10 reasons why The Sims 4 feels so boring

Why The Sims 4 often feels like a boring game!

*im not wearing lipstick my lips just naturally look like this.

[nofrills]

In sims 2 my sim broke up with her boyfriend. He didn’t take it well. For about a week, he would walk by her house at 4am and kick over her trash can. I always had to rush to clean it up to avoid roaches. In sims 3 my sim was a serial cheater and got called out for cheating in the middle of leading a protest. All the sims started booing her. I miss the wacky, unpredictable antics. I was going to uninstall sims 4 but my ten year old discovered it and has fun with it.

[annuShetzi]

In the sims 2 and 3 I never designed a house. I would literally buy a random house, put in some stuff I needed, not caring if it looks good. I would put on my Sims the first clothes that looked ok, and never changed it. I was so eager to get into the gameplay that the aesthetics didn’t matter. In the sims 4 I spend hours setting up the game, building, decorating etc, and then spend 5 minutes with gameplay before I get bored.

[krissyganz]

I hate how townies only show up when you enter an area. It’s like they don’t have their own lives and exist just to follow your sim.

[nokocchi]

i want to tell stories but its just so boring... like... i don't want to pretend that a story is happening??? I want the story to actually happen??? I don't want to have to orchestrate everything that I want to happen

[BoFoFreedom]

The sims aged down while the players aged up, thats the thing for me. Especially for the 1-2 players who grew up with the burglars, the horrifying sims 1 reaper music and fire screaming. Sims 4 feels like it's treating me like an ipad baby while im just LOOKING at it

[Nygis_]

Peak The Sims 4 gameplay:

1) create a Sim
2) build a House
3) repeat infinitely the first or second choice depending on what do you like mostly
4) Forget you own the game
5) repeat

[Pozorrogo]

When I played Sims 1 over 20 years ago, I will never forget when I had a house party and hired an entertainer, a clown showed up went directly to my hamster and stole the entire cage - put it right in his pocket. Then he went to entertain the guests as if I didnt just see him steal my pet. Ive never forgiven and Ive never forgotten.

Sims 1, 2, 3 - Life happens around you and to you
Sims 4 - Youre the one who makes 'life' happen


Its actually criminal that fire doesnt spread.

[sunnypupbarks]

i've never completed a sims 4 life cycle. it's just all the same stuff, same choices, same dialogues with townies. and all the fun stuff is hidden in the bunches of $40 packs. there's just not enough replay value!

[witchmargielas]

i torrented my sims game with all dlcs and i didnt even REALIZE most things i was using were locked behind paywall/dlc, and i’m still INCREDIBLY bored

[jezebel]

The worst thing is how sims 4 slowly spoon-fed you features in DLC that were in the sims 2 & 3 BASE GAME.

[hannah-jbqb]

I heard someone say this one time and it made so much sense, the sims 4 is just a dollhouse game. You make your pretty sim and their perfect family and put them in their pretty house and that’s the game. This is so true bc everytime I get on the sims I make my pretty sim move them into their perfect house and then I’m bored and get off 🤣.

[DrewOrdo]

I hate that everyone I meet in the game is dazed, and it takes forever to get them into another mood, just for them to leave because their social timer has ran out

[IAmNotAWoodenDuck]

The Sims 4 so often just feels like a series of chores. You want to join a werewolf pack? Get ready to make your sim do the same few things over and over again, interrupting other gameplay or you'll get warnings. You want to teach the infants new things? Oops, looks like they've been awake for two seconds, they need a nap. Oh and they've got a quirk that means even getting them to sleep is a chore. You want a sim to have a certain lifestyle? Gotta stay on top of that too!

It's just boring. It feels like I constantly have to stop playing the game to complete repetitive and unnecessary tasks.

[Brenmuffins]

The sims 4 IS boring though. Their slogan is literally about creating your own stories because they haven’t done any of it! Ts4 was a step way back before even sims 2 which did have stories, drama, proper animation, and engaging sims. The sims 4 is a dead game. Lifeless with no depth or drama

[ArtsyAustin]

I'm a creative and I love to make stories with the Sims 4, but too much control and the lack of random wackiness do make the game boring most of the time.

[zenphire]

What I really hate is that if I go out with one sim, the rest of the sims at home don’t get anything done and their needs go to shit because you can only control the sim you’re off the lot with. In TS3, you could take your sim to the park and everyone else at home will take care of their needs, work on skills, etc.
I get that the open world caused lag but it really made the game feel alive and realistic.

[Technilogica]

i'm a cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. sims 4 is what i go to when i wanna test out some ideas i have for characters or locations, if i need to visualize a fleeting idea that i like so i don't lose it. sims 2 and 3 are what i go to when i want to play a computer game. (usually sims 2 since i have the ultimate collection, but either way lol)

[Ready-ForTheEnd]

I think the relationships are so shallow which isn't that fun for family gameplay. I get that there are limitations but eh. I get bored when my sim cheats on her spouse and he's upset yet still has an entire conversation with her. So unrealistic. I think if a spouse cheats then the other sim could initiate the divorce and move out of the house. That would be awesome

[christinestone]

Traits "so un-impactful" is so right. My booklover sims never read unless I make them and that applies to all traits. They want the computer to chat even when they have full social and a houseful of guests, or they just want to dance even though I've given them many different likes and even tried dislike dance. They still dance and don't like it but don't stop. I have to force everything and pretend it's fun. S4 removed almost everything that made TS fun and every time I quit having fun, which is usually when I quit building, I hate EA. PLUS, too safe for sure! It's made for 8yr olds, not teen. Well I'm 71 and have played since 2000 so I'd like at least teen rating lol

[Delikatessen__]

Everytime I play the sims 4, I get frustrated because it feels like every single sim (including the one you're controlling) is fighting against you. I try to go on a hangout or date, but the group mechanic is horrible and they're constantly trying to do their own thing. Interacting with the world feels stiff and janky, and as soon as you make any form of progress the sims decide its time to go home and you have to restart, or, in my case, get bored and do something else entirely.