Who's still playing the Sims 1 from time to time?
I've been loving it recently, when I'm playing I just feel like I'm in a totally different time period or something :D Anyone else feel that way? :) http://666kb.com/i/dbqzdeuy1w4dz67qw.png
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@Goldbear86
Well first of all I wish I had not replied to a comment Qdog made on that thread which I agreed with as I got up this morning to 96 notifications lol
His comment about 4 was that he played it but like you would play a game of angry birds just to mindlessly pass the time and I concur.
I had only just started playing 2 properly when get together came out which had dance groups and so when I saw a video of the dance group I loved that and bought it just to have that feature as I adore the way in 2 sims just dance and often together with the smustle for as long as they are enjoying themselves which can be quite a long time.
Boy was I disappointed as once the group start dancing the routine was so short and when trying to click on the dance group to make the sims perform dances again if one sim (non dance group related) is standing on the dance floor the group wont dance...or it takes so long to get rid of them the group disbands and then you have to find them again only to repeat the whole process so It took me so much time just to see one tiny dance routine I began to loose interest... it reminded me of all the things I ever wanted to achieve in 3 but was thwarted at every turn...
so after that long winded explanation I am worried its all going to be painted decoration in the background with very little real use and just looks good as other players have said.
I love cities and tropical Island so I frequently play in Bridgeport in 3 and use the traveler mod to send my sims for long vacations in IP so I would love a city but 4 maps are just so tiny......
to me trying to run a biz in 3 was never really satisfactory and although I like apartments even with mods it was almost impossible to play them properly and while I have not fully explored either of these features in 2 yet I can already tell they are going to be playable in a way I will enjoy. I have not tried a 4 biz yet but have noticed a lot of complaints from players that its an almost unplayable feature so why oh why after all this time are they still making these same mistakes? Also I noticed when sending sims to dine out I have to constantly struggle to keep my sims sat down which is also annoying..
I do not think 4 emotions are anywhere near as authentic as 2 but I do believe a more believable depth could be added with what is already there but I will not hold my breath lol I mean often when I play they all have the same facial expressions do and say all the same things and so sometimes I feel like I am watching a cartoon-) It really reminds me of a mobile phone game.
I cannot speak to 1 emotions yet she says sitting here checking her email box every 10 seconds for Laptop info, but for 2 emotions you have to work hard to keep those relationships because as in real life if fights and arguments are occurring there is a consequence and for me 2 expresses all those emotions wonderfully well.
I remember when I first started playing 2 and one time was loading a family up and saw the couple apart rather than that kiss sort of interaction they they do and thought what is that all about they must have different animations for loading screens lol er no I was wrong again somehow the couple must have argued and were slightly estranged so after working hard to get them back on track the lovey dovey loading screen came back I mean honestly even that little thing is some attention to detail-)
3 emotions well I think it they are more black and white then it's over quite quickly so I never really noticed bad relationships and even if there was they were repaired in no time..
On one thread Rflong7 was explaining why sims 2 had such fab emotions because they were tied to the memory system however because this system could corrupt the game if not played properly the further into the future the series goes the more they take away for those sorts of reasons not really understanding it is just not working out as they have sacrificed too much..
I knew from playing 3 that the minimum specs were a joke and I had to make the decision whether to stop playing or spend money on a new build so I could experience better game play and less glitch and I chose the latter but recently after purchasing a good quality set of discs for the 2 series I noticed a couple games I had heard of but knew nothing much about them I think one was life stories and the other castaways and I found out they were actually standalone games primarily made for laptops and/or lower PC systems and it made me think why couldn't they do that with 3 so players could be given a choice of either a standalone game for lower end PC's or or purchase/build a higher spec PC if they wanted to play all expansion packs etc. I notice now that the launcher offers the choice of being able to untick expansions packs if a player is experiencing slow game play or other problems proving my point entirely all along that most PC''s and graphic cards are not up to playing the sims 3 with all the expansion packs.
I will defo probably wait for LGR's your tube review before I even consider buying this because at least he points out the flaws as well as all the good points..
were you meaning to upload some 1 pics on here as if so what I do is place a copy of the pic on my desktop and use the following program which just asks choose image then a box opens and you just search your desktop to upload your pic and a few seconds later there are several links to copy the pic one says hotlink for forums you just click copy on that link and paste on here. ( hope that makes sense-)
https://postimage.org/
I am hoping when I install 1 on my laptop that its going to work as its made to recommended specs just for that game but I would be forever grateful to your husband if he could help me with 2 in any way on 7 with something I may not have thought of as I have tweaked and followed every instruction and its still playing up and glitching coming up for nearly 4 weeks now and there is nothing I know of left to try..
