Sims 3 vs. Sims 4?

I never played Sims 3 so I have nothing to compare it to lol

I prefer the sims 3.

I’m not sure this will end well.

I prefer sims 4 over 3. The aesthetic is gorgeous for screenshots since I primarily play for storytelling, but I also love BB mode and I will just mess around in CAS to relax. Main reason I prefer 4 over 3 is because I can actually play the game with no lag and no crashing. Also being able to travel/move to different worlds is a deal breaker for me.

I agree that this thread is not going to end well lol

I loved The Sims 3 in the past, I loved the way that game is. When 4 comes however, I found my enjoyment in that game. After playing The Sims 4 I can't go back to Sims 3 anymore. I don't know if it was because of the new features but that is how I feel on the game. I am happy with the game right now, and I can't wait to see the future content they will introduce.

I love TS3's open world as the worlds felt bigger and fuller. It was also cool because you didn't have load screens and could just jump around the world with your household all in different places. I also liked that TS3 brought some originality to the franchise with tons of things we'd never had in the previous two and still don't have in TS4. TS3 was, IMO, is game for all simmers. I used to play TS3 for hours and hours, because there was SO much to do in the game. The major drawback of TS3 for me is how cartoon-like the sims look, especially after playing TS4.

TS4, and this is just my opinion, is more for family-style gameplay with its very much closed worlds and limited lots. When I played TS3, I NEVER downloaded CC, that was the first time I played an entirely vanilla game and didn't feel like I was missing anything. TS4 is not that way for me, even though I play family-style most of the time. I found myself having to download things that came with previous Sims games and downloading mods to make the game more enjoyable for me to where I would actually sit and play it. TS4, without the modding community, is the most limited Sims game I've ever seen.


I also agree that this isn't going to end well.

This thread probably won't end well but will be interesting for as long as it lasts lol

Having just gone back to 3, 3 is better for me. In 4 I run out of stuff to do in an hour and shut down because I am board. Yesterday, I experienced my first simming session where I lost track of time in a year with ts3. I only got it working last week, my past year has all been ts4, where quite frankly I probably spent less than six months actually playing consistently.
I had forgotten a sims game could engage me as much as that, and I don't know how to explain it, there is just so many play styles available and goals to complete, in unique ways, that I get totally absorbed.
I only have been using content from university and the base game so far, so I don't even think it is amount of packs added. I just have more control over everything, but I still have to work to maintain that control.

I also am worried about how this will go, but right now it is perfectly fine at least.

The Sims 4 was originally The Sims Online 2.0 called Project Olympus. It was scrapped after the SimCity 2013 Disaster and quickly remade into a singleplayer game using the assets of Project Olympus in under a year. They used excuses such as emotions, tech reasons, walk styles, etc. as to why pools, toddlers, create a style, etc. were not there at launch or ever seen again.

Sims 4 will never be the spiritual successor to The Sims 3. Its basically The Sims 1 2.0 and offers hardly anything. The DLC seems more than Sims 3 and that's because they're making DLC out of every little thing. Instead of bundling laundry with and expansion pack they sell it for $10 as a stuff pack. Same with bowling and vampires.

Sims 3 brought us a better CAS, open world, story progression, and more. Its DLC added so many new things we never saw in The Sims before such as Into The Future, Island Paradise with scuba diving and boating, Ambitions with active careers being a firefighter or a ghost hunter, Seasons brought in holidays and festivals and actual aliens for the first time. At the end of the day I say Sims 3 it has its flaws but offers more content and features for its asking price since day one unlike Sims 4. Plus unlike a Sims 3 expansion pack for $40 Sims 4 expansion packs feel like a $20 Sims 3 stuff pack. They just lack so much to be worthy of the expansion pack title compared to previous entry ones.

Unless The Sims 5 brings back The Sims 3 features and adds more along with improvements nothing will be worthy of being called a sequel to The Sims 3.

Also what held Sims 3 back was its 32-bit executable (4GB RAM limitations), sloppy coding, and bad engine (seriously just use Unreal or Frostbite or make a new one with people who know tech).

Sims 3 all the way...

https://i.imgur.com/7uQEZmF.jpg

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TS3 will always hold a place in my heart like TS2 did, but whilst I jumped on the Sims 3 train and hardly looked back, it was not so with TS4. I still find myself missing a lot of the things Sims 3 had, but some of the new things of Sims 4 has me hooked. I wish there was a way to mix TS3 and TS4 together for the ultimate game :lol: