EA pledged to fix a Sims 4 bug that causes relationships to max out quickly in the cozy life game, and some fans aren’t too happy about it. Anytime the player’s Sim took a photo of another Sim, their relationship would increase by roughly 10 percent and would max out after 10 photos or so (thanks, PC Gamer).
That skips the entire “getting to know you” phase – becoming closer, taking walks together, chatting about aliens – and some Simmers thought that took the fun out of making friends and lovers. EA and Maxis evidently agreed and included the problem in the latest Laundry List, a selection of community-reported bugs and other problems the team plans on fixing soon.
Others despaired over the change.
“omg please don’t fix the photo bug its [sic] so helpful,” one Twitter user said.
DONT YOU FIX THE PHOTOS PLEASE DONT https://t.co/BI9Pr6fs2y pic.twitter.com/Oyqet7Acaj
— ms.thiccums 😳 (@shakbeee) May 26, 2023
omg no they’re fixing the photos gain relationship bug RIPPPPPP 😭😭😭 https://t.co/stYlScUrnD
— $wagg Central (@mrry_chrisshmas) May 26, 2023
“Who reported the photo relationship, I just wanna talk,” another said.
As ever with these announcements, though, the most common reaction was annoyance over the issues EA and Maxis aren’t addressing. Some of these include long-standing problems, such as infants aging rapidly, a problem that popped up after 2022’s The High School Years expansion, issues in build mode, Sims randomly sitting on the ground, crops reverting to seeds – there’s a lot. The Sims 4 may have been around for a while, but every new update tends to break as much as it fixes.
The most annoying thing is that “photo” bug, has only 2 pages of comments and 61 “me too’s”. The plants reverting to dirt plies report has 57 pages of comments and 1062 “me too’s” so why are these insignificant bugs being fixed? Just to pad out the laundry list?? 🤔 https://t.co/jK3UhktW6q
— 🕸 jodie laura 🕸 console player 💪🏻✨ (@theyorkshirejo) May 26, 2023
Even without the photo bug, The Sims 4 still has plenty of shortcuts to hasten your relationship building. If you use the Social Bunny app, for example, you can max out a friendship within a week or so just by sending kind messages – even if your new best friend randomly sends hateful llama jokes in return sometimes.
Meanwhile, Maxis is working on something that isn’t quite The Sims 5, but promises to revolutionize the classic series.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
