Which graphic style do you prefer Sims 3 or 4?

@Wbombje You already know am a fan of your Sim Nina I can spot her a mile away <3 such a good sim,but THAT REDHEAD THO :love:

And Sophie is good too but you did not show her :'( Sophie needs love too.

"JoAnne65;14592926" wrote:
I think the moderators maybe get a bit fed up with the heated comparison thing going on in the other section. The atmosphere is a bit more mellow here.

Agreed, much more chilled this neck of the woods haha! :) Sorry guys never meant for it to get really heated!

"wbombje;14592526" wrote:
I don't hate on either style, but I prefer the Sims 3.

I can understand why some people may like the cartoon style of TS4, though. As far as pudding face goes, I think I understand what people mean, but I love to create my own Sims and I feel that I have been able to create a lot of Sims that don't have what I understand to be "pudding face" or a "doughy" face. I have created them without any facial sliders that aren't already part of the game. I obviously use CC hair and make-up, though.

Maybe some may disagree, but here are some examples of beautiful and interesting looking Sims created without any CC face-sliders or mods:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1563/24447891966_99319aa761.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1652/23629227669_af7d19e3d3.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5696/23698674431_61e3ba4e9e.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5706/23698455461_6f86512dfd.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/593/23135500164_29f6d2fef2.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5632/23394108670_a4a40cf7ea.jpg

These are awesome sims!

It sucks that people complain about pudding faces for TS3. All you had to do was make your own sims and then no pudding. It was Maxis who made them look like that.

I do not like the cartoon, plastic style of Sims4. It is supposed to be life simulation game and looks like they combined lego figures with puppets (the type from Rudolph movie) to get Sims4 sims. :( I much prefer Sim3. With just a little work in CAS they don't have to look like premades that so many complain about. I much prefer to make my own anyway then use the EA sims. I love the creative process that Sims3 allows and just could not bear looking at what I created in Sims4 when I got the trial.

I prefer TS3 honestly. There are parts of TS4 that I like, but right out of the hop I ended up having to get CC for TS4... which is really the start of my CC obsession that leaked over to TS3.

I won't get into what I prefer from either game and stick straight to Aesthetic. I think Ts4 is a PERFECT game if you prefer very stylized characters. There is one tumblr that does a whole 'alien' series and her sims and sets are quite stunning. It fits really well, as do other very stylized characters.. the kind with red noses and ears and elflike attributes. IF you like a more realistic game... then no... its not as tailorable as TS3.

(so HARD to find similar pics, these are all gameplay. Not posed, no editing)

My completely CC laden guy in TS4 (and don't get me wrong! I really liked him)
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1602/25102833891_14225c52e6_o.png

Body detail.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1443/25078299722_fd82236805_o.jpg

Even when you take Post-Processing off of TS4 (which I did play for a long time) there is a smoothness.. that is not my cup of tea. Like I said, it really suits SOME.

Typical sim4 faces, and yes these both had CC. Both dark haired boys are 2nd gen in-game born sims. Not tweaked by me, other than use of makeup.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1525/24569208003_2d20db4c2a_o.png

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/25078320672_03d800f571_o.jpg

TS4 girl, and she was one of my favorites. So I'm not tearing her apart LOL other than just showing that... I just like the aesthetic I can get with TS3 better. CC of course.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1664/25102765651_f51dbd9a5f_o.png

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1553/25103567781_62c62ffc60_o.jpg

I am also 100% not sold on the whole "Uncanny Valley" thing. If that was the case that people are way too creeped out to play with realistic sims/characters then exactly whyyyyyy have so many of the BIG games gone towards extreme realism? I.E. Fallout, Mass Effect and other such games. So my main issue is that TS4 just has a lack of options. HUGE lack of options. Its harder to use the same sims and go from realistic to cartoony. I feel like TS3 can do either. You want to stick with un-CC'd sims, or more charicatured sims... then they still work within the world. You want some hyper-realistic sims? They also fit into the world really well.

Last aesthetic issue. BOTH these world were completely empty when I started re-making them. The first is TS3 obviously, and edited ignore that. In the background you can see a futuristic building and colourful trees. I put those there, on the other side of the bridge is complete mayhem. Run down buildings... garbage etc. It all stays like that no matter how far away from the sims I get.. or if I leave them there I can go take pictures in other parts of the world that are actually there.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1449/25134522065_215076d1e9_o.jpg

Empty world that I wanted to start up a "gothic victorian" world. I cleared the entire world, put new houses that would FIT this theme. Pullback.. and BAM. Ruined. Thanks horrible backdrop and houses that aren't really there. Game ruined.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1651/25077816882_94953b0de0_o.png

So yeah.... BUT I have to make a huge plug for Nenpysims on tumblr because her TS4 world is beautifully stylistic and her sims are amazingly interesting.

