Sims 4's Trailers Aren't Very Realistic Sometimes, Are They?

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3 роки тому

I took a trip down memory lane and looked at some of Sims 4's trailers, and those expansions and game packs that subverted expectations in sometimes big ways.
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@harrie4667
@harrie4667 3 роки тому
the fact that there wasn't a workaholic trait in get to work...
@oliviaisnicole1835
@oliviaisnicole1835 3 роки тому
omg yes! that would have been perfect. 😩
@121Greenthumb
@121Greenthumb 3 роки тому
How are you going to add a retail function and not have traits related to spending or saving money?! none of it makes sense
@harrie4667
@harrie4667 3 роки тому
@@121Greenthumb omg right... can you imagine having traits for sims who like to shop a lot, or sims who don't like spending too much, or a trait for sims who love to save up... what a wasted chance
@ayanaivory5472
@ayanaivory5472 3 роки тому
But now they have a workaholic "lifestyle" 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️
@somegenerichandle
@somegenerichandle 3 роки тому
That was in sims3 and would have been great for this pack. I think a trait opposite from proper would have been good too. And don't get me started that they added lifestyles, yet we haven't gotten any new whims since Seasons!
@arundhati41
@arundhati41 3 роки тому
I just hate how the hospital is? NOBODY WORKS THERE EXCEPT ME. There's no rush. So unrealistic.
@BaByBaLkAnKa
@BaByBaLkAnKa 3 роки тому
Not one patient is treated, they just sit there in agony
@sleekoduck
@sleekoduck 3 роки тому
I downloaded a mod to fix it. Of course the updates broke the mod.
@msbexter
@msbexter 3 роки тому
It's the same with the detective career. My sim got promoted to chief of police and there is still another chief of police sim there?! I thought my sim would be the only boss and get the office when I reached the top but nothing has changed, not even the tasks. It just goes on.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
OMG right?! It's SO boring.
@Saihyou
@Saihyou 3 роки тому
This, absolutely this. The first career I went with when I finally got Get to Work was the medical career. I even went to University to get a degree for it! So that really built it up, to just have even moderate expectations come crashing down. At first, every work day had people calling in sick, so I thought "Oh, is that why?", but then after a week I finally had my first work day without that. Nope. A couple more workers, all doing nothing. N o t h i n g. If anything, they'd only get in the way trying to talk to me in the middle of something. Ugh! Receptionist! Check people in! Nurse! Take people to a bed and get a general idea of things! Lab tech! Actually do a test! But nope.
@TrexDrake
@TrexDrake 3 роки тому
If they showed what the pack actually looked like people wouldn’t buy it.
@crotchwolf1929
@crotchwolf1929 3 роки тому
That's why I wait for the Sims youtubers to review the packs. No fake BS.
@mg-sp5ou
@mg-sp5ou 3 роки тому
@@crotchwolf1929 that's why i just download them😳
@royalblanket
@royalblanket 3 роки тому
@@mg-sp5ou Yarr?
@melikthegeek
@melikthegeek 3 роки тому
@@royalblanket Aye aye, matey!
@Fairygelic
@Fairygelic 3 роки тому
@@crotchwolf1929 same. I never look at the trailers
@MischievousMischief
@MischievousMischief 3 роки тому
what triggers me the most is when the trailer shows a world full of sims but in the game it's just .... embarrassingly empty.
@frizzbat7233
@frizzbat7233 3 роки тому
In game it’s the same 5 sims you see everywhere -_-
@prinsipeoplok
@prinsipeoplok 3 роки тому
I thought after school activities in DU would be exciting but nope. It turned out to be lacking in sims that made it boring.
@candiegray4037
@candiegray4037 3 роки тому
Compared to the sims 3, there are more sims around when you go somewhere, but they're just...there. The sims 4 has more sims but they just stand around, have routing error, or they all do the same animations, repeatedly
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@frizzbat7233 Bob Pancakes is EVERYWHERE lol.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@candiegray4037 I disagree because I've been playing Sims 3, I have "story progression" enabled and the "world" is alive all around me :) other Sims are living their lives and several of them will on community lots when I make my Sim visit them. Also it's important to take into account that you need to visit a "hot spot" for there to be lots of Sims.
@donaminta
@donaminta 3 роки тому
EA needs some competition. They've taken their customers far too much for granted.
@thea5232
@thea5232 3 роки тому
Have you heard of the upcoming game Paralives? It's meant to be like the sims but looks way better already. The game's not out yet but there are a lot of trailers and it looks amazing. Hopefully, it will bring the competition upon release.
@INeedYouToBreathe
@INeedYouToBreathe 3 роки тому
@@thea5232 am I the only one who thinks the paralives graphics looks terrible? Like a mobile game
@thea5232
@thea5232 3 роки тому
@@INeedYouToBreathe Maybe others have the same opinion as you but I personally think they looks really nice
@aquirkymooncake1988
@aquirkymooncake1988 3 роки тому
Paralives says hi
@dorina4601
@dorina4601 3 роки тому
@@INeedYouToBreathe I feel like their characters look a bit too cartoony but I can honestly deal with that, the base game literally comes with boats, weather, pets, restaurants etc. JUST THE BASE GAME, and there’s so many different interactions in game and in build mode it’s crazy 😭
@coolmetan66
@coolmetan66 3 роки тому
Nobody: Sims: Let's spend more effort on the trailer rather than the game!
@danagrant3252
@danagrant3252 3 роки тому
Yeah it certainly does look like it 😂😂😂
@JurajKa
@JurajKa 3 роки тому
I think they spend the whole budget on those trailers 😂
@PennyMsElite
@PennyMsElite 3 роки тому
@@JurajKa LOLOL
@elainal6847
@elainal6847 3 роки тому
trailers get pre-sales before people see or hear the reality
@JurajKa
@JurajKa 3 роки тому
@@elainal6847 That is true but the gameplay looks like it was done on tight budget :D
@ultimatequeenofdeath666
@ultimatequeenofdeath666 3 роки тому
both university and snowy escape used that fake simstagram thingy to make the trailers more marketable and it made me so angry both times when i found out that they weren't in the game
@nosauce5321
@nosauce5321 3 роки тому
And it wouldn't even be that hard to add something like that to the game smh
@ultimatequeenofdeath666
@ultimatequeenofdeath666 3 роки тому
@@nosauce5321 true, I mean they aren't below reusing assets so why not just use the odd job thing for the 3rd or 4th time...
@BooDotBoo
@BooDotBoo 3 роки тому
I'm disappointed that social media IS a thing in the game, but nowhere near as exciting or fleshed out as it could be. And Snowy Escapes was THE PERFECT place to do that, but they did not.
@deezy2k1
@deezy2k1 3 роки тому
There were no real expansion in every new pack. Just barebones. Most packs had so much potential only to see it wasted. Packs came with more bugs and crashes than anything. I hated university the most. To me that pack had the most wasted potential. AI also need personality. Your sim could have the best traits but if you’re interacting with AI robots, traits are useless.
@gorgeyhun447
@gorgeyhun447 3 роки тому
@@deezy2k1 Exactly. I was also very angry with the housing. I used the dorm when I first played with the pack, and the moment I got there my roommate started a party. There were about 10-15 Sims in the dorm. The worst part is that THEY NEVER LEAVE. They sat on the couch, were always in the way, never showered or used the bathroom, the food that my Sim or another AI made was gone in under a minute, and there was no kitchen. How am I supposed to make food with no kitchen? I get that there was a building where I could get food, but that takes forever to get my Sim to walk over there and eat without them trying to do their own thing before their class started. Speaking of class schedules, they seemed like they had no work put into them. Had barely any time to do anything except for homework. My Sim was eating dinner at midnight sometimes. I do not recommend that pack, Absolutely the worst one I bought. Sorry this comment was a little long. I needed to rant. 😂
@wastelandllama6241
@wastelandllama6241 3 роки тому
It's almost like they lie to us over and over...wait...
