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What game that you have is better than The Sims 4?
If you are reading this thread, then the answer is probably none. For myself I am a Trekkie. I loved Star Trek Next Generation on T.V. And I have on my pc Star Trek Online where I can be Kirk, Picard, Sisko, or even Janeway and search the galaxies and beyond. I have Civilization 5 and 6 where I can be Shaka Zulu and defeat the computer's A.I. on "emperor" level which ain't easy. Those are my top favorite games to play other than The Sims 4. But I've played them maybe once or twice in the last month or two. The rest of the time it's The Sims 4. I fall asleep playing it. But it's never boring. The Sims 4 is so addictive that I might start another game up to play, and as soon as it's ready to go, I'll exit it and load The Sims 4. What is it about this game that makes other games obsolete? Hmmm!!!
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But the only game I have ever loved almost as much was the final fantasy series (I started with FFX but have went back and play some older ones)
And the shadow hearts series. Playing ff7remake now. My first non sims game in literally years lol
Since I never had a chance to play the old one this is new to me and everything is so beautiful and fascinating, story and characters are lovely. Shadow hearts was a priceless gem💎
However, what makes the sims so special for me is that it has something no other game offers, something I wanted since I first started playing games as a child. ABSOLUTE FREEDOM.💛
What if I don't want quests and goals and challenges and rules or linear stories? It was the first game I played and discovered I could just live life while doing whatever the heck I want to do and getting the characters I wanted to be together or the chaos i wanted to cause, not stuck in the linear story of a video game.
Everything in addition to that makes sims anazing like the way packs expand the game, ability to use mods and cc easily, all of the options and interections etc.
But my number one attraction is freedom.
I also have liked Planet Zoo more overall, but not at the moment.
Rimworld and Ark: Survival Evolved also came really close (looking at hours played).
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Freedom. I like that word. I liked the Sims at first bc it is "open ended" or as you say no linear story line, which by the way makes the Sims attractive to me. There is no one or best way to play it.
Sometimes when I'm completely brain dead, I take a break and play an easy/casual time-management game, but I would never say that one of those is better than TS4. They just serve different purposes. And in the end, I would always say that TS4 is the best.
No matter what game I play, none compares or has the replay ability of the sims series to me. Did I waste money on the other games? Hmmm!!!
I still play TS3 on occassion, and TS4 loads like 100 times faster. If I added the time for loading the game + every loading screen when I visit other lots up for a single TS4 play session it would still be less total time then just loading the game for TS3.
I'm fairly certain that is the reason we don't have "open worlds" and "CASt"/Color Wheel in TS4. The realized just how off-putting that kind of load time is for most players. That and the performance issues they caused even after the game was loaded.
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No hate meant on the Sims 4, I also like it, it's just that it's still missing a lot for a seven year old game and I can't enjoy it without mods.
I've played video games since Mario Bros. and the Sims takes the prize for replay ability.
Was it TS3 that had the cars? And the neighbors that went to work? What happened to that? Maybe that is why TS4 loads faster. Those attributes from TS3 are missing. Hmmm!!!
For something that is similar, but has more characterization and less customization, then I would say Rune Factory 4 and the Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon games. I also played some action-adventure games like Tomb Raider, Uncharted, God of War, etc, and action-rpgs like Morrowind/Skyrim and MMOs like FF14 and ESO. I also play hidden object/casual games and point-and-click games.
I also love story-choice games like Detroit: Become Human and Until Dawn, and some types of visual novel stuff like some otome games, etc.
Sims games are still at the top of my most favorite of all time because of the customization and fun simulation aspects.
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I can't seem to play anything else for any length of time.
Imagine traveling the galaxy in a cruiser starship and battling Klingons, Romulans, The Borg, Orions, or Cardassians on over a thousand planets. Or for me, taking Shaka Zulu and fighting his tribe of Impi warriors against medieval era England with her long bow, or France with Napolean at the lead. 2 different genres with out doubt from the Sims 4. But the comparison if you will, comes in the replay ability for me. I love those games. I just love the Sims 4 10 times more.
Yeah!!! Right!!! lol
It depends on the pc. In mine 3 loads much faster than 4, even the starting loading screen (but also the vacation ones). Anyway 4 also loads fast and i don't complain of the several loading screens, cause they're all fast...
You either have TS3 installed on an SSD but not TS4, have almost no game packs or cc in TS3, or you are lying.
The load times for TS3 are so bad that they made a freaking minigame for the loading screen to keep us from getting bored. You don't do that unless it's a core problem with the game itself.
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Other games? Well, I've played a large number of TTRPG's and generally prefer those over computer games, but which one is "better" depends mostly on the genre I'm playing. I'm fairly partial to 7th Sea, though. (Swashbuckling Fantasy in Faux Europe) And I'm not a fan of D&D.
(Partially hype aversion, partially system incompatibility with my playstyle.)
Wow what an answer! I have 2, 3 and 4 installed in the exact same pc (yeah it has a ssd drive the same for all)! Wow it doesn't take one hour in the official forums to get such an answer. Yes, 3 loads faster in my pc but not only in mine, several people has the same experience than me! As i said, it depends on the pc! Just because your loading times are so bad it doesn't make everyone a lier for god sake. I have had a terrible experience with 3 some years ago in my old pc. Now i have a great experience! God!
ETA i have all the packs and almost all the store in 3!
The Sims and The Sims 2
sadly I can't play either of those since my computer doesn't have disc thingy :< and they won't put them on origin
I love TS4 but I still just miss the vibes from older games and the most silly things in them
and outside of sims and its spinoffs I tbh don't really play much games
I just can't really find any interesting ones cause i always feel annoyed by the " be a hero kill creatures" nonsense or then its like too farmville to point of zzzzz why am i even playing
oh or the third type : look for random items and take them to random characters game yeah no thats not it either life has enough object hunting without doing it virtually