Features:

  • Enjoy the power to create and control people in a virtual world where there are no rules
  • Express your creativity as you customize your Sims’ appearances and personalities, and build them the perfect homes
  • Develop your Sims’ relationships, pursue careers, and explore vibrant new worlds
I liked it

I don't know what came on to me but I had an urgent need to play Sims.. I used to have every single game, starting with Sims1. A lot of reviews were very negative but it didn't stop me from wasting my money. And I say wasting not because the game is bad, but because I really should be doing other things. Anyways.. the game is fine, I'm not sure why people complain so much. Graphics are just perfect. I don't play for too long, but I personally found it more interesting than Sims 3. Just my humble opinion :)

Love Love LOVE!

I have a Mac and this works perfectly on it! (Yes Sims 4 can be used on it finally! Anybody who has a physical copy or online game code can now go on Origins and download the Mac version) I had a regular laptop before, so this is the first Sims I’ve played on the Mac. I heard that people used to have a lot of problems playing with this platform, but I haven’t had any. I have been playing the Sims since I was a little kid, from The Original Sims, to Sims 2, to Sims 3. I even played Bustin Out, Urbz and Sims for Playstation. So, when I say that I love what they have done with this I know where it started and everything it was before now! The people who hate it honestly seem to have the worst reasons. I’ll address some of them: -No, you don't follow the Sim when they travel. It is actually faster this way, especially if where they are traveling is far from your lot. It doesn’t take nearly as much time to load between places as it used to on the Sims 2, though there is a very brief loading screen. You can still see past the home lot, and honestly the neighborhoods are livelier than ever! There is some beautiful scenery. You can meet other Sims, whether they live in the town or whether or not they actually live in a house! I'm sure expansion packs will bring more towns, as well as more public establishments for them to enjoy. In the Sims 3 I rarely visited community lots anyway with the exception of gyms and libraries, so this does not bother me. -No, you can’t travel with your Sim to work. We have never been able to actually control their work actions or see inside their job, it is no different now. The biggest difference is you get a lot of situations that you choose the outcome of, affecting your performance. You can still opt to have them work hard, slack off, etc. It is not as easy to get promoted, and they give you things you can do daily to increase your performance. Like, in the athlete track it is recommended you work out daily. This makes things more realistic in my opinion. You also have more career options. -You can still get pregnant and have babies. You have the option to take a pregnancy test, after you try for a baby instead of waiting to see if the Sim is pregnant like before. The Sim still works while pregnant, and during the 3rd trimester Mom and Dad gain the option to take family leave. They do have to call into work for it, so they don’t have to take it if you don’t want them to. Many people are upset that you can’t take the baby away from their bassinet, but we didn’t do that much with babies before either away from their cribs really. You can still interact with them, and mom even has the option to breast feed the baby now. If left alone the baby will go to “daycare”. No more paying for annoying babysitters who get entirely too comfortable in your house. There is no toddler stage, babies grow up into children. Children are allowed to be at home by themselves, but as before they are not allowed to use the stove or anything like that. There are many ways for children to develop their skills, and they can even have mini-aspirations. With that being said, I don’t really miss the toddler stage because children have plenty of growing up to do! -The color customization is more limited than the Sims 3, I do agree with that. You have a few options to choose on hair and eye color, and cannot do roots or highlights like before. Clothes come in certain colors, if you don’t like the options that’s all there is to it. There are styled outfits now, I like a lot of those. Of course, you can always purchase in the Sim store or Mod if the limits bother you a whole lot. -The actual process of creating your sim has changed a lot, the options to modify their faces and bodies are so far beyond what I could have ever imagined for this game. -Build/buy mode has been condensed into one, and there are several ways to find items by category as well as prestyled rooms. There are pools available now, still no cars but you really don’t need a car because you can’t see them travel anyway. -There is so much more you can do to develop your Sim as an individual, from skills to personality. Who they are actually reflects in the way they walk, talk and act. Like when they have to pee badly, you can see that in their walk. It’s awesome I think. It lost some, but it gained things also that make the game more lifelike. If you don’t expect it to have or need expansion packs, you are not realistic. There is talk of offering one price to be able to get all the expansion packs they release, though I’m not sure whether that’s true or not. If you buy it from Origins, you can return it during a buyers’ remorse period if you are unsatisfied. Again, when reading these reviews keep in mind this is the base game. There are no expansion packs yet, and there will still be updates! I can't wait for the first expansion pack coming next month!