@simmyqueen8792
@simmyqueen8792 3 роки тому
So true
@Momo-po5tn
@Momo-po5tn 3 роки тому
Guys please stop supporting them
@asideofaioli4630
@asideofaioli4630 3 роки тому
@@Momo-po5tn I want to, but there aren't any other life simulation games 😫
@EmmanuellaUdofia
@EmmanuellaUdofia 3 роки тому
@@asideofaioli4630 go back to sims 2 or 3
@asideofaioli4630
@asideofaioli4630 3 роки тому
@@EmmanuellaUdofia I don't actually even have them anymore. Plus I think bc I've experienced 4 for so long now the older build/buy modes would throw me off. It's like they only want to give us either or at a time, gameplay or build creativity.
@brandoniswhoiam
@brandoniswhoiam 3 роки тому
The Sims 4 loves making surrealistic trailers.
@tespenkr9924
@tespenkr9924 3 роки тому
And the modders like making surreal gameplay. I thing is wrong.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@tespenkr9924 The modders actually make it fun :) but it's too much work for me to constantly update mods lol.
@AspienPadda
@AspienPadda 3 роки тому
No, sorry you've got the wrong term there. surrealism /səˈrɪəlɪz(ə)m/ noun a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.
@blackkk21
@blackkk21 3 роки тому
EA loves their money
@Nikki-lodeon
@Nikki-lodeon 3 роки тому
@@AspienPadda no, that definition tracks. Lol
@Ray_Vun
@Ray_Vun 3 роки тому
you know those mobile games that have amazing trailers that make you think the game is gonna be awesome and full of action and then it's just bejeweled with a different look or some fighting type game where the only thing you do is tap several times on the screen to attack, that's what the sims 4 trailers are on the level of
@USERZ123XD
@USERZ123XD 3 роки тому
Genshin impact and Honkai Impact tho..they do deliver what they shown in their trailer and they are mobile games.
@brightblue2415
@brightblue2415 3 роки тому
That really pissed me off about Hero Wars. The puzzle part from the ads is only a very small part of the actual game. Hero Rescue is the game Hero Wars pretends to be.
@alexie101010
@alexie101010 3 роки тому
OMG!!! This is the best comparison. I /hate/ those ads that make the game look like it's interesting with a decent plotline, or that its an actual strategy game, only to fool you when you download it and realize its the same bejeweled game... The Sims 4 is the epitome of this. It's sad because due to nostalgia I really want to enjoy and invest in this game, but it's one disappointment after the other. The core of the game is broken and seems like it was rushed.. We just need a new game at this point because the gameplay is extremely dull and empty.
@ignaciotorovillacura6342
@ignaciotorovillacura6342 3 роки тому
That's how mafia works
@augustesagatyte6108
@augustesagatyte6108 3 роки тому
Ikr i remember downloading raid shadow legends before it exploded as an advert on yt
@pivy7072
@pivy7072 3 роки тому
I just can't get over the fact that they put a whole simstagram interface on the trailer of snowy escape
@12wer3wer9
@12wer3wer9 3 роки тому
And faked actual trains and train station gameplay.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@12wer3wer9 Oh those aren't there? Good to know. Thanks.
@asideofaioli4630
@asideofaioli4630 3 роки тому
Lol, that's so messed up. But tbh, I expect nothing less from them...
@MissJiGsSong
@MissJiGsSong 3 роки тому
And lets not forget that the city center is the most empty place plus every building around is fake.
@iquitted6461
@iquitted6461 3 роки тому
Tell me when theres not 699 likes so i dont ruin it
@anthropomorphisis
@anthropomorphisis 3 роки тому
The Sims 4 Cynicism road is less of a lonely dirt road and more of a highway now.
@Saihyou
@Saihyou 3 роки тому
A big, 4 lane monstrosity, yet still somehow feels lonely.
@ayaneagano6059
@ayaneagano6059 3 роки тому
@@Saihyou You think a four lanes is bad? Make that a 20-lane smog-ridden abomination - in each direction - all going straight to Trashville.
@Saihyou
@Saihyou 3 роки тому
@@ayaneagano6059 That's the truth, but there's bigger problems now - the next expansion is going to be Trashville, with 20 lanes of completely unusable roads being one of its main draws. The smog will be made entirely of the Sims 4 team's unjustified, smug narcissism over Journey to Batuu's "success".
@ayaneagano6059
@ayaneagano6059 3 роки тому
@@Saihyou And the trailer would make it look like the Sims have sentience and that there are actually cars - all hoopties though - going to the supposedly “feature-packed” cesspool that is Trashville. While the reality is what you describe... 🤣🤣🤣😅 This has got me in hysterics, but it’s so true... 😨 These packs are so featureless...
@paris7904
@paris7904 3 роки тому
Yeah with a traffic jam
@pissangelmindfreak
@pissangelmindfreak 3 роки тому
lol i don’t even have the energy to complain about it anymore or list the myriad reasons why i’m disappointed. i feel completely alienated from my favorite gaming franchise.
@chris-wg4fh
@chris-wg4fh 3 роки тому
me too :((
@samanthafisher3308
@samanthafisher3308 3 роки тому
Me too. Very well said
@SimsVideoWatcher1
@SimsVideoWatcher1 3 роки тому
Same! I'm so over this game and the lies.
@Kay-io5gx
@Kay-io5gx 2 роки тому
I hear you dude. Like I LOVE this game so damn much but knowing what it could be (but probably never will be) literally breaks my heart. Someone take this game from EA or AT LEAST make a decent counterpart.. but the odds of either are unlikely. Nothing ever quite compares.
@ivanbarrena1545
@ivanbarrena1545 3 роки тому
Let's be honest; if they didn't lie to us in the trailer would they be able to charge 40$ for their expansions? Absolutely not. Imagine a realistic trailer for Island Living, it would be just screenshots of the backround. (also, they're very aware that we're so starved for fulfilling content that we're willing to do the 80% of the lying to ourselves every. single. time.)
@lannamcf
@lannamcf 3 роки тому
Island Living actually has a lot of gameplay. I use it all the time. The problem is that people compared it to Island Paradise and told themselves that certain things would be in it and then got disappointed when it wasn't, even though EA never said it would be. People focus too much on what's not in it and blatantly ignore what is in it.
@yilvoxe4017
@yilvoxe4017 3 роки тому
I got the Sims 4 for like 6 bucks on Origin and decided, during a sale, that I'd get a bundle to treat myself. I got Island Living, Realm of Magic, and the one stuff pack with the Butler. Island Living is possibly, from what I've seen, the only EPack I would recommend for the content, and even that is kinda thin. Some of these packs it literally blows my mind that they're trying to sell them for full game price! It's absurd! Island Living barely justifies the sale price just because I love mermaids and Polynesian culture so much and everything is admittedly gorgeous but it's the bare minimum of what I would expect... at the price I paid, which was heavily discounted.
@cecewilliams1660
@cecewilliams1660 3 роки тому
@@lannamcf Yeah but I feel like the problem is that we are going backwards in terms of gameplay. The aesthetic aspect of sims 4 is there, but the packs are lackluster. I can't help but compare it to packs before because the packs before were so much better! It feels like they are giving us less but charging us more (I can admit though that the sims 3 store is a scam)
@lannamcf
@lannamcf 3 роки тому
@trishdadish82 Same. It's my favourite pack. 😊
@Tinf0iI
@Tinf0iI 3 роки тому
sims 4 trailers: cool happenings sims 4 reality: waiting for 5 minutes while your sim performs a string of unnecessary animations
@sejulie487
@sejulie487 3 роки тому
The *Snowy Escape* trailer also made it look like there would be an expansion/inclusion of *Simstagram posts* 😒
@Asle_Kaspersen
@Asle_Kaspersen 3 роки тому
Yeah, wtf was all that about, first thing i did was try taking pictures of my pet but same old pop up notification.
@organicstorm
@organicstorm 3 роки тому
They had that in the University trailer as well though, iirc, and I don't remember people complaining about it back then, so I figure the devs also thought people wouldn't necessarily expect improved simstagram now compared to back then. Not that that's an excuse for them not giving us any vacation photo album feature or improved simstagram, just as a side note.
@brandoniswhoiam
@brandoniswhoiam 3 роки тому
They did that in Discover University.
@Mochafairiemonster
@Mochafairiemonster 3 роки тому
Total disappointment bc honestly would have added some gameplay and new traits.
