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Why do simmers "hate" sims 3?
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I started playing sims 3 in late June and I really love the game (except for the rabbit holes, STUPID *** bugs, unrealstic features like how their hair doesn't flow in the wind when on a motorcycle) and I like their EPs - even though I only have Am and [soon] LN.
Don't really get the point of Showtime, but whatever. Hopefully it'll turn out all right.
ANYWAY! I once wanted to get sims 2 pets but the graphics didn't look to good and neither did their EPs (now that I look back, I see that they're the same as S3) and I don't understand why people say S2 is better than S3?
Don't really get the point of Showtime, but whatever. Hopefully it'll turn out all right.
ANYWAY! I once wanted to get sims 2 pets but the graphics didn't look to good and neither did their EPs (now that I look back, I see that they're the same as S3) and I don't understand why people say S2 is better than S3?
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I have played both the Sims 2 and the Sims 3. There are parts of the Sims 2 that I did enjoy...in fact, I may end up getting the game again one of these days, if I can. I have to say that in some ways the gameplay *was* better in the Sims 2 than in the Sims 3.
The reason most people prefer the Sims 2 is because the game is more in-depth than the Sims 3 is. I prefer the Sims 3 because it suits my gaming style better; but that doesn't mean that I think TS2 isn't good. It just doesn't happen to be my cup of tea at the moment.
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We go through this with every Sims series - I can just imagine it will never change and no one will admit to how great the game was until the next base game comes out and has nothing in it, and has bugs as par for the course.
Just like they all scream if Maxis was in charge it would be better when the Maxis team is the one there that made Sims 1, and made Sims 2 sans Will Wright that is, and they also make Sims 3 and Sims social and Sims medieval, and MY Sims. Same people. Just get used to it and enjoy your game. As one who can recall ever ep and every bug we ever contend with I can assure you Sims 2 was not thought of very highly when they had hardly any eps and had jump bugs, and sound loop bugs, and disappearing sims, and sims getting stuck in cars. Never mind the problems with the game freezing but time still passing - same old same old. Just ignor it. i have given up. i tried to remind people, but as usual they think I am a nut because they have apparently forgotten. i don't see how, but apparently.
I on the other hand think EA is getting even better with each rendition and this one is far superior for the most part than the other two, considering is has only half the ep and a quarter of the sps Sims 2 did at this stage.
Unlike most other Simmers I sent Sims 2 packing the same week Sims 3 came out and never felt compelled to see it ever again. I like to move forward I guess. I did the same thing with Sims 1, only I waited a few weeks before I sent it packing. I actually did reconsider sending off Sims 1, but for the little boy who wanted it so bad. I was really wishing for it as I sometimes found Sims 2 unplayable, especially after BV came out. In fact I even tried to trade to get my Sims 1 back for the Sims 2 I was so frustrated with the way it kept destroying harddrives and DVD players. Sims 2 had a problem with high end equipment apparently as my friends had 4-5 year old pcs and had no problems at all. So go figure. So I can see why a lot of these fine folks had less problems than I did, bit the earlier bugs I mentioned before BV came out with Securom on it, a lot of simmers had those problems no matter how old or new the pc was.
But the mom of the little boy didn't want him to have Sims 2 because of woohoo. I understood. He was just 9 by then. Sims 1 did not have pregnancy or anything like that.
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But, for the record, I play both,(depending on how the mood hits me)and I personally find TS2 much less frustrating than TS3.
I wonnit to do it right by slowly installing expension packs in the order they came out cause i kept hearing well people keep getting spoiled by having everything in Sims 2 and nothing in Sims 3
To me graphics =/= playstyle lets make this clear, i don't believe that games are bad cause they don't look good. I get that some ppl don't get attracted to dated games. But that just makes me wonder if you had a PS1 and you loved lets say Tomb Raider, and you play them again now. Are the graphics stopping you from enjoying it?
Now here's what i like/liked about Sims 3:
+Being able to change colour on your items and make them look like you wonna.
+Open World, and i'm one of the few that doesn't hate the Rabbit holes they have their charm.
+ Building a house is abit easyer
Those are in my eyes the changes i loved the most.
What i don't like:
-Bugs and glitches (and idk why but ever since LN i have been getting to many)
-How sims look? (In sims 2 yes they don't look as attracted but i don't have problems making eich sim look dif. then the last
And that first one is why i gave up on the series sadly, I have alot of other hobby's and a job to maintain, everytime i had time and felt like playing sims, i ended up having to fix something before i could actually play it again
Sims 2 well its alot like sims 3 with the downsides of what i +'d for Sims 3 but that's it the animation is more fun to watch for sims 2 (atleast it is for me).
