The Sims 4: No Grocery Store, Work, or School Lots

@avidsimmers There is no school lot at this time in The Sims 4. Children and Teens will route off lot to go to school, like in The Sims 2.

— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) July 2, 2014

@Libra_Style @JoeParkinson6 There is no grocery store in The Sims 4 at this time.

— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) July 2, 2014

@John_Alves82 There are no work rabbitholes in The Sims 4. Sims simply route off the lot the same way they did in The Sims 2.

— Sarah Holding (@SimGuruSarah) July 2, 2014

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I don't know how to feel about this. To me the grocery store was pointless. I never got a message that said, "You don't have enough groceries to make xyz" or preventing me to eating whatever I want.

At the same time, shoot, this is 5 years later, why not a more real grocery experience?

The same with school. I liked the presence of a school. I wanted my sim to be a teacher, we can interact with stuff on the job, or I can control my child at school, or at least watch them.

I feel like its just a step backwards, but then in TS3 they were rabbitholes we couldn't see in and do anything with anyways. I still hope the pranks and stuff, joining after school clubs is still there. Maybe they can add in bake sales and PTA meetings.

Its just feeling like a dumbed down experience, like freaking rushed...I don't know how to feel. I been playing The Sims for wow, since TS1 and yes I do have worries about my favorite game being effed over like Simcity. EA don't give two craps about The Sims anymore.

Then they are being all secretive and not showing us anything when the game is to be out now in less than 2 months! 2 MONTHS! I follow a lot of games and shit, we get to see gameplay trailers, previews, in game pictures and have a lot more info about the game by then. We got more info on games due in 2015 than The Sims 4.

For real. I did not wait 5 years so I can play a graphically improved version of The Sims 2 where the sims aren't ugly and look like deformed monkeys.

It is 2014 and there are a lot of games, well most games are being made in open world settings today. What game made today has rabbitholes? Most games of today have it where we can walk freely across the world and go in and out of buildings. Even basic flash games and 3DS games can do that that does not take up much memory, so why can't The Sims?

Part of me is just thinking they are withholding showing anything that is "real" until the laaaast week when people are just so happy to see anything, or so disappointed in what they see that they cannot make up their minds to not buy it, and still buy it in hopes they'd like it. It's obvious they are hiding the game.

Shoot...seems like a step back from The Sims 2. I do recall us going in stores to shop for clothing and my memory is very vague of this here but I thought there was a grocery store...

I was going to get the premium edition, but skip that now. Not spending $80 on some half ass game. The truth is that the developers didn't know the release date themselves until before E3 and they are crapping their pants, rushing the hell out of it.