The Sims 5 Needs To Be About Life Again
With EA still holding off announcing the fifth iteration of its beloved life simulator series, fans everywhere started to build a wish list of features they want to see in The Sims 5. When The Sims 4 launched in 2014, EA had brought the life simulator's graphics to a place it had never gone before, and Sim customization had improved drastically. Within a more realistic world, players could make the most realistic Sim-version of themselves yet if they wanted to, or create a more classic Sim-styled self with cartoony-large eyes. But, for all the updates, the series lost many more features.
A color wheel, for instance, that was available in the previous The Sims game was no longer in The Sims 4. Being able to add windows to rooftops also went missing. The open-world, loading-screen-less feel of previous iterations was also gone. But, of all the things that The Sims 5 needs to bring back to the series, it's to put «life» back into the «life simulator.»
How The Sims Console Versions Have Compared to PC Releases
Despite the many features lost to The Sims 4, Maxis Studios has done plenty to try and fill the gaps over the past eight years. It provided constant updates alongside a mixed bag of Sims expansion packs plus game and stuff packs that have helped keep the game going for this long. But the core aspect that made the original game so alluring was taken out entirely and, over the years, never showed its face again – the ability for players' Sims to live a life.
For one, relationships in The Sims 4 are too easy to form. The concept of 'love' in the latest game feels shallow as all the stages of love – becoming acquaintances, growing a friendship, falling in love, romancing, and so on – all can happen within the span of one Sim
Read more on gamerant.com
