When the wedding event starts, the marrying Sims don't show up in their wedding attire, even if you went shopping and picked out your outfits beforehand. Restarting the game did not fix the issue, and we ended up Googling and coming across the 'resetSim' cheat command to be able to continue playing.Įven when the Sims were being vaguely responsive, the ceremonies often turned into an incoherent mess. One time, both of the marrying Sims were completely broken and weren't responding to any input. We were never able to exchange vows in front of an officiant (we only had some success without one), and in two separate cases, we could not get the couple to marry at all no matter how hard we tried, leading us to cancel the wedding. Putting it bluntly, we didn't have one event that went smoothly, and worse yet, each wedding ceremony we tried had bugs that completely ruined the experience. For clarity, all issues we're about to describe are from our time with the content post-launch, after we installed the release-day patch.

So much of it is downright broken to the point where it's truly surprising the release was not further delayed. The big problem is, the pack is in an alarmingly terrible state. You can decide before the event starts, and a checklist will keep track of everything that's been completed. Maybe you want a walk down the aisle, or have speeches or toasts, or the guests to blow bubbles or throw rice. In addition to choosing your 'Sims of Honor', officiant, ring bearer, flower pal and guests, how the event is run is very much in your hands. The big sell is that everything is intended to be fully customisable so each love story can be unique. But the end result is memorable for the wrong reasons.Īs soon as two Sims get engaged, they can start planning for the big day – and there's a lot to organise, from bach parties and rehearsal dinners to the wedding ceremony itself. My Wedding Stories sounded like a winning concept, taking a pivotal period of a couple's life that had been left a little underdeveloped in the base game and fleshing it out to make the storytelling behind romantic relationships more meaningful and intimate. An ongoing game needs to evolve and find ways to keep players engaged, and for The Sims 4, which is nearly eight years old now, that means building on the core experience and presenting Simmers with more options to tell impactful, personal and organic stories with their Sims. There was much anticipation when My Wedding Stories was announced as The Sims 4's latest pack, and understandably so. Note: This review was published at the time of The Sims 4: My Wedding Stories' launch, and does not take into account the substantial patch that was later released to address many of the bugs.

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