I keep watching videos showing off the build mode in The Sims 4. I get really tempted to buy the game when I see the way stairs and balconies work, and all the lovely furnishings. But then I see the Live Mode, and it really saddens me how much is missing. It really hurts that the game has such a refined and polished CAS and Build/Buy mode (but no Create-a-Style...... grr..) but lacks so massively in content. I really want to get the game when amazing things like Get To Work and Spa Day come out, but then I'm reminded of the shady business practices with the constant Stuff Packs with hardly any content coming out rapidly.
Why must Sims 3 Live Mode and Sims 4 Build Mode be separate?
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If you like TS3 for open world and create a style, you're not going to like TS4. Just keep enjoying the game you enjoy.
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I love TS3's open world and CAS, and although it's my fave Sims game, I keep on playing TS4. The new features Sims 4 has is awesome, and they are things I wish TS3 had.
Using the Game Time feature is the best option. DL it and try it yourself. That's how I did it. I played it, and bought it.
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While it's different, there are things that are annoying, such as having the controls all over the place. Also, without CAS it's limiting, too. imo.
The only thing it has over TS3-imo-is the load speed.
I came to Sims 3 after all the content had already been released, so I didn't get the same excitement....
OP, I'm totally with you. I really miss some of the things in building mode as well, among with some other things. But you can't really know whether you like gameplay or not, so I'd give it a (free) try if I were you.
Then advance your characters while your waiting for product releases. The Sims was two-dimensional didn't offer much more than sound effects, a more involved family experience was introduced with The Sims 2 in addition to support for high quality content and full customization, open world, fully functional editors, and a wider range of social activities with The Sims 3, and now we have what is effectively a fixed version of the sims 3 build functions in addition to user-friendly controls and more natural models with The Sims 4. They've also eliminated many of the optimization problems which were introduced with The Sims 3 so if you consider it an ongoing project then it appears that they're making great progress. Imagine what fixes and enhancements will be added to the next version if we continue to support the project!
This is the question of the Ages. I wanted what came in Sims3, combined with the best of Sims2. Didn't happen, ever. I stuck with Sims3, despite my love/hate relationship with it, hoping upon hope that some of what I was truly missing would be returned via an EP. I bought all but one EP (not into Supernaturals, on the whole, and was so glad aliens came with Seasons). I never fully got what I wanted in the end. In Sims4, however, the Sims themselves are far more lively, animated, as in Sims2. (Although Sims2 Sims are still the best.) That, along with the advanced CAS and build/buy mode, sold me on it. Yes, I miss toddlers. Yes, I hate the fact that the babies are objects tethered to their bassinets and that they spring out of it into a full-fledged child. It's abrupt, shocking and unnerving. But, this CAS I can't live without. My Sims look more like themselves in this game.
Wait for a sale, give the game a go, and then decide for yourself.
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I was also hesistant to get the game due to lacking live mode, but when I tried it I found it hard to go back to TS3 (except for legacies because I like my big, non-culled, family trees), because of the constant foot-stomping, sims getting stuck, lags, etc. With TS4 they really look more alive and the multitasking really is one of the great features in live-mode.
Honestly, I enjoy both games. And both games have their better and weaker points. I would just try it out for 48 hours, like the other people have mentioned already. Or wait until the game has more content and buy most of it during a big summer-sale or whatever. I always wait for sales.
That's what I'm currently downloading!
Buy mode is my favourite Sims feature!
*unless they're made with exaggerated features.
Meanwhile, I've been creating my car showroom in Sims 3! Do you like it?
YES. YES YES YES.
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Truthfully? Too many buildings, not enough cars.... but its got potential. A lot of glass with cars inside...
I'm no builder so I can't give a creditable critique but maybe delete one building, connect the tother two, add lots of windows and just add more cars inside and just have a few outside.