@simmyqueen8792
@simmyqueen8792 3 роки тому
Ikr that really sucks🤦🏾‍♀️😒
@celfieparie8595
@celfieparie8595 3 роки тому
The mermaids got me excited since even though it is the Sims 4 I thought they would be at least as fleshed out as the Vampires...but no they just sing and have a conch shell. Also that "not real gameplay" stinks we never see actual gameplay in these trailers and the streams are with basegame plus said pack so they don't encounter Judith Ward and Marcus Flex everywhere 😂
@EveningMoonlight
@EveningMoonlight 3 роки тому
Honestly if they just added a place for the mersims to go it would feel worth it. In 3 they could literally explore under the water to some extent and make traveling by swimming faster. They could’ve at least made underwater dwellings for them now that the world isn’t open. Make living as a mersim the fun part of the life state. But no. And I loved the design of them but there’s nothing to do as a mersim...
@danielreis9263
@danielreis9263 3 роки тому
@@EveningMoonlight Yep like... Aliens have Sixam, Vampires have FH, Spellcasters have the Magic Realm and even in Mount Komorebi they have this special lot in the top of the mountain. What would cost them to put the mermaid lot/world behind a load screen?
@j.stanley1669
@j.stanley1669 3 роки тому
@@danielreis9263 That's a really good point: loading screens are all they needed. They could've attached a secret lot to the diving spots which only Merfolk and maybe max fitness or with diving gear Sims can access. It wouldn't even need to be underwater if that was the issue, although it'd be much nicer if it was, like in Sims 3. (There are countless fairytales of underwater peoples; create a single neighborhood that looks like it's in a bubble or something, put in a woohoo cave, add a free-build-mode lot and voila!) It would've doubtless been as empty as Sixam but it would've been something. :(
@Roxie1255
@Roxie1255 3 роки тому
I think they delete all the sims from the base game worlds. There is no way that Nancy and Geoffrey aren’t showing up to crash the party. Wouldn’t be surprised if they had a mod installed to keep townies in their own worlds lol.
@j.stanley1669
@j.stanley1669 3 роки тому
@Nickie Consume two pieces of Mermaid Kelp and enter a body of water. That will turn them into a normal Sim. :)
@KennethStokes
@KennethStokes 3 роки тому
They're never gonna add any real weight to the sims 4 because the AI is so poor, because it was built on an engine designed as a Multiplayer game. But no one was complaining about the lack of Deep AI back in 2014, (we had other things to complain about). Now finally people are starting to see that every system in the sims 4 is the same. your sims have all these traits and icons and stuff that all result in giving your sim a moodlet. Moodlets have no weight because Sims are just little robots that go through the same limited animations which only are different for male and female. I'm sure they have great ideas for the sims 5, like story progression, a Cause/effect system, memory system that impacts behavior and relationship interactions, But the fact they've been doing only destination expansions shows that they can hardly alter The Sims 4's Core anymore cause it's becoming a mess.
@veanell
@veanell 3 роки тому
I mean I was complaining about it - but most people who play the sims 4 haven't played all the versions... I have. I saw from the get go this game was lacking in more than just surface issues like lack of pools or toddlers. Everyone should have seen the writing on the wall when the creator of sims left in the middle of the Sims 3 run.
@anomalytenacious
@anomalytenacious 3 роки тому
Why on earth would sims 5 be better? Do the sales number of sims 4 show that Sims 5 should be any different? Are the people working on the sims 5 most of the people doing sims 4? Why would a company do better when they can cash in for doing worst?
@nerd0Chija
@nerd0Chija 3 роки тому
@@anomalytenacious Well this is why much older base has their eyes on indie sims like games projects. Because you can't trust EA and they soon or later will kill your fav game series and studio. And there are few that are on early stages of development. But even if they look good on videos, yep give a demo (it could be even non-playable one) or didn't happen (aka that they also wanted to be scummy with it, like EA)
@eveningstarinthebluedarksky789
@eveningstarinthebluedarksky789 3 роки тому
True. The Sims 4 is literally "rotten to the core". It has so much potential though, which makes this even more depressing.
@XXSQUIDGLEYXX
@XXSQUIDGLEYXX 3 роки тому
Yeah so many good ideas in game and expansion packs have come out but the actual Sims 4 system is so boring and broken that it's just a waste of time. They should have just made a Sims 5 and start working on that but ea won't do anything actually good. I feel bad for people working on the games with the great ideas but can't do anything cuz game and company so limiting
@gagasluxury7458
@gagasluxury7458 3 роки тому
I love that the team is putting effort into promoting, but IMO when you animate sims for artworks or add plenty of sims to the world in trailers, when in reality it's not the case, it sets the expectations apart. Bc you know they do special stuff to make the DLC look attractive but if you look at other games, regardless of simulation, if they're so good they don't need the added exaggeration since the content speaks for it self..
@meikahidenori
@meikahidenori 3 роки тому
Ohhh dunno there's alot that fail to live up and match their trailers... And plenty that don't use any ingame content whatsoever... Many fps and rpgs games do this. The sims aren't alone in this regard, the only difference is they use the content from the game, they're just really good at editing it to make it look encredible, unlike most other games. Simmers making & editing movies used to be (and still is though now it's mostly music videos and really elaborate build video which look way nicer than they do in your actual game when you DL them. ) a big thing, and the only other company to have such a large community for it that's consistent is Valve with the Tf2, portal and Dota communities with the yearly saxxy awards (heck they even released the editing program source filmmaker they made all thier trailers and in game taunt animations in steam for free and it's extremely popular.) If anything, the trailers are a reminder that the game can still make great storytelling videos, something it's been good at since sims 2 (remember those trailers? I don't recall ANY of the launch trailer stuff ever in the actual game like the kids playing on the fan.. But afterwards for each ep? They do like they do now, use the in game sims & content and set them up for each and every shot and they've had 10+ years to perfect it)
@thewewguy8t88
@thewewguy8t88 3 роки тому
yeah its still kind of annoying to see them do things that clearly are not possible in the game. like in some cases i have to wonder how did they mange to do certain things for the trailer lol
@jennw6809
@jennw6809 3 роки тому
@@thewewguy8t88 I think they just straight up animate the trailers!
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@thewewguy8t88 Editing.
@danitho
@danitho 3 роки тому
@@jennw6809 Im very sure they do. Im pretty sure there's two different departments working on it. There might not even be that much communication between the two departments.
@ashlynweber530
@ashlynweber530 3 роки тому
I take all trailers with a spoonful of salt at this point.
@TrufanNW
@TrufanNW 3 роки тому
That's a lot of salt
@FallenAngelHiroko
@FallenAngelHiroko 3 роки тому
Just a spoonful? I take the whole bulk container. Though I'm used to them letting me down since the initial arrival of Sims 3.
@lunaredelvour2972
@lunaredelvour2972 3 роки тому
Just a spoonful? Try a dead sea of salt😂
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
Same, I don't even believe the hype anymore. My sister keeps trying to gaslight me back into playing TS4 but I refuse.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@FallenAngelHiroko Sims 3 is amazing...you can do WAY more on there than the crap they have now.
@ohwhoaitzjoe
@ohwhoaitzjoe 3 роки тому
I'm surprised some country in the EU or Australia hasn't sued EA over false advertising or something. Seems to always happen with these kind of bait-and-switch tactics, especially if there aren't refunds allowed on Origin.
@jaredjameson3707
@jaredjameson3707 3 роки тому
Can we bring it to attention over there maybe? I’d be so happy if they got called out for that and had to face a proper (excuse the French) shitstorm
@gigisneckofthewoods
@gigisneckofthewoods 3 роки тому
That would be really hard to prove, considering they plaster "footage isn't representative of gameplay" all over the trailers.
@meikahidenori
@meikahidenori 3 роки тому
@@gigisneckofthewoods yep, and unlike alot of other companies they use the content from the game itself which is unique to the franchise since sims 2. There's no law against editing it to make it tell a story or look good. It's when a company pulls say... A duke nukem forever (trailer that revealed nothing and the game was utter garbage - actually sega is guilty of this with Sonic and a few other games in recent years * cough aliens colonial marines cough cough*.. That's the real false advertising that lands the in hot water. There's way worse game floppers out there than the sims, though it seems simmers are in a bubble 90% of the time.
