You can choose from three locations – or four if you have the DLC – and from a few pre-built houses or empty plots of land. Once you have created your first Sim family, it is time to move them in. By default, this is turned off though so will need turning on. This now includes the ability to wear any item of clothing, regardless of gender, and the ability for anyone to become pregnant if you choose to.
#THE SIMS 4 REVIEW PC#
The Sims 4 on consoles looks to include most of the post-release PC updates, including several gender updates to the Create-A-Sim. All-in-all, the first couple of hours of The Sims 4 are tough to get your head around. You are more likely to end up skipping that altogether to avoid the confusion, but then you’ll find yourself missing most of the crucial tips to make the playing experience smoother. There is a tutorial mode present, not just here but throughout the whole game, however this again is difficult to keep track of due to the controls. The Create-A-Sim feature can be a bit daunting at first, as most of the menus are no longer sliders, as now body parts need to be dragged and shaped manually. It takes several hours to get used to the controls and even then you will find the easiest way to navigate is to do so manually – by spamming the B button until you return to cursor mode which can take at least three presses sometimes – rather than switching through the icons using the Options button. There is unfortunately no way to change this in the Options menu. It is very difficult to do this at first and you will frequently find the cursor launching off in all directions before you figure out the correct sensitivity. You can also press the Options button to flit between the menu sections or move the cursor if it is on the main screen. Most options and icons are around the edge of the screen and you move around a cursor to select these.
Being a port from a PC game, it doesn’t appear that any thought has gone into the control system at all. This extends to the newly designed Create-A-Sim feature as well, if you can figure out the controls.
And with traits and aspirations returning, then you can really fine tune your Sims to be individuals. Pretty much every notable action has a skill associated with it one that can be levelled up and progressed. Nowadays – whilst cheats are still present in the console versions – the game is a much more robust affair. I’m not ashamed to admit my characters were all lounging in the big mansion on the hill because I used as many cheats as I could physically type in.
#THE SIMS 4 REVIEW SIMULATOR#
Back then, the life simulator was a much simpler affair, but achievements and trophies didn’t exist, so cheats were present in most people’s games. And I don’t like it at all.ĭLC frustrations aside, The Sims is one of those games that every man and his dog knows about, having first been released back in 2000 on PC.
I haven’t noticed such an obtrusive way of trying to get a gamer to buy DLC before. As you move between different locations, certain ones are also greyed out that are related to the DLC. These little reminders that DLC is available aren’t just limited to the main screen.
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