The Sims 3 wasn't built off The Sims2 engine. It is it's own engine. It's just that it was too far ahead of its time. The computers we have now play it just fine: * lag free and can load all EPs and SPs on SDD * graphics can be set to as high as your hardware will allow (just make sure to get the tool that will update TS3…
I knew a long time ago that they were going to use the Unreal Engine, but I thought they would use UE4 since I thought they were developing TS5 sooner. But UE5 would be great as it is the latest engine version! What I like about the engine is * that it is extremely organized and broken down into workable components. It's…
I've given up and stopped waiting and hoping for a new iteration that will be great. I don't care anymore basically. I'm just here to promote The Sims 3 occasionally. It's still a great game - still supremely playable and can be played in so many ways! I'm playing Gearbox's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands right now which I…
I get the impression that they're given a smaller budget from EA that's not comparable to what they had for previous games. And because of this, Maxis has to figure out how to stretch that budget. Which shows in the quantity and quality of their DLC output. It's like they don't have enough money so that they end up adding…
I've never had the problems you had playing rotationally in the Sims3. All the problems you mentioned can be resolved by the common knowledge that I had previously posted, a lot of which didn't need a mod for the basic things. You can do the same thing in The Sims 3 where if you left a household, things would be the same…
I completely agree with your post. If Maxis had the freedom and proper financial backing it needed, I'm pretty sure they would have come out with a better The Sims 4 like they did with the previous games in the series. The previous leadership at EA that brought us the best games in the early 2000s helped produced TS1-TS3.…
But you make sound like you can't play rotationally in The Sims 3 when that isn't true. Plenty of people play TS3 rotationally. And it IS surprising that you don't know the stuff I mentioned. I didn't express it to be condescending. I was genuinely astonished! Like I said, this is all common knowledge. I just think you…
People use Twallan's Story Progression mod to "freeze" inactive households so that when you come back to them there are no surprises - no new spouses, friends or sweethearts, or enemies, no skilling up, no career changes, etc. Go to The Sims 3 section of this forum to get help on how to set the mod up the way you want.…
The Sims 3 had The Sims 3 Store and I bought just about everything there, I love the game so much! So I'm used to the idea of lots and lots of quality DLCs. I actually have money set aside SPECIFICALLY for all the DLCs for the upcoming new sim games. Don't let the DLCs upset you. You're not forced to buy any of it. For…
You can download Create-A-World free at the Sims 3 Store under Games > Tools > Create A World: https://www.thesims3.com/game/tools/world You can also get Create-A-Pattern free there too that allows you to add more patterns to all the objects in The Sims 3! This gives you even MORE options than TS4 to make your items looks…
I got it for free because I already owned it on CD/DVD. But if I didn't, I would probably pay $19.99 for it. I used to LOVE it back in the day, but now that TS3 exists, I haven't played it all that much. I like having my sims visit as many lots as possible, so seeing those loading screens so often gets irritating pretty…
I don't want to play a TS5 MMO life sim game. But I do play a tablet game Cooking Diary and the Borderlands series in multiplayer. I always choose to play the female characters/avatars because that's what I am. I would feel like I'm deceiving all the other players if I played a male character/avatar. But when I play all…
Really, it's the best deal I've seen for The Sims 3 in a couple of years! If you buy both the base game (USD$9.99) and the DLCs bundle (USD$66.50), then the total will be USD$76.49. So that's ~USD$3.64 for each base or DLC! That's even cheaper then when they would go on sale for USD4.99 each before TS4 was added to Steam!…
Yeah, I think that's a good thing! Some people have bought them on both Origin and Steam - if one is down, they can play it on the other. Plus the version on Steam is 1.67, while the one on Origin is 1.69. There are some minor differences and you have to make sure that you check the compatibility of your mods and make sure…
It's great that you got it back then! It was really scary for a while after that when The Sims 3 and it's DLCs hadn't gone on sale for so long when TS4 was introduced on Steam.
Me too! But I'm so happy that other people can either get the entire collection all at once or complete their collections during this holiday sale! For cheap!
Hi guys! Just want to post a link to the entire The Sims 3 (DLC) Collection bundle which is only USD$66.50!!! That's ALL the DLCs at 82% off!!! That's USD$3.50 per DLC!!! Get it while you can! This has been a rare event lately!!! The Sims 3 Collection https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1247/The_Sims_3_Collection/ PS-I…
I would like it if they combined action games with life simulation games. What I mean is that a character can go on all these action adventure type missions and when they finish them, they can come home and buy stuff for it with the money they earned from the missions. Then the player can just play the game as a life sim,…
You also have to consider that we are in the internet age where there is anonymity. Who are the consumers exactly who buy these games full of microtransactions and loot boxes? The corporations can hide behind the anonymity of the internet and have their employees pretend they're customers who can't help but buy these…
I like how Yong can compile a whole bunch of articles and social media posts together into a comprehensive report on a subject! The only thing is, he doesn't do his own research on the topics themselves and allows the articles and posts he's collected to color his opinion on the subject. For example, he did a video on Epic…