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Which Iteration of The Sims Is Your Favourite?
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Which Iteration of The Sims Is Your Favourite? 97 votes
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My least favourite is TS4. I know, how original! When the pre-release marketing revealed the lack of a persistent open neighbourhood, way back in 2013, I knew the game was bound to disappoint. Many of the improvements introduced in TS3, including many features from the EPs, were dependent on the open world, and so TS4 could not equal its predecessor, let alone surpass it, without open towns. So I decided to wait a while for more updates and add-on packs to flesh out the game before jumping over. After eight years, I'm still waiting. I played the base game for free a few years ago for about 2 hours, grew bored of it very quickly, and have never touched it since.
Tales From The Myst
The Blue Moon Jukebox
ditto
ts1 is most nostalgic to me so if i wanna just vibe happily its that over others might not have fancy graphics n all but you know
once you go to magic town nothing else is quite as magical
ts2 and 4 are what i would likely end up playing more with make stories and explore mysteries and create drama and such
basically ts4 is just ts2 but with better graphics and less gameplay and yeah idk
I do feel like ts4 is what i end up playing most though cause i don't have ts2 origin thing and they won't readd it :<
and also cause ive added sims from all games to my ts4 save so it has become bit of precious catch all iteration to me regardless of its flaws
ts3 is just kind of meh to me in general cause i haven't found a way to really make it my game even after all these years it just ends up kill sims fest
i guess what ts1 has in vibe it lacks 100% and i just don't like graphics and despite having all kinds of things to do i just never feel inspired to so yeah idk
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Perhaps not, but it showcases that it failed to capture my interest like the others, which makes it my least favourite by default.
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Heartshape Bed
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Moonlight Falls
I love TS1 for various reasons, such as the atmosphere, graphics, gameplay and music, and it really is a fun game. I only play it once in a blue moon, but when I do and get into it I enjoy it so much.
Plus I can mod it to my heart's content since EA/Maxis aren't going to update it any time soon. So no worrying about game updates breaking mods and CC.
I like the graphics for the Sims 3. The environments combined with the weather from Seasons can create picturesque scenes. Others can say the Sims have pudding faces but I'm of the opinion any Sim can look good if you know how to use the tools given.
Although, a part of me does think that if the Sims team had updated the Sims from 3 to look like the ones from Medieval (they are on the same game engine) there might be less pudding face arguments but what can you do.
Either way, Sims 3 is my favorite, flaws and all.
Last but not least for me is how much easier it is to add and remove CC. It was torture in TS3 but it's a breeze now.
Sims 2 have the best quirky and personalities and little details that I like. However, it can be a bit hard to play with the needs at times, and it doesn’t have much occults that interest me.
In terms of occult play, my favorites would have to be between Sims 3 and Sims 4. I love mermaids, fairies, spellcasters, and vampires, and Sims 3 has most of those, plus an underwater aspect for mermaids.
However, I do love the mermaids and vampires of Sims 4 as well.
I haven’t played much of the spellcaster aspect of Sims 4’s RoM, but I like that there is a spell-casting occult option in the Sims 4, at least.
I do miss Sims 3’s open worlds sometimes, but I really miss being able to travel and interact with the babies and toddlers. I miss being able to take the little ones in the strollers and other little details like that. Sims 3 has Generations and family play.
However, Sims 4 also has some nice family stuff as well with Parenthood, toddler skills and toddler personality types, and some little packs (and now a little kit) for the younger life stages.
I also don’t need to use mods as much with Sims 4 as I do with Sims 3. Sims 4 is also easier and more laid back, too.
So it’s pretty much tied between Sims 3 (with NRAAS mods), which has grown on me over time, and Sims 4, which I’ve enjoyed once toddlers were added.
I love mermaids/merfolk in general when it comes to fantasy/supernatural beings, which is another reason why I am torn between Sims 3 and Sims 4.
I chose Sims 3, but it could easily have been Sims 4. Sims 3 has underwater areas for mermaids and the kraken and more deadlier sharks and such.
I feel the games are tied for me, but it depends on what aspects I want to play with. I still play with both of the games, though I’ve been playing more with Sims 4 lately.
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4 I played with a lot at one point but I'm bored of it at the moment and I don't see myself going back to it anytime soon unless they add a pack I really want (hotels) or a pack that really excites me and feels exciting and new/unexpected. It's felt like a snoozefest for me recently as the packs haven't interested me for the last year and half and it seems to just be constant drama, broken content and community disappointment now which is getting so boring to the point where I'm totally put off of going back to 4... I guess I would rank them as 3>4>2>1.
Open world, and some of the best add-ons in my taste! I still miss features such as horses or diving (yes, since Island living our Sims can go scuba diving, but it's nothing like the underwater diving from Island Paradise). I still play it sometimes even if I have the Sims 4 (though unfortunately I can't really have the two on my computer at the same time).
The Sims 4 has better graphic, faster loading, and some nice additions, like child aspirations, toddler personalities, and it has cool occults. But, that's only normal, considering toddler weren't available at first and we have to buy like 4 or 5 different packs if we want to get all the occults!
Some of the packs feel like light versions of TS3 and TS2 packs.
Some nice additions have been added though, like in-game scenarios, challenges.
Neighborhood stories are promising, even though it still creates too many annoying or ridiculous situations. Finding a family with 4 or 5 new babies is ridiculous but funny. But I also realized too late that one of my family has moved, when it took hours to create and furnish their house. It was infuriating. It also made the Scott family move, and since then Sara Scott is not the pub owner anymore. I don't know if it's normal or if it was a bug, but I feel like specific roles that are important within the game should not be affected! So it needs a bit more work, but when that work will be done it will be a fantastic feature. To resume, I like the Sims 4, but I feel like it could be better.
I'm nostalgic about the Sims 2. I remember it very fondly, it was my favorite game during a long time. When Sims 3 were first launched I was a bit disappointed by the game though, and I continued playing to Sims 2 during a long time. But then Sims 3 got more and more add-ons / expansion, and one day I realized that I had come to prefer to Sims 2 at last!