I'm getting bored with reading what's missing in the game and would rather talk about things I LOVE about the Sims... here's my short list
The ability to load purchased items w/o having to log out of the game - this feature is FANTASTIC! Even if I minimize my game and buy it through the site, it still loads the items in real time! In TS2, you had to save and close, add the furniture and load it back up, depending on your machine, that could take about 15-20 minutes!
Aging. - I remember the biggest complaint in TS1 was the kids didn't grow up... now they grow up have their own kids and kick the bucket! I also love that they don't live as elders forever, because I get bored with them once they're old and (as mean as is sounds) want them "out of the way" so I can concentrate on future generations :twisted:
The Opportunity upgrade - I LOVE the fact that you can just click on a button to get your sim to do an opportunity, before the upgrade, I hated having to find the place of the opportunity (or hunting a sim down because I had to befriend them before my next work day) that little addition made it SO much easier!
Recolors in TS3, granted, it takes time for the materials to load, but I LOVE the way you can recolor in TS3, I really SUCK at making CC (I tried and gave up), but I love the ability to just switch colors on something that's ALMOST what I want. It's so easy and so much better than the older versions
The Neighborhood - I LOVE that you can go through the entire neighborhood w/o loading pages... I never realized how much time was wasted in TS2 waiting for downtown to load, or school, or back home again.
Reading to the kiddies - I love that interaction, it's really cute! I hope they add more interactions with the toddlers in the future, it'll make them more enjoyable to have around (instead of being eating, pottying non-sleeping machines)
Paying Bills... In TS1 (and 2 if I remember correctly), You couldn't just tell the mailbox to pay the bills, they had to pick them up, put them individually down THEN pay them... I like the reminder, too, because I keep forgetting to pay my bills because I get caught up with other things
That's just a few things that I really like about the game.
Every time they add a new SP, I can add to my list.
I think sometimes people get too caught up with what ISN'T in the game and don't remember to appreciate and enjoy what IS in the game. There's definitely nothing else out there like this game, and I'm glad they keep improving on it.
That's all for now
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I also like how children can leave the house on their own now,and how pregnant Sims are allowed to leave their homes at all stages of their pregnancies,everything is more "free".
I love the fact we can have more than one everyday outfit now, and that you can change their hair according to what they have on, I don't do it a lot, but I will do it for sims I actually care about
I love how a box just pops up and you click "pay bills" and its done instantly.
I also love the fact we can drag the newpapers in the bin oursleves.. and that we can CANCEL the newspaper delivery!
As for other things i enjoy, not haveing to go to every house in town, to keep all the sims ageing up. I love that feature the most. I enjoy how much you can tweek a sim, to the point of even looking very much like yourself or others you know. I love how when pregnate, you see the bump growing, slowly, not over night or every so many hours. I love the interactions to listen to tummy as well, thats so cool. I like how if you do high freewill they do more themselves, and if you don't want them to you can set it lower to no freewill. There is so much about this game i love and so little space to put it all in.
OMG that is SOOOOOOOOOOO true!!!
Haha oh yeah that is so true! I was very happy when Mortimer Goth didn't come over to yell at me because it was always him that did lol.
All these points are good ones. I know people complain how the game doesn't have this from TS2 but TS3 is still fairly new and TS2 already has all it's expansions so of course it won't have as much. Still I think TS3 is better than the TS2 when you don't have EP and SP into consideration. Seriously the seemless play is great. I love how everyone ages together, and you can change your hair for different outfits. I love that you can somewhat control work/school. You can even go to work in Ambitions. I also like the new skills that have been added and how you have to start working on them before they show up. So you don't feel like you must max out every skill to get anywhere. I kinda miss the private school option though. I always thought it was sort of a challenge to please the headmaster, even though it's pretty unrealistic. It was still fun for me, lol.
I love that famous sims can have fans and sign autographs.
I love that sims now have a trampoline to play on.
I love that recipes now take specific ingredients and your sim can buy, grow, or catch the ingredients.
I love that there are recipes, children's developmental books, and sheet music to buy.
I love that your sim can now upgrade various objects to make them better.
I love that your sim can take a jog around the neighborhood and get fit while doing so.
I love that your sim can have an open career or the traditional rabbit-hole kind.
I love that there are goodies scattered around the neighborhood for your sim to collect if they so desire.
I love that relics and artifacts that your sim collects can be donated to a museum for all to enjoy.
I love that there is laundry in the game now and building laundry rooms.
I love that you can stock fishbowls, aquariums, and ponds with fish your sim has caught.
(I know I am in the minority on this one, but...) I love the opportunity system and the fact that it is optional.
I love that your sim can collect clothes from the past and future with the time machine.
I just bought ambitions this week, and haven't dove into yet, but seeing this list makes me want to experiment