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82 Features Missing from The Sims 4

The following is a list of features that were COMPLETELY CUT or REDUCED from previous iterations of The Sims.

It DOES NOT include missing expansion pack content that should be base by now (i.e. Weather) or new features promised for Sims 4 that were later cut (i.e. Woohoo Skill).

Lastly, it is important to understand that much of this content will NEVER be in The Sims 4. Things like Create a Style are not compatible with the game engine, and thus cannot be added in future updates or expansions.

MAJOR MISSING FEATURES THAT WERE IN TS3:

No create a style (CAST) - NOT possible in future expansions. (x)
No modifications to world/town/public spaces.
No “normal” careers - Law enforcement, Medical, etc.
No open world - You must incur a loading screen between each active lot; each neighborhood has 1-5 lots total.
No terrain tools other than paint; the entire build-able world is completely flat.
No story progression - Sims in the neighborhood age, but do not have children, get jobs, move, get married…etc. without player intervention.
No toddlers.
No way to create/place new lots - Only 2 empty lots at the start of the game.
No Mac version of the game.

MAJOR CRIPPLED/LIMITED FEATURES THAT WERE IN TS3:

All buildings on a lot must have the same foundation. No mixing for sheds, garages, etc.
Babies are mere objects - All interactions are through basinet. There are no baby objects. Babies can only be lifted directly above basinet.
Backgrounds are illusions - The buildings in the background are not playable in the game.
Most of the area surrounding a lot is “decorative” and cannot be walked to or otherwise interacted with.
Fewer floors/levels, limited to three.
SIGNIFICANTLY smaller “worlds” of <25 lots compared to 125+ lots in The Sims 3. (x)
Smaller lots - Biggest lot size is 50x50 instead of 64x64.
Loading screens for each individual lot.
The map is a one-dimensional picture.
Teens are same height as adults and they, along with elders, all look nearly identical.

OTHER MISSING GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS FROM TS1-TS3:

No acne (x)
No aliens (x)
No animated hair (x)
No aspiration failures (x)
No babysitters (x)
No basements (x)
No bookstores (x)
No burglars (x)
No cars (not even as décor) (x)
No cashiers
No cemeteries (x)
No cutscenes (x)
No cleaning skill (x)
No clothes shopping (x)
No color wheel, predefined to ~20 colors (x)
No comfort need (x)
No Create a World Tool
No curfew (x)
No customization of multi-tone hair color (users select only main color) (x)
No dinner proposals (x)
No diseases or illness (x)
No dreams (x)
No environment need
No exterminator
No eyelash length slider (x)
No favorites (food, color, music) (x)
No fears (x)
No full face make-up (x)
No garage doors (x)
No gardener for hire (x)
No grocery stores (x)
No inheritance
No male body hair (x)
No magazines
No move object cheat (x)
No newspapers (x)
No opacity slider for makeup (x)
No party invitations from other Sims
No private school (x)
No rabbit holes at all - Sims move offscreen for work and school. There are no hospitals, work/school buildings…etc. (x)
No random or accidental deaths
No repairman (x)
No repo man - (x)
No restaurants
No skin slider (x)
No swimming in lakes or the ocean
No swings
No tragic clown or social bunny (x)
No way to watch a Sim commute to work/school (x)
No way to water flower beds/bushes
No website for browsing exchange or store (in-game only)
No zodiac signs

MISSING OBJECTS FROM TS1, TS2 OR TS3 BASE GAMES:

No bikes
No changing tables
No cribs
No dishwashers (x)
No highchairs
No hot tubs
No pool tables
No trash compactors (x)

MISC CRIPPLED GAME FEATURES:

32-bit executable - TS4 is not 64-bit, and cannot access more than 4GB of RAM. If you have more than 4GB then you are crippled.
Fewer traits in CAS (more traits must be unlocked/earned in-game).
Incompatible Simpoint currency - Sims 3 Store Simpoints do not work with TS4.