comparing the sims 4 to sims 3 in content the sims 4 looks almost barren which is why i dont really like the sims 4 as much. it lacks depth and i feel other than san myshonu , delsol valley and sulani (sorry if i butchered the names XD) look great and detailed. but when ever i play the sims 3 i always feel overwhelmed by the amount of stuff i can do! i just wanna know other people opinions on this

You’re not alone. I waited 4 years to speak up. 5 years in, I’m not holding back. There’s only so much patience one can have. It’s frustrating to see each pack deteriorate in terms of what gameplay they add. I’ve played every version and I used to come to the forums to see what I’m missing, and come away with so many new things to try that were a complete surprise to me. That doesn’t happen with The Sims 4.

It’s because the sims 3 has more stuff. Bigger expansions and more replay value. So much of sims 4 is a one and done experience. I.e StrangerVille and Jungle Adventures.It’s subjective though, on this forum section you are going to have a lot of people disagree and say the sims 3 is ugly and lags. (Which it doesn’t for me and many others) Sims 3 needs mods to help it run, sims 4 needs mods to make it fun

Its not just you for sure. Sims 3 felt like an adventure to me. There was always something new to do and something new to discover. I still go back and play my Sims 3 and typically find some little thing that I never found before (or just don't remember having found) Sims 4 has some wonderful features, but as far as pure, unadulterated content, Sims 3 always felt like a bigger world from base game on up through the expansions and stuff.That said, I'm excited for university and hopeful that it adds in some of the great content I long for.

@MidnightAura is right in saying Sims3 needed mods so we could play it. But Sims4 needs mods to make it more fun to play. I'm using 93 mods right now and most of those are tuning mods that nuke all the irritating autonomous stuff. Some mods are bug fixes. Some are Quality of Life mods that add some weight to relationships, and consequences for bad decision making. If not for mods, Sims4 wouldn't be taking up space on my PC. A large section of the fan base feels the same as you do @adamzaid. Sims4 is pretty darn shallow and empty when played without mods of some kind.

Some of us use no mods in Sims 3 or 4 - I fixed my Sims 3's routing so it does not lag and my sims 4 did not need any mods to make it fun - I have plenty to do and fun in Sims 4 as well as in Sims 3. It simply takes playing both games to make them enjoyable - not mods. My trick is play every household differently. Half the time people will play the households alike or few households and that in itself can get boring quickly. But if you like playing with mods and CC there is nothing wrong with that either. My Sims 2 has a good deal of CC - Maxis match mostly to get the colors and matching build and buy things. Sims 2's only issue to me is the lack of color choice - but it is a finished game and I never have to worry about the CC breaking in a finished. That is my main object to CC and mods in Sims 4 - it's an unfinished game and I hate the hoop jumping of constantly having to replace stuff - never mind it can sometimes mess up your saves. So I have a rule never to use CC and mods in unfinished games.Owning everything in sims 3 made mods unnecessary especially after I fixed my own game. I didn't see a need for CC I can color my own stuff so CC was pointless for me - but sure it might be necessary for others and that is okay too. There's a lot of real talented players out there so I can see why a lot of people use mods and CC.

am i the only that thinks the sims 4 looks empty?

Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago
I don't feel The Sims 4 is empty - far from it. I also don't compare it to The Sims 3, as the two games were made very differently. I grow weary of this neverending comparison game between the two. A lot of things were not right with The Sims 3. People tend to forget that in their glorification of it. Just saying :)
MissyHissy
6 years ago
"Nindigo;c-17299709" wrote:
I don't feel The Sims 4 is empty - far from it. I also don't compare it to The Sims 3, as the two games were made very differently. I grow weary of this neverending comparison game between the two. A lot of things were not right with The Sims 3. People tend to forget that in their glorification of it. Just saying :)

