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The Sims 3 vs The Sims 4 9 Expansion Packs in
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So for your opinion, how would you compare both games with 9 Expansion Packs released? Which one you enjoy the most? Why and why not the other? Are you happy with the direction with the particular iteration of the sims has taken during that time period?
Since this is a topic about Expansion packs, Game and Stuff Packs along with Store Content are not counted in the topic.
Since this is a topic about Expansion packs, Game and Stuff Packs along with Store Content are not counted in the topic.
Ways on how to improve The Sims 4
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/924539/features-that-needs-depth-and-ways-to-improve
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that doesn't seem fair after all sims 3 stuff all came in eps so it would be sims 3 vs some of sims 4
so 3 would all most always win by default
But, I'll admit the Sims 2 and Sims 3 expansion packs had more content. Content which in the Sims 4 is divided amongst EP, GP, and SP.
Which proves exactly that in order to have more content than the Sims 3 had, you have to buy more than just expansion packs.
I never said we didn't have to buy more packs anyway it doesn't make the sims 3 better the way it was
sold was just different and if we're going to compare games all packs should be included @SimmerGeorge
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We did get more content per pack in TS3 for sure, but we also had more content per pack in TS2 vs TS3.
The Sims 3 is actually better because for the price of one TS3 expansion pack, you would have buy various TS4 expansion, game and stuff packs to make an equivalent. So all those TS4 packs together would turn out more expensive.
On top of that, while gameplay works for the most part in TS3, gameplay in TS4 is extremely buggy or broken, so that most people just create and dress up sims or build and rebuild the same limited number of lots that TS4 has and avoid live mode all together. So you get better value from TS3 EPs than from TS4 EPs.
Features of TS3 expansion packs not only affect the world that is included with the pack, but all the other worlds made for the game, whether Maxis or fan made. For example, Island Paradise has scuba diving, life guard career, hidden islands, the Kraken, sharks, hotels/resorts,also had tropical graphical assets, boating, water-skiing, windsurfing, mermaids, etc. You can add all these things to other worlds. There was a problem with routing issues with the world the EP came with, but you had various solutions to solve it. You could fix the problems of that world, BUT if you didn't want to bother with that, you can just use another world with those EP's features. I found that I didn't even need mods for those worlds!
Each TS3 EP had features that drew a wide variety of simmers to buy them. Even the EPS that I didn't think I would like as much, Showtime for example, had things that I love and use a lot in every story or challenge, or freeplay I play. TS4 EPs have less content and less variety, so they don't draw a wider variety of simmers. I can see why Maxis is always churning out so many one-theme packs because each one just doesn't draw enough people to buy them.
The OP asked if I liked the direction that TS3 was going in and yes I did and still do. I loved that each pack was so well made and had so much working content and gameplay. And that the way the game was coded allowed Twallan and others to mod it so that TS3 simmers can adjust almost any and all features down to the smallest detail so that we could truly play the game our way and even combine or tweak gameplay into other genres. It just took my breath away when I realized it can do this and is why I love this game so much still do to this very day.
TS4's direction on the other hand just took so much of our creative ability away in this game. Can't edit those tiny worlds or make new ones, can't add or delete lots and can't change their sizes, everything has limited swatches and patterns. Less lot types and the lot types that are there are sometimes the same but just different names. Gameplay and content in TS4 are poorly done or out of touch with what simmers want. Lots of popular features in previous iterations hadn't made it to the game so far and simmers have to keep asking for them, sometimes for years. I also think the devs are taking the simmers and modders for granted. That's why packs have far less content and are so buggy. They figure simmers have low expectations and the modders will just fix what is broken and fill in gaps of gameplay without having to be paid. And they are right!
Comparing Late Night to perhaps GT or CL or how many did we have to buy? I think it proves you can have a fully fleshed out EP like LN and not go bankrupt. I say that because some of the reasons we hear all the time is budget and expensive to animate and yada, yada, yada.
I think the two island EPs one in TS3 and one in TS4 proves more can actually be done in one EP than a tiny world, not even animated for more than one Sim in some cases of usable objects such as a boat, and still make money.
I think TS4 no longer has any excuses left for claiming it's the budget and time and or expensive. They made a billion. They may not put a billion back into their games, but EA really should stop milking.
