For Those Currently Playing and Enjoying Sims 4

@Pamtastic72 Sounds like our journey to the Sims are similar (no pun intended). I wonder how many lives this franchise has touched in this way? Get and stay well.

@OEII1001 There are some real pieces of work in this community, and I'm still getting used to the overall vibe. Far too much judgment in some quarters, especially against those of us who had the audacity to purchase the Vampire Content Pack in order to play Sims as Vampires and not for the pretty dresses and "cool" furniture. Kudos to you for standing your ground.

@LiaRose1435 You do belong here. Don't let the loud mouths push you around. You have a right to your opinion just as much as they do. In fact a fresh pair of eyes often provides the freshest insight. Speak your mind. I guarantee someone will agree with you.

"Mellonuial;c-16208579" wrote:
@Pamtastic72 Sounds like our journey to the Sims are similar (no pun intended). I wonder how many lives this franchise has touched in this way? Get and stay well.

@OEII1001 There are some real pieces of work in this community, and I'm still getting used to the overall vibe. Far too much judgment in some quarters, especially against those of us who had the audacity to purchase the Vampire Content Pack in order to play Sims as Vampires and not for the pretty dresses and "cool" furniture. Kudos to you for standing your ground.

@LiaRose1435 You do belong here. Don't let the loud mouths push you around. You have a right to your opinion just as much as they do. In fact a fresh pair of eyes often provides the freshest insight. Speak your mind. I guarantee someone will agree with you.

Thanks @Mellonuial, I am better and intend to stay that way. :)

I started with ts1. I didn't vote because I'm not currently playing but I have enjoyed ts4 so I figured I would chime in. :)

I'm like @BeJaWa - I started back in 2000, but didn't vote because I'm not currently playing, but at one point I enjoyed it.

For those of you that feel you don't belong or don't feel welcome in the community, I'm curious as to what would make you feel more welcome or have a better since of belonging?

"aricarai;c-16208910" wrote:
For those of you that feel you don't belong or don't feel welcome in the community, I'm curious as to what would make you feel more welcome or have a better since of belonging?

Unfortunately, I don't think there's really anything anyone can do. Pretty much everyone here are just stating their opinions on the franchise and all of its' versions; you don't really see anyone actively invalidating or alienating anyone on purpose (which makes sense as it's against forum rules), so I'm afraid there isn't really much else anyone can do if some fans feel unwelcomed here. Personally, I'm one of those fans (to an extent, at least), and I find that I'll just have to accept that as all part of the parcel if I wish to continue posting in this forum. Nevertheless, I appreciate your concern - it's something that's rarely seen on the internet.


As for the topic:

Well technically, sims 2 was the game that introduced me into the franchise, as I remember watching my parents play it daily when I was little. Back then, I was fascinated with the concept of controlling these little 'virtual people', as well as being able to build your own houses whichever way you want.

And then when I was old enough by the time 2011 rolled over, I got the sims 3; which was my first ever sims game. I instantly fell in love with pretty much everything about it - the sims themselves, the neighborhood, the open world, the soundtrack...just everything. I remember how I'd always follow my sims in their car whenever they'd go out. How there was so much in the game that I felt like I was constantly discovering something new every time I played - whenever I opened up my game, it truly did feel like an adventure. And then one day, my game stopped working. It wouldn't open no matter how many times I tried. I regretted not taking any screenshots/pictures then, just to remember my game by. Now it's all just a nostalgic memory that I like to visit every so often (especially the soundtrack - I still go on YouTube to listen to them from time to time; especially the build mode soundtracks).

Fast forward to 2014, I got the sims 4. It shocked me at first how different everything was - the CAS, the sims, the graphics, the overall tone...it was all just so very vastly different. Sometimes it doesn't even feel like the sims game I've known and grew up with. But I don't care about that, because I love it just as much.

I think it would be more interesting to ask everyone here which game they started playing. I can't take your poll because though I bought just about everything for TS4, except some stuff packs, I'm not currently enjoying it. And I didn't start with The Sims but with Sim City 2000 (1999).

I started with sims 1.
Don't remember much about it.
I loved sims 2, but it was sims 3 that will always be my favorite.
The open world and the freedom in creativity. That game had me hooked for years.
I like sims 4, but I don't feel the same magic as with sims 3.

"Cinebar;c-16209217" wrote:
I think it would be more interesting to ask everyone here which game they started playing. I can't take your poll because though I bought just about everything for TS4, except some stuff packs, I'm not currently enjoying it. And I didn't start with The Sims but with Sim City 2000 (1999).

The reason for the thread was to try to dispel the notion that in order to enjoy the Sims 4 you have to have started with Sims 4. As I said earlier I know you can't translate these results to the larger sims community but it's a bit interesting to see that a lot of us who are playing and enjoying the game actually started with Sims 1. Please feel free to start another poll for everyone to participate.

"aricarai;c-16208910" wrote:
I'm like @BeJaWa - I started back in 2000, but didn't vote because I'm not currently playing, but at one point I enjoyed it.

For those of you that feel you don't belong or don't feel welcome in the community, I'm curious as to what would make you feel more welcome or have a better since of belonging?

I know when I first joined forums, people wanted to pit me in a side right away with labels like it was some sort of Romeo and Juliet tragedy. I think for one in order to make it feel more welcoming is not to assume the worst of people. I know that forums aren't very welcoming to new posters including myself when I first joined and the whole sides debate gets really intimidating. It is like ok I'm just trying to figure out this forums and meet new people. So I think getting rid of the politics on forums would improve things a lot. Like don't stick Simmers into a side, let them have their own voice and some of us just don't like playing politics like school children. We just want to talk about our favorite Sims games and share our stories and come up with new ideas for the future and let the QA Gurus know of any bugs we encounter. I know for me regardless how I have felt about the game, I have felt unwelcomed and it feels like it is getting worst. I don't feel welcomed here, I never have. But I keep coming back because despite all the bad, I have met some neat Simmers and Gurus here who accept me for who I am despite it all. I think it does help welcoming new Simmers and putting differences aside to do so. Let them discover forums for themselves instead of doing the blanket statement, "forums are bad go away from here." That doesn't make forums a welcoming place to be when that keeps being repeated everywhere.

I had started with Sims 1. Though Sims 2 wasn't too far off in coming out at the time. Thought the Sims was the most interesting, yet strangest game I ever played. Didn't even know the game had expansions until I was playing two and had to look back at one and it just kinda blew my mind like 'whhhhattttttt'? What also got me into playing games like SimCity when I found out what other games Maxis did at the time.

I was having a good time, yet also a bad time with the original Sims. Didn't take much for things to get chaotic and depressing pfft, still love it though. Kinda just played almost every iteration of the games when they came out from PC to the spinoff's on console.