Life sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games

Even with new competition in the mix, the life sim genre feels so afraid of being difficult, but that's what made the ...
The New York Times

Life Got Hard. The Sims Got Easy.

As the daily grind becomes “gamified,” players are nostalgic for older, more chaotic versions of the life simulation game By Kim Hew-Low While playing The Sims 4 — the latest iteration of the wildly ...
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The Sims is back after 25 years, and it's teaching Sims 4 players a lesson in retro life sim difficulty: "Damn this game is hard"

The Sims and The Sims 2 are back with re-releases on PC, but more modern players used to the ease of The Sims 4 might just be in for an unpleasant surprise as it turns out the original 2000 game is no ...