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On this day, 12 years ago, the sims 3 launched!

texxx78texxx78 Posts: 5,657 Member

Do you remember how you felt when you first played the base game?

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    SPARKY1922SPARKY1922 Posts: 5,965 Member
    edited June 2021
    @texxx78

    Thanks for the reminder although it's quite disturbing how quickly time passes-)

    I love everything about 3, I looked forward to all the live streams and sheer amount of content we got with all the packs :)
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    texxx78texxx78 Posts: 5,657 Member
    SPARKY1922 wrote: »
    @texxx78

    Thanks for the reminder although it's quite disturbing how quickly time passes-)

    I love everything about 3, I looked forward to all the live streams and sheer amount of content we got with all the packs :)

    Yes, time passes so fast! I didn't remember it was 12 years ago, which means my baby was born already and yet i remember that i was excited like a little child when it came out :)
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    jaletu2005jaletu2005 Posts: 692 Member
    I remember so well excitedly driving to the local Game stop and snapping up the deluxe copy. Had a nice plumbob USB drive and a big green Prima guide. I was in heaven! And the gameplay was so wonderful.
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    TS1299TS1299 Posts: 1,605 Member
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY THE SIMS 3!!!! <3<3<3<3

    Without The Sims 3, I would never ever discover this franchise, and the marketing for it was so good. With Iphone game (The first game I played in The Sims) makes me cry because of nostalgia. And woahhh, those days when the billboards are filled with Let There Be Sims!

    Thank You For Being a Part of My Life The Sims 3, and I will never be in this forums if it wasn't for the game. I really love it <3
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    KelvinKelvin Posts: 6,900 Member
    I was still quite young when it came out in 2009 that I couldn’t play it but felt really excited about the open world feature it promised as it was still a relatively novel concept among games in 2009 :)
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    emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,155 Member
    I was excited as heck to play it! :smiley: It was everything I had dreamed of! (An open world sims game! :star: )
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    ParyPary Posts: 6,871 Member
    I'll never forget how it felt to actually follow my sim as she got into the car pool, and drove to work. Other sims were out walking, or driving, and I was utterly fascinated by the fact that I could take my sim anywhere within the boundaries of the entire world, not just one lot.
    And being able to go across the road, or next door to visit the neighbours was just so exciting. The whole town felt really alive.
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    Devolution of Sims - a once customisable open world sandbox which has become a DLC Party catalog in a shoebox
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    AstroAstro Posts: 6,667 Member
    When I first played the game (I want to say in 2010) I remember the laptop I used was definitely not meant for gaming. I think it had 4gb of ram, Intel HD Graphics :s . Anyway, the game would crash like every 20 minutes, but I remember I would save like every 5 minutes.

    I used to put up with a lot just to be able to play the game. Now, that’s obviously different, but, I have done a lot to make sure my game runs and looks the best it possibly can. So I really do love this game!
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    dearie_blossomdearie_blossom Posts: 707 Member
    Happy Birthday, Queen <3
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    BabykittyjadeBabykittyjade Posts: 4,976 Member
    Pary wrote: »
    I'll never forget how it felt to actually follow my sim as she got into the car pool, and drove to work. Other sims were out walking, or driving, and I was utterly fascinated by the fact that I could take my sim anywhere within the boundaries of the entire world, not just one lot.
    And being able to go across the road, or next door to visit the neighbours was just so exciting. The whole town felt really alive.

    I was quite young with an old laptop my uncle gave me that couldn't handle it. But this post right here describes my exact feelings when I first played it. The feeling of being free as a bird. I'll never forget running on the beach with my pet dog to the ocean and I was in another world like😲😲😲😲😲 until it crashed and ended lol.
    Zombies, oh please oh please give us zombies!! :'(
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    SharoniaSharonia Posts: 4,853 Member
    edited June 2021
    I felt sad cause my computer couldn't run it, I had been so excited for it too after following all the development of it and already being a huge fan of the Sims 2. I loaded the game and it looked like my graphics card had exploded, not even a new PC could run it well enough so I stopped playing for years until the Sims 4 Seasons released.

    It's taken 12 years but I am finally able to play and enjoy the game. :D
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    Rflong7Rflong7 Posts: 36,606 Member
    I wasn't that thrilled about it. :disappointed:

    Lol! I remember feeding my green, childish, vegan Sim some hotdogs at the park and then seeing her throw up later. :lol: Oops. I wanted to see what would happen.
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    Deshong04Deshong04 Posts: 4,278 Member
    I missed out on most of TS2 and only had the base game and University for its lifespan. Then one day I was bored at school and then remembered TS2 out of the blue and wondered what were all the EP's and so on that got released that I didn't know about it. And upon looking that up TS3 came up in the search results. TS3 was some months before release but then again it got a new release date for June 2, 2009.