And to me the expension packs really do feel like they give you MORE then sims 3.
I played both the base game for Sims 3 and sims 2 now and i do admid sims 3 feels like it had more to it BUT like i +'d, i feel this is BECAUSE AND ONLY BECAUSE you can colour your furnishings/wallpapers. Other then that basegames are about the same really You do have alot more jobs to go with on Sims 2 though... .
Now outside of basegame, I installed the Uni. one a few days ago and here is where i started to feel that the Sims 2 really felt more complete on expension packs, I always got dissepointed fast on sims 3 (i am not joking when i say some like LN got me bored after a day, WA got me intrested for a few weeks though so i do feel they did do well with that. though alot of people had too many bugs coming with it). But i do remember going like oh can i do this? then go oooooh i can't
So yeah this is kinda my vieuw on Sims 2 and Sims 3 maybe i'll give sims 3 another try ? though i doubt it, i do keep lurking in forums see how things are (hoping they'd improve). But for now I have to say i haven't felt the spark for Sims 3 since WA, wich is ashame if you ask me.
But to me Sims 3 so far is turning into my personal FFXIV had high hopes but failed to give them to me and ever since been the baddest apple in the bunch of the series P:
As for me well I get the impression there milking the crap out of this and have forgotten what made the previous versions good like a simple diving board or game tables.
Yes they built it but we the fans made it famous.
*applauds this post* I couldn't have put it better if I tried.
I totally see where you're coming from, OP; there are certain users who just moan on and on about the game and it does make you wonder why they bother coming here
You have to remember that ideas and feedback is full of people trying to make a case for the game going in a particular direction, so often it's going to seem like they hate what's currently there when really, they just want to see some changes or an idea carried out. The obvious comparison for TS3 is TS2, so I think that's why people bring it up constantly as a model for what they want. I personally prefer TS3 to TS2 but I'm sure even I've had a whine that makes it look like I didn't (over the clone-face-townie glitch, in case anyone was wondering. Dear god do I hate that face.)
Most people who own the game will probably never come on the forum, unless they have a bug and need help, so you are far more likely to see the person whose game crashes whenever anyone within a ten mile radius thinks of a horse than the person whose game has no noticeable problems. That leaves a lot of Simmers out there who don't have a problem with the game, whose voices just aren't as loud as the one posting "WHY DO MY PETS HAVE NO FACE?! HOW DARE YOU NOT INCLUDE WEATHER?!?!?" in every thread.
There are a couple of people who genuinely seem to hate everything about TS3 and only want a remake of TS2 (and yeah, they can be a little irritating when they start off on a rant in threads that WEREN'T initially about how awful TS3 is), but I think they are rare. You don't see them that often unless you go on certain threads.
Finally, preferring TS2 doesn't mean you hate TS3. I like to think nobody would spend lots of money on a game they genuinely hated.
I still play TS2 sometimes, but not because I think it is superior. There are just a few reasons why I still play it, and some of them could still happen in TS3:
1. Seasons - especially at this time of year, because I like my sims to celebrate a white Christmas.
2. OFB - I like being able to own my own business.
3. University - I like playing through the University stages
4. Restaurants and Shops - I like open shops and being able to talk with other sims inside shops. I also like having ot buy clothes for my sims.
5. My Sims - This is the biggest reason, I like to play with my legacy family sometimes. I'm only on the 2nd generation because I started about 1 month before TS3 came out.
I like both TS2 & TS3, they are both better than the other one, and both have weak points and strong points.
There are a lot of things that really bother me, like the rabbit holes, teleporting cars, larva babies, no weather, no playable restaurants, shops, beaches, etc., and I really don't want story progression (I'm a control freak) or care about the open neighborhood (my TS2 loading screens are short and don't bother me at all). But the main two things that keep me from playing TS3 and keep me playing TS2 instead are custom content and the Sims themselves.
I have never been able to become attached to the TS3 Sims. I can't stand the way they look (even with custom content and custom sliders), and I don't like the way they move or act. Their facial expressions seem even more exaggerated and cartoony than TS2, and they seem very robotic to me. They also don't need me or look at the camera the way TS2 Sims do. I simply don't find them endearing or care what happens to them, and becoming attached to my characters while getting caught up in their lives makes the game for me. It's what keeps me playing TS2 after all these years.
