"Looks like there'll be no The Sims 4 reviews until after it's out. EA tells me no one's getting access ahead of release. I'm nervous."

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Looks like there'll be no The Sims 4 reviews until after it's out. EA tells me no one's getting access ahead of release. I'm nervous.

— Dan Stapleton (@DanStapleton) August 18, 2014

also: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=877436

cut me some content if old

does this mean its going to suck ?

Now millions of people won't know if they should buy it or not.
With such a new IP and almost no info beforehand it's really hard to make an educated decision about a purchase.

That doesn't bode well for the game's quality at all.

Though I imagine IGN will still give it an 8/10 because of EA advertising overlords.

Someone help me. I'm trying to think up reasons how post release reviews are bad for the consumer but I can't think of any.

I don't know why but the way the money hand is moving just made me bust a gut laughing, so I wanted to say thanks for that. Also "it's all a dream" hahaha

Probably gonna suck.

They removed so many features that were available in previous games to nickel and dime consumers later with dlcs I don't get why anyone would by that game at launch just wait for when the full game is available before buying it

Considering all the features they've taken out and lack of confidence from the EA.. and also the team working on the game (at Maxis), I'm not surprised. It looks like a big step back from its predecssor in almost every conceivable way.