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I am twenty years old. I am booting up The Sims 4 for the first time. I find myself disappointed by the amount of content that is missing when compared to The Sims 3….\n\nIt is 2024. I am thirty years old. I am booting up The Sims 4 again. I have not touched the game for months prior to this, but I just spent $40 on the newest expansion. I find myself disappointed, but I feel like I need to play it a few more times to get my money’s worth.\n\nIt is 2074. I am eighty years old. I am booting up The Sims 4 again. I have not touched the game for months prior to this, but I just spent $700 on the newest expansion. The game now requires an entire 512TB drive. It takes 23 minutes and 41 seconds to boot up. 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And battlebit came out same time which was way way better.\n\nSadly the battle it devs screwed the pooch and vanished then the game died.","removed":false,"published":"2025-03-03T23:50:54.788563Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://aussie.zone/comment/15134509","local":false,"path":"0.13989671.13993380.13995320.14002902","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":1074309,"name":"50MYT","banned":false,"published":"2023-08-05T08:04:11.458733Z","actor_id":"https://aussie.zone/u/50MYT","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":18},"post":{"id":21887115,"name":"im gonna stick to my old hitman games on disc thanks rule","url":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/26902e93-7a02-455a-9aec-6660f6c095d0.webp","creator_id":13729610,"community_id":579195,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-03-03T09:37:36.925873Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22640464","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/webp","alt_text":" tries new hitman game internet is required for basic features singeplayer modes like freelancer locked when offline people on steam are defending this bs"},"community":{"id":579195,"name":"onehundredninetysix","title":"196","description":"**Community Rules**\n\nYou must post before you leave\n\nBe nice. 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CS never really clicked with me, so after trying ever other contemporary city sim under the sun I went back to playing SC4, but only every now and then. Goddamn, Simcity was so good and what EA did was a fuckin crime.","removed":false,"published":"2025-03-04T08:12:03.837451Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/15442392","local":false,"path":"0.13989671.13993380.13995320.14009568","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":2369,"name":"absquatulate","banned":false,"published":"2023-06-15T06:37:29.517923Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/absquatulate","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":2},"post":{"id":21887115,"name":"im gonna stick to my old hitman games on disc thanks rule","url":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/26902e93-7a02-455a-9aec-6660f6c095d0.webp","creator_id":13729610,"community_id":579195,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-03-03T09:37:36.925873Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/22640464","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"image/webp","alt_text":" tries new hitman game internet is required for basic features singeplayer modes like freelancer locked when offline people on steam are defending this bs"},"community":{"id":579195,"name":"onehundredninetysix","title":"196","description":"**Community Rules**\n\nYou must post before you leave\n\nBe nice. 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