    I followed this fan website called SnootySims to get most of my TS3 pre-release information. The more I found out about TS3, the more excited I was. Initially, I was neutral with how the Sims looked but as time went on and more screenshots were released, the more I began to like the Sims aesthetic.

    And when the game released I was so happy to play though my school computer could not handle it. Or it met minimal requirements except for the integrated video card which was incompatible. But I still played until WA because of graphical glitches and then put it on the shelf for later for when and if I could get a capable computer. Which I was absolutely blown away at how amazing TS3 actually looks than what I had came from.

    The nostalgia is amazing and I still like to look at the pre-release screenshots and all the interesting videos the team made for TS3. I was obsessed and read a lot of articles and interviews as well, lol.
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    This screenshot below is one of many that got me especially excited for TS3. :love:
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    One of the most greatest things about TS3 is the creative freedom. :love:
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    And the videos, there are so many parodies and so on and some that I have not even seen. If anyone wants to check it out then go to: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSims/playlists and look for The Sims 3 videos.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gXiw5URNM&amp;list=PLD8AF08EBDBE4E876&amp;index=22

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    “What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
    Stand a little taller
    Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
    What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
    Footsteps even lighter”
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    AstroAstro Posts: 6,667 Member
    Deshong04 wrote: »
    I missed out on most of TS2 and only had the base game and University for its lifespan. Then one day I was bored at school and then remembered TS2 out of the blue and wondered what were all the EP's and so on that got released that I didn't know about it. And upon looking that up TS3 came up in the search results. TS3 was some months before release but then again it got a new release date for June 2, 2009.

    I followed this fan website called SnootySims to get most of my TS3 pre-release information. The more I found out about TS3, the more excited I was. Initially, I was neutral with how the Sims looked but as time went on and more screenshots were released, the more I began to like the Sims aesthetic.

    And when the game released I was so happy to play though my school computer could not handle it. Or it met minimal requirements except for the integrated video card which was incompatible. But I still played until WA because of graphical glitches and then put it on the shelf for later for when and if I could get a capable computer. Which I was absolutely blown away at how amazing TS3 actually looks than what I had came from.

    The nostalgia is amazing and I still like to look at the pre-release screenshots and all the interesting videos the team made for TS3. I was obsessed and read a lot of articles and interviews as well, lol.

    *snip*
    Talk about a blast from the past. It’s crazy how we can still enjoy and find new things in games that are decades old.
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    KarritzKarritz Posts: 21,942 Member
    I had a dial up connection so downloading patches was an overnight job. I remember deciding I wanted to move up to Sims 2 as I'd been playing the original Sims for a few years. I decided to do a little research first and discovered Sims 3 was about to be released so I pre-ordered it but was too late to get the premium version.

    On release day I was disappointed I had to wait a few more days to go and collect my copy from a local store.

    Once I had the game installed it was a huge learning curve. My sims aged so fast I couldn't achieve much with them. I didn't have edge scrolling turned on so couldn't just go and explore the world without sending my active sim there first.

    When I finally got my sims, the Wozneys, to have a family their son was killed at work. He was in the military career. In another game a different son moved out and had a motherless baby.

    There were frustrations. Fortunately patches arrived and they fixed the military career killing sims while at work and other things were fixed. I had no clue about building and I was surprised to discover my sim houses I built, or extended, were missing roofs in many places.

    Since I was on dialup I wasn't involved in the forums. Eventually I managed to get a better internet connection which made the patches easier to download and I started to visit the store and eventually got to visit the forums.

    I've been playing since then. My goal is to learn it all but I discovered years ago that can never happen as there is too much in it. And there are some things I probably don't want to do. I still rarely play with vampires. Have a lot to learn about the Criminal career and evil sims, but I am trying and do have a lot of fun with my evil sims.

