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Anyone else here never played the Sims 3?
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Anyone else here never played the Sims 3 or any pervious iterations of the Sims?
I'm asking out of pure curiosity, because it seems like a lot of people like to compare this game to Sims 3, and I feel kinda out of the loop because I've never played it, at least not on PC.
I've always wanted the Sims 3, but had no money to get it. One Christmas, I had asked for the Sims 3 for Wii, and I got it. But I quickly realized the Sims 3 for Wii was absolutely nothing like the PC version. It was extremely limited and very laggy. It did't even feel like I was playing the Sims 3, but rather a cheap spin off.
So then the next year, I'm prepared to ask for the PC Sims 3 before Christmas. But then the Sims 4 came out, and I was blown away by the way the Sims looked, and the CAS. People went on and on about how it was missing features, but that CAS just amazed me so much that I just kind of ignored the complaints.
Sometimes when I play the Sims 4 I think of what it would be like if I had gotten the Sims 3 instead. But I can't really look at the Sims 3 the same way anymore. I used to really want it, but now I just think the Sims from the game are ugly looking, and that the graphics are outdated.
There are some features from that game I would love to have in the Sims 4 though; like the color wheel, and the ability to swim in any body of water; not just pools. Open world is out to the question, but I think open neighborhoods should be an option for those who don't have terrible computers.
I'm asking out of pure curiosity, because it seems like a lot of people like to compare this game to Sims 3, and I feel kinda out of the loop because I've never played it, at least not on PC.
I've always wanted the Sims 3, but had no money to get it. One Christmas, I had asked for the Sims 3 for Wii, and I got it. But I quickly realized the Sims 3 for Wii was absolutely nothing like the PC version. It was extremely limited and very laggy. It did't even feel like I was playing the Sims 3, but rather a cheap spin off.
So then the next year, I'm prepared to ask for the PC Sims 3 before Christmas. But then the Sims 4 came out, and I was blown away by the way the Sims looked, and the CAS. People went on and on about how it was missing features, but that CAS just amazed me so much that I just kind of ignored the complaints.
Sometimes when I play the Sims 4 I think of what it would be like if I had gotten the Sims 3 instead. But I can't really look at the Sims 3 the same way anymore. I used to really want it, but now I just think the Sims from the game are ugly looking, and that the graphics are outdated.
There are some features from that game I would love to have in the Sims 4 though; like the color wheel, and the ability to swim in any body of water; not just pools. Open world is out to the question, but I think open neighborhoods should be an option for those who don't have terrible computers.
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tbqh I don't find the sims in 3 any uglier or prettier than the sims in 4
I find her just as pretty as her
The sims 3 was an ambitious feat, maybe too ambitious for the regular sim player, it seems like a lot of simmers run toaster rigs rather than beefy gaming rigs. Unless you have a decent computer, I've never had a problem running sims 3 even when I had a less beefy computer, but that isn't the case for everyone.
Oh woah! I just checked out that sale and it's very tempting!
Do you know exactly when the sale ends? I'd like to get it after my first paycheck at my new job.
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According to google, it'll end July 9th.
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I have a pretty nice computer (I have over 7k items of CC and mods on The Sims 4 and it still runs smoothly with Very High settings), but the Sims 3 was still super glitchy and had frequent lag spikes with pretty regular settings. I can also run games like GTA V (an open world game) on high settings. The Sims 3 is just a buggy game, it is what it is.
However, I still very much enjoyed it.
Also to say that a lot of simmers run "toaster rigs" is very presumptuous
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I'm not an avid builder (I like to jump straight into gameplay) and I'd rather not spend hours upon hours working on a build, so I really enjoyed how I can just simply grab amazing builds and sims off of the gallery and start playing.
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English isn't my first language, so please excuse any mistakes.
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I count Laptops as toasters. I would never recommend playing heavy games like Cities Skylines on a laptop. any laptop. In my professional opinion, I have not met a Laptop yet that is better than a desktop with the same specs when it comes to playing games. Definitely never recommend Sims 3 for a laptop I don't even think Sims 4 is all that great on a laptop, but my Laptop has only slightly worse specs than my Desktop so I can't truly compare.
I'm actually really happy playing The Sims 4 on my Apple Macbook Pro laptop. But I only play on laptop so I can't compare it with desktop.
Graphics and Art Style aren't the same thing if you ask me. S3 does not have the same art style as S4 so, in my opinion, it doesn't make much sense to compare the two if you're talking about graphics.
S3 simblr: http://simplysimming.tumblr.com/
S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/
When is this Summer sale? I'm still missing some Sims 3 SP's ahaha
Also what store content is that ponytail from??
It came with the Aurora Skies, the summer sale is now until July 9th. But they have sales often for the sims 3.
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