How did you get started playing The Sims?

Heard about the first Sims game because of a neighbor. Didn't have a computer back then, so I ended up playing Bustin' Out on console. The Sims 3 was the first Sims game I played on PC.

I had heard about it way back when it came out but never got around to playing it, simply because I didn't play games back then, at least not regularly. That only started when I had finally finished my degree and was so fed up with reading books that I started to look for a new hobby. I found gaming, played lots of adventure games in the beginning... and then I found the base game for Sims 2 on sale, remembered that a friend had told me about the first one and decided to buy it. I admit I was pretty much out of my depth in the beginning, my Sim kept dying because her house burnt down... but I loved it, started to buy the expansion packs that were on sale, too. 

I think Sims 3 was out by then already, and I spent way more time on that one than on the second instalment even though I never liked how the Sims looked. I got Sims 4 only a couple of years ago, maybe four or five, I think... and it's the only one that I've played very thoroughly and for hundreds of hours at this point. I still have the old games, TS3 is installed on my computer, too... but whenever I think about starting it up and create a new save, I'm like "Nah, you have seven households with stories in TS4, you can't just ditch them".

I did start playing Sims Medieval a couple of weeks ago, though. Boy, is that one fun 😁

Good Question! I'm interested to read everyone's response.

I was interested in getting Sims from the start, but we were broke off our butts, so I didn't buy it right away. I had played SimCity when it first released (yes, I'm that old), so I just knew I'd love it. Well, in 2008, Hurricane Ike hit and our whole downstairs had to be gutted. We lived in a townhome back then, and we all (me, hubby, 2 toddlers who are now adults lol, and a dog) crammed into two rooms upstairs. For a year I had no couch to sit on and only went downstairs to cook and get things we needed. I was depressed, to say the least and my house felt out of control. So my sweet husband bought me an on sale version of Sims 2. It had the apartment, base game and one other, I don't remember. I loved the apartments. Anyway that was my way of feeling in control of my home for that year, and I was hooked. I skipped Sims 3 altogether, and bought Sims 4 a couple months after release. I don't remember exactly. Now those toddlers are all grown up and all of my kids are little gamers. 

One day I was at my aunt's house, and my cousin wanted to play on her dad's PC in his office. We were like 7/8, and she booted up The Sims, and the rest was history haha. At this point the original The Sims was almost done releasing DLC. I remember loving the game and would play it whenever I would visit. Then by the time I was in Middle School The Sims 2 was out and making DLC so my parents got me it and I'd always ask for a new DLC for holiday gifts :D

I actually found out about the Sims series with a Youtube channel called GrayStillPlays---he was doing really funny stuff with TS4 (which is all I've ever played)

It was around when I was 9 in 2009, my mom took me to a store and the sims 2 was on a massive discount - probably due to the release of sims 3? Either way, I BEGGED for it after looking at the back of the box and was sooo happy when she agreed.