I also love to get creative with custom content, and I have much better CC (unique meshes - not just recolors) available for TS2. I actually like the way my TS2 game looks much better than the cartoony, over-saturated look of TS3. The objects (and Sims, for that matter) look much more detailed in my TS2 game. I have a high-end graphics card and loads of CC, and I love how realistic I can get TS2 to look. The lighting and other issues make it impossible to get the same level of detail in TS3. Don't believe me? Just compare base game objects like the burglar alarm in both games. The TS2 objects look much more detailed up close, and I find I can't play without that, even though I would like to have the TS3 water and sky in TS2.
So I'm sorry to say it, but for the way I play, TS3 is just a disaster.
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I've been playing Sims 2, and all the love I had for that game has all come back. There are so many things, little things, that are in Sims 2 that make it slightly better than Sims 3 (my opinion).
I love playing both games, but at the moment I'm taking a break from 3 and going back to 2.
i've never seen anyone say they hate it
and you said you havent played it so you have to find out for youself and the graphics really arent that bad in my opinion the sims look more normal in ts2 but either way thats a real poor excuse as to why you havent tried it out. people can explain and explain but you have to see for yourself.
most of us that arent happy with it are more so dissappointed in the game
i think ts3 is a good game its just NOT and i repeat NOT EA's best work at all
so heres my opinion
the errors and glitches were never this bad for me atleast
and the game play was better b.c it had the humor and the fun and the sillyness that i miss so much
there were so many interactions that EA took out.
so of my favs include
if you went out on a date you actually could see inside the place you had a waiter/waitress and there were a ton of interactions like surprise engagment and the sims all around would clap
you could feed eachother your food
play footsie(i believe) and a ton more
dating and romance is lacking this time around for sure
also with me every new ep they would announce i would be so excited for
but now i'm kinda like ehhh... i wonder what isnt gonna be in the game
they released so much more items and interactions in the ts2 games too
they have gotton lazy yes i said it lazy and its just real dissapointing
For me, I'm reconsidering reinstalling TS2 because I miss the humor. TS3 just doesn't have it and everything feels more hollow and invincible. I realized that when I bought the base for TS3 there would be little. I was ok with waiting and figured the ep's and sp's would flesh out the game. They did do that indeed. More objects were added and new interactions and experiences yet 5 ep's in and the new stuff still feels... I don't know how to describe it but empty. I absolutely LOVE the open neighborhood of TS3 and much prefer it to the loading screens of TS2. I LOVE the total customization of pretty much anything and everything. It's awesome how you can use the couch 30+ times and it feels different every time. These 2 things alone keep me here. I really do miss the humor though, and think of reinstalling TS2 all of the time just so I can play it for an hour and laugh again. Maybe after Christmas is over I'll get on installing it again when I have more time. TS3 really has yet to make me giggle the way TS2 did. I also remember doing the legacy challenge in TS2 and my families having to have more than 1 child because there was always a fear that your heir could die. In TS3, after the first few generations trying the challenge I gave up on siblings because there was no fear. Everyone just dies of old age. I'm sure a lot of people love this, but I find for me, it's making the game pretty boring. Combine the lack of "accidents" with no humor and meh. I've had ambitions since the day it came out and I was super excited to have a meteor death and explosions. Except explosions rarely kill anyone and I've only had ONE meteor, ever and it didn't hit anyone. :? Our simmies are too smart for death now and it's making my death flower bush pretty pointless.
Anyway, I still don't hate TS3, I'm disappointed with a couple of aspects and I'm disappointed with the digital/social direction they're going to take the game with Showtime but I still think EA needs to look at TS2 and add some things to TS3 that we're missing and not just at the objects but at the actual game play and give us some of our giggles back.
To be fair, I don't think they really need an 'excuse' for not spending money on an old game they already have (and enjoy) the sequel to. I think the OP was just saying why they'd never played it.
I once wanted to get sims 2 pets but the graphics didn't look to good
thats what she said i could careless if she buys the games or not but saying you dont want them b.c of the graphics is not an excuse in my opinion
i have been playing the games since sims 1
so i was beyond excited about them continuing to sequel
when i got the base game i was oh cool you can customize everything oh cool we have cars right off the bat oh cool you have bikes etc
WA comes out even though it was different from BV i was still pretty content
but once more and eps came out i was like what are they thinking ?!?
we get boarding schools instead of university
we get more and rabbit holes instead of venues
we get this stupid real estate stuff instead of OFB
we get showtime that was supossed to be about "life in a different format" and " never seen before"
i think they have gotton real lazy and i'm just dissapointed
but i definatly gave the series a chance i mean i wanted it
but i guess i just wasnt expecting what i got
Ditto...!!