Sims 4 compared to Sims 3

"telmarina;c-17593364" wrote:
There are a lot of things missing in 4 that were there in 3 and some other things that we have in 4 and are great, that we didn't have in 3. A lot of those things have already been mentioned above.

But to me the biggest difference is in how i play each game.

In 3 my play was driven by wishes. It was such an in depth mechanic, with wishes showing according to traits, skills and overall anything that happened in my sim's lifes. I loved that.

Well, when i started playing 4 i couldn't play like that... whims are just there, but they aren't deep, they don't evolve as the character evolves. It was disapointing and it made me stop playing for four years! When i got back i knew i had to play in a different way. So that was when i started inventing my stories without relying in any game's mechanics. And it ended being my favourite way of playing. Creating my own stories, throwing them on the game and embracing the unexpected events. It has led me to deeper stories than those i had in 3 and to a greater enjoyment of the game.

This doesn't mean i couldn't have played 3 lile that, but it was in 4 that i found how to play this way and it's the game im enjoying the most in the series (i haven't played much 2 cause i was too busy with real life back then).

I have went back to 3 latelly and yet i couldn't connect to any of this games anymore. Maybe cause im now used to 4's mechanics... maybe cause i can have such a big save with several played households and several generations and i can keep going cause the game can handle it...

I bit agree With this. With the Sims 3 my playstylewas driven by the game or by the sims, but in The Sims 4 it is driven by the stories you tell. I know many people don;t want that bust as a writer, It really is great. Still I would like my Sims to have deeper personalities :)