"storyy;c-16976309" wrote:
Okay, I hear you, I do. So I guess I'm just wondering WHY make the comparison at all? I'm not familiar with your history on the forum - do you do this with every EP/GP/SP to Sims 1, 2, and/or 3? Are you comparing Strangerville with Lucky Palms because of the desert location? Is it because we have the option to purchase it? I think you CAN compare games, even games that have no relationship - I just don't see why it's even like... worth your time to compare 3 to 4. I'm really not trying to throw shade, I just don't get why the world comparison is important. Is it just to show that The Sims 4 has "less" than The Sims 3 in terms of world features/space/lots?
I think anyone that played the Sims before TS4 knows that TS3 was enormously larger in terms of world sizes and customization capabilities. But it also required different and more expensive hardware (for its time) to even play on low settings. Now you can play TS4 on Ultra with a regular computer or some high end laptops. I think that kind of outweighs the lot amounts. But that IS just my opinion. I also personally think it was refreshing to have a new game that wasn't a copy, but "enhanced" or whatever of the previous game. I think it's perfectly fine the way it is set up now even without open worlds.
For someone who claims that its no shade, asking someone "why its worth their time" is awfully shady. If they want to compare, let them. OP has every right to do so because the worlds/games ARE comparable and AREN'T all that different how you like to put it.
I'm assuming OP wants to highlight how much more creative Maxis was in the past so people don't excuse its mediocrity in the present/future.
