In a nutshell! Same for me OP. Same for me.....
I couldn't connect with 3 at all. It got rid of everything that was beautiful in 2 for the "open world". And I've said many times in this forum that 3 is the anomaly. The one that went off the rails. 4 is bringing it back. ( or trying to)
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Play Sims 2 tots and you know why we dislike sims 3 tots! I'd rather have no tots than sims 3 tots....
IF they used telemetry in sims 3, it's not that people didn't like tots, it's that they didn't like sims 3 tots. Their routing was horrible. They had stair issues, and I had far too many families having to meet up with their tots outside in the snow to put them to bed. Same with the high chair. It was a chore to try to play tots in sims 3. Sims 3 ruined them.
Sims 2 tots need to come back if they bring them back and I hope the devs never, ever, bring anything from sims 3 back in to this game.
