On this day, 12 years ago, the sims 3 launched!
https://twitter.com/Iron_Cgull/status/1400082272909418499?s=19 Do you remember how you felt when you first played the base game?
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I had a dial up connection so downloading patches was an overnight job. I remember deciding I wanted to move up to Sims 2 as I'd been playing the original Sims for a few years. I decided to do a little research first and discovered Sims 3 was about to be released so I pre-ordered it but was too late to get the premium version.
On release day I was disappointed I had to wait a few more days to go and collect my copy from a local store.
Once I had the game installed it was a huge learning curve. My sims aged so fast I couldn't achieve much with them. I didn't have edge scrolling turned on so couldn't just go and explore the world without sending my active sim there first.
When I finally got my sims, the Wozneys, to have a family their son was killed at work. He was in the military career. In another game a different son moved out and had a motherless baby.
There were frustrations. Fortunately patches arrived and they fixed the military career killing sims while at work and other things were fixed. I had no clue about building and I was surprised to discover my sim houses I built, or extended, were missing roofs in many places.
Since I was on dialup I wasn't involved in the forums. Eventually I managed to get a better internet connection which made the patches easier to download and I started to visit the store and eventually got to visit the forums.
I've been playing since then. My goal is to learn it all but I discovered years ago that can never happen as there is too much in it. And there are some things I probably don't want to do. I still rarely play with vampires. Have a lot to learn about the Criminal career and evil sims, but I am trying and do have a lot of fun with my evil sims.
Then I started making videos because I didn't know anything about making videos and these days I mostly play the game to make videos. But I do enjoy making new sims. I went through a phase of mostly just building things but don't do much building these days.
On release day I was disappointed I had to wait a few more days to go and collect my copy from a local store.
Once I had the game installed it was a huge learning curve. My sims aged so fast I couldn't achieve much with them. I didn't have edge scrolling turned on so couldn't just go and explore the world without sending my active sim there first.
When I finally got my sims, the Wozneys, to have a family their son was killed at work. He was in the military career. In another game a different son moved out and had a motherless baby.
There were frustrations. Fortunately patches arrived and they fixed the military career killing sims while at work and other things were fixed. I had no clue about building and I was surprised to discover my sim houses I built, or extended, were missing roofs in many places.
Since I was on dialup I wasn't involved in the forums. Eventually I managed to get a better internet connection which made the patches easier to download and I started to visit the store and eventually got to visit the forums.
I've been playing since then. My goal is to learn it all but I discovered years ago that can never happen as there is too much in it. And there are some things I probably don't want to do. I still rarely play with vampires. Have a lot to learn about the Criminal career and evil sims, but I am trying and do have a lot of fun with my evil sims.
Then I started making videos because I didn't know anything about making videos and these days I mostly play the game to make videos. But I do enjoy making new sims. I went through a phase of mostly just building things but don't do much building these days.