Whew I think I got a lot off my chest sorry :)
Well first of all I wish I had not replied to a comment Qdog made on that thread which I agreed with as I got up this morning to 96 notifications lol
His comment about 4 was that he played it but like you would play a game of angry birds just to mindlessly pass the time and I concur.
I had only just started playing 2 properly when get together came out which had dance groups and so when I saw a video of the dance group I loved that and bought it just to have that feature as I adore the way in 2 sims just dance and often together with the smustle for as long as they are enjoying themselves which can be quite a long time.
Boy was I disappointed as once the group start dancing the routine was so short and when trying to click on the dance group to make the sims perform dances again if one sim (non dance group related) is standing on the dance floor the group wont dance...or it takes so long to get rid of them the group disbands and then you have to find them again only to repeat the whole process so It took me so much time just to see one tiny dance routine I began to loose interest... it reminded me of all the things I ever wanted to achieve in 3 but was thwarted at every turn...
so after that long winded explanation I am worried its all going to be painted decoration in the background with very little real use and just looks good as other players have said.
I love cities and tropical Island so I frequently play in Bridgeport in 3 and use the traveler mod to send my sims for long vacations in IP so I would love a city but 4 maps are just so tiny......
to me trying to run a biz in 3 was never really satisfactory and although I like apartments even with mods it was almost impossible to play them properly and while I have not fully explored either of these features in 2 yet I can already tell they are going to be playable in a way I will enjoy. I have not tried a 4 biz yet but have noticed a lot of complaints from players that its an almost unplayable feature so why oh why after all this time are they still making these same mistakes? Also I noticed when sending sims to dine out I have to constantly struggle to keep my sims sat down which is also annoying..
I do not think 4 emotions are anywhere near as authentic as 2 but I do believe a more believable depth could be added with what is already there but I will not hold my breath lol I mean often when I play they all have the same facial expressions do and say all the same things and so sometimes I feel like I am watching a cartoon-) It really reminds me of a mobile phone game.
I cannot speak to 1 emotions yet she says sitting here checking her email box every 10 seconds for Laptop info, but for 2 emotions you have to work hard to keep those relationships because as in real life if fights and arguments are occurring there is a consequence and for me 2 expresses all those emotions wonderfully well.
I remember when I first started playing 2 and one time was loading a family up and saw the couple apart rather than that kiss sort of interaction they they do and thought what is that all about they must have different animations for loading screens lol er no I was wrong again somehow the couple must have argued and were slightly estranged so after working hard to get them back on track the lovey dovey loading screen came back I mean honestly even that little thing is some attention to detail-)
3 emotions well I think it they are more black and white then it's over quite quickly so I never really noticed bad relationships and even if there was they were repaired in no time..
On one thread Rflong7 was explaining why sims 2 had such fab emotions because they were tied to the memory system however because this system could corrupt the game if not played properly the further into the future the series goes the more they take away for those sorts of reasons not really understanding it is just not working out as they have sacrificed too much..
I knew from playing 3 that the minimum specs were a joke and I had to make the decision whether to stop playing or spend money on a new build so I could experience better game play and less glitch and I chose the latter but recently after purchasing a good quality set of discs for the 2 series I noticed a couple games I had heard of but knew nothing much about them I think one was life stories and the other castaways and I found out they were actually standalone games primarily made for laptops and/or lower PC systems and it made me think why couldn't they do that with 3 so players could be given a choice of either a standalone game for lower end PC's or or purchase/build a higher spec PC if they wanted to play all expansion packs etc. I notice now that the launcher offers the choice of being able to untick expansions packs if a player is experiencing slow game play or other problems proving my point entirely all along that most PC''s and graphic cards are not up to playing the sims 3 with all the expansion packs.
I will defo probably wait for LGR's your tube review before I even consider buying this because at least he points out the flaws as well as all the good points..
were you meaning to upload some 1 pics on here as if so what I do is place a copy of the pic on my desktop and use the following program which just asks choose image then a box opens and you just search your desktop to upload your pic and a few seconds later there are several links to copy the pic one says hotlink for forums you just click copy on that link and paste on here. ( hope that makes sense-)
https://postimage.org/
I am hoping when I install 1 on my laptop that its going to work as its made to recommended specs just for that game but I would be forever grateful to your husband if he could help me with 2 in any way on 7 with something I may not have thought of as I have tweaked and followed every instruction and its still playing up and glitching coming up for nearly 4 weeks now and there is nothing I know of left to try..
Whew I think I got a lot off my chest sorry :)
