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For Those Currently Playing and Enjoying Sims 4
simgirl1010
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Which version of the game did you start with?
For Those Currently Playing and Enjoying Sims 4 642 votes
Sims 1
54%
348 votes
Sims 2
20%
132 votes
Sims 3
13%
85 votes
Sims 4
11%
77 votes
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Comments
Interesting that yours was the first comment as it was a comment you made in another thread that prompted me to start this poll.
I know these results are not representative of the entire simming community but the majority of those here enjoying the game seem to have been playing since the beginning. Your comment is not the first to insinuate that veteran simmers do not enjoy this game because they have played other versions. So that begs the question. Which are you? Sim veteran or naive newbie with more money than sense?
As someone who started with TS2, the things I miss the most in this game are BodyShop, the freedom to build whatever kind of community lot you want without a checklist and have it actually work, swings, bathroom stalls (the makeshift ones I construct by putting every toilet in a public bathroom in its own room just don't cut it), diving boards (the platforms from "Get Together" are nice and all, but they don't have the same aesthetic charm as a traditional diving board), playing "Marco Polo" in the pool, burglars, sim-to-sim interaction games ("Red Hands", "Rock, Paper, Scisors", "Tag", "Cops and Robbers", etc.), fears, being able to pick the bed frame and color separately from the bedding, and sims waiting while another sim was making a group meal if they were hungry instead of going to make their own meal autonomously. Not that I don't like TS4 and the things it does well, but there are just some things from TS2 (large and small) that it would be be much better with.
Am I too lost?
Nonsense. You belong because you are a simmer - period. It doesn't matter when you started. Glad you joined us.
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> So far I'm the only one who started with the sims 4 :(. I feel like I don't belong here since I haven't been playing as long as everyone else.
You belong here as well as I do. I've been playing for a long time but I'm almost new to these forums ! ;)
Nowadays I can't play it for too long because their needs and relationships decay like crazy. I don't have time to let them do fun stuff unless I cheat their needs and money. As a matter of fact, that IS what I did back then, but starting with Sims 2, I've been playing cheat-free as a challenge. And Sims 1 is hardly playable without cheats.
With that said, I like all the Sims games now. Sims 4 went on and did its own thing after 3 years of development. It has a lot of downsides to it, but it did offer new or revitalized things to the table.
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Once he introduced me to the game I was HOOKED. I used to pull up a chair and watch him play before i started playing myself. Eventually he stopped playing. Partly because he kept getting mad I was messing up his families he made and mostly because I monopolized the computer haha. My dad used to say "why dont you take your real dog for a walk?!" "Why dont you hang out with your real friends?!" He tried to limit my computer time to 1 hour a day (!?!?!?) Crazy, and didn't work haha, esspecially when i started getting expansions.
My great grandmother even bought the base game so i could play at her house! But going from having all expasions to just the base is hard so i didnt play much there.
I was young (I was 8 in 2000) and don't really remember too many game play details, except that i just loved it.
You and me both. I also started with the Sims 4. You're not the only one!
I also tried Sims 3 for Xbox but didn't really like it, ended up playing maybe twice.
I started with Sims 1. I don't think I got it when it first came out. I think I had Sim City first and then the Sims 1. But I have a few expansion packs with it. Actually all my Sims discs are still in my drawer here at home, so one second...
In my drawer are Livin' it Up, Superstar, Unleashed, Hot Date, Makin Magic and a party pack, as well as the base game.
Also Sims Medieval which I need to go back to but the last PC I had it on died.
So I really played SIms a lot back then. And then Sims 2 came out, and it was all exciting, and I have that and all the expansions for that. I played SIms 1 a lot but I played Sims 2 more and it probably is secretly still my favourite because of the genetics, the aliens and lots of other things in it I love.
I have the base game for 3 but I tried it on 2 PCs and had trouble on both so I never got into that one. Maybe one day, I have no desire to get rid of the game. What sold 4 for me before I bought it though was the similarity in basic game structure and format to TS2 in terms of houses, loading screens, etc (I forget the technical term). So I played the demo, enjoyed it, bought the game and here I am.
I think it doesn't matter if you are a veteran or a new player. You play what you like best. There's no right or wrong answer.
That's the opinion of a sim veteran and Sims 4 fan. Those two things are not at all contradictory.
I think it’s good there are brand new players to the series as well as older players. A fresh perspective is as interesting as someone who has played an older version.
We are all Simmers. My only regret is not joining this site sooner!
I cannot remember whether I started with Sim City or Sims 1. I do remember owning Sim Ant. (Still got it somewhere in the house). I'm old enough to have got Jet Pack for the Spectrum!
I started with Sims 4 also, just over 2 years ago when illness forced me to stop working and I needed a distraction from the side effects of my treatments. So don't feel alone. We both belong here. That's the great thing about The Sims, it has something for everyone and it brings all kinds of people together.
Don't sweat it. I've been playing Sims games since 2000 and the community still has never made me feel welcome. It's just how this place is. Your opinion counts as much as everyone else.
I started with the Sims Deluxe myself as a teen and didn't join forums until this iteration. I found out about the game with a TV commercial which was this one:
I had been playing SimCity and SimTower before and just been growing out of Barbies, so I wanted to continue their story in a more mature setting then the Sims came and I've been addicted ever since.
@OEII1001 There are some real pieces of work in this community, and I'm still getting used to the overall vibe. Far too much judgment in some quarters, especially against those of us who had the audacity to purchase the Vampire Content Pack in order to play Sims as Vampires and not for the pretty dresses and "cool" furniture. Kudos to you for standing your ground.
@LiaRose1435 You do belong here. Don't let the loud mouths push you around. You have a right to your opinion just as much as they do. In fact a fresh pair of eyes often provides the freshest insight. Speak your mind. I guarantee someone will agree with you.
Thanks @Mellonuial, I am better and intend to stay that way.
For those of you that feel you don't belong or don't feel welcome in the community, I'm curious as to what would make you feel more welcome or have a better since of belonging?
As for the topic:
Well technically, sims 2 was the game that introduced me into the franchise, as I remember watching my parents play it daily when I was little. Back then, I was fascinated with the concept of controlling these little 'virtual people', as well as being able to build your own houses whichever way you want.
And then when I was old enough by the time 2011 rolled over, I got the sims 3; which was my first ever sims game. I instantly fell in love with pretty much everything about it - the sims themselves, the neighborhood, the open world, the soundtrack...just everything. I remember how I'd always follow my sims in their car whenever they'd go out. How there was so much in the game that I felt like I was constantly discovering something new every time I played - whenever I opened up my game, it truly did feel like an adventure. And then one day, my game stopped working. It wouldn't open no matter how many times I tried. I regretted not taking any screenshots/pictures then, just to remember my game by. Now it's all just a nostalgic memory that I like to visit every so often (especially the soundtrack - I still go on YouTube to listen to them from time to time; especially the build mode soundtracks).
Fast forward to 2014, I got the sims 4. It shocked me at first how different everything was - the CAS, the sims, the graphics, the overall tone...it was all just so very vastly different. Sometimes it doesn't even feel like the sims game I've known and grew up with. But I don't care about that, because I love it just as much.