It takes awhile to download and you must have an origin account

You must have an origin account to play this game. In order to redeem your code, log into origin, go to the top left corner where it says “redeem”, click it, and type the code emailed to you in the text box. It isn’t very complicated (I’m not GREAT with technology and I figured it out pretty fast) the only downside about it is the beginning stages of downloading. Once you’ve typed the code in the game will start to download and because it’s such a big and wonderful and amazing game, the download takes somewhere between 3-5 hours. MAybe do it overnight so it’ll be done in the morning. Also, be warned that orgin shows you the expected time left on your download (which will fluctuate really weirdly so I would say don’t pay much attention to it)

Love Sims 4 but....

Addicted to Sims 4. I had Sims 1 and Sims 2 back in the DAY. But once I saw this for sale I got hooked again. I haven't played Sims 3 but I hear a lot of comparison to that game and how it is so much better than Sims 4. I have Sims 3 on disk but I haven't installed it...yet. The only real (and big in my book) con about Sims 4 judging from not playing in YEARS is that NOTHING matches in the game!!! From clothing to wallpaper to floors and to furniture, nothing is a complete set. I don't like downloading CCs because they're always buggy and I just don't want to deal with it. I also don't like the realistic look of most CCs. I like my Sims to look like Sims, very animated. With that said, I have had to download some Maxis Match CCs just to have complete sets of matching objects or clothing. Sims 4 is just VERY limited in choices as far customization and building. They have packs but still NOTHING matches. LOL.

Reliving my past, but in the future!

The game took awhile to download (probably because of my internet speed). But it works great! I have yet to try offline mode. You will have to buy multiple digital copies for different accounts, because I was trying to set my son up an account and tried my game code and it just said already redeemed. You need an Origin account and an EA account to play. Origin is for the game itself and EA is for the sims. They let you sign up for both on Origin at the same time. For the price it is definitely worth it!

I like it

I’ve held off for a long time buying the sims 4. I took the plunge after watching some YouTube vids and I am pleasantly pleased with it. There are a few things I miss from the sims 3, but overall I like it. Maybe even more than the sims 3. One of my biggest complaints is the pet pack. I miss the horses. I also wish the expansion packs weren’t so expensive. I’ll just have to wait until they go on sale.

I flipping love this game!

I’ve been playing sims since I was 8yrd and this is one of the best versions and funnest sims game I’ve ever played. The graphics are better than “the sims 2 deluxe” if you ever played it or “the sims 3 pets” for pc I’m glad I got this game so if you love sims as much as I do then you won’t regret buying it.

Extreme Fun!

Amazing game!...Extremely addicting though!...Word of caution!..Purchase an external hard drive ( 1TB or 2TB) to store this game on because it eats a lot of space. If you don't want to lose the 200 plus hours you will spend in the first month of gameplay & trust me, you will spend that amount of time playing this game, please get the external hard drive. I learn the hard way after losing all my progress, builds, MOD's & CC, due to game crashing because of lack of space on my PC. Recovering "saves" is not always a easy task for newbies, so play safe!...Happy Simming!

Good Game!

Bought this game twice. Once via an online gaming platform (verified seller), and once on Amazon. The gaming platform version failed me as it kicked me out and said my code was invalid- after I had already been using the game for about 4 months- but the Amazon purchased one still works wonderfully. This game is so much fun and it's a great tool for being creative- and a bonus dash of nostalgia is always good! tl;dr: good game, just know who you're buying from.

So much better than Sims 3

I bought Sims 3 for my daughter a year ago, and this past Christmas, bought her Sims 4. She reports that Sims 4 is "MUCH BETTER." More customizing options, better game play, and more realistic behavior from the Sims. Def. a better creative experience.

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