Do I need the Sims 3 Starter Pack or is the Standard Edition available on here?
Do I need the Sims 3 Starter Pack or is the Standard Edition available on here? I didn't really want the extra packs, I wanted to play without like I used to.
@koolkae17 EA only sells the Starter Pack now, not the standalone base game. And the EA App will helpfully install any packs you own even if you initially deselect them.
However, with the EA App/PC version of Sims 3, you can disable the packs you don't want to use in the launcher's Expansions & Stuff tab. Anything not checked there won't load in-game. With the Mac version, you can simply remove the corresponding pack folders to prevent those packs from loading.
The alternative is to buy the base game from Steam (Windows only). That would also allow you to play Sims 3 without dealing with the EA App at all. In fact, after you launch the game through Steam for the first time, you don't even need to open Steam—just double-click the Sims3LauncherW.exe to open the launcher, or TS3W.exe to open the game directly.
