point of this design decision was a huge success. But if you want between the EA "pulsating" advertised as neighborhoods change comes a loading screen. If you want to visit another house within the neighborhood is a loading screen. Of course, then let them play only the Sims who visit each house. The folks back home Sims will have to manage on their own.
When the one active household visited, but life pulsates actually, because by chance passing almost the whole village at the house. But that's the only advantage of this extreme incision. The world nurnoch focuses on the current center of the action, feels no longer homogeneous at, nurnoch offers few places that are worth visiting.
Modifications will expand the game in many areas, here the evil sits too deep in the core anchored than that you can change it. Here you can try to find a compromise between neighborhood size and ability to run the game just the developers - believe I did not do it.

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Conclusion

It's sad to see when a beloved game brings so many meaningful improvements, but this return is even more steps. Great, improved interactions, stylish graphics and the smoothest gaming experience the series in years hits severe cutbacks in existing freedoms and a Zerhackstückelung a still completely open in the previous game world.
I feel as if someone gave me a delicious ice cream. Then I bumped into someone and the delicious ice has fallen on the dirty floor. Now I am left to look at the nurnoch Eismann whether he still again gives me a delicious ice cream.

Score: 71 points

(This review is a few hours of play experiences and basically is optionally extended by new findings)