The new step of the Sims developers

It's hard for me to write a review because I'm caught between good and bad. I have all the Sims games played by 1 to 4 and can say that I now have the feeling Sims 4 would compare in content with 1. (In fact, however, there were in Sims 1 more choices). A kind of three better looking Sims. 1

But let us play to the Compare to old:

~ Minimum Requirements ~
The last time I played Sims 3 on my laptop (2 years old, Sony Vaio) and has always been a little annoyed that it jerky and some even had a very long loading times of the cities. This problem I have with Sims 4 suddenly no more. The game invites not only fast, but also about the switches from neighborhood to neighborhood work without major delays. To Sims 2, which has at least significantly improved, because there you really go long in the loading screen. I do not mind really, that there are no interactive large neighborhood more. Because generally run at my home in Sims 4 enough people along to those to talk. I myself have had the experience that one is rarely actually walked through the entire neighborhood to come to one place (in Sims 3). The time that one. So in Sims 3 so spent sitting in a car to drive to point B, you bridged here with a loading screen (really takes very little time at my minimum requirement) This is a point that was very frustrating for players who can afford no Powerful computer / laptop for me.

~ Create Sims ~
Many have heard it, many have surely seen in Youtube. Create a Sims has been completely revised. I think it is at this point, however, a bit sad that you suddenly can select only three characteristics for its Sims. Maybe it is due to the new feature that Sims can have feelings and therefore the complexity of the behavior of the Sims has risen. However, I leave it open for me, it's a rather negative aspect to Sims 3. What is new are the gaits and push the round of body proportions. This makes actually pretty fun and allows you can make some repairs to his Sims. The opinion that there are fewer clothes than before, I can not support. I compare it in this case with Sims 3 (standard without extensions). There one could clearly notice that there were fewer choices of hairstyles, clothes and co. This has partly not necessarily improved with enhancements. However, I am of the opinion that it is ultimately not busy for hours at Sims so, every day to choose new clothes, but that's at least one mainly always busy interacting with other Sims or improve his job performance. The point seems therefore not to make relevant to be about ideas to buy the game for me.

~ Create a House / Plot ~
This area was a small Challenger me. It was quite irritating how one could extend everything and this was a completely new interface right. However, it has fallen to me, that you could copy spaces completely or simply inserting them somewhere. That certainly has advantages and also brings less trouble constantly using to build a new house. Because generally it was always very long busy rooms to build, to remember that they do not fit in there and then demolish again. That will at least now easier. What is, however, I noticed that there really much choices missing. It has generally less Tape tablets and floors. This is actually not so nice to be able to live creatively. Obviously the developers have rather their strength in the emotions of the Sims stuck as in the Umgebungdeko. (I myself but all the floors / Tape tablets etc. found that I was always used in Sims 3, so I was really happy to the effect). Personally, I have also regestriert that some other items no longer exestieren. However, this is not necessarily bad (it is about the one stirs the Sims absofort their dishes by hand, wash them in the dishwasher decency to ask). There are also positive to come new objects, such as the ability to play the piano, the violin, a rocket and more. These items are mainly for as expand the capabilities of the Sims. Previously you could for example, in Sims 3 just hacking if you had chosen the property to be computer nerd. Now, this ability can be learned by anyone who chooses "Programming practice" on the computer. This course automatically falls away and the property of the computer nerds. I think in this case, the developers have tried to keep the Sims more generally, so that you can try out many cool features in the course of the game. You can choose many things to learn and be without being restricted by that time the skills you commit. It has advantages that one is all but also the disadvantage that the Sims are not necessarily specifically.

~ Growing up ~
In my last explanation I was always a little poise and tried everywhere something positive can still be seen. However, on this point I really want to say that I was very disappointed. Immediately after a Sims brings a child into the world, you can actually nothing do with this child. The precursor "toddler", it no longer exists. So you are not even capable of the child "Talk", "Running" or teach like. At the same time you can click on the right after birth it is "older". Thus, it can be equal to a child. I've actually always found the point of the infant very nice (of course there are also people who were annoyed them because toddlers have claimed much more nervous), but you completely deleted the part out, I actually was not so nice.

~ The Sims and their personality ~
This is actually a very nice point but is still running slightly buggy. Although I have already received the first update today, but this was not necessarily better. The Sims behave even verpeilt something. I do not know if it's noticed the developers before ... or whether there has really sit down and someone noticed what the Sims fabricate sometimes. Perhaps we should simply time to sit there a player who gambles the game before. The Sims are sometimes inexplicably and go with their food the place at the table. In addition, they also like to change their beds. After dispute they hide in some cases even below the ceiling (I have all the time thinking who does something in this world). The moods of the Sims sometimes hang for more. So is he Sims at first badly, the next but everything seems to be good again. Inexplicably, there are then moments where they have feelings that arise from situations where you actually do not expect it. Of course, it's fun to watch all this, but I'm still not sure if I really like.

~ ~ Career
Here was something else as held earlier. There are not really many career opportunities, but very special. For example, a secret agent or an astronaut. I do not know if I can find this point is good or bad. However, something new, it brings with it, and it is always busy to improve the "job performance". Through opportunities for advancement in his job one gets unlocked new items. What's really cool and probably not very difficult, but that's fine. One can at least try everything once.

~ Conclusion ~
After long explanations, I would like to write in my conclusion that one should not try to see everything negatively. The developers have put a lot of effort to try again the Sims 4 to miss another touch. I have read many reviews that it would no longer be the Sims. But when we look back again to the other parts can be seen actually to create something totally new, no deterioration, but the attempt. The Sims 1 time were very limited. You could cram his house, marry and many cots stored in his house (that's it). In Sims 2, there was a significant graphical changes and some new features that were really fun. The expansion in Sims 3 on the large neighborhood was naturally a highlight and funny area, but if you're honest with yourself, as you sit at 99% during the week (when the Sims work) at his home or work. The one sure way then need to run a great city in which everything moves, changes, or similar I think is a waste of computer resources. In Sims 4 saves it tidy. The neighborhoods are of course kept clear, but also by the game runs a lot smoother. The environment is changing but still. Other Sims age and also you can go in a short loading screen to another land. Although the selection is not great here. But it bothered me more in Sims 3 that you always got saddled the compulsion to have to go out, because the Sims were crazy when they sat for too long indoors. Now you can sit in peace and quiet indoors, improve his skills and when you feel like you go outside. The environments are really very interesting to discover. Perhaps not the spannsten, but we are also not in a open-world like Skyrim (would certainly be interesting).

I personally like the game actually. We just tried to change a new step to the Sims sustainable. Sims 1 was in those days the # 1. I start with the "compare" Sims 4 is because I think that with Sims 4 a new beginning started the series will be completely changed. Such beginnings one considers always skeptical and one very clings to old conditions, but you should just come off of which one has the expectation Sims 4 would be the same as Sims 3, Sims 2 or Sims 1. They are somewhat similar, but I would have liked not bought the game when it would be just like Sims 3 (why I've Sims 3 here to lie). In a long line of games it is always difficult to surprise the players new. You just previously collected so many expectations and impressions that you start automatically to miss old things when you play new games. This is normal and should not scare you. First you have to make about thought why something so and so was chosen and not already extensively about all complain about "shit" is. I do not think the Maxis developers sit there and think of saying: "How can we, the players best disappoint", but they try to sit there with the thought: "How can we, the players after three share finally surprise again What? Do you know because of the other games do not? " - For Maxis has my respect!

So have fun with Sims 4!