It seems like some player truly want TS4 to be TS3 2.0. I've spent a little more than $375 on this game, with a few discounts, and I definitely wouldn't do that for the same game with better graphics. I've played The Sims for 17 years and if it had been 17 years of the same exact content with a fresh coat of paint I could've saved a lot of money sticking with the original. The great thing about it is when I miss something I can just go back to the iteration that had that feature. I have personally come to appreciate the different experience each game offers. I could do without the bugs but that's another thread.

I wish I could take what I like about each game and combine it into a whole new game. LOL

"BatmanFanGirl;c-15764929" wrote:I wish I could take what I like about each game and combine it into a whole new game. LOLThat'd be great! I wish I could develop that.

I can see a little bit of stuff from previous games but I like the idea of new concepts too.

I wish successive Sims games would start out at the place the previous Sims game left off -- make it a new game, yes. But if the previous Sims game had Pets, Seasons, University, etc., create the new Sims game with all of that upon release. Then, each new expansion/game pack/whatever could actually ADD something new to the series.

"Sk8rblaze;c-15765049" wrote:I have never seen a single person on these forums ask for a TS3 2.0. What I commonly see, however, are people asking for the best of TS2 and the best of TS3 mashed into one with plenty of other improvements. To me, that's very reasonable to expect out of the fourth iteration. With that said, I do think TS4's direction isn't exactly the worst possible direction they could have headed in. In fact, there are many positives to TS4 that I personally enjoy when I play the game. It was certainly different from what I was expecting, but I don't think it is completely bad, or anything like that. My main hope is that the game delivers top notch quality through game and expansion packs to redeem what I felt was a poor launch for the game, and some select packs which I felt were a bit on the weaker side. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing how TS4: Parenthood expands the game. I thought Generations really fixed a lot of things I found broken within the gameplay of TS3, and I am by no means expecting the same pack again. I don't want that, and nobody should expect that with any pack.This week alone I've read several posts listing majority of TS3 EPs as requests for TS4 as a response to the new GP announcement. I also see the requestsame like you mentioned but I must be clicking on all the threads with the hardcore TS3 lovers this week.

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astridentanja
8 years ago
I'm a hardcore Sims 3 fan as well, because so far it's the best I've got in this franchise. For me. I would love something better though and that could perfectly well (preferably even) be something different. I don't need the same game all over again (in fact the call for that by some Sims 2 fans has always surprised me; wanting certain NPC's back, wanting a cow plant, wanting a tragic clown, why..?). I don't know what topics the OP is referring to but I, hardcore Sims 3 fan also active in the TS4 section, certainly wasn't a part of it. I don't need the same EP's all over again. I do want open world and CASt, but that exceeds 'Sims 3'. That for me just represents quality, like personalities in Sims 2 exceed that version. Things like that just contribute to an overall better Sims game.
Rflong7
Seasoned Vanguard
8 years ago
Geez.... there's stuff from TS I've been wanting them to "Update" and "Improve' so it could be add to the newer versions of the Sims. It ain't about the same old thing- it's about Bringing them forward, updating, expanding for more fun.
JackiMah
8 years ago
If this game makes the same amount of updates/progress it has made throughout the past 2 years then I think it'll be about even but in different ways with The Sims 3 at least.
Cororon
Rising Traveler
8 years ago
This is how I would have liked to see the evolution of Sims:

The Sims 1 = Life simulation!

The Sims 2 = Life simulation in 3D!

The Sims 3 = Life simulation in a 3D open world!

The Sims 4 = Life simulation in a super-realistic looking open 3D world!

Improve on the best from the earlier games and add new features. :smile: Human life hasn't changed much since Sims 1, so of course many things will be similar in each Sims game. :tongue: But they could be done little differently. It's nothing wrong with wanting stuff from earlier games, and we shouldn't forget that simmers always will have many many ideas for new features and interactions!
LolaLuvsSims
Rising Rookie
8 years ago
@SimGuruDrake please close this thread since it was moved to a section where it isn't suitable
Gitte2001
Seasoned Rookie
8 years ago
@ikiamyetta It isn't 'not suitable' it are just different opinions, different views, and a lot of people who reacted here and probably said things you don't agree with it and made it being in this section of the forum 'not suitable' also react in the Sims 4 section and would have seen it there anyway. Not wanting mainly S3-players to react but nagging about probably those people in particular also doesn't seem really inviting to me.

Also, moving topics from TS4 to TS3 is just something they do. It already happened a thousand times and people should already know it happens.
astridentanja
8 years ago
"ikiamyetta;c-15766107" wrote:
@SimGuruDrake please close this thread since it was moved to a section where it isn't suitable

I'd say it couldn't be more suitable. This is the place where the people hang out you are suspecting of having a certain point of view, this is where they can shine their light on that suspicion. Maybe you would have loved to continue this conversation talking about those people (the 'hardcore Sims 3 lovers'), the moderators gave you a chance to actually talk to them. So, here we are.
Candyd85
8 years ago
I'm one of the hardcore Sims 3 lovers too (even though I play TS4 a bit), I've noticed as you say that many people want Sims 3 EPs to return but almost everything that could be done in the Sims was done in TS3. So it can be hard now to find truly original ideas.
About the rest, things that are also Sims 3 features that people want back, like more complex personalities, free babies, seasons, pets, open worlds, CASt, less cartoony graphics... Do people want them back because they were in TS3, or do people want them back simply because they're realistic details of the real world ?
Personally, if anew game just happened to be TS3 2.0, I wouldn't buy it. I already have TS3 ! No need to spend so much money for a clone of a game that already exists.
Every new Sims game needs to have new and original features. But TS3 added a high number of realistic features. And as we like some realism, it's normal that we want this realism back. It doesn't need to be done the same way as TS3 at all. But one thing is sure, it shouldn't be neglected.
LolaLuvsSims
Rising Rookie
8 years ago
People, I have access to every section of the forum. I chose to place this in the TS4 section because of numerous threads there. This is a discussion I wanted to have with the players in that area. I can understand why someone glanced at the title and thought I posted in the wrong section. Things would be a lot better if we could delete or stop getting notifications on our own posts. Especially when a thread is derailed or necro'd
Jaline33
New Spectator
8 years ago
@ikiamyetta - I saw your thread in TS4 section last night. I also looked for the numerous threads you were talking about where people are asking for TS3 expansions but I couldn't find them. (TS3 packs, interestingly enough, also parallel quite closely TS1 and TS2 packs.) Even if there are requests for similar packs from other iterations, this is a life simulator, after all, and there are only so many "slices of life" that can be expanded on enough to fill an EP, GP, or SP.