"If they had used their creativity on the actual game, Sims 4 might have got better reviews. "It looks like EA have been using their effort in the wrong place," he told Newsweek. Loz Kaye, the leader of the Pirate Party, a UK pressure group which seeks to legalise file sharing, was ambivalent about EA's anti-piracy measure. The game currently holds an average rating of 3.8 out of 10 on.
Early reviewers of the game have criticised the removal of swimming pools as a building feature and the 'toddler' life stage. Numerous pirates, unaware that this was an intended glitch, took to official forums of the game to complain about their supposed "bug", where they were then ridiculed by paying gamers for falling prey to EA's trap.Īlthough illegal downloading is an issue for any popular computer game, the Sims 4 has been expected to suffer particularly heavy piracy due to widespread displeasure within the Sims fanbase at several notable departures from previous installments of the franchise. However, EA's glitch ensures that the pixellated area gradually spreads to blur out the entire screen, remaining there indefinitely. In all Sims games, the developers preserve the modesty of characters by pixelating their bodies whenever they take a bath or shower. The life simulator series allows gamers to 'play God' - creating realistic avatar characters ('Sims'), moving them into houses, and directing their actions. The Sims 4, which was released earlier this week, is the most recent installment of one of the best-selling PC franchises of all time. EA Games, the makers of the Sims franchise, have included a deliberate glitch in the latest addition to the series that makes pirated copies of the game unplayable.
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