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juleseast3003

I've given it a go but Sims 4 doesn't quite cut it for me - for me it's the open world that seals it. I might play it occasionally but for me it's sims 3

nickibitsward

I agree, I cannot do without open world! And it's also Create-a-Style I can't do without for me.

HollyL73

I have no interest in Sims 4. I only just started playing Sims 3 in January of this year, I haven't even begun to scratch the surface as to what I can do with this game. I learn something new every day!

juleseast3003

It does have points in it that is good I like how the sims are more intuitive but I feel claustrophobic playing it and my sims are obsessed with going to the loo and watching telly

11Marrielle

Yea if you value the open world feel and beautiful scenery, not to forget finding collectibles like rocks or going fishing in a realistic open world, Sims 4 is a huge setback... I'm not going to play it. I could live with a cartoony Sims version but no open world, missing life stages etc. isn't ever going to make me play it.
The open world was exactly what made Sims 3 so revolutionary, now what the...?

Kandy

Same. I enjoy CAS, but the gameplay itself is lacking for me. Though the new gender options have me interested again...

king_of_simcity7

The Sims 3 is the greatest Sims game ever made!

Well, at least we have newspapers anyway...

MACRONAUT

I would agree, I prefer sims 3 . I liked it enough to buy all the expansions, stuff packs and about 2.5gigabytes of store content.

For sims 4 I have only the base game, enough said.

Simanite

I love both for different reasons, just like I have annoyances with both.

juleseast3003

I'm going to leave it installed I'll have a play every now and again. Same with sims 2

R3B3CKVH

Just curious.... I have only ever played Sims 3... so what do you mean by "open world"? How is the Sims 4 NOT an Open World? I mean, I read that there was a loading screen between lots, but... can someone explain me?

MACRONAUT

R3B3CKVH - With Sims 3 you get a loading screen at the start when you load the whole town, after that you can send you sims around the town without a loading screen, thats open world. For example, suppose your household is 2 sims, one can be at home, another is at the park, you can switch back and forth between them, no loading screen.

Sims 4 method means you can only view one lot at a time, you send one sim to a park you get a loading screen to load it, and you can not view your own house without another loading screen to go back to it. Any household sims not on the currently viewed lot are effectively in limbo, you only have limited control over them. A bit like when a sim goes into a sims 3 rabbithole building.

Jellysimwich

My favourite installment was TS3. And for so many reasons. I do play it from time to time, but I'm trying to transition fully into TS4. For me, personally, it HAS become better with recent updates. I hope more will be expanded upon.

R3B3CKVH wrote: »

Just curious.... I have only ever played Sims 3... so what do you mean by "open world"? How is the Sims 4 NOT an Open World? I mean, I read that there was a loading screen between lots, but... can someone explain me?

For example, if you wish to visit a neighbour, you cannot simply walk there and ring the doorbell. You are forced into a loading screen, and another one, to return home.

HappySimmer3

I agree that TS4 has improved since launch, but it still has way too many deficiencies which I highly doubt will ever be addressed. I guess time will tell. But I can't see ever switching over to it full-time any time soon, if ever. I can play it now and then but it quickly becomes pretty boring. TS3 is still the much better game, IMO. As is TS2, for that matter.

R3B3CKVH

@MACRONAUT Oh, no.... That's just bunk.

juleseast3003

I suppose each game has their own little things that are good I'm going to play sims 2 3 and 4 but mostly 3. They're all installed on my ssd drive so they load pretty quickly.

NatKingSim

I prefer the Sims 3 as well, for many reasons: the open world, color wheel, the teens and toddlers, make a world tool, cars, genetics and so on.

Zuckerschock

Me as a Sim4-Player can absolutely see ur points of open world, color wheel, Toddlers...
For me I don't mind the loading screens and enjoy the very well done design and the vivid interactions and hope for amazing future content as the 3-iteration already has.

juleseast3003

But even with a good laptop isla paridiso lags soooo bad moving my sims to another town

CravenLestat

@R3B3CKVH A sim world such as Sunset Valley has 91 lots ...a sims 4 world/box/fish aquarium/dog crate has like 26 lots.In sims 3 you can ride a bike or run around the streets and drive in cars wherever you want..in sims 4 there are no cars but this cool thing called loading screens and teleporting In Sims 4 all that pretty background is a Hollywood movie prop illusion and you cannot go there ...in sims 3 you can put a lot on and visit anywhere on the HUGE map you see.

Plus Sims 4 only has set presets for clothes and furniture so if you want your shirt to match your pants better hope the presets match up.No create a pattern also or color wheel Plus in Sims 4 all sims walk like Hanna Barbera characters like Shaggy from Scooby Doo knuckle dragging.

norhane

i've been playing sims 4 since it came out but i just stopped after getting together, i got really bored, not matter how many mods i added to the game to give me new things to do it was still boring, i think sims 4 needs more detail. So i went back to playing sims 3 i even got the rest of ep and sp that i was missing and i've playing it non stopped for the past two months and yet i haven't tried out every thing in it.

king_of_simcity7

@norhane I have been playing TS3 for 6 years now and still not discovered everything either lol

Oh, and welcome to the forums

norhane

@king_of_simcity7 hahah i know right ? and thank you

TadOlson

I've been playing Sims 2 and the Sims 2 Open World EP for Sims 3 which was made available with the NRaas Mod collection.I've got the entire Sims 3 collection installed and use tons of Mods with tons of CC and the game almost never lags though it can take upt to three minutes to load if it's an EA world.

king_of_simcity7

@TadOlson I have not heard of the Sims 2 Open World EP for Sims 3 before. What is it?

Rainbow_Nyla

I know i'm a little late, but whatever.

I totally understand what your saying. I have had Sims 4 for about a year and Sims 3 for a couple of months. I like Sims 3 open world better than Sims 4 new create a sim. Plus, wheres the color wheel in Sims 4! That was one of my favorite features about Sims 3. Forget toddlers, I want the color wheel back!