Again, for the same reasons: the world is too small and there aren’t enough things to do… The game has a 4/10 average score of over 2100 users. When looking at the user reviews (on Metacritic, as the game is not available on Steam), it doesn’t look good for The Sims 4. Plus, excellent building tools make architecture more fun than ever. The emotions system and its contextual actions are really strong. Yet The Sims 4 does succeed in being a deep and complex game when it comes to Sim interactions, with lots of entertaining emotional potential. Everyone agrees The Sims 3 had more to do, yet The Sims 4 has more depth: This is a lovely and lively game that elicits constant smirks, but The Sims 4’s moments never feel like part of a bigger picture.īut here’s where it gets tricky. The Sims 4’s biggest problem is that The Sims 3 exists. Gamespot gave it a 6/10 score, concluding that: The game has a 70/100 Metascore, which is good but not great:īut taking a closer look at some of the reviews, a trend begins to emerge. So did The Sims 4 delivered? Is it as good as its predecessors? Reviewers can’t seem to agree. But with the catastrophic launch of SimCity, fans were cautious. With the enormous success of every Sims game ever released, The Sims 4 should have been flooded with pre-orders. It may not have as many things to do as The Sims 3, still, this is the most sophisticated, better looking and fun Sims ever made.įirst things first, is the game any good?