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Need Sims 2 lovers to give me advice on Sims 4
spaceid
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So I started playing the Sims when Sims 1 came out and loved it! Sims 2 was phenomenal and was everything I wanted Sims 1 to be. I couldn't wait for Sims 3 and after I bought it I maybe played it for one week and went straight back to Sims 2. I just could not get into Sims 3 at all and was really disappointed because I am such a Sims fan. I started to get excited for Sims 4 as it looked really cool and I got it when it first came out. Played it twice and did not like it. It felt the same to me as Sims 3. Now I am back to Sims 2. My question is, has anyone else had this happen? What did you do in the game to finally get into Sims 4? It annoys me that I spent quite a bit of money on a game that I just couldn't get into. Especially since I loved the franchise.
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Not many Sims 4 enthusiasts visit this section so maybe if you move it to TS4 General discussion it might get more participation.
For me I didn't enjoy TS3 as much until Create a World came out after WA. I still played TS2 mostly but I have a wonderful 5 years in CAW building.
I was hoping TS4 would pull me into playing since the Sims in the game seemed better than the Sims 3 but I was mistaken. I have a hard time liking them once I get them out of CAS.
Sorry I'm no help.
I also have read that it helps to not play Family Sims, to focus on a single Sim and see what all the game has instead of doing what was .... basic in TS2. Maybe even play TS4 as if it's a cartoon... make some funny characters and see how much mischief you can get them into.
Good Luck!
With 4 I can play it, not as long as I can TS2 but it's got it's good points. For me I only really clicked with it when I started playing
A legacy challenge. I think it depends on your play style.
I do love Sims 3 though, Its my second favorite... Please don't get me started on my thoughts on Sims 4. Haha
I'm pretty frugal however, so I'm wanting to get my money's worth from the $42 that I paid for the base game alone, so I am also curious as to how other TS2 players play TS4. I've noticed that a lot of people play with a group of household acquaintances or they play it as a legacy, but I haven't been able to find a TS4 BaCC or a more rotation-based gameplay akin to my TS2 gameplay preference. I wonder how much of that is player choice, and how much of that is due to gameplay limitations. :/
I usually just stick to TS2. It's the one I find myself actually wanting to play the most.
I'm also into sims 3, I just don't like the bugs... But it's still fun to play.
I'm not as into sims 4, I hate the fact it's compared to sims 2... Um no, Sims 2 had fun worlds to play, teens, toddlers, I didn't have to worry about sims I wasn't playing. Sims had bio's, we had family play. Basically sims 2 a game from over 10 years ago kicked sims 4 out of the water!
I have TS4 and I do enjoy it. Even though it doesn't compare to TS2 in its current state, and I am missing a lot of stuff that others miss like toddlers, family and children's interactions etc, I can still play for hours.
You feel the same about TS4 as you did about TS3, so it may be that TS2 is the one game for you. I have learnt from experience that adding to game you don't like, doesn't make the game any more likeable or interesting. TS3 with EP and SP, was still as boring (for me, my opinion only), glad I only purchased a couple.
I do think that TS4 will get better, but it's probably always going to be a different game. I am glad I have both 2 & 4 to switch between, just wish there was more time to play them both.
Wow! That's amazing that you still have your save from so long ago. I wish I could see my old families.
I did almost lose everything once quite a while ago. Our computer died, we couldn't even start it or anything. We ended up taking it to a computer guy and he managed to get some of stuff off it, and one of the things was a backup of Sims 2! I did lose a few months worth of gameplay though, and one families relationship was broken which sucked, but I got my save back, so happy!!
I backup very regularly, just in case corruption happens.
Do you have a copy of your old save/s anywhere?
I tried to create all the characters I had in many towns in my TS2. I never stopped playing TS2 in ten years until this past year. But unfortunately these new Sims though expressive and cute and likeable seemed to be geared toward one thing and one thing only and that is talking. Now, I complained loudly on the TS3 site about a less expressive Sim which I felt was robotic due to a poorly implemented AI (way too slow between autonomous interactions and player commands) however, this time they went overboard and these Sims don't need anything at all other than to talk to each other all the time, even when social is full.
It's not that I don't understand how TS4 is supposed to be played it's that I don't like the change in the formula. TS2 is built this way for example: If a Sim's social is low they will seek out another Sim or dance solo to raise social and or seek out chatting on line, or dance with mop or something to fill that social The Sims 4 Sims spend all their time talking....they went from one extreme in TS3 from hardly no socializing (not as much as TS2 had) to overboard and that's all the game is built around this time.
No happy medium. But I would rather call that a median (meet me in the road EA, lol, and let's meet in the middle and do this right like TS2 did).
It has it's moments but I still think TS2 Sims are smarter and their motivation is based on their motives which all makes sense to us doesn't it?
I mean needing social and fun will make TS2 Sims join watching a TV program and speaking with those in the room watching or not watching it, too. However, TS4 Sims will do this no matter if motives are full and running over..and or if they don't even have an emotion to press this. So, the game doesn't really make any sense in any sense of the word.
That being said, I am a legacy player and I keep my sims busy with the challenge and trying to make the most points. It's given me the incentive to try all parts of the game (collecting, parties, aspirations, level 10 in all skills) that I would not have done otherwise. My biggest problem with Sims 4 is that my families just die off when they move out of the main house, unlike just living forever in limbo as they did in Sims 2.
Sometimes I consider trying my Sims 2 again just to see if I would like it as much as I did previously, but I am worried that the graphics will bother me too much. If you have a good laptop, the Sims 4 neigbourhoods really are very beautiful.
The one thing I can say I thoroughly enjoyed in 4 was the two separate cooking skills and seeing what new meals they could make. So that's something you could do. I always find myself downloading custom foods in ts2 because the cooking skill is pretty bland after all these years. But ts4 foods are beautiful and so cool.