EleLL, Thanks for your post! I love hearing your positive take on things!!
The Sims 4 really does bring out the life in the sims. 1. Re:
NON OPEN WORLD and TONS OF NEIGHBORS -
I have also noticed that there are
TONS of sims everywhere, which is great.
One of my children needed to meet 10 new sims for an achievement, and she was able to do so just by stopping the people who walked by the house.
I also took one of my teen boys (who is supposed to kiss 10 different women) to the gym at 4 AM, and, again, lots of people! I am really enjoying that.
*Although I have yet to manage to get that teenager to kiss a single sim...I think I will figure that out by reading some other user posts on here
2. Re:
NO TODDLERS/NEW CHILDHOOD -
Not having the toddler stage still seems odd to me. I imagine they will add it back eventually with an expansion pack.
I agree completely with you about the new Sims 4 childhood experience.
I
LOVE the new child stage.
Between the four childhood skills, the homework, the extra credit work, and all of the aspiration goals, my child sims are super busy.
In fact, I was surprised by how hard it is to keep up!
It was really hard to get just one of my children to an A grade where before, in the Sims 3, it was an inevitability.
*In fact, the Sims 3 child stage was so boring that sending them to boarding school was an awesome option!!
3. Re:
SOCIALIZATION and MULTITASKING -
This is definitely the best new feature in the Sims 4.
It is so much more realistic and simple.
The group conversations are a lot of fun.
It is great that
you can tell your sim to eat and then chat, and they go and do it at the same time.
I even had one child eating, and an adult decided to talk to the child. So, the child stood up from the table, plate in hand, walked over to the adult, and joined the conversation.
I was very impressed and excited about that!
4. MORE -
*I have even tried gardening yet.
*I'm also too overwhelmed to be thinking a whole lot about house design and decorating at the moment. (My kids are keeping me too busy
)