    Then I started making videos because I didn't know anything about making videos and these days I mostly play the game to make videos. But I do enjoy making new sims. I went through a phase of mostly just building things but don't do much building these days.
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    SeashoreLiviaSeashoreLivia Posts: 836 Member
    I never played just the base game. I first played the sims 3 in October 2017. I was disappointed that the sims 4 wasn’t going to let us control pets, and I heard that you could do that in the sims 3. Steam was having a sale so I bought the game and most of the packs. Back then I didn’t like it and only played for a short time. Last year I got back into the game though and now I’m having so much fun!
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    Rhiannon58Rhiannon58 Posts: 806 Member
    I don't remember for sure when I got TS3 base game. I know it was not when it was first released. I think it was mid 2010 after WA and Ambitions has been released. I hadn't researched it much and only knew it was the next game in the series. I had loved and played TS2 for many many years, and owned the entire series with expansions and SPs. I figured it was just better graphics and other improvements.

    I picked up a deluxe box with the cool green diamond thumb drive and got it installed. Must to my surprise, there was an open world. That seemed cool. In between constant game crashes on a computer that really couldn't handle it, I learned that I had no control at all over my town. I could have aging and progression on or off. I wanted it on or off per family but that wasn't possible. In reading the forums, I learned about the Pinstar's generational challenge. One family, for 10 generations, and suddenly I had a reason to play. I picked up WA which gave me all new content to enjoy. Someone had created a spreadsheet to keep track of challenge "points" and I was delighted. I still have that original spreadsheet and I think I made it 7 generations before I stopped playing. I loved so many details that were huge improvements over TS2: laundry, expanded gardening, wine making, laundry, gradual baby bumps that seemed more natural, on and on. But eventually I got bored of that one family and stopped playing.

    Then a few years ago, I picked up TS2 again. Origin had put the entire series in my launcher - for free. I started playing and got so into it once again. Loved the control over my city. Played it non-stop for about a year. Then for some reason, I really missed those new features in TS3. I must have posted something on the forums about that and one of the Nrass gang reached out and convinced me to give it a try. They told me that is was TS2 reimagined and I could indeed play the way I wanted to play.

    So, one weekend, I happened to see that the entire TS3 series was on sale on Steam. I had learned you couldn't mix CD and Steam versions of the game. So I made the leap and bought the entire thing. I think my total tab was something like $185 but it has been SO worth it. Still some bumps here and there but I am truly enjoying TS playing my way. I know full well I haven't touched 75% of the content and that's ok. I'll get to it sooner or later. I'm still working full time but gaming is my release. My recharge. So it's slow going. I have a city that started with six founding families and they are up to 3rd generation.

    I did a recent review on Steam for TS3 and stated that I believe it is my favorite Sim game of all time. Here is to another decade or more of playing it! <3
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    SimSpockSimSpock Posts: 273 Member
    12 years! Wow. I vaguely remember leaving work early to pick up a copy. The first thing I did after starting a new game was have my character go jogging. I followed behind him with the camera, just taking in the scenery. An entire town was open to me to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. It was so liberating.
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    SimSpockSimSpock Posts: 273 Member
    edited June 2021
    texxx78 wrote: »

    Do you remember how you felt when you first played the base game?

    Yes. I was in awe. And that's even with having every pack for TS2.
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    bekkasanbekkasan Posts: 10,171 Member

    I didn't start playing until 2012 when I got the base game and supernatural as a birthday gift. The supernatural disk didn't work, but the base game was awesome and I didn't look back. I eventually got it all.
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    maggiemae8135maggiemae8135 Posts: 790 Member
    I love Sims 3! The open world, the sims' personalities and unexpected behaviors, adventuring in World Adventures and working with Ambitions. i still play. When I play Sims 4 I get nostalgic for all that Sims 2 and 3 offered in gameplay and just have to return. I enjoy Sims4 as well but it's a far more casual type of fun than I get from the others. Happy Birthday Sims 3 and thank you for all the enjoyment you have given me!
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    VaChuVaChu Posts: 37 Member
    I was super excited when I first launched the game and know it was an open world sims game.
    I could play this game for another 12 years, never get bored of it
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    CororonCororon Posts: 4,276 Member
    I was a passionate Sims 2 player back then, and when Sims 3 came out I found it interesting but I kept playing Sims 2 until I got a new computer and my saves did no linger work for some reason. By then Sims 3 had gotten two EPs and I started playing it more seriously, and got quickly hooked. 11 years later and I'm still playing sims 3. I make my own poses, and people still make CC for the game, and I like how the sims look, so it doesn't feel "old" to me. And it's so nice to escape from reality sometimes. :)
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    Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,453 Member
    I wasn't even playing the game 12 years ago. Too busy with real life. It was only after 2017 during convalescence from pneumonia that I got hooked on this game...and it's been a major problem (addiction) since. :D:mrgreen:
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    Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
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