A Positive Thread of Comparison and Nostalgia
Hey all! So I have been out of the loop for some time, and I would like to reconnect a bit more with the community, so I thought this might be some fun nostalgia and discussion. Whilst I don't alw...
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The Sims 1: (It's been FORever since I played this but here goes)
Hot Date
Retail System
Paying for the taxi
Job seeking
Relationship Building
Vacation/Resorts
It was my first Sims game and I plugged hours and hours into this game. Wasted my life away building, making Sims, and making them date.
The Sims 2: (haven't play in years)
Toddlers
The first University system
Bodyshop
The Pleasants, Brokes, Goths (It is the only time I ever played them)
Building my own stores.
Dates
Being able to make all the weird hybrid supernaturals
Apartments
Free time.
The Sewing machine.
The game where I started making stories for my Sims. Many hours were spent making sure I could tell their stories. Many,many hours...
I loved it so much because as a new mom I could pause the game at any time and take care of my daughter. Also, we were poor. This provided all my entertainment back then.
The Sims 3:
Houseboats!!
Swimming anywhere and everywhere I wanted.
Fishing anywhere and everywhere I wanted.
Ponds in my backyard.
The Future! Hover boards, floating cars, the hologram trees and pictures.
My lore save where I carefully concocted a story with all the supernaturals.
Create a World. So many ideas, so little time.
Create a pattern.
Not feeling the need for custom content.
A master controller/story progression mod that I liked and used.
Random, weird events that seemed to happen all the time.
Age slider.
The ability to turn off certain seasons at any time.
I loved farms!
The turtles, snakes, and birds as minor pets.
The tree houses.
Kids that would play race car on the couch or pirate in the bathtub. SO cute!
Slow dancing.
Arcades
Comic Book Stores
Frog ponds. (yay for debug)
Oh and those pretty snail spawners.
Farms. My Sims had farms.
Pets. Controlling pets.
Being able to move my infant around. Wash them, bathe them, put them in a baby swing, rock them.
Choices. SO many choices for careers, hobbies, and leisure for my sims. So many combinations of traits for them.
The Sims 4:
I love that there is no story progression. HELLO rotational saves!!
Building.
The ability to do multiple aspirations.
The night clubs.
Making my own holidays.
Making my own clubs.
The water slides.
Seamlessly traveling through towns.
My world feels alive. There are Sims everywhere I go and they are always doing something.
Yoga.
Customizing each town with a theme to my liking.
Deleting Sims I dislike without any problems.
Writing Career.
Conservation Career (finally)
The gardening system.
Hot Date
Retail System
Paying for the taxi
Job seeking
Relationship Building
Vacation/Resorts
It was my first Sims game and I plugged hours and hours into this game. Wasted my life away building, making Sims, and making them date.
The Sims 2: (haven't play in years)
Toddlers
The first University system
Bodyshop
The Pleasants, Brokes, Goths (It is the only time I ever played them)
Building my own stores.
Dates
Being able to make all the weird hybrid supernaturals
Apartments
Free time.
The Sewing machine.
The game where I started making stories for my Sims. Many hours were spent making sure I could tell their stories. Many,many hours...
I loved it so much because as a new mom I could pause the game at any time and take care of my daughter. Also, we were poor. This provided all my entertainment back then.
The Sims 3:
Houseboats!!
Swimming anywhere and everywhere I wanted.
Fishing anywhere and everywhere I wanted.
Ponds in my backyard.
The Future! Hover boards, floating cars, the hologram trees and pictures.
My lore save where I carefully concocted a story with all the supernaturals.
Create a World. So many ideas, so little time.
Create a pattern.
Not feeling the need for custom content.
A master controller/story progression mod that I liked and used.
Random, weird events that seemed to happen all the time.
Age slider.
The ability to turn off certain seasons at any time.
I loved farms!
The turtles, snakes, and birds as minor pets.
The tree houses.
Kids that would play race car on the couch or pirate in the bathtub. SO cute!
Slow dancing.
Arcades
Comic Book Stores
Frog ponds. (yay for debug)
Oh and those pretty snail spawners.
Farms. My Sims had farms.
Pets. Controlling pets.
Being able to move my infant around. Wash them, bathe them, put them in a baby swing, rock them.
Choices. SO many choices for careers, hobbies, and leisure for my sims. So many combinations of traits for them.
The Sims 4:
I love that there is no story progression. HELLO rotational saves!!
Building.
The ability to do multiple aspirations.
The night clubs.
Making my own holidays.
Making my own clubs.
The water slides.
Seamlessly traveling through towns.
My world feels alive. There are Sims everywhere I go and they are always doing something.
Yoga.
Customizing each town with a theme to my liking.
Deleting Sims I dislike without any problems.
Writing Career.
Conservation Career (finally)
The gardening system.
