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What DON'T you miss from the old Sims games?

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There's a lot of threads with people saying what they miss from The Sims and The Sims 2...

So how about we reminisce on what we hated about the previous games, and are glad that we now do have/don't have now in The Sims 3?

I'd say:

- Dirty baby bottles lying around the house everywhere
- Coloured ghosts (hated those!)
- Non-understandable babies
- Restrictions to one lot

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    AcanthaLynnAcanthaLynn Posts: 51 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss those LONG loading screens! :mrgreen:
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    iamxrayiamxray Posts: 243 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss those LONG loading screens! :mrgreen:

    Same, mine took over half an hour to load up properly due to CC.
    Also don't miss the annoying mascots from uni, especially the cow which seemed to make my faithful Sims cheat out of free will!

    I definitely prefer create-a-style of the Sims 3. Has to be my favourite feature and for me Sims 2 CAS just can't compare without it!
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    kewliocubekewliocube Posts: 145 Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss the loading screens or appliances that can't be upgraded.

    All mine self-clean :D:mrgreen: :thumbup:
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    AvieAvie Posts: 360 New Member
    edited August 2009
    Well I never had long loading screens and all the major game annoyances were easily dealt with by installing the ever-reliable MATY hacks.

    I liked S2 and am considering junking 3 and reverting to it.

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    Nik24X7Nik24X7 Posts: 7,865 Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss:

    long loading time for game startup.
    loading screens for each lot.
    shrubbery and flowers that need tending every couple of days.
    having to place the driveway on the left side of the lot.
    having only one choice for size of painting at the easel.
    the Young Adult age is only for university students.

    That's all I can think of at the moment.

    A couple more:

    being limited to only one item on a table and only being able to position it in the center.
    having to choose amongst only a couple of color choices or having to install third-party recolors for furnishings.
    Origin ID: nik24x7
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    Tenshi3Tenshi3 Posts: 2,653 New Member
    edited August 2009
    Avie wrote:
    I liked S2 and am considering junking 3 and reverting to it.

    Bye then :wink:
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    LawertendLawertend Posts: 5,144 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss the annoying, prude Ms. Crumplebottom and her purse.
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    MJ902008MJ902008 Posts: 818 New Member
    edited August 2009
    with apartment life how they would always cover their eyes from the sun as if saluting to it.

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    Taylor0628Taylor0628 Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited August 2009
    *Toddler playing with toy in front of kitchen door*

    *Toddler leaves toy in front of door and crawls away*

    *Parent trys to go into kitchen*

    SHOO FLEE! SHOO FLEE!
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    icecreamandcocoaicecreamandcocoa Posts: 142 Member
    edited August 2009
    I reeeally don't miss..

    the long loading screens for everything.
    the fact that our sims only got to meet other sims if they came to their homes or they went to community lots.
    we couldn't watch them drive in the cars.
    the sky went from light to dark and not in transition.
    and a lot of other things that I can't think of at the moment.
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    milkewayplayermilkewayplayer Posts: 900 Member
    edited August 2009
    I definately don't miss Create-A-Sim in Sims 1, no creativity whatsoever in creating sims in that game! That always annoyed me.. But oh well, thats a thing of the past, we've moved on the bigger and better things: The Sims 3!!!! :D
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    Subucni524Subucni524 Posts: 1,659 New Member
    edited August 2009
    Loading screens.
    Dirty diapers and bottles.
    SHOO FLEE every 5 seconds.
    Drew Carey. *shudders*
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    SoggySoapSoggySoap Posts: 405 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss not being able to see the work place of my sims.

    I do miss being able to see in stores, however.
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    DANIW523DANIW523 Posts: 782 New Member
    edited August 2009
    :? I'm still having long loading screens. :?:
    Anyway, I definitely don't miss only being able to stay in your house all day. :D
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    ToppenzapToppenzap Posts: 773 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss my Sims constantly running to every window in the house shouting 'OMG LOOK RAIN/SNOW/HAIL!' And I don't miss them all wanting to all use the same computer 24/7, even though there are 3 throughout the house.
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    the_harlequinadethe_harlequinade Posts: 512 Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss being virtually blind as to what your baby wanted.
    I don't miss the way of having a baby in TS1. With the little 'Should we have a baby?' box and the bassinet dropping from the sky.
    I don't miss having one or very few colours or each object.
    I don't miss four set hair colours.
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    jimmy9525jimmy9525 Posts: 317 New Member
    edited August 2009
    DANIW523 wrote:
    :? I'm still having long loading screens. :?:
    Anyway, I definitely don't miss only being able to stay in your house all day. :D

    yeah im getting the long loading screens aswell . and i have quite a new up to date computer so i wander what the problem is huh ?
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    cupcakecupcake Posts: 5,097 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss how the insanely jealous simmies were able to detect that their significant other was cheating on them on the same lot.
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    Robodl95Robodl95 Posts: 1,561 Member
    edited August 2009
    Sims are so much smarter I can focus on one sim for a few sim hours and the others know what to do
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    KrokopokoKrokopoko Posts: 31 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I just dont miss The sims 2 at all :roll:

    Like 3 so much better :D
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    Peppy41Peppy41 Posts: 5 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I dont miss the long loading times.
    I dont miss the time limits on parties and outings. I never knew why they did that in the first place.
    I dont miss the limitation to the amount of people I can invite over.
    I dont miss not being able to turn off aging if I want to.
    I do miss the hot date/nightlife expansion packs
    I do miss the resturants and shops, being able to go inside and see the cook and all that stuff.

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    the_lying_muffinthe_lying_muffin Posts: 245 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss the:
    lag, loading screens, inability to see what a baby wants, four hair catagories, dull eyes, no shoe choice, cows from univeristy, llamas from university, dates, inability to visit your neighbors, nannies, children needing nannies, zombies, incompetent vampires, social bunny, cheap gifts from dates, X number of loves, little choice for LTW, co-workers coming over uninvited, home births, having only one way to get mutliples without cheating, how spouses knew their love was cheating if they were on the same lot, little choice in colors, how long it took to graduate sims from collage, the outfits witchs had to wear, not being able to pick which door sims think is the front, private school, part time limits, limitations on the amount of guests and those weird stalker-sims.

    'Cause I can I'm going to tell what I miss:
    aliens, cowplants and die by flys.
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    ZeriZeri Posts: 15,073 Member
    edited August 2009
    i dont miss toddlers splashing in the toilets, no matter WHAT i did i could not stop them from making a b-line to that thing
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    Rflong7Rflong7 Posts: 36,588 Member
    edited August 2009
    What I don't miss... I don't miss, huh,... wait. I know there's something. Hm,yeah... okay.

    I do like some aspects of TS3 but I did have years of fun with TS2. It was well worth the hours of Skipped Chores to play. I loved it. :mrgreen:
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    SmustleQueenSmustleQueen Posts: 1,868 New Member
    edited August 2009
    I don't miss loading screens

    I don't TS2 at all! :D

    ...except for the awesome CC, but that comes in time.
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