Clocks don't actually move in the Sims 4

"Sk8rblaze;c-17805630" wrote:

"waterywatermelon;c-17805298" wrote:

"crocobaura;c-17805201" wrote:

Those alarms were good when getting sims ready for work as they would wake them up even if their sleep bar wasn't full. Wish they would add an alarm type interaction on the phones.

Sims in The Sims 2 actually don't need alarm clocks. Every time the carpool arrives, the time speed will go to Play instead of the super-fast speeds. Plus, Sims will autonomously go to work if they are in a good mood. However, if they are in a bad mood, then the Sim will not autonomously go to work. You can force your Sim to go to work, but a bad mood will just lower the performance meter. You may as well call in sick and hope that you don't get caught. I think, if you get rejected, then you automatically get fired?

"Sk8rblaze;c-17805213" wrote:

I’ve been playing The Sims 2 for almost 15 years before that video comparing TS2 and TS3 animations was made. I never needed a video to tell me TS2 has richer animations and more detail in certain areas, especially with the objects I’ve mentioned.

What objects?

Sk8rblaze wrote:
Like The Sims 2, it'd be very nice to see clocks actually sync with in-game time, and objects such as chess, pool (which The Sims 4 still doesn't have after 7 years lol), bowling, etc. to portray an actual game rather than have pieces/assets just poofing here and there.

- Clocks actually move in The Sims 1, which is carried over to The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, but not in The Sims 4.
- In The Sims 2, Sims actually move the chess pieces around the board, while in The Sims 3, the chess pieces are more or less static.
- But in the Sims 3, trees sway in the breeze, and you can see moving shadows on the ground, because there is a real sun in the world. In The Sims 2, the trees are static. Haha. Beat that!
- The Sims 3 also has pool tables, and on top of that, it has Ping-Pong tables. Score for The Sims 3!
- The Sims 3 also has bowling; it comes with University Life EP.

I would argue that The Sims 3 - with its own collection of expansion packs, each of which packed with content - has more "small details" than The Sims 2 and just as rich as The Sims 2.

I would definitely say TS3 immerses me in a different way, between things like the huge open world, the opportunities feature that makes it feel lively, the huge amount of gameplay skills offer (even after maxing them), etc. Of course, The Sims 4 lacks that as well.

- The open world feature is a big plus for TS3.
- There are loads of opportunities in TS3 - far more than in TS2. In The Sims 2, you just get career-related chance cards, hobby-related chance cards and maybe some job opportunities. But The Sims 3 goes above and beyond.
- The Sims 3 also has active careers for the first time. In TS2, all careers are text-based. However, The Sims 2 Open For Business allows your Sims to open up shop, and with this method, you can have a doctor owning the hospital or small clinic. The OFB expansion has the best method for running a business, in ways that The Sims 3 Ambitions or The Sims 4 Get To Work can't compare. You are given a pretty large neighborhood - Bluewater Village - with some pre-made families, and you can sell anything! The Sims 3 has the consignment shop, but you don't get to see who has purchased your item. The Sims 4 is pretty limiting in scope compared to The Sims 2 OFB.
- But, I still like The Sims 3 Ambitions for having the ability to become a venture capitalist - buying land capital, investing and upgrading the land and profiting off the land. I suppose there is this feature in TS2, but you may have to work your way up to Rank 10 Business, then sell off that business deed to a Townie (who most likely has unlimited funds) or a super-rich playable Sim.

bella_goth wrote:
exactly, both games are good & detailed and both offered new/different things too so i don't see it fair to compare them this way. i have barely played sims 3 but so far i loved all the gameplay. sims 2 as i said i play it more often and it's just evident the game is very good made. if people thinks about sims 2 rather than sims 3 that's just each person's preference. personally i've seen equal praise for both sims 2 & 3 while sims 1 has recently gotten a bit more praise and sims 4 gets as much praise as complaints lol

I was talking about the fact that some people only mention TS2 as "having small details", as if TS3 is lacking in this department. No, it's not. There are "small details" in TS3 that are not in TS2, and they are just as rich as TS2 ones.

I didn’t come into the thread to engage in a TS2 vs. TS3 debate — I just wanted to support accurate animated clocks to return lol. As I said, I like both games for what they are, but appreciate the detailed animations of The Sims 2 greatly (such as the fact The Sims 2’s Sims actually move chess pieces around as opposed to TS3/TS4 poofing them around the board. That’s what I am referring to by small details and that’s the kind of detail in animations I’d like to see again.

I think pitting TS2 and TS3 against one another is pretty useless, especially since the general consensus wants both of them merged into one for the next iteration. The Sims 2 has excellent game design that stays true to classic life-simulation gameplay and The Sims 3 has wonderful creation features as well as more open-ended goal oriented gameplay (such as opportunities which I love) that keeps the game fun and fresh. If they were combined for the next title, The Sims 5 will be a great hit.

True, I thought Sims 2 and Sims 3 community were already merged, and there is no point pitting against these two.
Most of the sims 3 haters were coming mostly from Sims 4 players from what I see not from Sims 2's