@createallow3126
@createallow3126 3 роки тому
The could make an argument that many potential customers are children and that a child wouldn't understand or absorb the disclaimer.
@ADMNtek
@ADMNtek 3 роки тому
lol have you ever looked at trailers for other games or just TV ads for anything. they are all like that.
@poweredbytofu713
@poweredbytofu713 3 роки тому
I think what kills me the most on the inside is all the set dressing in the worlds. Sims 1-3 if you saw it you could interact with it. Each house was a playable house. Giving us 3 houses in a neighborhood and 30 fake ones is such a slap in the face.
@Mentallyillboat57
@Mentallyillboat57 3 роки тому
Honestly dont expect something good from EA
@estelladee
@estelladee 3 роки тому
That is true. EA has always been known to be greedy since even before The Sims. But I expected better from Maxis, The Sims franchise was THE only game that actually was good in EA's roster of games, except for TS 4.
@kavenyang2232
@kavenyang2232 3 роки тому
@@estelladee didn't maxie stop working with EA after sims 2?
@grease_monkey6078
@grease_monkey6078 3 роки тому
@@estelladee maxis no longer works for EA, EA booted them out after Sims3 this is why Sims4 sucks the big one. Will Wright ( the creator of the sims and owner of Maxis ) has stated he had no input in the creation of Sims4.
@greatgamingendavour
@greatgamingendavour 3 роки тому
U know the thing is messed up when the creator of that game has 0 right to talk about his latest game
@streetyboy6910
@streetyboy6910 3 роки тому
I think the last time anybody got a good game from EA was FIFA 15
@Name-cu1ll
@Name-cu1ll 3 роки тому
No because in the snowy escape trailer they show a train & train station. Which is just for looks you can't do anything will it.
@jennw6809
@jennw6809 3 роки тому
And the gondola ski lift is just a teleportation rabbithole! You'd think they could have at least made the train teleport you to the mountain.
@MissJiGsSong
@MissJiGsSong 3 роки тому
@@jennw6809 Nah, i dont mind the rabbit hole, the train station was more shocking because they literally showed in the trailor a Sim there and you cant even enter the train station or even take a sim there. When you focus a trailor on something youre going to think that it means something to the game.
@stardust6150
@stardust6150 3 роки тому
The real question is I knew you would never be able to use the train or station, but what did people really expect to be done with the trains??
@cecewilliams1660
@cecewilliams1660 3 роки тому
@@stardust6150 Honestly yeah, whenever I see something too good to be true in the trailer than that's probably exactly what it is. But sims 4 needs to stop making so many things just for aesthetic purposes and start making the gameplay better. We got a whole town full of fake cars and none of them are usable??
@elizabethb4168
@elizabethb4168 3 роки тому
Has anyone else ever noticed how the "gameplay trailers" usually show LESS of the new gameplay than the reveal trailers?
@CHLOCHLOLP
@CHLOCHLOLP 3 роки тому
I think the biggest let down for me was the initial release of the game. I was so excited for it because I expected it to be everything the sims 3 was but better. I remeber being so excited for the new emotion system (God if only I knew then what that would become, its such a meaningless system, especially considering every expansion comes out with a new way to instantly alter your sims emotions). When I realised the sims personalities were even more shallow than before and so was all of the gameplay I was just heart broken. The Sims 4 I think was my first real gaming let down (I was only like 14 when it came out) and it was a massive one. I think i tried to give it a chance for the first few years and hoped expansions would make it better but they never did, with the exception of get to work. That in my opinion is still the only pack that added any significant amount of somewhat versatile gameplay and it still wasnt much.
@siru2449
@siru2449 3 роки тому
I remember when I got my pre-ordered (in the minute it was possible) Sims 4 and loaded it on to my computer. When that white, colorless, un-openworld neighborhood opened, I was done. I played for two hours and didn't touch it again for four years. At that point I had played Sims for 11 years and had never gotten bored even with the most boring expansion pack that fast. I play Sims 4 every now and then to check the free updates and I watch these videos waiting for a expansion pack that I deem worthy to buy :/
@gigisneckofthewoods
@gigisneckofthewoods 3 роки тому
I remember being that excited too. I spent $70 on the Deluxe Edition and bought the $30 Prima Guide in preparation for the release. Well, the Prima Guide has fared better than the game in my opinion. It was obsolete the first time they patched the game and now is a door stop. I haven't played the game in over a year and I haven't bought a pack since Seasons. I would say "oh how the mighty have fallen" but that implies that they were at the top to begin with. Sims 4 started at the bottom of the slide and has been doing an awkward scoot for 6 years trying to get off the slide.
@CHLOCHLOLP
@CHLOCHLOLP 3 роки тому
@@gigisneckofthewoods yea im in pretty much the same boat lol. I havent played the game in a while, but its interesting to see whats going on with its development. Its mostly frustrating, but part of me hopes maybe they will do better with the next iteration of the series if that is ever a thing. Which im starting to worry it wont be and the sims might die with this game, which would be a huge shame, they have done so much better in the past with sims 3 and sims 2. There is so much potential in this series and I think thats what makes it so upsetting to see it bastardized like this.
@CHLOCHLOLP
@CHLOCHLOLP 3 роки тому
@@gigisneckofthewoods they had such a good thing going for them with the previous games, it really just came crashing down so abruptly, it sounds dramatic but young me was pretty devastated because the sims was like my main obsession when ts4 came out.
@knusprigeschuhsohle7939
@knusprigeschuhsohle7939 3 роки тому
Me too! Was super excited and then I literally stopped playing and forgot about it for a solid 3 years and got into it when more expansions came out
@ABadostain
@ABadostain 3 роки тому
I've been disappointed with almost all the expansions and game packs because I can't help but compare them to Sims 3. I remember getting an expansion pack or game pack in Sims 3 and it keeping me entertained for weeks. Like the Sims 3 Generations and Late Night were soooo good and the Supernatural pack blows Realm of Magic out of the water. When I buy a Sims 4 pack I generally get bored after one playthrough but the dumb trailers sucked me in. The only ones I don't regret buying are City Living and Get Together.
@macklyon7476
@macklyon7476 3 роки тому
The Sims 4 expansion and stuff packs are really only good for the things they add to CAS and building.
@hezekiahduckworthy8867
@hezekiahduckworthy8867 3 роки тому
City Living, Get Famous, Get Together, Parenthood, StrangerVille. Are my packs the rest I mainly buy for cas and build items.
@dentedenial
@dentedenial 3 роки тому
I have cats and dogs, its worth it kinda! BUT I HATE EA CUS ONE DAY MY GAME BECAME ALL GLITCHY AND EA DIDNT EVEN RESPOND TO MY COMPLAINT
@MischievousMischief
@MischievousMischief 3 роки тому
Not being able to work at your restaurant was sooo triggering. It actually gets kind of boring after a time (like a lot of things in the Sims 4). If you compare it to Sims 2 Open for Business that pack is absolutely pathetic.
@squeaselvonstrange
@squeaselvonstrange 3 роки тому
I still fondly recall my Uglacy family's used car lot in sims 2. Sigh.
@peppermintbutler8205
@peppermintbutler8205 3 роки тому
Reaaally wanted to be a chef in my own restaurant sooo dissapointed when I found out I can't, also not being able to build a store in your home lot still annoys me
@willch5285
@willch5285 3 роки тому
@@peppermintbutler8205 just in case, check the LittleMsSam’s mods, you’ll find one that let you live in business :)
@12wer3wer9
@12wer3wer9 3 роки тому
I really wanted skiing instructors and the likes for Snowy Escape. What a let down, that EA never does anything to flash out the packs.-_-
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
Yeah I remember when I tried to make my Sim family own a restaurant and I couldn't hire any family members...that was so enraging.
@RedHotMessResell
@RedHotMessResell 3 роки тому
The Dine Out one hurt the most. I built this magnificent, detailed restaurant, and I can’t even run it because the people won’t sit and the servers won’t do what I tell them LOL
@omgnoi
@omgnoi 2 роки тому
Me too I even trained myself and raised a family to do a restaurant...
@jaredjameson3707
@jaredjameson3707 3 роки тому
Perhaps the marketing department gets the second highest pay, behind executives of course lol. These recent trailers are infantilizing and make me bored because I know they exaggerate things to an annoying degree, I’m tired of those “not real gameplay” shots like in the Island living or JTB trailer. It’s just sad Can this be the next thing the sims community throws mass outrage towards, next to fixing the bugs instead of bloating the game even more
@CarlsSimGuides
@CarlsSimGuides 3 роки тому
I think Get Famous' triggered me back then because it seemed like so much time was spent animating that trailer and none of it was in the game.
@frenchbreadstupidity7054
@frenchbreadstupidity7054 3 роки тому
According to the Sims 4 team they only have like 10 people. I doubt it, but it would be funny to know that the only person they employ who is remotely talented is the one doing the marketing.
@organicstorm
@organicstorm 3 роки тому
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 I've seen more sim gurus than ten hanging out in twitch streams... 🤣 but iirc they have small teams working on different pack types (so stuff pack team is separate from expansion pack team, or based in project in general), those _could_ be pretty small in size seeing as how little they end up doing (more outsourcing has been going on with hair meshes etc, for example)
@darchelmacaroyo184
@darchelmacaroyo184 3 роки тому
@Goldie O wait what? who doesnt know hot to build? the official sims team person? LOL
@seventhsheaven
@seventhsheaven 3 роки тому
@Goldie O “not her job”? So she doesn’t even play the game she helps make? What a great endorsement of her own product. 🙄
@jocelynnguyen596
@jocelynnguyen596 3 роки тому
i feel like sims 4 would be so much better if they had the cutscenes from the trailer (like acting gigs) into the game kinda like sims 2 cutscenes. it is so boring doing the same thing over and over again. every sim feels the same and theres no personality.
@creepydoll2872
@creepydoll2872 3 роки тому
Yeah! I thought there would be cut scenes with your sim like Sims 2
@12wer3wer9
@12wer3wer9 3 роки тому
Just watch Sims 4 trailers in comparison to 3 or 2 to see the decline in quality and depth. Remember one of the first trailers for 3: where someone finally opens the door and your Sim is finally able to go outside into an open world. It was so amazing and as mind blowing after being forced to play in a closed world for years. Imagine my disappointment when I tried to visit my neighbor in 4 and having a load screen pop up. Sigh.
@catelyn719
@catelyn719 3 роки тому
It's so annoying. Sim 2 was my favorite and the only downside was the load screen. I loved the open world in 3, idk why they'd go back to the one lame thing about 2!
@gigisneckofthewoods
@gigisneckofthewoods 3 роки тому
This was really informative. Thanks for putting this video together. If you want to be really disappointed, watch some Sims 3 trailers. They'll really make you wonder "how did we get here?"
@CarlsSimGuides
@CarlsSimGuides 3 роки тому
Hey it's you. I'm a big fan of your channel. And I agree. Those Sims 3 trailers are what make me feel this way more than anything, I was just seeking to compare it to itself in a way because it seems they have less to say about the new features than they did at first. Overall, what a trailer like GF tells me is it's not just 'for fun' there wasn't enough interesting content to make a couple good trailers that show the product straight up.
@gigisneckofthewoods
@gigisneckofthewoods 3 роки тому
@@CarlsSimGuides Oh wow. You're a big fan of my channel and I'm a big fan of yours. My insomnia has finally allowed me to be awake and be part of the discussion around one of your videos! I have often wondered about the first year of The Sims 4 and just the difference in quality from then and now. I'm not saying Sims 4 is quality, but that first year had some of the most content per pack. Get to Work needed a bunch of trailers to showcase all the stuff that came with the pack. Get Together had the biggest town to date. To me, it feels like the first year of content was pre-planned and created. 2015 also had the most packs come out and it has been a steady slide down from 8 that year to just 5 last year and 4 this year. My assumption is they couldn't keep up with the pace of releases and had to start scaling back the amount they put in the packs. Now we're in the situation that they have scaled back so hard that they have to overproduce trailers and razzle dazzle the audience to cover up the emptiness in the packs. Sad really.
@gigisneckofthewoods
@gigisneckofthewoods 3 роки тому
To add on to my comment with something I've just thought of; you would think that scaling back from 8 pieces of DLC to just 5 or 4, would mean the quality would go up. It probably would if we were talking about any other company besides EA. This is just a hunch, but I believe they have pulled a bunch of people off The Sims 4 and that The Sims 5 is in the alpha/beta stages of development. My guess is that The Sims 4 days are numbered.
@leaselmary_sims2189
@leaselmary_sims2189 3 роки тому
But Sims 3 was nothing like Sims 3 trailers.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@leaselmary_sims2189 You can still do *WAY* more.
@m0L3ify
@m0L3ify 3 роки тому
The biggest lie is that there's a game in the game. There isn't. And the fact that they keep teasing this, then letting us down is why I stopped playing months ago and likely won't anytime soon. I doubt I'll be buying anything more from the franchise for a very long time, if ever again. I've decided 6 years of letdowns is long enough. I've moved on.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
I was officially done after they released that stupid Star Wars pack. No one asked for that.
@chris-wg4fh
@chris-wg4fh 3 роки тому
discovery university was it for me :(( such a let down. it was like a slap in the face, i've moved on too
@christinahankins4114
@christinahankins4114 3 роки тому
Amen.
@asideofaioli4630
@asideofaioli4630 3 роки тому
The game is trying to make it feel like a game, and not just a building app with customizable avatars.
@smallartist4945
@smallartist4945 3 роки тому
That’s why I went back to sims 3
@toytoyroxx
@toytoyroxx 3 роки тому
Island living is the biggest disappointment.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
Agreed! I was very upset when they didn't have scuba diving.
@Thebratzbaby
@Thebratzbaby 3 роки тому
Agree and it was the first pack i bought full price
@asideofaioli4630
@asideofaioli4630 3 роки тому
Really, why? Rabbit hole caves & no actual underwater seems fire to me. 🙄 This is for you ea (🖕)
@blushfaerie
@blushfaerie 3 роки тому
@@RedRoseSeptember22 they do but you don't see it -_-
@laucze96
@laucze96 3 роки тому
i agree with this!( but i have to admit that the building items are kinda cool)
@m0L3ify
@m0L3ify 3 роки тому
Ironically, I've played Get to Work more than any other pack. Maybe I just really really love playing the scientist career. I hate it when my sims have to go home, and I love visiting Sixam. The detective career was pretty fun, too, when it wasn't too buggy to play. Back then they'd actually give us lasting things to do for our money. These days you only know you robbed a vault if a notification bubble pops up, and you can only upcycle furniture with a magic machine that teleports sofas to your inventory. They skip so much and just leave a majority of actions to the rabbit hole of imagination. It's very boring.
@Kay-io5gx
@Kay-io5gx 2 роки тому
THAT is exactly my beef with this damn game. Too much is just the magical text box saying ooooh somthing happened but like.. I didn't see it happen?? This game is a joke at times
@the14thmoonofuranus
@the14thmoonofuranus 3 роки тому
When Sims 2 released packs I knew they'd be great and eagerly bought them. I didn't need trailers to convince me. It took me a while to come round to Sims 3, but I'm glad I eventually did. I've given up on Sims 4 and don't even bother watching the trailers. They're all fur coat and no knickers, and I regret the money I have spent on them
@frenchbreadstupidity7054
@frenchbreadstupidity7054 3 роки тому
I remember how Sims 2 got me with a cover alone. The only one I didn't consider was Apartment Life until my sister told me her friend got it and there were witches in it.
@the14thmoonofuranus
@the14thmoonofuranus 3 роки тому
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 even the less interesting Sims 2 packs were far more interesting than anything Sims 4 seems to churn out
@grease_monkey6078
@grease_monkey6078 3 роки тому
Same feeling 100% sims2 can not be beaten
@grease_monkey6078
@grease_monkey6078 3 роки тому
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 apartment life was so good, if you use a height lot cheat you can make skyscrapers creating 100 apartments (I know you can only play 4 families in one lot) and seeing townies live in them was a blast. Sure it lagged my game but it was worth it
@cunterella3309
@cunterella3309 3 роки тому
same i've given up on the sims 4. the only time i play it is if i'm in the mood to create a sim or build a lot but if i actually want to play the game, i go with the sims 2 everytime. the most disappointing thing for me is the complete lack of personality the sims in the sims 4 have compared to the sims 2 and that just uses a zodiac system. like every sim ends up feeling the same after a while.
