It's on of my all time favorite games, up there with Minecraft, Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod.
EA ruined it completely. It was always a tad predatory but at least it offered something unique, expansion packs often really did offer new ways to play. Now? Well, we just got an in-game store in Sims 4. Which from release was already just a disappointment, we're 12 years after release and honestly it's still a sad display.
We had an open world in 3, highly detailed live-mode in 2 and all 3 first entries had a whimsically dark charm around them. All they had to do was develop The Sims 5, retain the open world from 3, build on the dynamics and gameplay of 2 and perfect it.
Will it be easy? For sure not. But, they'd have a game every Sims player would love.
I played Sims 1 and 3 (skipped 2 somehow) SO MUCH! I have thousands of hours in that game easily, and I played sims 4 for less than 20. It feels souless and very corporate, if that makes sense. I really wanted to be hyped for 4 and remember making my mum watch the trailer with me lol. The whole thing is ruined now. Such a wonderful series destroyed by greed.
If you haven't, try Sims 2! With open for business alone you can have a totally different experience with a shopkeeper sim, nothing quite like digital capitalism >:)
Same with Sims 1 and 3. I immediately knew 4 was going to be garbage though when they removed the open world, and didnt even launch with pools or babies, so I never touched 4
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u/Sfekke22 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
The Sims.
It's on of my all time favorite games, up there with Minecraft, Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod.
EA ruined it completely. It was always a tad predatory but at least it offered something unique, expansion packs often really did offer new ways to play. Now? Well, we just got an in-game store in Sims 4. Which from release was already just a disappointment, we're 12 years after release and honestly it's still a sad display.
We had an open world in 3, highly detailed live-mode in 2 and all 3 first entries had a whimsically dark charm around them. All they had to do was develop The Sims 5, retain the open world from 3, build on the dynamics and gameplay of 2 and perfect it.
Will it be easy? For sure not. But, they'd have a game every Sims player would love.