Meant to add for the money I would have to say TS3's EPs, and it's not even my fav. and I had problems with the slow AI between Sims sometimes (designed that way) but it still proves loads of gameplay in an EP is possible.
No, I'm not happy about the direction for the last few EPs players feel like they got lectured instead of a pack to play, that's not good to lecture your customers. Sooner or later, it will turn around on them because people don't like lecturing in games. They play games to do what ever they can imagine within the realms of human nature and not feel they are being sold propaganda.
It's not really a head scratcher to me. But I had to turn down how far I could see to four instead of a higher number. And my old pc was barely considered a mid grade pc at the time but was better than the min. requirements. But true, I was not able to install all TS3's EPs but was very satisified with the five or six I did have installed as far as the gameplay and or how much there was to do and buy for my Sims.
Yeah, I'm going to have to stick with for the money pack to pack etc. TS3 offered me more and was more enjoyable in the long run. I will add Seasons compared to TS4's Seasons even if it does have a calander (which gets broken often) was a better EP with more in it to do than in TS4's Seasons, and sorry Maxis, but snow matters.
Yes, C&D compared to TS3 Pets, no horses or other animals because people had been requesting for years a vet career and the pack was broken at release and the career didn't even work right. All that was in TS1, TS2 and TS3's Pets packs for one vet career....and it gets broken often, if it has even been fixed yet, I don't know I think people don't even know yes cats can climb up on other things in the other games just like in TS4 but that seemed to aw so many like it had never been done before.
I was playing on 32bit machine back then and didnt know about any of the Nraas Mods, it was frustrating and maybe the cause of my ocd having to save the game once in every 3 minutes, because the last time I had those specific error code was after 3 hours of playtime without saving, imagine the progress of 3 hours gameplay lost lol. Never had those issue anymore once I installed some Nraas mods.
I mean if someone had a chance to get all of 3 or half of 4 I'm gonna say get 3
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/924539/features-that-needs-depth-and-ways-to-improve
do you mean you want us to talk about how we felt when sims 3 was coming out vs now
sorry can't help you there I bought sims 3 when all of it was already out
Me too, I never got that code.I also optimized both my computer and TS3 to work well with each other so running the game well was never a problem on my old 2014 4gb RAM computer with integrated graphics card.
And this is not a unique situation. I had to do that for a lot of games I play including the Borderlands series, The Saboteur, LA Noire, etc. And it was all worth it because of the gameplay each provided. TS4 just didn't provide enough of that and was just too buggy in live mode to enjoy. Can't enjoy smoothness of play (but simulation lag exists in TS4 anyway) and graphics (which are goofy) when there's so little to do and so little that works properly in TS4.
The TS4 period is an extremely disappointing era for me. Low quality basegame with less content and buggy packs that made the game worse. It groomed its ever dwindling number of players to have low expectations so if the packs are low quality and meager in content, they've accepted that. Also groomed modders to step in and fill in gaps of content and gameplay for free that paid devs should have done (devs really ought to be ashamed of themselves!). And a lot TS4 players don't even hope for better things for the next iteration. Those are the terrible effects of this game on its players.
The TS3 period was and is (if you're still playing the game) a period of the greatest amount of creative and gameplay freedom. You can set up your worlds and how you want to play it almost any way you want because of the way the devs of that period coded the game. It is truly an amazing game and SO MUCH fun! It made people think highly of the devs, not only for the excellent coding, but of the great quality of content and gameplay as well which for the most worked! Even the bugs, which is nowhere near the amount in TS4 are all fixable or had workarounds. It also groomed its players to have a more positive outlook for the future of The Sims franchise. I still think TS5 will be a lot better than TS4 for example because I know they can do better as they had before. Even waiting for TS5 to be released and then build up the library of packs for it isn't so bad because we have TS3 to play in the meantime.
Well you're in the EA forums with a whole section for The Sims 3. There's plenty of people there to help you with the game now.
There are many reasons why not. And it's no longer because of an older pc not able to play all of TS4's EPs installed, but if I stated all those reasons I would be here all day.
Also I’ve never had an error code 12 on my sims 3 game. My sims 3 with every expansion, stuff pack and store content runs better than my sims 4 game. 🤷♀️
Completely agree with you, all the stuff you had with TS3 compared to the previous two. I love TS4 but I recently revisited the third and forgot how much variety there was, I especially miss World Adventures. TS4 feels slicker but there was so much more you could do previously.