@Crimsin_Fury
@Crimsin_Fury 3 роки тому
They lie like rugs. The whole changing of things between early access videos being put out and the pack being released is just another way to manipulate the Sims community. They're using Game Changers, in my opinion.
@frenchbreadstupidity7054
@frenchbreadstupidity7054 3 роки тому
Doubly using them. The Game Changers are put in situations where they personally know the gurus so now the defend them like you would defend your friends when strangers insult their work.
@jesseaugustx
@jesseaugustx 3 роки тому
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 One of the many reasons why the game changers program doesn't work imo. They have a hard time critiquing their friends work and staying objective.
@121Greenthumb
@121Greenthumb 3 роки тому
I agree and disagree. I think the game changers are being exploited but I also feel like some of them are clinging to that GC status and will do and say whatever needs to be said to keep it. They will take the early access and insider info no matter how buggy or false it is
@maidofthemisty
@maidofthemisty 3 роки тому
My biggest pet-peeve with the GC's is that the majority of them are builders! They don't even play ts4! I think Lilsimsie had admitted recently to not even playing ts4 but just building. I'm sorry, but not sorry? TS4 is a life simulator NOT A BUILDER. Yes, i get you can play what ever way you want blah blah blah, but c'mon! It's supposed to be a game about LIFE. EA uses the GC with, i believe, the biggest sub count here on yt. It's all about "Return on Investment".
@aljwham
@aljwham 3 роки тому
@@121Greenthumb that's bad though as we deserve better
@cloverbun2574
@cloverbun2574 3 роки тому
When the character animations in the trailer are better than the ones we get in game, that are always the same and never updated (same romantic interactions + animations since launch) it puts an especially bitter taste in my mouth. It's like, we *could* have the Sims emote this powerfully.... but we won't ;) When Andrew's Pose Player is one of the Sims 4 most popular mods, you gotta wonder what went wrong at some point.
@candiegray4037
@candiegray4037 3 роки тому
The community with just poseplayer and their poses has made the game much more playable to me. Instagram has a whole community where sims players can do everything that these trailers promise, but with mods!
@mushyn6130
@mushyn6130 3 роки тому
Its like the sims team used CC and mods to make the trailers.
@orlianisdmunoz
@orlianisdmunoz 3 роки тому
I think you misspelled ALWAYS and wrote SOMETIMES instead💀
@even___
@even___ 3 роки тому
Remember, kids, it’s A-L-W-A-Y-S.
@Puckcake
@Puckcake 3 роки тому
I can feel the exhaustion about Sims4 in this Chili's tonight.
@BaTonTwirLer93
@BaTonTwirLer93 3 роки тому
I ONLY buy the expansion packs when they are discounted. Though, even at a discount, they charge too much for what they offer.
@UmJammerChelle
@UmJammerChelle 3 роки тому
The last time I played Sims 4 was when I went to check out Realm of Magic's gameplay after having the pack for a few months and just using CAS and Build/Buy stuff from it. I watched the trailer to get an idea of the lore and the type of story I could tell using the pack and got a little excited to mess around with it because of the idea that the type of magic you learned would influence the magic realm. After building a college dorm type home for mages, I set out to explore the actual gameplay... only to find out that none of the lore in the trailer was present in the game. Even though I was very underwhelmed by the Strangetown dlc, I was at least entertained by telling my own story around the mostly uninteresting story that EA told. Realm of Magic felt like there should have been some overarching goal similar to that, even one as simple as the goal of cleaning up the islands in Island Living, but there wasn't anything there for me to work with. I went in with the high hopes of an underwhelming basic goal to achieve and found disappointment anyways.
@LadyNoble1606
@LadyNoble1606 3 роки тому
I forgot about alot of this I have not bought the last 2 items I just remember being really disappointed in pets all they do is run away and bark at the toilet or meow and there's no water bowl and you can't control them
@Babygirl_fay
@Babygirl_fay 3 роки тому
I just bought this all excited and I’ve been playing it for 2 days🤦🏽‍♀️ highly disappointed
@LeticiaSPandaMcfly6
@LeticiaSPandaMcfly6 3 роки тому
This was such a good video. The 11 minutes went by way too fast.
@AtLeastITriedGames
@AtLeastITriedGames 3 роки тому
And can we talk about the island paradise poster where you can see not only underwater but you sim deep diving underwater??
@cesca3968
@cesca3968 3 роки тому
I literally don't form any expectations from trailers anymore, as I know it's just pure shenanigans and fabrication 🙃 Like there is no point in even watching the trailers at this point for me because I sit there like , "yeah but i know this isn't what it is." Honestly pointless, I'll stick to watching actual gameplay by actual players when it's released.
@shesholdingcorn
@shesholdingcorn 3 роки тому
I miss the old sims 2 ones-
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
Those ones lied too though.
@Momo-po5tn
@Momo-po5tn 3 роки тому
@@RedRoseSeptember22 they really did lie, but the game was actually fun
@TiredMomma
@TiredMomma 3 роки тому
What's crashing me lately, is literally the crashes that the recent patch was supposed to "fix". I have been able to play without freezing and crashing until this new pack came out. I've had to wait over 5min for it to come out from it's frozen state and decided to just save and close as it. It froze while saving too. The freezing is a massive problem making playing and even building, not doable anymore. And I just got back into playing after being super busy the past couple months.
@jennw6809
@jennw6809 3 роки тому
Turning off the audio in Origin has worked to solve all my crashing problems, however, it's very unsatisfying to play without audio. I haven't actually played since this week's patch, though.
@danitho
@danitho 3 роки тому
@@jennw6809 I dont play with audio so this is actually a great solution for me. Didn't know that was an option so thank you.
@lamewalrusxd4781
@lamewalrusxd4781 3 роки тому
@@jennw6809 i'll try that! I have unbearable lag when charging my laptop. I've deleted most mods and some cc, but some mods I refuse to take out (better build-buy, organized debug, ui cheats).
@TiredMomma
@TiredMomma 3 роки тому
@@jennw6809 What do you mean by turning the audio off in Origin? Do you mean in game, in the game settings? If so, I already have music off for the game. I normally keep music off unless I'm playing with my Sims. I mostly build so I play music from my phone.
@dbland3
@dbland3 3 роки тому
I'm actually done with the game. I can simply no longer justify putting money into a franchise that totally breaks my game every time they come out with an update or patch that's automatically rolled out to your game by server, whether you want it or not. I really miss the days when you bought a game on disc that was actually completed and stable; and if there was an update, it happened once or twice during the life of the game. Now everything's connected to the internet and they're patching the d things every 6 weeks! Like just about everyone else, I use some mods and downloaded content in my game but nowhere near as much as I did with Sims 2 or 3, and this game is still freezing, crashing, or has my Sims just standing there like idiots, not obeying commands. I'm sorry, but I just put too much effort into building a world only to have it destroyed every other month! After 14 years and many hundreds of dollars spent, I'm out. And the sad thing is that, even after the massive disappointment experienced by long term players at TS4's introduction, I'm almost certain that TS5 will be just as disastrous because they really no longer care enough about what users want. :-(
@anadverse
@anadverse 3 роки тому
"... which is somewhat awkward for anyone who may or may not have said he looks like he stinks... ok it was me" I DIED hahahaa
@FallenAngelHiroko
@FallenAngelHiroko 3 роки тому
To answer your question, ALL-OF-THEM. I get done with a expansion pack in less than a week. I usually use them all for decorations. Hell, I cheat just to get the collectibles because I fail to see any incentive to get my Sims out of the house aside from work. And it's REALLY bad when other players create mods just to give the game life. To which, THANK YOU!!!!
@vatzfu
@vatzfu 3 роки тому
"I fail to see any incentive to get my Sims out of the house aside from work" Then I remember in sims 3 I could take them out to do stuff and still control the rest, while in sims 4 you get out to do stuff and the other are stuck aging and wasting progress on their jobs.
@FallenAngelHiroko
@FallenAngelHiroko 3 роки тому
@@vatzfu To me, that's not enough. It gets stale and boring after a bit.