This summed up what I was going to say! :D I also remember the comparisons between Sims 2 and 3 were rife while Sims 3 was still in development. Same old complaints, different target. Now all the things that were awful in Sims 3 are suddenly golden. :)
I think it does depend on how you play and what you're looking for, like @Sharonia said above. I also play a rotational game and I'm never bored because there's always something to do. Each family has different dreams for the future (aspirations etc) so they have different interests and hobbies and therefore, different places they'll want to go. I've never enjoyed a game as long as I am this one <3
OldeSimsFan
Seasoned Rookie
6 years ago
Agee with the OP. TS4, to me at least, is a mile wide and an inch deep. TS2 is still my favorite version, and even though I've been playing it since its launch day I still encounter things I've not seen before and there are still roads I've yet to go down.
simgirl1010
Hero
6 years ago
@adamzaid you're far from the only simmer to feel this way. Just browse the feedback forum and you'll find other like minded simmers with whom you can discuss the (supposedly) decline of the series.
Sara1010p
Rising Rookie
6 years ago
No, I don't feel like it is empty. I enjoy playing it. I don't enjoy it or 3 as much as I enjoyed 2, it was and still is in my opinion the best of the series, but I enjoy playing them all, and I don't think they have to compete with each other, I like them all for different reasons and when I want to experience the others, I go back and play them. Thankfully I have a computer that can run all of them and have all of them installed.
timurjr96
6 years ago
There is this youtube channel which contents are a comparision between each sims 2 franchise, and boy everytime i watched its videos, it came as a suprise for me that some of the feature that i have never find out in a previous game, I do have spent roughly 500+ hours on the sims 3 and still find something new to do. i have hundreds of mods for the sims 4 and yet it still doesnt seem as fun as previous games.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"Sharonia;c-17299171" wrote:
I play rotational family play and I never feel bored or like there isn't enough to do. I don't use cheats and I like to make sure most of my sims achieve all the things they want to achieve in life so to me it feels like there is plenty to do. Maybe it just depends on how you play?

I feel exactly like you do. My Sims and game are never boring so I don't get it when people talk of it feeling empty.

I do enjoy playing a lot of households and try to play everyone very differently - it's easy to do there are many options that make this possible. But one thing I don't play are mean or evil sims - but if I did that would give me even more options - I just can't bring myself to playing those kind of sims though.

My only complaint really is the small size of some of the worlds and no way to build my own or make the small worlds bigger. Like I said I love playing a lot of households and wish I had the room for more lots.
cb2342z
Seasoned Spectator
6 years ago
In TS3, lots of stuff to do in and about the world. In TS3, not so much. And I have noticed--TS3 worlds are huge. For example, Willow Creek (the main base game world) only has twenty-one lots. Sunset Valley (the main base game world) has ninety-two. In TS3, there's lots to explore in those worlds. Really irks me how the covered bridge in Brindleton Bay has such a prominent place in-game; with even paintings of it. Yet, your Sim can't visit it.
Vivi_WillowTree
6 years ago
Also for double the price, they aren't done milking the cow just yet.
Writin_Reg
6 years ago
"kaylin205;c-17300977" wrote:
Also for double the price, they aren't done milking the cow just yet.

Well they have a long way to go to catch up to Sims 3 - I own everything made by Maxis for sims 3 and It comes to 3600 dollars and that is just things I bought - not including content I was gifted. Now was that milking too - and I don't regret anything and love all the choices I have. I enjoy using all my Sims 3 content, and Sims 2 content and Sims 4 content. Keep in mind no body but each of us makes us buy anything. So a bit hard to call it milking when we are the one who decides to buy the content. Maxis doesn't even go out of their way to show us how much we should want this stuff or need it - so really we decide for ourselves we have to have it. That's not milking where I come from. No one is forced to buy anything. Be glad they make it - it is our choice to buy it or not.

Oh and not double the price Sims 3 eps were 39.99 and sps were 19.99 when the game was being developed and we almost never had all the sales Sims 4 gets. Even one of the sps in Sims 3 was 30.00 when it came out. I bought them all because I liked them - it was my choice - and I never considered that milking either.