Okay, good to know. I've been swamped and haven't been looking at reviews yet--"meh" heard 'round the world, I guess. Definitely sticking w/ TS3 for a while, at least. If someone buys it for me, sure, but I'm not shelling out for it until the modding community has a chance to unbreak it.

Found this on twitter.

Awww yeah, getting some of the band back together! I see you guys~! >:D

I totally agree with the overall feeling of "Meh" for TS4. It could've been so much more. It just feels empty as Hell. :/

On the bright side, it doesn't seem to run as bad as TS3...now let's see how well it runs when the files in people's download folders reaches the thousands. I have over 10,000 packages in my TS2 downloads folder and it still runs smooth as hell. TS3 on the other hand...I have a feeling part of the reason it runs so slow is because of the mods and CC that I can't live without



Did you still have that shiny you wanted to trade for my Arcanine?

I added this thread to my sig, too. Hopefully all the old gang will notice and come back.

TS4 has crashed twice and frozen almost ten times already for me, and I've only actively played it for a few hours total. (My computer can definitely handle it.) I fear it has similar issues as TS3 does.

And now that we're in off topic discussion, does anyone want to exchange 3ds friend codes?

So I guess I'll come over here and hang out.

I did not buy. I was tempted to give in oh so many times but a serious lack of funds and the promise I made not to give in to EA's shenanigans helped me keep my vows. And now I watch all the people going Hey, this is like TS2! and I think Curse you! Don't tease me! (They're wrong, anyway )

Now I'm just waiting and watching for the DLC to come pouring in. I'm very curious why it isn't up yet and what it'll be. Dishwasher? Trash compactor? Giant scissors to cut the umbilical cord between the baby and the bassinet? Hmm.

I think at this point it has to be an intentional decision in order to avoid any more bad will. I give it a week or two. By then people will probably be asking for some, things feel so empty.

Build mode was a bit of a fuster cluck cause I was learning to build while playing it. I probably will do all my building off screen from now on or when I get better at it.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thereallovecat - Fancy new channel with new thumbnails, but the videos are out of order since I uploaded them all at once. Boo.

LOL I like that.. The "meh" heard 'round the world. Maybe I shouldn't talk about it so much since I'm doing the Let's Play, but I have plans for other games too like a minecraft let's play and throwback thursday type thing where I play old games from my childhood. Oh geez.. I need to stop talking about myself.

It rained here. I like trains. *gives everyone hugs*

I envy you. It's go freaking hot here in Hawai'i, I don't even remember it being this hot before. Damn heat makes me so tired.

I'm in Texas so it's not that much better, still hot and humid. It was hot sideways rain that was strong enough to toss a few birds around. Poor birdies.

Where are you originally from, lovcat? You don't sound like a Texan on your videos (at least not to me).

I'm originally from Texas, it's just being from a big city the whole southern accent is muted, if I talk really slow you can kind of hear a twang and with certain phrases. I say nekkid.

I'm hearing different information about the performance. Some people say it's a lot smoother, but there's also been a lot of reports on freezing or lag. Not sure whether it's because of their hardware or if it has problems like Sims 3. Though I also think it's a little too soon to judge that, for the most part the Sims 3 ran great for me up until I installed the fifth or so expansion. (I also never played legacies so chances are if I was to play the same file for a long time it would screw up.)

The whole thing seems incredibly sub-par. Nothing new seems that notable and we;ve basically regressed to somewhere between Sims 1 and 2.

Hah. The one time I was there, I thought the weather was beautiful, but the Hawaiians were having major emotional troubles. They thought they'd freeze to death, I guess.
But then... I'm from Canada, so.

How about some chicken stew to go with that? They're going to turn off my water tomorrow to fix some leaks, so I thought I'd get prepared with some cooking ahead.

Ooo that sounds good. I'm having BBQ chicken and corn of ze cob with some peach cobbler for dessert. Maybe only a small bit of cobbler though. I wonder if there is cobbler in The Sims 4. My sims haven't gotten to the top of the cooking skill. If not, it needs to be added for reasons.

Peach cobbler! I have no dessert. *sobs in self pity*

I was wondering about their DLC store too, to be honest. Surprised there isn't one yet. How long did it take for TS3 to get the store?

I'm not really sure why people keep comparing this game to TS2. Is it because of the loading screens? It's missing so much stuff that TS2 had, I would never compare the two games. :x

@lovcat Whaaaaaat, you're from Texas? Would've never guessed. If it makes you feel any better, husband is from Georgia and the only time I hear his accent is when he says Hill, sounds like Heal.

I'm thrilled to have found this thread. I was so sad when the old thread got closed. I didn't really see the harm in it, I think HP was just exhausted from trying to keep up with it.

Anyway, I'm just glad there are a few people who feel the same way I do. I was secretly thrilled when I saw those two bad reviews of TS4 show up on Metacritic, detailing it as everything I suspected it was, and confirming i made the right decision to boycott it. But then a few positive reviews popped up and now I'm back to being confused, angry, and frankly, a little depressed about the whole thing. I guess it would be easier to just buy the damn thing and play it along with everyone else, but I feel like that would be even more depressing.

Fun fact; went to my local EB Games store before September 2nd. Didn't see even one TS4 box on the shelves for pre-order.

I remember Gamespot's review of TS3 criticized it for having DLC available right at launch. Also, early copies of TS3 included a code for SimPoints. So, I guess the online store was ready to go on launch day?

*facepalm* I ordered the fancy shmancy edition with the plumbob USB stick and I do remember having a card for free simpoints in the box. Silly me.

Either they're holding off on the store so they don't get flack for it, or they're busy working on more important stuff like patches.

Pfffft. Made myself laugh.

I saw a few posts by Grant on the official forums about how they're unsure with where they're going with the Expansion and DLC.. BULLSH*T! They are without a doubt working on DLC and an expansion pack probably slated to be released in Jan/Feb.

I don't get it.

I thought the whole POINT of this series now was to sell high-margin EPs and DLCs. And yet they're still giving us the old "herp derp I dunno, did someone want an EP at some point" line? This franchise is 14 freaking years old, and they STILL don't know how to manage it? It just boggles my mind.

I mean, I understand the base game was a rush job, but with it being as bare bones as it is, I just assumed they'd at least have the first 3 EPs all planned out.

Grant said on Twitter multiple times that he knows all about expansions and DLC, but he is not allowed to tell us (obviously). He probably questions the intelligence of the users over at the official forums.