Is The Sims 4 Game Play that terrible or is something wrong with my computer?

Sim Architect wrote:Hi there! I am playing a bit with Sims 4, and I am not having the best experience at all, sorry.

I send my sim to work, then he comes back hungry, annoyed etc. I take care of the needs and it's time to bed. Sometimes I can't even do the "homework" (those tasks to get faster promotion), and the sim wakes up miserable again!

I found out some dumb tasks like drinking juice or having a quick meal can take longer than an hour, that's crazy!

Going out is annoying as well, my sim orders drinks and waits for hours. Then, the drink is given to someone else, and not to all members of the group (when buying drinks for the group when you go out with your club or a friend).

Is it just me or The Sims 4 just s*cks?

I will release my game plays, but I am not sure I will keep playing

It seems that the "big" gaming YouTubers who played the game and recorded a few "Let's plays" also quit after a little while already. I guess because TS4 doesn't appear to be very popular, and also because it's expensive to keep up with DLC (or you just record your videos with the pirated stuff from G4TW/RELOADED and don't mention that the game is pirated  ).

Carlos wrote:

Sim Architect wrote:Hi there! I am playing a bit with Sims 4, and I am not having the best experience at all, sorry.

I send my sim to work, then he comes back hungry, annoyed etc. I take care of the needs and it's time to bed. Sometimes I can't even do the "homework" (those tasks to get faster promotion), and the sim wakes up miserable again!

I found out some dumb tasks like drinking juice or having a quick meal can take longer than an hour, that's crazy!

Going out is annoying as well, my sim orders drinks and waits for hours. Then, the drink is given to someone else, and not to all members of the group (when buying drinks for the group when you go out with your club or a friend).

Is it just me or The Sims 4 just s*cks?

I will release my game plays, but I am not sure I will keep playing

It seems that the "big" gaming YouTubers who played the game and recorded a few "Let's plays" also quit after a little while already. I guess because TS4 doesn't appear to be very popular, and also because it's expensive to keep up with DLC (or you just record your videos with the pirated stuff from G4TW/RELOADED and don't mention that the game is pirated  ).

And if the interest is low, you won't get many clicks/likes on those videos. And at some point, it wouldn't be worth one's time anymore.

But that is up to you of course.

As for the in-game time, some of these tasks indeed take ages to complete. Maybe there are mods out there that can help with that ? I don't really know. I once tried MC Command Center that has a function which "slows" down in-game time, and while the in-game time indeed flows more slowly, it completely confuses deadlines and such (e.g. your work shift ends at 8PM, but the in-game time shows it's 12AM or something; the game still believes that despite slowing down time, that the original deadlines apply).

Thanks! I wish you were right about the audience, but I am not so sure about it. I feel that Sims 4 gets more people looking for the stuff, but I am worried that I get too bored playing with it, not sure my viewers will have fun watching me complain while I am p*ssed off while playing, because the game doesn't do this or that

That said, I have a feeling I will go back to Sims 3.

Glad to know this timing issue is not related to my computer being slow, but because the game just s*cks...

I will release the episodes I recorded (and, if I feel like, I will record a few more, who knows )...

But, I feel that I will go back to Sims 3 and Minecraft

I'll try to play a bit more tonight, maybe tomorrow, with Sims 4, then I will be done with it

Sim Architect wrote:Hi there! I am playing a bit with Sims 4, and I am not having the best experience at all, sorry.

pixistix wrote:I deal with a lot of the slow action issues by using mods. For instance, I have MadameButterfly's Faster Eating and Drinking, Faster Showers, Power Nap, and Focused Reading mods from Naughty Sims Asylum. It frees up enough time that the sims' lives are a little better than just going to work and fulfilling needs.

That sounds cool! Thanks for the tip, I will look into it!

pixistix wrote:I deal with a lot of the slow action issues by using mods. For instance, I have MadameButterfly's Faster Eating and Drinking, Faster Showers, Power Nap, and Focused Reading mods from Naughty Sims Asylum. It frees up enough time that the sims' lives are a little better than just going to work and fulfilling needs.

Thanks for sharing these tips !