The Sims series has been going strong ever since its inception 17 years ago. From the very first iteration,🌠 it was pretty apparent that Maxis and EA had discovered a goldmine that would stand the test of time and go on to become one of the most played video game series of all time. The gameplay present in each game of this series is unbelievably addictive, letting players basically emulate God as they watched over a particul꧙ar family and took care of all their needs. It's a gameplay loop that has attracted millions of gamers towards this product, and for good reason.
However, this also means that gamers now have increasingly high expectations when it comes to this particular franchise. This can be witnessed in the backlash that The Sims 4 received at launch, due to a bunch of glaring omissions that rubbed the hardcore fanbase the wrong way. Gone was the open-world, lack of loading screens, and a bunch of other features that had become a mainstay of the franchise. While Maxis did end up patching some of these elements back in the game, it's still quite perplexing as to why they were not present at launch. In fact, even with the sheer number of patches that have been released there are still a bunch of problems in The Sims 4, that the majority of players haven't even noticed — either that, or they simply chose to ignore it so that they could enjoy the final product. Here are 20 of the craziest mistakes you never noticed in The Sims 4.
20 Demon Babies Are Still A Thing In The Sims 4 ꦬ
Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes that — for some indiscernible reason — is constantly repeated throughout the various iterations of The Sims series is also one of the most ཧdisturbing ones present on this list. A single look at the deformed structure on this list will be enough to provide an exp🎃lanation as to why this particular mistake can prove to be especially grating for the unsuspecting player.
Childbirth is one of the many memorable moments in The Sims, simply because it's not something you see way too often to begin with. So, it'll obviously be a rather unpleasant surprise for said player i𓆏f his Sim gives birth to what looks less like a normal baby and more like a spawn of the devil.
19 Sims Will Wasꦺh Dishes In The Bathroom And Clean Their Hands In The Kitchen Sink ﷽
The Sims is a game that sells itself mostly on the fact that it provides the most realistic depiction of life possible (aside from a few exceptions). This is important, since at the end of the day The Sims is still a life simulation at heart, and any aspect of the game that might detract from this experience can prove𓆉 to be a huge blow toꦡ the overall fun factor of the game. The poor AI present in the game is perhaps the biggest example of this.
Specifically, what we want to talk about is the garbage tracking of said AI, which is downright shoddy and unacceptable. This poor tracking can lead to a number of inane decision-making from your Sims — the worst one being that your Sims will sometimes clean their dishes in the bathroom and wash th𓃲eir hands in the kitchen sink.
Just... why?
18 ಞ You Can Develop A Grown Up Relationship With Family Members
The fact that a mistake like this is still prevalent in The Sims even after being identified🍌 time and time again is some🌌what worrying.
It goes without saying that "family fun" is a pretty vile action to enact. A game like The Sims — that's marketed towards teens — should not be allowing something like this to oc❀cur.
And yet, for some indiscernible reason, you can actually initiate this taboo act in the game. This can be done after an extended playthrough, and is truly sickening. Maxis needs to get to work and fix their coding — after all, this problem has been prevalent in every iteration of the Sims series, and is simply unacceptable.
17 Sims Will Automatically Eat Food, Even If It 🍌Makes Them Sick
The concept of free will for your Sims might seem neat on paper, but its implementation is anything but. This is because your Sim can perform a number of annoying things that can get rather irritating after a while... including moments where he or she will intentionall🐽y try and get food poisoning.
This happens because your Sims will get the hankering to eat something the moment their Hunger bad turns yellow, which — let's be honest — is not exactly a critical situation, to begin with. However, if you have any spoilt food outside, then for some reason your Sim will forgo their healthy eating habits and eat it as well, which can be abs𝐆olutely baf💙fling.
Just do yoursel❀f a♈ favor and throw out any spoilt food to save yourself this headache.
16 Kids Wander The Neighborhood E🙈ven During School Hours
One of the main draws of The Sims series is its unyielding foc⛦us when it comes to providing players with a realistic depiction of life. The game goes to rather painstaking lengths to make sure that this simulation can be as accurate as possible (aside from a few over-the-top elements that add to the charm to the series). However, there are moments when this carefully crafted illusion can be completely broken.
Perhaps one of the most glaring mistakes present in the series can be witnessed during school hours. You expect the children in the neighborhood to be dilig💝ently attending school at this point... which canജ lead to a rather unexpected surprise when you notice random kids roaming outside of your household.
Stay in school, kiddo.
15 💧 'Coolala, The Defender Wall Light' Is A Scam
The concept of finding monsters under your bed has been an age-old story that has been told time and time again to children all over the world. It's a universal story that Maxi⛄s has taken to heart by including actual monsters under the bed of children, which can certainly be a rather creepy thing that these kids can witness.
One of the objects present in the game that can help deter these monsters is a wall light officially🍒 known as 'Coolala: The Defender Wall Light.' This light source is meant to prevent monsters from appearing under the bed... but for some reason, no matter how many lights you place in the game, it's painfully apparent that these lights are bugged out and simply don't work.
14 Why Do C꧙losets Even Exist?
One of the major draws of The Sims is the ability to craft the house of your choice, which lets you flex your architectural muscles as you design the perfect abode for your Sims. In order to make the building experience as realistic as possible, you can buy and place a bunch of mundane objects that will make the place feel more like home. This includes closets as well — an object that has to take the award for being the most useless thing one can purchase in The Sims.
We say this because your Sim can change their clothes anytime and anywhere they want. This makes the existence of closets completely pointless, and serves as nothing more than a way to make your bedroom feel more authenti🔯c.
13 ဣ 𝄹 Traits Are Pointless
One of the major elements of The Sims 4 is a personality system that's fueled through the various traits that you can bestow upon your Sims while creating them. These traits are meant to provide Sims with unique and distinct personalities by slightly altering their behavior and mannerisms... but in the grꦬand scheme of things, these traits turn out to be largely inconsequential.
Whether due to a lack of proper implementation, poor programming or a combination of both — these traits do little to differentiate your Sims. At the end of the day, what ends up happening is that most of your Sims end up with the exact same body language. This leads to situations where Sims that are meant to be sloppy still clean🌟 up like normal. It's a blatant oversight that Maxis needs to fix as soon as poꦚssible.
12 Sims Will Sometimes Not꧙ Enter The House After Coming Back From W𒀰ork Without The Player's Input
Work is extremely exhausting, and after a long and stressful day, it's obvious that a person would wish to reach their home as soon as possible so that they could unwind. However, when it comes to The Sims 4, it seems that these people functi𒆙on more likꦓe robots, which can take away from the overall experience at times.
We say this because once they're done with their work, there's a high possibility of your Sim just standing outside your house, lazying around and doing nothing as they stare blankly at god knows what. Without any player input, it's possible that the Sim will just stand in one spot with noth♔ing b💮etter to do.
And speaking of stupid things that your Sim does...
11 Sims Will Constantly Move Around While Eating, As If They're Playing M𒉰usical Chairs
This is one of the biggest complaints regarding The Sims 4, to the point where there are thꦗat are specifically tailored💝 to remove this annoying occurrence.
Now, it's normal for people to talk while eating together a⛦t the dinner table. After all, sitting together and eating in silence can be somewhat boring, and talking can help prevent this monoton💟y.
However, what's certainly not normal is for these 🌼people to move exactly next to the person they want to speak to while talking. If you're all sitting at the same dinner table, then surely you can ♚talk to other without having to physically move beside them. No wonder why the fans have coined this as a weird form of musical chairs.