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I'm giving The Sims 3 a try
texxx78
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I've recently answered a thread here about being a restarter (someone that just starts over and over and can't keep a game going). That made me think a lot. I was always a generational/legacy player. In sims 3 i went easily on one save to the 6th, 7th generation, although i've never reached the goal of 10 generations. But now, in sims 4, i can't. I get to the 2nd generation and im fed. I think this is because sims are just all the same. I always randomize traits (even before the official randomizer existed) and they don't change. I need to be constantly imposing rules to each sim. But its just not the same. In sims 3 sim's lifes unfolded because they had their own dreams and traits that actually influenced their behaviour. They felt romantically atracted to some sims in detriment of others.. it was more umpredictable, more interesting.
So, i'm right now reinstalling sims 3 (which i don't play for years and years and i promise to give feedback here
Who else felt compelled to give The Sims 3 a try after so many years?
So, i'm right now reinstalling sims 3 (which i don't play for years and years and i promise to give feedback here
Who else felt compelled to give The Sims 3 a try after so many years?
I'm giving The Sims 3 a try 129 votes
I've never stoped playing 3
51%
I've recently tried 3 but went back to 4
14%
19 votes
I've tried 3 and i like it more than 4
4%
6 votes
Other (plase let me know)
28%
37 votes
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There are several other things that I just find so odd with the sims3 too:
Like the romance letters that I receive every day from literally every sim in town, or that sims autonomously heckle each other, point fingers at each other and laugh at each other. They also autonomously flirt with each other for no reason. I receive phone calls daily from sims that I do not know who wants to go on a date.
I have had sims who have insulted each other several times, only to directly after give each other flowers and looking surprised when they were denied. I have had parties where all my friends walked around and booed loudly at each other. I have had a sim doing things like watching tv, or using the computer while all their needs are in the red and even when they complained about starving they did not go to the fridge and did not eat any food.
I'm sure a lot of people like the sims3 but I have a very hard time playing it for a longer amount of time.
The Sims 3 is the last real Sims game
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Mostly these days, I'm playing Sims 4 for the pleasure of playing. I could never really do this with Sims 3 - there was always a problem, or a limitation I couldn't overcome. The simplest ideas ended up being exhausting because I had to go all around the houses to make the idea work; not worth the hassle, sometimes. Sims 4, however, has the quirkiness I love and the depth of character (I think I'm a minority here (as usual) because I do see the depth in their characters in Sims 4. I never saw that in Sims 3, though). With the Sims 4, I play for hours and with very few mods (none of the big ones, I don't feel I need them).
I did try it out again about a year ago and picked up a few EPs on sale for $5 each. I had always wanted to try out Supernatural, Into the Future, World Adventures, and horses. It didn't go well, lol. While I do love the depth of selection for Sim personalities, the general gameplay mechanics and appearance (and all of the bugs and stuttery performance lag) just isn't for me.
I really loved Sims 2, though.
I went back to it for a bit during the summer, but I haven't touched it since August.
I should probably just stick to sims Medieval as alternative sims game, that one is less glitchy and I enjoy it more than sims 3.
When the sims came out I was pretty new to computers and totally new to games in general so I had no clue that you could have multiple sims games installed at the same time. So being an over-thinker I uninstalled the sims when TS2 came out and lost all my families and houses. Then when TS3 came out I lost TS2 progression because I did not know how to package and save families and houses. That is one major complaint I have is that except for easily saving TS3 all the games have saved differently and I still do not understand how to save TS4? Totally confused about new games and generic saves.
The Sims 3 I did know how to save and it is my favorite Sim game but it lags, so I have recently restarted the sims 2, reinstalled the Sims 3 again and have my favorite family and am setting up the neighborhood to play and explore 2, 3, and continue playing 4. I am trying to not use cc so maybe it will be faster but at least I have a 1 full family and several others that I created for TS3 plus I love to design the clothing and thankfully my stuff is still on TS3 page.
I loved making houses but have realized lately that I was good "enough" for my game building but not great, except for a couple I really like that I made (Harley House for one plays well TS4). So thanks to all the fabulous house designers out there because I am using mostly gallery houses now and my neighborhoods are looking great. But on the Sims 3 I plan to continue designing toddler clothing etc.
Because I never did get to explore the games as much as I wanted, I want to do that now and will pay more attention to what I like and dislike about each game as there is a lot to explore.
I still think the "best" sim game will be the latest technology that includes what each of us loves about each edition.
Example:
Being able to see the needs meter without clicking and a slimmer control panel that does not get in the way of playing (I absolutely hate the conversation box that drops down from the top of the screen, it is too big and cuts off their heads. I also do not like the control panel and wish they would streamline it, for one it has a "lot" of wasted blank space and could be better designed for what is important to view without clicking, leaving the clickable stuff for areas you don't need to monitor to play, and it could be smaller and when I click a sim and that box comes up above them it is almost always above the screen and I have to scroll up to even see it, frustrating.
New babies not as objects with full interactions.
Bunk-beds.
Great vampires and magic etc (for those who like them, I don't lol so others would need to speak up on that subject).
Universities and businesses, careers that are not mostly rabbit holes and businesses that progress from university like vet doctor, home business like daycare again.
Seasons that get better and better that are controllable game wide.
World and Neighborhood options that are more flexible and editable.
Generational playing that keeps track of family ties, family photo albums etc.
Social relationships and preferences per sim.
Life Stages that are more detailed and fuller from baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, adult and elder.
Vacations that have more choice to control and not just defined parameters.
Courting interactions that progresses more naturally depending on how you want to play.
Consequences for sim behavior more defined (like the flour sack in TS2, I still laugh at that).
Objects for skill and fun, like the canning station, farming, island discovery, houseboats that move, scuba diving, not rabbit holes.
Pets including horses, cows, cats, dogs etc.
Open World areas (smallish lol) like being able to own a vet clinic and live across the street and not have to go through a loading screen, (doing that in TS4 now, its nuts to see the Sim walk from the clinic to right in front of their house and then go into the loading screen).
Cooking animations refined to be more realistic ( I say "crikey" every time the sim bangs the pan on the stove and slams it, seriously?)
Oops I went on a roll, but all that said I doubt some of it will happen because they changed the whole engine that runs the game so some of this is impossible now. So that is also why I have chosen to play all 3 versions of the game and I would play the Sims base game also but it is too outdated for current computers.
There are things I love about TS4, the whistle song, the bouncing lama and bunny on the main screen, emotions (but I wish they made more sense) the updated Build Mode and CAS flexibility . The fact that Guru Ninja convinced me on the video about Tiny Living that he cares, and I think Guru Conor does too and that they do hear . . . so now there is some hope because of their honesty. However, corporate will dictate and most corporations dictate around profit and are disconnected from their clients but it seems all our yelling is finally getting somewhere lol, Jackals lol I so loved that!