a completely open world like in Sims 3 does not exist anymore. There are 2 worlds, each with several small open neighborhoods. The load times between the neighborhoods fall with me but very short.
The most painful for me is the lack of cars and thus coming garages. Without them, the houses look a bit dreary for me.
The much criticized in advance graphics I find, however well done and very appropriate for a Sims game.
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I always find it amazing how people buy at the present time a PC / console game without time to gather information before 2 seconds on the internet about it. If I here so some reviews regarding reading. Infants, pools, etc. I have really almost laughed. About missing content has now been truly been reported from all fan sites and in the press for weeks and months before release and discussed.
In this sense
Happy Games