When does the Sims 3 take place?
Hopefully I'm not copying another thread but let me know if there is a thread active on here... I think the Sims 3 takes place in around 1975, because of the culture and lifestyle. (I...
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@thuggishsplicer - That's just the thing, all the 'nows' are different depending on which world you are playing.
Since the OP asked, "When does 'The Sims 3' take place and not which era does Sunset Valley appear to be in (or something along those lines), I assume they are asking about the whole of SimNation and not specifically about Sunset Valley. The OP's choice to remove technology suggest Sunset Valley is the topic, but the thread title and initial question does not.
Since Sunset Valley is the place where we all are/were introduced to the 3rd iteration of sims, I used it as a starting point for time placement. After all it's the only world every Sims 3 player has. But as you move through the EPs, the timeline or 'nows' changes and differs from place to place. And when you add in Store worlds it jumps even more.
As for the actual timeline or eras of all the individual worlds, there is no way I could begin to place them in any linear order. However, I do know when I am in Oasis Landing all of the worlds (EP and Store alike) are currently in the past. Oasis Landing isn't going to happen, it already has happened. Neither is it unstable. The utopian and dystopian potential futures are all dependent upon how you choose to play the paradox which is falsely presented as starting in (your) Sims 'current now' but (your) Sim's current now is actually 'the true past'. Remember, Emit didn't travel forward through time, he traveled backwards. Maybe that's why all of the worlds which makes up this game are located in different time spaces.
Sounds confusing but it isn't.
Since the OP asked, "When does 'The Sims 3' take place and not which era does Sunset Valley appear to be in (or something along those lines), I assume they are asking about the whole of SimNation and not specifically about Sunset Valley. The OP's choice to remove technology suggest Sunset Valley is the topic, but the thread title and initial question does not.
Since Sunset Valley is the place where we all are/were introduced to the 3rd iteration of sims, I used it as a starting point for time placement. After all it's the only world every Sims 3 player has. But as you move through the EPs, the timeline or 'nows' changes and differs from place to place. And when you add in Store worlds it jumps even more.
As for the actual timeline or eras of all the individual worlds, there is no way I could begin to place them in any linear order. However, I do know when I am in Oasis Landing all of the worlds (EP and Store alike) are currently in the past. Oasis Landing isn't going to happen, it already has happened. Neither is it unstable. The utopian and dystopian potential futures are all dependent upon how you choose to play the paradox which is falsely presented as starting in (your) Sims 'current now' but (your) Sim's current now is actually 'the true past'. Remember, Emit didn't travel forward through time, he traveled backwards. Maybe that's why all of the worlds which makes up this game are located in different time spaces.
Sounds confusing but it isn't.
