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IGN: EA says "no one's getting access [to Sims 4] ahead of release" for reviews
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licktheenvelope
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Wasn't that review period timed though? I seem to remember reviews getting access to the online but then it got taken away after a few hours and they had to go by just those few hours....
It's real.
Well. That doesn't instill confidence. I'm getting SimCity 2013 vibes.
You mean 1s and 10s, and the flood of day one reviews with less than an hour of play? Most user reviews are useless IMO.
You mean 1s and 10s, and the flood of day one reviews with less than an hour of play? Most user reviews are useless IMO.
ShinMaruku
Member
It's why EA and other shit companies endure.
It'll make Sim City look like a GOTY.
TetraGenesis
Member
This game is a fucking disaster. I knew quite a few missing features before but that list is just outrageous.
I hope it gets obliterated in reviews. I want EA to face a bigger shitstorm for their hubris with this than the SimCity fiasco.
TetraGenesis
Member
When they first announced this I honestly thought it would be the Sims game I always dreamed of. Now it's a nightmare.
Someone needs to make the Skate to this whithered Tony Hawk and introduce some goddamn competition. (Ignore Skate's publisher in this example.)
Someone needs to make the Skate to this whithered Tony Hawk and introduce some goddamn competition. (Ignore Skate's publisher in this example.)
We all know EA would just threaten/bribe people so they don't give a low score anyways.
GeneralArrow
Neo Member
How many day one patches do you think they'll ask you to install for $2.99? I mean...free.
Maybe they'll just get plants to review the game. Just as they get plants at their E3 conference to feign excitement for this turd of a game.
NoctisVsStar
Member
t('.'t)
deltatheta
Member
I thought everyone had plants? Game journalists have way too much integrity to openly cheer at press conferences, and E3 isn't open to the public.
JinjoUnchained
Member
Who needs reviews? EA should just show a crawl of Twitter posts from people who were excited by the latest trailer. That's how these things are done now, apparently.
MrBambinoDent
Member
That pretty much makes it easy for everyone to wait on that game until we get some reviews!
I'm sure they all do, its just funnier when a lone shill for EA does it over a game no-one else in the audience thinks will be good.
Kssio_Aug
Member
What the hell!
No pools, no cars, no terrain modifications, fake background, and the list keeps going!?
Thats an absurd!!! I cant believe it!
It seems to me theyre planning to relase a load of expansions including most of those super basic features in the future! Thats disgusting!
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
No, but it seems like started as an online only game and it shows. Thats why probably half od the things that make sims 2 and 3 loved games are out.
Handy Fake
Member
I can't tell if you're joking or serious. Because it seems funny yet at the same time horribly likely.
I am not joking. The Sims 4 Premium is a real thing. Pause the video as it opens. That's the official EA gameplay trailer.I can't tell if you're joking or serious. Because it seems funny yet at the same time horribly likely.
Isn't it great that we've literally hit that point where you can't joke about bad news for The Sims 4 without people wondering if it's real or mention something real without people thinking we're kidding?
Hahaha, no surprise there.
Hey man, we should all TOTALLY buy subscriptions to EA's new service. They're totally a company that has proven we should trust them! Forget Dungeon Keeper, Sim City, The Sims 4, online passes, x100 other devious and underhanded shit throughout all last gen. Forget that. I am totally going to buy their subscription, they every day prove they deserve it! We gamers certainly do learn from the past!
Hey man, we should all TOTALLY buy subscriptions to EA's new service. They're totally a company that has proven we should trust them! Forget Dungeon Keeper, Sim City, The Sims 4, online passes, x100 other devious and underhanded shit throughout all last gen. Forget that. I am totally going to buy their subscription, they every day prove they deserve it! We gamers certainly do learn from the past!
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
hahahahaha
Zatoichi's Cane
Member
I'm happy to say that I won't be buying FIFA this year for the first time. 
That ends my association with EA until probably The Division is released. I can't stand EA's business practices, so I'm going to stop giving them my MONEYZ.
That ends my association with EA until probably The Division is released. I can't stand EA's business practices, so I'm going to stop giving them my MONEYZ.
I'm happy to say that I won't be buying FIFA this year for the first time.
That ends my association with EA until probably The Division is released. I can't stand EA's business practices, so I'm going to stop giving them my MONEYZ.
The Division's Ubisoft though.
Not a surprise at all. The Sims 3 was missing a shitload of features at launch too, and given the clusterfuck that was SimCity, I expect no less. Maxis isn't even a shell of its former self, it's a label EA can use to tug at the strings of our nostalgia in order to sell a scam. The whole "life simulator" genre needs competition, though I think it would be impossible to do without EA sending it's army of lawyers after any soul brave enough.
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMmE04NB8E
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMmE04NB8E
licktheenvelope
Member
I'm happy to say that I won't be buying FIFA this year for the first time.
That ends my association with EA until probably The Division is released. I can't stand EA's business practices, so I'm going to stop giving them my MONEYZ.
Ubisoft is making The Division.
r.i.p maxis
Baaahahahaha.
to be honest what use is a review in this situation even going to be? half the people reviewing the game aren't going to have the kind of knowledge of the sims 3 that's necessary to point out that this is complete trash by comparison. they'll just say 'oh yeah it's the sims if you liked the last one you'll love this one'.
Kinda true, I mean how helpful were the day 1 SimCity reviews for consumers? IIRC, they were more advertorials than reviews given the broken and shitty nature of the game.
Nealand Liquor
Member
According to my Corporate to English translator the quote actually says:
Because our game is really bad, we just hope enough people buy our steaming bag of shit before word gets out so we don't completely lose our shirt.
Because our game is really bad, we just hope enough people buy our steaming bag of shit before word gets out so we don't completely lose our shirt.
SimCity sold 2 million in the first week. Sims 4 is going to sell fine no matter what.
The game is going to make bank either way.
OverdriveOtaku
Member
I'd rather wait to hear day one impressions than base a purchase decision off of an IGN review anyday. Good on EA.
Better check to see if your totem is still spinning there, if you think that the majority of consumers who purchase the sims read reviews.
Lets make a betting thread. I avatar bet that they won't make an apology until after 60 days. Hell, I'm feeling confident. Lets make that 90. Quote me, bookmark me and shame me with crow if they apologize before this.
Solid Samus
Banned
wow
this is a shocking development
this is a shocking development
Zatoichi's Cane
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Lactose_Intolerant
Member
or buy it day one.