@Kay-io5gx
@Kay-io5gx 2 роки тому
Mods literally saved the game for me. I'm too heartbroken about what could be and then AH I remember someone probably thought the same thing and made it a mod. Thank you mod peeps!
@Mochafairiemonster
@Mochafairiemonster 3 роки тому
Like the fact that Snowy Escape showed interactive use of Simstagram but that was just for marketing. I haven’t followed this part of the game for as long. I just got into it during quarantine but I totally get why a lot of players are expressing disappointment at where the game is now and folks not being excited about any new game in the franchise.
@Sohrleas
@Sohrleas 3 роки тому
It's like they're trying to show the imagination a lot of simmers bring and mixing it with the actual gameplay. And it looks amazing, but not all simmers have the same imagination... they could do better
@anomalytenacious
@anomalytenacious 3 роки тому
Stop trying to sell people their imagination and go back to selling people the tools they need to bring their imagination to life.
@Ningnomaningnong
@Ningnomaningnong 3 роки тому
Have been stung so many times. I hate a new wee world like the magic one in space looking like you can build your own thing there. And find out it's all just smokes and freaking mirrors. Now I wait and watch reviews.
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
Same.
@estelladee
@estelladee 3 роки тому
"If you're one of those people who seemingly apologizes for those types of things not being included, consider where Sims 4 would be if each expansion have actually expanded on the traits and aspiration offerings..." THIS! The reason why this game is a cesspool is because of these passive-aggressive simmers who think they know what gameplay is, all because a pack "fits their gameplay". Lol. Expansion Packs are not suppose to cater to one type of gameplay, that's what Stuff packs are for. Throughout the 6 years, people who complained about how lackluster The Sims 4 is has been shun and told not to buy if they don't like it. Well, for one, wouldn't it make more sense to complain when you own the packs rather than not owning a pack and complaining about it? This game would have really improved if those people in the forums (since Get to Work) weren't told to shut up and enjoy what we already have. Especially when those concerns were expressed properly. Because honestly? Most simmers should play other games, because the people who complain with this game is not even close to toxic compared to the other games. In one of the games I play you are wished you and your family gets cancer the moment you say "hi". Also if it weren't for those people who complained, I doubt we would even have Sentiments by now. So you're welcome.
@sleekoduck
@sleekoduck 3 роки тому
Amen. I was banned from the Sims community for pointing out that the lifespans of elders was racist and proving it with screenshots. Big mistake. 😎
@RedRoseSeptember22
@RedRoseSeptember22 3 роки тому
@@sleekoduck I'm confused, how is it "racist"? Maybe that ban was justified.
@88Mlaura
@88Mlaura 3 роки тому
@@sleekoduck how so? I am genuinely curious :)
@967patty
@967patty 3 роки тому
Excited for this video lol. I never get my hopes up when I watch the trailer, I'm just like let me see what this will actually be like when it comes out. Haha
@IGNIITED
@IGNIITED 3 роки тому
I really thought that buying expansion packs would make my game better because the trailers looked so enticing. Now i really regret wasting my money and wish I found these videos sooner
@senoka4638
@senoka4638 3 роки тому
Get Famous just reminded me how bad I want a sequel to The Movies.
@jacwest7406
@jacwest7406 3 роки тому
Underrated game, they could make a super cool one with today's graphics and engines, and better moddability! I still play The Movies!
@ThieflyChap
@ThieflyChap 3 роки тому
I can't even play The Movies anymore. I can't get it to work on my system.
@priscilanicolosi7744
@priscilanicolosi7744 3 роки тому
I wish Carl would do a video about the sims with LGR... because you guys are the best, and also the most honest reviews.
@BaByBaLkAnKa
@BaByBaLkAnKa 3 роки тому
I was so happy when dine out came out, I thought finally can I make my own restaurant, of course, run by me! I played it once and never again.. I just go there occasionally or build restaurants, but never owned one again. So disappointed in every pack and the dump restrictions, which make the gameplay boring. I’m off playing sims 2 -3 now.
@discreetscrivener7885
@discreetscrivener7885 3 роки тому
I’ve just realized that the way I play Sims is pretty similar to how I used to play with Barbies. Mostly I was dressing them up, and then playing with them in imaginary situations. When I play the Sims, usually I am setting up a perfect environment, costume, getting all the relationships together.... I rarely do actual gameplay.
@joangog
@joangog 3 роки тому
I wish the animators put more effort in creating animations for new interactions rather than a fake trailer
@nyxnightmare3542
@nyxnightmare3542 3 роки тому
The most unrealistic thing about Dine Out for me is the fact that you can go to a restaurant with your SO for a cutesy 8am breakfast date, but don't leave the restaurant until midnight that day because it took the place *12 hours* to bring your meals, then *4 hours* for you to actually eat them. I haven't had a restaurant in my game for this entire year, because there's no fix for this whatsoever. No mods, no patches. The pack is literally unplayable with the actual restaurant. The items by themselves are fine, but not the venue at all
@anonview
@anonview 3 роки тому
Dude, you uploaded this just as I was starting up Sims 2 on my laptop! Talk about a funny coincidence. 😂 Edit: Also funny that you called out Realm of Magic and Dine Out just as I accessed Belladonna Cove and added the Downtown area. 😆
@diamonte4037
@diamonte4037 3 роки тому
And this isn’t even including the absolute letdown that island living was
@ardourjimin2533
@ardourjimin2533 3 роки тому
I love how this is in my recommendations after the new paranormal pack came out
@yordle_chan2519
@yordle_chan2519 3 роки тому
When I got dine out I was hoping my sim would be able to be the chef... but there was not even an option. My disappointment was just immeasurable and dont get me started on the gameplay.
@maryhedl7664
@maryhedl7664 3 роки тому
I remember when I could actually play games I purchased. good times. good times. 😥
@bingoing
@bingoing 3 роки тому
Remember when we would get 3 expansion packs a year all massively packed with content to entertain you for months and the trailers were actually pretty decent in telling you what to expect? Cause I do.
@byankachan
@byankachan 3 роки тому
Aside from not being able to have a family run restaurant, what irked me a lot for some reason was that group photo that appeared in the Strangerville trailer but was not in the game... Also that you can never take the selfies/pictures they show in trailers. Instead the sims always have the same few poses..
@paradiseplanet2747
@paradiseplanet2747 2 роки тому
Many years ago I remarked on the official forums on how unrealistic the trailers were, particularly showcasing how active everything seemed in the big city park in San Myshuno for the City Living trailer, and then when you really go there in-game, it was bare and empty. Back then not as many users reacted to that post to give it the attention it deserved. Now if I made that same post and included your video into it, it would've gotten the attention! Thank you for bringing up something I've always been bothered by about the trailers for so many years!
@nasyahowell9561
@nasyahowell9561 3 роки тому
I think they need to start taking tips from it's ancestors Sims 1 2 and 3
@elijahh2220
@elijahh2220 3 роки тому
Thank you so much for being honest and cynical about this game instead of gassing up EA. It's incredibly, INCREDIBLY overpriced for the absolute weakest link in the franchise so far. This is why you've always been my #1 for Sims news and reviews, from your website to now the YT channel.
@nervousbabbs2769
@nervousbabbs2769 3 роки тому
This shows the EXTREME lengths EA will go to so they can "legally" false advertise. It's disgusting. I love your content man been living off your sims guides for years and cant thank you enough for your true unbiased opinions!
@chan_nelchanel
@chan_nelchanel 3 роки тому
I was just researching this! And there were no videos on it and now there is! Like where are all these promotional sims in game! I watched all the official sims 4 videos and the sims have some form of social life talking to this sim or that but jump in game and they only know their household really EA couldn’t put a bit more effort! Thank you for this! You’re awesome! 🤗
@funnylittlecactus4672
@funnylittlecactus4672 3 роки тому
Sims 4 is full of missed opportunities. They need to add more traits, more aspirations and more whims. I just don't understand why those things wouldn't be included at the very least in every expansion pack. Not just the "tutorial" aspirations. I'm a very loyal person, most times to a fault. I've been playing this game for almost 21 years in different versions. My 18 year old son keeps saying mom just find a new game, there's so many out there. I can't though because the Sims is "my" game, it's what I've always played. I don't know when the time will come that I finally give it up. I'm hoping Sims 5 or paralives will be everything I've been waiting for 🤞. Also, we need the lore back because not everyone has an amazing imagination and if you're one of those people trying to think up new ideas would be very hard. We need the game to do it's part too. Thanks again Carl, I love your videos you're hilarious!
