Now how long have you been playing the Sims 3 for?

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18139113" wrote:
I love it when I can hang out and talk with gamers who are in my age range (give or take thirty plus years or so difference). I crossed the half century mark two years ago (yeah my wife tells me my mental age is two; I think she’s a bit optimistic on that point)

@Evalen - gaming I think is for everyone no matter what age. I’ve heard of people who are in their 70s and 80s playing hard paced action shooters, forming e-league teams and “teaching the young’uns a thing or two” on the “battlefield” so we can all play any game to our heart’s content. ??

Some like us prefer slower paced games like Sims 3 or city builders. .

There are a few of us older folk around. It isn't so much that I like slower paced games as it is that I can't be bothered with other stuff. I don't want to kill anything that moves, I'm busy decorating my house. lol I do love a good city builder tho, and could play Banished for hours on end.

I pre-ordered Sims 3 at Game Stop and picked it up at midnight on release day, which is the same thing I did with each expansion. Been playing ever since. I don't knock anyone who enjoys Sims 4 (well, mostly...), but I simply can't. Been playing Sims since Sims 1 days.

I have been playing the sims 3 since release. I've tried to play 4 a few time but just keep coming back to 3. It's one of it not my favorite game and I don't see myself not playing it anytime soon.

On and off since 2012(?) I remember I brought it due to Supernatural so whenever that pack came out.

But I've only properly got into in the last couple of years.

I actually started kinda late because my computer was one of those old white bricks that could only run sims 2 + uni and absolutely nothing more. I played a bit on my friend's laptop, but finally downloaded it to my own laptop in 2016. She was absolutely not made to game, but I quickly found I absolutely adored this game and barely ever went back to sims 4 other than CAS. I mean, this was before the game even had toddlers..

12 long years
on and off ofc

While I definitely bought it in 2009 during college, I played mostly until 2013-14 then took a long break. This year I finally restarted and found out that making a town with less community lots really makes the game come to life.

I have been playing since its release in 2009. I did go back to TS2 when I got the complete collection (minus store stuff :'( ) for free. I even tried TS4...yeah...no. I love my TS3...I would absolutely love it if my computer could play the original series. That was totally my jam. I will continue on with TS3 for the foreseeable future, and continue to buy from the store, as long as it's kept open.

Uffda... Long time ago. Got it in 09, had so much fun with it once riverview and Barnacle Bay came out.. then Lucky palms.... Found NRAAS and enjoyed the mayhem.... Didnt know the sims 3 store was still going, interesting... Thought that had gone by the way side years ago...

Around 2013-ish I was exposed to a "The Sims" mod for Minecraft (where you could build your own city with interactive people in them), of all things. Found out that The Sims was in fact an actual game franchise, and quickly downloaded The Sims Freeplay on my old tablet. When I saved up enough money, I then promptly bought The Sims 3.

I do remember playing The Sims 2 & The Sims 1 VERY briefly at a family member's house way before this, but I don't think that it counts :# .

I got my copy of The Sims 3 cheap from a thrift store, and it turned out to be the most absorbing game I've played.