For me, Skyward Sword's controls are the best thing about it. It's the game surrounding it that lets it down. Actually, the game surrounding it would be great if it didn't get so tedious halfway through it.
This is suprising. I expected this to get like a 6, Based on what I've seen of it, that feels like a more appropriate score. I haven't played it yet though so who knows, this may change.
@greenkidd529 7.5* Also it was proven when twilight princess got 8.8. Because it didn't get a perfect score, Jeff got death threats, abuse, claims of having being abused as a child....
I am NOT joking. http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/815/2022215-4dn4ihh.jpg
@Poodger IKR.. It's not a sport because it doesn't fit in the definition of what a sport is meant to be, enough said, and that's by no mean's a bad thing. I guess people are just looking for some kind of justification for why they might treat games with the same competitiveness and seriousness as one might treat football. Who cares? Games are a worthy front for competition and it shouldn't need to label itself with false terms to be so.
@StHapns247 Well for me, I like expanding my family tree to be bigger and bigger and seeing my sim's genetic's mesh together. The Sims appeal lies in these things:
1) Creation- Its basically a virtual doll house and a building simulator. You can create whatever kind of person you want, and you can build your own house and furnish it.
2) Stories- It's a medium used to tell simple stories.
3) Comedy- This kind of ties with stories. It's funny to watch your sim die, then the grim reaper take his soul away and then read the newspaper on the toliet afterwards before leaving. Its funny to see your sim succumb to insanity as he is forced to interact with the only entity who loves him- the social bunny. Its funny to see your male sim, after being abducted by aliens, returning pregnant.
Yeah I can't exactly disagree with the score despite thoroughly enjoying the game. For me, the series took many steps forward with this game, but it is the lack of content that ultimately brings it down. Honestly it feels like a blank canvas at this stage. A great canvas at that. The game looks and feels better than every Sims ever did. Multi-tasking made their lives feel more natural, path-finding has been improved, performance is superb, create a sim is amazing, build mode is actually really great. Its not gimped, just easier and faster to use. The sims in this game feel much more varied then they did in the past. The emotion system is fantastic. Skills are better. Dating is better. I even like the careers better in this one. Also, they improved the interface.
I have to disagree with something in this article though. I'm glad that they got rid of the laggy, buggy open world. Now we no longer have to waste precious time as our sim travels for hours towards their destination. Now there will no longer be empty community lots. The whole game just feels more focused as a result.
All things considered, Sims 4 is a vast improvement over its predecessor, but it lacks content. It's as though they made the perfect engine but forgot to make the game the engine was built for. An analogy would be what if Bethesda made Skyrim but without it's sprawling landscape. Yes. What if Skyrim had its improved combat, graphics, magic system, streamlined leveling system etc. You know, the entire base of its game... but then they made the world tiny. One small town with 10 npcs and one dungeon That's exactly how the Sims 4 feels.
Ultimately at this stage, the game is not worth it's full retail price. It's more like a starter kit. The real game is yet to come.
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