@abbytaegusuga
@abbytaegusuga 3 роки тому
The thing that sucks is that you can tell the Sims team have completely abandoned the whims system!! There haven’t been any new whims added to the game to enhance or push gameplay since Seasons was added and they disabled them to show when you start a new game. They’re literally not even trying to add anything new to the game with each pack anymore. It’s annoying.
@funnylittlecactus4672
@funnylittlecactus4672 3 роки тому
@@abbytaegusuga I know, it's sad.
@Kay-io5gx
@Kay-io5gx 2 роки тому
Hey! I have a bit of beef with the sims 4 at the moment. I haven't played any of the previous sims games but people seem to really like them. Which one is your favorite? and would you recommend buying any previous sims games today? I'm considering checking them out and am just gathering opinions lol :)
@funnylittlecactus4672
@funnylittlecactus4672 2 роки тому
@@Kay-io5gx The Sims 2&3 are both really good. Sims 3 is a lot easier to get though since they don't really sell the Sims 2 anymore. You'd have to buy it disc by disc I think. I've played the Sims 3 the most. When I was younger I would stay up sometimes all night playing it. I only had one expansion pack too. As far as the original Sims game, I don't even know how you'd go about getting it. I know it's possible, but I'm not sure how to do it. I would go with Sims 2 or 3 they're both great games. I hope at some point they bring back the Sims 2 ultimate collection. That would be amazing!
@coolperson9130
@coolperson9130 2 роки тому
Also more likes and dislikes or zodiac sign sexuality mbti etc it would be cool to see those things
@TheRisingTied
@TheRisingTied 3 роки тому
To me it actually feels like as if the devs themselves know that their content cannot give what people expect it to be, so they 'grab the last straw' and make those highly unrealistic trailers, hoping to 'hype' people up so they buy it - doesn't matter wether they'll enjoy it later or not. They have bought it, EA made money. And whenever someone complains, they'll just go all in and try to 'explain' how we, the customers, have 'unrealistic expectations' about something and how we should 'enjoy whats there' since we 'won't get what we want anyways'. I hope that there will be competition for EA soon. Or... I don't know. A major happening that exchanges everyone for all the people who know what customers, we, want and make a Sims 5 that just gives everything back that has been missed in sims 4, but been there in sims 3 and 2. But, to be realistic here, that won't ever happen. I gave up on Sims 4 in that way a long time ago. I do play it, I do like it every now and then, but I accepted it's not what Sims used to be. It's expensive, shallow and just lost everything that made Sims so charming in the past.
@sciencevssara
@sciencevssara 3 роки тому
I swear the universe is listening because this exact subject was heavy on my mind over the weekend as I was watching some of the older launch trailers. I was looking for something like this, but all I could find was how this phenomenon plagues the video game industry in general. Thank you for making a thorough and visual explanation that's Sims 4 specific, it was exactly what I was looking for and couldn't find!
@melodyw.7196
@melodyw.7196 3 роки тому
I love playing the trailers in the background while I’m working. They’re so good on their own.
@celfieparie8595
@celfieparie8595 3 роки тому
8:32 😂😂😂 that's someone's wife I'm dead af 💀
@maidofthemisty
@maidofthemisty 3 роки тому
I'm clapping so hard my hands are bleeding. I'm nodding my head so hard my neck is broken. My Earl Grey is so hot, its burnt my insides.
@britthartloff88
@britthartloff88 3 роки тому
Things that could've been included in the get to work game that even I can think of: Workaholic trait: sims will get angry if their work is not done perfectly, they stray from their families and ignore their needs to get work done Alien communicator trait: these sims become excited when around aliens and gain positive buffs And lastly, THE ABILITY TO GO WITH CHILDREN TO SCHOOL Not to mention more businesses and lots in the given world
@andyhaochizhang
@andyhaochizhang 3 роки тому
The trailer vs gameplay for Get Famous is just expectation vs reality when working as an actor, minus the working part-time in restaurant/retail between gigs part.
@turtletara_420
@turtletara_420 3 роки тому
PREACH CARL, PREACH!!!!
@magda5614
@magda5614 3 роки тому
Miss times when Sims 3 expansion pack trailers were showing exacly that what would be in the game. Plus they were so epic and nostalgic. Sims 4 this time is that bad brother of Sims 3
@Vix_Vi
@Vix_Vi 3 роки тому
My meme is in the video! My meme is in the video! It's at 1:10 and I know it's not great or super original but this made me so excited and happy! Thank you Carl!
@sleekoduck
@sleekoduck 3 роки тому
The smelly warlock comment was epic. 🙌🙌🙌 I'm surprised you didn't mention the worst pack with the most window dressing of all, but we all know which one that one was.
@AlexiusDenelle16
@AlexiusDenelle16 3 роки тому
Did you make the image of the Plumbbob in the water ? That was an amazing graphic, would love that for my load screen ❤️
@ravenlure4354
@ravenlure4354 3 роки тому
Thank you for telling like it is!
@thesimslover82884
@thesimslover82884 3 роки тому
It's a very common tactic, sadly. No burger looks as good on the menu in real life, every ad is doctored to look perfect, while the product is so not perfect.
@laranadesign4764
@laranadesign4764 3 роки тому
I started playing the Sims with Sims2...the first gen could have been my first encounter, but I was a bit too young for it at the time. I LOVED playing AND using Photoshop to make custom skins [added body hair, tan lines, etc.] and truly enjoyed the game play with my personal CC. Fast forward to Sims 4 and I avoid watching the trailers entirely after all the lies of the 4 version vampires pack....Sims 2 included werewolves that you couldn't control but they could enter your house if you left your doors unlocked, howling and acting aggressive. It added that tiny element of fear [so fun] in a game that you would otherwise feel like "top dog" in as a vampire. Sims 4 doesn't have werewolves [to my knowledge] and the gameplay is like the "getting started" tutorial of real games with actual play waiting after you get the hang of the controls. Since then, I wait for the UKposts "let's play" and decide I'll pass.
@skywise001
@skywise001 3 роки тому
You still trust EA? Why? They havent done anything to deserve it.
@Kay-io5gx
@Kay-io5gx 2 роки тому
Some of us have an unhealthy addiction to this game and can't stop. On that note, do you have any recommendations for games like the sims 4?
@coolperson9130
@coolperson9130 2 роки тому
I don't their just trash
@PandoricaLost
@PandoricaLost 3 роки тому
I am deep on that road to cynicism when it comes to the Sims 4. After so many years seeing it decline the way it has, I always expect the worse and hardly am I ever surprised.
@scifiwriter6092
@scifiwriter6092 3 роки тому
Thank you for making this video so entertaining. I really enjoyed it.
@XerXens
@XerXens 3 роки тому
Oh man I can relate so hard for that Dine Out DLC. I was using Sims 4 for a project and wanted to make the place seem bustling with life while the sims eat and talk while dining and the chefs cooking process in the kitchen. Even modded my sims to look realistic, only to find out that was not gonna happen and so I filmed an empty restaurant
@itscyberqueen13
@itscyberqueen13 3 роки тому
You are amazing. I'll just say that and thank you.
@aria2184
@aria2184 3 роки тому
Just adding a comment just because
@CarlsSimGuides
@CarlsSimGuides 3 роки тому
You doing so just to give me a lil boost is kind, thanks.
@leoreth2179
@leoreth2179 3 роки тому
About the Get Famous trailer: I wish they at least added this animations as a final result of your action gigs which you may see on the screen.
@YanaLaayis
@YanaLaayis 3 роки тому
Great video! I was a little suprised you didn’t mention the Instagram-like feature in the Snowy Escape trailer, though. I think it’s a prime example of The Sims franchise trying to keep up with the times and appeal to the younger audience (which the game seems increasingly to be aimed at), which I would appreciate if it actually reached the actual game itself. I know that we have a Simstagram in game already, but the trailer gave the impression that this feature would have been further developed.
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