"CheesySimsLover;c-16857310" wrote:
"Deshong04;c-16857298" wrote:
"Does anybody know for sure what's going on at a technical level?"
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@CheesySimsLover
If that were true about TS3, then there's no way anyone could have a positive and good experience with the game. I'm sure there are many who can deny that claim about the open world bringing down performance. Specifically, those who don't use mods/cc and are knowledgeable about their own chosen hobby. It is true that TS3 is the most ambitious Sims game ever created, however, not at the expense of performance for the most part. If that were the case and as bad as some claim it is, I wouldn't be still playing 9+ years. And I'm the type to easily get frustrated when games don't work like they should. Not to mention, if it were so bad I highly doubt it would have continued to outsell TS2. Because word of mouth is quite effective, don't you think? So effective, that even misinformation gets spread about like truth for those who don't do their own research and just accept whatever they read and hear as truth. Or just accept their own experience as the truth that everyone has the same exact performance issues. It's the open world's fault, huh? It's all programmed/coded so poorly I can't even play and enjoy the game as is without mods and all EP's/SP's/Store Content installed and all in-game settings maxed out. :trollface:
https://youtu.be/MZfGDCoFf2U
https://youtu.be/RecjZIs6N-E
https://youtu.be/eGZxSsm5sUc
As someone who's been out of Simming for years, honestly, I played The Sims 3 for the first properly just last week in years. The last time I played before that was 2014, and before that probably 2011. I bought the game when it initially came out in 2009, just before heading off to college and leaving my games with my kid sister. I haven't read online forums, news, etc., on the Sims since the VERY beginning of the Sims 3, so my posts are merely based off my own personal opinion and limited knowledge of how games work (I majored in business, so I am mainly see the marketing perspective and the desire to draw new players with lower-end computers in). I have heard many have issues with The Sims 3, my little sister included - but she has never played the game on a decent spec computer until recently either. I played on an Asus laptop with 4 GB of RAM and a mid-range graphics card, and I played at top settings with little lag and little glitches/bugs. I've played both TS3 and TS4 recently over the past couple weeks and have yet to experience once glitch, bug, etc., on The Sims 4 (not saying it's not coming, because I'm sure knowing the games it will). The Sims 3 performs outstanding on top graphics, with an occasional glitch here and there - that's been my experience with the game.
Oh they’re there,
they’re there ;) This topic is about performance though.
