>>15301866
As someone who just pirated everything, yes, there are numerous things that are still an absolute downgrade for the series. Not just the lack of open world, but build mode is so atrocious to work with. The UI is too barebones. You can’t control pets to actually see what they need for whatever reason now. The camera is worse than Sims 3 in that it will do whatever it wants to. The emphasis on emotion takes away any semblance of self from your sim, ironically. You only get three traits instead of five. The trait list is even more lacking. Create a style needed to come back.
The only real improvements were to Create a Sim where you can finely tune everything about the look of your sim and nothing else.