I've been playing sims 4 a lot. But I was thinking of trying sims 3 again, but I only have the base game. Oh, and generations and a bunch of worlds from clicking on ads.
But every time I start the sims 3, I find the graphics muted (compared to the cartoony version of sims 4 - which I'm used to) and leave. So I was hoping you could all change my mind.
So please tell me, what can be done in the base game from Sims 3 that I can't do in Sims 4? There are so many amazing sims 3 fans! I feel I'm missing something. Thanks
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Oh, you can also buy cars in TS3 and even your house will get burgled if you are unlucky an if there is a fire, you can have a firefighter arrive and put it out *(make sure that you pout a fire alarm inside the kitchen first though)
And you can walk around the open world and find lots of interesting things and sims without a loading screen. Also you can visit and make friends without loading screens.
But the thing I like most is taking classes at rabbit holes in order to skill up. You don't just have to read.
I do like how much basic facial customization TS3 had compared to TS4.
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As for me, what Sims 3 has that I very much miss in Sims 4, are the usual suspects: open world, CASt, terrain tools and cars. But I also miss the way sims always adress each other and have some sort of a memory system thanks to the moodlets. Their emotions are always connected to an event or an interaction with one particular sim. That to me makes them more real. And their traits, though far from perfect, define what kind of person they are. And there are a million things to do, but that's also thanks to all the EP's of course.
Go to a graveyard.
Customize your house entirely thanks to Patterns.
Get burglarized.
Open world.
Create ponds or other water features.
Beach.
Basic careers.
Drive a car.
Meaningful relationships with sims living in town. Not just randomly produced sims.
Play catch.
Have picnics on blankets.
Swing sets (and other park playground equipment).
Taking classes to learn skills.
Tell the difference between teen and adult.
Going to a lot with out load screen.
I just... there's so much more too and this is all just basic game. So many say it's so empty but it was an excellent base to build upon in my opinion.
I know EP choices weren't the original question, but TS3 remains much further evolved than TS4 as the latter's development cycle is not yet near completion. Plus, many of us find and expect that we always will find the gameplay and customization options TS3 brings with it to be more engaging.
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You can literally go from one end of the map...
(my sim in in the center of the pic on top of the hill)
(there she is, see that white speck?)
...to the other. You can see the other hill from here.
(she' the white speck, bottom/center of pic)
And almost anywhere in between.
You may also find that the lighting and graphics look much better with seasons. Add a nice default skin (like Kurasoberina's Starfruit or Mango Smoothie), default eyes (like Escand's Oh My eyes), custom hairs and create new hair colors, and it will look beautiful. You can try a lighting mod but the weather will still look fantastic without. The Sims 3's graphics look radically different depending on your graphical settings, and aren't pretty on low / medium, try playing on ultra in windowed mode, it looks incredible, much prettier than any other Sims game IMO. Really, don't lower the graphics, push them as high as what your computer can bear without suffering, even if ever that means playing in a small window.
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Walk from one location to another without "Loading" screens.
Have a thunderstorm
Custom color things (color wheel)
Own a pet
As for actual gameplay I like to just sit back and watch what happens around town: some sims get into fights, others are constantly flirting with their loved ones and even propose. This is the kind of thing that you can't really experience in TS4. And that's why many of us feel stranded in a closed world.
There are also after school activities your kids can do, which helps their skills.
Yes you can c: you can also get a world lighting mod that changes the way the light is outside and how the sky looks . Some make the game look more vibrant
https://youtu.be/X2eiCUQDNvQ
There have been ages since I had only basegame but if I´m not wrong you can swim in the ocean, you can have apartment buildings with the hidden mark balls, you can dance slow with your partner, you can play ball games with friends, you can go on bicycle all over the world, and with zerbu´s mods you can be a teacher or a doctor and 14 more careers and really act with the other sims on the world (not fake townies)...
may be there are many others but I don´t want to wrong you saying somethig that comes with EPs
I can play at last TS2 TS3 and TS4 So great that toddlers are here!!!
I believe NRaas: Story Progression has this option but I could be wrong. tagging @igazor to chime in
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@imhappy if you are in friendly terms with mods there is one that fully changes the way venues are attended but other sims when they are there, thou you can´t forget that the strenth of your PC processor is an important part of the way these things go...
http://modthesims.info/d/552227
I can play at last TS2 TS3 and TS4 So great that toddlers are here!!!