On this day, 12 years ago, the sims 3 launched!

"Deshong04;c-17901152" wrote:
I missed out on most of TS2 and only had the base game and University for its lifespan. Then one day I was bored at school and then remembered TS2 out of the blue and wondered what were all the EP's and so on that got released that I didn't know about it. And upon looking that up TS3 came up in the search results. TS3 was some months before release but then again it got a new release date for June 2, 2009.

I followed this fan website called SnootySims to get most of my TS3 pre-release information. The more I found out about TS3, the more excited I was. Initially, I was neutral with how the Sims looked but as time went on and more screenshots were released, the more I began to like the Sims aesthetic.

And when the game released I was so happy to play though my school computer could not handle it. Or it met minimal requirements except for the integrated video card which was incompatible. But I still played until WA because of graphical glitches and then put it on the shelf for later for when and if I could get a capable computer. Which I was absolutely blown away at how amazing TS3 actually looks than what I had came from.

The nostalgia is amazing and I still like to look at the pre-release screenshots and all the interesting videos the team made for TS3. I was obsessed and read a lot of articles and interviews as well, lol.

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