Hi, I've been a simmer since the sims 2 on ps2 and I've played on PC and console. I understand changes being made to increase ease of playability for new simmers. However technically speaking this update doesn't seem to have been well thought through or tested. The controls for zoom, confirm, and speed are overlapped. When the game is paused and you go to clear notifications it speeds up the game and if a sims is in the middle of traveling and you pause, clear the notifications and the game goes x2 or x3 speed it Now forces the paused action to continue which has caused my game to crash previously. Even when aging sims up on birthdays the game freezes when trying to select new traits at times now what if my sims has a bday and ages up while the speed is x3.. it has happened and has forced my game to freeze crash. Keep in mind on console we can't duplicate our sims 4 folder to backup our game saves. And on top of the EA has even said themselves that after updates it can cause in-game issue and even but not limited to game save file corruption or losing a a save entirely. Now imagine playing for hours you try to clear notifications before your sims travel and then if it speed up your game at the wrong moment you lose hours of gameplay or possibly a save file because of a forced update or a freeze from trying to use free cam that has always worked flawlessly. Then consider that console players may want to create content to support and promote your game too. As someone who loves reviewing apps, games, and softwares... And as someone who has some experience in game design I'm jus here to say please consider changing console Live Mode controls back at the least. They prevent us from doing basic things that were included in the game when we purchased for example taking still photos on free cam, playing with ease, and enjoying the game.
