How demanding are the various EPs?
I recently started playing TS3 after a long layoff. I only ever had the base game and Ambitions, which suited me well, but lately I've been thinking about expanding my gameplay options. (The current...
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@chicvibe I've read enough nightmare stories involving IP that I was already pretty dubious about going anywhere near it. It sounds like it's just more trouble than it's worth, at least to a minimally tech-literate gamer like me.
@TreyNutz @igazor Thanks so much for the input; it was exactly what I was looking for. With the typical forum chatter, I kind of figured I'd skip Pets and Seasons, but I was hoping the other EPs that appealed to me weren't on the list. (Actually, even if Pets ran like a dream I probably wouldn't buy it. I just can't watch pets die. It's actually why I quit TS1 way back in the day—I made a cat lady just so she could take care of the feral population, and almost all of them died within a sim week. I haven't really become any less sensitive in the intervening years, either.)
On the other hand, this may all be moot. I usually seem to find a way to overload the game no matter how simply I intend to play. Last night I crashed a brand-new game (only 5 sims, too; the proverbial straw was one of them setting up to get a tattoo), and three other times I had to force quit when the game stopped responding after a quit without saving. I may need to bootcamp sooner than I intended. Which of course will only move the goalposts back a bit, but I suppose I could stand to learn some restraint.
@TreyNutz @igazor Thanks so much for the input; it was exactly what I was looking for. With the typical forum chatter, I kind of figured I'd skip Pets and Seasons, but I was hoping the other EPs that appealed to me weren't on the list. (Actually, even if Pets ran like a dream I probably wouldn't buy it. I just can't watch pets die. It's actually why I quit TS1 way back in the day—I made a cat lady just so she could take care of the feral population, and almost all of them died within a sim week. I haven't really become any less sensitive in the intervening years, either.)
On the other hand, this may all be moot. I usually seem to find a way to overload the game no matter how simply I intend to play. Last night I crashed a brand-new game (only 5 sims, too; the proverbial straw was one of them setting up to get a tattoo), and three other times I had to force quit when the game stopped responding after a quit without saving. I may need to bootcamp sooner than I intended. Which of course will only move the goalposts back a bit, but I suppose I could stand to learn some restraint.