I have to say I like Sims 4's Style most but Sims 3's Freedom drags me down to it. Furthermore, Sims 2's animations and craziness drive me to play it!

for furniture and objects, I prefer TS3. for sims, TS4

I think a lot of people fall for the fact CAS in Sims 4 is better and it's clearly easier to create different types of faces (most important: ethnics are way better). That added to the fact using sliders seems to be hard for people and many played the game on lower settings (which has a worse result than Sims 4 on lower settings) will make Sims 4 a winner to many in the sims department. I wonder though what the verdict would be if they'd put that CAS into a game with Sims 3 textures and art style. I can't help thinking that would change a lot of minds. All this talk about uncanny valley, when at the same time people have been stuffing their games with realistic skins and hairstyles ever since Sims 2 came out. I just don't buy it.

"GaiaHypothesis;14593574" wrote:
I prefer TS3 honestly. There are parts of TS4 that I like, but right out of the hop I ended up having to get CC for TS4... which is really the start of my CC obsession that leaked over to TS3.

I won't get into what I prefer from either game and stick straight to Aesthetic. I think Ts4 is a PERFECT game if you prefer very stylized characters. There is one tumblr that does a whole 'alien' series and her sims and sets are quite stunning. It fits really well, as do other very stylized characters.. the kind with red noses and ears and elflike attributes. IF you like a more realistic game... then no... its not as tailorable as TS3.

(so HARD to find similar pics, these are all gameplay. Not posed, no editing)

My completely CC laden guy in TS4 (and don't get me wrong! I really liked him)
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1602/25102833891_14225c52e6_o.png

Body detail.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1443/25078299722_fd82236805_o.jpg

Even when you take Post-Processing off of TS4 (which I did play for a long time) there is a smoothness.. that is not my cup of tea. Like I said, it really suits SOME.

Typical sim4 faces, and yes these both had CC. Both dark haired boys are 2nd gen in-game born sims. Not tweaked by me, other than use of makeup.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1525/24569208003_2d20db4c2a_o.png

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/25078320672_03d800f571_o.jpg

TS4 girl, and she was one of my favorites. So I'm not tearing her apart LOL other than just showing that... I just like the aesthetic I can get with TS3 better. CC of course.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1664/25102765651_f51dbd9a5f_o.png

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1553/25103567781_62c62ffc60_o.jpg

I am also 100% not sold on the whole "Uncanny Valley" thing. If that was the case that people are way too creeped out to play with realistic sims/characters then exactly whyyyyyy have so many of the BIG games gone towards extreme realism? I.E. Fallout, Mass Effect and other such games. So my main issue is that TS4 just has a lack of options. HUGE lack of options. Its harder to use the same sims and go from realistic to cartoony. I feel like TS3 can do either. You want to stick with un-CC'd sims, or more charicatured sims... then they still work within the world. You want some hyper-realistic sims? They also fit into the world really well.

Last aesthetic issue. BOTH these world were completely empty when I started re-making them. The first is TS3 obviously, and edited ignore that. In the background you can see a futuristic building and colourful trees. I put those there, on the other side of the bridge is complete mayhem. Run down buildings... garbage etc. It all stays like that no matter how far away from the sims I get.. or if I leave them there I can go take pictures in other parts of the world that are actually there.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1449/25134522065_215076d1e9_o.jpg

Empty world that I wanted to start up a "gothic victorian" world. I cleared the entire world, put new houses that would FIT this theme. Pullback.. and BAM. Ruined. Thanks horrible backdrop and houses that aren't really there. Game ruined.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1651/25077816882_94953b0de0_o.png

So yeah.... BUT I have to make a huge plug for Nenpysims on tumblr because her TS4 world is beautifully stylistic and her sims are amazingly interesting.

I agree with about everythng you say. Clicking that link: correct me if I'm wrng but I notice a lot of photoshopping there. I love photoshopping in Sims when it's done right, but it has little to do with the actual game.

Sims in Sims 3 are not Sims to me lol. They're too big, just too different from Sims 2 simmies. The sims in 4 are sims again to me. :) I like everything about them; the way they move, their voices, etc.