I do prefer Sims 3

yeah sims 3 is the best

i don't like how the sims in sims 4 are just mindless zombiebots standing around doing nothing. really off-putting

would it really have killed ea to have an optional story progression on/off checkbox under gameplay settings? sheesh

@McTosh Yes I agree they could have provided some more options.

Oh, and welcome to the forums :smile:

I held off on Sims 4 for a long time but finally caved in and I do hate how small it feels and I hate loading screens. However, when Sims 4 introduces features (like vampires and the vet career) they seem fully rounded and I've not had any issues with any of them (as of yet). I just wish that Sims 4 had the content drive that Sims 3 had and make it feel more open.

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TS2 Open World Edition is an unoffical Ep for TS3 created by the Modding community and some players who created some custom tuning files for the NRaas Mods.I've got both TS2 and TS3 heavily Modded to fix issues in both games.

Sims 3 is ultimately the perfect balance of in-world features and CAS. The onlyyy thing that bothers me about Sims 3 is the lag. It can be reduced with NRaas, but the lag is still prevalent. Wouldn't choose any other Sims game, though!

"Novasi;c-16248130" wrote:
Sims 3 is ultimately the perfect balance of in-world features and CAS. The onlyyy thing that bothers me about Sims 3 is the lag. It can be reduced with NRaas, but the lag is still prevalent. Wouldn't choose any other Sims game, though!

have you tried the fixed worlds too? A lot of the 'lag' is cpu calculations which can get stuck in a loop due to bad routing etc. I've found using those worlds greatly reduces it

The Sims 3 is my favorite version. :) I love the open worlds, the scenery (which makes me stop playing and look), and the easy, yet complex gameplay. I do enjoy Sims 2, but I find the gameplay more difficult, and graphics limiting (let's be fair the game came out in 1999). And Sims 4 seems too cartoony for me and the scenery is more like a backdrop than scenery.

"juleseast3003;c-14901024" wrote:
But even with a good laptop isla paridiso lags soooo bad moving my sims to another town

Try moving them to Sunlit Tides. It's a good alternative to Isla Paradiso. You can get Sunlit Tides in the Exchange.

I wish Sims 3 had the CAS tools of Sims 4. But those tools are useless to me in Sims 4 itself because the plastic approach leaves me completely indifferent using them. I feel nothing when I see a sim in the game, in Sims 3 I do. Sliders as such don’t bother me, Sims 4 is slider based as well. You just handle them differently.

Restarting a new game with the same sims is so easy that I don’t mind it myself. Especially because I love choosing a different world when I do, there’s so much more choice in Sims 3 concerning worlds. I love that, change of atmosphere. Loading goes real fast in my game as well.